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[[Dark City]] is a ''huge'' city. The feeling is one of entropy. People have mostly given up, spending their time on drugs, sex and violence. Once the city grew upwards; now it seems to shrink back, with corporates sliding down into the [[Slum Levels]]. Cults, sects, orgies, violence, love, sorrow, adventures, psionics, magic, war and sex are all keywords for the setting.

Nobody really cares about the world outside the [[Dark City]]. You can take the tube to other places, but few do and details are sketchy. [[Technotown]] is nearby and significantly different in style; sometimes [[Rat Critter]]s from [[Technotown]] flee to [[Dark City]]. [[P-Max]] is a popular porn soap by [[Pontifex Corp]]. Those who can afford it access it virtually through [[Pontifex Net]]. Other than that, the surroundings are a mystery. Everything you could ever look for exists somewhere in the [[Dark City]]. Unless you look for free, empty space. ''Whatever that is.''

''Sure there are other cities. You go there by tube. A friend of mine visited one once, it looked mostly like it does here.''

== [[Location Guide|Places to Go and People to See]] ==

Levels are numbered, with the lowest numbers at the bottom. The campaign starts on [[Level 51]], the first level below the [[Corporate Levels]], which go on in increasing opulence to about level 90. Levels below 50 are [[Slum Levels]]; levels below 20 are legendary [[Underlevels]], inhabited solely by monsters and robots, if [[Urban Legend]] is to be beleived.

=== [[Corporation Guide|Corporations]] ===

The corporations rule the world. They are huge and impersonal, but neither good nor evil, really.

=== [[Gang Guide|Gangs]] ===

''I'm with a [[Punk Gang]]! You gotta' show me respect!''
The gangs rule the streets in the [[Slum Levels]] and lower [[Corporate Levels]]. There are too many gangs in [[Dark City]] to describe them individually, but it is good to know of a few types.

== [[Power Guide|The Supernatural]] ==

[[Chi Energy]] can be channeled in a variety of supernatural ways. It is very real, but it has mostly adopted to technology and turned into [[Technomagic]]. Real arcane magic is rare and dangerous. Most [[Technomagic]]ians are rather weak, and punch the corporate clock or turn to a [[Coven Gang]] for protection; a few are as powerful as entire corporate magic divisions and can raze city blocks. All are considered dangerous ant controlled as thightly as possible by the [[Men In Black]].

=== [[Psiborg|Psionics]] ===

Psionics is a side-effect of [[Cyber Tech]]. People who have had their natural [[Chi Energy]] disrupted sometimes channels it into psionics, and become [[Psiborg]]s. Natural, living psychers are almost unheard off. Any evidence of psionics is quicky investigated by the [[Men In Black]].

=== [[Technodemon|Demons]] ===

''There is no such thing as a [[Technodemon]]. Corporate magic is perfectly safe, and the [[Men In Black]] handle all extraordinary cases. Any unexplained events are caused by a [[Coven Gang]] or [[Booster Gang]]. Return home and lock your appartment door, please.''
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