NOTTINGHAM HIVE // HIVE RANK 02

NEO
VICTORIA.
THE GROUND REMEMBERS.

Britana’s second largest hive was not carved from empty earth. It inherited Nottinghamshire’s coal pits, forgotten workings and natural caves, then taught them to hold another city.

Second largest hiveNottingham belowConstruct systemsAutonomy disputed

Cyan infrastructure map of Nottingham above Neo Victoria

01 // HISTORY

A CITY BUILT
THROUGH MEMORY.

Nottingham’s industrial past became Neo Victoria’s physical foundation and political identity.

The first shelters followed abandoned coal seams and mine routes already understood by generations of Nottinghamshire workers.

Construct reinforced the pits, joined them to natural cave systems and added habitation chambers, transport shafts, water plants and industrial arteries. Old surface anchors remained essential: Clifton, the River Trent, tram routes, rail depots, estates and power infrastructure.

Neo Victoria grew until London could no longer treat it as a dependent outpost. The prefecture still claims jurisdiction. The hive answers through delays, local codes and carefully worded refusals.

“They did not rebuild Nottingham. They built below its memory.”

02 // DISTRICTS

THE LAYERS
BELOW.

Every district connects a surviving piece of Nottingham to the engineered hive beneath it.

North Bridge

Major crossing, relay network and controlled entrance into the central hive.

River District

Flood control, water processing and routes following the River Trent.

Estate Core

Markets, housing towers and the densest concentration of ordinary civic life.

Old Clifton

Surface ruins, Nobel Road approaches and contested routes toward the south.

Transit Works

Tram depot, rail exchange, freight stores and corridors into deeper levels.

Lower Seams

Coal workings, caves, sealed survey routes and the oldest parts of the hive.

Agricultural Belt

Food production and controlled land beyond the dense urban chambers.

The Wastes

Unprotected surface territory where recovery teams, wildlife and scavengers meet.

Guard Station

The player’s foothold, storage point and route back into the wider city.

03 // FACTIONS

WHO OWNS
THE CITY BELOW.

Neo Victoria survives through systems no single power completely controls.

CONSTRUCT

The Provider

Maintains shelter, water, transit and the systems that define civic permission.

ANAMIKA

The Restorer

Operates wards where death is treated but identity remains uncertain.

LOCKHEAD

The Watcher

Secures gates, trains and strategic infrastructure through automated force.

THE UNDERGROUND

The Memory

Uses moth marks, coded broadcasts and forgotten routes to resist control.

BLANKS

The Question

Reconstructed people whose existence challenges corporate certainty about the soul.

LONDON PREFECTURE

The Claimant

Calls Neo Victoria a province. Neo Victoria calls itself home.

04 // SIGNALS

VOICES IN
THE STONE.

Journals, rescue calls and resistance messages recovered from Nottingham’s hive.

Recovering Signals.

NATIONAL REGISTERBRITANA AUTHORITY CLAIMLONDON PREFECTURE RECOVERED ARCHIVEALL SIGNALS

NEOVICTORIA.THE GROUND REMEMBERS.

A CITY BUILTTHROUGH MEMORY.

THE LAYERSBELOW.