76. APOCALYPSE

This small hard core thrash bar is the favorite watering hole of Maelstrom, and its evident right from the start why it appeals to them.  The décor consists of broken windows, barbed wire trim, what looks like scorch and burn marks all over.  Illumination consists of Search lights pointed at the ceiling, neon beer signs, and police lights.

The clientele is rough, the majority being Maelstrom, the others being either hangers on, or people brave enough to enter a bar full of jacked up, heavily augmented boosters and raging on the ear splittingly loud thrash metal that’s being played.  Several bands have regular bookings here, mostly small underground groups, or locals.  But occasionally someone with a following comes in, as among the Thrash scene in Night City you aren’t anyone till you have played Apocalypse.

The owner of the bar is a woman named Terrible Nell. Nell is a large woman, but don’t let her size fool you, the woman chews iron and spits nails.  She doesn’t take shit, even from Maelstrom.  Terrible Nell is old school punk and speed metal, and she respects Maelstroms attitude, the preference for a good old dust up rather than just whipping a gun out right away.  Plus they have the same taste in music.  But she doesn’t let the gang push the bars employees, or the patrons around.  She employs to Maelstrom’s bouncers, but she makes it well known that if they disrespect her, her crew, or her customers, they will be out on their ass.  Razorfist greatly respects her attitude and guts, and keeps his people in line… well as much as anyone can.

1.Front Door (2 large and heavily augmented Maelstrom members named Frak and K-Rom act as Bouncers.  They charge 10eb per head, Maelstrom always gets in free.  They are armed with high voltage stun batons.)

2. Bar (Apocalypse employs two bartenders, a man named Fumbler and a woman named Six).   The bartenders have cattle prods for more unruly customers, as well as each carrying a handgun, and a loaded 10 gauge shotgun sits within easy access under the bar.  Fumbler used to tend bar at the Totentantz, and brought the recipe for the Armaggedon here.)

3. Stage (The stage is enclosed in a chain link fence.  The acts booked here are generally punk, thrash, and speed metal, however occasionally they get in some of the harder Industrial, Ska, and Rap/Rock groups as well.)

4. Sound booth (Two techs are full time employees here, Bitz works the sound while his girlfriend Rings works lights.)

5.  Backstage   6. Dressing room

7. Storage room and access to the Nell’s  basement living quarters.

8. Rest rooms

(Apocalypse originally appears in Chasing The Dragon from Atlas Games.)

Written By Deric Bernier, Images from Fist Of The Noth Star, Borderlands, Bubblegum Crisis, Atlas Games, Empty Zone

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