Military Road Network
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- Place
- Status
- Canon
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- Site
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- Surface
1. Summary
Before the construction of the underground railway system, dirt roads connected the entire surface installation.
2. History
The roads were originally suitable for heavy truck traffic.
The roads were maintained, graded, drained, and kept sufficiently clear for the transportation of heavy equipment.
Over time, underground transportation reduced their importance for scientific and industrial logistics.
Following the 1999 emergency, many roads ceased receiving regular maintenance.
The rainforest gradually reclaimed them.
3. Function and Contents
In the game, the road network includes:
- Maintained military access roads.
- Partially abandoned dirt roads.
- Narrow patrol routes.
- Old construction roads.
- Overgrown secondary roads.
- Damaged bridges and drainage crossings.
- Flooded or muddy stretches.
- Completely obstructed routes.
Some roads are easily recognizable.
Others must be rediscovered through exploration, documents, maps, or remnants of historical engineering work.
4. Architecture and Style
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5. Security and Access
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5.1 Military Patrols on the Roads
Surface roads are subject to Brazilian military patrols and security activity.
Moving a truck through certain areas may attract attention.
See: Places › Peripheral Military Structures
5.2 Vehicle Access
Military trucks are largely restricted to suitable roads.
Attempting to drive a heavy truck through dense rainforest can cause substantial mechanical damage or render the vehicle unusable.
Motorcycles have greater freedom of movement and can access certain narrow tracks unavailable to larger vehicles.
See: Systems › Vehicles
6. Connections
These roads linked D1, the aerodrome, the auxiliary complexes, construction areas, storage facilities, and military checkpoints.
Until 1972, the facility had no land connection to the outside world; outside access was by air, through the old aerodrome. The clandestine terrestrial access route built in 1972 became its only land link to the Amazonian road network and the Trans-Amazonian Highway, reaching the facility at A1.
The historical road system provides geographical continuity between the surface installations.
See: Places › D1
7. Concept Image
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8. Open Questions
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