Seattle Metroplex
Hoi chummers, welcome to the sprawl. New in town? Lifetime native but just getting into the shadows? Local and a veteran but just hitting the hub host? Well, whichever you are, take a seat and have a listen. This is solid paydata for anyone coming into this host.
Seattle’s a city on the edge omae, and that’s the way the citizens like it. We’re shadowrunner mecca, we’re the place to be, scan? What other city you gonna have people bragging about knowing a ‘runner via a few degrees of separation? We’ve got every AAA working here (Even SK, the wrought-iron krauts) and tons of AA and As too. We’ve got every political party and law enforcement agency from the UCAS here. We got the Mafia, the Yaks, Triads, the Vory, the Seoulpa Rings, we even got our little homegrown band of elves the Laesa. We got more gangs than you can toss a grenade at, and some of em are big enough you might just have heard of ‘em outside our borders. In short omae, we are positively vibrating with thugs, suits, and every brand of criminal both obvious and hidden between. And all of ‘em need people that don’t exist to go do things they can’t be seen doing. That means you, for the meathead types.
First off, the big basics. Seattle’s the sole UCAS turf this side of the rockies, from Everett up north down to the Puyallup barrens down south. North to South West to East, it’s the districts of Everett, Snohomish, Downtown, Bellevue, Redmond, Auburn, Tacoma, Renton, Puyallup. Nine districts, each its own damn city in its own right, with its own culture and its own rules to work in. But before I get into the districts, we’re going to get across the basics. Bear with me, and you’ll come out wiser and more street smart for it.
Seattle’s a city on the edge omae, and that’s the way the citizens like it. We’re shadowrunner mecca, we’re the place to be, scan? What other city you gonna have people bragging about knowing a ‘runner via a few degrees of separation? We’ve got every AAA working here (Even SK, the wrought-iron krauts) and tons of AA and As too. We’ve got every political party and law enforcement agency from the UCAS here. We got the Mafia, the Yaks, Triads, the Vory, the Seoulpa Rings, we even got our little homegrown band of elves the Laesa. We got more gangs than you can toss a grenade at, and some of em are big enough you might just have heard of ‘em outside our borders. In short omae, we are positively vibrating with thugs, suits, and every brand of criminal both obvious and hidden between. And all of ‘em need people that don’t exist to go do things they can’t be seen doing. That means you, for the meathead types.
First off, the big basics. Seattle’s the sole UCAS turf this side of the rockies, from Everett up north down to the Puyallup barrens down south. North to South West to East, it’s the districts of Everett, Snohomish, Downtown, Bellevue, Redmond, Auburn, Tacoma, Renton, Puyallup. Nine districts, each its own damn city in its own right, with its own culture and its own rules to work in. But before I get into the districts, we’re going to get across the basics. Bear with me, and you’ll come out wiser and more street smart for it.
Getting There
Let’s start with how some of you got here. You either flew, drove, or sailed. Of course, this info’s also gonna be useful if you need to get back out.Air
Seattle’s got more than its fair share of airports. SeaTac comes to mind of course, but there’s also the strip at Ft Lewis if you used to be a jarhead, and that’s not even getting into the variety of unlabeled and off the grid strips up in Snoho or down in Puyallup. Protip: Don’t use SeaTac. You’re just paying for the hassle of a burnt SIN.Land
Well, there’s roads. But all of ‘em have checkpoints with the SSC and that’s bad news for our types. Main routes are North, South and East. North and South have got the security but also a lot of daily traffic so it’s not as bad as it could be slipping over ‘em. Eastern road officially occurs on the Redmond-Renton border, and that means sec there is pretty damn lax. So if you gotta drive, use that road. Past just cars and roads, there’s the SanFran maglev, though you’re peeping some pretty high sec there since it goes through elf country - sorry, I mean Tir Tairngire. And all this assumes you care about using actual roads. There’s miles and miles of border technically, and most if it is passable if you know the right sort of wheels to get you past it - and you can deal with the possible critters out there.Sea
Well, we’ve got a whole damn ocean to the west. Pretty useful tool to get folks over here. Don’t be a chump and use the ferries or anything official, that’s just more SIN Checks and hassle. Get to know a real good smuggler and use the backpaths they’ll know, like the San Juan strait or Case Inlet.Getting Around
Locally Now that’s covered getting in and out. Let’s talk getting around shall we? Transit Don’t discount it just cuz there’s homeless bums on the bus, omae. Automated buses fill the downtown streets, and they’re pretty common in the nicer areas like Bellevue, Renton and some of Tacoma. They’ll even go to Touristville in Redmond or Puyallup city since there’s anti-tamper measures on the outside to keep petty vandals away. It’s even free inside Downtown, and all of 2 nuyen a ride outside the district. Downtown’s also got the monorail for a faster experience if you don’t mind being limited to the landmarks. Driving Cars! The UCASian dream. And with cars comes gridguide. Especially Downtown - it’s actively the law to use it at all times, not that we much care for the law most times. Still wise to know if you’re just trying to grab a bite to eat. Of course once you branch out from downtown it gets less and less prevalent - or even serviceable as an option. Don’t own a car? Kind of a bad idea champ, but you do you. In that case, taxi services. EmeraldCab, YellowCab, GridCab, to name a few. Any number of pay-for-ride services out there, even limo services for those of you with more nuyen than sense. Moving on, there’s also a little gem called KeyCar - cars are just parked around at meters. Pay the fee, you get the car! Costs about 15 a month to be on the roster. But these are all legal measures, and we want stuff that’ll let us carry our guns around right? Well, you want GhostRide. Lot of bored riggers drive their cars around as taxis for the right crowd, if you don’t mind trusting you and your doss to some unknown. Protip: have your fixer vet the incoming rigger if you can. Flight You’d be surprised here, but there’s a number of air taxi services. Emerald Air, Quetzal Shuttle, FedBoeing Air Carriers to name a few. It’ll run you about 100 to start, more if you’re bringing friends, but for that you get a crosstown hop at speed. Not bad eh chummer? Float Honestly? Kind of a wash (heheheh) here. The ferries or a smuggler are your only real options unless you own a boat.Demographics
Human: 66%
Elf: 13%
Dwarf: 2%
Ork: 16%
Troll: 2%
Other: 1%
Elf: 13%
Dwarf: 2%
Ork: 16%
Troll: 2%
Other: 1%
Government
Charles C. Lindstrom, elected mayor of Seattle in 2018, declared governor of Seattle 2020.
Marilyn Schultz, Formerly Mayor of Bellevue, elected governor of Seattle in 2039.
Marilyn Schultz, Formerly Mayor of Bellevue, elected governor of Seattle in 2039.
Geography
Law and Government Seattle is sometimes designated as a "state", sometimes since 2017 as a "metroplex", a unique term not applied to any other entity in the UCAS. As any state, it has a governor, a state legislature, and at the federal level 2 senators and 6 representatives. Every federal text applies to Seattle as to every UCAS state, except since 2042 the possibility granted only to Seattle by the UCAS Congress for Seattle to send its own ambassadors in foreign countries. Mercer Island, now known as Council Island was ceded to the Salish-Shidhe Council to be used as an embassy.
Founding Date
2017
Alternative Name(s)
The Sprawl
Type
City
Population
3,000,000+
Inhabitant Demonym
Seattleite, Sprawler
Included Locations
Owner/Ruler
Owning Organization
Seattle City Services
Fire Safety: Crassiano CorpGridGuide: Mitsuhama CryptoTech
Healthcare: City Health Services
Matrix Service: Novatech
Police: Lone Star Security Services
Power: Gaeatronics
Prisons: Lone Star Security Services
Public Works: Shiawase Envirotech
Sanitation: New Day Environics
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