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− | The corporations go to great trouble to keep order here and there is very little personal freedom. Citizens spend a great deal of their time physically locked inside their dwellings in order to keep the streets safe and searches for weapons and drugs are commonplace. Passes are required to enter or leave these communities, although it is significantly easier for an outsider to obtain a pass that will allow them to visit than it is for a resident to obtain a pass that will allow them easy access to the outside world – usually, an outsider can gain at least a temporary pass for about $10 a visit. Despite these measures to enforce control, the frustrated citizens of the habitats are famously violent. Because of all the security measures, there is a lot of profit to be made from drug trafficking here and gang warfare for drug-selling territory is a common event | + | The corporations go to great trouble to keep order here and there is very little personal freedom. Citizens spend a great deal of their time physically locked inside their dwellings in order to keep the streets safe and searches for weapons and drugs are commonplace. Passes are required to enter or leave these communities, although it is significantly easier for an outsider to obtain a pass that will allow them to visit than it is for a resident to obtain a pass that will allow them easy access to the outside world – usually, an outsider can gain at least a temporary pass for about $10 a visit. Despite these measures to enforce control, the frustrated citizens of the habitats are a famously violent and bloodthirty lot. Because of all the security measures, there is a lot of profit to be made from drug trafficking here and gang warfare for drug-selling territory is a common event. |
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Police: The corporate police have great authority here and are a class apart from the ordinary citizens. Anyone who wants to do regular illegal business here has better be cutting the local cops in, or they are looking for trouble. Police generally carry stun batons and sub-machine guns. | Police: The corporate police have great authority here and are a class apart from the ordinary citizens. Anyone who wants to do regular illegal business here has better be cutting the local cops in, or they are looking for trouble. Police generally carry stun batons and sub-machine guns. | ||
Gangs: The gangs are powerful here and, as long as the police get their cut, effectively rule the streets. Tattoos and fashionware are common ways in which gang-members identify themselves. Even gang-members will rarely carry weapons unless they are going to war or expecting trouble. Weapons that are used tend to be improvised from tools. | Gangs: The gangs are powerful here and, as long as the police get their cut, effectively rule the streets. Tattoos and fashionware are common ways in which gang-members identify themselves. Even gang-members will rarely carry weapons unless they are going to war or expecting trouble. Weapons that are used tend to be improvised from tools. | ||
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Weapons: Citizens are strictly forbidden to possess weapons of any sort here. Even tools are forbidden in residential areas, unless special permission has been granted. Knives, bats, chains, even loose lengths of pipe require a special license that is almost never granted. Violent inhabitants find it almost impossible to obtain weapons from the outside, but often turn to making their own from hidden materials. Homemade clubs, knives, and hand axes are all common among criminals, but bulky weapons like swords, battle-axes and considered to be too hard to hide. Periodically, a resident manages to machine simple one-shot handguns – famously, these guns show up easily on police scanners and sometimes explode in the owner’s hand. | Weapons: Citizens are strictly forbidden to possess weapons of any sort here. Even tools are forbidden in residential areas, unless special permission has been granted. Knives, bats, chains, even loose lengths of pipe require a special license that is almost never granted. Violent inhabitants find it almost impossible to obtain weapons from the outside, but often turn to making their own from hidden materials. Homemade clubs, knives, and hand axes are all common among criminals, but bulky weapons like swords, battle-axes and considered to be too hard to hide. Periodically, a resident manages to machine simple one-shot handguns – famously, these guns show up easily on police scanners and sometimes explode in the owner’s hand. |