Area 52

'A strange vision haunts me... I see a continuous cloud of smoke ascending toward the sky, left in the wake of a giant fire moving ever faster away. It is not a natural phenomenon, nor a creation of evil; that much I know.

I have no knowledge of what it looks like, save that it is the product of the labor of many. Yet, without more hands, it may never come to be.'
 * ~ Seer Jovar - Telaar, Nagrand

Area 52 is a goblin-run town found on the southwestern most island of Netherstorm. It is a settlement structured much like Gadgetzan and Everlook, with a short wall surrounding a small hovel of buildings. The goblins are seen building a rocket ship to journey into the Twisting Nether named the X-52 Nether-Rocket.

Facilities

 * Inn
 * Mailbox
 * Bank
 * Flight Master
 * Food & Drink
 * Equipment Repair
 * Barber Shop

Flight

 * Sylvanaar


 * Toshley's Station


 * Thunderlord Stronghold


 * Mok'Nathal Village


 * Stormspire


 * Cosmowrench


 * Evergrove

Locations and NPCs



 * Area 52 Inn


 * Town Square


 * Arena Hut


 * Underground Bank


 * Bank Hut


 * Netherstorm Rift


 * Outside Area 52


 * Guards

Inn Conversation
The following converstation takes place in the Area 52 inn between Anchorite Karja, Exarch Orelis, Magistrix Larynna and Sypmaster Thalodien.


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Pop-culture References
Area 52 has a few references to the outside world in it. The name of the town itself is a reference.
 * The X2 Nether Rocket has many goblins working on it, most of whom are clad in Star Trek-inspired uniforms.
 * Two of the goblins working on the X2 Nether Rocket have a dialogue running along the lines of Elton John's "Rocket Man".
 * The X2 name is a reference to the X-plane, the experimental U.S. airplane/rocket program.
 * The town's name is a reference to Area 51, a US military base which has strong pop culture ties to extraterrestrials and their space-faring technology.
 * When going through the doors, players receive a short "debuff" (with no apparent effects) from the A-52 Neuralyzer, which says "The flash of light you did not see did not erase your memories." In the film Men in Black, agents were issued a device, also called a Neuralyzer, that wiped people's memories with a flash of light whenever they had any contact with aliens.
 * Innkeeper Remi Dodoso's name in Area 52 spells out the notes 'Re' 'Mi' 'Do' 'Do' 'So' in the solfege scale. This is a reference to the musical theme used in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind to communicate with the aliens which have landed on Earth.
 * Area 52 and the X2 rocket also periodically get attacked by Negatron, a reference to Megatron from the Transformers series.