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'''Hammer Valley Hydro''' was a hydroelectric power company managed by [[Alex Hartman]], later acquired and subsequently bankrupted by the [[Walter Corporation]]. | '''Hammer Valley Hydro''' was a hydroelectric power company managed by [[Alex Hartman]], later acquired and subsequently bankrupted by the [[Walter Corporation]]. | ||
==History== | == History == | ||
Hammer Valley Hydro was the company responsible for Stalburg's clean energy production. | Hammer Valley Hydro was the company responsible for Stalburg's clean energy production. This service included maintenance of its hydroelectric dams: the [[reserve2|Hammer Valley Dam]], and later, the [[Two Gorges Dam]]. | ||
After the construction of Two Gorges Dam, however, the company began facing financial issues from the expenses posed by the project. This was compounded when [[Stalburg Steel]], one of Hammer Valley Hydro's major clients, went bankrupt, which shrunk the firm's revenue stream to almost nothing. With no other alternatives, Hartman was forced to sell the company. Initially, he intended to sell it to someone who may have been able to save the company, but they backed out at the last minute for unknown reasons. As a result, Hartman was forced to sell the company to the only other buyer, the Walter Corporation. | After the construction of Two Gorges Dam, however, the company began facing financial issues from the expenses posed by the project. This was compounded when [[Stalburg Steel]], one of Hammer Valley Hydro's major clients, went bankrupt, which shrunk the firm's revenue stream to almost nothing. With no other alternatives, Hartman was forced to sell the company. Initially, he intended to sell it to someone who may have been able to save the company, but they backed out at the last minute for unknown reasons. As a result, Hartman was forced to sell the company to the only other buyer, the Walter Corporation. | ||
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After the firm's bankruptcy and the abandonment of the Hammer Valley Dam, Hartman would occasionally be seen entering the facility by employees at the nearby sawmill. He used his old offices there as a temporary base of operations while he gathered information that he believed pointed to Jeff Walter's complicity in recent events but later relocated to a small office in Stalburg's sewer system, thus leaving the dam completely abandoned. | After the firm's bankruptcy and the abandonment of the Hammer Valley Dam, Hartman would occasionally be seen entering the facility by employees at the nearby sawmill. He used his old offices there as a temporary base of operations while he gathered information that he believed pointed to Jeff Walter's complicity in recent events but later relocated to a small office in Stalburg's sewer system, thus leaving the dam completely abandoned. | ||
==INFRA== | == INFRA == | ||
During the events of ''INFRA'', Mark surveys the dam and partially restores power to several sections of it in order to progress. He can optionally [[Puzzle: Hammer Valley Dam|re-connect the dam to the city grid]], which will allow him to access the main hall of the [[Bunker | S.N.W. bunker]] in Chapter 7. | During the events of ''INFRA'', Mark surveys the dam and partially restores power to several sections of it in order to progress. He can optionally [[Puzzle: Hammer Valley Dam|re-connect the dam to the city grid]], which will allow him to access the main hall of the [[Bunker|S.N.W. bunker]] in Chapter 7. | ||
==Personnel== | == Personnel == | ||
* Alex Hartman - CEO | |||
* Katelyn - Secretary | |||
* Emil - Employee | |||
* Simon - Employee | |||
== Gallery == | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HammerValleyHydroPoster1.png|Aged poster advertising Hammer Valley Hydro. | File:HammerValleyHydroPoster1.png|Aged poster advertising Hammer Valley Hydro. | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Trivia== | == Trivia == | ||
* To what extent the effect of Hammer Valley Hydro's bankruptcy actually on the sequence of events that led to the death of many, including Hartman's wife and only child, is unknown. It's possible that, when speaking of their death, Hartman is referring to the metro accident. | |||
*To what extent the effect of Hammer Valley Hydro's bankruptcy actually on the sequence of events that led to the death of many, including Hartman's wife and only child, is unknown. It's possible that, when speaking of their death, Hartman is referring to the metro accident. | |||