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The Freedom CiTy ATlAs:

Freedom CiTy TrAnsiT

AuThoriTy

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Design Steve Kenson and Phillip Lienau

Development Steve Kenson

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Cartography Phillip Lienau

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FREEDOM CITY ATLAS

FREEDOM CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY

as “the T.A.” to Freedonians, is a corporate and political subdi-

vision of the Freedom City municipal government tasked with

operating and maintaining the city’s bus, subway, commuter rail,

and ferry lines. The entire system averages over a million passenger

trips each weekday, with half of those being on the subway system,

making the FCTA one of the busiest subway systems in the nation. It is

also one of the nation’s oldest subway systems, and certainly the most

reconstructed, having suffered damage on numerous occasions due to

events in Freedom City.

LayouT

The present-day T.A. system has ten subway lines, each designated with

a letter of the alphabet and referred to as such (“A-line,” “B-line,” and so

forth). Trains on each line are also referred to by their letter code, such

as “take the S-train to Riverside”. The line(s) a station serves are listed

with white letters inside colored circles on the station’s signs, so travel-

ers can easily discern them upon entering.

The vast majority of the system is underground, running through

tunnels throughout the metro area, with the exception of some above-

ground river crossings—where the tracks run down the middle of a

bridge—and the downtown monorail, which is the only entirely aboveg-

round public transit train in the city proper.

The main hub of the subway system was Centennial Station in down-

town Freedom City, although some of the lines that formerly crossed

into Centennial have been closed off due to damage or diversion of the

line. Now nearby Freedom Station sees the meeting of five major lines

and serves as the largest transfer point in the system. Central Station,

an old crossing point of the underground, has been closed off with the

re-routing of the G-line through Midtown.

sTaTion LayouT

The typical FCTA subway station is laid out on a two-level plan. Stairs,

and often escalators, lead down from street level to an entry level for the

station. Here are located ticket booths, turnstiles, and vending machines

for tickets. Larger subway stations may also have merchants set up on

the entry level, from small shop-fronts (usually for fast food or coffee) to

small carts or kiosks for everything from cheap Freedom City souvenirs

to jewelry, snacks, or fresh produce.

Larger stations have multiple ticket booths, while small stations have

only one, which may not even be staffed during non-peak hours. These

stations rely solely on automated vending machines to provide travel

passes. Automatic teller machines are also common in FCTA stations,

making them potential targets for criminals. Closed-circuit security cam-

eras and the Freedom City Transit Police monitor stations.

The lower level of the station is the actual train platform(s) and

tracks. The standard layout is a main platform running between two sets

of tracks going in opposite directions, usually referred to as “inbound”

(towards downtown) and “outbound” (away from downtown). Some sta-

tions have separate platforms for inbound and outbound trains, while

larger hub stations have multiple platform levels, one for each line that

enters and leaves the station.

use

Transit fares on board the FCTA are $1.50 and current electronic

turnstiles have card-readers for both monthly commuter passes and

short-term tickets with magnetic strips. The older turnstiles, retired

from use a few years ago, took metal tokens, purchased from vending

machines and sales booths at the stations. Most FCTA ticket vend-

ing is now electronic, although some stations still have manned sales

booths. The booths and vending machines still accept old FCTA tokens

as payment, but the new turnstiles do not. On major holidays, riding

the FCTA is free.

The subway’s standard hours of operation are 5:00 a . m . to approxi-

mately 1:00 a . m ., although first and last departures vary slightly from

station to station along the different lines by as much as 45 minutes.

“Rush hour” periods are from approximately 6:30 to 9:00 in the morn-

ings and 3:30 to 6:30 in the afternoons. Trains arrive about every 10 to

15 minutes at a given station, depending on traffic and time of day. To

randomly determine the arrival of a train at a station, roll the die: on

a 15 or higher, a train is at the station. Roll again each minute, with a

cumulative +1 modifier on the die, until a train appears.

hisTory

Work on the first Freedom City subway tunnels began in the late 1800s,

slowed somewhat by the disappearances of several tunnel workers. Local

legend says Morlocks or Sub-Terrans abducted them, but that a band of

adventurers investigated and safely recovered some of the missing work-

ers, putting a stop to the trouble. This allowed completion of the first

line by 1889, the city’s Centennial, making Freedom City’s subway the

first in North America.

The Freedom CiTy aTLas

Welcome to the Freedom City Atlas, a series of products intended to

flesh-out and further detail the award-winning Freedom City setting for

Mutants & Masterminds. In this series, we “zoom-in” to look at different

facets of Freedom City in detail, providing you with all the information

you need to know about them to make them centerpieces in one or more

adventures set in the city.

Freedom City, like most comic book universes, is the work of many

people who have contributed to it. While writers, editors, and artists

have added their elements to the world, a big contributor is cartographer

Phillip Lienau. He brought Freedom City to life like never before in the

Second Edition of the sourcebook with his comprehensive map, found

on pages 26 and 31 of Freedom City, Second Edition, along with several

other detail maps. Phillip’s work transformed a fantastic and fanciful

superhero setting into a place that seems extraordinarily real. Using his

maps, you could easily navigate the streets of Freedom, envisioning its

various landmarks and buildings.

Now we’re finally able to bring you more of Phillip’s extraordinary

work, coupled with some adventure hooks and ideas for your own

Freedom City games. Whether you’re a first-time visitor to Freedom or a

long-time resident, we know you’ll enjoy this tour of some of the city’s

hot-spots. Welcome to Freedom City, and enjoy your stay!

FREEDOM CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY

The Freedom CiTy TransiT auThoriTy

T he Freedom City Transit Authority or “FCTA,” also known simply

FREEDOM CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY

FREEDOM CITY ATLAS

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Work continued on expanding the subway system throughout the

end of the 19th and most of the 20th centuries. Occasionally, subway

expansion projects ran afoul of underground hazards, like bands of

Sub-Terrans, Morlocks, or savage Serpent People, or uncovered things

like Colonial or pre-Colonial burial sites, interred artifacts (some

ancient, others left by time-travelers), or other things best left undis-

turbed. On each occasion, the city’s local heroes were able to deal

with the problem.

Major damage to the subway system has nearly always been due

to major invasions in Freedom City rather than natural causes like

earthquakes or similar disasters. Even when they have occurred, it has

usually been as a result of supervillain intervention rather than natu-

ral events. The first major Sub-Terran incursion into the city caused

significant damage, resulting in the shutdown of some stations, but

providing the city with an opportunity for a major overhaul of the

system. Similarly, the Terminus Invasion resulted in significant dam-

age, but much of this was repaired through the intervention of Dr.

Metropolis.

did you Know?

The following is some interesting and useful trivia about the Freedom

City Transit Authority you can use to add color to your Freedom City

games or as hooks for adventures or encounters.

• TheTransitAuthorityhasitsownpoliceforce,theTransitPolice,

who patrol all vehicles and areas used by the FCTA. The Transit

Police conduct routine patrols of all trains and platforms, and have

a K-9 division with dogs trained in sniffing out explosives and nar-

cotics.

• Acomplexsystemofpumpsservestokeepwateroutoftheunder-

ground tunnels, which seeps in at such a rate that, if the pump

system were ever disabled, the tunnels would flood in a matter of

days. The pump system (often enhanced by superheroic assistance)

has also been used to clear out the subway tunnels on the occa-

sions when they have actually flooded.

• AlocalFreedomCitylegendsaysawitchoncecursedaman,com-

monly called “Freddie” or sometimes “Eddie,” trapping him forever

in the city’s subway system, where he’s condemned to ride the

trains around and around, switching from line to line and station to

station, but never leaving to see the sun above. The story has been

around since the early 20th century, so long that Transit cops often

refer to homeless people boarding or riding the trains as “Freddies”

or “Freddie’s folks”.

• Foster’sYardStationiswherethefirstmajorabovegroundincur-

sion from Sub-Terra occurred in Freedom City, near the Goodman

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