Great Lakes I

Large Coastal Base
Owner: Earth Sphere Alliance
Location: Coastal, Subterranean
Add-Ons:
- Wall
- Hangar x 6
- Sensor Array
- Command Center
- Giant Hydroelectric Dam
Mobile Suits (28):
- L1 Leo x 8
- L2 Leo x 6
- L3 Leo x 2
- L1 Tragos x 6
- L2 Tragos x 6
Mobile Armors (0):
- None
Defenses:
- Missile Launcher x 12
- Antiaircraft Laser x 16
- Antiaircraft Machine Gun x 10
- Beam Cannon x 2
Occupants:
None

Great Lakes I is the name given to a series of complexes operated by the Earth Sphere Alliance along the eastern part of the eponymous bodies of water in North America. The facility is responsible for ensuring the ability of cargo transit from the Atlantic Ocean into industrialized areas along the lakes, as well as generating a significant amount of the area’s electrical power.

The base’s most distinctive feature is the monstrous Heller Dam, a giant block of concrete reaching towards the sky that has diverted most of the outflow of water, drying up the famous Niagara Falls and effectively creating a single body of water between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Massive turbines within the dam generate electricity for the entire area, and the fixture is so thick that even beam weapons would have a hard time penetrating it expediently. Two bunker complexes sit on either side of the dam, each fitted with a potent beam cannon and multiple air defenses, while antiaircraft guns stipple the top of the dam like parapets. A bypass using locks runs a few miles away, allowing ships (including Alliance Navy vessels) to travel upstream in spite of the fluctuations in relative surface altitude.

Mobile suit hangars are built underground nearby, with elevators used to reach the surface. Additionally, massive tunnels link them together as well as running along the interior of the dam – though not originally intended for use as such, they are large enough for mobile suits to travel through, albeit in a slightly crouched posture. A tall observation tower provides a 360 degree panoramic view of the area, allowing computer-assisted observers to maintain visibility over the dam, the reservoir behind it, and the nearby locks. The remaining defensive emplacements are dotted in the area around the “base” area (the hangar elevators and tower), which is protected by an anti-mobile suit wall, with a few looking over the locks and canal. Two elevators are located near the locks as well, allowing mobile suits from the base to quickly sprint over and emerge to combat anything approaching from the south.