Rumored to be some place in the Puyallups, a mall where criminals run the stores. Guns and drugs are displayed like candy in stuffer shacks.
It's no wonder this three-story abandoned mall on the outskirts of Puyallup is the best place in town to find just about anything illegal you might be looking for. Weapons, armor, drugs, pirated software, electronics, cyberware, magical gear; if you can think of it and it's not legal, odds are that somebody here is selling it.
Crime mall is security rating Z. Most weapons are fine. Some shops have a weapons check at the door. Only carrying the gun in you hand will cause problems with local security.
Security forces tend to carry all types. Those working security tend to have little mercy on people causing problems. Also, getting to and leaving the mall is where you are most likely to have a problem. That is when the vultures seek to relieve those with a lot of tech and little security of their burdens.
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Lone Star has been trying to put this place out of business since it opened after the first Crash, but so far they've had no luck. It's simply too useful to too many people to allow the Star to shut it down. There are known entrances to the Ork Underground that ensures the escape of the Mall's tenants during the raids. The Mall is not open every night, but rather only a number of nights per month to reduce Lone Star's ability to effectively impede operations.
The crowd is varied, except Yaks. Mafia tends to cap them on sight. There is an unwritten rule about open violence: Expect to die. Think of a subway car with every passenger armed for protection. The minute someone attempts a robbery a dozen people shoot them. The big hitters (mafia, several big time fixers, arms dealers and smugglers) provide security for themselves that extend to the areas of the mall.
An ork gang controls the underground. They are well organized and only the crazy or stupid mess with them.
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In the past couple of years some of the core 'merchants' there have chipped in to upgrade the place's defenses (including an AR network designed to confuse the hell out of anybody who doesn't belong there) and they charge the small fry a nominal fee to participate. There's high turnover among the smaller merchants as they get picked up by the Star or knifes in a dispute over pricing, but the big ones have been there for years and are well-versed in
staying out of trouble.
No police, except when there is a raid and then they always expect heavy opposition. It's almost a no man's land. There are of course pay offs to keep raids to a minimum.
The gang running the underground is known as the Mall Monsters.
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