Aethel City Sewers
Overview
A dark, labyrinthine network of pipes and tunnels beneath Aethel, handling both municipal waste and starship runoff from Aethel Starport’s landing bays. The large waste pipes converge in the starport’s lower levels and run under the two-fence city perimeter — which makes the system a route into the city that bypasses the Aethel Security Checkpoint entirely, for anyone willing to be inside a pressurised sewage main when the pressure comes back.
Six was. He tore the hinged cap off a service hatch (a maintenance worker above blamed “Valve 427 busting again”), crawled in during the pressure cut, and was flushed at high speed through the twisting tunnels deep under the city, taking minor damage and a full coating of waste water. From there the tunnels gave him manhole access to the Firetemic Tower’s front street and its back alley, picking left at every intersection with GPS and a compass bearing.
Points of Interest
- Valve 427 — the service hatch near the perimeter fence, now missing its cap.
- Manhole, Firetemic front street — a two-inch peek, then back down.
- Manhole, Firetemic back alley — Six’s surfacing point, previously occupied by a resting transient who did not enjoy what happened next.
Appearances
- Session 7 (Session 07 - The Goodwin Contract) — Six’s infiltration route from the starport perimeter to the Firetemic Tower.
Relationships
- Part of Aethel — The waste network under the capital, fed by both the city and the starport's landing bays.