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-->--'''Pollus Hax,''' ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends The Illustrated Star Wars Universe]]''

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-->--'''Pollus Hax,''' ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends The Illustrated Star Wars Universe]]''
''Literature/TheIllustratedStarWarsUniverse''
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->The Undercity, or [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace the Pit]], extends deep beneath the streets of {{Dystopia}}. Some say this undercity is larger than [[LayeredMetropolis all the other layers combined]]. The trash from Dystopia's upper layers filters down here, where the stench of organic and chemical wastes assaults the traveler. Dying spirits and madmen share the sewers and collapsed subways with the [[TheMan Technocracy]]'s mutant rejects and shuffling toxic monstrosities. Cults of diabolists hold perverse rites in the Pit, and [[EvilSorcerer Nephandi]] sometimes scour the Undercity for potential servants. None of the Undercity's denizens have any hope left. No Technomancer can accept the Undercity and remain devoted to creating the world his Union foresees.

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->The Undercity, or [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace the Pit]], extends deep beneath the streets of {{Dystopia}}. Some say this undercity is larger than [[LayeredMetropolis all the other layers combined]]. The trash from Dystopia's upper layers filters down here, where the stench of organic and chemical wastes assaults the traveler. Dying spirits and madmen share the sewers and collapsed subways with the [[TheMan Technocracy]]'s Technocracy's mutant rejects and shuffling toxic monstrosities. Cults of diabolists hold perverse rites in the Pit, and [[EvilSorcerer Nephandi]] sometimes scour the Undercity for potential servants. None of the Undercity's denizens have any hope left. No Technomancer can accept the Undercity and remain devoted to creating the world his Union foresees.

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->[...] Because all space traffic to and from Imperial Center is tightly controlled, [[TheExile many criminals flee to the lower levels]] to escape the [[KangarooCourt Emperor's justice]]: bureaucrats who have made a fatal mistake in their paperwork, ambassadors from a planet reprimanded by the Emperor, even clumsy personal servants from the Imperial palace... all vanish into the lower levels, where, amazingly they think they must hide for the rest of their lives. Judging from signs found by stormtrooper commando teams, these clever fugitives have established a tolerable lifestyle by revamping some of the abandoned underbasement rooms, tapping into electrical conduits and stealing energy from the Imperial Center power grid. They have formed their own pathetic civilization from scraps of the [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas shining world]] that has been forever forbidden to them.



-->--''VideoGame/SunlessSkies''

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-->--''VideoGame/SunlessSkies''-->--''VideoGame/SunlessSkies''

->Over in Gross Coil and Skulkford the city's sitting on layers of older buildings . For hundreds of years they sunk into the mire , and they'd just build new ones on top of them . The pavement's only been solid there for a hundred and fifty years. Over there, the sewers feed into old basements and bedrooms. The tunnels like this one lead into submerged streets. You can still see the road names. Rotten houses under a brick sky. Straight up. The shit flows along channels, and then through windows and doors. That's where the undergangs live. They used to be human, or their parents did , but they've spent too long down here. [[TheMorlocks They aren't a pretty sight]].
-->--'''Isaac,''' ''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation''
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-->--''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''

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-->--''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''-->--''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''

->You descend to the deepest reaches of London, below even the shrouded slums. This dim realm is called Underlondon, and like most underthings, it is not mentioned in polite company. Only the most desperate scavengers venture into Underlondon. Here, the city's rubbish collects [[DownInTheDumps in heaps the size of hills]]; the city's refuse falls like unpleasant, unrelenting rain.
-->--''VideoGame/SunlessSkies''
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-->--''VideoGame/DragonAge2''

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-->--''VideoGame/DragonAge2''-->--''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''

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->Deep in the lower, forgotten levels, in the oldest subbasements of ancient buildings, an entire shadowy culture has developed. [[CityPlanet Coruscant]]'s underworld is dank and oppressive, never seeing the sun or the night sky because of the looming shadows of [[SkyscraperCity kilometer-high buildings]]. Low-flying shuttles traveling near the ground level must fly with all their running lights on and weapons powered up. Otherwise, the underworld is never traveled alone. [...] Because all space traffic to and from Imperial Center is tightly controlled, many criminals flee to the lower levels to escape the Emperor's justice: bureaucrats who have made a fatal mistake in their paperwork, ambassadors from a planet reprimanded by the Emperor, even clumsy personal servants from the Imperial palace... all vanish into the lower levels, where, amazingly they think they must hide for the rest of their lives.

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->Deep in the lower, forgotten levels, in the oldest subbasements of ancient buildings, an entire shadowy culture has developed. [[CityPlanet Coruscant]]'s underworld is dank and oppressive, never seeing the sun or the night sky because of the looming shadows of [[SkyscraperCity kilometer-high buildings]]. Low-flying shuttles traveling near the ground level must fly with all their running lights on and weapons powered up. Otherwise, the underworld is never traveled alone. [...
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] Because all space traffic to and from Imperial Center is tightly controlled, [[TheExile many criminals flee to the lower levels levels]] to escape the [[KangarooCourt Emperor's justice: justice]]: bureaucrats who have made a fatal mistake in their paperwork, ambassadors from a planet reprimanded by the Emperor, even clumsy personal servants from the Imperial palace... all vanish into the lower levels, where, amazingly they think they must hide for the rest of their lives. Judging from signs found by stormtrooper commando teams, these clever fugitives have established a tolerable lifestyle by revamping some of the abandoned underbasement rooms, tapping into electrical conduits and stealing energy from the Imperial Center power grid. They have formed their own pathetic civilization from scraps of the [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas shining world]] that has been forever forbidden to them.
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->Deep in the lower, forgotten levels, in the oldest subbasements of ancient buildings, an entire shadowy culture has developed. [[CityPlanet Coruscant]]'s underworld is dank and oppressive, never seeing the sun or the night sky because of the looming shadows of [[SkyscraperCity kilometer-high buildings]]. Low-flying shuttles traveling near the ground level must fly with all their running lights on and weapons powered up. Otherwise, the underworld is never traveled alone.

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->Deep in the lower, forgotten levels, in the oldest subbasements of ancient buildings, an entire shadowy culture has developed. [[CityPlanet Coruscant]]'s underworld is dank and oppressive, never seeing the sun or the night sky because of the looming shadows of [[SkyscraperCity kilometer-high buildings]]. Low-flying shuttles traveling near the ground level must fly with all their running lights on and weapons powered up. Otherwise, the underworld is never traveled alone. [...] Because all space traffic to and from Imperial Center is tightly controlled, many criminals flee to the lower levels to escape the Emperor's justice: bureaucrats who have made a fatal mistake in their paperwork, ambassadors from a planet reprimanded by the Emperor, even clumsy personal servants from the Imperial palace... all vanish into the lower levels, where, amazingly they think they must hide for the rest of their lives.
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-->--''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - The Book Of Worlds''

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-->--''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - The Book Of Worlds''Worlds''

->The "Undercity," as some call it, is home to the diseased, the insane, to criminals, and even the dead — unwanted corpses are often discarded here by murderers and lazy undertakers.
->Darktown's slums makes [[WrongSideOfTheTracks Lowtown]] look pleasant in comparison. The foul miasma known as chokedamp clogs and swells in every corner of the Darktown, creating a poisonous mist. [[AbsurdlySpaciousSewer Its sewers]] are a dangerous place. The walls are damp, slick, and coated with phosphorescent lichen. The sewer is a maze, and one foolish enough to enter is not likely to be heard from again.
-->--''VideoGame/DragonAge2''
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-->--''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E4TheSunMakers The Sunmakers]]"

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-->--''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E4TheSunMakers The Sunmakers]]"Sunmakers]]"

->The Undercity, or [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace the Pit]], extends deep beneath the streets of {{Dystopia}}. Some say this undercity is larger than [[LayeredMetropolis all the other layers combined]]. The trash from Dystopia's upper layers filters down here, where the stench of organic and chemical wastes assaults the traveler. Dying spirits and madmen share the sewers and collapsed subways with the [[TheMan Technocracy]]'s mutant rejects and shuffling toxic monstrosities. Cults of diabolists hold perverse rites in the Pit, and [[EvilSorcerer Nephandi]] sometimes scour the Undercity for potential servants. None of the Undercity's denizens have any hope left. No Technomancer can accept the Undercity and remain devoted to creating the world his Union foresees.
-->--''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - The Book Of Worlds''
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-->--''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Clanbook: Nosferatu''

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-->--''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Clanbook: Nosferatu''Nosferatu''

->'''Cordo:''' Light... Please, Doctor, let me see some light...
->'''Mandrell:''' Fool, there's no light down here! Only that which we make ourselves.
-->--''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E4TheSunMakers The Sunmakers]]"
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-->--'''Pollus Hax,''' ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends The Illustrated Star Wars Universe]]''

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-->--'''Pollus Hax,''' ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends The Illustrated Star Wars Universe]]''Universe]]''

->Houses are built on top of abandoned cellars, are lived in and are torn down. Tenements are razed and buried under new tenements. Malls are built and maintenance tunnels are dug, and then the malls suddenly go bankrupt and close. The surface of a city is only the tip of a vast infrastructional nightmare - and only the [[LooksLikeOrlok Nosferatu]] know what's down there.
-->--''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Clanbook: Nosferatu''
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->Deep in the lower, forgotten levels, in the oldest subbasements of ancient buildings, an entire shadowy culture has developed. [[CityPlanet Coruscant]]'s underworld is dank and oppressive, never seeing the sun or the night sky because of the looming shadows of [[SkyscraperCity kilometer-high buildings]]. Low-flying shuttles traveling near the ground level must fly with all their running lights on and weapons powered up. Otherwise, the underworld is never traveled alone.
-->--'''Pollus Hax,''' ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends The Illustrated Star Wars Universe]]''

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