The Transits

There are nine transit stations spaced equally throughout the city. On Mongoose where it crosses 25th, 50th and 75th, where Zelkova crosses 25th, 50th and 75th, and where Malachite crosses 25th, 50th and 75th. As a quick reference I have an ASCII (plain-text) map on the main A~C pages which makes the locations of the stations easier to recognize and correlate. Here’s that text.

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ASCII Stations Map. Version 2.3 = JMOC 714
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"Abbreviation" = Station name: Location

"Ca" = Calliope:     Mongoose  & 25th
"Cl" = Clio:         Zelkova   & 25th

"Er" = Erato:        Malachite & 25th
"Eu" = Euterpe:      Mongoose  & 50th
"Me" = Melpomene:    Zelkova   & 50th
"Po" = Polyhimnia:   Malachite & 50th

"Te" = Terpsichore:  Mongoose  & 75th
"Th" = Thalia:       Zelkova   & 75th
"Ur" = Uranie:       Malachite & 75th
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   Mongoose          Malachite
           | Zelkova|        | 
  +--------+--------+--------+--------+
  |        |        |        |        |
  |        |        |        |        |
  |      Ca|      Cl|      Er|        |
  +--------¤--------¤--------¤--------+-25th
  |        |        |        |        |
  |        |        |        |        |
  |      Eu|      Me|      Po|        |
  +--------¤--------¤--------¤--------+-50th
  |        |        |        |        |
  |        |        |        |        |
  |      Te|      Th|      Ur|        |
  +--------¤--------¤--------¤--------+-75th
  |        |        |        |        |
  |        |        |        |        |
  |        |        |        |        |
  +--------+--------+--------+--------+
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Note that each station is placed alphabetically from left to right, then top to bottom, so reading down the list will take you from the station in the upper left hand corner with "Ca", to the bottom right with "Ur". This can help a pire remember in a pinch where they need to go without a map to check.

Additionally, you’ll want to know that it costs 5 coins and 3 AP to ride the transits. If you only have 1 AP when you click the button to ride the transit, you will show as having -2 AP when you arrive at your destination. Then you’ll have to wait really long before you can move out. This sucks because the transits are busy with the passing to and fro of vampires and you’ll get robbed and bitten a lot. A lot.

One thing you also may like to know is that each station should have a vampire in it going by (station name) Guard. So there should be one at Thalia station named Thalia Guard. These are vamps owned by players which are trying to do a service to the other players. They call themselves the Night Watch, and I like to contribute to their coin purses when I happen to go through a station.

The Watch members always try to carry coins on them so that players who don’t have enough coins to ride can just thieve the guard and get the needed coins. If you don’t have Thievery yet, then just say something in the square asking the Guard for the coins to ride and when the controller refreshes, they will hand you the needed coins. It can sometimes be a long wait, though. If you pass through a transit with plenty of coins, it would be appreciated if you would assist them and the other players by putting a few coins in their hands as you go through. Good karma, you know. :-)