The Shard
 The Shard
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 The Shard, pictured at night. | |
| About | |
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| Owner |  Aidan
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| Category | Houses |
| Underground? | No |
| Public? | Yes |
| Started | 03/06/24 |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | X=-19800 Y=64 Z=7000 |
| Dimension | Overworld |
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The Shard is Freedonia's largest megabase, built and maintained entirely by Aidan.
History
Aidan's original base - The Nutshack - was built on April 16th, 2021. While very cozy and near to a nexus, the surrounding land is ideal, not for a base, but for an attraction such as an amusement park due to the uneven land and surrounding builds. As space began to run out in the base itself, storage and farms were moved underground, but at the cost of a pleasant visual aesthetic. As storage began to fill up and more space was needed, it was no longer reasonable to continue expanding this initially small home, and Aidan instead opted to create something incredible: the greatest megabase Freedonia had ever seen. Construction began on March 6th of 2024, and was completed 2 short weeks later on March 22nd - with a week-long break between, building only took 10 days.
Architecture
The Shard takes inspiration from Vesko's survival megabase, utilizing a similar block palette to construct an entirely unique creation. Here, an angular design philosophy was opted for, with sharp corners and prismatic shaping in line with the prismarine blocks used for construction. The main building takes the form of a massive gem shard, hence the name. Sea lanterns are used to illuminate the edges of the build, giving it a particularly spectacular glow after sundown. The entire build is surrounded by a custom-built circular cherry grove, surrounded by ocean as far as the eye can see.
Features
The Shard utilizes CraftBook and redstone machinery to their fullest extents for an incredible living experience. Located on the bottom floor is the storage system of The Shard, complete with an automatic locking system that restricts access to unauthorized players and an automatic MCZ203 sorting system. Storage is shulker-based, meaning any shulker can be mined to have an instant, portable supply of any resource in Freedonia. The monoliths surrounding The Shard are intended to house fully-automatic farms of every sort in the future, all of which will feed into the main storage system. These farms will be accessible through the illuminated corridors located on the orange floor.
Location
The Shard is located in the western 1.12 Expansion, near The Continental. Reaching The Shard is most easily done by taking the Nexus System to the Blue 1 Borderlands Hub and using an elytra to travel southwest; only one firework is required. Plans for a boat link is in place for the future.