Olympus Resort - An international, multibillion-dollar off-planet recreation project.
Description[]
Features[]
It was a high-class, high-dollar vacation paradise. The station was built for pleasure and entertainment.[1] It was designed to contain hotels, casinos, homes, resorts, and parks; all of it lavish.[2]
Specific amenities include:
- Vacation and retirement homes; villas, mansions, sleek penthouses, and presidential suites.[2]
- Olympus Grand Hotel[3]
- Apollo Tower[4]
- from the rooftop bar, the view is stunning[4]
- Entertainment complex, with new videos[5]
- Autotronics Arcade[6]
- Athena Club - music and drinks[5]
- Tropics Sector[7]
- A stunning man-made beach.[8]
- Athena Lake and surrounding "young forest"[4]
- Horseback riding available[4]
Construction[]
The beginning phases of construction began in 2058.
Description while under construction[]
From Rapture in Death:
The Olympus resort would be, with Roarke pulling the strings, completed and fully booked within a year.[9] From the terrace of the Olympus Grand Hotel, Eve could see out over the hub of the resort. The lights brightly burned for the night crew, the quiet hum of machinery spoke of round-the-clock labor. The fountains, the lances of simulated torchlight and rainbows of color running fluidly through the spewing waters, were for her, she knew.[9]
Leaning over, she watched the light and water show, scanned the buildings, all domes and spears, all glossy and elegant to house the sumptuous people and the sumptuous games they would come to play.[10]
The casino was completed and glowed like a golden ball in the dark. One of the dozen pools was lighted for the night and the water glimmered cobalt blue. Skywalks zigzagged between buildings and resembled silver threads. They were empty now, but she imagined what they would be like in six months, a year: crammed with people who shimmered in silks, glowed with jewels. They would come to be pampered within the marble walls of the spa with its mud baths and solicitous droids. They'd come to lose fortunes in the casino, to drink exclusive liquor in the clubs, to make love to the hard and soft bodies of licensed companions.[11]
Ownership[]
Olympus involved a partnership between Roarke Industries, Tokayamo, and Europa. Details were finalized after three years of negotiations and planning.
Other Mentions[]
- In Holiday in Death, Roarke is on a business trip there, and things aren't going well. He called Eve to let her know he would be another couple of days, and to try to convince her to join him for the weekend, but when he saw her face and realized she was having nightmares without him being there, he told her he called to say he was coming home that night.[12]
- In Eternity in Death, Tiara Kent's father was vacationing on the Olympus Resort with his newest fiancée when Tiara was killed.[13]
- In Indulgence in Death, Winston Dudley IV's ex-wife, Annaleigh Babbington, is vacationing there for two weeks.[14]
- In Celebrity in Death, K.T. Harris had put a hefty deposit down on a high-end, high-class villa there for two weeks, starting December 23, for her and Matthew Zank, even though they were no longer together.[15]
- In Vendetta in Death, we learn that Perfect Placement has a recently established center there.[16]
References[]
- ↑ Naked in Death (ISBN 0-425-14829-7), pp. 115-116; Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 271
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Betrayal in Death (ISBN 0-425-17857-9), p. 264
- ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), pp. 7-8
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Treachery in Death, Chapter 12
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rapture in Death, Chapter 2
- ↑ Rapture in Death, Chapter 8
- ↑ Betrayal in Death (ISBN 0-425-17857-9), p. 320
- ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 312
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 7
- ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), p. 8
- ↑ Rapture in Death (ISBN 0-425-15518-8), pp. 8-9
- ↑ Holiday in Death, Chapter 1
- ↑ Eternity in Death, Chapter 2
- ↑ Indulgence in Death, Chapter 14
- ↑ Celebrity in Death, Chapter 11
- ↑ Vendetta in Death, Chapter 1