Rust Row
Once a working-class hub, Rust Row (formerly Chelsea) has become a decaying industrial wasteland, where the remnants of old-world manufacturing clash with corporate automation. Massive, rusted-out factories loom over the streets, their interiors repurposed into cybernetic salvage yards, black-market workshops, and illegal augmentation labs. A constant haze of smog lingers in the air, mixing with the acrid scent of burning metal and synthetic lubricants. The people here are either forgotten workers struggling to survive or scavengers picking through the remnants of corporate excess.
At the heart of Rust Row is The Scrapworks, an endless sprawl of dismantled machinery, outdated cybernetics, and corporate waste. Here, underground mechanics and rogue AI specialists repurpose discarded tech, forging crude but effective enhancements for those who can’t afford high-end corporate models. Another key location is Copper Alley, a lawless strip filled with fence shops, cyber-smugglers, and rogue engineers, where one can barter for anything from off-grid neural implants to stolen industrial-grade exosuits—if they’re willing to deal with the gangs that control it.
Aegis Enforcement largely ignores the district, allowing criminal enterprises and mercenary outfits to flourish. But the real danger isn’t just the syndicates or the failing infrastructure—it’s the creeping expansion of corporate automation, which is slowly making human labor obsolete. Rust Row is a place where people either adapt, resist, or get swallowed by the ever-hungry machine of progress.
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