New Dimsk

New Dimsk was a large mobile, flying fortress city, built by IDS amidst the First Civil War as part of its continuity of government plans. It was known to be indestructible, and a key part for gaining the upper hand in this seemingly endless civil war. Its high level of protection, and speed (of around 50kmph), and a ceiling altitude of around 30,000 ft, it was a flying fortress, with the capability of sending virtually anything, anywhere, anytime.

After gaining its independence, it became more and more of a legend, with observations constant, but extremely rare. Its ultimate fate remains a mystery, even more than 4,000 years after its demise.

## Design

New Dimsk was sheltered under a dome, protecting the city and its artificial biosphere, from the shattered and desolate Earth. The tower also hosted a unique prototype of a Meteorological Tower, capable of, instead piercing through the ashen sky, to directly convert the dim sunlight, and redirect it in full force to the crops under the dome.

This Meteorological Tower was the product of an IDS research station, located in the Siberian wastes, that was not heard from ever since they delivered this Meteorological Tower. From orbit, and according to radar detection, the research station is now a massive crater. No attempts at contacting or travelling to the station has been made since - with the First Civil War being the main concern of both the Federation and the Republic, among keeping what was left of humanity intact.

The city was also accompanied by three small but similar in design mobile supply station, linked to New Dimsk via cables, and air transport was needed to get from one to another.

New Dimsk was circular in design, with the city atop of the massive machinery needed to support such an installation. A massive turbine surrounded the large central shaft, and despite common belief, was not what was supporting the city, but the turbine served to change the course of the city. The city was allegedly being suspended by a system, derivated and designed for the Unlimited Energy Generator, as they emerged roughly at the same time, with the latter often disappearing -for the entirety of the existence of New Dimsk, the UEG was lost.

New Dimsk, being a fortress city, was also essentially a super-carrier, a troop carrier, and a dreadnought: twelve massive artillery cannons dotted the central shaft, with a range possibly being extreme depending on the altitude of the city. It also hosted around 100 - 200 IDS VH, and had 24 air landing pads, runways and hangars. The three supply installations also hosted missile launching systems, artillery, troop housing compartments and carrier capabilities.

## First Civil War

New Dimsk was considered a key part to win the civil war. After years of war, a mobile fortress capable of carrying thousands of soldiers, and dozens of various military vehicles, proved to be interesting to both parties. The Commandery managed to take over the city of New Dimsk while it was posted above the North Sea. After days of siege, a rogue unit, VESPER13, took the initiative to take over the town flying controls - against the two belligerent nations. The unit effectively held hostage the fortress city and threatened to destroy the Meteorological Tower, with the city, if it was not handed over to the Commandery.

Despite this being a clear violation of the laws put in place to "govern" the war, the Commandery, initially reluctant, accepted the offer, and took over the town. Despite attempts by the Federation to get it back due to it violating the laws, the Commandery did not yield, and kept New Dimsk until after the Battle of London - almost 40 years after this incident, an almost completely deserted New Dimsk was found flying above Ancient Scandinavia. The remaining Commandery troops yielded and was promptly taken over by the Federation and IDS.

## Independence and subsequent disappearance

After the First Civil War, the city of New Dimsk declared independence, and promptly vanished. It was thought to be a silent coup d'état led by a rogue chapter of either IDS, remnants of the Commandery, or the Lazarus Plan - or simply, a cabal of civilians. The city was often detected via radar and observations. It remained in high altitude, but also remained within the ash cloud, making it virtually impossible to detect. When it emerged, the description of New Dimsk was of a "battered city, with only one remaining supply installation - only a few artillery cannons left on it, and the turbine painfully slow." The dome was also reportedly cracked, and the Meteorological Tower, absent - seized by IDS.

During the Second Apocalypse, the crashed ruins of New Dimsk were discovered nearby the MSP Airport Base. It was brought to the A02 Earth, as a Dimensional Anchor was present nearby to protect the locals from the Dimensional Storms. As of the 8th millennium, the ruins of New Dimsk were mostly preserved, however, was dispatched across Earth, in museum and research stations.

## Fate

Signs of internal conflicts and disrepair suggests the city might have fallen into chaos about a decade after gaining its independence. Despite having multiple IDS VHs scattered around the crash zone, and signs of camps - no survivors were reported to be found. The remaining housing showed signs of heavy decay and negligence, same as the entirety of the machinery - an extremely complex machinery, to keep a city flying, was victim of neglect. When discovered, the housing had traces of intense combat, with obliterated walls, sizeable holes suggesting the use of armored vehicles, and an extreme amount of weapons usage throughout the ruins.

The computers were almost all destroyed, but a full launch of all AA missiles to all targets command was recovered from the RAM, further enhancing this theory. Reportedly, the remaining artillery cannons were heavily used, as many craters dotted the surroundings. During its demise, the city was probably static, until its engine eventually failed, or was destroyed.

Some speculate that a death cult or similar might have taken over the fortress city, and gradually killed every citizen of the independent New Dimsk - as an abnormally high count of suicides were discovered, especially at the crashed or landed IDS VHs, where the stranded Neo-Dimskian killed themselves, generally with a firearm. The ruins also had many hanged burnt corpses dotting the city.