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− | The sanctuaries are a scattered ring of gated communities that roughly encircle the city and burbs, though there are no sanctuaries in the northern part of the city. These communities are intended for the poor semi-educated workers employed by major corporations. The corporations ultimately own and run everything within the walls. City police rarely venture inside – it is up to the corporate police to keep order here. In theory, the walls serve to protect the communities from the violent world outside. This works up to a point – corporate security has become very adept at preventing weapons from being smuggled in and there is no question that people are safer inside the walls than outside. On the other hand, these citizens are not particularly valuable corporate assets and the corporate police don’t expend a lot of effort to protect them from local predators. At their best, these communities are “lockdowns”, corporate police states. At their worst, these communities are “jungles”, crumbling anarchic ghettoes populated by the least valued of human assets. While each sanctuary is unique, sanctuaries of the Eastside, Southside and Westside tend to have certain features in common, as detailed below. | + | The sanctuaries are a scattered ring of gated communities that roughly encircle the city and burbs, though there are no sanctuaries in the northern part of the city. These communities are intended but for the poor semi-educated workers employed by major corporations. The corporations ultimately own and run everything within the walls. City police rarely venture inside – it is up to the corporate police to keep order here. In theory, the walls serve to protect the communities from the violent world outside. This works up to a point – corporate security has become very adept at preventing weapons from being smuggled in and there is no question that people are safer inside the walls than outside. On the other hand, these citizens are not particularly valuable corporate assets and the corporate police don’t expend a lot of effort to protect them from local predators. At their best, these communities are “lockdowns”, corporate police states. At their worst, these communities are “jungles”, crumbling anarchic ghettoes populated by the least valued of human assets. While each sanctuary is unique, sanctuaries of the Eastside, Southside and Westside tend to have certain features in common, as detailed below. |
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When most citizens of Paradise think of the Asylum, they think of drug-crazed lunatics hacking at each other with medieval weapons. That doesn’t truly represent the average citizen of this area, but it isn’t a bad caricature of the gangs who the police allow to rule the streets. The police manage to keep most weapons of LR 3 and below out of the community, but have failed to prevent an ongoing explosion in drug use, despite desperate attempts to contain it, and the Asylum sees far more use and addiction than is found elsewhere in the Corpzone. Many of the citizens seem to have only a tenuous connection to reality, and the locals are known for being strange and unpredictable. | When most citizens of Paradise think of the Asylum, they think of drug-crazed lunatics hacking at each other with medieval weapons. That doesn’t truly represent the average citizen of this area, but it isn’t a bad caricature of the gangs who the police allow to rule the streets. The police manage to keep most weapons of LR 3 and below out of the community, but have failed to prevent an ongoing explosion in drug use, despite desperate attempts to contain it, and the Asylum sees far more use and addiction than is found elsewhere in the Corpzone. Many of the citizens seem to have only a tenuous connection to reality, and the locals are known for being strange and unpredictable. | ||
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Police: The police here are not hired by the city, but the corporations who house unskilled workers in the area. The local inhabitants are not considered particularly valuable by the corporations they work for, and the corporate police do not go to great trouble to protect them, nor their environment. Still, they work hard to keep the community clear of drugs, firearms, and anything else that they think will be trouble. They fail miserably to keep the drug trade under control and drugs are extremely easy to find here. They have had more luck keeping the area free of unacceptable weapons. The corporate police themselves are typically issued a gyroc pistol and an auto-pistol. | Police: The police here are not hired by the city, but the corporations who house unskilled workers in the area. The local inhabitants are not considered particularly valuable by the corporations they work for, and the corporate police do not go to great trouble to protect them, nor their environment. Still, they work hard to keep the community clear of drugs, firearms, and anything else that they think will be trouble. They fail miserably to keep the drug trade under control and drugs are extremely easy to find here. They have had more luck keeping the area free of unacceptable weapons. The corporate police themselves are typically issued a gyroc pistol and an auto-pistol. | ||
Gangs: The gangs do a good trade in drugs and are relatively prosperous. They wear their colors in the open and often dress flamboyantly. In the street, they will always be armed with melee weapons of some kind, and some gangs all use similar or identical weapons. Combat against other gangs for territory or prestige is common and spectacular, but the gangers don’t dare take on the corporate police. | Gangs: The gangs do a good trade in drugs and are relatively prosperous. They wear their colors in the open and often dress flamboyantly. In the street, they will always be armed with melee weapons of some kind, and some gangs all use similar or identical weapons. Combat against other gangs for territory or prestige is common and spectacular, but the gangers don’t dare take on the corporate police. | ||
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Weapons: In theory, all weapons are illegal. In practice, the police aren’t going to get upset about melee weapons of LR 4 or above and such weapons are openly worn in the street. Most citizens will at least carry a knife on their hip. Carrying a larger weapon may lead to challenges from local toughs if they don’t think the character knows how to use the weapon properly. Just like everywhere else, a weapon carried in the hand is a sign of violent intentions. | Weapons: In theory, all weapons are illegal. In practice, the police aren’t going to get upset about melee weapons of LR 4 or above and such weapons are openly worn in the street. Most citizens will at least carry a knife on their hip. Carrying a larger weapon may lead to challenges from local toughs if they don’t think the character knows how to use the weapon properly. Just like everywhere else, a weapon carried in the hand is a sign of violent intentions. | ||
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Smuggling: All citizens wishing to enter the territory must pass through checkpoints where they are scanned for illegal items and cyberwear. In practice, low-tech melee weapons, even cybernetic versions, may be bribed through at around $5 a weapon. Inside the territory, the police frequently scan citizens for weapons of LR 3 or less. Discovery will lead to immediate arrest (and if the weapon is LR 2 or less, prison time). On the other hand, melee weapons (excluding high-tech toys like vibro-blades and mono-whips) are tolerated to the point that even large and exotic weapons are worn openly in the street. | Smuggling: All citizens wishing to enter the territory must pass through checkpoints where they are scanned for illegal items and cyberwear. In practice, low-tech melee weapons, even cybernetic versions, may be bribed through at around $5 a weapon. Inside the territory, the police frequently scan citizens for weapons of LR 3 or less. Discovery will lead to immediate arrest (and if the weapon is LR 2 or less, prison time). On the other hand, melee weapons (excluding high-tech toys like vibro-blades and mono-whips) are tolerated to the point that even large and exotic weapons are worn openly in the street. | ||
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Like all jungles, the Southside Jungles are economically depressed and the corporations who own these residential areas care little for the welfare of the average inhabitant, who individually is of almost no value to them. Because of the loose enforcement of traffic laws, the Southside Jungles are known as a particularly dangerous area to go driving. The streets attract go-gangers and everyone else who doesn’t feel like obeying traffic rules. | Like all jungles, the Southside Jungles are economically depressed and the corporations who own these residential areas care little for the welfare of the average inhabitant, who individually is of almost no value to them. Because of the loose enforcement of traffic laws, the Southside Jungles are known as a particularly dangerous area to go driving. The streets attract go-gangers and everyone else who doesn’t feel like obeying traffic rules. | ||
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Police: The police here are not hired by the city, but the corporations who house unskilled workers in the area. The local inhabitants are not considered particularly valuable by the corporations they work for, and the corporate police do not go to great trouble to protect them, nor their environment. Taking a page from the South CityPol cops in the neighboring government projects, they do not even bother to enforce traffic laws unless property is actually damaged. The officers are usually issued a submachine gun, an auto-pistol and a stun baton. | Police: The police here are not hired by the city, but the corporations who house unskilled workers in the area. The local inhabitants are not considered particularly valuable by the corporations they work for, and the corporate police do not go to great trouble to protect them, nor their environment. Taking a page from the South CityPol cops in the neighboring government projects, they do not even bother to enforce traffic laws unless property is actually damaged. The officers are usually issued a submachine gun, an auto-pistol and a stun baton. | ||
Gangs: The lack of traffic rules has lead to a proliferation of go-gangs in these neighborhoods, much as it has elsewhere on the Southside. Firearms are generally unavailable in the enclave and the gangers use melee weapons instead – especially weapons that can be cheaply improvised or can be used while riding a motorcycle. Bats, chains, pipes and even swords are commonly used. | Gangs: The lack of traffic rules has lead to a proliferation of go-gangs in these neighborhoods, much as it has elsewhere on the Southside. Firearms are generally unavailable in the enclave and the gangers use melee weapons instead – especially weapons that can be cheaply improvised or can be used while riding a motorcycle. Bats, chains, pipes and even swords are commonly used. | ||
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Weapons: The police care enough about public order to arrest anyone found in possession of a ranged weapon, or any weapon of LR 3 or less. Melee weapons, while technically illegal, are semi-tolerated - they are quite likely to be confiscated, but it is not likely that charges will be pressed simply for possession. Most citizens carry no weapons at all and weapons that are carried tend to be easily concealed weapons of LR 4 or above. | Weapons: The police care enough about public order to arrest anyone found in possession of a ranged weapon, or any weapon of LR 3 or less. Melee weapons, while technically illegal, are semi-tolerated - they are quite likely to be confiscated, but it is not likely that charges will be pressed simply for possession. Most citizens carry no weapons at all and weapons that are carried tend to be easily concealed weapons of LR 4 or above. | ||
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The Firepits, as the name suggests, have been repeatedly gutted by fires set by destructive residents. The area, mostly built of a cheap flammable plastic, is riddled with burned-out areas, sometimes stretching for blocks. There are still plenty of unskilled corporate workers living here, and there has been some effort to rebuild areas that have been destroyed. However, too many of the locals seem set on destroying anything that they can get their hands on and most of the corporations who own land here find that it isn’t worth their while to try to rebuild. | The Firepits, as the name suggests, have been repeatedly gutted by fires set by destructive residents. The area, mostly built of a cheap flammable plastic, is riddled with burned-out areas, sometimes stretching for blocks. There are still plenty of unskilled corporate workers living here, and there has been some effort to rebuild areas that have been destroyed. However, too many of the locals seem set on destroying anything that they can get their hands on and most of the corporations who own land here find that it isn’t worth their while to try to rebuild. | ||
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Police: The police here are not hired by the city, but the corporations who house unskilled workers in the area. The local inhabitants are not considered particularly valuable by the corporations they work for, and the corporate police do not go to great trouble to protect them, nor their environment. They do their best to keep the vandalism and destruction in check, but they are badly under-funded and under-staffed. The corporations do maintain the outer wall very carefully, to ensure that residents may be passed through check points and scanned for weapons (and especially explosives). There are plenty of streets where police just do not go, if only because the buildings are so trashed that they are not worth trying to protect. Officers here are typically issued with a submachine gun, an auto-pistol and a stun baton. | Police: The police here are not hired by the city, but the corporations who house unskilled workers in the area. The local inhabitants are not considered particularly valuable by the corporations they work for, and the corporate police do not go to great trouble to protect them, nor their environment. They do their best to keep the vandalism and destruction in check, but they are badly under-funded and under-staffed. The corporations do maintain the outer wall very carefully, to ensure that residents may be passed through check points and scanned for weapons (and especially explosives). There are plenty of streets where police just do not go, if only because the buildings are so trashed that they are not worth trying to protect. Officers here are typically issued with a submachine gun, an auto-pistol and a stun baton. | ||
Gangs: There is not much money to be made here, although the gangs do a reasonable trade in drugs. Still, for many of the residents of the Firepits, there isn’t a lot else to do than fight – most of the legitimate entertainments were driven out of town by arson and vandalism. | Gangs: There is not much money to be made here, although the gangs do a reasonable trade in drugs. Still, for many of the residents of the Firepits, there isn’t a lot else to do than fight – most of the legitimate entertainments were driven out of town by arson and vandalism. | ||
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Weapons: Weapons other than melee weapons are forbidden. In practice, there are large desolate areas of the Firepits that someone could probably walk through carrying an assault rifle without being noticed. Police will not tolerate non-melee weapons being openly worn, but with a little Streetwise, it is possible to obtain small arms such as handguns and sawn-off shotguns, generally weapons of LR 3 or above. | Weapons: Weapons other than melee weapons are forbidden. In practice, there are large desolate areas of the Firepits that someone could probably walk through carrying an assault rifle without being noticed. Police will not tolerate non-melee weapons being openly worn, but with a little Streetwise, it is possible to obtain small arms such as handguns and sawn-off shotguns, generally weapons of LR 3 or above. | ||
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“The City Dumps” (or “The Dumps”) is a government housing project designed to provide cheap accommodation for welfare recipients. The citizens who live here generally have no money, no hope, and no purpose in life. Drug use is epidemic and watching television is a way of life. | “The City Dumps” (or “The Dumps”) is a government housing project designed to provide cheap accommodation for welfare recipients. The citizens who live here generally have no money, no hope, and no purpose in life. Drug use is epidemic and watching television is a way of life. | ||
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Police: Eastside Citypol rules The Dumps, not that any of them are particularly attached to it. They don’t mind poor citizens attacking one another, provided that they don’t kill and don’t use guns. However, they won’t stand for destruction of government property. Always short of money and short of personnel, CityPol has taken to reinforcing their ranks with vicious dogs, often cybernetically enhanced. Eastside Citypol has a reputation for needless brutality and the residents fear them almost as much as they fear the Gangs. Police officers here are usually issued with gyroc pistols, auto-pistols, and stun battons. The department is well-supplied with rifles, shotguns and submachine guns. | Police: Eastside Citypol rules The Dumps, not that any of them are particularly attached to it. They don’t mind poor citizens attacking one another, provided that they don’t kill and don’t use guns. However, they won’t stand for destruction of government property. Always short of money and short of personnel, CityPol has taken to reinforcing their ranks with vicious dogs, often cybernetically enhanced. Eastside Citypol has a reputation for needless brutality and the residents fear them almost as much as they fear the Gangs. Police officers here are usually issued with gyroc pistols, auto-pistols, and stun battons. The department is well-supplied with rifles, shotguns and submachine guns. | ||
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Gangs: Despite the local poverty, there is easy money to be made selling drugs in The Dumps and the gangers compete fiercely for territory. Gangers who are willing to make payments to the police may be permitted to wear their colors openly, but most gangers try to blend in with everyone else. Gangers here will typically carry an auto-pistol concealed on their person. Gangers going to battle usually carry illegal weapons, typically shotguns, machine pistols and submachine guns. | Gangs: Despite the local poverty, there is easy money to be made selling drugs in The Dumps and the gangers compete fiercely for territory. Gangers who are willing to make payments to the police may be permitted to wear their colors openly, but most gangers try to blend in with everyone else. Gangers here will typically carry an auto-pistol concealed on their person. Gangers going to battle usually carry illegal weapons, typically shotguns, machine pistols and submachine guns. | ||
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Weapons: Eastside CityPol will not tolerate weapons. Knives are usually simply confiscated, while a handgun will usually result in a fine and/or a few days in jail and/or a beatdown, depending on the officer’s personal outlook on life. Carrying a weapon of LR 2 or lower, such as a submachine gun, will result in prison time. | Weapons: Eastside CityPol will not tolerate weapons. Knives are usually simply confiscated, while a handgun will usually result in a fine and/or a few days in jail and/or a beatdown, depending on the officer’s personal outlook on life. Carrying a weapon of LR 2 or lower, such as a submachine gun, will result in prison time. | ||
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“The Towers” is an area originally designed to house the unemployed, but now mostly populated by semi-skilled government workers. The neighborhoods are clearly very poor, but the locals are a step above the welfare recipients who fill most government projects. The area is seeing increasing commercial development as Downtown expands, bringing some employment, but also raising housing prices forcing many residents to move to even grimmer government projects. | “The Towers” is an area originally designed to house the unemployed, but now mostly populated by semi-skilled government workers. The neighborhoods are clearly very poor, but the locals are a step above the welfare recipients who fill most government projects. The area is seeing increasing commercial development as Downtown expands, bringing some employment, but also raising housing prices forcing many residents to move to even grimmer government projects. | ||
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Police: South CityPol ultimately rules the streets here, but their severe under-funding has led them to give up on the idea of trying to enforce all the laws. South CityPol wants to keep the peace and they ban theft, fighting, carrying a weapon, or damaging public property. However, they don’t care if gangers kill each other, rarely bother to prosecute simple assault, and famously, don’t bother enforcing traffic laws unless a driver actually damages something. Police offers here are typically issued a machine pistol, an auto-pistol, and a stun baton. The department is well supplied with tanglers, shotguns, rifles, and submachine guns. | Police: South CityPol ultimately rules the streets here, but their severe under-funding has led them to give up on the idea of trying to enforce all the laws. South CityPol wants to keep the peace and they ban theft, fighting, carrying a weapon, or damaging public property. However, they don’t care if gangers kill each other, rarely bother to prosecute simple assault, and famously, don’t bother enforcing traffic laws unless a driver actually damages something. Police offers here are typically issued a machine pistol, an auto-pistol, and a stun baton. The department is well supplied with tanglers, shotguns, rifles, and submachine guns. | ||
Gangs: Southside gangs are plentiful and, famously, many of them are highly mobile. With no traffic laws to hold them back, go-gangs on fast motorcycles proliferate through the area. Such gangs frequently raid into other territories – usually other government projects, but sometimes into nearby Corpzone territories – as far as Eastgate and Westgate on rare occasion. Gangers typically carry a concealed auto-pistol and some kind of melee weapon, but there is considerable variation. Gangers going to battle are likely to be carrying illegal weapons, such as shotguns, machine pistols and submachine guns. | Gangs: Southside gangs are plentiful and, famously, many of them are highly mobile. With no traffic laws to hold them back, go-gangs on fast motorcycles proliferate through the area. Such gangs frequently raid into other territories – usually other government projects, but sometimes into nearby Corpzone territories – as far as Eastgate and Westgate on rare occasion. Gangers typically carry a concealed auto-pistol and some kind of melee weapon, but there is considerable variation. Gangers going to battle are likely to be carrying illegal weapons, such as shotguns, machine pistols and submachine guns. | ||
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Weapons: Southside CityPol does not tolerate anything other than improvised weapons, such as knives, chains, or bats with nails. How the owner of a restricted weapon is treated depends on the situation – a clean-cut stranger who innocently wandered down from Downtown into the more commercial areas of the Southside with his auto-pistol sitting in a holster on his hip is liable to given a light fine and told to leave, while a local ganger caught brandishing a pistol in a dark alleyway is probably going to get the choice between a substantial fine and a short prison sentence. Anyone caught with a weapon of LR 2 or below weapon is almost certainly going to prison. However, actually being scanned for weapons by a police officer is not common, except for those who have already been apprehended for something else. | Weapons: Southside CityPol does not tolerate anything other than improvised weapons, such as knives, chains, or bats with nails. How the owner of a restricted weapon is treated depends on the situation – a clean-cut stranger who innocently wandered down from Downtown into the more commercial areas of the Southside with his auto-pistol sitting in a holster on his hip is liable to given a light fine and told to leave, while a local ganger caught brandishing a pistol in a dark alleyway is probably going to get the choice between a substantial fine and a short prison sentence. Anyone caught with a weapon of LR 2 or below weapon is almost certainly going to prison. However, actually being scanned for weapons by a police officer is not common, except for those who have already been apprehended for something else. | ||
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The Church Hill Area, often just referred to as “the Hill”, is an area that seems to be eternally teetering on anarchy. The gangers here are at war with each other and with Westside Citypol, and frequently hate everyone else too. The war doesn’t seem to be about anything in particular, which is to say, it seems to be about a million different things – traditional rivalries, lingering feuds, or just the love of mindless destruction. | The Church Hill Area, often just referred to as “the Hill”, is an area that seems to be eternally teetering on anarchy. The gangers here are at war with each other and with Westside Citypol, and frequently hate everyone else too. The war doesn’t seem to be about anything in particular, which is to say, it seems to be about a million different things – traditional rivalries, lingering feuds, or just the love of mindless destruction. | ||
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Police: Westside CityPol is hanging on tenaciously. They are under siege, but the area is still ultimately in the hands of the police instead of the gangers. An officer who doesn’t keep her wits about her will not live long, but Westside CityPol retains control of the most important streets, especially during the day, while the gangers are consigned to backstreets, only venturing further afield at night. Westside CityPol officers are usually issued a gyroc pistol and a stun baton. The department is well supplied with shotguns, machine pistols and submachine guns. | Police: Westside CityPol is hanging on tenaciously. They are under siege, but the area is still ultimately in the hands of the police instead of the gangers. An officer who doesn’t keep her wits about her will not live long, but Westside CityPol retains control of the most important streets, especially during the day, while the gangers are consigned to backstreets, only venturing further afield at night. Westside CityPol officers are usually issued a gyroc pistol and a stun baton. The department is well supplied with shotguns, machine pistols and submachine guns. | ||
Gangs: The gangs are restless and seem to be doing their best to destroy the area. They frequently engage in vandalism and violence, and battle each other and the police in the streets. Typically, a ganger with carry a concealed LR 3 weapon, usually an auto-pistol. A ganger going to battle is liable to carry a heavier weapon, usually shotguns, gyroc pistols, machine pistols, and submachine guns. | Gangs: The gangs are restless and seem to be doing their best to destroy the area. They frequently engage in vandalism and violence, and battle each other and the police in the streets. Typically, a ganger with carry a concealed LR 3 weapon, usually an auto-pistol. A ganger going to battle is liable to carry a heavier weapon, usually shotguns, gyroc pistols, machine pistols, and submachine guns. | ||
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Weapons: The police will not tolerate weapons heavier than a knife or other small melee weapons. If a Westside CityPol officer catches a citizen with an ilegal missile weapon, the weapon will likely be confiscated and the perpetrator either fined or beaten up or both. Discovery of a weapon of LR 2 or below is likely to bring prison time. If the officer has some reason to believe that a weapon may have been intended for use against a CityPol officer, execution on the spot is quite possible. | Weapons: The police will not tolerate weapons heavier than a knife or other small melee weapons. If a Westside CityPol officer catches a citizen with an ilegal missile weapon, the weapon will likely be confiscated and the perpetrator either fined or beaten up or both. Discovery of a weapon of LR 2 or below is likely to bring prison time. If the officer has some reason to believe that a weapon may have been intended for use against a CityPol officer, execution on the spot is quite possible. | ||
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Police: Eastside CityPol carefully protects all important corporate assets in the area. Other than that, they largely cede the streets to the gangers. Officers are usually issued with a gyroc pistol and a submachinegun. The police are relatively tolerant towards the carrying of weapons, even at the periphery of territory that they control. However, unless it would be too dangerous to do so, they will usually arrest anyone they see with a military weapon (something of LR 1 or less) and see that the individual gets prison time. They reason that anyone carrying a military weapon was probably planning to do the sort of harm that even they should care about. | Police: Eastside CityPol carefully protects all important corporate assets in the area. Other than that, they largely cede the streets to the gangers. Officers are usually issued with a gyroc pistol and a submachinegun. The police are relatively tolerant towards the carrying of weapons, even at the periphery of territory that they control. However, unless it would be too dangerous to do so, they will usually arrest anyone they see with a military weapon (something of LR 1 or less) and see that the individual gets prison time. They reason that anyone carrying a military weapon was probably planning to do the sort of harm that even they should care about. | ||
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===Southside Ganglands: ”The Helltowns”.=== | ===Southside Ganglands: ”The Helltowns”.=== | ||
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Police: Eastside CityPol carefully protects the very few corporate assets left in the area. Other than that, they largely cede the streets to the gangers. Officers are usually issued with a gyroc pistol and a submachinegun. The police are relatively tolerant towards the carrying of weapons, even at the periphery of territory that they control. However, unless it would be too dangerous to do so, they will usually arrest anyone they see with a military weapon (something of LR 1 or less) and see that the individual gets prison time. They reason that anyone carrying a military weapon was probably planning to do the sort of harm that even they should care about. | Police: Eastside CityPol carefully protects the very few corporate assets left in the area. Other than that, they largely cede the streets to the gangers. Officers are usually issued with a gyroc pistol and a submachinegun. The police are relatively tolerant towards the carrying of weapons, even at the periphery of territory that they control. However, unless it would be too dangerous to do so, they will usually arrest anyone they see with a military weapon (something of LR 1 or less) and see that the individual gets prison time. They reason that anyone carrying a military weapon was probably planning to do the sort of harm that even they should care about. | ||
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===Westside Ganglands: ”The Browns”=== | ===Westside Ganglands: ”The Browns”=== | ||
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Weapons: Weapons of LR 1 or above may be worn openly. Weapons of LR 0 or below are forbidden to everyone except gangers with turf in the Nation. | Weapons: Weapons of LR 1 or above may be worn openly. Weapons of LR 0 or below are forbidden to everyone except gangers with turf in the Nation. | ||
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