The wasteland’s changed, darlin’. New words, new sights, pages updated and stories stirred. Thought you knew it? Look again.
Bound no longer by weak, decaying bodies, they have transcended into machines of speed, power, and endless reinvention. Each Rust Runner has implanted their brain into specialized tanks stored in the front seat of a customized vehicle. To them, rust is death, stagnation is failure, and motion is life. The Road Forges, massive mobile workshops bristling with tools and scavenged tech, serve as the lifeblood of the faction. Here, Runners trade fuel, upgrades, and new components, forever refining their forms.
At the heart of the faction is Torque Malone, their king. Once a man, now a legend encased in the roaring steel of an old Chevrolet Corvette, Torque embodies the eternal spirit of motion. Rust Runners who fail to maintain themselves, who allow their gears to falter and their bodies to corrode, are left behind—abandoned to the creeping decay they feared most.