Not far past the front gate is a mostly empty patch of dirt that acts as a central hub for the colony's activities. Every mealtime the entire colony gathers here to receive their ration of food, socialize, and it often turns into a meeting if there are important issues to discuss. While there are a few tables, they seat only a fraction of the colony, but since everything brought into the colony is deposited here, there's usually enough potentially useful junk lying around that happens to be the right size and shape to sit on.

This section of the colony contains a few makeshift buildings that house the mishmash of found and constructed equipment that make New Eden one of the more technologically superior colonies. This includes a forge, a wind turbine, a large water purification system, and other things that make life possible, better, and likely to improve for the colonists. Ancient skills like weaving, pottery, and other crafts have made a comeback, though not without difficulty because so few people knew anything about them to begin with. Computer equipment can also be found here, but it's rarely turned on because energy is always at a premium and is reserved for more practical purposes.

This section of the colony contains a haphazard assortment of one story shelters used primarily for sleeping. Privacy is a luxury not to be found; while the shelters are broken up into many small rooms, the point of the structures is to keep the rain out and not to provide anyone with their own space - and it gets cold enough on some nights that sharing close quarters isn't such a big deal. The clinic for the sick and injured is also found in this section, though it always has precious few supplies.

This was a town named Franklin, according to the signs, and it's a bit of a walk along a well-worn path east of the colony. It's also the primary source of all things scavenged by New Eden; all the really good stuff has been found and hauled back, but there's still a large number of buildings that remain standing that can be demolished for their materials. But abandoned towns like this tend to attract people from outside the colony, and meeting strangers is always a risky business.

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