New LA is humanity’s beachhead on Mira, a spacecraft converted into a city with a few surprising recreations of the comforts of old Earth. New LA is a BLADE town through and through, and as you progress through the game, it becomes increasingly cosmopolitan. Humanity has a good thing going here; do your best to protect it.
Administrative District
This is New LA’s pulsing heart. BLADE Tower commands the skyline, projecting humanity’s resilience onto this alien world. Here you’ll find Division Drive, where the factions that make up BLADE muster and congregate. The Administrative District is where you’ll likely spend most of your off time, be it shopping at Armory Alley, scouting jobs at Mission Control, or rustling up your troops around the local hangouts.
Commercial District
The Commercial District is a surprisingly sophisticated urban oasis amid New LA’s otherwise Spartan environs. Its cafés, strip malls, and promenades provide a respite for weary BLADEs in their off time. As the city’s population begins to diversify, various aliens find their footholds in New LA’s commercial center, perhaps presaging its future as a multi-species metropolis.
Industrial District
Here is where you’ll find New LA’s manufactories and hangars, and it’s easy to get the feeling that the machines of heavy industry outnumber people. You’ll have frequent business at the Outfitters Test Hangar, and you’ll get to know the West Gate, one of the main thoroughfares leading out to the wilds of Primordia, quite well. Repenta Diner is also located in the district, and it’s a known haunt for at least one notable BLADE operative.
Ma-non Ship
Once you make contact with this friendly alien species, they’ll make themselves quite at home in New LA—by docking their ship in the sky right across from BLADE Tower after Chapter 5. The Ma-non are an enterprising people, and it doesn’t take long for them to enmesh themselves in the city’s commerce and industry. Expect to spend a lot of time scouring the ship’s decks while wheeling and dealing with humanity’s newest friends. Please note, the Port Side isn’t accessible until you’ve completed “Prone Sweet Prone.”
Residential District
People have to live somewhere, right? It may as well be an idyllic suburban tract built right into a crashed colony ship. New LA’s Residential District boasts many of the amenities of home, including tennis and basketball courts, a serene little park, and a majestic cathedral.
