Location

The Legion Clubhouse was originally located on parklands just outside of Smallville, a suburb of Great Metropolis. The great skyline of Metropolis was once a distant site on the horizon, but by 2967, the rapidly expanding city eventually surrounded the Clubhouse. Metropolis Stadium and Metropolis Spaceport are only scant minutes away by flight-ring. Metro-Square is only seconds away by flight-ring.

The semi-buried, upside-down rocket design suggests that the building was erected in the exact location where Superbaby's rocket from Krypton crash-landed in 1923 just outside of the town of Smallville. The team's inspiration, after all, was the Boy of Steel himself, so for their clubhouse to be built there would be fitting.

The Legion's park-like endowment lands have undergone dramatic change over the years. At first the clubhouse just rested its weight on the ground, but by 2964, the team had started to build rooms and chambers beneath the surface. By 2966, additional buildings were built, such as the Arsenal, connected by underground passages to the central building.

Construction

The Legion Clubhouse was built of a uniquely experimental design; it was constructed three-dimensionally, then "collapsed" upon itself and "extruded" into the 4th-dimension. Just as a square in the 2nd dimension can be turned into a cube of the 3rd dimension by moving it at right angles to itself. Similarly, an unfolded cube becomes a 2-dimensional "t" and an unfolded hyper-cube becomes a 3-dimensional "t". In this way, the Legion Clubhouse is like a Tesseract or Hypercube (or hyper-cylinder, in this case), with the clubhouse being of greater size on the inside (the 4th-dimension) than it appears to be on the outside (the 3rd-dimension). Rond Vidar's collapsible Time Cube is constructed in much the same way.

This is the reason that the Legion Clubhouse often looks so small on the outside, sometimes no bigger than an elevator car, yet on the inside it can comfortably fit two-dozen Legionnaires into several floors. Just as a three-dimensional object casts a two-dimensional shadow, the 4th-dimensional clubhouse casts 3-dimensional "shadow" of its true depth, belying its full size. When members step through the doorway, they enter the larger 4th-dimensional interior.

Naturally calling their clubhouse "the safest place on the Earth", the Legionnaires quickly discovered that this was only true in the third dimension. When Phantom Girl walked through the walls of the clubhouse from her own native 4th-dimension, the Legionnaires agreed to let her join if she could make the clubhouse secure against any "ghostly" intruders of the 4th-dimension (SB 147). Today, the outer walls are charged with phantom-proof radiation, which keeps the molecules of the walls' inner core vibrating in a completely random way, thus preventing the synchronization of intruding molecules (AD 377 letter column). Most of the clubhouse's walls are lead-lined as well (AD 320), except for the top-most room (AD 322, AD 325 letter column).

Because the energy costs of keeping the Clubhouse in a "collapsed" state are fairly high, in 2966, the Legionnaires decided to keep their main building at its full, normal size in the 3rd-dimension. Its approximate specifications are as follows:

Height: 80 feet

Diameter: 32 feet

Circumference: 100 feet

Exterior Security

The front door to the clubhouse is electrified and unless the secret turn-off switch on the upper left hand side is pressed, the door projects an electrical force that won't kill the intruder but will render him helpless (AD 314). There is also a force-shield activator just inside the entrance, which puts up an impenetrable field of force around the clubhouse. Mainly it is used to keep from being disturbed by too persistent admirers (AD 301).

Interior

The Clubhouse consists of four floors above ground and two below street level, with underground passageways branching off to several more vast underground chambers. Click below for details on each room:

Arsenal

Location: Clubhouse Sub-Level 2

The door to the Legion's underground weapons room is protected by various security measures. Firstly, there is a grid of green and black-colored tiles that must be stepped on in precisely the right order or two gratings will fall on each side of the corridor, trapping the intruder. If an intruder does manage to enter the arsenal, a TV scanner in the room turns on a red-colored beacon signal that emerges skyward from the roof of the clubhouse. The arsenal contains all of the Legion's weapons and their time-bubbles, which have their own security measure. The arsenal vault contains special weapons and devices crucial to Earth's defense (AD 347).

Access Links: Legion Equipment, Time Bubble

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Celestial Chamber

Location: Underground chamber adjacent to clubhouse basement

Created by Invisible Kid in 2964, this large room contains rotating, accurate models of the planets the Legionnaires came from originally. Each world model has its name and face and name of the appropriate Legionnaire on it (AD 328).

Access Link: Planetary Guide

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Communications Room

Location: Clubhouse Level 2

This room's Emergency Board has numerous screens linked to the officials of many worlds so they can call on the Legion instantly. The emergency board is vital to law-enforcement of the universe and is the nerve-center of the Super-Heroes great work (AD 327, AD 350).

There is a viewing console that is a direct link to the UP and the President of Earth. There is also a space-radio, which picks up and sends audio-video signals. A transceiver device, when combined with Princess Projectra's illusion-power can allow her to send images of herself all over the galaxy. There is also a mento-helmet, which Cosmic Boy can power with his super-magnetic emanations to telepathically communicate with other worlds, as Saturn Girl can do (AD 352).

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Computer Room

Location: Clubhouse Level 2

The information-computer-correlator, known as "The Big Computer", and the Master Control Panel are located in this room. Sometimes the Legionnaires use the computer for recreational purposes - Brainiac 5 plays 3-dimensional chess with it and the others sometimes get it to see who will have the most fun kissing whom. The computer is also used to create the monthly club newspaper, the Legion Bulletin (AD 323, AD 342, AD 357, JO 106).

Access Link: Legion Bulletin

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Council Room

Location: Clubhouse Level 1 (Main Floor)

The main entrance leads into this main meeting room. It features a raised, semi-circular desk that the Legionnaires assemble around to convene meetings, discuss missions, review their constitution and interview prospective applicants (AD 342, AD 346).

A communications monitor in the room alerts the Legion to emergencies (AD 355).

Access Link: Rejected Applicants

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Courtroom

Location: Clubhouse Level 4 (Top floor)

In this room, the Legion reviews all club constitutional related issues, such as amendments and even occasional court-martials. There is a witness stand, prosecutor's bench, defense table, and screens with which to view evidence. There is also an octagonal skylight in the ceiling (AD 342).

Off to the side of the courtroom is a small, barred detention room for holding defendants before and during trials (AD 342).

Access Links: Constitution, Expelled Members

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Ferro Lad Memorial

Location: Underground room adjacent to clubhouse basement

This room contains memorabilia and possessions belonging to Ferro Lad, who gave his life to save the galaxy from the threat of the Sun-Eater (AD 357).

Near to this room as a niche containing a golden statue of Proty, carved by Lightning Lad, who was brought back to life by the heroic sacrifice of the Protean (AD 316).

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Gymnasium

Location: Building adjacent to clubhouse

The new gym was completed in 2967 and features large windows and a skylight in the 80-foot ceiling. The facility has a basketball court, fencing area, weightlifting equipment and a pressure machine, capable of testing strength resistance to over ten million pounds of pressure (AD 361). This new training gym replaced the one that was once located in the topmost floor of the clubhouse (AD 316).

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Hangar

Location: Building adjacent to clubhouse

The Legion Cruisers are parked out front of this building, which contains equipment for maintaining their spacecraft, as well as houses the many Legion Jet-Platforms.

Access Links: Legion Cruiser, Jet-Platform

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Infirmary

Location: Clubhouse Sub-Level 1

The emergency clubhouse hospital and operating room are overseen by the Legion's official medic, Dr. Zan Orbal (AD 356 letter column). Brainiac 5 and Saturn Girl also assist in emergency procedures, though any specialist may be called upon (AD 332, AD 335).

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Main Lab

Location: Clubhouse Sub-Level 1

The Legion's laboratory contains state-of-the-art scientific equipment - such as a matter-shrinking ray, wave-spectographs, atmospheric monitors and data-analyzing computers and a myriad of rare chemicals and elements (AD 317, AD 321, AD 350, AD 362).

Access Links: Equipment, Rare Elements of the 30th Century

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Museum

Location: Underground room adjacent to clubhouse basement

This room contains many cultural exhibits including a display of marriage customs of other worlds - such as the giant ring from Zar, marriage crowns from Gorla, halo-jewels of Hrann and spiral coral from Vavalla (AD 337).

Access Link: Planetary Guide

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Power Plant

Location: Clubhouse Sub-Level 2

Twin nucleonic generators provide the Legion Clubhouse with a great supply of electrical energy to power all the various devices contained within the complex (AD 302, AD 357).

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Rec Lounge

Location: Clubhouse Level 2

On duty Legionnaires occupy their in-between time chatting, reading, painting, listening to music and dancing. There are also several gaming consoles, including "spaceopoly" and "satellites" (AD 342, AD 362). This room also has kitchenette and bathroom facilities for club members.

Calls from the Communication Room can be routed here as necessary as there are several wall monitors to alert the duty-watch members in case of emergency situations (AD 313, AD 356).

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Records Room

Location: Clubhouse Level 3

All the recorded Legion missions are stored in this viewing theatre for access by members during some meetings, for research during trials or for new members to study for training purposes (AD 342). Legionnaires can view movies and Science Police documentaries on wanted criminals (AD 352).

The screen can be curtained off and the stage used as a podium for electoral speeches or it can remain clear for briefings related to information viewed on the screen (AD 348).

Access Links: Chronology, Rogues' Gallery

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Reference Library

Location: Clubhouse Level 3

This room contains map-globes of many worlds in the galaxy. By placing the globe on a scanner-stand, maps of that world are projected on a viewing screen (AD 343).

There is also an assortment of strange books from many worlds is stored here for easy reference. Amongst others, there are animal books from Zinnat, a crystal code book from Vogn and disk-books from Uranus (AD 337). Back issues of the Legion Bulletin are stored here (JO 106).

Access Links: Planetary Guide, Legion Bulletin

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Rogue Room

Location: Underground chamber adjacent to clubhouse basement

Finished by Triplicate Girl in 2964, this room features memorabilia of the worst villains the Legion has battled, including an anti-gravity bust of Molock the Merciless and harmless android copies of villains such as Jungle King and Zaryan the Conqueror, who "argue" over which was mightier (AD 328).

Access Link: Rogues' Gallery

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Science Hall

Location: Clubhouse Sub-Level 1

Many scientific devices and inventions are stored in this room, including Rond Vidar's time cube (AD 350). A time monitor is also located in this room.

Access Links: Equipment, Time Cube

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Space Monitor Center

Location: Clubhouse Level 2

Across the hall from the Communications Room, this room features the big monitor board, which is used to keep track of every Legionnaires whereabouts, whether in the clubhouse or on some other planet, by tracking their signature flight-rings. Using special rays, the powerful telescopes of the monitor records the actions of every Legionnaire while on missions. The tapes are send upstairs to the Records Room. The big board can also be used to for voting (AD 342).

Access Links: Vote-O-Matic Polls

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Trophy Room

Location: Underground chamber adjacent to clubhouse basement

This room contains the many trophies, medals, decorations of honor and mementos of the Legionnaires (AD 328).

Access Link: Chronology

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Vault Room

Location: Underground chamber directly beneath the Sub-Level 2 of the clubhouse

This large chamber contains numerous vaults and safes for the Legion to keep their secrets and possession (AD 350). Since 2964, Mordru the Merciless has been kept in a special airless vault, where he remained unconscious and powerless until 2967, when he emerged from the new HQ's vault room (AD 369).

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