DISASTER IN MANHATTAN Below are two maps, each of a stretch of Manhattan Island in New York City from the Hudson River (on the left side of the map) to the East River (on the right), from about 88th Street (at the top of the map) south to about 50th Street (at the bottom). For those unfamiliar with the layout of New York City, there is also a map HERE showing where this section is in relation to the city as a whole... If you want to see the actual path the crashing starship travelled, there is a GIF animation HERE that shows that; give it a couple minutes to load, since it's about 900Kb. And HERE is a page that recaps the story of what happened (ie, the post i sent to GURPSnet). This first map shows the destruction caused by the starship and its final resting place east of Central Park's southeast corner. There is a key to the right, identifying the colours used to show the damage. The dark purplish colour is used to show that part of Manhattan which was actually crushed and/or ground flat by the ship as it skidded across the island. The destruction here is presumably nearly total and absolute; nothing still stands. The red colour along the north edge of the purple was not actually hit by the starship, but was burned by the heat exhaust from the thrusters. This probably incinerated the buildings closest to the starship, and ignited any flammables in the rest of the area. The dark green colour along the south edge of the purple was also not hit by the ship; instead, it represents the areas into which debris and rubble were pushed or thrown by the starship as it moved west-to-east. And finally, the starship itself is on the map - and to scale - where it eventually stopped. The ship is 400 yards wide, more than 1200 yards from nose to rear, and at 60 storeys tall is one of the tallest structures now in New York. Any comments, questions or cool ideas? Feel free to email me. Or return to angelwerks GURPS Resources. This map is to show the area as it was before the disaster, and to point out some of the more famous landmarks in this section of town. Those that were destroyed have their names highlighted in blue.