Crime Craft Story Overview
It began with a disaster unlike any humanity had ever faced. The details of what exactly occurred remain unclear, but its results were rapid and widespread. In the aftermath of this global crisis, the world’s energy reserves were devastated. The magnitude of the predicament faced by humanity was amplified by a series of crippling natural disasters that occurred almost simultaneously with the energy collapse. Worse still, governments around the world drained resources like never before in reaction to these events, but the aid they offered came to little end. Instead of solving the crisis, this gargantuan consumption by the world’s governments exacerbated its effects, leaving millions homeless across the planet.
The US stock market crashed to record lows, on a day called “The Last Black Friday”. So catastrophic was the fall that many believed the market would never recover, and it precipitated the worst economic crisis in US history. Investment firms and banks lost billions. The majority of the large corporations that survived the initial shock were forced to cut jobs, leaving millions of US workers unemployed and deepening the crisis. Farming and produce prices fell as commodity prices plummeted. Jobs were few and far between.
The economic collapse in the US continued unabated for over a year, with all government efforts to stem the destruction coming to naught. Outraged by the failure of the federal government to resolve the situation, citizens staged nationwide protests that all too often descended into riots, looting, and other acts of violence. Already struggling under the weight of the economic collapse, the federal government was unable to overcome the wide-spread hysteria of the citizenry, precipitating a national emergency. In the midst of this chaos, gangs and crime organizations were able to freely exert themselves on the streets of the nation’s cities and towns, plunging the nation even more deeply into a state of lawlessness. Businesses were plundered, homes were destroyed, and the once great cities of the US became war zones. Paramilitary organizations and corporate security forces also took advantage of the power vacuum, and the country could no longer hold together. As the federal government disintegrated, the nation was quickly divided up by the most powerful warlords, creating new nations and new frontiers.
Left isolated against the growing violence, local governments and their sapped police forces struggled to retain their authority. In desperation, many local governments erected walls around their cities, hoping to keep the violence from consuming them whole as they struggled to build an autonomous economy. Small, well-guarded safe areas were created where privileged citizens and businesses could live away from the violent fringes of the city.
While the walls kept the violence of gang warfare out of the city, the lives of everyone had changed forever. Gangs and violence were now a way of life. In an effort to retain a semblance of normalcy, a strict code of non-violence was mandated within the walls of every city, even as the world outside the walls was ruled by gangs who governed with bullets and blood.
Sunrise City
Like many other cities which still survive in this dangerous era, crime and violence are the normal way of life in Sunrise City. With the exception of the walled off interior, this once thriving beachfront metropolis has become a dangerous, crime-infested ghetto. Nearly everyone who enters the city carries a weapon with them, even though they all know that to draw a weapon in the safe zones means certain death at the hands of municipal police forces.
The streets of Sunrise City are controlled by a tenuous alliance between the corrupt Municipality and six powerful gangs. This unusual alliance has proven to be a boon to Sunrise City, as it has allowed the ruling cadre a means to control the myriad economic interests in the city in one way or another. Manufacturing sites, construction, the shipyards, indeed practically all things which enter or leave the city, pass through the hands of one of the six gangs. Collectively, they have managed to keep the city free of influence by the paramilitary and corporate forces that have taken over other cities. The alliance has not been without its benefits, however. Enriched by the spoils of their cooperation with the municipality, many senior gang members now live within the city, commanding their army of foot-soldiers in the unending war against shared threats on the fringes of the city.
Our Players
With corporate and military enclaves off limits, and the North Burgs too far to reach on foot, gangs of toughs throughout the wastes bring it to Sunrise City to make a name for themselves....
Build a gang, earn a reputation, and kill the competition. Welcome to Sunrise City.
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Crime Craft Story Overview
It began with a disaster unlike any humanity had ever faced. The details of what exactly occurred remain unclear, but its results were rapid and widespread. In the aftermath of this global crisis, the world’s energy reserves were devastated. The magnitude of the predicament faced by humanity was amplified by a series of crippling natural disasters that occurred almost simultaneously with the energy collapse. Worse still, governments around the world drained resources like never before in reaction to these events, but the aid they offered came to little end. Instead of solving the crisis, this gargantuan consumption by the world’s governments exacerbated its effects, leaving millions homeless across the planet.
The US stock market crashed to record lows, on a day called “The Last Black Friday”. So catastrophic was the fall that many believed the market would never recover, and it precipitated the worst economic crisis in US history. Investment firms and banks lost billions. The majority of the large corporations that survived the initial shock were forced to cut jobs, leaving millions of US workers unemployed and deepening the crisis. Farming and produce prices fell as commodity prices plummeted. Jobs were few and far between.
The economic collapse in the US continued unabated for over a year, with all government efforts to stem the destruction coming to naught. Outraged by the failure of the federal government to resolve the situation, citizens staged nationwide protests that all too often descended into riots, looting, and other acts of violence. Already struggling under the weight of the economic collapse, the federal government was unable to overcome the wide-spread hysteria of the citizenry, precipitating a national emergency. In the midst of this chaos, gangs and crime organizations were able to freely exert themselves on the streets of the nation’s cities and towns, plunging the nation even more deeply into a state of lawlessness. Businesses were plundered, homes were destroyed, and the once great cities of the US became war zones. Paramilitary organizations and corporate security forces also took advantage of the power vacuum, and the country could no longer hold together. As the federal government disintegrated, the nation was quickly divided up by the most powerful warlords, creating new nations and new frontiers.
Left isolated against the growing violence, local governments and their sapped police forces struggled to retain their authority. In desperation, many local governments erected walls around their cities, hoping to keep the violence from consuming them whole as they struggled to build an autonomous economy. Small, well-guarded safe areas were created where privileged citizens and businesses could live away from the violent fringes of the city.
While the walls kept the violence of gang warfare out of the city, the lives of everyone had changed forever. Gangs and violence were now a way of life. In an effort to retain a semblance of normalcy, a strict code of non-violence was mandated within the walls of every city, even as the world outside the walls was ruled by gangs who governed with bullets and blood.
Sunrise City
Like many other cities which still survive in this dangerous era, crime and violence are the normal way of life in Sunrise City. With the exception of the walled off interior, this once thriving beachfront metropolis has become a dangerous, crime-infested ghetto. Nearly everyone who enters the city carries a weapon with them, even though they all know that to draw a weapon in the safe zones means certain death at the hands of municipal police forces.
The streets of Sunrise City are controlled by a tenuous alliance between the corrupt Municipality and six powerful gangs. This unusual alliance has proven to be a boon to Sunrise City, as it has allowed the ruling cadre a means to control the myriad economic interests in the city in one way or another. Manufacturing sites, construction, the shipyards, indeed practically all things which enter or leave the city, pass through the hands of one of the six gangs. Collectively, they have managed to keep the city free of influence by the paramilitary and corporate forces that have taken over other cities. The alliance has not been without its benefits, however. Enriched by the spoils of their cooperation with the municipality, many senior gang members now live within the city, commanding their army of foot-soldiers in the unending war against shared threats on the fringes of the city.
Our Players
With corporate and military enclaves off limits, and the North Burgs too far to reach on foot, gangs of toughs throughout the wastes bring it to Sunrise City to make a name for themselves....
Build a gang, earn a reputation, and kill the competition. Welcome to Sunrise City.