PLACE
Stormwall Ice Rink — Meridian Annex
Overview
Stormwall Ice Rink — Meridian Annex
The Meridian Annex is where Karth Deep's Icehawks practice when the holo syndication money says Khesret matters more than home frost. It hangs in the elevator district's lower service ring — three decks of crystallized impact gel and frost-glass pylons braced against the copper haze that leaks off the Meridian Spire ribbon. From the public concourse it looks like a sports cathedral built by accountants: sponsor banners, lattice angle markers painted in republic blue, and a smell like cold metal under citrus sanitizer.
Inside, the practice lattice is smaller than Stormwall proper but meaner per cubic meter. Players in claw-grip boots drift through shock-rigged drills while med techs count impacts the way pit accountants count teeth. The concourse sells licensed shock tape and replay chips; the back corridors sell rumors about Rampager derby fixes and Concord ban petitions. Nobody plays a full season here. They rehearse violence for cameras that will never see Karth until the rights check clears.
It is loud in the specific way money is loud — impact gel remembering every rehearsal, crowd holo ghosts roaring on a loop, and compliance officers who smile like the lattice owes them rent. If you are not roster, staff, or sponsor, you still get in with a credstick and a waiver that assumes you have already apologized for your own bones.
Location file
- Category
- sports_venue
- Tags
- icehawks, stormwall, grav_gridiron, practice_lattice, meridian_district, khesret, holo_rights, karthunai
- scale
- three-deck practice annex (lattice + concourse + back office)
- tone
- Licensed violence rehearsed for syndication — republic sport pride with betting debt under the citrus sanitizer
- senses
- Impact gel impact-memory thuds, frost-glass pylons, citrus sanitizer over cold metal, holo crowd loops, copper haze bleed from the Spire ribbon, shock-rig ozone
- occupantSummary
- Icehawks roster and med staff; diaspora fans on replay nights; sponsor reps; books office; compliance officers; lattice techs
- hazards
- Shock-rig contact over league cap; lattice angle tampering accusations; fixed-game rumors; Concord ban petition picketers; waiver liability if a civilian wanders the prep deck
- connections
- Meridian elevator district service ring; ground transit toward Spire Transit Ring; holo uplink to Frost Circuit relays
- travelNote
- Public concourse with waiver entry; roster decks badge-locked; back office by appointment or bribe
- factionTies
- Stormwall Icehawks (tenant); White Mane Shockworks gear contracts; Rime Ring Rampagers (rival narrative); Concord human-league petition observers
- isVendor
- true
- vendorPriceVsMarket
- Licensed merch at syndication markup; replay chips fair; back-room odds worse than advertised
- vendorIllegalGoodsPolicy
- No banned shock mods on paper — ask Books Sarn after the waiver desk closes
- vendorSellsTags
- holo_replay, shock_tape, lattice_hospitality, merch
- vendorBuysTags
- rampager_intel, lattice_footage
Geography
- Khesret-Primewithin
- The Khesret Systemwithin
Connected
- Meridian Spire Annexconnected to
Associated
- Stormwall Icehawks Grav Clubassociated
- Sarn Ice-Ledgerassociated
- Ira Storm-Checkassociated
- WANTED — Books Sarn (Icehawk Ledger)associated