Future City - The central city, trade center and spaceport for the mining planet's network of settlements.
Living Above the Surface - Successful corporations first expanded buildings upward to accommodate rapid consumption of available ground space. As upward growth became impractical, they expanded outward over the airspace of less successful competitors.
Lower City - Here lies the city's power hub and utilities structure. It is visible here, but also extends underneath the main city, hidden by a massive superstructure that elevates more modern buildings above the unsightly slums and massive pipings.
Spaceport - comings and goings for off-planet and intra settlement cargo traffic.
Watchful Overview - sentry tower for law enforcement looms above the east end of the city.
Conceptually, the idea for this city is a central trade center and spaceport for a planet being mined for its resources. Largely the planet is not a particularly nice place to live. The city was originally built to facilitate landing of cargo spacecraft and provide a few luxuries for miners to escape the rigors of mining. As more and more corporations found uses for the planet's resources, they moved more people and equipment there. With more population, demand increased for recreation and creature comforts -- and more accountability was needed. All of this required yet more staff and resources. Soon, corporations were building admin buildings and processing facilities. Miners moved their families there. Bulk shipping made fresh food and comfort items more affordable and practical. Soon a bustling city was born. Hemmed in by rocky terrain and deserts, much of its growth involved upward contruction rather than outward expansion with entire mini-cities contained within its towers.
