PIKE CITY – SECTOR THETA-9
Command Briefing
Deep beneath the surface of Pike City, where the light of the sun has never reached, lies Sector Theta-9, a sprawling labyrinth of rusted corridors, collapsed domes, and industrial ruins stretching for miles in every direction. Pike City itself was built around a cluster of ancient promethium burners. These vast, towering spires of iron and steel once rose alongside the hive’s core to vent flame and ash into the upper atmosphere. Long since fallen silent, these skeletal towers still dominate the skyline, their blackened stacks looming over the settlement like rusted pikes driven into the bones of the hive.
At their base, within the shadow of these dead engines, unnumbered hivers scrape out a living amidst decaying infrastructure. The outer districts are ringed with sharpened metal spars and broken industrial remains, themselves a crude but effective barrier against the mutant horrors that roam the deeper levels below. Inside, gangs trade in scrap, brew synth, and wage constant war for every scrap of territory worth holding. The sector is still rich in resources if you know where to look. Promethium caches lie buried in sealed chambers. Workshops still hum with power from geothermal taps. Narco dens and synth stills operate openly in the lawless outer districts. Control these assets, and you control Pike City.
WARZONE STATUS
*Momentum: Combatants lack the strength for major strategic offensives. Faction win rates determine momentum or relative strength when full narrative campaign is activated.
PIKE CITY
Sector Theta-9
Sector Theta-9 is a dense sector consisting of three distinct Sub Sectors. The Administrative Hub, the zone with the most wealth passing through it, where the previous Governor Thaun did the majority of his under the table deals and had most of his connections. Then, the Manufactorum, at its centre a massive slag refinement foundry taking the trash, slag and discarded materials of the hive above and melting it down to worthwhile materials. Bazaars, furnaces, workshops and an expansive tunnel network are all to be found here. And finally, the site of the Assassination itself, the hab blocks. With tight lanes and vertical drops, its possibly the most dangerous area of Sector Theta-9. Drinking halls, gang hideouts, weapons caches and drug dens are all in plenty here in the Residential District.
The Assassination
The Sector Governor, Ramalius Thaun, was the very model of a corrupt politician. Bribery, under the table deals, embezzlement, and most importantly, he just got assassinated. His air car on a trip out of the Sector to his private home higher up in the hive was bombed. A ganger, juiced up on anything you could name rammed the car with his own stolen one before the pair detonated. Any ganger worth their salt knows the explosion was too big for the cars to have made, it had to have been set off with additional explosives in one of the vehicles. Which means that someone is making a power play. In the vacuum left behind by the Governors early end, there’s plenty to be done. There’s loot to be stolen, territory to be claimed, investigations to be done and maybe even claiming the Sector Governor’s seat if it means bringing an end to the fighting.
But the sudden and opportunistic death of Thaun isn’t the only thing happening down in Sector Theta-9. Rumblings of a powerful and dangerous imperial official wandering the halls, unscrupulous and violent. Hunting something he’s only ever been heard calling “The Black”, a mysterious entity, force, or power. The rumours are unclear. But it’s dangerous, and so is the man hunting it.
