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-	This is your guide to the setting for the [[Dark City]] campaign.	+	[[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.
-	This description is written in Swedish, but will be translated to English soon. Really. In the meantime, please refer to the followingb pages:	+	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.''
-	*[[Location Guide]]	+	''Sure there are other cities. You go there by tube. A friend of mine visited one once, it looked mostly like it does here.''
-	*[[Character Guide]]	+
-	----	+	== [[Location Guide|Places to Go and People to See]] ==
-	=== Setting ===	+	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.
-	==== The City. ====	+	=== [[Corporation Guide|Corporations]] ===
-	En STOR stad. Ultraurbaniserad miljö.Javisst finns det andra städer.Jag	+	The corporations rule the world. They are huge and impersonal, but neither good nor evil, really.
-	har en vän som varit i en annan stad. Nej jag minns inte vad den hette	+
-	men det såg tydligen ut ungefär som här. Våningsplan styr social status?	+
-	(Som i Mutant)	+
-	Förfallna industriområden,slum i kontrast med absurda rikedomar och	+
-	dekadens. Entropin smyger sin närmare, men alla blundar. "Inte i vår	+
-	livstid iallafall så varför oroa	+
-	sig?"Kulter,sekter,orgier,våld,kärlek,sorg,äventyr,psi,magi,krig,teknologi	+
-	och sex.	+
-	==== Corporations ====	+	=== [[Gang Guide|Gangs]] ===
-	[[Ascension Corp]] and their arch-enemy	+	''I'm with a [[Punk Gang]]! You gotta' show me respect!''
-	[[Deviant Inc]]	+	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.
-	Bothe these giants use magic, but have different public image.	+	== [[Power Guide|The Supernatural]] ==
-	[[Ascension Corp]] supposedly use benevolent "good" magic, but	+
-	[[Deviant Inc]] go for the "evil" black magic image. In practice both	+
-	corporations are neither good nor evil, but simply profit oriented.	+
-	Desipte this, there are occasional rumors that some divisions of the	+
-	corporations have actually started to believe their public image.	+
-	==== Other Corporations ====	+	[[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]].
-	*[[Pinnacle Technologies]]: Cybernetikföretag som hade oväntat hög procent av Psiborgs som effekt av	+	=== [[Psiborg|Psionics]] ===
-	sin hårdvara. Gick dock under i ett hostile takeover från någon av	+
-	jättarna.	+
-	*[[Gen Tech]]: ![[Biotech]] företag.Våra vänner från Dark Future-böckerna.	+
-	*[[Sexy Security]]:	+
-	Säkerhetsfirma som tillhandahåller sexiga väktare,livvakter och	+
-	sexpartners (om det ingår i kontraktet.)	+
		+	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]].
-	; Magic :	+	=== [[Technodemon|Demons]] ===
-	Det finns magiker. De flesta är rätt svaga och bildar Covens.	+
-	(Företagssponsrade Mookmagiker t.ex) men ett litet fåtal har mer att	+
-	komma med som individer än vad en Coven kan prestera som grupp. (Named)	+
-	"; Psionics :	+	''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.''
-	Finns. Alla Psioniker är dock Named.Sällsynta=Åtråvärda.	+
-	Eventuellt är alla Psiare {{LINK|page=PsiBorgs|text=PsiBorgs}}, dvs PSI verkar vara en slumpmässig	+
-	spontan effekt av att man skaffa Cyber."	+
-		+
-	{{LINK|page=TechoDemons|text=TechoDemons}}	+
-		+
-	nej nej! All magi är säker. Det har företagets rapporter och forskare	+
-	bevisat.	+
-	Det är bara struntprat om att demoner skulle finnas. Boostergangers är	+
-	de skyldiga till eventuella incidenter.Vi lovar.	+
-		+
-	[[Technotown]]	+
-		+
-	Man kan ta pendeln dit.	+
-		+
-	P-Max	+
-		+
-	Populär Porr-action-såpa man kan se på TV	+
-	den som har råd köper Interactive Kit och loggar upp mot [[Pontifex Net]].	+
-		+
-		+
-	==== Gangs ====	+
-	*{{LINK|page=BoosterGangers|text=BoosterGangers}}. Cyberknarkare	+
-	*{{LINK|page=DreadGangers|text=DreadGangers}} (Horrorfreaks)	+
-	*{{LINK|page=GothGangers|text=GothGangers}}(Blasé-freaks)	+
-	*Punks (Vanliga gäng samlas under detta namn)	+
-	*Culties (Gäng med en andlig ideologi)	+
-	*{{LINK|page=PoliClubs|text=PoliClubs}} (Politiskt gäng)	+
-	*{{LINK|page=WarriorPacks|text=WarriorPacks}} (Gäng inriktade på strid. helst närstrid	+
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Dark City

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 Critters 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.

Contents 1 Places to Go and People to See 1.1 Corporations 1.2 Gangs 2 The Supernatural 2.1 Psionics 2.2 Demons

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.

Corporations

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

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.

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 Technomagicians 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.

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 Psiborgs. Natural, living psychers are almost unheard off. Any evidence of psionics is quicky investigated by the Men In Black.

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.