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++City of Heroes++
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+Tourist Guide to+
+++Paragon City+++
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By: UnSub (evilasahobby@graffiti.net)
Version: 0.73
Date: 18 October 2004


CONTENTS:

1.0 Introduction
.1 Fair Use and Email Policy
.2 Update Notes

2.0 Paragon City Zones
.1 Atlas Park
.2 Galaxy City
.3 Kings Row
.4 Steel Canyon
.5 Skyway City
.6 Perez Park
.7 The Hollows
.8 Talos Island
.9 Sewer System
.10 Boomtown
.11 Faultline
.12 Independence Port
.13 Dark Astoria
.14 Brickstown
.15 Terra Volta
.16 Crey's Folly
.17 Founders's Falls
.18 Eden
.19 Peregrine Island
.20 Rikti Crash Site

3.0 Places to See
.1 Statue of Atlas
.2 Galaxy Girl's Statue
.3 Paragon Police Department
.4 Talos Statue
.5 The Unfinished Overbrook Dam

4.0 Monsters, Mobsters, Mercenaries - Oh My!
.1 Hellions
.2 The Skulls
.3 Clockwork
.4 Vahzilok
.5 Outcasts
.6 Circle of Thorns
.7 The Lost
.8 Fifth Column
.9 The Tsoo
.10 Trolls
.11 Hydra
.12 Warriors
.13 The Family
.14 Sky Raiders
.15 Devouring Earth
.16 Banished Pantheon
.17 Freakshow
.18 Prisoners
.19 Crey
.20 Rikti
.21 Nemesis
.22 Carnival of Shadows
.23 The Malta Group
.24 The Praetorians
.25 Soldiers of Rularuu

5.0 Final Notes
.1 Thanks
.2 Contributors
.3 Other Bits


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1.0 INTRODUCTION
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Welcome to Paragon City! Below is a guide to help you get around the various
zones in the Birthplace of Tomorrow, a list of special places to see and a
bit of a look at the unsavoury characters who may cross your path in your
travels.

This is not an all-inclusive guide and certainly hasn't been written to 'ruin'
people's experiences of discovering Paragon City for themselves. Instead, this
should be seen as merely an aid to the hero seeking to orientate himself in
the big City and assist in combating crime.


1.1 FAIR USE AND EMAIL POLICY
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As collator and creator of this guide, I have no problems with its use and
distribution provided that 1) it is distributed in an unaltered state and 2)
that access to it is free (ie you do not need to pay an access fee of any type
to purchase use of this guide). If you wish to alter this guide and / or
charge for it's use, permission must first be sought from the creator
(ie me ;-).

If you wish to email me, PLEASE put something in the subject line about City
of Heroes. I tend to delete emails with no subject line on the grounds that
it is spam. Also, all submissions will be credited to their contributors, so
if you send me info that gets included in this guide you will have your name
credited in the Contributors section (5.2), along with some general
recognition of the type of information you provided. Please include a name
(any name or nic) for me to use as I dislike putting contributor email
addresses in guides.


1.2 UPDATE NOTES
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*Guide release notes: Launch is April 28 2004, but those with pre-order disks
got in on April 25. This guide (to this point) was predominantly written
during beta, so some information may no longer be valid. Please be patient
when playing and don't take this guide as gospel!

* Update 23 June 2004: As far as I can tell, most of the information in this
guide is still pretty valid. Some of the early zones have a few more villain
groups to fight (eg Vahzilok) but other than that, things are still mostly
accurate. How Update 1 (Through the Looking Glass) will change that I have
no idea.

* Update 14 September 2004: Issue 2 is due out shortly, which will introduce
a number of new zones and features. I'll add these in as I manage to explore
them.

* Update 11 October 2004: Have added in a little bit of the changes made by
Issue 2, but what has absorbed my time is confirming the location of badges.
I have included badge information in the relevant zones / neighbourhoods after
confirming their /loc. The badge list I am using comes from:

http://www.unseen.net/coh/badges.php

and a big thanks to Lopt to letting me use it in this guide.

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2.0 PARAGON CITY ZONES
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All heroes have access to a map (default key 'm' or at the top of the ui)
they can look at to find out where they or their team mates are. Apart from
the zone they start in, these maps will not have their suburbs named. You
can see the suburb perimeters on the map as the coloured lines around the
edges of certain areas - these colours give some small indication of how hard-
core the criminals of that area are. Green areas are the easiest, yellow are
medium and red are the toughest suburb in each zone.

As you run around each zone, you will see that you leave behind an unshadowed
trail on the map. Once you have travelled enough through a suburb, the name
of the suburb will appear on the map for future reference.

The location guide will list a suburb name (eg 'Downside') and its location on
the zone map (eg 'South'). Some estimation has been used here - some zones
stretch in several directions or are small and closely packed - but
hopefully this info will be enough to get you around (at least until you
uncover enough of the map yourself).

You can travel between zones either through use of the Monotram System or by
moving through the zone gates. If you use the Monotram, you will be given a
list of zones that the line (either Green or Yellow) runs through - from this
list you can select your destination. If you use the gates, be aware there are
two types - the green gates (you can freely pass through these no matter what
level you are) and the secured gates (that require a hero have a minimum
security level before entry).

Within each zone a list of villain groups and their approximate strength
(ie Lvls) can be found. These should be used as only guidelines rather than
absolute rules - you may find villains of higher or lower Lvls than indicated
or find a location crawling with a particular villain group one day only to
find it deserted the next.

* Location Information: In order to find out your zone coordinates, use the
"/loc" command. This will give you three numbers: the Y (North / South), the
Z (height above / below ) and the X (East / West). This information can be
used to pinpoint the location of badges and shops all over Paragon City.


2.1 ATLAS PARK
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Atlas Park is probably the most well-known location of Paragon City and one
of two areas where heroes will start in the city after being dropped off by
the out-of-town bus. With a skyline dominated by a huge statue of Atlas, this
area is under siege from a street gang called the Hellions who can be found
everywhere assaulting citizens and causing trouble.

TRAINER: Miss Liberty (in Atlas Plaza)

MONOTRAM: - Yellow Line

HOSPITAL: Chiron Medical Centre (Located in The Promenade)

MAIN CRIMINAL ELEMENT: Hellions

NEIGHBOURHOODS:
Atlas Plaza (Centre): Lvl 1, 2 Hellions
* BADGE INFORMATION:
- The Freedom badge can be found at loc 124, 121, -640 on top of Paragon
City Hall, next to the flag.
- The Hero Corps Insider badge can be found at loc 286, 16, 880, next to
contact Henry Peter Wong.
- The Patriot badge can be found at loc 151, -768, -674 which is inside
Paragon City Hall, next to the supergroup registration desk.
- The Top Dog badge can be found at loc 134, 314, -341 on top of the
Atlas Carrying Globe statue.

Hyperion Way (South / South-East): Lvl 3, 4 Hellions
- There is an underpass in Hyperion Way that is just filled with Hellions
picking on citizens.

The Promenade (North-East): Lvl 3, 4 Hellions
- Contains the gate to Steel Canyon
* BADGE INFORMATION:
- The Silent Sentinel badge can be found at loc -608, 70, 1888 on a north-
facing building ledge.
- The Undefeated badge can be found at loc 633, 85, -2328 next to a
billboard that overlooks the Steel Canyon gate.

Prometheus Park (South-West): Lvl 3, 4 Hellions

Downside (South): Lvl 5, 6 Hellions
- Downside also contains a Sewer Entrance
- Contains the gate to Skyway City

Argosy Industrial Area (North-West): Lvl 5, 6 Hellions
- Lvl 6 Clockwork can also be found in the garbage filled areas of this
suburb
- Contains the secured gate to Perez Park


2.2 GALAXY CITY
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The sister zone to Atlas Park and the other place a hero will start in
Paragon City. Galaxy City is rife with crime caused by the Hellions - it
is impossible to go more than a block without seeing them involved in
some illegal activity.


TRAINER: Back Alley Brawler (in Freedom Court)

MONOTRAM: Located in Freedom Court - Yellow Line

HOSPITAL: Cygnus Medical Centre (Located East of Freedom Court)