❕ Story - Inner Circle Blackout

It happened overnight. By morning, an entire quadrant of the Inner Circle had gone dark. Power was out. Surveillance systems were offline. The magrail stalled in its station. Water, heating, and other basic amenities were disrupted, leaving residents disoriented and frustrated. Maintenance crews were dispatched immediately, yet despite their best efforts, no clear cause for the outage has been identified.

Throughout the entirety of the inner circle, including parts that did not lose power, reports began to spread of objects and picture frames found toppled across apartments and offices, as though some invisible hand had passed through in the night. Locals whisper that tremors may have caused the disturbances, though no official seismic activity has been recorded. The combination of sudden blackout and unexplained disruptions has left many feeling uneasy, a creeping sense that this is more than a simple technical failure. 

Authorities have moved quickly to relocate residents to temporary housing, spreading them across hotels and vacant apartments while promising a swift resolution. Meanwhile, the darkened quadrant has deteriorated rapidly. With surveillance down and emergency response slowed, lawlessness has taken hold... local gangs and traffickers are already shedding blood for control of the area, taking advantage of the blackout.

✦ If your character canonically lives in the affected quadrant, they may have been relocated to temporary housing, though whether this impacts them is entirely up to you. It may even be the lap of luxury compared to what they're used to. Breakers may take advantage of the situation, while Law Enforcement has been instructed to avoid entering the area until further notice due to the level of danger.

✦ If you happen to have access to a pack of surveillance drones from a certain mission, your information could prove valuable to both breakers and law enforcement.

✦ If you are involved in the Blood Moon Gang, you may be summoned to the blackout quadrant. Within the quadrant is an automotive repair garage that is crucial to BMG's existence-- it must be protected and defended from looting and territory war at all costs.

▷ Florent Schmitt - Légende, Op. 66 (1918) arr. for Violin and Orchestra (1924) ♬