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| LTG Codes: | 4206 |
| Size: | 1,008 sq. kilometers |
| Population: | 506,000 (Human 48%, Elf 21%, Dwarf 4%, Ork 22%, Troll 4%, Other 1%) |
| Sec. Rating: | E |
| Hospitals: | 6 |
| Major Corps: | None |
| Major Gangs: | The Black Rains, Forever Tacoma, The Princes, The Reality Hackers |
| Map: | Click here |
| Lone Star Sec. Ratings: |
C Zones
- Puyallup City
- Tarislar (Tarislar pays Knight Errant for additional security, giving the area an effective A rating.)
E Zones
- Carbonado
- Loveland
- Graham
- Cracker City
Z Zones
- Hell's Kitchen
- Orting
- Ponderosa Estates
- Silver Springs
- South Prairie
- The Neon Killing
- Thrift
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.: Puyallup
Once a nice place, Puyallup started going down hill in 2017 when Mount Rainier erupted and buried the northern part of the district in ash. A year later, refugees poured in fleeing the NAN takeover of western North America, and even more refugees arrived on the Night of Rage as metahumans sought refuge from the flames on the Tacoma waterfront. The metahumans formed their own enclaves, like elven Tarislar or ork-run Carbonado, but the majority of the district is lawless and abandoned. Lone Star patrols only near the city of Puyallup proper, along the junction of Auburn and Tacoma.
Today, Puyallup is a thousand square kilometers of abandoned buildings, squatter camps, metahuman ghettoes, and black lava fields. Industry is made up mainly of factories built by a few heavy-industrial corps attracted by cheap land and nearly nonexistent enforcement of environmental law. The Matrix in Puyallup is sporadic at best, with brownouts and grid crashes more common than not. It does, hoever, have the Crime Mall, which is an abandoned mall now used as a black-market bazaar, with different "stores" selling various illegal products and services. Puyallup also has Underworld 93 in the city proper. One of the hotest clubs in the metroplex, it hosts some of the biggest live acts in the UCAS, and is also a good place to meet for business.
Like Redmond, Puyallup is part of the Barrens, and there isn't much that requires a shadowrunner's touch. It is a popular place for meets, but offers little in the ways of runs. Puyallup can be a good place to hide out, though, especially if you know someone in one of the metahuman enclaves (and match the racial type of the place.)
.: Places of Interest
There are few places better to see a first class show than Underworld 93 in Puyallup. I saw the Screaming Eagles there two weeks ago and had the best neo-Bauhaus metal a fan can ask for, chummer. The Crime Mall is a great place for biz and shadow purchases. The Bodyshop is the best illegal medical facility in the UCAS and except for an occasional mistake like that decker, "The Twitch" it's a good place to get some cyberware on the cheap.
.: Gangs
Puyallup has almost as many gangs as Redmond. The Razor Heads, a gang that disdains guns in favour of bladed weapons, have been active in Puyallup lately, though where their headquatres is located is anyone's guess. They have been mostly hitting Yakuza- and Mafia-owned gun dealers. The Princes are an elven go-gang based in Tarislar, formed from what was left of the Silent P's after the Spikes hit them. They wear red leathers, usually over black clothes, and rarely leave Tarislar.
The all-ork Black Rains claim the Carbonado enclave as their turf, where they run protection rackets, deal chips, and are part of the Cascade Orks' smuggling network. Their colors are black and gold, and they are led by an Oni - a Japanese Ork metavariant.
The Reality Hackers are a techno-gang out of Puyallup proper. They go for a sleek techno look and feel, and recruit from runaway corp kids. The Hackers pay for their toys with theft, datasteals, chips and pirated software, along with normal ganger fare. They also throw parties, complete with special effects, at their converted warehouse headquatres. The Hackers used to work for the Yakuza but were screwed by them a few years ago: now they love to hurt the yaks. Their colors are chrome and gold.
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