Překážka

Překážka
Appearances	Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Type	District
Country	Czech Republic
Part of	Prague
Notable Buildings	Zeleň Apartments The Time Machine Svobody Beer Koníčky & Hračky Church of the MachineGod Čapek Fountain Station

Map of Překážka showing notable locations and infrastructural features (view full size image)

Překážka (meaning "obstacle" or "barrier"), also known as the poor district, is a district of Prague that is south of the railroad. It is the first of the districts of Prague that is visited in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

Travel between Překážka and the districts north of the railroad is possible only through the metro station.

Characteristics

This part of Prague has fallen into disrepair after the Aug Incident. In contrast to the districts to the north, this part of Prague is dilapidated and has a high population of augmented persons.

Notable locations

Čapkova Kašna (Čapek Fountain) and vicinity

• Zeleň Apartments – The starting point of the open-exploration part of Mankind Divided. This apartment complex contains many units, including Adam Jensen's apartment and Tars' shop.
• Across from Zeleň Apartments is a courtyard where Kazatel is initially located.
• Svobody Beer – A bar attended by Teresa Petrauskas.
• Church of the MachineGod – Home of Allison Stanek's splinter faction of the Singularity Church of the MachineGod. Accessible only during and after M11: Confronting the Bomb-Maker. The church is located on an alleyway called Nadherná Budoucnost (Czech for "wonderful future").
• Felice Ullmann's apartment, facing the fountain.
• Minimarket Prague – A small shop run by Edward Brod.
• Čapek Fountain Station (Čapkova Kašna Nádraží) – The metro station that connects Překážka to the other parts of Prague.

Pod zelenými stromy ("under the green trees")

• Vincent van Aug – An art gallery featuring works of augmented artists.
• Velvet Rock – A sculpture consisting of a large rock hung by chains. According to the landmark description, it is a homage to the Velvet Revolution.
• A courtyard occupied by homeless and Neon dealers.
• The Underpath, which includes the interior of an abandoned local tourism office.
• Koníčky & Hračky – A toys workshop serving as the base of Drahomír Koníčky's forgery and extortion operation.
• Per Aspera Ad Astra community center – A second-level apartment near Koníčky & Hračky.

East-side areas

• The Time Machine – A bookstore run by Václav Koller.
• Police checkpoint, attended by "permit inspector" Drahomír Koníčky and his group.
• Helena Volin's apartment, located above the police checkpoint.
• The Chicken Foot - A Chinese restaurant/bar.
• Pawn Shop.
• Radko Perry's campaign office.
• Near the campaign office is a second-level apartment previously belonging to Ondrej Tvarozek.

Překážka sewers

Main article: Překážka sewers

• Neon lab, the center of Neon production.
• Richard the Great's facility.
• In the northeast part of the sewers is a large room. Paulina Machieraldo and her group are found there during the first and second visits to Prague.

Trivia

• "Poor district" was Překážka's original name during the game's development. This name appears in prerelease maps of Prague and also appears in post-release developer commentary. The name "poor district" also appears occasionally in in-game texts.
• Překážka was described in an internal design document to have a population that is 70% augmented and 30% non-augmented.
• Čapkova Kašna (Čapek Fountain or Čapek's Fountain) is presumably named after Karel Čapek, an early 20th century Czech writer and playwright. Čapek is most famous for his novel War with the Newts and the play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), which introduced the word robot (derived from the Czech word "robota," meaning "servitude" or "work"). This is one of the earliest literary works, if not the first, that depicts the "robot as a threat" trope and an uprising of artificial intelligent beings, though certainly not the first one to feature an artificial being.
• During the game's development, Překážka was split from the other Prague districts due to memory constraints.

See also

• Překážka pocket secretaries

Gallery

Čapek's Fountain

The velvet Rock

Street near Zeleň Apartments

Map of Překážka with street names and building numbers