FACTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

WHEN TO GO
Any time's a good time to visit Manhattan. Just pack
your long coat, a coupla pairs of boxers, and an aspirator
with fresh filters and you're set. They used to have
something they called seasons way back when. Ask some
of the olders; they remember. Now, it's pretty much just
warm, and even hotter in summer.
Problem is that ole Manhattan is caught in a nasty
atmospheric bind. Nasty air from New Jersey. Nasty air
from bits of Pennsylvania. Nasty air from all those wonderful
off-shore garbage facilities. (Burn it, pack it, dump it.
Pollute the air and water in one shot. Great stuff.)
Most of the year there's enough cold air blowing
down from Canada (thanks guys) to keep the nasty air
where it's supposed to be. In the summer, however, it all
shifts around and dumps itself right on old NY. The air gets

so foul that if they didn't clean it periodically everything

would probably rot in a month. How do they clean it?
Every night, between 0330 and 0430, the corps seed the
cloud-cover. Can we say nasty rain?
O.K., so one month is an exaggeration. Besides,
none of Midtown would rot. Ever. They built it that way,
with lots of environmental coating and insulation. What

about the rest of the place? Don't ask.

GETTING IN
Are you a resident? Non-resident worker? Residentworker? Non-resident non-worker? Legal or illegal? Longterm or short-term? Rich or poor? Lots of questions.
Plenty o' answers.
The first thing to know about getting in is that
Manhattan has got this thing for passes. The three basic
types are: Resident, Work, and Temporary. Resident passes
are white; solid white for full-time residents, white with a
green stripe for part-time residents. Work passes are blue
and also come in two types: those with a white stripe
indicate that you live and work in NY, and those with a red
stripe indicate that you live, but don't work, in the city.
Temporary passes are red and are issued on a monthly
basis. Occasionally, you might see a black pass. Those
guys are permanent guests.
More later about passes, but for now the main thing
to remember is that you can't get into the city without
one. Most of the access points will issue you a red temp
pass almost without a thought. Almost.
There are several access routes into the ManhattanNYC area. The ones that spill directly into Manhattan are
the New Jersey PATH bus routes, the Edward I. Koch
Bridge from Long Island City, the Ronald Reagan Bridge
(don't ask) from Jersey, and the overland access-ways like
the Northern Access connecting the island with New York
State, and indirectly back to Jersey through the George
Washington Bridge, a short hop up the Hudson River.
There are a couple of PATH lines from Jersey. Most are
local, connecting parts of New Jersey and beyond with the
NE-Rail network. There is also a direct connection with
Newark Airport. All the PATH lines enter Manhattan
through Terminal. More on that hell later. Only the
unwashed masses use the PATH systems. Nary a white
pass to be seen. Costs for riding the PATH system depend
on where you get on and where you get off. Short trips are
a minimum of 5, while long trips across Jersey can cost
you as much as 15. The direct line from Newark costs 5.

The Eddy Koch Bridge is primarily a pedestrian

bridge serviced by a small mini-tram that carries peds
from the Jersey side to the Koch Customs building. If
you've got a vehicle pass (comes with the white card,

don't ya know), then you can drive across.

through the Northern Access or through Terminal. The

scanners and detectors at those places are ancient enough
to pass over any 'ware less than ten years old. In Terminal
especially, you can always get an "instant permit" by
slipping one of the customs agents the appropriate "fee."
Just don't be stingy. You wouldn't want to insult him.

The Ronny Reagan Bridge is really just a copy of the

Eddy Koch Bridge, but connects Manhattan with Queens
County, more specifically Long Island City. Like the Koch
Bridge, it's got a mini-tram connecting both sides and
depositing travelers at the Reagan Customs building.
Both bridges cost 2 for a foot-traveler.

you're in one of those monstrous city-liners or on a

registered private boat. If not, the Port Authority may just
mistake you for a smuggler. Whoops.

There's another bridge, the old Brooklyn Bridge,

scheduled or registered tilt- or rotor-craft, fine. If not, be

Yes, you can get to Manhattan by water, but only if

The same holds for direct entry by air. If you are a

that's still standing, but I wouldn't recommend it to

warned that the Port Authority keeps a couple of dirigibles

anyone but the truly bent. It's a cool place to hang out if
you enjoy life on the twisted path: just make sure you're

aloft at all times, packed with enough radar and detection

gear to monitor the eastern seaboard. Which is probably

ready for it and that your DocWagon account is clean.

what they're doing.

(Don't expect them to come there for you, though.)

Access by air brings you into either Newark Airport

in Jersey or Kennedy International in Queens. Newark is
for the masses and handles connections with most of the

WHAT IT COSTS

rest of continental North America. It's also become a rail

in any of the lesser neighborhoods pay a lot less.

hub for most of the northeast. Newark also picked up a lot

of traffic (like it didn't have enough already) when UCAS

It all depends. To stay/eat/live in Midtown or Times

Square costs plenty. Those content to make their homes

A hotel that looks safe enough to sleep in is probably

ers, Kennedy is the hub of international travel. Airport

more than you can afford. For a ritzy one in Midtown,

figure to pay 400 to 500 a night for a single, nearly
2,000 for a suite. One a little less elegant (sorry, no
bathroom mints, but maybe a pay-per-view simsense)
would probably run you 50 tops for a double, per person.
They fill up fast, but a couple of sports clubs also have
closet space renting for about 12 a night. If you're really
down on your luck, there are a couple of funeral homes,

security is so tight that trying to bypass it would be like

er, sorry, condensed living accommodation facilities

trying to sneak a fish through a cat farm. If you gotta bring

in something by plane, Newark's the place to do it. If it's

(coffins, chummers), in Terminal and Downtown that go

split up between a couple of bags and whatever permit

Kennedy unless you've spent some bucks on one of those

there ain't no rooms!

At chow time, stay away from the corp or tourist
spots, most of which are in either Midtown or Times
Square. Figure to drop at least 200 for you and a "date"

locked transport cases and your permit is so clean it

in those areas. Anywhere elsewhich is where the real

squeaks.

New Yorkers eatwill be much cheaper. Figure between

seized LaGuardia Airport and turned it into an Air National

Guard station.
Kennedy International on the south shore of Long

Island is the major UCAS gateway to Europe, and don't let

those jokers down DeeCee way tell you otherwise. With

three extra-long runways for the various suborbital carri-

you've got seems fairly legal-like, you might not get

hassled. Don't even think about taking something through

for about 5 a night. Don't expect room service, 'cause

Kennedy runs a rapid-transit line into Manhattan, via

15 and 40 for a fair to good meal, and higher for better.

the Reagan, for those on the low-end of the white card

A pretzel in Midtown will cost you 6. Downtown it'll cost

spectrum. It also has full tilt- and rotor-craft service to and

from the various Midtown aeropads. The rail line will cost
you about 10 and the air transport about 75.
Oh, by the way, those who are wired have another
whole set of problems. Without the right permit, forget
Kennedy. It's good old Newark that's sometimes lax, and

you 2. Eat with the real people.

so a couple of tens to the customs boys and girls might get

you through. If you do come through Kennedy and you

attract a lot of close, personal friends, but you'll have three

times the fun. Guaranteed. That is, until those close,

ain't got a Manhattan CBP-107 permit, but do have

personal friends find out you've run out of that money...

somebody else's, even a Corp covering your butt, they'll

probably slap a real stylish restraint-cuff on you and let you
through. You'll notice there's a DocWagon station right

exotic, shall we say, then I would recommend connecting

outside the main terminal for those jokers who figure they

can hot-rig the cuffs and pop them once they're clear.
Getting cyberware into Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens,
Staten Island, and what's left of the Bronx is easy. Just take
it with you. For Manhattan, the best bet is either down

Entertainment has a similar swing. If your style is to

frolic with the rich and corpy, then expect to pay through
an inconvenient orifice. Spend the money in Downtown
or Times Square and you'll have a good time. Spend the
same amount in Neon City or Soho and not only will you

If your entertainment interests run to the, um, more

with a live cabbie (yes, there are still a few) and have him
take you to some of the more interesting places in Soho
or Southside. If you've got the bucks, maybe even one of
the more custom delights way uptown in East Riverside.

Whatever you have to pay, trust me, it's worth it.

The overall cost of living in Manhattan shows a wide

spread, too. A Luxury lifestyle requires about 200,000 a

month, High about 25,000, and Middle about 8,000,
while Low only needs 850 and Squatter about 50.
Street is still street, though perhaps a tad more physically
taxing. Hospitalization is going to run you from 400 to
750 for basic care, and 1,200 to 2,000 for intensive
care.

GETTING AROUND
If you're in Manhattan, chances are you ain't got a car.
Maybe a bike, if you're lucky, but if the cops catch you,
they'll probably nail you. Ever since the "Rebirth," vehicles
have been banned from Manhattan Island, unless of
course you've got a white card or the right connections.
This means that those who can afford it have a car, or two,
and those who can't are hoofing it. Bikes fall under the
category of vehicle and so, technically, are illegal without
that permit. But whether or not the cops will bother you
depends on what neighborhood you're in and how fast
you're moving at the time.
If you think this puts a damper on the nation's newest

favorite pastime, go-ganging, you're wrong. The average

pedestrian is probably a little safer in Manhattan than most

sprawls these days, but only 'cause the go-heads spend

so much time knocking heads with the cops that they
leave the common folk alone. Usually.
Transportation around Manhattan and the adjoining
areas can get complicated. In the country, outside the
city, it's mostly bus and rail for those who can't afford real
wheels. If you can find a bus shelter or subway station that
still has a readable system map, then getting around is no
problem. If you've got the guts, just hop on and see what

happens. Great fun.

There's a rail connection across the Ronny Reagan
that links up to most of the Queens and Brooklyn bus

systems, but that deposits you at the Customs Center,

too.
Can't call the Long Island Railroad the Iron Snail
anymore, because they finally went mag-lev about ten
years ago. If you got the bucks, catch a hotliner from the
Midtown terminal that'll get you out to the Hamptons
almost faster than you can ask around about which clubs
are mainline that weekend. A straight run out to the

Hamptons costs about 70. A shorter hop to the Mineola

Transport Hub, adjacent to Roosevelt Field, the world's
largest enclosed shopping mall, costs about 15. Anyone
visiting NY should make it to the Field. It's a real wizzer,
with probably more turned-up noses per square meter
than anywhere else on earth. And it's popular even
though the place gets hit by a terror-run at least once a
month. I guess this is the closest to a real thrill that a lot
of people ever get.
On Manhattan itself, you can get around above
ground or below on public transportation. One of the

above-ground means is the MTA bus system, which is

easy to use because most run either north-south or east-

west. A single fare is 2. A monthly pass runs about 30.

Also above-ground is the New El, which runs north-

south along both shores and then heads east-west. This

elevated mag-lev system serves mostly Midtown and

adjoining areas. It's clean, efficient, and mega-boring. Too

much white. A circuit fare costs 3, but you can get a
monthly pass for 40. The cops patrol the system heavily,
unlike the buses or the subway.
As for below-ground transport, there's the subway.

Much of it caved in during the earthquake, but portions

were rebuilt to handle the migration of workers to and
from the city each day. The subways primarily service the
less-prestigious sections of town. A one-way fare to
anywhere on the system is 1.5.
Much of the old subway system remains unused and
unmaintained, however. For those in the know, this is the
Underground, the mainline to everywhere.
Even the parts of the lower Manhattan subway that
connect with Brooklyn run through customs check-points.
Before crossing the river, all commuters must swap trains
and submit to a general weapons and contraband search.
The guards are lax enough that you can probably bluff your
way through.
The final alternative is one of the licensed cabs that
work the streets (mostly north of 32nd Street). The fares
are steep, 2 a block, but a ride tends to be fairly safe and
quick.

ADJOINING AREAS
THE COUNTIES
Since 2027, only Manhattan legally has been New
York City. In Manhattan Inc. v. The State of New York, the
city forced the boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn, Staten
Island, and the Bronx, all formerly part of NYC, to separate
from it. In effect, the suit let Manhattan secede from the
rest of NYC, keeping the name and all the prestige. Sort
of like my ex-wife.
Realizing that they would be unable to stand alone,
the boroughs tried to stick together at first. Typical of their
attempt was their inability to agree on a better name than
"Quad Counties." Eventually, each went its separate way,
all becoming counties of New York Stave, municipal
entities unto themselves again, in 2029.
Many who work in Manhattan live in the counties.
Since before the turn of the century, NYC has imposed a
moderate "commuter tax" on all non-resident workers.
It's been part of city policy not to provide scarce in-city
housing for those workers, thereby forcing the tax upon
them.
Travel in the counties is relatively sane, with the
check-points occurring only when you try to enter Manhattan.
Brooklyn and Queens still walk the line between
suburb and sprawl. I'd say they're more sprawl than
suburb, but I already have enough enemies. Brooklyn

does have the Brooklyn Naval Yards, now reclaimed by

the UCAS as a base for much of the country's non-carrier

North and Mid-Atlantic fleet. The Coast Guard also bases

out of there these days.
Staten Island ranges from dirt poor to filthy rich,
sometimes within the space of a few blocks. The place is

so hilly, however, that usually neither side of the tracks can

see the other. For years, Staten Island wanted out of NYC,
and has done a surprisingly good job of running things
since they got their wish. Of course, the additional income
from the Staten Island Carrier Base, home port of the
Wolverine Light Carrier Battlegroup, probably doesn't
hurt any.

Westchester County, north of Manhattan, was never

part of old NYC. Suitville, UCAS, is an incredibly boring

place. The only spots of interest are some of the compucorporate enclaves around Poughkeepsie and White Plains.

The best thing that can be said about the Bronx,

which is mostly commercial and residential poor and
lower-middle class, is the Villiers Arcology Project. The
Arcology, which is under construction on the southernmost tip of the Bronx, adjacent to Harlem River, over the

area they used to call Mott Haven, may someday actually

be finished. Maybe. It's been under construction for a few
more years than the fabled Seattle-Renraku structure, but
isn't anywhere near as complete. Plagued by design

flaws, accidents, and outright terrorism, the Arcology

seems cursed.

NASSAU COUNTY
Designer living. Chauffeured rotorcraft. Gag. Sostylish-it-makes-you-sick. Nassau's got its cool places,
though. Roosevelt Field, the Great Neck almost-arcology,
Nassau Coliseum (live skateball), my friend Widow's
place in Hempstead, the Inwood Combat Zone (which,
being a rocket's flight from Kennedy, makes for great fun),
and so on.
You'll find just as wide a swing in background and
economics as in Manhattan, but the Nassau PR people work
much harder at keeping a it secret. I suspect the whole
South Shore is just waiting for a repeat of the '38 riots.

NEW JERSEY
Need I say more? Actually, except for the urban hells
like Newark, Jersey is a decent blend of city and suburb.
That is, if you can stomach even the slightest bit of suburb.
The monstrous corporate enclaves along Interstate 1 and
down the coast have done much to boost the area's
economy. To date, they haven't fallen into the socioeconomic spiral associated with most corporate-linked
communities. Time will tell. (Read: We're working on it!)
If people can get hurt playing it, then the Meadowlands Sports Sprawl features it. Knock yourself out.
Early last year, the North Jersey ABM system misfired
and blew a Euroflot spaceplane to dust as it arced over
toward Kennedy. Great fireworks.

CONNECTICUT
Not really much I can tell ya, having only been there
once myself. But it's pure suburban death zone. Zombies
everywhere. Maybe even more gray suits per square
block than Tokyo. (Nah.) The corporate zones, most of
them in places like Hartford, Danbury, and Meriden, are

full of wage slaves and sararimen, all worshipping at the

feet of their respective corporate gods.

Of additional interest is the sub base at New London.

This is one of the few the UCAS has left and they guard it

like royalty.

HISTORY
THE LEVELING
Today, most people would agree that Manhattan's
history starts with the quake of 2005. Sure, some oldtimers remember how it was before, but what's the point?
It's like worrying about world history before 2011. It just
doesn't matter.
There'd been talk in NYC about the possibility of a
quake since the late 1950s. No one really believed it, even
though a couple of faultlines run around and across
Manhattan. The major fault runs down the Hudson River
to the west of the city, but a couple of smaller ones actually
cut through Manhattan Island itself.
At 7:20 A.M. on August 12, 2005, a major earthquake hit Manhattan. The scientists say it was only 5.8 on
the Richter, but it seemed higher. Of course, NYC had

none of the earthquake protection of cities more prone to

them, which made the physical damage greater. Some
200,000 people died, and close to a million were injured.
Most experts agree that death and casualty rates that low
were miraculous.
The city was in ruins, having taken most of the major
damage. Because the outer burroughs suffered less, they
were used for evacuation and treatment. It was a freak of
nature that the only Manhattan building of any size that
didn't collapse was the Empire State Building. Sure it was
damaged, but a little re-strengthening was all it needed.
What does a city do when something like this happens?
Nail up a "Condemned" sign and leave it be?
Pave it over and try again?

THE PRICE
After the disaster, the facts of life were hard. No way
could the federal government (then still the U.S.A.) afford
to rebuild New York. The Shiawase decision of 2001 had
already eroded much of the tax base, and the billions in aid
to the Middle East following the Israel/Libya "shotgun
war" had put a huge dent in the national bank account.

Facing an already staggering national debt, a legacy of the

"faith healing" economic policies of the 80s and 90s, the
government announced it could offer no more than basic
disaster aid to NYC.
Well, it takes business to know business, and the next
move was the corps'. NY had become an economic hub
for very definite geographical reasons and the corps saw
this as their chance to rebuild that center in their own
image. A consortium of aspiring multinationals volunteered

to pitch in and help rebuild the city. The catch? Deregulation.

Now, realize that back then the ole U.S.A. still hadn't
fallen to ruin. The Shiawase decision was still young, and
no one had really taken that long, hard look down the
tracks to see what was coming. By agreeing to help
rebuild the NY infrastructure and pump billions into the
local economy in the process, the consortium, or Manhattan
Inc. as it was sometimes known, would be helping to
maintain the stability of the region, and therefore, the
county. What they would ultimately be doing, however,

is breaking the back of government.

In exchange for the billions in corporate aid, Congress
passed legislation deregulating most industries, restructured the corporate tax base and regulations, shifted the
balance of fees, tariffs, and duties, and generally gave the
corps a free ride. It's true they planned to impose some
temporal limitations. Once NY and the local/national
economy were again on firmer ground, Congress would
revoke the privileges granted the corps. They miscalculated seriously, however. To name a few:
The Awakening (Hey, who coulda guessed?)
T h e Treaty of Denver (Ooops, lost most of the
West...)
The CAS and CFS secession (Ooops, lost most of
everything else...)

Corporate intrusion in government (Here lies the

real blame...)
By the time NY was back on its feet, and the Northeast
with it, the corps were running the show. The economy of
the country (now the UCAS) was drek and the corps were
the only thing holding it together. They rebuilt New York,
and bought themselves a country.

CURRENT SITUATION
GOVERNMENT
The government of the City of New York uses the
trappings of old New York City but little of the reality. At
the top of the bureaucratic totem pole is the Mayor of New
York, currently one Andrew T. Small. (Small, a vacillating
Democrat with one finger in the air to test the political
winds and another up his butt, is a veteran of the corporate

machine. A former Marketing VP for Tres Chic Cosmetics,

Small knows as little about city government as he does
about personal hygiene.)
Below the Mayor, downwind as they say, and ignoring

all the various Mayoral Assistants, is the City Council. In

the old days, each of the five boroughs elected representatives to the City Council, which had the Job of trying
to bully the Mayor into doing what they wanted. Nowadays, each of the Precincts (an apt term) of NY elects (hah)
representatives to the City Council, which has the job of
publicly supporting the Mayor on as many trideo programs as they can manage a day.
In NY it's the Corporate Advisory Board who calls the

shots, though its ostensible role is as advisor to the Mayor

on city business matters. Since everything is business
these days in NY, they generate paperwork that he signs.
Every member of Manhattan Inc. has a seat on the
Advisory Board, which meets once every two to three
weeks to lunch, blather, and advise. A simple majority is
required before an advisement paper can be forwarded to
the Mayor.
Currently, the membership of the Manhattan Inc.
Consortium is roughly as follows. (I say roughly because
they keep the exact membership quiet.) In a moment, I'll
tell you why:
Ares Macrotechnology
Aztechnology
Eastern Financial
Fuchi Industrial Electronics
US (International Information Systems)
The Kesai & Wilhelm Group
Netlink Telecommunications
Prometheus Engineering

Saeder-Krupp Heavy Industries

Sony Dataworks

Trans-Orbital
UCAS Data Systems

Villiers International

The consortium can only have, and must have, 13

members to exist. However, the members of the consortium can remove one of its members by a unanimous
vote. This was alleged to have happened about six years
ago when Mitsuhama got bounced and UCAS Data Systems was installed in their place. You can bet your best
pair of mirrorshades that the Yaks were none too happy
about that.
The consortium likes to keep its membership quiet
for defensive reasons: anybody connected with them is
fair game in NY. In some circles, anti-megacorp terrorism

is almost a sport.
The most powerful members of the consortium are
undoubtedly the big threeAres Macrotech, Fuchi, and
Aztechnologythough Saeder-Krupp has been trying to

muscle up with its latest series of acquisitions. Of them all,

Ares is probably in the strongest position because of its
place in the NY law-enforcement triad. More on than later.
Just because Ares seems to be in the best position
doesn't mean it's king of the hill. Because of the one-corp,
one-vote structure, Ares often is out-voted in the consortium meetings. You can also bet your best pair of
mirrorshades the megacorps wish they hadn't written
that in, because now all the smaller members can block
any efforts to get the provision changed.

PASSES
In the UCAS, if you don't have a SIN, you're nobody,
as far as the government is concerned. In NY, if you don't

have a pass, you're less than nobody. You're an Illegal.

Earlier I mentioned the different types of passes and
their functions. More info follows.
Resident Passes
Resident passes are white and come in two variationssolid white for full-time residents and green-striped
for part-time residents. The difference? Paperwork.
Both are reserved nearly exclusively for the social
elite. If you call NY home, and therefore dump most of
your taxes there, you get a solid white pass. If you have
residences other than NY, you get a white pass with a
green stripe.
What does this mean?

Unlimited access to even the most restricted of

shopping centers. Special deals at various financial institutions. Unlimited vehicle access to the island of Manhattan.
Automatic subscription to either DocWagon or MediVac
services. And so on.
It also means preferential treatment by some of the
police forces, depending on who they are and who the
corporate sponsor is. Oh, did I mention that? All white
passes are corporate-sponsored. The only way to get one

is if a corp backs your application. Just another perk in old

NY.

The white residence pass is reviewed once every five

years or if an officiating body (read corp) requests it.
Work Passes
Work passes are for wage slaves. They're blue and
have a white stripe for residents of NY who work within its

RESTRICTED PASSES
The fun ones. Restricted passes, shiny black suckers,
are issued to felons. That's right, if you are convicted of a
crime, you get to carry a black pass.
If it has a white stripe, you are a resident criminal.
If it has a blue stripe, you are a working-class criminal.
If it has a red stripe, you are a temporary criminal.
(Yes, laugh! I swear they have such a thing.)
And, presumably, if a corp sponsors it, you can get a
black pass with a gray stripe for their "special criminal
guests." They should be issuing a lot more of those than
they do.
Anyone who commits any crime above a misdemeanor, or five misdemeanors within a five-year period,
gets a black card. That's his or her ID for the next five years.
If he or she has been a good boy or girl during those five
years, the city gives him or her the old card back. Ain't
they sweet?
What does a black card get you? Hassle city. You are
persona non grata as far as anyone above drek-level is
concerned. Everything you do is scrutinized. Some places
won't let you near the door. Life is hell.
You can get away with a lot, with or without a pass,
if no one scrutinizes you. If you're driving a van down
Broadway and you're being real legal-like, odds are no
one will bother to ask for your papers. After all, no cop
wants to stop, and thereby insult, someone important.
Like the book says, if you look the part and act the
part, you may as well be the part as far as everybody else
is concerned. Oh, and if you're going to try a fake white
pass, lose the mohawk, the mirrorshades, the flak jacket,
and the Uzi. Just a suggestion, chummer.

borders, or a red stripe for those who live in NY but work

in one of the Counties, or god forbid, Jersey.
The blue pass doesn't entitle even NY residents to
own in-city transportation, so they have to walk it or take
mass transit.
The blue work passes are reviewed yearly or at the
request of an officiating or law enforcement body. (Did

you notice that the law enforcement agencies can't request

a review of a white pass?)
Temporary Passes
For those who work in New York, but don't live there

(which is 75 percent of the workforce), there is a red

temporary access pass. You're barely anybody, but you've

got a card.
If it's a solid red, you get reviewed every six months,

at nearly anybody's request.

If it's red with a gray stripe, it's basically a "guest"

card. You get reviewed once a month, hell, high-water, or

Ghost Dance, and you better have a damn good reason
why you haven't applied for an upgrade. Corps, if they
like, can get "special guests" a gray "special guest" card.
If it's solid gray, it's the equivalent of a white card as far as

perks are concerned, but it gets reviewed every six

PASSES, PASSES, WHO'S GOT THE PASSES?

The problem of passes in NY is compounded because
the pass acts as a credstick as well as bearer of all ID
information. Most of the card checkers in the city are
connected to BIDVS (Bearer-Identity Verification System) ,
run by UCAS Data Systems (which, no doubt, explains
their inclusion in the consortium a few years back).
The pass card, as I said above, acts as a credstick.
White passes are either Platinum or Gold equivalents,
blue or red are either Silver or Standard, and gray runs the
range from Standard to Platinum, depending on the
wishes of the sponsoring corp. Blacks are always Standard. A colored dot on the card indicates the credstick
equivalency rating.
NY pass cards are harder to forge and easier to spot
than standard credsticks because of the improved encoding
and the limited database the BIDVS needs to access.
Forgeries cost five times the regular shadow-market value
for a particular rating, double the cost for a blue pass, and
double it again for a white pass.

LAW ENFORCEMENT

months (or so) and the bearer is the responsibility of the

Let's face it, law enforcement in New York is wacky.

sponsoring corp. If the gray card has a red stripe, it's a

Three security companies hold the contracts: KnightErrant (hence Ares' clout in the consortium), Winter

monthly pass and the rough equivalent of a blue pass.

With all this, the politics in one Precinct house rivals that
of the whole UCAS.
There's also an added twist: the Port Authority.
Controlled, amazingly, by New York State, the Port
Authority's primary role is controlling New York Harbor
and the surrounding waterways. They also have airspace
jurisdiction over the entire Manhattan Island, which means
all of New York City. If that weren't enough to drive the
corps nuts, the PA controls the Terminal precinct, Grand
Central Station, and the bridge and road accessways to
the city. If something gets you into or out of Manhattan,
the Port Authority covers it. As you can imagine, this
make for fun jurisdictional problems.

CRIME
Ah, crime. Well, officially, there's barely any, so all of
this is theoretical, you understand.
The standard big three are present; the Mafia, the
Yaks, and the Seoulpa Rings, in that order. The Mafia
controls trucking and construction, leaving the petty
street drek to the other two syndicates. The Yaks handle
the illegal gambling, prostitution, and BTL peddling for
the city. That leaves the Seoulpa Rings anything else they

Systems, and the NYPD Inc. (taken over by the union and
incorporated a few years after the big quake). NY has been
divided into Zones, also known as Precincts, each of
which is patrolled and under the jurisdiction of two of the
three members of the law triad.
The plan was to reduce corruption by having each of
the corps looking over the other's shoulder. You know, the
spirit of competition. The problem was that the consortium
built into the triad system the provision that the consortium
could remove a member from the triad at the request of one
of the other members. Now, this can't happen unless the
requesting triad member has sufficient evidence of blatant
wrongdoing, as Knight-Errant had of Warren Security back
in 2041. Seems Warren had been systematically butchering
squatter-residents of various buildings owned by Warren
Habitats, their parent company.
The result of all this is lots of cross-agency suspicion,
bad blood, paranoia, competition, investigation sabotage,
evidence suppression, and generally even more corruption than normal, but of a different nature, of course.
Within the Precinct, the multi-corporation structure
works like this. Within each department, a cop and his
partner are members of the same corp, other partnerteams are of the same or another corporation. An effort is

made to keep the number of enforcement teams balanced.

Overseeing the department is an executive officer appointed by a tri-corporate, precinct-based advisory board.

can get their hands on.

They compete with the Yaks for control of the black
market, though not very successfully. Sometimes a Ring
will give you a better deal for single items, but if you need
it in bulk, the Yaks are your guys. Just don't tell them you
also deal with the Rings. The Yaks are already mad enough
at the way the Seoulpa have been undercutting their
street-level BTL sales.
Almost every precinct has its own Yak clan controlling the area, and depending on the size of the area, one
or more Rings. The Mafia work city-wide.
And the shadowrunners? As in most urban areas,
NY's shadow underground operates as one big network.
Many runners work in set groups, very much like Seoulpa
Rings (and sometimes operating as one), that overlap
with other groups, informally exchanging members based
on who needs what where and when. The city has only a
handful of real runner groups, no matter what fictions you
hear about dozens on every street corner and coming out
of holes in the wall. I can count all the real runners I know
on all my fingers and toes (plus one for the big toe I lost
last week). You can't fire your gun and not hit a wannabee
or poser, though.

STREET LIFE
If you had to pick one word, a socially acceptable
one, to define New York these days, dynamic would have
to be it. NY has always been the town that never sleeps
and it has never been truer. Walk the streets at four in the
morning (in certain areas at least) and you'll probably see
more people than you would on most Saturday afternoons. Now, these people might not be anyone you'd
want to call chummer, but that's beside the point.
Some people complain of the city's distinct odor,
which can only be the collective scent of the single

organism that is New York. Every member, from the

highest white card to the lowest black card, is part of that
organism. They are the very fiber of Manhattan's being,
which moves and breathes, lives and dies with them.
The energy level of a city so many millions strong is
real and palpable. Apathy may attack the denizens of
various other sprawls around the globe, but apathy won't
get you far on these mean streets. In Manhattan, the
human animal does not survive long by being sluggish,
unaware, or naive.
The night itself in New York is wired. Walk the streets,
catch the breeze when it comes, and let your body's clock
warn you that soon the nightly acid rain will fall. Catch the
eye of a fellow pedestrian and give him a nod and tight
smile. Share the energy. All it takes is the edge.

NEIGHBORHOODS
Working south, they are:

INWOOD, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, AND

NEWTOWN
Security Rating
Inwood
NYPD Inc. and Winter Systems
C-B
Washington Heights
Knight-Errant and Winter Systems B
Newtown
NYPD Inc. and Knight-Errant
B-A

Of these primarily residential neighborhoods, only

Newtown shows signs of corporate presence. Residential
buildings are usually less than eight stories, though some
as high as twelve stories do exist, especially in the higherrent areas along the Hudson. Most residents barely consider these areas part of Manhattan, so far removed do
they seem.
Newtown is named for the fact that nearly 80 percent
of the buildings were rebuilt or refurbished following the
earthquake. This occurred more out of a desire to wipe the
slate clean than out of structural necessity. The consortium
apparently decided that New York was better off forgetting the crime-ridden neighborhood of Harlem that once
occupied this area. What they forgot was the cultural and
historical wealth of those streets. With the consortium
making such decisions, it's a wonder the city survived at
all. (Some genius, however, had the sense to maintain the
historic Apollo Theater on 125th Street between 7th and
8th.)
This area offers few places of real interest, beyond a
few neighborhood slam palaces and a shadow bar or two
(strictly small-time). The one major exception is The
Cloisters. Set on a hilltop near the northernmost tip of
Manhattan Island, the Cloisters is a series of authentic and
representational medieval buildings that formerly housed
the Metropolitan Museum of Art's medieval collection.
These days, much of the collection remains, but the
ownership has changed.

An order of Hermetic mages working under the

name The Children of the New Crusade acquired the
Cloisters from the financially foundering Met in 2036.
(Sounds like a policlub, but then, all those mage groups
sound that way to me). The order, apparently incorporated, took control, keeping much of it open to the public
while maintaining the rest as living and working quarters.
The only other thing I know about the Children of the New
Crusade is that it's best not to mess with them. The other
bit of news are the repeated sightings of what seems to be
a young Eastern dracoform at the site, apparently under
the care of the order.
Newtown also has Columbia University, at Broadway
and I 16th, along the precinct border with Riverside.
Much of the grounds are very old (it having been founded
as King's College in 1754) and somehow survived the
quake. Before that, part of the area was the Bloomingdale
Insane Asylum (which now sits south a bit and across the
park), and some say shades of its former inhabitants
appear on the darkest, quietest nights. Today the university
is noted for primarily its Liberal Arts, Pre-Business Law,
and Mystic Studies/Parapsychology Departments.

RIVERSIDE AND EAST RIVERSIDE

Security Rating
Riverside
NYPD Inc. and Winter Systems
A-AA
East Riverside
NYPD Inc. and Knight-Errant
B-A

These two are also primarily residential areas, with

some corporate structure overflow from Midtown. Many
middle-management corp-types live in East Riverside, so
much of the available entertainment is appropriate to that
style of life. Across the river is Randall's Island, the location
of the city's minimum and moderate-security prisons.

MIDTOWN (AA-AAA)
Winter Systems and Knight-Errant
The glory that is Manhattan. Bright and shining
skyscrapers and even taller skyrakers command the area,
ringing Central Park. An especially good view is from one
of the giant towers at either end or from the northern end
of the Central Park reservoir.
All the buildings in Midtown are gigantic, and are
either new or were erected within the last half-century.
There are probably more square meters of glass, chrome,
and stonework here than in any other similar-sized area in
the world. Many years back, one of the Middle Eastern
madmen called New York "Satan's Seat of Judgement."
Well, I can't vouch for that one way or the other, but
someone sure didn't skimp on the upholstery.
The corporate heart of NY, Midtown is where most of
New York's corporate buildings and complexes are located.
At the north edge of Central Park, is the US Tower (Lenox
and West 115th) and Sony Dataworks (Fifth and East
106th). Heading south on either side, one finds Netlink

(East 96th and Park), UCAS Data Systems (Park and West

CENTRAL PARK EAST AND WEST

99th),Villiers International (East 86th and Park), and Saeder-

Security Rating
Central Park East
NYPD Inc. and Knight-Errant
AAA
Central Park West
NYPD Inc. and Winter Systems
AAA

Krupp (Third and East 72nd).

At the end of the park are Ares Macrotech (West 63rd

and Eighth Avenue), Aztechnology (Fifth and East 52nd),

Eastern Financial (Lexington and East 60th), Kesai &
Wilhelm (West 61st and Columbus Avenue), and TransOrbital (East 55th and Sixth).
Also scattered throughout the area are the offices of
Renraku, Mitsuhama, and most of the other multinational
and domestic giants.
Midtown is so clean it squeaks. Winter Systems and
Knight-Errant ride the area hard, keeping the street-drek
away and the taxpayers safe. At any time of day or night,

Here is where anybody who is anybody in New York

lives. When the city was being redesigned, the planners
set aside these two great strips on both sides of the park
for residential buildings. The strips run from 86th to 60th
Street and are a city-block wide. The views are tremendous. Bet on it.
No big surprise that cops are everywhere.

at least one aircraft, whether law-enforcement or otherwise is in the area, probably heading to one of the many

LOWER WESTSIDE AND EASTSIDE

rooftop VTOL-pads.
Also located here is Lincoln Center (Columbus and
West 63rd), the haute-cultural institute that attracts herds
of limousines almost every night. The Metropolitan Opera
is in Lincoln Center, but these days, it alternates with the
Japanese-backed Kobo Playhouse.
At the southeast corner of the park (Fifth and East
60th) is the Manhattan Club, a ritzy and members-only

club. If a person is one of the powers-that-be in NY, you

can bet he or she's a member here.

WESTSIDE AND UPPER EASTSIDE

Security Rating
Westside
NYPD Inc. and Winter Systems AA (AAA)
Upper Eastside
NYPD Inc. and Knight-Errant
A-B

Both Westside and Upper Eastside are primarily

residential, with a few towers overflowing from Midtown.
Westside is definitely corptown, while Upper Eastside

begins to look more residential. The homes along Riverside Drive and overlooking the river are among the most
expensive pieces of residential property in the city.
The southernmost section of Westside, at the site of
the old 16th Street Conrail Terminal, is the massive spire
of Prometheus Engineering. An architectural impossibility, the 100-story building mimics a DNA spiral twisting

in on itself. Hundred-stories or no, remarkably few wage

slaves work above the 40th floor. Those employees who

do are most likely to be those who also reside in one of the

building's many living-quarters floors. They're also likely

to be the most tight-lipped about what goes on there.

Prometheus does R&D in everything from macrotechnoloy,
nanotechnology, and telemechanics to cybernetics and
bionetics.
The most notable site on the Upper Eastside is Grade
Mansion (East 86th and the river), the long-standing residence of the Mayor of New York. It's easily recognizable by
the barricades and platoons of armed guards all around.

Security Rating
Lower Westside
NYPD Inc. and Winter Systems
C
Eastside
NYPD Inc. and Knight-Errant
A-B

Now we're starting to get down to my part of town.

The Lower Westside descends quickly from the splendors

of Midtown and Westside, ending in near-squalor against

the walls of Terminal. It's primarily a lower-middle-class/
poor residential, wage-slave zone. A few street gangs
roam the area, the most powerful being the Blood Monkeys,
who expanded their turf into Downtown and Southside.
The river-edge portion of the Lower Westside also contains some port and cargo-handling facilities.
The Eastside is the Land of Lower Managers, and
nervous ones at that. Ya see, across the river from Eastside
is Roosevelt Island, now more commonly known as
Penitentiary Island, where the city maintains moderate-,
maximum-, and ultra-maximum security prisons. Even
with help from Warren Security, they can't prevent at least
three riots and a dozen attempted prison breaks every
year. No one knows how many make it off the island and
live to reach the shore, but I can tell you for a fact that some

do.
TIMES SQUARE AND NEON CITY
Security Rating
Times Square
NYPD Inc. and Knight-Errant
AAA
Neon City
NYPD Inc. and Winter Systems AA-A

Times Square is where those who have the nuyen go

for a dose of high culture. That is, when they're not
absorbing the Modem Kabuki at Lincoln Center. Most of
Manhattan's old theater district got crammed into this
area during the rebuilding. It now has about half a dozen
full-size theaters and maybe double that number in smaller
venues. The turn-over in shows is rapid-fire as this season's
giant flop goes down in flames and another rises in its

place. Of course, one show makes it to blockbuster status

every season. This year it's Bloody Buzz-Bombs, a musical, simsense-augmented version of the story of London
during the World War II blitz.
Neon City is where the elite go to pretend they're
slumming. Designed to look like an authentic red-light
district where decadent pleasures of the flesh, intellect,
and spirit lurk behind every door, it's one of the few zones
in NY where the rich and everyone else rub shoulders and
occasionally butt heads. The area is patrolled fairly heavily,
but the cops stay back as long as everyone seems to be
having fun and the fun isn't getting too illegal.
A series of interconnected, mall-like structures, the
buildings of Neon City are linked by glass-enclosed crosswalks that rise high above the traffic. There are many
open-air spaces, some dozens of floors above the street,
where fun-folk can meet and look down on the city.
Neon City is also a focal point for heavy criminal

activity. You name the scam or the scrag and someone's

bound to be at it in Neon City, but only if you know where
to look and who to ask. Remember, this is a heavily
patrolled area, obvious as well as undercover, so don't
jander down the street with too many of your intentions
hanging out. Playing the part is always at least half of the
show.

TERMINAL (Security Rating C-E, occasional bursts

of Z)
Knight-Errant and Winter Systems
The name says it all, for Terminal is a kind of huge
drainage ditch for the rest of the city. Most of the cheap
transportation coming into New York City unloads here,
either at the Port Authority TransitTerminal (mostly buses)
or Penn Station (PATH and/or Conrail or LIRR trains
connecting to the seedier outlying Connecticut or Long
Island areas.)
Except for choke points at 42nd and 10th, 7th and
42nd, 7th and 38th, and 7th and 34th, Terminal is sealed
off from the rest of the city. Security posts keep a constant
eye on the flow of street drek, and the guards will card
anybody who looks even remotely suspicious. During
some of the wage-slave shift changes, the wait to get
through can be as long as half an hour.
Anybody with the money and status to avoid the
place uses Grand Central Station (on the border of Neon
City and Eastside) or any of the intermediary stations. The
Terminal is for the rest of the huddled masses.
Terminal is also where you'll find most of the city's
cheapest crash-houses and coffin hotels. The residents of
these are a good 75 percent pushers, pimps, or black
marketeers. No blue- or white-pass holders on these
blocks, chummers. The passes around here are blood red
(with some shiny black ones thrown in for spice.) Winter
and Knight try to maintain some semblance of order in the
zone, but it's a losing battle. You could almost set your
watch by the nightly street brawls.

The Zone is nearly void of vehicles; the only ones

The skyscrapers and smaller buildings of Downtown

permitted are delivery trucks during certain times of the

are filled with a mix of businesses and residences, but not

day. Occasionally, a go-gang will barrel in through one of

much industrial space because of the high rent.

Downtown does have a gang problem. Few are local,
rolling in from other areas. On occasion, you'll spot the
Ancients here, drifting over from the elven areas of
Southside or The Pit. The Blood Monkeys cruise through,
too, often clashing with the Ancients or a local street gang
called The Wrathchildes.

the choke points, raising a brief bit of hell, then scramming

before the heavy security comes down. As a show of
force, one of the enforcement agencies flies a combat
chopper low overhead every hour or so.

DOWNTOWN (Security Rating B-A)

NYPD Inc. and Knight-Errant

SOUTHSIDE AND STUYVESANT

Downtown is pretty much what New York was a
century ago, before the arrival of the multinational
megacorps and the 300-story skyrakers. The zone starts at
the old Empire State Building, the only edifice of more
than 20 stories to survive the quake undamaged. The

building is currently privately owned, but nobody knows

Security Rating

Southside
NYPD Inc. and Winter Systems
B
Stuyvesant
Knight-Errant and Winter Systems AAA

by who. Most of the floors are leased out as office space,

Southside is similar to Downtown, a mix of businesses

with the exception of the top 30 floors, which are either

and residences, but tending slightly toward the business

side. The buildings tend to be lower, with few skyscrapers,
and the region along the river contains most of Manhattan
Island's port and cargo-handling facilities.
A heavy elven community exists in the northern area
of Southside, very near Terminal. This section is a little

empty, quake-damaged, or used by the mysterious owner,

depending on who you talk to. The only thing for certain
is that those top floors are protected (according to my
magician friends) by a powerful ward that no one has ever
been known to penetrate. I've even heard that a couple of
megacorps gave it a try with no success.

more depressed than the rest of the area and usually only
gets C-Rating enforcement.

The Ancients hold the most power in this area, but

have lately been getting a serious challenge from an ork/
troll gang calling themselves The Axemen.
Stuyvesant has neither gang problems nor any other
kind, thanks to the area's level of security. You'd be hardpressed to find any building over five stories in this

neighborhood of residences of the rich and ultra-rich.

Most, amazingly enough, are single-family.

THE VILLAGE AND SOHO

Security Rating
The Village
NYPD Inc. and Knight-Errant
Soho
NYPD Inc. and Winter Systems

But alas, it's not true anarchy because some people

are still calling the shots. Who are they? Why, you and I,
chummers. You and I.

FUCHI-TOWN, CITY CENTER, AND CHINATOWN

Security Rating

Fuchi-Town
Fuchi Corporate Security
AAA
City Center
Knight-Errant and Winter Systems A
Chinatown
NYPD Inc. and Knight-Errant
B-C

Fuchi-Town was built on the ruins of the old World

B

Trade Center. In its place, Fuchi raised a triad of buildings,

each 200 stories tall and as black as the heart of one of the
The Village has the name, and so it's gotta be wiz,
right? Wrongo. No matter how cool they tell you the
Village is, it's all PR. What it does have is plenty of faux

culture, most of which would benefit from a good bath by

a flamethrower.
Oh, sure, the area is full of art galleries, book-nooks,
poetry spots, loft apartments at hideous prices, and more
moody-looking, leather-clad children of the night than you
can catch with a tac-nuke. Group-style is in round these
parts, so expect to see a dozen Van Giber-clad women at
any of the nightly parties. Of course, since you can buy Van
Cliber at the local boutique, do you really care?

Soho is where the people with a little more style

Billyboys. Technically, the buildings rise 250 stories because

all grow out of a wider, 50-story high, octagonal-shaped

structure that acts as a base. Radiating outward are
interconnected buildings that contain residences, shopping, and such for Fuchi employees.
Fuchi owns the entire area, which is under exclusive
jurisdiction of Fuchi Corporate Security, who are contractually prevented from ever smiling.
City Center is where are gathered City Hall, the
criminal courts, and various other government-like
buildings. You'll also find UCAS government buildings
and a foreign consulate or two, though any of real interest

are probably either in Westside or Midtown.

and sensetend to lurk. Here's where you might actually

Chinatown is still the same as its name. Most of the

hear people say real things in conversation and in their art.

buildings retain much of their character, having survived

Many Soho residents are eccentric. Some are even dangerous, having crossed the knife edge beyond reality, be
it from too much BTL, life in general, or occasionally
magic-burn. There's a quiet power on these streets, and
you'll find more than a few magical orders meeting
behind the shuttered windows.

the quake more or less intact or else been rebuilt by the

locals, using time-honored construction techniques. To
date, area residents have resisted the efforts of corporations to drive them or buy them out. Perhaps for that

reason, Chinatown is insular, and the locals keep a close

watch on unfamiliar faces. Youth gangs are common in the

area, as is gang-related violence, which often sloshes over

LOWER EAST SIDE, "THE PIT" ( Security Rating Z,

from The Pit.

occasional E, rare AAA)

All/None
Compared to The Pit, Terminal is paradise. The enforcement agencies haven't yet given up on Terminal, but
The Pit they leave to the animals. It's probably as close to
true anarchy as you're going to find in NY, which is why
1 live here.
Streetlife is the only life there is, and you live and die
by its codes. Dozens of street gangs fill the area, and their
nightly clashes get higher local ratings than the Urban
Brawl World Cup, or even Shadowrun, the white-hot trideo
program about runners (which is, unintentionally, hysterically funny.) On these streets, you'll find the likes of the
Ancients, Blood Monkeys, Axemen, Duelists, Merlyn's
Pride, The Sisters Sinister, Night-Spawn, and the psychotic thrill-kill gang known as the Billyboys.

BATTERY CITY (Security Rating C-D)

NYPD Inc. and Winter Systems
Battery City isn't the nicest place in the world, but it

could be worse. Formerly the Battery Park area, it now

contains primarily large, multi-story housing tenements

in varying states of decay and occupancy. Most families in

the area are poor and lower-middle-class (not much

difference these days) wage slaves.

Battery City is the southernmost tip of Manhattan
Island, from which you can still look southwest across the

bay at the Statue of Liberty (Or, if you are so inclined, at the

Governors Island/Port Authority Complex. Jack up the

optical magnifiers enough, and you'll spot the gleaming

rows of combat choppers.) The area is still park, but

unquestioningly the turf of the Battery Boys, a local street

youth gang. The Boys control the streets of Battery City and

some say the remains of the old Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.

The Shadowrun Complete City Kit

And
New York City Guide

A Vornhiem Hack By Mike Evans (wrathofzombie)

Table explanation
What Happened Between Sessions (pg 8)- With episodic style
play there can be down time in between sessions. I thought a
good way to explain what happened during that time would be to
have each character roll and consult this chart and tell a quick tale
based on the theme chosen.

Random Encounters (pg 13)- This table functions exactly as

explained in Vornheim. The purpose for this is to create a living
and breathing world of interesting encounter. Roll a d100 and
consult the chart. As you use these just cross them off and write
up your own.

The Neighborhood is (pg 8)- Just roll on this chart to generate

the atmosphere of a neighborhood.

Bizarre Chummers (pg 15)- This table functions exactly as the

City NPCs table in Vornheim. Roll a d100 four times to get a
random fleshed out NPC or just roll once and go across the whole
line. As you use these just cross them off and write up your own.

Weather of NYC (pg 8)- Need to know the weather, just roll a
d8 and consult this quick table.
Prominent Neighborhoods of NYC (pg 9)- This gives a small
blurb about some of the neighborhoods of NYC
Jobs on the Matrix (pg 10)- I designed this table to act as help
wanted ads table for players that are actively surfing the Matrix
looking for work. As you use these just cross them off and write
up your own.
Shadowrun Job Generator (pg 10)- I hacked this table from
Noisms of Monsters and Manuals because it is pure awesome and
is great for creating jobs prior to a session or on the fly. Simply
roll a d20 four times and consult the chart and you now how who
is hiring you, their desire, the motivation, and against whom.
Example 1: (d20 rolls 14, 7, 1, 11)- A detective plans to kill a
simsense starlett.
Example 2: (d20 rolls 2, 13, 8, 20)- A simsense star is fighting
against someone (can roll again for NPC) maiming her lover, a
gang leader..

Nicknames, Nationality, and Race (pg 16)- This flushes out the
Bizzare Chummer you just finished rolling.
NYC Fencers/Fixers/Johnsons (pg 17)- Sometimes you need a
quick NPC to give a job, get rid of a hot product, or help you find
what you need. Just roll on this chart. As you use these just
cross them off and write up your own.
News on the Matrix (pg 17)- The purpose for this was to have a
quick method to generate news reels that the players may see
while in a pub or on the Maxrix. I use these to create a dynamic
world that doesnt feel stagnant. As the players do jobs in their
sprawl maybe throw in a news blurb about the deed (with or
without implicating them). As you use these just cross them off
and write up your own.
Kick Over the Corpse, Take Their Stuff (pg 18)- This table
functions exactly as the Whats in Their Pockets table in Vornheim. The top four marked with * should be reused, but all
others just cross them off as you use them and create new ones.

Clubs, Pubs, and Eateries (pg 19)- This table functions exactly
There are two plot hooks/jobs instantly and its easy to fill out the as the Taverns table in Vornheim.
who, why, where using the other charts in this hack.
(http://monstersandmanuals.blogspot.com/2011/11/random-mrGangs of the Sprawl (pg 20)- Roll 3d20 to generate a gang, an
jones-mission-generator.html)
encounter/plot hood for said gang, and their leader.
Jobs Got Drekked (pg 11)- One thing that makes all adventures
fun is how the best laid plans go awry at the last minute. If you
want to introduce an unexpected twist or complication to a current adventure, simply roll a d20 and consult this table. As you
use these just cross them off and write up your own.

Business Die Drop Chart (pg 22)- This is a hack of the businesses chart located at the back of Vornheim. Just drop a handful
of dice on the sheet and those are the businesses in that section of
town. Use other charts in this book to flush out the area.

Specific Complications (pg 11) provides complications for on

foot chases, vehicular chases, decking, fighting, and magic.
Sprawl Action (pg 12)- Like the News on the Matrix table, this
was created to give a city a feeling of being alive and active.
Simply roll a d100 a few times, consult the table and make a note
of the selected choices. Describe these activities/happenings as
players walk down the street. As you use these just cross them
off and write up your own.

The Destruction of New York City

In 2005 an earthquake rocked the area of New York City, causing billions of dollars in damage and the loss of more than two million
lives. The United States government was unable to generate the monies needed to commit a relief effort, let alone rebuild. The
Stock Exchange moved to Boston while the United Nations moved to Geneva. Over the next decade New York City was left to
chaos and ruin. Street gangs, riots, and chaos reigned as what little bit of authority remained sat by helpless and ineffectual.
In 2015 Ares Macrotechnology and Aztechnology signed a treaty with the mayor of New York that would relinquish large sums of
property and territory to the two megacorporations in exchange for the much needed money and personnel to rebuild the city. In an
act of desperation the mayor essentially signed away control of New York City from the United States Government (and later the
Canadian American States) to the megacorps. Within a year Ares Macrotechnology and Aztechnology rolled into NYC in force,
pushing many of the street gangs, crime families, and savages out of the city and into the outlying areas, the destroyed underground,
or the Ruins of Queens. For five long years sounds of gunfire and screaming filled the night and the streets of NYC ran with blood.
Over the next 35 years much of New York has been rebuilt at an alarming rate. As the city was rebuilt and more megacorporation
began funneling money into development and construction the Manhattan, Incorporated was founded; a conglomerate of eight
powerful megacorporations throughout the world. Each of these megacorps have their own NYC based headquarters and corporate
arcologies. Most are located in the heavily guarded and restricted Midtown.
While much of New York City has changed and been rebuilt, the smell of roasted sweet nuts intermingled with garbage still remains.

What Does it Mean to be a Shadowrunner

in New York City?

Aside from blatant corporate corruption, totalitarian authoritative police, violent street and thrill gangs, criminal organizations, cults,
nasty Awakened critters, exploring pleasure dens, making deals with spirits, demons, and elementals, exploring the abandoned and
destroyed NYC subway system, slavery rings, organleggers, experimental cyberware and bioware facilities, racketeering, hunting or
helping sentient synthetics, getting lost in the dazzling lights and hedonistic consumerism of Time Square, illegal drugs and Better
Than Life chip manufacturing, the dilapidated ruins of Queens, the heavily guarded prison of Staten Island, and helping fight for a
better tomorrow.? Not much...

the Five Boroughs of New York City

Manhattan
This is the heart and soul of NYC. The best jobs, equipment,
facilities, corporations, and lifestyles can found here.
Queens
Queens was hit worst by the earthquake of 2005. The property
damage was so bad, that it was deemed uninhabitable and evacuated. Even when the megacorps began rebuilding Manhattan and
pushing out the savages and street gangs, they left Queens to its
fate. Now home to the unlucky, the violent, and other such dregs
of society, Queens is a wasteland of violence and blood, where
the noise gunfights and motorcycle are heard nightly.
Only the two vital airports John F. Kennedy Airport and
LeGuardia
Airport have been rebuilt. JFK is now a CAS military base.
LeGuardia is still an airport for travel to NYC. Passengers can
either take helicopter, air taxi, armored bus, or the tram to NYC.
Staten Island
Where do you put all the criminals that have been rounded up
during the reconstruction of NYC? What about all the criminals
that are sure to be caught in the future? These questions were
answered with the building of the state of the art Staten Island
Correctional and Labor Facility.

Staten Island (cont)

The whole island is a walled-off fortress that holds over one million inmates who are a great source of cheap labor, and unbeknownst to the world, also used in illegal medical and genetic
modification testing.
Brooklyn
While Brooklyn sustained heavy damage from the earthquake, it
was rebuilt and now houses many construction facilities and
manufacturing plants. It is one of the most prominent sources of
industry in the CAS.
Bronx
Much of Bronx withstood the earthquake of 2005 and now serves
as residential and lower end commerce for those who cannot afford to live in Manhattan. Wage slaves either work in the Bronx
or commute to Brooklyn or Manhattan. It is ironic that the Bronx
was the least damaged by the earthquake, because it took the
heaviest blow with the Awakening in 2011. Both the Bronx Zoo
and Botanical Gardens erupted with strange and terrifying creatures and flora that has reclaimed and populated a decent area of
the borough.

Maps of New York City

New York City Neighborhoods

Subways of New York City

New York City

Neighborhoods
(See Prominent Neighborhoods for more info
on page X)
Alphabet City
Beekman
Bowery
Central Park
Chelsea
Chinatown
Civic Center
Clinton
East Harlem
East Village
Fort George
Garment District
Gramercy Park
Greenwich Village
Hamilton Heights
Harlem
Hell's Kitchen
Inwood
Kips Bay
Lenox Hill
Lincoln Square (West Side)
Little Italy
Lower East Side
Manhattan Valley
Meat Packing Dist
Medical City
Midtown
Midtown South
Morningside Heights
Murray Hill
NoHo
Roosevelt Island
SoHo
Southern Tip
Stuyvesant
Sutton
Theater District
Tribeca
Tudor
Turtle Bay
Two Bridges
Upper East Side
Upper West Side
Wall Street
Washington Heights
West Village
White Hall
Yorkville

Megacorps of NYC (AKA Manhattan Inc.)

More info can be found on the Shadowrun Wiki

Ares Macrotechnology
Aztechnology
Eastern Financial
Fuchi Industrial Electronics
US (International Information Systems)
The Kesai & Wilhelm Group
Netlink Telecommunications
Prometheus Engineering
Saeder-Krupp Heavy Industries
Sony Dataworks
Trans-Orbital
UCAS Data Systems
Villiers International

What Happened Between

Sessions
If game time has passed between sessions (especially in more episodic play) it can
be fun to find out what the
characters have been up to. Have each player roll a d6 and consult the list below.
Give the players a few minutes and then have them describe a story/situation that
happened to them between game sessions that fits with the theme below.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Sadness, Tragedy, and Blood- (Something went bad and messed you or
someone you know up).
I Gotz the Loot- (Something positive and new and exciting).
Fucking Public Relations- (Met someone new- Who and where).
The Run Went to Drek- (Complication).
Damn it Feels Good to be a Runner- (Victory).
Some Days You Creds and Some Days You Dont- (Betrayal/did something you werent supposed to).

The Neighborhood is...

1. Rich
2. Poor
3. Squatter
4. Heavily guarded
5. In ruins
6. Experiencing forced gentrification
7. Rebuilding
8. Mostly commercial
9. Moderate-to-lower class
10. Large metahuman population

The Weather of NYC

It is
1-5 Cloudy
6 There actually are blue skies!!
7-10 Smoggy
11-15 Muggy and humid
16-18 Raining
19 Sun is peaking through the clouds
20 ACID RAIN! or Toxic levels of
pollution (wear a mask)

Prominent Neighborhoods of NYC

Bowery- The Bowery is a lower income area that houses many seedy apartment complexes, coffin motels, and flop houses. Graffiti
and garbage constantly line the streets as suped up motorcycles and sports cars whiz down the thoroughfare.
Central Park- While people sojourn to Central Park to relax and commune with nature, the park is home to dangerous and strange
awakened creatures. Thrill gangs, organleggers, and a variety of other sickos hide out in the park seeking easy prey. Only the crazy
and suicidal go into the park at night.
Chelsea and the Meat Packing District- These two neighborhoods suffered heavy damage during the great earthquake and never
really recovered. While some attempts were made to rebuild, the lawlessness, street gangs, and lack of enterprise in the area prior
too the earthquake led to little interest by the corporations.
Chinatown- While the Yakuza owns most of Chinatown, the Seoulpa Rings engage in acts of open violence in an attempt to gain
territory and thwart their enemy.
Civic Center- This area houses the New York City courthouses, short term prisoner detainment cells (for where they stay to stand
trial and be released or sent to Staten Island Prison), and the NYPD, Inc. corporate center.
Garment District- What is New York without flashy fashion and chic attitude? Once reconstruction was complete on this
neighborhood fashion designers from all over the world heard the digital call to return and make the Garment District live again
(probably because Ares Macrotechnology spent millions of nuyen on advertising).
Greenwich Village- Greenwich Village has some low to moderate housing, decent hotels, and a few coffin hotels. What makes
Greenwich Village of interest is the New York City megamall- a semi-arcology that allows people to shop until they drop. With
spas, hotels, gyms, body mod parlors, shops (both general and specialized), pleasure dens, eateries, and bars one may never want to
leave.
Hell's Kitchen- Hells Kitchen has become a haven to troll and ork gangers. Turf fights erupt between these gangs constantly.
Hells Kitchen is also the place to get decent real food at reasonable prices.
Little Italy
Midtown- Home to Manhattan, Inc. and other corporate high rises and arcologies. Only area of New York where a citizens pass is
required. Whole area is walled of with a 12ft razorwire fence.
Roosevelt Island- The megacorps leveled all over Roosevelt Island and built an arcology that encompasses the whole island. This
gigantic monstrosity houses all CAS government officials, employees, workers, and even foreign dignitaries.
SoHo- Home to fantastic art shops, clubs, eateries, and other forms of decadent entertainment. SoHo has become the Red Light
District of NYC. The rich and elite come here (heavily armed and guarded, of course) when they want to feel the excitement of
slumming it.
Theater District- Everyone needs entertainment and the thrilling plays of Broadway are only happy to provide. Using cutting edge
technology, the playhouses combine an interactive experience using Simsense and real life activity.
Upper East Side and Upper West Side- Not to be left to dust and memory the rich and affluent made sure that the Upper East and
West Sides were reconstructed to a grandiose level that it is indecent. The arcology and high rises all pierce the smog and pollution,
allowing the truly reach to see the sun and blue skies.
Wall Street- With the fall of NYC Wall Street became the territory of the Bad Bloods gang, who used the buildings and ruins as
funhouses and gauntlets of torture and mayhem. When the megacorporations moved to reclaim NYC, some of the most difficult and
gruesome battles were fought for this territory. Once Wall Street was rebuilt the Stock Exchange moved back to NYC. Top of the
line security features, privately armed mercs, and heightened facial recognition software are all found in the capital of the money
making world.
West Village- Even after all the chaos and destruction the West Village has still managed to hold on to its reputation as a place of
the bohemian lifestyle. Whether by choice or not, many of the artists, musicians, and technical savants here are starving and barely
scrapping by.

Clubs, Pubs, and Eateries

Name

Point of Interest

Highline

White collar club for corporate officials. Serves delicacies.

The Mood

Smokey, basement club that plays jazz and neo-jazz.

Indigo Raven

High end dance club. High cover for non-members. Can get your picture taken with
famous simsense stars.

The Pulse

Techo dance club. Patrons can use the neural readers to create their own music. Ran
by the Shining Sisters, identical triplets who are known for their viciousness and
sexual perversions.

The Captains Catch

Sea food restaurant and bar. Ex navy officer Thomas McGrath opened it after he lost
his leg in accident. Refuses cyberware.

Sheilas Pleasure Den

Whorehouse operated and owned by Sheila, a towering and protective troll. Caters to
all kinds.

Chips High

Casino ran by Willie the Lug Capelli. Owned by the Mafia. Caters to high end
crowd, but gambling tables and slots in the basement for the dregs.

The Myth

A club with themed rooms, drugs, gambling, prostitution. Can only get in with invite
from member. One free visit and then must pay to become a member. Owned by
someone called The Mistress, who is rumored to be a vampire.

The Razors Edge

Rough and tumble gutter bar. Owned by Thumper, a crazy ork that fears the
establishment.

10

Mou Yus Den

Pulsing beats of trance or the shrieking guitar of heavy metal course through Mou
Yus Den. Drugs, deals, sex, and Mou Yu is a leader of a Seolupa Rings cell.

11

Full Throttle

Go gang bar. Ruled as neutral zone for rival gangs. Owned by cybered up ork
brothers Metal Spike and Face Pounder. Thrill gangs attempt to prove their cred by
attacking the joint. Not wise.

12

In the Shadows

A club for the rich with high quality cyberware to dress up in expensive leather and
faux-armor and pretend to be shadowrunners and slum it.

13

The Bloody Troll

Dive bar with a blood sport pit. Winner of the pit makes decent for getting punched
in the face. A lot. Owned by Big Jake.

14

Jacked In

A club where deckers and riggers (or other cranial cybered individuals) go to drink,
experience BTLs and simesense chips together.

15

The Neo-Speakeasy

Attempt to recall the glory of the Roaring 20s. Overpriced drinks and loud music
(much from the wrong era).

16

The Awakened

Matthew Yale started a bar where those who are able to sense and use magic can go
and relax and be away from judgmental attitudes. The sign above the door says it all,
Cant cast spells? Get out or get drekked!

17

The Apothecary

Mad Mary is a purveyor of special drinks.

18

Bits and Pieces

Eatery that serves anything under the sun. Decent prices. What people dont realize
is that many of the bits and pieces are people who crossed the owner, Donnie
Fletcher.

19

Synched

A joint with a strange collection of memorabilia from the ages. Owned by Pallance, a
mafia informant, ex-cop, and Humans First! policlub member.

20

The Red Light

A skin trade establishment. All the men and women have cyberdecks and will plug in
simsense chips encoded with personality modifiers to become a celebrity or person
that the customer desires.
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Gangs of the Sprawl

d20

GANG

ENCOUNTERS & PLOT HOOKS

BANDIT LEADERS

The Slashers
10 members

Gangers riding their noisy bikes down Broadway, exchanging gunfire with NYPD, Inc.

Brute-US- Troll female combat mage that

leads his gangers through intimidation
and pain.

The Stinking Bastards

20 members

Thugs attempt to ambush the players when

they wander into their turf.

Grinder- Human male that served in the

armed forces. Both of his arms are
cyberware. The hand on his left arm is a
rotating drill bit he loves to use in combat.

The Savages
10 members

Giggling is heard in the darkness, and silhouettes move in the shadows. Suddenly a gas
station explodes. Thugs are seen, Cheshire
cat smiles in place, fleeing the scene.

The Max- Elf male, hates humans because

they raped and killed his mother. Refers
to himself in the third person. Attempts
to kill anyone who doesnt call him The
Max.

The Brainwaves
6 members

A prominent member of the gang was killed

in cold blood. Gang rages and causes riots in
lower districts of NYC. Many begin throwing
Molotov cocktails at cars or buildings.

Psych- Human female who has learned to

survive using every trick in the book.
Cautions and will study enemies before
attacking.

The Flashbangers
35 members

Several of the gang members have been disarmed and are being beaten by Lonestar cops.

Beady-eyed Wallace- Ork male that wears

a skull of a giant demon rat that he killed
himself. Claims he can hear its voice
guiding him.

The Wasted Wanderers

8 members

Thugs wander into a club players are relaxing

in. They play pool, digital darts, and drink.
Ruckus and loud, but not violent. One keeps
mentioning up coming score.

Pretty Boy- Dwarf male know for his

viciousness and patience that is as short as
his stature.

The Dregs
16 members

Several thugs are standing around large

crates, weapons drawn. Gun shots ring out
and several drop. Other thugs run in to take
the crates (which are refrigerated organs).

Nasty Niles- Human male that enjoys

dressing in drag and singing in nightclubs,
despite his terrible voice. Castrated the
last man who told him so.

The Playboys
9 members

The leader of the group offers to pay the

group to break his brother and father out of a
police station.

Howling Sally- Sally hates the

government and runs her gang to hurt
them anyway she can, whether through
hitting police cars, causing damage to
government property, or just being a pain
in the ass.

The Motherfuckers
45 members

The gang is drag racing their moded cars

down the street the players are walking on.
Thug shouts profanity at one of the players.

Little Joey- Elf female known for her

preference of ork lovers. Has a necklace
of orks who have spurned her advances.

10

The Neo-Anarchists of
NYC
21 members

A member of the gang approaches the players

and invites them into their territory. The boss
wants to discuss a job opportunity.

Big Z- Human male that suffers from

kleptomania. Constantly schemes theft
jobs in the hopes it will ease his desires.

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Jobs got Drekked

Roll
1d20

Situation

Dealer attempts to double cross group.

Scorned lover shows up.

Cover is blown due to an old colleague.

Rival group attempts to steal job.

Gangers want the goods.

Goods arent what was promised.

Large Lonestar (or other law enforcement) presence.

Get caught up in another groups run.

Ambush set up.

10

Gang fight breaks out on escape route.

11

Anonymous tip off on group.

12

Characters past catches up with them.

13

Security is tighter than originally planned.

14

Bounty put out on character.

15

Target from previous run has hired a skilled assassin.

16

The package/goods/target has a tracking device on it

17

Character is confused for someone else by law enforcement.

18

Differences of opinion cause a barroom brawl during a

Johnson meeting.

19

Someone isn't who they appear to be.

20

Someone has come to collect on a much owed debt.

Specific Complications
On foot Chase Complications
1. Target runs into a full restaurant, bar, club and gives you
the slip, but is hiding, just waiting for their chance to run or
strike.
2. Target grabs a hostage and is threatening to kill them if
you dont back off.
3. The target puts a pill in their mouth, they start gagging,
and fall down dead.
4. The back of the targets head explodes in blood, bone,
and brains, as the echo of a gunshot rings through the night.
Vehicle Chase Complications
1. Vehicle turns down a tight alleyway and manages to
squeeze by, but your car vehicle hits the edge, causing you to
stop and realign.
2. Your tire is hit by a nail, bullet, glass, and blows out
Youre in hostile gang territory.
3. A semi-truck, fruit cart, etc. starts to go in-between the
target and you. Crash time.
4. Bullets spray your hood. Smoke and a rattling, clunking
noise is issuing from your engine.
Decking Complications
1. Inside the data is a cleverly hidden virus that scans and
downloads parts of your brain.
2. The data you were sent to retrieve is actually something
different and much more serious and sinister than you were
led to believe.
3. The data is buried under layers of spam and protection.
This is going to take much longer than expected (roll a 2d6
for additional rounds needed).
4. The data is only an echo and is actually being held in a
different location that must be accessed remotely.
Fighting Complications
1. There were more bad guys than you were led to believe.
They now have you in a pincer attack and are spraying
bullets everywhere.
2. An old enemy appears just to make the situation worse.
3. A gas line is hit by a bullet and an explosion rocks the
area.
4. A Thrill gang shows up to see what kind of action and
easy pickings they can get.
Magic Complications
1. Somehow the targets have lured you into a magic
dampening field.
2. The target brought a magician/shaman of immense
power.
3. Nasty awakened critters are drawn to the sounds of
screams and smell of blood.
4. Fabric of reality opens when a spell is cast and 1d6
angry spirits/elementals spill out and start attacking everyone.

11

Gangs of the Sprawl

d20

GANG

ENCOUNTERS & PLOT HOOKS

(cont)

BANDIT LEADERS

11

The Bloodsuckers
11 members

A group of raiders come charging recklessly

at the PCs while they are distracted by a
staged mugging.

Zepphie- Human female that became

known and respected as a blood sport
fighter in various pits and hellholes in
NYC. Shes a bitch, but fair to her crew.

12

The Joy Kills

22 members

The gangers are fighting some of their own.

The antagonistic gangers are screaming and
have glowing red eyes and ichor dripping
from their mouths.

Yoyo- Ork male who has a decent network of informants and lookouts. Uses
information to blackmail and coerce
others.

13

The Tweakers
6 members

Bandits are engaged in fighting another

group. 1) Bandits are winning. 2) Defenders
are winning.

Wires- Human male that is hiding that he

contracted the HMHVV virus. He is
starting to exhibit the first stages of
vampirism. He has already turned his
lieutenant into a thrall.

14

The Flaming Skulls

20 members

Members of the gang approach the PCs and

tell them that they have been hired to attack/
halt/kill them, but for double the price they
will leave them alone and give them the name
of the employer.

Big Betty- Ork female that likes to play

with her food before she eats it. Takes
the eye for an eye philosophy quite
literally. She is not known for her
diplomacy.

15

Cybered Samurai
10 members

The gangers are threatening who they believe

to be an easy target. Little do they know the
elf is a highly skilled magician.

Manic Jake- Human male that is so

augmented with cyberware that hes more
machine than man. Began as a lowlife
enforcer for the mafia, but eventually
broke away and started his own street
gang because he wanted more action and
profit.

16

The Digital Perps

15 members

Fighting spills out onto the streets as tensions

between two rival gangs groups turns to all
out war.

Buzz Saw- Human female with large pink

mohawk and implanted spikes throughout
her flesh. Graduated with honors at
NYU. Uses her keen intelligence to
outsmart lesser gangs and nab their
territory.

17

Wasteland Slags
30 members

The gangers are held up in their squat after a

job went south and they saw something not
meant to be seen.

Opo- Troll male who tends to operate by

a code of honor that is uncommon in the
sprawl. He will be ruthless if double
crossed, but will honor promises and
repay debts.

18

Hard Riders
17 members

The mayor is looking to have these gangers

dealt with in a thorough and brutal fashion.
He wants to hire the runners to do it. However one of the gangers must not be harmed;
his daughter.

Son-of-a-Bitch- Dwarf male that digs

violence, torture, fucking, drugs, and
motorcycles. Haggard looking from
burning the candle at both ends.

19

The Evolved
8 memebers

A famous dance and cyber club is being held

hostage by the gang after a robbery took a
wrong turn. Threatening to blow up all the
hostages should there be police interference.

Ravaged Wendy- Elf female that seeks

revenge against the men who raped and
scared her. Her red laser cyber eye burns
for them. She mostly hits high end targets
and shares the spoils with the dregs.

20

Holy Brothers
24 members

The players come out of a club/restaurant to

find them surrounded. Apparently they killed
one of the gang members and now these thugs
are out for blood.

Ol Sam- Grizzled human male thats

been at the game too long. Lost his whole
family to violence and just doesnt know
when to give up. May be leading gang to
ruin.
21

Jobs on the Matrix

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Job
Data Extraction: Johnson looking for runners to obtain new Ares weapon schematic.
Kidnapping: Scientist was forced to developed a chemical weapon is now looking to relocate.
Wetwork: Johnson looking for group to execute VP of corp for selling secrets.
Revenge: Haggard and betrayed ex-wife looking for runners to break her cheating ex-husbands knees.
Warning: Architect on the run, needs to be reminded of obligations.
Shakedown: Many of the restaurants of Chinatown have not paid protection money. Remind them that everything
has consequences.
Robbery: Johnson looking for runners to rob the Golden Tiger casino and make it seem as though it was a Mafia
run.
Baggage Run: Johnson needs runners to take time sensitive locked case from Midtown to Wallstreet.
Item Grab: Runners needed to pick up data chip from contact at the Sing Sing caf in SoHo.
Investigation: Johnson is looking for runners to gather info on the Empire State Building and what has been going
on in there.
Infiltration: Looking for runners to infiltrate new cult called Minds Eye and gain info on leader and cults principles and structure.
Data Extraction: Someone desires account info on a corps black market financing and spending.
Kidnapping: Johnson seeking runners to kidnap daughter of corp CEO (treat extremely well) during merger
negotiations.
Revenge: Johnson looking for runners to plant virus in corp mainframe in retaliation for similar occurrence in
their computers.
Warning: Need talented individuals to sneak into family home while target is away, bind, gag, and shave wife and
children bald.
Shakedown: Snooty upper-crust owes money to lowlife drek gambler. Remind him that debts need to be paid.
Robbery: Runners needed to rob high society party. Cover for real target- a black briefcase with fiberweave
protection with crucial information.
Baggage Run: Johnson looking for runners to escort contraband from Meat Packing District docks to Medical
City.
Investigation: Runners with experience in supernatural needed to investigate terrible murders on corp
extraterritory.
Wetwork: Someone desires the leader of the Bad Blood gang taken out. Without a leader the group will eat itself.
Shadowrun job Generator

d20

Client

Desire

Action

Noun

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Corporate Official
Simsense Star
Politician
Prostitute
Scientist
Cyber dealer
A Gang Leader
Crime Lord
Decker
Group of Thugs
Squatter
Policlub member
Informant
Detective
Businessman
Corporation
Government Agent
Shadowrunner
Friend
Enemy

Want(s) to
Want(s) to
Need(s) to
Need(s) to
Must
Must
Plan(s) to
Plan(s) to
Is actively (ing)
Is actively (ing)
Is being coerced to
Is being coerced to
Is fighting against
Is fighting against
Want(s) to
Need(s) to
Plan(s) to
Is actively (ing)
Must
Is fighting against

Kill
Transport
Transport goods to
Deliver
Protect
Extort
Delay
Maim
Frame
Gather information
Gather goods from
Spy on
Escape from
Make disappear
Blackmail
Transport contra. to
Kidnap
Persuade
Gather contra. from
Secretly Meet

Crime Lord
Prostitute
Smuggler
Enemy
Shadowrunners
Corporation
Friend
Decker
Organlegger
Government Agent
Simsense Star
Merchant
Cyber dealer
Policlub group
Informant
Detective
Politician
Group of Thugs
Businessman
Gang Leader

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Sprawl Action

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Hustle and Bustle

Shaman preaching/ranting about religion/doomsday
Anti-Corporation Group holding rally
Bazaar opens to ruckus trade
Woman crying about her missing child
Authorities chasing someone down the street
Vehicle accident of some kind
Drag race through high pedestrian traffic area
Troll wrestling match
Bar fight spills out into street
Children playing
Street performer(s) on corner
Police gyrocopter patrolling overhead
Shop is having a sale
Popular nightclub has long line
Pimp beating whore in street
Couple kissing under a lamp
Workers bring supplies from vehicle
Bank robbery in progress
Wedding going on
Music Festival
Play about to start
Street fight happening, caller taking bets
Building on fire
New bar just opened
New restaurant just opened
Spousal fight
Vehicle breaks down
Person gets sick in front of characters
Street vender takes notice of characters
Little child throwing temper tantrum
Street rat child begs for food
Men bragging about last nights conquest
Purse snatcher attempt to take from a woman
A drunk gets tossed onto the street
Pan handlers beg from the characters
Whores ply their trade
Show of the strange and bizarre about to begin
Demon rat scurries out of sewer
Bird flying by defecates on character
Street water splashes on passerby
Shady deal in alley
Lonestar arresting someone
Rabble bullying someone
Major NPC walks down street
Characters run into old friend
Pick pocket snags from player
Guardian spirit stops robbery
Construction on new building
Repairs on city wall
Workers strike

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99
00

Hustle and Bustle

Section of town closed- Government Officials eating
Zoo of cloned extinct animials opens
Religious ceremony in front of chapel
Homeless shelter opens for day
Gang turf fight explodes
Cybernetic store showing wares
Butcher hanging meat on store front hooks
Magician being arrested
Traffic jam
Pollution thick in streets
Garbage piled in streets
Sewage in streets
Section of street closed- murder scene
Someone threatening suicide
Chiphead muttering to herself, has the shakes
Cybered up dude beating down a drekhead
Paint falls on character from overhead
Condemned building is demolished
Baker selling strange pies
Funeral procession
Person on street crying
Jewelry maker showing wares
Mercenaries stating they are for hire
Thug attempts to rob players
Public urination/defecation
Eating contest
Festival
Parade
Casino opens
Streetside games of chance
Person running down the street screaming
Large gathering of people for unknown reason
Person drops crate they were carrying
City representative touring area
Reporter asks character their thoughts
Meteor shower can be seen over head
A filthy man blocks characters path
Person arguing with themselves walks past
A dog begs for food and follows character
Man brandishing a weapon screams of injustice
Old man wandering down street looks lost
Feral cats scamper across street
Woman begins to give birth
Person screaming looking for a doctor
Person heckles player
Person mistakes character for someone else
Person asks if character wants fortune told
Character sees a rival across the street
Flower girl approaches a character
Characters run into a famous Cortex Star
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d100
1 thru 3
4 thru 5
6 thru 7
8 thru 57
58
59
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61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
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72
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100

Kick over the corpse, take their stuff

Item(s)
*Alcohol- 1) 40 oz beer; 2) scotch; 3) tequila; 4) vodka; 5) whiskey; 6) gin.
*2 clips of bullets and a 2 soypaste packs.
*Data chip with personal letter to person from friend/loved one.
*Certified Credstick with number just rolled x2 in .
PDA showing information to a weapons stash.
Datachip from undisclosed person asking for player(s) to be murdered.
Digital camera with hundreds of pictures of a beautiful woman.
Bag of stolen jewelry. Worth d10 x 400 .
Encrypted PDA with information on a bank heist set in 1d3 days.
Deck of playing cards.
Plasma torch.
Ares Predator gun with ivory handle and internal smartlink mod.
Data chip with ransom letter with picture of victim to be delivered to wife.
Keys to a 1) car; 2) motorcycle; 3) speedboat; 4) truck; 5) Semi-truck; 6) house
Encrypted laptop for decking (worth 5,000
Taser with 2 darts
Bottle of pain killers.
Pack of cigarettes.
Clip or armor piercing ammo.
Extortion letter addressed to the dead person. Speaks of a meeting set for next day.
White identity card of well-to-do corporate worker.
Small clump of plastic explosive.
Fresh, slightly bruised, fruit.
2 vials of morphine.
Jug of water.
Bit of wires and a pair of pliers.
Datachip from Lonestar cop- a pardon for a transgression.
Flash Grenade.
Picture of family, two children.
Encrypted datachip with shipping manifest for a transport ship.
Skillsoft chip- 1) shooting; 2) climbing; 3) unarmed combat; 4) b/r- guns
Large combat knife
Deed to a small shack on outskirts of town.
Name and number of a corrupt lawyer in wallet.
Smoke Grenade.
Small music box.
Beat up trumpet in backpack.
Chewing tobacco.
Gasmask.
Small vial of poison.
Half eaten sandwich and a bottle of soy-da-pop.
Information on one of the players.
Key to a storage shed.
Access card to a corporate facility, junior level.
Bag of candy.
Small video/picture frame with 20 pictures of mutilated bodies.
Kiss Ass Attitude Mirror Shades

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Random Encounters
d100

Encounter

1-2

An old enemy shows up with a gang of thugs looking for revenge.

3-4

A bum offers to shine player's shoes for free while telling a joke. Hands the character a small piece of paper with a
date and time to meet.

5-6

Freak storm of acid rain causes all traffic to be shut down and people take shelter.

7-8

Old friend comes begging for help from one of the players. Says they've messed up bad.

9-10

Player walks by a news broadcast showing their face, saying wanted for a crime (that they didn't commit).

11-12

A thrill (or biker) gang begins terrorizing an area.

13-14

A man runs down the street with a briefcase in hand with Lonestar giving chase. A gun shot is heard, the man drops
dead. Lonestar takes his body away, but the briefcase is no where to be found.

15-16

A bomb set by an eco-terrorist cell explodes causing extensive damage and casualties.

17-18

A poker tournament is being held in 3 hours time. A 200,000 pot to the winner.

19-20

A bank is being held up across the street.

21-22

A bomb goes off and destroys a Lonestar facility. Injured people are screaming and crying in the streets.

23-24

A gang war erupts in a seedier part of city while the PC's are there.

25-26

A law enforcement agent grabs a PC and accuses them of being part of a known gang and wants to take them in for
questioning.

27-28

A man screams, and comes staggering out of an alley with a knife in his gut, a woman is seen running out of
alley during the confusion.

29-30

A pregnant woman comes up to a player and begins screaming that its the players baby!

31-32

A person is struck by a car that is speeding away. The player gets a glimpse of the driver. That couldnt have been
the mayors son Could it?

33-34

A bum offers to shine shoes for free while telling a joke (slips tracker on shoe). Shadowrunner hired to tail
character.

35-36

Two trucks get in an accident on the street. Their goods spill out; one is carrying laundered clothing. The other;
fruits, vegetables, and body parts.

37-38

A group of gangers are beating a person- closer inspection shows it to be an elf (or elf poser).

39-40

A "charity" auction for the town is occurring. Women are being sold as brides to pay for town debts (Rim only).

41-42

A group has gathered outside an exclusive designer clothing store. A famous simsense actress is shopping their and
downloading her signature to adoring fans.

43-44

A group of chipheads are plugged in, linked together, when they scream and electricity sparks out of their jacks,
burning out their eyes and mouth.

45-46

The wedding of a prominent member of a megacorp is occurring at an immense church. Heavy security stands guard.

47-48

An ork mother starts calling her childs name, normally at first, then more and more frantic, eventually screaming,
"my baby is gone!" A white van drives off.

49-50

A group of shadowrunners are in a shootout with gangers/corp security/law enforcement/etc. One is a contact of a PC.
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Random Encounters
d100
51-52

(cont)

Encounter
A man wanders into the street with a bomb strapped to his chest. Threatens to blow everyone up unless his message is heard.

53-54

A ghost in the machine talks to one of the players. Gives dire warnings about an upcoming job.

55-56

A messenger of a Triad leader states his boss wants to talk to players To refuse would be unwise.

57-58

Old friend comes to player saying they've got the opportunity of a lifetime.

59-60

A body is found in alleyway with face removed. This is 4th victim. The color of hair and height are all roughly
same and matches that of one of the PC's.

61-62

An enemy of the player(s) attempts to employ hit and run tactics. Allow rolls as normal to notice attack.

63-64

A drunk attempts to hit on player and then becomes belligerent when denied.

65-66

A little girl is found crying in the street. She attempts to pick pocket of player if comforted.

67-68

A squatter house collapses, trapping 20 people.

69-70

A group of thugs begin following the players, and eventually try to and mug them.

71-72

A prostitute attempts to sell her trade to a player. A Troll pimp will threaten the player if they refuse.

73-74

Cyberware assembly workers are on strike and have taken to the streets in protest. Tensions are high between the
protesters and private security.

75-76

An art exhibition that combines real life and simsense opens at a prominent gallery.

77-78

A terrorist attack disengages the power at a corporate arcology. It is on complete lockdown.

79-80

A terrible meta-illness is affecting the squatters on the outskirts of the sprawl. The government/corporations
keep making excuses why medical help hasn't arrived yet (save for quarantine).

81-82

Water main/sewage pipe bursts and floods streets with water and worse. All traffic and movement obstructed.

83-84

A limo pulls up and the window rolls down. The smiling face of a well-known politician beams at the players as
he says, Get in.

85-86

A band of men take a restaurant hostage (possibly where the PC's are eating!) and are demanding a helicopter and
1,000,000 . One of the hostages is an influential politician.

87-88

A thrill gang is terrorizing an area of the slums. They are grabbing people and throwing them into a truck. Players hear screams and gunshots.

89-90

A man walks into the middle of the street and screams, "The Rapture is upon us!" pulls out a gun and blows his
head off. A black ichor seeps from his neck.

91-92

An extreme biker race through the wastes and a dangerous gauntlet starts tomorrow. Anyone can enter. First
place takes 5,000 .

93-94

A man is found stabbed and dying in an alley. He hands a datastick to player. It contains info on a corporate
plan to experiment with bio-engineered toxins in the slums

95-96

A businesswoman approaches the players with a proposition. She has inside trader info and is looking for someone to help cash in.

97-98

A bounty hunter approaches players and asks for help/info in apprehending a friend of theirs.

99-00

A relative of player is found dead with a warning made out to the player.
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Bizarre Chummers
d100

First Name

Last Name

Profession

Description

1-2

Vincent

Wallace

Bouncer

Thick, middle-aged, bald- Trying to get out of paying alimony

to ex-wife.

3-4

Aaron

Morgan

Lounge Owner

Overweight, sings in lounge- Wants to establish prominent

lounge/restaurant in town.

5-6

Bobby

Romero

Cyber specialist

Bulbous nose that's been broken a few times- Complains

constantly about allergies.

7-8

Chris

Harrison

Former Ally (Roll Char)- Thug

Body mods and plastic surgery. Extremely attractive.

9-10

Crazy Kody

Lawrence

Employer

Angry and rubs temples constantly- Wants to beat the man

who ran off with his daughter.

11-12

Joe

Spencer

Enemy (Roll Char)- Ship Capt

Gravely voice. Took a bullet to the throat when young. Still

upbeat.

13-14

Nate

Craig

Corporate stooge

Rigid, uptight, and stern- Has a hard time talking to women

outside of professional settings.

15-16

Kyle

Graves

Simsense Celebrity

Undisciplined and rash- Heavy BTL addiction, always looking

for next fix. Has gotten into quite a bit of debt.

17-18

Leon

Jacobs

Gang Enforcer

Vivacious and very charismatic- Has some political

connections and looking to expand their network.

19-20

Lloyd

Hicks

Smuggler

Suffers from migraines- Talks with a small lisp. Sensitive

about it.

21-22

Steel

Hopkins

Veteran of CAS Military

Ruddy complexion- Swears he knows location of old gun

runner.

23-24

Tyler

Ross

Street Peddler

Ex-runner that has cheap cyberware. Self-conscious about

t- Whistles when not talking.

25-26

Stephen

Lee

Gang Leader

Muscle bound. Both arms augmented. Thick headed- Wants

to prove himself and has short temper.

27-28

Raven

Curry

Arch-Enemy (Roll Char)

Cybernetic Arm that is on the fritz. Rotors are stuck- Looking

for information on man who took his arm.

29-30

Omar

Webb

Gang Thug

Highly agitated and tense- Daughter went missing 5 days ago.

31-32

Zero

Chubs

Shadowrunner

Photographic memory and neurotic- Has to constantly arrange

things in proper order.

33-34

Hazel

Gardner

DocWagon employee

Has a peculiar body odor that is thick- Mumbles and doesn't

like confrontation.

35-36

Heidi

Phelps

Lonestar

Corrupt and easy to bribe- Believes in looking out for self only
and has no vested interest in others.

37-38

Jennie

Perkins

Dock Worker

39-40

Joann

Lawrence

Bum

41-42

Joyce

Rhodes

Whore

Actually an assassin- Known for ability to get the job done.

43-44

Lena

Jaggens

Gambler

Winning smile and fancies self as a cult of

personality- Wanted for consorting with human trafficers.

45-46

Lori

Coleman

Informant

Greasy hair and oily skin- rat-like in appearance. Has a twin

sister- not much difference in appearance.

47-48

Lorraine

Daniels

Face

Completely normal and boring features- uses this to advantage

as most people don't remember appearance.

49-50

Viccy

Phillips

Decker

Gorgeous- Highly ambitious and won't let anyone stand in

their way.

51-52

Quincy

Stevens

Taxi Driver

Walks with limp- Is cyber-intolerant. Knee was fused- Crack

shot with a rifle.

53-54

Paula

Lowe

Crime Boss- Employer

Large- being hunted by Aztechnology for stealing data.

55-56

Huang

Hua

Serial Killer

Extremely likeable- Supports people choices and provides

encouragement.

Low on cash and desperate- Work hasn't been steady and

needs food.
Suffers from lumbago and has hard time walking up
right- Always has ear for information and willing to sell it for a
price.

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Bizarre Chummers
d100

First Name

57-58

Last Name

Description

Jia

Dong

Drug Dealer

59-60

Lim

Jing

Organlegger

61-62
63-64

Yun
Bai

Bai
Ah

Gang Thug
Gun seller

65-66

Shun

Qiang

Pimp

67-68

Chin

Chao

Government Agent

69-70

Hua

Wei

Shaman

71-72

Jiang

Su

Enemy (Roll Char)

73-74

Min Ru

Bailey

Friend (Roll Char)

75-76

Fletch

77-78

Jiang

Ping

Mercenary

79-80

Eamon

Murphy

Truck Driver

81-82

Kieran

Mahoney

Rigger

83-84

Donagh

Lynch

Ship Captain

85-86

Liam

McLennan

Helicopter pilot

87-88

Kierra

Mahoney

Bartender

89-90

Nick

Kelly

Private Detective

91-92

Tarina

Stamatis

Historian

93-94

Alexandros

Cem

Friend (Roll Char)

95-96

Illeana

Panos

Wanted Criminal

97-98

Tryphon

Bora

Mercenary

99-00

Boozo

McGee

Exotic Dancer

Combat Mage

Nick Names
Roll
Name

Roll

Name

Razor

22

Six Toes

Deckhead

23

Stitches

Drekker

24

Doc

5
6

Buzzkill
Jaws

25
26

Lady-killer
Street Meat

Jacker

27

The Rat

Riggs

28

The Squid

Muscles

29

Long Claws

10

Devilborn

30

Red Lips

11

Wires

31

Burner

12

Twitch

32

Squinty

13

Spaz

33

Spits

14

Nails

34

Crash

15

One-eye

35

Scabs

16

Slags

36

Roughhouse

17

Two Slugs

37

Comedown

18

Gin Breath

38

Ginger

19

Queen

39

Bugout

20

The Kid

40

Primadonna

21

Marvelous

(cont)

Profession

Filthy, hardly bathes- Has delusions of becoming a big shot.

Proud of purple mohawk.
Chiphead- haunted by the fact sold daughter to sweat shop for
more BTLs.
Mohawk and sunglasses- Good with knives.
Very twitchy- Good number cruncher.
Tall with athletic definition- Has hard time trusting people.
Wants to find the person who scared their face.
Has a fear of body hair, paid to have all hair lasered off.
Hiding after a deal went bad with local crime boss.
Smells strongly of petrol and is filthy- Lost everything
gambling, takes dangerous jobs to make ends meet.
Has some connection to Ares Macrotechnology- Acts as a
strong arm/enforcer for corporation.
Decent pilot, but high strung- Sometimes hyperventilates.
Used to be CEO of a profitable corporation. Lost everything
in a risky venture.
Heavily scarred from fire- Ex-Lonestar that is bitter about
rampant corruption.
Portly and owns a soycaf. Gives food to dregs that linger
around.
Has voice modulation cyberware- Voice box was damaged by
a pipe to the throat in a deal gone bad- Wary about dealing
with strangers.
Dresses in drag. Prefers well used and comfortable
clothing- likes taking chances and hopes the payout is worth
the risk.
Proud manner, cleft chin, some consider dashing, others
elligerent- Shrewd and calculating- likes to test people before
meeting them to do business.
Extremely attractive- Got caught having an affair with CEOs
spouse. CEO has put a hit out.
Calm manner and able to act as a negotiator in tough
situations.
Talks higher and faster as gets nervous and excited- Spouse
just died, will start crying without warning.
Voice sounds odd for sex- Extremely loyal to those considered
a friend.
Thin, wispy hair, keen hard eyes- Tends to like to go out of the
sprawl and find salvageable junk.
Intense eyes, hardly blinks- Known for strange acts of rage and
cruelty.
Ruddy complexion with big nose. Fear of open places, prefers
basements or dingy clubs.

Nationality
Table
1. Anglo-American
2. African
3. European
4. Japanese/Korean
5. Chinese/Southern Asia
6. Pacific Islander
7. Hispanic-American
8. South American
9. Black American
10. Central European

Race Table
1. Human
2. Human
3. Human
4. Human
5. Elf
6. Dwarf
7. Ork
8. Troll

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NYC Fencers/Fixers/Johnsons
d20
1
2
3

Description
Fat, surly, ork that mistrusts women. Not so good prices.
Stern, frail, sickly elf. Decent prices, but will hold vendetta against anyone who tries to haggle.
Likes hearing stories about Earth before the Awakening, convinced life in the past was always better and easier. Good prices. Hires for easy jobs that
are usually legitimate.

Overweight, bedridden dwarf. Collector of rare antiques. Quite wealthy. Outrageous prices. Has strong connections with organized crime.

High end corporate exec, concerned with protocol and image. Will offer fair price, but concerned about backlash and double cross.

High prices for not very good merchandise. Will pay well for illicit jobs, but will double cross to save own ass. Ferret-looking.

7
8

Extremely nervous troll, can be bullied into lower prices.

Wants to hear about shadowrunners adventures. Quite lonely. Fair prices.

Rich merchant, high prices. Served in NYPD, inc. and believes in rigid formality. Has access to some military grade items.

10

Beautiful female elf with a haunted look in eyes. She has pictures of destruction all over wall. Talks quietly. Decent prices.

11

Young man with squeaky voice. Continuing family business and has self-doubt about abilities. Can be convinced easily to lower prices.

12

Widow. Her husband died on a run. She hooked up many of his jobs. Feels guilty he died on a run she organized.

13

17

Human mage who is utterly boring. Operates store that is front for black market. Access in basement.
Female dwarf that is ex-prostitute. Has set up shop to help those in need. Will barter or hire as she can. Uses her connections from her prostitution
days.
Troll ganger with quirky sense of humor. Bad prices. Jobs often involve high risk.
Proud employee of Ares Macrotechnology. Dead end career, but wont accept it.
Organizes runs based on commands from superiors.
Sweet old woman that sells drugs and BTLs to keep afloat. Works for Seolupa Rings.

18

Ork obsessed with collecting junk. Sometimes the info/job is well worth the high price of a broken comb.

19

Grumpy and harassed looking. High prices. Being extorted for "protection money by street gang of area. Looking for help. Has decent contacts.

20

Extremely friendly street shaman. Front for environmental terrorist cell group. Pays
decent.

14
15
16

News on the Matrix

Roll

News Reel

Aztechnology has released a press statement explaining price increases to their pharmaceutical products.
NYPD, Inc. forces, in conjunction with Knights-Errant and Lonestar conducted a raid on a Yakuza warehouse that was manufacturing illegal streetgrade BTLs.
Fuchi Industrial is holding a memorial sale for the anniversary of the Great Quake of 2005.
Bricker Buzzblade was arrested today. Crimes: racketeering, extortion, bribery and blackmail, and smuggling.

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3
4
5
6
7
8

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The Atlantic Sea cruise-liner was attacked by some large sea monster off of the New York coast. Over 2,000 people were lost in the tragic even.
A human-trafficing ring was brought to its knees by a group of unknown Shadowrunners
Bodies of various metahumans have been discovered in back alleys. All have been partially eaten.
Fuchi Industrial has announced its plans to release the next generation of cyberdeck within the next two years.
Chipheads have been found dead in their apartments all over the city, apparently experimenting with a new type of BTL chip that has caused synaptic
burnout.
The mayor of NYC is confident of his re-election.
Manhattan, Inc security council has upgraded the defense and security measures around the
Midtown wall after the terrorist attack two months ago.
Gang warfare ripped through the ruins of Queens last night. Explosions could be seen from the other boroughs.
Mafia Capo Vincent The Clamps Fratelli was acquitted of crimes of extortion, black mail, and price fixing for construction and repairs around NYC
by the Manhattan, Inc. council.
Meteorologists report that due to a heavy inversion we can expect concentrated spots of dense
pollution at human level as well as acid rain showers.
Robogen Corp denies rumors that there was a break in at their factory. Speculation has been going on for months that Robogen has been working on a
new type of synthetic.
A decker known as the Shadow has leaked reports hacked from Lonestar servers that troll
children have been abducted from slums around the sprawl, yet it seems no investigations have been launched.
The Policlub group, Humans First! launched a bloody campaign last night when they attacked
several metahuman clubs and eateries. They encountered more resistance than expected. At least 25 are dead.
The biker gang the Bloody Mohawks caused commotion yesterday when they blazed from Queens through Manhattan, throwing bricks, rocks, and
even Molotov cocktails at buildings and cars.

19
20

The New York Stock exchange reports that the corporations of the Manhattan, Inc. finished out the week with record high profits.
The human outreach program, the Universal Brotherhood has begun extensive charity in the ruins of Queens.

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Lonestar
Station

Megamall

Simsense Theater

Car
Chop
Shop

Strip Club

Grocery
Store

Shady
Motel

Luxury
Hotel

Black Market Front

Asylum

Magic/New Age Shop

Art
Gallery

School

Gang
Hideout

Pawn Shop

Low
Income
Housing

Warehouse

Coffin Room
Motel

New York Police Department, Inc.

Crime Family
Location

Strip
Mall

Dance Club

Cyberware
Shop

Courtouse

Hospital

Convenience Store

Casino

Parking
Deck

Weapon
Shop

Spa/
Massage
Parlor

DocWagon Taxi Hub

Station

Church

Landscaped
Park

Media Center

Subway
Station

House of
Pleasure

University

Corporate High Rise

Fine Dining/
Themed Restaurant

Combat Zone

Motorcycle Bar

Nest of
Criminals

Fast
Food
Joint

Jewelry
Store

Antique
Shop

Bank

Luxury Housing

Prison

Corporate
Resort

Factory

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