Object
Colony Aqueduct Pumping Station
A squat, utilitarian pumping station bolted to the colony's aqueduct intake: concrete-and-stone base with corrugated/metal cladding in places, corroded iron piping and flanged joints, a rust-streaked sluice gate and winch, and a small metal control housing with exposed levers and a battered, dust-coated control panel. Villagers gather at the entrance while defenders brace nearby; Data disables the controls, converting the station from a functioning lifeline into ruined machinery and making the community's water supply an immediate survival stake.
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Purpose
To pump and regulate water drawn from the aqueduct into the settlement's distribution system for irrigation, household use, and communal reservoirs.
Significance
Serves as the colony's tangible claim to place and the contested resource around which pride and survival pivot. The station's destruction forces a grim ultimatum—defend a ruined pump and die, or abandon the land and live—catalyzing leadership change, evacuation, and exposing Gosheven's tragic stubbornness.
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