Beyond the City

Despite years of flooding and economic collapse the city of San Francisco has survived it all to become the world metropolis it is known as today. Outside of the city, however, is a different story.

NORTH

To the north the once beautiful state park has been ruined by years of ecological collapse and territorial expansion. The levels closest to the sea flooded long ago and any remaining ground is utterly polluted. The animals in the area are all dead or dying, and the whole area is relegated to landfill for city waste. The only things alive to the immediate north of San Francisco are the rats and those survivors who would willingly live among them.

EAST

Oakland was once a thriving metropolis east of San Francisco, just across the bay. It now rests 30 meters underwater. As the water levels grew, some of Oakland’s residents gathered their resources and moved across the bridge to San Francisco and its protective sea wall. Those who did not have the wonlongs to travel to the city instead travelled further east, into what soon became a nearly lawless state. With the influx of refugees, the government and corporations were forced to commit resources to fighting crime in the city (unsuccessfully most would say). As the urban infrastructure disappeared vigilante justice became commonplace. In 2185 everyone with a gun and a vendetta can sort out their own justice. Gangs constantly harass established communities when not murdering each other, and any attempts by the government to quell such activity have failed due to a lack of funding and resources. Although some residents can live peaceful lives in the eastern badlands, these rare homesteads are backed by heavy firepower and unusually abundant resources.

SOUTH

To the south of District 1 sits the Saint Francis tree preserve, a carefully maintained and extremely expensive genetically engineered tree line roughly a mile thick between the edge of District 1 and the city perimeter. Despite its natural appearance, the trees form a heavily fortified wall preventing migration into the city. Attempting to cross the wall in any way is a class 1 offense and security forces are permitted to shoot on sight. South of the perimeter are more badlands. Waste washed up along the coast has led to decay, and diseases spread easily to what few communities live this far south. Out here the survivors take up the art of scavenging, hoping to sell enough scrap to leave the badlands and move to San Francisco or Los Angeles. Most realize that this dream is too difficult to achieve legally and so turn to gang crime to sustain themselves. The Diablos Eléctrico, which operates many scrap yards outside of the city, are the most logical option.

WEST

To the west of the city lay the polluted waters of the San Francisco Bay. This wide pool of murky brown water stretches like sludge toward a vast ocean. Thousands of bodies and other waste rest at the bottom of the bay, and tens of thousands more washed away from the bay into the ocean beyond.

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