The tropical paradise Bosque Fresco, also known as Emerald Harbour, is nestled on the mid-Eastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Founded, maintained, and defended by the Yucatán Flotilla, the walled town is perched along lagoons and the Rio Hondo that feeds into Chezmul Bay. The port’s tall concrete buildings have connecting sky walks draped in lush green plants fed by fresh rain and filtered water. Toucans, collared aracari, and yellow-bellied sapsuckers nest in these towers and swoop across its skyline. A wandering Seafarer following the Rio Hondo inland Westwards out of Bosque Fresco and past the Bravo Dam would discover brackish plains that gradually transition into transfigured Seablight wastes.
The 22,000 botanists, frontier-labourers, and boundary guardians that live in Bosque Fresco are predominantly loyal to the Yucatán Flotilla, but a sense of liberal freedom does pervade the colony. The Consejo Coralino’s recent partnership with the Pyrate Republic has opened this Southern jewel to foreign traders from across the Antilles Archipelago.
Bravo Dam
Critical to Bosque Fresco’s survival is the impressive Bravo Dam, a clarification filter dam that reduces blighted material secreted inland along the Hondo River. The Bravo Dam is 10 kilometres Westwards inland from central Bosque Fresco. It is flanked by robust Saviour Flame towers, and forms part of the Emerald Harbour’s outer walled boundary.
Emerald Harbour
Ships sailing into Emerald Harbour are treated to a stunning sight – clear waters lined with buildings awash with verdant trees and vegetation. The calm harbour is not to be taken lightly by pyrates, as blocky redoubts bristling guns watch over the Chezmul Bay trade way. The Tortuga submarine is sometimes based here, along with Delfín submarines and dozens of Yucatán Flotilla support, rejuvinations, and defence vessels.
Fresh Froot Maakit
The colourful merchant stalls of the Fresh Froot Maakit offer soursop, sapodilla, pineapple, mango, breadfruit, papaya, dragon fruit, and guaya. The nearby trinkets market sell crafts primmed with vibrant feathers, seashells, and reclaimed timber.
Maya Tower
Maya Tower is the tallest building in Bosque Fresco and the headquarters of the Yucatán Flotilla’s Consejo Coralino operating outside of the Chicxulub Deep Sea Habitat. Here Rebeca Ruén charts the Flotilla’s regeneration strategy and submarine movements across the Antilles Archipelago. The tower also includes the Paradise Loft, an open air public space where flora anad fauna are nurtured with care
Santa Roza Biodome
A large domed green house and closed ecological system, the Santa Roza Biodome, on the outskirts of central Bosque Fresco. The Coral Bay Council use the Biodome to further their botanical experiments and research into Seablight eradication.
Taam Ja’ Underwater Connection
A few kilometres beyond the Emerald Harbour and into the Chezmul Bay drops the Taam Ja’ Sinkhole, the world’s deepest blue hole. The Yucatán Flotilla have created an underwater connection between Bosque Fresco and the Taam Ja’ Dome, a small habitat that allows submarine docking and scientific examination of unblighted depths.
Tehantepec Power Generator
Bosque Fresco’s rejuvination efforts are supported by re-purposed Ancestor vessels, such as the SkyLance Tehuantepec. The aerial ship’s mini-Lampshade Accelerator is used to power urban renewal projects and civil defence systems.
Vasquez Canal
The Vasquez Canal is the main lower street-level thoroughfare that runs through Bosque Fresco’s blocky towers. The canal is fed by filtered water drawn from the Bravo Dam,. The canal leads into the Chezmul Bay and the Taam Ja’ Underwater Connection.
