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As The Network begun reshaping the city, BBXL™ started their own new venture, as a dirty rocket manufacturing plant appeared in Area 404. The plant drained Boomtown’s resources, polluting its land and water.

Whilst the rocket - named ‘Mr Biga’s Big Boy’ via audience poll - was being erected, Chief Guardian Mr. Biga unveiled The Guardians Ascension Programme. Citizens were invited to undergo a series of physical, mental and spiritual challenges designed to identify the most exceptional alpha individuals for humanity’s greatest undertaking.

Rumours begin to circulate about the true purpose of the newly formed Guardian’s Ascension Programme. Network investigators infiltrated the training to discover that Mr Biga was building an army to militarise space.

Despite being called for a tribunal at Boomtown Hall, BBXL refused to admit any wrongdoing. They left on a rocket at the closing ceremony of the fair. But as the couple took off, Bill Tops hacked mission control to announce they had ‘reclaimed their hoarded wealth’ and would redistribute it across all Districts. Aurora and Biga were last seen screaming into an intercom as the rocket hurtled away…

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In 2025 The Great Mother - local not-cult leader of The Immortal Children of The Eternal Seed - met a spectacular demise when her ‘Ascension Ritual’ backfired, exploding her into a cloud of goo over Botanica on Sunday. Most blame The Regional Manager of the Garden Centre, who convinced citizens to sabotage the ritual with a chant of "NOT MY MUM!" Reeling from the death of the Mother, The Immortal Children fractured into rival groups competing for control of their shared temple.

In 2026, Botanica rejected The Network Assembly’s Governance, forming its own council instead. All residents were issued voting tokens and The Regional Manager - sensing a power vacuum - hosted the meetings with the Immortal Children assisting, mostly to avoid being exploded themselves. Plants and animals were welcome, but not gnomes, who had to fight to be included - succeeding at the Saturday vote.

The Network sent investigators to find out why Botanica were not working with them at Boomtown Hall and uncovered the BBXL plot to divide the residents by spreading false rumours that The Network Assembly excluded plants, animals and gnomes. The Network apologised for not helping Botanica feel more included and Botanica united with The Network against BBXL

Visit Thrutopia for a chance to stop, reflect and learn. Taking a step out of the busy streets and dive into talks and workshops to reconnect with yourself.

The concept of Thrutopia has been inspired by conversations our creative team has had with the inspiring author Manda Scott. Here’s a brief introduction to her teachings on Thrutopias.

Imagine waking up excited for the day because life feels full of possibility. For many people, that kind of joy feels out of reach. We live in a world shaped by stress, fear, and systems that don't work for most people or the planet.

But it hasn't always been this way. Across history, some communities chose to live more fairly, more creatively, and more in harmony with nature. We've just stopped telling those stories.

Now, with climate change and rising inequality, it's clear we need a new direction. And stories are one of the most powerful ways to show what's possible. They help us imagine a future that's better for everyone.

If we want real change, we need stories that inspire it, and anyone can be part of that. It starts with imagining something better.

This District is set 100 years in the past. In 1923 Copper County, previously known for inventions, feats of engineering and industrial revolution shenanigans, begun exploring a new, exciting realm of entertainment - Silent film!

Von Vanderhaus Productions arrived in the district and went on to release the smash hit silent films of the time; The Twin Emperors (1923), The Monsters we Make (1924), and most recently Race to the Red Planet - now with sound! During this time the District was renamed ‘Copperwood’.

In 1926, The band is swingin’, the gin is flowin’, it feels almost like a dream as Copperwood takes its final form as Copperwood Heights! From the humble beginnings of a small fry town scratching in the dirt to get by, this District now takes pride of place at the top of Hippy Highway, with anyone who’s anyone flocking from all over the globe to be part of the rise. With stars in their eyes and a martini in hand, the movers and shakers of Copperwood Heights are focused on one thing: Riding the showbiz train straight to the top!

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Oldtown was being plagued by the Werebadger… or was it? Cabbages pilfered, gardens littered with animal dung and bedsheets orn through on the line, as if by large claws! Wild rumours circulate of a Werebadger being the cause of these issues. The people of Oldtown launch an investigation to get to the bottom of it. What's really going on?

They uncovered a tangled web of lies! BBXL were conducting a targeted misinformation campaign to scapegoat Badgers and distract from the damage their space programme was doing to neighbouring districts. De Graffs were in cahoots with them, brainwashing people with black goo, making deranged characters believe they’ve been attacked and infected by the Werebadger. To add insult to injury they profited from the townsfolk’s rage with organised bareknuckle badger brawls!

Dis Order hid the Badger Mumma and her babies to protect them from angry mobs all hyped up on goo. Oldtown residents worked with The Network to uncover the lies. BBXL were confronted in a Tribunal at Boomtown Hall but would admit nothing, The Network failing to stop the rocket launch on Sunday.

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After The Job Centre closed down in 2022, a mysterious corporation known as BLOP (Boomtown Lifestyle Opportunities Centre) appeared to keep residents recruited. In 2024 they rebranded to BLEP (Boomtown eLEction oPportunities) to support Letsbe Avenue’s election candidate; Patrick Kahn. After Kahn failed, they rebranded to BLIP (Boomtown Lifestyle Important Product) and begun selling overly hyped products to the masses. The origins of this bizarre and ever morphing corporation are yet to be discovered.

Planet Earth is so done. So, Queen of Metropolis and ultimate Boss Babe™, Aurora Venturestone merged with her new hubby (Area 404’s Mr Biga) to abandon this depleted, boring planet and start a new, Better™ world . . . IN SPACE!

BUT, not everyone’s a fan of billionaires using all of the town’s resources to build a rocket and escape to the stars.… All the bad press was not good for Aurora and the BBXL team.

So, she stationed a BBXL PR Pod™ in Metropolis manned by loyal BBXL Brand Ambassadors. These PR gurus were hired to talk to citizens about how fabulous BBXL is.

Controversy around these ambassadors whipped through the district, with talk of brainwashing as employees undertook mandatory treatments at the BetterYou™ clinic to become ‘space-ready’. Was BBXL creating an army of Aurora Venture-clones?!

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