SORANA FERRAU
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To create a second city on Varada V
Image Credit: Leo Fierro // Artstation (x)
Canon: N/A
Links: Sor Yusan (x) | Victoria (x)
City Name: Sorana Ferrau
Classification: Urban Center
Location: Varada V
Affiliation: First Order
Demographics: 48% Human | 21% Bith | 14% Sullustan | 17% Other
Wealth: High
Built from the humble beginnings of a seed and feed town. Sor Ferrau eventually discovered it had gold. Gold, silver and several other valuable minerals and ores at the time of the dark years. It was from this that the town grew into a city, and then as these commodities were sold to Sor Yusan traders. Their wealth grew, and soon the city expanded, and now Sorana Ferrau is the heart of historians, information technology and the arts all coming together. And each one generates its own revenue that all feeds back into the city.
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Stability: High
Sorana Ferrau is a place of great stability, local police work in conjunction with defense forces. And most here are simply trying to make their own way through life. Happy with the security provided to them by the First Order. Less are inclined to commit crimes, which helps to maintain this high rating of stability.
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Description: Sorana Ferrau where work and play meet, much like Sor Yusan it’s a city that never sleeps. Somewhere, someone is up working or playing. The city has grown into a place where if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. But making it here, isn’t easy, competition is fierce and if you don’t find a way to stand out above the crowd, you’ll be swept away. . Quirky fashion and quirky gadgets and technology also call this place home. here’s a freedom here that is felt more vibrantly than almost anywhere else in the nation. Be you. It’s consider a city of no-judgment, a city where the fads come to die and are reborn anew.
POINTS OF INTEREST
First Imperial Alchemist Guild & School: Alchemy has been around for ages, and the First Order has its own school, and guild. Built in the city where art meets science, the study of Alchemy for the nation is here and those who complete it go on to become military officers, or researchers. Others become active members of the Guild working for the state. The school provides all students of alchemy with the basic foundation and knowledge to create trinkets, imbue weapons and overall to help the First Order State. The Guild works with the State and in accordance with State Law does not teach or provide the tools to create 'superweapons.'
Joc’Kwon Technologies: Joc’Kwon Technologies is a primere gadget and application maker. Creating holo-plugins and smaller gadgets. Their most notable product is their music maker app which allows users to create their own music. Whether or not it’s any good, well, that remains to be seen.
First Order Geological Studies Division: FOGSD works to study the gems, minerals and ores that are around Varada V and consequently the Skye Sector as a whole. HQ’d on Dosuun, FOGSD works to study all geological development within the nation and rely on their coordination with the military to obtain this information.
First Order Historical Recovery Division: FOHRD has many offices throughout First Order territory, including the one here on Sorana Ferrau. The Historical Recovery Division’s main goal is to secure and recover historical items, or items that have historical value. FOHRD employs some of the best and brightest of historians, scholars, archaeologists and anthropologists.
First Imperial Broadcast Corporation: FIBC is a division of FOSM and works largely to maintain audio and visual holo media. All First Order citizens receive FIBC channels free of charge on any of their holocapable devices. FIBC has a dedicated news, weather and economics channel as well as channels dedicated athletics, dramas, travel and documentaries. FIBC has offices in every sector and as a division of the First Order State Media, all of its programming is subject to state approval.
Camden Media Group: Earlier this year, Camden Media Group established an office in the city. The office consists of research teams, artists, editors, office space and bullpens, meeting facilities, broadcast sets, and communications technology to support the workers there. The building also has quarters for visiting executives and on air talent, cafeterias and a coffee shop.
Nova Academy: The Nova Academy is one of the best starfighter programmes outside of Victoria’s Imperial Military Academy that one can attend. The Nova Academy is situated on the banks of a river and works closely with the All-Surface Guard to help train the new pilots. Nova Academy is considered more rigorous, and difficult than Victoria’s standards.
Aria Insurance Tower: Founded by Aria DuSang, Aria Insurance has quickly spread among the younger generation as the go to in both Health and Life Insurance. Customer care, response time and flexibility are among the top reasons for the company’s success.
Fierro Complex: Ser Fierro was the founder of Sorana Ferrau and the Fierro Complex honors his memory, the Complex is in actuality a Museum. Dedicated to the history of Varada V and Ser Fierro’s impact on it. Miram Ortega one of Sor Yusan’s early founders is also celebrated here, the Complex has several restaurants, and conference rooms which are always booked months in advance so that one can enjoy the view overlooking the stadium and theater.
Calgarius Stadium: Home to the local boloball club, the Sorana Ferrau BC “Nightshrikes.” Several other teams call this home including the repulsor-puck team, “Starfires.” It’s also one of the best places to see a concert outside of Ranau’s Ampitheater. The Stadium provides many musicians a great canvas in which to play, and the Stadium is often hosts to the scene of graduations from many of the local academies.
Sor Ferrau Transit System (Maglev): SFTS works to transport citizens not only around the city but to and from Sor Yusan as well. A rail system between the two cities is currently in the works but SFTS has been hailed by the First Order Division of Transportation as one of the finest transit systems outside of Avalonia and Prosperia. SFTS utilizes a multi-platform approach to keep citizens on the go, and goes one step further by working to ensure that all their vehicles are environmentally sound vehicles as well. Citizens of Sorana Ferrau are able to rely on the transit here to get them to and from somewhere on time and with little hassle.
Imperial Shipworks (Corporate Office): Headquarters itself here in Sorana Ferrau now having outgrown its Cloud City space, is the go-to Shipwright of the First Order. The Imperial Shipworks has several key shipbuilding ports, and wanted to oversee them from one centralized area and that became Sorana Ferrau. The company is still relatively new and is rumored to be acquired by Primo Victorian Shipwright soon.
Azure Vista Square: Azure Vista Square is a prime piece of real estate as it sits on a very busy corner of traffic. Many small businesses clamor to be here and many of the larger corporations work to keep them out. Advertising here is also in high demand, companies are now getting more and more creative with how they reach out to prospective customers. Azure Vista Square leads to the Solanga Grand and Kingsley-Andrews.
Kingsley-Andrews Academy of Fine Arts: Named in honor of two of the city’s greatest thespians Kingsley-Andrews works to teach their students the craft of acting in a drama, acting in comedies, musicals and a little more. Originally built as a singular building, the Academy now encompasses several blocks and teaches to the stage and film sets. As holofilms and holoseries become more and more in demand, so to has the demand for teaching in these areas grown. Kingsley-Andrews has expanded to now teach directing in film, film production, audio production and the technical aspects of theater as well.
Solanga Grand Theater & Ballroom: Solanga Grand Theater and Ballroom is Sorana Ferrau’s premiere theater. Many of the freshly graduated thespians of Kingsley-Andrews hope to work here with a company, as it has been the start of many promising theater careers. The Solanga Grand is often host to the ‘Battle of the Orchestras,’ where Orchestras from around the First Imperial nation come to compete for the best in the land.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Ser Fierro founded the city of Sorana Ferrau sometime during the 400 Years of Darkness. He started the city and as a feed town. What he truly loved though, was his art and much of his work hangs in the Fierro Complex. And it’s his love of art that has remained a part of the city to this day, Sorana Ferrau is often hailed as the quirky artistic city and it’s the city where you are free to be you with little judgment. This attitude was brought about by Ser Fierro’s granddaughter Catalina Fierro. Catalina felt that out here in the Unknown Regions you should be free to be as weird and as goofy as you want. You might often see signs saying, “Keep Sorana Weird!” This is a call back to those days, the Fierro’s by no means were the only humans here and neither were they the only species.
Bith and Sullustans were also here, and the Fierro’s along with the original human founders of the city worked well with them. Their cohesive nature led to the city become a progressive, ‘bleeding-heart’ of Varada V. But as with everything here, being a weird bleeding heart just happens to go hand in hand with one another. And if one thought that the banner of the First Order would deter the city’s attitude, one would be mistaken. The First Order’s banner while it flies over the city, is about all it does, most of the city keeps itself in check with its own guards and security. Many here aren’t about causing trouble as they are about chasing a dream. And in some cases now that the First Order has arrived many of those dreams are now becoming reality.
