Terragrigia

Terragrigia was a unique ‘floating city’ built upon an artificial structure in the bay of the Mediterranean Sea and its name means ‘Grey Earth’ in Italian. Development began in 1993 to construct what would become known as the world’s first aquapolis.

The project was a collaborative venture by the United States and Europe to research and develop alternative energy sources. The impetus behind the city’s development was twofold; the Europeans wanted to halt climate change, and the Americans hoped to develop energy sources for Africa. This was why the site chosen for development was the Mediterranean. Terragrigia was administered jointly by both sides and held up as a model of successful U.S.-European cooperation.

After a full 11 years of construction Terragrigia was completed in 2004 and was situated approximately 3 miles off the Mediterranean coast. It was praised for its environmental considerations and was a completely sustainable metropolis operating on a massive solar energy matrix located in low-earth orbit. It was also equipped with the latest green technologies. Networks of hundreds of solar panels were set up around the city perimeter, harnessing natural both energy from the sun and additional energy from the satellite when required. Terragrigia represented the first city on earth to be fully powered by solar energy. The city contained skyscrapers, shops, business and residential districts as well as a full transport and road network leading to and from the mainland. It was governed from a large central tower located at the very heart of the city and the whole place attracted dozens of people from young families, retirees and tourists. When the treaty was outlined stipulating Terragrigia’s governance, both the U.S. and Europe had equal authority should the city ever come under conventional terrorist attack. But if any attack was bioterrorism related, the F.B.C. automatically assumed a leadership role. This was because they had the most expansive operational charter of any European counterpart organisation, including the recently formed Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (B.S.A.A.)

In 2004, only months after the city’s completion, Terragrigia was engulfed in a bioterrorism attack when Italian terrorist group ‘Il Veltro’ dispersed the t-Abyss Virus across the city, triggering a serious biohazard and the incident that became known around the world as the ‘Terragrigia Panic.’ The F.B.C. was immediately called in to handle the situation and later came into conflict with their European counterparts when the politics over Terragrigia’s governance prevented any direct European intervention. It was only through political manoeuvring that a small support team from the B.S.A.A. were eventually sent into the site to assist. The Terragrigia Panic lasted for three weeks and despite the best efforts of the F.B.C., the city could not be saved. An appeal was made by F.B.C. Commissioner Morgan Lansdale to the Supreme Local Headquarters to use the city’s solar energy matrix on itself. Approval was granted and the Regia Solis satellite focused the full intensity of the sun’s energy across the whole area and scorched Terragrigia, wiping out the biohazard and destroying the city. A significant portion of the town sunk into the ocean and the whole area was sealed off in the aftermath and deemed inaccessible to the public. The loss of life was insurmountable and Lansdale and the F.B.C. came under severe criticism for their handling of the incident.

The Terragrigia Panic was the worst manmade disaster on record since the Raccoon City incident six years earlier. In the aftermath of the incident, anyone taking a walk down the idyllic beaches of the Mediterranean coast could still see the tops of the skyscrapers protruding from the water, offering a stark reminder of the dangers bioterrorism posed to people across the world.

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