Blackton (formerly known as Boomtown) is a Domination map in Centaura. It is the first map of the Southern Corvus War.
Lore
Several decades prior, in the 1880s, Cetus forcefully seized South Corvus, a region renowned for its iron and coal deposits. Over the next twenty years, the Corvuns, heavily reliant on coal for their industries, experienced a gradual economic decline, with numerous urban centers in Corvus descending into poverty and rampant crime.
In 1908, the Corvun Army invaded from the north, fueled by revenge for its stolen lands. The Southern Corvus War begins. Blackton is a boomtown located near the northern border, home to businessmen and the families of coal miners. The town's populace received no warning of the Corvun invasion, resulting in many civilians being caught in the crossfire. Nevertheless, the majority managed to evacuate their homes and flee southward.
Gameplay
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This is a three-point Domination map, with all points centered in between the Cetan and Corvun spawns, as each spawn is at the opposite end of the map. The first team to drain the enemy's 1200 points wins. Points can be drained from the enemy by capturing objectives (which are also referred to as points). Each side's spawn has spawn protection, in the form of invulnerable AI Machine Gunners for the Cetans, and Armored Cars for the Corvuns (similar to Ascendēns Forest, with boosted accuracy).
Combat
The gunplay on this map is close-quarters, with multiple buildings and alleyways around points A and B able to maneuvered through. These buildings, roads, and alleys provide decent cover in the event of a shootout. They are littered with trucks, wagons, sandbags, minecarts and debris which can provide cover. Maneuverability is restricted in some areas by barbed wire. For point C, mine shafts give both teams direct access to C from their respective spawns. Additionally, C may be accessed via mine shafts connecting minecarts to Blackton's rail yard, or through the Blackton Coal Mine building. The coal mine building and adjoining mine shafts can be extremely difficult to fight through, with low visibility, tight spaces, and fatal funnels littered throughout the building and mine shafts.
In place of artillery, an AI Corvun mortar with continually shell Points A and B and the surrounding areas. TNT barrels are also present in this map, able to be detonated by the AI mortar or the player, creating an explosion which kills any players in the immediate radius.
Points
- Point A: Point A is in front of the Blackton Imperial Theatre and train station, with a number of horse wagons providing cover for players spawning around the statue. This point is near the rail yard, which can be used to maneuver and flank Point A without fighting through Blackton's city streets.
- Point B: Point B is the second block down Blackton's main street, with less cover than point A, only a number of hastily placed sandbags, wagons, crates and buildings provide cover. Point B is difficult to defend, as many different routes can be taken to attack it, and defenders spawn in the open. Each route to attack Point B is generally very tight, funneling players into chokepoints.
- Point C: Point C is in the center of the Blackton Coal Mine, on the pit's floor. It is situated at the center of the pit's minecart network and is only accessible via tunnels. Two of these tunnels connect to mouths leading to the rail yard, while two others allow for flanking from above through the attached colliery near B.
Map
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 Top-down view of the Cetus Spawn area.  Close view of the Cetus Spawn.  Cetus Spawn machine gunner on the left road to Point A.  Road Viewing out to Point A from the Cetan Spawn.  Cetus spawn machine gunner on the middle Road to Point B.  View of the Road leading to Point B from the Cetan Spawn.  Cetus spawn machine gunner on the right road to point B.  Grassy Path Viewing out to Point B and C from the Cetan Spawn.  Front of Cetan Machine Gunner.  Michael Forrest and the late Hannah Forrest.  Blackton's district police office, evacuated for the battle.  District Police Station backdoor.  Interior of the District Police Station.  Wanted Poster inside the District Police Station.  A two-story diner near Cetan spawn, evacuated for the battle.  First Floor Interior of the Diner.  Second Floor Interior of the Diner.  Second Floor Balcony of the Diner.  Top down view of the Corvus Spawn area.  Close view of the Corvus Spawn.  Front view of the Corvun Armored Car covering A.  Corvus Left-side Armored Car covering the road to Point B.  Alternate view of the Armored Car covering the road to Point B.  Rightside Corvus Machine gunner.  Corvus Right-side Armored Car covering the road to Point A.  Left side alley of Corvus' spawn, covered by an armored car.  Back area of the buildings near the Corvun spawns.  Corvun armored car covering the alley.  Center area of the Minecart track road near Point B.  Newspaper Office Book Printing Building.  Newspaper Office Book Printing Building Balcony Access.  Thompson Barbershop.  Thompson Barbershop Window Display.  Interior of the Thompson Barbershop in Blackton.  Back Alley Entrance of the Thompson Barbershop.  Cassian Foster Columba Imports.  Cassian Foster Columba Imports Window Display.  Interior of the Cassian Foster Columba Imports.  Back Alley Entrance of the Cassian Foster Columba Imports.  Cetan bank near the Corvun spawn which looks remarkably similar to the Blackwater bank from Red Dead Redemption.
 Top-Down view of Point A and the railyard.  Boomtown Point A Spawn area.  Closeup View of Point A from the Ticket Station.  Close up of the Statue at Point A with the Imperial Theatre in the background.  View of the Around Point A looking to the Cetan Spawn.  Hastily-dug defenses near A.  Dead Cetan soldier in a Cetan trench near A.  Close up view of the Hastily Dug Cetan Trench near Point A.  Overturned Minecarts near the trench from the Cetan Spawn.  Break Building near the Train Station.  Point A Interior of the Break Building.  2-4-2 Tender Engine in Blackton.  4-6-0 Tender Engine in Blackton.  Crane and Water Tower near Point A.  Delivery platform near the Corvun side.  Red Train Depot Found on the further right of the Corvun Spawn.  Interior of the Train Depot on near Corvus' spawn.  View of the Rail yard near Point A looking to the Corvun Spawn.  Exterior of Unnamed Store near Point A.  Interior of Unnamed Store near Point A.  Heavy Cargo Platform near the Ticket Station.  Exterior of the Train Ticket Station.  First Floor Interior of the Ticket Station.  Noah Meowson inside the Ticket Station.  Second Floor Interior of the Ticket Station.  Train station waiting area littered with crates.  View from the wall overlooking the minecart tracks.  View of the area facing the Corvun spawn in Point A  Back areas of the buildings between Point A & B.  Crammed Alleyway behind the buildings between Point A and B.  Maxwell the cat peeking out of a cracked safe.
 Overhead view of Point B.  Overview of Point B's spawn area.  View of Point B's capture area from the Corvun side.  View of Point B from the Cetan side.  The outside of the lounge by Point B.  The inside of the lounge by Point B.  Shopehouse Near Point B and the Mines.  Interior of the Shophouse near Point B.  Interior of the Shophouse Storeroom near Point B.  Shophouse Back Allery Entrance near Point B.  Open area near Point B's spawn and the mine colliery & administrative office (Corvun side).  Open area near Point B's spawn and the mine colliery (Cetan side).  Exterior of the Blackton Veterans Saloon Store.  Blackton Veterans Saloon Store Sign.  The outside of the Veteran's Saloon by Point B.  I'm your Huckleberry.  The inside of the Veteran's Saloon by Point B.  Saloon Bar Counter.  Close-Up of Michael Forrest and Hannah Forrest's Photograph.  Close-Up of a Crew Photograph on CIS Kaitos.  Paino inside the Blackton Veterans Saloon.  Framed photo of the CIS Kaitos (remarkably similar to the photo of the CIS Naiad in the Talona City Hall).  Blackton Veterans Saloon Back Door Entrances.  View of the Back Alley between Point A and B.  Another view of the Back Alley Connecting Point A and B.  Mine entrance near point B close to the Corvun spawn.  Mine entrance near Point B close to the Cetan spawn.
 Mineshaft entrance near Point B close to Cetus side.  Mineshaft entrance near Point B close to Corvus side.  Point C Spawn in the mineshaft.  Tunnels close to a minecart track.  Mineshaft interior.  The first floor of the attached colliery to the pit.  The second floor of the attached colliery to the pit.  The third floor of the attached colliery to the pit.  The third floor of the attached colliery and its entrance to the mines.  The colliery entrance to the mines.  The mine entrance to the building.  Sign at the pit crossroads. Top is to the colliery, bottom is to the railroad mouth. Screenshots Captured Ingame
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Trivia
- All Assault classes are issued with a Double Barrel Shotgun on this map, as submachine guns were not invented at the time of the battle (1908).
- However, players with the Cetan Theater Veteran or Aquilan Theater Veteran badges can equip various weapons which override the default Assault loadout, potentially causing anachronisms.
- The remastered version of this map curiously bears a resemblance to Blackwater and Annesburg from Red Dead Redemption.
- This map features an extensive characterization of Michael Forrest, a Cetan Navy veteran who served on the CIS Kaitos before founding a veteran's saloon in Blackton. He is present on the map, mourning the recent death of his wife near Cetus' spawn.
- This is the first map to feature an AI version of a playable class, as the mortar bombardment on this map is controlled by AI.
- It also cannot be disabled in private servers using the :toggleartillery command.
- This is the only map to feature explosive barrels.
- Prior to the revamp, this map was notorious for spawncamping, along with Coastal Battery Q. After the remaster, this problem has been fixed.
- This map features a number of static corpses of both civilians and soldiers on both sides.
- This map features a number of horse-drawn wagons, with the only mechanized vehicles present being Cetan Imperial Army trucks and Corvun Armored Cars.
- Before it was replaced in V3.6.2, the original version of Blackton was one of the first maps added to Centaura, being much more condensed, featuring no sporadic mortar bombardment mechanic, the Corvun spawn having AI machine gun spawn protection (like the Cetan spawn) instead of armored cars and being able to reach the buildings' rooftops.