Wallam-Crane Citadel

## Description

Wallam-Crane Portal Company New York headquarters. Located on the roof of the Wallam-Crane Portal Company is the New York residence for the Wallam-Crane family.

## History

The Citadel is taller than any other building in Manhattan and takes up a vast area. In front of the Citadel is an open place for people to gather, the Wallam-Crane Square. The Citadel includes video and audio broadcast system so that those gathered in the square can hear and see any speeches that the company or family made. On the other side of the square is the Wallam-Crane Monument.

The Citadel got it name because of the lethal defenses built into it. The defenses are everything that can be thought of including steal doors to shut off sections of it, trap rooms with nasty surprises such as poison gas and/or spikes. The entire system was turned off when the Wallam-Crane family moved to Adonis.

## Summary during 2408

When Cage escaped the Parliament building he went salvaging the Citadel, which is where he found the sniper rifle that he used to kill Rogue. Later Tad discovered that is where Cage was hiding out. He searched the family records for references to projectile sniper rifles and found that the mansions museum inventory included one. The rifle had been used in an assassination attempt against Thaddeus Ignatius.

The assassination attempt was meant for Thadeus Carmichael, but there was a last minute change and Thaddeus Ignatius showed up to give the speech at the science conference.

Even though the laws that all weapons in museums and private collections must be disabled were strictly enforced the Wallam-Crane family was never subjected to inspection visits.

Tad's alerts were set off when the Citadel had a huge jump in power caused by Cage turning on the Citadel's lethal defenses.
Even though the defenses were turned off, Cage manage to get control. He accomplished it because Hannah gave him a long string of numbers, she didn't know what the numbers did but knew that they were important because the were written on the wall of the Parliment house security room. When she was 12 and lived behind the secure door for a few months, she saw those numbers, wrote them down and kept it encase it came in handy someday. The numbers proved to be the highest-level of security for the Wallam-Crane family, for the Regents use only.

Tad wasn't able to gain access to the Citadel's security system via Earth data net as the Citadel's had a closed system. He figured out away to do from the broadcast system. But they would have to get Cage to use it first. When the broadcast system is in use, it has a temporary connect to the data net so that it live stream the speech. Tad has worked out how he can backdoor into the Citadel's security system while it is live streaming. He will need access to a camera that is used during the broadcast, but the only ones that would be accessible are the ones at the top of the Wallam-Crane Monument.

Donnell calls all of the division leaders to form a party to go to the monument and then to capture Cage in the Citadel. When they get to the monument, only the leaders and Tad go into and to the very top of the monument.

While Tad is trying to get control of the security system, Cage sends anti-terrorist, seek and destroy drones after them. They managed to destroy all of the drones in the first launch, but Tad sent the self-destruct code to the second launch.

Tad harmless fired and set off the standard short-range tactical missiles that were the last of the Citadel's offensive weapons.

After Tad has gained control of the defenses, he activates the final defense, which puts the building in complete lock down where no one can enter or leave. The building becomes completely iron clad with an steel dome over the top Mansion and park area.

Later, the alliance leaders escort Major and the other Bronx Division to the citadel and lock them in with Cage. Assure them that once the alliance leave New York, they will open up the citadel so that those imprisoned there can leave and escape the coming fire storm.

## Footnotes

### Notes

*Further information: Wallam-Crane Portal Company, Wallam-Crane Charitable Foundation, and Wallam-Crane Family Tree*

### References

1. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Scavenger Blood (Scavenger Exodus Book 2) (p. 265). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Scavenger Blood (Scavenger Exodus Book 2) (pp. 267). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Scavenger Blood (Scavenger Exodus Book 2) (p. 319). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.