 Glow City, Looking for some background |
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 Jul 7 2006, 06:11 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 11-May 06 Member No.: 8,547  |
Can someone give me some intel on the redmond barrens decline and glow city?
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Jul 7 2006, 07:12 PM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Glow City is a nuclear reactor that suffered a partial meltdown. It leaks radioactivity and is generally a smaller version of Chernobyl. However, despite the risks, a community of squatters installed itself around the reactor. They suffer from cancers, mutations and many health problems. A gang, The Rust Stilettoes, calls this place home.
The Redmond Barrens in general came to be during the Crash. The many IT companies went bankrupt, crashing the economy and then the local governement. Then poor people starting to move in and squat. The authorities stopped trying to fix the situation and abandonned it. It thus became a magnet for the poor and disenfranchised, turning into the Barrens. |
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Jul 7 2006, 08:43 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 11-May 06 Member No.: 8,547 |
Much of thanks. I figured it had to be something like that.
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Jul 8 2006, 04:47 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Reston VA, USA Member No.: 6,046 |
If I remember correctly, Glow City is also the domain of a toxic shaman named Burning Bones, who thrives on the rad count, right?
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Jul 8 2006, 05:36 AM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Yes the crazy bastard lived inside the reactor. However i think that info was pretty old so I just assumed he's dead by now. |
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Jul 8 2006, 05:52 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Nah. The radiation probably made him even more dangerous since one would assume he'd either attune to it magically, or have a Radiation Shield spell (T:W), or both.
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Jul 8 2006, 04:28 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,428 Joined: 9-June 02 Member No.: 2,860 |
Apparently, one of the features of the Shadowrun alternate history is that Western nuclear reactors eschewed containment domes, like the Russian designs, because in SR, there's a period where nuclear reactors are popping like a string of fire crackers. |
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Jul 8 2006, 07:10 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 18-June 03 From: The chaos of the jersey sprawl Member No.: 4,764 |
When was glow city added to Seattle? I don't recall it from either of the Seattle books. Is it new with Runner Havens or was it added elsewhere?
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Jul 8 2006, 08:00 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,784 Joined: 28-July 04 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 6,522 |
The first edition Seattle Sourcebook had a paragraph on it on p.130. The same write-up was essentially copied into New Seattle. (p.65) However, there was a bit more Shadowtalk added to it there.
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