Edmonton As A Science Fiction Setting (Chapter 11 of Neo Ace Posted At Wattpad)

Neo-Ace is set in Edmonton, but mainly at the Neo-Ace Academy with the city in the background.  In this chapter I talk a little about the future history of the city during the Alien War.  The romance between Jake and Mayumi begins to blossom in the latest chapter and more is learned about Mayumi's special abilities.

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I have to note that it wasn't too bad picking Edmonton as a setting for military SF.  Both Calgary and Edmonton have some cool futuristic attributes now in terms of urban design and development.  These cities are rapidly growing, but without the historical baggage of other major urban areas as they are young cities.

1. There is a Canadian Forces Base here in the form of CFB Edmonton.
2. Even Tom Clancy destroyed the High Level Bridge in this first volume of Endwar when Alberta gets invaded by Russians.  The Mounties put up a good fight along with the Alberta good old boys.
3. Cold Lake is a big air force base and air gunnery range.
4. Tons of training happens at Wainwright for maneuvers and war games.
5. There are high tech research and industries here.
6. Calgary and Edmonton are two big cities that could be linked by bullet train eventually.
7. Light rail transit exists in both cities (same German manufacturer too) with the newer cars looking quite nice.
8. Canada produces a great deal of science fiction in our authors and on TV / Film.  Just off the top of my head, Pacific Rim, X-Files, Stargate SG-1, Continuum, Defiance, Andromeda, etc.  Even the first Gundam pilot, Amuro Ray, was Canadian and so is Captain Kirk (in his alter ego of William Shatner). Heck, even the Wolverine was created in the Canadian Rockies and hid out in Alberta.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_TV_and_radio_shows_produced_in_Canada

What I changed.

1. Calgary and Edmonton get attacked by the Newts and partially razed during the Alien War.
2. I also destroyed the High Level Bridge (don't like it much anyways).  
3. I moved GAC Headquarters and R&D from the southern USA to Edmonton to avoid the Newts who were very active in the States.  My first story HARM was set near Huntsville.
4. Canada also breaks up with Quebec going its separate way.
5. America breaks up into eastern and western factions after the death of the president due to Newt reprisal for destroying the mothership. True America (the eastern faction) absorbs the maritime provinces.
6. Pacifica (Western America), Canada, and Japan form CAJUN as a common defence organization.
7. I moved many American and Japanese refugees into Canada, bolstering the populations of Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, and more.
8. The Mounties even intervene (Royal Canadian Mechanized Police?)

What I get to do.

• Live fire exercises (coming up in Neo-Ace).
• Mountain scenery.
• Rebuild Edmonton in a more futuristic manner.
• Add in a massive GAC mecha research centre, secret research labs and more.
• Calgary Stampede setting.
• Can even have a real hot springs setting for a scene.
• Canadian setting that works.
• Multicultural force in CAJUN and even the regular forces of all alliance nations.
• Our prime minister is even a good one in the story.