Ouranos

Ouranos City
Ouranos City
Survival 3
	A view of the City Hall from the inside
Settlement
World	Survival 3
Founded	7th January, 2019
Mayor(s)	William278, misterblue28
Contributors	DragonFire441, nossi345, Cookies58_, marbou9, Kingcreeper1, dmgdog
Location	X= 5413; Y= 64; Z= 2089
Transport	SRN Branch Line; NTN Approved Branch
	Map Click for full map ;

Ouranos (/ɔːanɒs/, OR-ah-NOS or /oːranós/, oo-RAH-nos^{^[1]}) is a public city on the Survival 3 world of the Dogcraft Server. It was founded in January 2019 by William278, the previous mayor of Akkara City on the Survival 2 world as well as player misterblue28. The city was conceived after mayor William left the Deliverance project and work began in late December on setting a plan in motion to build the city.^{^[2]}

Building in Ouranos

Ouranos has an urban-colonial build style with a palette consisting of grey and brown colors mixed with brighter tones to keep the city lively.^{^[3]} The city features tall, compact buildings near the city center in order to create a metropolitan aesthetic, similar to the style of Havana. A palette building exists in order to enforce this style.^{^[4]}

The city is centered on a central Lackria Plaza, named after the town on Survival 1. A large town hall and railway station sit opposite to each other with the plaza in between. Houses are set out in plots^{^[5]}, which are sold by the mayors.^{^[6]} Plots have different functions and many plots serve as a place to visit for the city, such as a theater and banner gallery.

Notable Builds

A town hall in the center of town, built into the side of the nearby mountain with steps leading up to it from the central plaza.
A grand sandstone castle, named Ouranos Castle. The castle houses a Dogcraft Spleef League arena beneath it.

Ouranos Station floor.

A railway station with access to Cool Cove Station, the third station on the SRN East Line.
A central plaza with additional palette building providing building information and acting as the origin for roads in the city.
A theater, featuring an underground studio setup for the game-show "The Chase".
A post office for sending and receiving items between players, similar to the one in Havana on Survival 2.
A banner gallery where many popular banners from across the server's history.
A boat-on-ice race track, for racing boats on ice is located to the north-east of the city.
The Ouranos Metro connects the various places and attractions via underground railway tunnels spanning across the city.

History

Initial conceptual planning image

Ouranos began after player William278 left the Deliverance project as a leader after internal disputes in November 2018. Following the exit, discussion between himself and misterblue28, who was a long-time helper of the Survival Railway Network East Line began.

Initial layout plan

The initial idea for the city was to create a grand kingdom in the sky, with contemporary houses floating on large grassy islands. The city would be laid out in a circular shape, with islands surrounding a central stairway to the ground level. Each island would have a "theme", such as being an island for commercial stores or being an island for player homes. Ultimately, however, this idea fell through as it was deemed too much work for the two players. One remnant of this planning era, however, is the name Ouranos. In Greek mythology, Ouranos is the god of the skies and this name would have tied in with the original floating islands plan.

Secondary plan, including the final site chosen for the city.

It would not be until late December of that year until the city would find its feet. A solid plan was drafted for how the city would be laid out based on three pillars of developing a community; Leadership, Style and Collaboration. The city would be a simple plot-based city centered on a square. When planning, a "havana-mindset" was used to make decisions. This led to the city planning being based around allowing it to grow organically over time. The city hall, station and square between them were all designed in creative as well as the palette building on the square. The two mayors thought that by starting out by building these three buildings first, the rest of the city could develop from that in line with their three pillars.

The city would open officially on the 7^th of January, 2019. Growth was quick initially and following rapid development plans were made to celebrate the cities' growth in a formal Ouranos Day event. The city also hosted a version of The Chase gameshow re-created in Minecraft and has seen success as a hub for cultural activities on the server. In preparation for Ouranos Day, a grand castle was constructed serving as a monument for the cities' success.

Notable Events

Anti-Bean Prank

The Anti-Bean Headquarters was constructed by marbou9 following a dispute over mayor William's usage of the phrase "Cool Beans" that led to the construction of two "Pro-Bean" and an "Anti-Bean" map art. Traces of the prank war can be found over the city and the Anti Bean headquarters stands as a center for information on the "dangers" of saying the phrase.

Domi_2 vs Marbou9 Prank War & Ouranos Nuclear Disaster

An ongoing prank war between Marbou9 and Domi_2 has found a home in Ouranos as the two frequently prank each other's houses; the Anti-Bean HQ and Domi's book shop. These pranks typically have ranged from filling their respective houses with unusual blocks, such as cakes and enchanting tables. On one such occurrence, Marbou9 filled Domi_2's house with TNT and a misunderstanding with the cities' claim-explosion status led to Domi accidentally enabling TNT explosions in the city. When mayor William sought to remove TNT from the house he did so by lighting the TNT with a redstone torch, thinking only one block of TNT would disappear due to claim-explosions being off.

Unfortunately, claim-explosions were in fact enabled, causing all of the TNT blew up, flattening an entire city block and killing nine bystanders. Though the damage would be rolled back, the event would become to be known as the Ouranos Nuclear Disaster.