Run by the mysterious Bree and straddling levels 124 and 125, the Four-and-a-Half is a cantina built into the space usually reserved for utilities. It sits on top of a heat sink array it uses to power its electronics and beneath a water pipe the proprietors tap into to pour their drinks. As an entirely off-the-grid operation, there's no official record that level 124.5 exists and even setting foot inside is technically illegal. For those willing to brave the law, level 124.5 is the rowdiest, seediest, most awful and wonderful drinking hole in Port Town.
Because it's off-grid and doesn't concern itself with
issues such as liquor licenses and paying taxes, drinks
are cheap. Because it's already breaking the law by
simply existing, illegal entertainment such as spice,
gambling, and bloodsports are readily available. The
Four-and-a-Half has become one of the premiere cantinas for the establishing of underworld connections
and the making of under-the-table deals.
Drinks can be had for as little as 1 credit, and meals
for as little as 3 credits, although in all cases, the customer gets what he or she pays for. The house speciality is what is called "Ugnaught Spit," a colorless moonshine made by illicit Ugnaught stills hidden throughout
Cloud City. It is a singularly vile and potent liquor, the
only virtue of which is that it is the cheapest way to
get drunk in the entire Bespin system. There's a regular sabacc game each evening from which the house
takes only a modest cut of each player's stake, and
many of the best gamblers in Port Town are known
to frequent the game. A Dejarik table can be found
against one wall; the reigning champion is a Wookiee
female named Yawrocca.