FUTURE CITY Flashcards
Introduction
Arisha walks in, confused.
Arisha: Woah…did I really ….?
Ysa and Aarna walk into the scene.
Aarna: Uhm, excuse me? Miss? Are you okay?
Ysa: Hey, Aarna, don’t run up like that!
Arisha: runs up to Ysa What year is it?
Ysa: It’s…2124. Why?
Arisha: Where are we right now? What city is this?
Aarna: We’re in Terra Sancta right now.
Arisha: Terra Sancta? What’s that?
Ysa: Do you live under a rock? How do you not know what Terra Sancta is? “Holy Land”? Does that ring a bell?
Aarna: Calm down, Ysa. Who are you?
Arisha: I’m Arisha. This might sound crazy, but I’m from the year 2024.
Aarna: 2024? That was over a century ago. How do we know you’re not lying?
Arisha: You don’t have to believe me. But, could you tell me more about this “Terra Sancta” place?
Aarna: Hmmm…you seem pretty interested.
City Life (Location, daily life, specialties) + Infrastructure
Aarna: As I said, we are in Terra Sancta right now. If you really are from 2024, then this place was built on top of your Hatgal, Mongolia.
Arisha: Mongolia? Why would people even want to move here?
Ysa: Rude! This place is awesome! The lowest people get paid here is $22 per hour!
Arisha: $22 dollars per hour? Our minimum wage here was just $14 an hour!
Ysa: And get this! A work week of a maximum of 39 hours.
Arisha: 39 hours? Why are the hours so much shorter than now?
Aarna: Research shows people are less motivated and energized when faced with longer work days. This creates more jobs for other people and keeps the workplace stable.
Arisha: Wait, what’s that huge sinkhole in the middle…?
Ysa: Oh! That’s one of the most unique parts of Terra Sancta! My grandmother told me a long time ago, a huge sinkhole was found, and underneath it was a huge Underground area!
Arisha: Woah! An Underground? What’s up here and down there?
Aarna: For starters, the Overground has our Residential Area. Basically, all our houses are located up here. We also have farms and a huge river to get our food.
Arisha: The food here must be good! But I’m more interested in what’s down there.
Ysa: Down…oh the Underground you mean! We have our Entertainment, Preservation, Education, Commercial, and mainly Industrial areas down there. point to each district as you talk about it
Commercial: malls and places where they get their food
Education: where students study and where the services are located
Entertainment: amusement parks
National Preservation: the natural look of the underground
Industrial: working and engineering, managing electricity
Engineering and Technology
Arisha: What jobs do you all have here?
Aarna: Terra Sancta offers many jobs, like education, real estate management, government management, military services, agriculture, AI development, mining, entertainment, and most importantly, engineering.
Ysa: Me and Aarna both work as engineers.
Arisha: Wow! It must be cool working down here. How do you even get to work?
Aarna: See this power grid? It also acts as transportation through Maglev technology. It’s actually really fast and is managed through AI.
Arisha: Maglev? Doesn’t that go up to 500 mi/hour? And they are controlled by AI? That must be so nice to get to work quickly.
Ysa: I know, right? No more toxic pollution yall had back in the day!
Arisha: Could you…explain more about your jobs? As an engineer myself, I am really interested in knowing more about all…this.
Aarna: We might both be engineers, but we specialize in different management of energy sources.
Arisha: Energy sources…?
Ysa: Yep! I work with the infrastructure engineers. We monitor and create the inventions that Terra Sancta uses today.
Arisha: What does that even mean…?
Ysa: Basically, we have lights and sidewalks we use underground. Do you see those lights on the top of the Underground? Above ground, there are solar panels that transfer and give natural sunlight underground while blocking out harmful rays like UVA, UVB, and UVC. This allows plants to grow underground too. I also manage the self-healing concrete. It uses bacteria that is safe and a water base to repair itself.
Arisha: Those sound amazing. You help people’s health and save yourself quite a bit of money.
Arisha: But I have another question. How do you get the energy to do all this stuff? Do you still use oil?
Aarna: This is my sign to come in.
Aarna: I directly handle the energy source management here in Terra Sancta. Our main source of energy is our Infinite Energy Generator.
Arisha: Infinite…? How does it even work indefinitely?
Aarna: The Infinite Energy Generator includes a rotary group of gears that spin for an infinite amount of time, hence providing the city with infinite energy. These gears rotate between two fixed gears with magnets attached to their edges. This creates mass-powered energy.
It’s located underground and connected throughout the city. turn on the moving part
Arisha: Woah! That’s so cool!
Aarna: And unlike oil, it is renewable AND eco-friendly.
Arisha: It even helps the environment. That’s honestly amazing. What other cool stuff do you guys have?
Aarna: We also have methane converters. Cow manure, food scraps, and human waste are added to the digester. When the bacteria break down the compost, natural methane is created. Then, it is pressurized and transported for further use. This creates both fertilizer and energy for Terra Sancta’s farms. We also use Printable Organic Solar Cells. Solar panels are printed using ink that captures light and converts it into electricity. You can’t see them because they’re practically invisible.
