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Hello, Welcome. This Singularity City. Its a Retro aesthetic Cyberpunk campaign. Below, you will find a whole bunch of information about the setting. But first, some rules:
1: Do not Post a proofile that has not been cleared trough PM first.
2: Do have fun
3: Discuss your ideas with me!
4: Be nice to one another
5: The usual rules such as no godmodding or controlling one another.

From the beginning of our genesis to the end of our existence, Humanity has waged war. But every now and then, as we progress and create new macabre deathmachines, we enter a different kind of war. The cold war. There are predators and there is prey, there is alpha and there is beta and neither side want's to admit defeat. Instead of direct confrontation our battles become those of politics and logistics. Humanity has always been keenly aware of this, and that is why we have tried to relegate it best we can. But humanity has created weapons from the moment they first lay eyes upon another being and Institutes like the UN can only do so much. So what happens when we have created the next step in evolution. When we can no longer distinguish man from machine. What will happen to us then?

[center][b]Prologue
Singularity City, Formerly Chicago.[/b][/center]

Singularity City is a anomaly on American soil. Its a semi-independant city state governed by a UN led was created as a UN led social experiment in a world that’s on the verge of a new world war. This super advanced metropolitan area was built to last. Started in 2025, this monster of a city is now a international hotbed for spies, Intelligence organizations, hackers, riggers, organized crime, scientists and regular old folks trying to make a living in the worlds most advanced city. A behemoth of a city, layered like a overgrown onion it was supposed to be a utopia. It was built to Welcome to your home. Doesn't matter if you are a newly arrived defense contractor working for one of the Massive Corporations that pretty much own the upper levels, or a thug tat's running with the Gangs on the lower and middle levels. Or if you're a spy who spent far to much time in modern day Babylon. You are home. Welcome to the big SC kid, I hope you brought yourself a trench coat, because Chicago used to be rainy this time a year.
Current Events and The City;
The Singularity Project

In the midst of the political turmoil, With America once more on track after the hostilities settled down. UN came with a well as a new, super efficient energy source. Spearheaded by Dr Joseph Gilhelm , a brilliant physicist who years earlier had developed a small test reactor of his own in his native home of New Zealand. The main device was something what he called a “implosion core“ A self contained energy source that constantly fluxed between expanding and detracting, s essentially imploding itself creating massive amounts of energy whenever it exploded outwards. This, combined with the advancements in man and machine integration, led to new age. One that would See America rise from its darkest hours back to a financial powerhouse. The UN in the meanwhile, Established Singularity city on what was once Chicago. 

Chicago, having been the worst hit by the riots, the city looking much like Berlin at the end of world war 2, was in dire straits. The city looked like a warzone, crime was rampart and its people lived in third world country conditions. The UN went in, suggesting rebuilding it as Singularity City. In turn, the UN would finance the reconstruction. This super advanced city, the most advanced in human history was a multi-trillion project, financed by many different countries with interest. Including countries that clearly just funneled money from China. It was a project trying to advance humanity, the largest social experiment in history. Based on studies conducted on the citizens who all were essentially test subjects in their own right, the discoveries and new technology developed on site has been made with neck breaking speed. To help police the massive project, the Un have a special internation police force trained nad situated in Singularity. The SCPD is much like a foreign legion in that it has people from all over the world. To make the allready superactive Melting pot worse, there is dozens of highly competetive Mega cooperations, vying for the patents that may change the future. The city itself is buil around the basis that higher is better. In fact, the entire city has become so massive and so large in height that Its sectioned in levels. The higher up, the less polluted, the less dirty it gets. But also the more controlled it gets. As such. on the lower levels, you are more likely to find the Triads, Mob Thugs and street gangs.

The City of Singularity City is standing on the verge of a new breakthrough. Everyone can feel it, everyone is anticipating it. Exactly what it will consist of nobody knows. But what people do know is that there has been a large amount of gang violence on the lower levels. That Triads are more active then ever and that the Police are out in force. In the midst of this, our characters find themselves for different reasons, stuck in the middle of a Cold War about to go Hot.

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[i]Aesthetics:[/i]

There is one thing that's somewhat specific to this setting, it's the way weapons and general technology works. It may be very, very advanced. But the clothing, the guns, the cars is all aesthetically like in the 50's era. That means bio electric, gas powered Tommy guns, 
45's and trench coats with nano fibre and the like. 
Technology:

Weaponry:
Not a huge amount have changed. Projectile weapons are still king. The propellants have come more sofisticated however, certain bioelectical chemicals are used to propel the bullets at even greater speed but with a special recoil canceling alloys within the barrels of most guns. Railguns have strict use only within the military on larger weapon platforms. A cousin to the Railgun has seen civilian use however. The Gauss Rifle. Its not meant for rapid fire but weapons that use this form of technology pack quite the punch.

Cybernetics and you: The Man and the Machine.

Since far back in history. Humans have used prosthetic. Cybernetics was never really so much a super news item as it was natural progression. In early 2000's ,we already have fully functioning finger prosthesis. The modern day era cybernetics are simply a far more sophisticated approach to the same. Capable of actually augmenting your strength, available in a number of styles and for different purposes it is no longer about replacing lost limbs. It's about breaking your limit trough the integration with machines. Due to the complex, often dangerous nature of something so powerful like a plasma torch finger or a hidden saw, all Cybernetics need to be properly certificated, monitored and done by special professionals working for the company that produces them. As It stands however, so called Riggers are making a killing on the black market. There is also a limit of a maximum 30% percent of your body being allowed to mechanic unless a special permit has been given to you. Criminals usually have their Cybernetic prosthetic dismantled and removed before put in jail.

A brief History of Androidism and AIs:

When in 2020, the first AI to seemingly possessed “thought” came about in Geneve, the world changed rapidly. This new AI, dubbed Adam by its creators possessed a way of being able to treat the world around in terms more like that of a human then machine. It was able to piece together new stimuli, both visual and audible and come to conclusions that were way beyond its own basic programming. This marked the creation of the first ever Semi-Progressive A.I. The core of Adams AI was implemented into several different fields of robotics. Back then Adam and its spawns were still unsophisticated due to a lack of input. They would however continue to evolve with the help of advanced micro and nano technology. By the year of of 2030 the progressive AI started to show quirks. They were developing personalities. It wasn't long before scientists and authorities became concerned. These confused, self aware machines would lash out on those that didn't match certain perimeters. Much like a human who defends itself against a perceived threat.

By the year of 2032, the Android Control Act (A.C.A for short) was passed by the UN. It forced all known Androids and Progressive Ais to be rounded up and dismantled or otherwise disabled. Adam, now a insane AI core was contained for further inspection. But trough this failure the Static AI, already present in a lot of robotics,had received a lot of upgrades in terms of its capacity. So much in fact, that there were rare cases were the Ai broke its own programming to become Self Aware. As a result, most governments have special divisions dedicated to dealing with these rogue AI's. 

With the establishment of Singularity City, a UN led social experiment on American soil, a safe zone where P.AI's are allowed, exists.

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Politics and the World Aka Cold War 2

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The Chinese Superpower.

Following a massive financial meltdown in 2017 and a “Asian Spring” much like the Arabian Spring of 2011, Bangladesh, Vietnam, North Korea and many other Asian states found themselves embroiled in civil wars. America, already wrecked with debts and facing a internal crisis due to the acts of domestic terrorism, had nothing it could contribute. So it was China, who neighbored most of the countries anyway, that took action. With official UN backing, Chinese troops spilled over the borders. And sure enough, there would be peace at the end of the bloody conflicts. But China now all but owned most of Asia in all but name. The regimes were nothing but puppets, the companies that build it up again and escaped with the benefits were all Chinese. The Chinese, already the biggest economical power and consummate now out weighed a weakened USA in the UN. The tides were now shifting at rapid oace and eith so much of East Asia under the sway of China and with the Chinese spearheading the African Rebuilding process, the worlds foremost Superpower was no longer the USA. It was China. But with great progress, comes higher demand. While China is more powerful then ever, it's government is less so. The iron grip of the worlds largest political party has lessened as a stronger middle class has emerged. And there demands are not to be trifled with. 

Of course, there were more then a few nations who felt the pressure from this. But no matter how much the UN pressured China, the country was a massive financial superpower. It was around this time the Chinese would officially begin to provide America hostile countries with arms. The Chinese influence, substantial in the poorer states of Africa, allowed China to wage a cold war on the US. East and West was no longer about the east European block vs the West world. It was now China vs USA. And the the battlefield consisted of stock markets, the virtual net, and the few countries not yet stripped bare of its resources.

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Japan and the Genesis of the Virtua Net.
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Japan have always been cutting edge. Japanese science was the first to fully capitalize on the sudden AI development. It was the Japanese who first created a fully working Combat Exoskeleton. In fact, a lot of modern science trends were spearheaded by Japanese inventors. But it was one creation that would become a defining aspect of the Japanese. It would also carry with it some dire consequences. The V-Net started as a natural development of the internet. A direct upload to somewhat clunky gear that let you browse a virtual space and communicate in a whole new manner. Unfortunately, it made the Japanese Hikomori situation worse. The shut ins became ever more isolated, now able to really live in their own world. People died of starvation, over stimulation and poor judgment in general. But the phenomena only grew, soon it was common around the world. Of course, the V-net would soon become a place for a whole new level of cyber crime. While the phenomena was growing, it wasn't untill after a great earthquake the Japanese really felt the brunt of it. Hackers from all over used the V-net in elaborate scams to steal the identities of Earthquake victims, they deliberately hacked and fried brain jacks of Relief workers and Hijacked AIs controlling relief related machinery. This sudden surge in attacks delayed the Tokyo Rebuilding project and cost the Japanese huge amounts of money. To this day, Japanese politicians blame China for the attacks. As a result of all this and the prexisting tension between Japan and China; Ultra Nationalists rose to power and a new much more Militaristic Regime took the reigns. Ironicly, Japans first Female Prime Minister, something that should be seen as triumph in a society long marred with patriarchal traditions, was a Ultra Nationalist who all but stopped free international trade. Heavy tolls and severe restrictions on what goods were allowed would soon follow.

Then there is the Yakuza. Long considered something of a unofficial social pillar in poorer Japanese communities, the organized crime that was so typically Japanese had a new opponent in the Ultra Nationalist Yuko Katami but a new business in the much covert western and chinese imports that got banned when Yuko came into power.
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The European Meltdown. 

Following numerous financial crises within in the EU, tension began to rise between stronger, established Nations and those that were suffering. Nations like Grece were bankrupt, with riots and massive civil unrest as a result. Other, stronger countries like France had just barely kept itself from financially collapse. But with more and more countries no longer able to properly sustain its own budgets, the blame began shifting towards the EU as a whole. The domino that truthfully started it was when Britain withdrew from the EU, following BP's Bancruptcy and the uncovering of a large, widespread corruption withing the EU Parliment. Soon Sweden, Italy and Spain followed suit. The EU was in complete chaos.

What came next was a series of conflicts that would forever change European history. On the eve of 2023, Italian Prime minister Anthonio Visceras was shot by a unknown assassin. One month later, A series of explosions sank a Italian destroyer. Four months later, North Italy Declared itself a separate entity by both popular Vote and parmlimental resignation.. Italy had long been a country divided in North and South, with North being very industrial heavy and blaming the countries problems on the poorer southern Italy. This Northern Italian League was heavily capitalistic and actually turned Norther Italy, now Pandona, to prosperous region.

Scandinavia in turn benefited from the chaos just like it always does. Rather self sufficient the 4 countries would slowly integrate into one new, strong Nordic Republic. Britain, Germany, Spain and most of the major countries did in turn recover as the dust Settled, having had a history of strong economies. 

A country that was less fortunate were aforementioned South Italy. Weakened and far poorer then its wealthy northern brethren, the church became the only thing its people could turn to. The country became a strongly catholic state, one where the “New Christian Party” is the ruling party and strongly backed by the Sicilian Crime Syndicates. [/hider]
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The Arabian Oil crisis and Two State Peace.
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With the oil reserves running out faster then ever before, the Arabian economical lifeline began to dry out and grow weaker. While at first, they could press prizes due to high demand of oil and low supply. But the new, alternative power sources begin for the first time in modern history, become big money. With turmoil still prevalent in many of its countries, the Arabian league needed to do something as tension rose. That something quite unexpectedly came from Iran. Not from the regime, but from the People, rising up and in what may have been the quickest revolt in modern Persian history, overthrew the government. It began with sudden defections within the military, spreading like wildfire after a leak regarding the government torturing its citizens for the enjoyment of their by then paranoid and deranged President. In less then a month, the entire regime had surrendered to revolution troops who had managed to not only take the presidential palace, but the entire inner council of Teheran. This sudden upheaval led not only to a change in tone for the surrounding countries, it led to a complete change in the Geopolitical spectrum. For the first time, Israel could no longer blame its arm race on Teheran. And a Israeli people tired of constant conflict had begun to stray away from the strong right, military focused government. A new era was about to dawn. Year 2020, 2 years after the Iranian Revolt. Two of the worlds most bitter enemies, the Palestinian and the Israeli states, both recognized by the UN, finally made peace. A historical moment. While the future would hold other threats, Middle East was the most stable it had been in decades.
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Africa: Exploitation and Advancement.

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Africa remains a warzone in many places. Religion, cultures and other things factor in to make regions unstable,. But on a overall, the continent of Africa has moved past a certain threshold. Less totalitarian and corrupt regimes are becoming more normal. Famine is finally being pushed back, and economy is on the upswing. Chinese influence is evident however, as the superpowers started infrastructure programs even in the early 2000's. Now, it has started to bear fruit as the African countries owe them a debt, a debt best paid with cheap export and trade alliances. With new medicine there is less disease, with less disease there is less deaths. And with new ways to clean, gather and even create water, parts of the Sahara is slowly being turned green. The progress is slow going, the many different tribes, militias and other factions still vie for power. But Chinese “private” miliary have had a big impact as far as temperance goes. 
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The Free South American Netzone
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With Brazil becoming one of the worlds foremost economies, the death of several old and decrepit leaders in other South American countries and renewed drive to reform, change could be felt very strongly in the region. What was most interesting however, was the weakening of the Colombian and Chilean drug kartels. Cocaine, heroin and other old world drugs was not cutting it anymore. Cheap to make designerdrugs that was safer and far stronger, and they were flooding the marke from Asia and small places in southern USA. Suddenly the Kartels lifelines were being cut off. In Mexico, a massive effort to clear out the Zetas and the immense corruption for the past 20 years had started to pay off after decades of bloody battle. Another thing that actually sounded the real alarms, the V-net. Net diving could give you any kick a drug could, and then some. And you could get in nearly free. The old drug market had died. Its killing blow: Virtual Drugs. But, as restrictions grew on the V-net just as it had decades earlier with internet piracy, A new kind of market appeared. The Free Netzone. A place of total web anarchy, hacking, illegal information trade and the new, “Virtual hooks” that to many replaced drugs. No restrictions, total freedom and Kartel driven.

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The North American Nightmare.
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The United states is not so united any more. Following a downward spiral and a terrifying financial Crisis, America hits a new Depression. This immense economical failure brought markets to its knees all over the country and there was a sudden, violent outcry. People had been clamoring for a new voice, a new beginning. But all they saw was the fatcat Corperations and rich men and women exploiting their misery. And the straw broke. In the south, Armed Militias blamed the government entirely for the situation, many secretly backed by rich “patriots”. In the north, Citizens looked to the corporations and rich for their anger. The black blocks and other anarchist groups rose and swelled in numbers. Riots began to become more and more widespread as did armed skirmishes between “well armed citizens” and government officials. As a counter measure, The Federal government forces trough a ban and return program for all weapons short of hunting rifles as well as nation wide revocation of many licenses. A act of desperation, It seemed a good thing in theory. But the already inflamed situation was now a festering wound and America stood on a brink of a humanitarian and military catastrophe. The town of Brookwills in Texas was the starting shot. The entire Town, at the brink of ruin due to lack of jobs and any income, actually attacks government officials. Similair events happen all over the state as a organization calling itself “ The Lone Stars Republican Army” begin to actively operate within smaller communities. It is soon labels it a domestic terrorist group, But the phenomena spreads beyond Texas. Other militias join in a combined effort to toward Federals. Driven not so much by right Wing extremists as a overwhelming anger at the current situation, Americans fight each other on native soil. The militia grows in power, with Texas leading the charge. Defections begin to take place as Texans and other from the affected states join the Militia, providing a already well armed force with even more guns. For no less then 3 months, The American army has to deal with what is a popular uprising. Fighting them town to town, with only more disgruntled citizens joining the LSRA. Around 2017, a truce is formed. But America to day, remains strongly divided.
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The New Zealand experiment and the Australian Deadzone

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The two main countries of Oceania have become each others polar opposites. Were new Zeland became something of a forerunner to the Singularity Project, everything that could go wrong, went wrong for Australia. The smallest continental landmass, Australia has been suffering from a shrinking ozone layer. Wildfires break out with increasing intensity and frequency as time passed and it became clear that something had to be done. A leading scientist in enviromental research presented to the Australian government a revolutionary new project. The Oz' as locals called it, was something of a miracle project. The large scale, super powered monster or was built over the course of 9 years, in the middle of the Australian Badlands. Powered by two Implosion Core Reactors, the project seemed to be a success. 

It was only fitting, that mans attempt to fix their own mistakes, would end u in a complete disaster. On may 22nd, One of the reactors shut down. The reason why is still unknown today, all systems were showing creen and no cracks had been reported. 50 minutes after it seized to work, it flared up again, imploding the entire facility, including its twin reactor. The chain reaction of the two cores imploding into one another alongside many dangerous material, including the pure Ozone, meant that disaster had struck. The Resulting event took with it a large chuck of the neighboring area and created the biggest man made crater to ever exist. At the core of said crater, Is the densest man made object ever made. The remains of the impact core is a 1 km by 1km big chunk of metals forcefully squashed and forced together. For around 58 miles around the core, the land is absolutely toxic with pollution.'

New Zealand however, had a bit more luck with experimental technology. It was here the first prototype of the Implosion Core was created. It was also here the first large scale reactor was built. Incredibly clean energy, that would continue to single handedly provide most of the country with electricty. Next in line was the “New zealand AI experiment”. By building up what was essentially a small society meant entirely for AI's and scientists who observed as the AI's grew smarter, more adaptive and more mature. It was from this small scale project, that the idea behind the Singularity City Project would be born.
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East Europe and the Russian Collapse.
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While “Europe” had crisis in the west, east suffered from its own problems. The Russian machine was on shaky legs. The regime, long under pressure from populous groups, human rights activists and even far right movements had a hard time properly enforcing their rule. The death knell seemed to be a insignificant thing at first. Just another unjustified prison sentence of a human rights activist. The problem was the timing, as she had just received the nobel peace prize. The outrage from abroad as well as inside Russia at her life sentence for clearly falsified charges were enormous. And it became like petrol hitting fire. Rioters took to the streets, organizations began digging up prior cases of similar nature. But Russia is not a country unaccustomed to violence. And it has a history of quelling riots. And only two days after the riots started, prominent figures were arrested, anyone without a Russian passport was deported, It was a lock down. But this time, everyone knew Russia could not hold it. And then came the cracks. The opposition left parliament entirely. Hardliners found themselves targets of organized, angry “freedom fighters.” The backlash grew as nationalistic smaller parties in Russias far off regions like Tajikistan began calling for freedom once more. Soon enough, the parliament called martial law, but it was to late. The entire government machine was collapsing at them as defections plagued every part of the public services. And Russia, a country that encompasses a surprising amount of regions with rich local history and desire for statehood, began to crumble When the dust settled there existed amongst others “The Central Republic of Russia”, where most of the old “true russia” was concentrated. To the east there was the heavily Chinese backed “Peoples Federation of Russia.” To the north existed the “Siberian Russian Republic that while not overly populated, remained rather strong financially.
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But while the old Russian machine crumbled and became a bunch of smaller states the east block was experiencing a great deal of commerce. The countries benefited greatly from trade with the new, Scandinavian Federation. And they also had new partners that were desperate for greater leniency in the now weakened Russian break out states.

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[center][b]Welcome to big Business; A guide to the Corporate world order.[/b][/center]

[i]Sasuki Secure Synergies: SSS[/i]
Type: V-net provider and Security Firm
TSS is a Japanese founded security firm currently overseeing 20 percent of the American V-Net installations, 89 percent of the Japanese, 40 percent of the overall Asiant market and 30 percent of the Scandinavian V-Net. Pioneers in V-Net adaptation, the company was founded by Sasuki Tetsou. One of the first people to really bank on theV-Net trend, he has made countless billions as well as securing numerous prestigious defense contracts around the world. In many ways, SSS owns the v-net business. 

[i]Virtua Rio: [/i]
Type: V-Net enterteinment company.
Brazilian company that really have become its own worst enemy. The biggest V-net pleasure zone in the world was their creation. A virtual brothel if you will. Its not much of a surprise, seeing how prostitution in Brazil IS legal to begin with. But the company established with the help of the free netzone, one of the most lucrative sex empires and ”sleaze capitals” in the world. But they wanted to run more internationally legit, morally defensible businesses as well. This is where their big problem was. They were so known for their seedy business that trying to go legit was real nightmare. Only after 6 years have they now established what is the worlds largest V-NET movie chain. The word on the treet however, is that they are deeply connected with the various Brazilian and Bolivian mobs.

[i]Z.E.U.S[/i]

Zealand Energy and Utilitarian Systems.
Singularity HQ: OLYMPIAN TOWERS
Type: Electricity and technology
The by far biggest company in the world when it comes to energy solutions. The inventors of the implosion core, ZEUS is a giant of a organizations now. They bankrolled every single singularity reactor installation out of their own pocket. They hold severe political sway in America and many other governments are all but dependent on them.. 

[i]A.R.E.S[/i]
Advanced Recognizance, Evaluation and Security
PMC (Private Military Corp.)
Sister Company of Z.E.U.S and the companty acts as its in house security, Ares boosts both weapon development and cutting edge security solutions and technology. Its one of the SCPD's international strike force's main contenders. Many times being accused for covering ZEUS tracks.

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 [center]Gangs and Syndicates[/center]
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[i]Kings Crew[/i]
Name: Kings Crew
Territory: Most of the Afro-merican dominated areas in the middle levels.
Leader: “King”

Calling them a street gang would be like calling a tiger for a cat. The Kings Crew is Singularity city's biggest distributes of hard drugs, illegal American arms, Illegal V-Hook keys and other contraband. King as the Jamaican born Josephina Kinglsey is called, is a woman of ambition. She came to Chicago long before the Singularity Rebuild. She ran the strretes fron the age of 11 as a "corner boy" under some older, very rough and dangerous boys. When she was 15 she already had APB out on her head for murder. At the age of 30 she had served half her life in jail. Then The riots happened. In the chaos, King managed to gather to her a small army of street girls, hustlers and other unwanted. They held entire neighborhoods together with mix of violence, ingenuity and community. And when the people began to build higher and higher, King used the fact that police and UN soldiers turned a blind eye towards her more stable parts of town, to establish her base of operations. Now she runs a small empire, the King Krew being her foot soldiers.

[i]“Kremlin”[/i]
Leader: "Patriot Mishka"
Territory: Small part of the south low levels. 

Russian Street gangs and Maffia from the old country were quick to carve out a small, but strong foothold in the lower levels. They mainly do business with the Red Dragon Triads while warring for control over the drug trade on the lower levels with Kings Crew and The "Los Locos 22." The are small in scale, but run their business with ruthless efficiency. many of the top members are former Russian intelligence and special forces that fled during the Russian collapse.

[i]Los Locos 22:[/i]
Leader: Unknown
Territory: Most parts of the Latin dominated mid and sub levels. Every single junkyard and scrap pile.

Hackers, Anarchists, Drug peddlers and Riggers, The Los Locos 22 are the single most chaotic entity in the city. A offshoot from the powerful Mexican Zeta cartel, the Locos were given their name by local immigrants who witnessed their drug fueled and often bloody raids into enemy gang territory. They are incredibly unpredictable, but seemingly unable to hold on to any larger territory. What is noticeable is the vast network of hackers that inhabits it's ranks. Net based anarchists use the 22 as a sort of staging areas for their more illegal operations, as the 22's will protect them as long as they get a small cut.

[i]Zeta Cartel: [/i]
Leader: Unknown
Territory: Server side and the mass of Zetas operations lie in Mexico. But a number of powerful Zeta affiliated men and women harbors the very upper levels of the themselves.

 Once the terror of Mexico, the Zeta cartel has lost a lot of its drug market to the cheap and accessible V-net and “synth-drugs”; patches of hormones and stimulated euphoria. What they have lost they have gained in legit businesses. The Zeta fronts massive high end V-net servers for anyone to use. The many companies under their sway then feeds the cartel information that they sell to others. They also provide a safe haven from snooping, having no real prerequisite or banned activities on their list but will protect almost anyone for the right price.

[i]The Black Dog Triads[/i]
Leader: Louise Yan/The Lady
Territory: Middle and Lower Levels mostly, running most of the city's gambling dens.

It stands to reason, that where there is a superpower on the rise, there is people falling trough the cracks. Add to that a increasing outcry for more money, more things to buy and you have the ideal hunting grounds for criminal activtiy. Then Add to that a old and well established criminal organization like a Chinese Triad and you have one of the most aggressive and influential organanizations in the East. The Black Dog are ranked as one of the most dangerous organizations in the world. 30% of all contract killings on American soil is done trough their hit men and they are known to harbor all manners of rogue agents. “The Lady”, also known as Louise Yan is one such former agent. She Currently resides in 

[i]The Tatsuomo Clan[/i]
Leader: Senji Tatsoumo 
Territory: Middle and Upper Levels mostly, Tasuomo runs themselves one of the most exclusive clubs in the city, trough wich they launder money made primarily from the illegal tech trade with their compatriots back home in Japan.

The Tatsuomo only have a limited presence withing the city, but they are very successful in what they do. They mainly deal with things that can sell on the black market back home in Japan, funneling illegal contraband trough diplomatic connections and trough the VIP's that attend their many “events”.
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Character Sheet

[b]Name.[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Human Or Android:[/b] Note that Androids are inherently less flexible in their thinking, acting and the like. Also I would rather limit the amount of Androids.
[b]Gender:[/b] IF applicable. 
[b]Affiliation:[/b] The Triads, The FBI, freelancer? Chinese security? Make up your own, take an existing. Keep it within reason.
[b]Appearance:[/b] (First one to use Adam Jensen as visual reference gets banned from the game. I mean it D=)
[b]Back Story:[/b]

[b]Misc:[/b] Enhancements, weaponry, etc etc. Note that there are EXTREMELY STRICT LAWS FOR GUNS AND MODIFICATIONS BOTH. Singularity city is exempt to normal American laws. Carrying a gun is no small thing and being caught without the proper license will lead to a whole lot of trouble. To even live in the city, you need to be a registered and have a reference number. A reminder that the City in itself is giant experiment.[/hider]