Name: Lansdorp
Planet: Amargosa
Type: Urban center
First Appearance: The Children of Amargosa
Summary:
Lansdorp is the largest city on Amargosa and the center of government, transportation, and colonial infrastructure. Situated near Lake Anaronda and surrounded by agricultural townships, Lansdorp serves as the primary hub for planetary administration, commerce, and off-world logistics.
The city features several key facilities, including the Gene Cernan Planetary Spaceport, which serves as Amargosa’s main connection to the Compact’s interstellar network via jump ships and, previously, a now-destroyed hypergate. Other notable structures include the Courthouse, the Colonial Guard’s regional command, and a sprawling maglev system that links the city to outlying settlements and farm regions.
Lansdorp’s architecture reflects the layered nature of the colony itself—newer, Compact-standard prefab structures interspersed with older, settler-built buildings, including clock towers and stonework courthouses. The cultural divide between Amargosa’s long-standing colonists and Compact-era residents is deeply felt in Lansdorp’s politics and daily life.
During the Gelt Incursion of 429 IE, Lansdorp became a major target. As the city absorbed waves of refugees and militia, it was gradually surrounded and ultimately destroyed by a fusion bomb strike near the end of The Children of Amargosa. Survivors fleeing the city played a key role in the resistance that followed.