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"He was still, he judged, in the Territorial Prefecture capital of Northbridge, or Kitahashi, as every place on this planet seemed to boast two interchangeable names, to ensure the confusion of tourists no doubt."
―Miles's opinions on two-named places on Kibou-daini[src]

Northbridge, also called Kitahashi, was the capital city of Kibou-daini; it was more than 30 kilometers across.

Graffiti on bridges and other structures in the city sometimes said "Burn the dead", a reference to the large number of cryogenically-stored people beneath the city.

The Northbridge Invitational Conference on Cryonics was held in the city.

Places in Northbridge[]

  • Jin Sato's uncle and aunt lived in a northwestern suburb of the city.
  • The east side of the city was residential; a well-to-do neighborhood had a series of embassies and consulates, including the Barrayaran one.
  • The south side had a light industrial zone, which included a former cryofacility where Jin Sato lived while a runaway. This facility was approximately 30 kilometers from the Barrayaran consulate.
  • The Cryocombs were an extensive collection of cryo-preservation vaults beneath the city; they held several million frozen people.

Places around Northbridge (but not in it)[]

  • There was an abandoned resort about 100-150 kilometers away, in an unknown direction. It was used by the New Hope Legacy Liberators when they kidnapped eight galactic visitors from the Cryonics conference.

References[]

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