And more to yr questions, I haven't run people through that gate yet but if I did I'd probably run it like Deadwood under a dome in a frozen canyon with gatecrashers replacing prospectors. Remember too that there's a lot of engineers and scientists, as well as a lot of collectives excited to be at the beginning of a frontier outpost to other stars. The spaceport is mentioned as being small still but planned to be expanded upon, which requires the work collectives to execute the build orders as well as the NASA types for the details, so more are coming all the time no doubt. Probably makes for an interesting nightlife alongside the 'crasher one. I'm also willing to bet there's some fun gaps in the sousveillance given the in-progress nature of the place for the time being. There's probably certain criminal elements who know that as the public eye's presence becomes both sharper focused and closer to omnipresence (as is wont to happen in anarchist habs) they are playing a dangerous game of chicken with the ever-expanding limits of Chat Noir's collective perception...which probably includes some of the larger scale "get stuff through the gate and off Oberon" operations which are going to get increasingly more difficult as time goes on. Smugglers who don't give two shits about their rep on this be-gate'd rock since their presence is on a timer might even try riskier nonsense than usual, whereas those fully willing to eventually humble their business model and build a name might be of a different sort (black market/red market distinctions might apply roughly along that divide too, two different smuggler subcultures sorted depending on ruthlessness/quick big money vs reputation/face). Just some ideas from reading the [i]Gatecrashing[/i] stuff over again.

I've thought about Chat Noir a bit, too. Also got a bit of an Old West vibe (haven't seen Deadwood, either, but I gather it's about a rough mining boom town in 19th Century South Dakota). I attempted to GM a PBP game years ago set there. Here's a bit of flavor I wrote: ^^^adjust level of avarice and violence to suit your campaign idea Part of the issue with these autonomists settlements is that I'm never sure what the feel of the place is--I hear people cite 1930s Catalonia, or Christiania, or Burning Man, or whatever, but I've never actually been to any of these places, and there are all sorts of reasons Chat Noir or Locus would be different (no corncopia machines in Catalonia, Christiania's on Earth, etc). Well, I guess that's a basic challenge of sci-fi, haha: imagining things that don't actually exist.

Physically, it's probably like any other dome city on an airless ice/rockball. Reasonably-well planned out, most of the architecture is a chaotic mix of prefab/cheap-build and whatever-the-guy-controlling-the-bots-feels-like, but all likely designed to be easy for AR artists to build on top of. It being a gate hub means it's also an oddity for anarchist habs in being designed as a fortress. It's well-defended, doubly so given the close proximity to Xiphos (possibly bolstered by Ultimate defectors/washouts?). As for what an anarchist habitat looks like, I see it being a curious blend of two extremes. On one hand, the physical construction is both distinctive and economical -- even with nanofabrication, you're essentially building a colony with limited resources and a for-the-people mentality. On the other, what any habitat looks like depends on what AR skins a person has applied, and the avilability of those depends on numerous factors. Most AR skins are probably done by extrapolating algorithm in other habitats, but in a habitat that prides itself on its homegrown artistry (which Chat Noir may or may not fit, depending on your setting), there's a prestige in having a skin whose artist painstakingly sculpted based on what's physically there. So skinless, Chat Noir is probably very economically cubic in design, the better to accomodate expressive AR and make best use of the limited local resources. It's time-expensive to spin up fancier molecules and designs, after all. As for what buildings are likely there, you'd not do wrong to include a lot of meeting halls, pubs, coffee houses, and whatever 22nd century equivalents you can dream up. Anarchism thrives on group meetings of all sorts, so a lot of buildings are community-focused. This far out, actual food/drinkstuff establishment may be somewhat limited, but even someone sleeved in a synth can appreciate a nice atmosphere to shoot the shit with friends in. The Love and Rage collective, by default, has to be somewhat militarized, so you'll see checkpoints the closer you get to the actual gate. It might be open to all in theory, but they haven't gotten this far by openly trusting everyone. The professionalism/quality of this largely volunteer security force is up to you, depending on what serves your campaign best, but bear in mind that with anarchists, you will have a [em]volunteer[/em] security force. Meaning that the extremes will fall more on the fanatic zeal spectrum rather than the corrupt and bribable spectrum, if you're looking to differentiate the anarchists from the hypercorps. Honestly, a small cult worshiping the gate and offering its members as holy guardians isn't exactly far fetched, and if they follow the protocol, who cares what they believe, right? Never forget that Love and Rage are, ultimately, defending their gate. No one is forgetting what happened on Mars or Eris, and I have to imagine that enough expats from Eris settled here that you'd have a hard-bitten brand of anarchism that swings almost to the political right, holding up Love and Rage as the proper establishment. That's obviously fertile ground for conflict in a setting, but physically, that means a lot of combat morphs at these checkpoints, sleeved by egos itching for anyone even close to resembling Go Nin or any other hypercorp. Close relationships with Illmarien also mean a lot of exotic morphs all around.

IIRC they use bulbs for drinking tea on Extropia. It should be possible, but will be a little different.

I can't see why they wouldn't be.

Probably some hard shell/bottle with a bladder inside. With smartmaterials that keep things comfortably hot without being straw-regret hot.

Somewhere on Chat Noir, there's a rare realspace meeting of a peculiar group of people, of all walks of life and morphologies. And they meet to discuss the merits of the latest hot drink containers. ...I tease, but that sort of thing would probably happen.

Hey, guys? [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk7LcugO3zg]NASA has you covered here.[/url] Turns out, you can drink coffee in space! [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWuEVSCw8B8]Here's a more modern form of that cup.[/url]

Huh. Getting slightly off-topic with this, but given AR sensory overlays...imagine how fucking complicated and subjective food taste has become. Like, there would be dishes you can [em]only[/em] taste a certain way in certain locations due to their AR skins interacting with what's physically there. Actually, that would likely be one major counter to being able to print whatever food you want: half the taste is in the AR skin, which can be locked down. And, well, with biomods and all, taste, smell, and texture really do determine just about everything that matters for food now.

"Most users perceive data from the mesh as augmented reality—information overlaid on the user’s physical senses. For example, computer-generated graphics will appear as translucent images, icons, or text in the user’s field of vision. While visual AR data—called entoptic data—is the most common, other senses may also be used. AR input includes acoustic sounds and voices, odors, tastes, and even tactile sensations. This sensory data is high-resolution and seemingly “real,” though it is usually presented as something ghostly or otherwise artificial so as not to be confused with real-world interactions (and also to meet safety regulations)." ( https://eclipse-phase.wikispaces.com/Interfacing_+AR+VR%2C+and+XP ) As I understand it, basic biomods and the brain computer basically let all your sensory inputs be modified, filtered, etc. See also XPs, etc. Though yes, the spex version for flats would be AV-only, I'd imagine, unless you want to wear a full-head version.

Been thinking of some material for Chat Noir since this thread started. Here are a few of the ideas that I feel are good enough to share. Judging from the art on Pg. 63 of Gatecrashing, Chat Noir consists of four standard autonomist Large(1km) domes and a number of smaller surface domes over a network of underground passages and chambers. The Four main domes : The GateHouse : Placed on top of the 500 meter deep conical pit excavated over the pandora gate chamber, the GateHouse is the staging area for all those wishing to use the gate. It’s many floors contain all the warehouses, labs, medical facilities, and fabricators for any equipment needed by gatecrashers at any stage of their journey. The lower levels are reserved for the security of the gate, both from external forces and threats originating from the gate itself. On the Main floor, at the widest part of the dome, crasher teams engage in final preparations for taking one of the two large cargo elevators down the sloping sides of the pit to the Gate Room . Four other elevators serve the remainder of the facility Residential Dome: The place of residence for many of the 8,000 permanent residents of Chat Noir. Most of the domed space is empty, reserved as open park space for colonists psychological health, with a simulated sky projected onto the solid surface - all Chat Noir’s domes are opaque, since the sun will set soon for 40 years there’s little point in an outside view! The lower levels about 50 meters below the surface and consist largely of personal accommodations of the inhabitants with the occasional food and supply center for personal needs. Scattered throughout the colony are secure armories of prefabbed heavy weapons. Most autonomists have personal firearms for occasional protection, though as a community they’re rarely needed. For colony level threats everyone who is able proceeds to the nearest Armory and within minutes is ready for combat. AgriDome 1 “Hanging Gardens” : The first of the Agridomes is where much of the life support of Chat Noir takes place. Nicknamed “The Hanging Gardens” for it’s use of floor to ceiling cables to support additional plant beds. The high density farmspace inside the dome allows for personal farming projects of rare crops like coffee and cacao, as well as the barley and hops needed for the craft breweries in Enemy Mine. A few small scale livestock and aquaculture farms occupy the lower levels . AgriDome 2 “GravShack” : Planned to provide adequate redundancy for the life support systems of the colony, when Dome 1 proved more capable than anticipated the dome was available for an alternate purpose. Within the dome space itself there are more hanging gardens to provide sufficient backup to the first dome, the subsurface levels are occupied by a nested carrousel spun to provide gravity acclimatization for outgoing gatecrashers. Most crashers reside here until it’s their time to travel. This is also where biomorphs are grown for resleeving unfortunate crashers and shipment to Cobweb. Smaller domes : Enemy Mine : Built from an alien Bernal Sphere found abandoned in an otherwise unremarkable system. This 200m dome near the residential dome has become the premiere bar/brewery in the system. The lower levels are dedicated to the many brewing tanks individuals have fabricated to ferment their individual mixes. The Saloon occupies the midsection of the sphere with large spaces for entertainment, games, and food. The upper levels are sleeping quarters for patrons to sleep off the time spent below. Power Plant: Located a short distance from the main grouping of domes and buried under the ice for safety, the main fusion plants supply power to the rest of the city. Deuterium harvesters pipe in fuel mined from ice all around the moon. Pnyx : The community center of the city. Used as a gathering point for major decision-making and judicial matters. During downtime, the amphitheatre is used for stage and cinema shows with the programmable matter stage area able to adapt to each productions requirements. SkyPort : A small but bustling spaceport equipped with facilities for both LOTV operations and rocket sled traffic from Cobweb and the ice mines. A collective of military spacecraft enthusiasts called The Cat’s Claws maintains a fleet of defense drones and AKVs as part of the defense grid . Future Construction : With the long winter approaching there’s discussion of construction of a facility on the future dayside of Oberon. The project, tentatively called Chat Blanc, is currently surveying locations and accepting preliminary design suggestions.

Mostly it's a summary picked up from Gatecrashing and other books, but there's a bit of material about Chat Noir & Uranus at the end of the new Fate playtest packet: http://eclipsephase.com/fate-conversion-guide-final-playtest