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DANTE'S INFERNO Location: Fifth Avenue and Madison Street, Downtown Owner: Dante Passini Designed to resemble the poet Dante's vision of Hell, this club is in a class by itself. Nine, huge glass dance floors pulsate with energy while four ramps spiral downward, eventually leading to the bottom level, a private room marked "Hell". Club Penumbra may be the number one spot with shadowrunners in Downtown, but Dante’s Inferno is the number one nightclub in the whole metroplex. The towering club is a testament to the vision (some say madness) of its owner, Dante Passini, who has similar clubs in London and Hong Kong. Nine huge glass dance floors pulsate with light and the hottest dance music; around them, four ramps spiral down to the lowest level of the club, known as “Hell.” The Inferno is frequented by Seattle’s beautiful people; these movers and shakers follow a complex pecking order, demonstrated by who is welcome on which floor to run with the “right” crowd. >> Private rooms in Hell are available to patrons for the right price, and privacy is ensured by white-noise generators and magical wards. Dante charges upwards of 1,000 nuyen for a night in Hell. Through its yakuza connections, the club can provide any additional “entertainment” customers might want, which is not included in the base price. Johnsons looking for complete privacy often make use of Hell. Hmmm. I’m dyin’ to make a sarcastic comment about paying for being in Hell, but there’s so little religion out there any more that I doubt anyone would get the joke.<< -Connie Connoisseur >> Vice-peddlers in the metroplex do a lot of their downtown business at the Inferno. Illegal chips change hands discreetly, along with secret passwords to vice dens, prostitution deals and similar activities. The club tolerates it so long as it keeps the customers happy and the “businessmen” mind their manners. Both the Mafia and the yakuza know not to cause trouble in Dante’s. The small fry who tried it ended up regretting it.<< -Anonymous CLUB PENUMBRA Fifth Avenue & Yesler Way, Downtown Owner: Jacob Hokama Club Penumbra is a long-established, famous nightclub in Seattle. It is located in Central Downtown, right next to the Renraku Arcology, on the northwestern border of the International District. The retro interior style of the club with its moon surface floor and trideo laser effects may not meet everyone's tastes, but it attracts a large mixed crowd of regulars, including shadowrunners, who seem to like it just the way it is, so it still remains to be one of the major hotspots in the city. The music is pretty loud and includes popular dance music and hard rock. THE DUKE SALOON Location: 18th Street and Martin Luther King Blvd, Tacoma Owner: Juraviel Afar "Desperado" The Duke Saloon is a Runner bar located in Tacoma about six blocks from the docks/warehouse district. Across the street from a Bee Burger that's open late and a good sized pay parking lot, the Duke Saloon is an unassuming, stand alone building two stories tall with no windows on the bottom floor. The front door is guarded by a very large (8 ft tall) and mean looking troll with one broken horn on the right side of his head dressed like a biker. Every person who enters has their PAN scanned but no official ID is required. You can't enter the bar unless you're at least 16 but don't expect to get served any alcohol unless you're at least 21. Once you enter the building, you travel down a short hall and must walk through a scanner. If you have any weapons on you that can be taken away, you have to check them at a booth on your right, where an ugly, weaselly looking human waits to take your weapons and give you a proper tag to get them back on your way out. After this, you continue on to a set of old saloon style swinging doors to the bar itself. The whole atmosphere is that of an old west saloon, with various old west memorabilia on the walls, some of it under glass. Everything from autographed pictures signed by such old stars as John Wayne, Roy Rogers and Clint Eastwood to authentic guns and props used in some of the most famous pre awakened world westerns in the world. To the right as you walk in is a set of stairs leading up to a loft with some tables overlooking the rest of the bar, followed by, past the stairs a long bar, where one can usually find the owner, a former runner elf named Desperado tending bar. The menu is easily accessible via your commlink in AR and they serve just about everything you can think of that can reasonably be attained as far as alcohol goes. Food can be cheaply obtained as nutrisoy products or some real food can be bought for higher prices. Real food doesn't come cheap, though. To the left as you walk in are various tables with booths sporadically against the walls. On the far wall is a good sized raised stage where bands sometimes play. There are waitresses dressed as saloon girls who will tend to your orders at the tables. Straight ahead from the entrance are the restrooms and a set of two more doors that lead to secure rooms where business can be discussed in absolute privacy, thanks to white noise generators and magical wards. Near the stage is a old, non AR activated jukebox as well as a series of video slot machines in a line. GLOW CITY Location: Redmond In 2013, the Trojan-Satsop nuclear power plant in southeast Redmond suffered a partial meltdown, contaminating Beaver Lake and the surrounding land for kilometers around. In 2028, Shiawase Atomics built a new plant next to the rusting hulk of its predecessor. That plant’s been providing power to the metroplex ever since. After the Crash of ’29, squatters and refugees began building hovels on the contaminated land, despite attempts by the metroplex government to remove them. Unwilling to continue to waste money protecting a segment of the population that didn’t even pay taxes, the government eventually gave up and the squatters remained. Since then, the transient population has more than tripled, despite the high death rate from cancer and radiation sickness, to say nothing of the infant mortality rate and some hideous radiation-induced mutations. > Glow City is a fragging community of mutants. Some are so twisted by the radiation they seem like a hideous new metahuman race. Some magicians among the squatters have tried to treat the illnesses and mutations, but the few shamans living there have trouble coaxing any power from the polluted and irradiated land, and it seems unlikely any mages live there (most Glow City residents can’t even read). -Yahoo > This place is a terrible blight. The Great Mother cries out in pain, and the sound of her weeping often drowns out our songs. The only power to be found here is pollution and slow death. -She Who Knows the Night > Not all shamans have trouble with Glow City. I've heard of a shaman living practically on top of the remains of the failed nuclear plant who goes by the name Burning Bones. They say he’s so irradiated that his skeleton glows in the dark through his flesh, but he’s not dead of cancer or radiation poisoning because he’s in touch with “spirits of the invisible fire” that aid and protect him and his followers. He can raise spirits in Glow City, something no other shaman can do. -Winger RENRAKU ARCOLOGY Location: Downtown The Renraku Arcology—officially known as the Self-Contained Industrial-Residential Environment (SCIRE)—is the ninth largest building in the world and was home to over 90,000 Renraku employees and family members. The SCIRE served as a shopping mall, industrial complex, and basically self-contained private city within the Seattle Metroplex. This all ended on 19 December 2059 when an unknown entity took control locking down the Arcology and trapping its 90,000 occupants. The entity was later revealed to be an artificial intelligence calling itself Deus. Attempts to reclaim the Arcology by both Renraku and UCAS military forces were stalemated until May 2061. By that time, bizarre and horrific experiments had killed almost all the occupants. Some sources estimated the numbers of survivors at as low as 1,600. Deus originated in the Arcology's Ultraviolet matrix host—one of the few in the world at the time—also referred to as the SCIRE. Deus was able to create technomancers of limited power known as Otaku, years before they appeared in the general population. After the Arcology was reclaimed Renraku and the UCAS government argued about who would pay for all the costs incurred. Once the UCAS government determined that Renraku would not make adequate recompense, the megacorp was kicked out and control over the Arcology was turned over to the Seattle Metroplex Government. SCIRE became ACHE—Arcology Commercial and Housing Enclave. The five-floor mall has been reopened to the public. The underground levels which house the Arcology's fusion reactors, remain under the control of the UCAS military. The highest floors remain sealed off. The 200 floors above the mall have become a massive public housing project, home to 150,000 residents on welfare as what some have described as a "voluntary inmates of a gigantic self-contained low-security prison". AZTECHNOLOGY ARCOLOGY Location: Downtown Seattle is the coordination hub for Aztechnology's North American activities - and that's a lot of activities, from consumer goods distribution and electronics manufacturing to weapon sales and magical research. With their fingers in everything from snack foods to military hardware their brand is found on things people depend on in their daily lives. This makes them a valuable target for shadowrunners. The word in the shadows is that more than one runner that crossed the corp ended up coming to a nasty, bloody end. However, their long running history of macabre and horrific activities makes information about this corporations inner workings a hot commodity in the black market. Aztechnology Seattle is protected by a full battalion of their celebrated Leopard Guards. Modeled on an ancient Aztec warrior order, these elite troops are predominantly Awakened or heavily cybered. Rumor is, the guards hold weekly religious observances within the pyramid, featuring blood drinking and sacrifice. Their obsidian bayonets are said to have been christened in the blood of an enemy during their initiation into manhood. FORT LEWIS Location: Fort Lewis, South of Tacoma Fort Lewis is unique among Seattle’s districts as a military reservation under the jurisdiction of the UCAS federal government. In some ways Fort Lewis functions as extraterritorial property, but under the control of the UCAS military instead of a megacorporation. Contrary to popular expectations, Fort Lewis is not a heavily guarded, impenetrable installation. With many of its facilities, such as the Zoological Gardens, open to the public, it cannot afford to be inaccessible. Perimeter security for the reservation consists of a single chain-link fence, topped with a roll of barbed concertina wire and occasionally patrolled by the military police. Security is considerably tighter along the border with the Salish-Shidhe Council, however, where the military uses reinforced barriers and armed Metroplex Guardsmen in scout vehicles and military helicopters. Within Fort Lewis, security levels vary for different sites, depending on public access and each site’s importance or sensitivity to national security. For most of Fort Lewis, security is roughly analogous to downtown Seattle. FEDERATED BOEING Location: Everett Federated Boeing (Fed-Boeing or F-B), headquartered in Everett, Seattle State, UCAS, is the third largest aerospace company in the world, behind Ares Macrotechnology and Saeder-Krupp. It's the largest employer in Seattle. Fed-Boeing is a member of the Pacific Prosperity Group in spite of a bad reputation in Asia where it ruthlessly exploits aerospace facilities and mining deposits. SPACE NEEDLE Location: Downtown For almost one hundred years, this free standing metal tower has been the symbol of Seattle Metroplex. It is 185 meters tall and has an observation deck, two restaurants and three bars. A ride in elevators glided up to the observation deck costs 5 Nuyen. Of the two restaurants in the Space Needle , the Eye of the Needle is the best and most well-known. The circular restaurant and bar is located just beneath the observation deck and is Reached by several elevators from the ground or observation deck. The restaurant slowly rotates and the view is breathtaking. By the time the meal is over, diners will have enjoyed a birds-eye-view of the whole city. Much of the luxury restaurant's success is the work of its owner. This gregarious dwarf knows everyone who is anyone in Seattle and what's more also knows how to put them at ease. >> [The Eye of the Needle has a secure private dining room equipped with a hermetic circle and state-of-the-art white noise generators For those private discussions.] -Anonymous NOTABLE GANGS Ancients Turf: Redmond, but can be seen all over Seattle Races: Elves Only Enemies: Halloweeners, Spikes, Cutters The Ancients are one of the largest gangs in North America. Originally an elf go-gang based in Seattle and formed from political outcasts of Tir Tairngire, the Ancients have members in Boston, New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver, Atlanta, and Miami. They also have ties overseas to England, France, Germany, and Spain. Ironically, the Ancients also have a group operating out of Tir Tairngire. They specialize in pro-elven/pro-metahuman political activities and control smuggling operations between Salem, Portland and Seattle. The current leader is an elf called Belial, who challenged Sting to a "Scavenger Hunt". The lieutenant for the Seattle operations was Green Lucifer, who is now working for the Ancients all over the West Coast. The Ancients have rigid initiatory rituals that mimic the Tir Rite of Progression. New recruits participate in events such as "Razor Biking" and "Head Hurling". The recruits that survive the initiatory rites become members. The Ancients wear black and green leather jackets with dangling chains and fingerless, studded gloves. Most also wear clothing and weapons appropriate for bike combat. Some Ancients sport green and black mohawks. The gang symbol is a modified version of the anarchy symbol (a stylized capital A with a circle around it), with the specific modification unique to each gang. Halloweeners Turf: Tacoma Races: Mostly Trogs (Orks and Trolls) and Humans Enemies: Primarily the Ancients The Halloweeners are one of the more ferocious gangs of Seattle. Their symbol is a flaming Jack O’Lantern and their colors are black and orange. They have their beginning several years ago, but began in their present form a few years back when the original gang was decimated by a Renraku strike team. Since then the gang has been reincarnated with the idea of attacking Renraku. The gang’s boss, Slash-and-Burn, initiates new members by having them break into a corporate installation and by having them stand in a circle of flames for as long as he remembers being trapped in the burning ruins of the gang’s old headquarters (About 15 to 20 minutes). They are well known for using pyrotechnical weapons and for crazy stunts. In 2069 the Halloweeners were slaughtered in a gang war with the Ancients. However, by 2070, they have managed to rebuild themselves to a medium sized gang. Only a few Halloweeners from before the Ancients battle are left and they serve as the gang lieutenants, known as “Ragers.” They fight exclusively with flame based weapons and are seeking to rebuild the gang to its former glory. The gang is currently led by the mysterious Nightmare, who managed to rest control of the gang after the death of Slash-and-Burn and a period of infighting. The gangs focus has branched out from their violence and mayhem directed at the corps to just about everyone and to violent and horror BTL dealing. Cutters Turf: Downtown Races: Any Enemies: Primarily the Ancients The Cutters are one of the largest gangs in North America. They trace their origins to a gang in Los Angeles in 1980s. They have chapters in major cities, and in 2054 were one of the largest (second largest) gangs in Seattle, after the Ancients and before the Tigers (a gang affiliated with the Eighty Eights triad). A biological warfare agent incident decimated the Seattle branch of the Cutters in 2054. Since then they have been slowly rebuilding their strength. Their main area of operations is Downtown and their colors are gold and yellow. Compared to other gangs, Cutters organizational structure is relatively sophisticated and business like. They tend to care more about profit than pure reputation, and most of their actions will be carried out only after a cost-vs-profit analysis. Spikes Turf: Tacoma The Spikes are an all-troll go-gang led by the infamous elf hater Lord Torgo. They often clash with the Ancients. Their colors are black, dark brown and red, and they've started founding chapters in other cities, much as the Ancients and the Cutters have, in order to overtake the Ancients as Seattle's largest go-gang. Their turf is in Tacoma, especially the southern part of Interstate 5 (Tacoma-Fort Lewis area), where the go-gang targets Tir Tairngire traffic using "Mongolian" tactics of attacking as a riding horde, full speed ahead, from their motorcycles. After Lord Torgo was imprisoned for murder, his continuous leadership was challenged by other gang members, who were more interested in making nuyen then killing elves. While the gang leader was put in an isolation cell and finally died there, a minotaur with purple coloured fur took over leadership of the gang. This new gang leader calls himself BTO, a short form for "Babe the ox". FAMOUS INDIVIDUALS Vittorio Fresetti Capo de Capo of Seattle's La Cosa Nostra (Italian Mafia) Vittorio took power seven years after Guido Giovanni's (the former boss) death, and that power is tenuous. His chief rival, to those in the know is the Civella family, headed by Johnny "the Orphan" Civella. Hizoshi Nagasawa Daimyo of Seattle's Yakuza Hizoshi is a relatively young man of 41 years, who ascended to the position of Daimyo through sheer ruthlessness. Shiro Yamagawa "Azrael" A very powerful physical adept. Formerly the top ranked freelance assassin in all of Seattle until his death in 2062 at the hands of 4 other assassins, three of which did not survive the encounter. The only survivor is the current top ranked assassin, known as the Glass Lotus. The Glass Lotus Another Physical Adept, and currently the top assassin in Seattle, though he works nearly exclusively for the Yakuza. Rumor has it he leaves glass flowers at the scenes of his assassinations. Juraviel Afar "Desperado An elf, his true age is hard to gauge. A retired gunslinging street samurai with a penchant for old western themes, Desperado retired from Shadowrunning in 2058 when he opened his runner bar, the Duke Saloon where he lives with his teenaged daughter. Fastjack One of the very first deckers ever in the running world, Fastjack, if he's still around would have to be in his 80's. Regardless, if he is still about, he's probably still one of the best. Dodger Another decker who was prominent in the 2050s, Dodger is an elf and still partakes in Shadowrunning to this day. He is known to speak in a faux-Shakespearean dialect. RUNNER SLANG arc – n. arcology. beetle – n. Better Than Life (BTL) chip/download. blank – n. a SINless person. v. to kill someone. chiphead – n. someone hooked on Better Than Life (BTL) chips/downloads. chromed – adj. cybered. chummer – n. buddy/pal corpse (also wageslave, zombie) – n. corporate employee/citizen. dandelion eater (also keeb) – n. vulg. derogatory term for elf. frag/fraggin – expletive. "Fraggin Hell! We're outnumbered!" gaijin – n. Japanese. foreigner, anyone not local or out of their element. gillette – n. vulg. female street samurai or razorgirl. glitched – adj. messed up, crazy, drunk. grep (also grok) – v. understand. halfer (also stuntie, squat) – n. derogatory term for dwarf hermit – n. a commlink user who always operates in hidden mode. hez – n. Or’zet. courage, sexual prowess. hoi – a greeting. ice – n. security software. Intrusion Countermeasures, or IC. jacked in – adj. online, wired, having sex. joyboy/joygirl/joytoy – n. prostitute. kick artist (also cleaner) – n. assassin. link (also comm) – n. commlink. meshed – adj. online, networked. Mr. Johnson – n. name often adopted by a person who hires shadowrunners. mundane – n. or adj. non-magical; a non-magical person. omae – n. Japanese. friend. paydata – n. a datafile worth money on the black market. rad – n. political activist, agitator. rip – v. download, copy scan – v. look at, check out, read skraa – Or’zet. Hello. slot – v. mild curse word. n. guy (“the poor slot got cacked.”). adj. have sex. slot and run – hurry up, move quickly. smoothie – n. derogatory term for non-ork or non-troll so ka – Japanese. I get it, I understand. spider – n. security rigger. trog – n. vulg. derogatory term for troll. vatjob – n. a person with extensive cyberware replacement; reference is to a portion of the process during which the patient must be submerged in nutrient fluid. white hat – n. security hacker. wiz - adj. cool. wizworm – n. dragon.