The
Gauntlet is a 6 block square of turf along
the eastern wall of the Zone and it’s the
home to several minor gangs who constantly
fight over territory. Turf boundaries
change from one block to the next, and just
as one gang is wiped out a new one takes its
place.
The
gangs of the Gauntlet are so tightly
condensed that keeping track of them and
their movements is next to impossible.
What might be a safe street one week can
turn into a war zone at a moments
notice. Few gangs in the Gauntlet rely
on ethnic or cultural lines to define them
and most are just small groups scrambling
for scraps. It doesn’t help that the
area is sandwiched between Stomp to the east
and Maelstrom to the South, two of the
largest and most violent gangs in the
Zone. To the north lies Bushido, who
don’t directly threaten them, but have a
very low tolerance for anyone intruding on
their territory.
The
Gauntlet is the most chaotic place in the
zone. Non-gang affiliated citizens who
live here do their best to keep their heads
low and rarely venture outside once the sun
goes down.
While
most of the gangs in the area disappear
almost as quickly as they form, the last
remnants of some of the older more powerful
gangs can still be found squatting in the
Cauldron. Blood and Tears (see Night
City) is one of the oldest gangs in the
Zone, and while their numbers have dwindled
to an estimated 30, they have survived by
remaining adaptable and by moving
constantly. Warrior Hearts (see CP
2020) still have about a dozen members and
currently claim the southwest corner of the
Gauntlet as their own. The Steel
Slaughter Slammers (see CP 2020), or what’s
left of them, about 18 members, can be found
here as well, trying desperately to avoid
Maelstrom. Other gangs come and go,
some join forces, some just dissolve, most
get wiped out.
The Gauntlet is unforgiving. Things
are so desperate for most gangs in the
Gauntlet, that firearms are almost unheard
of, instead they rely on hand to hand and
vicious melee weapons to fight most of their
battles, saving their guns for when larger
outside gangs try and move in. As
unlikely as it sounds that any of these
gangs would work together, if outside gangs,
or police, try to move in on the cauldron,
they will stop their animosities to combat
the larger threat… the end result of the
gangs of the Gauntlet being pushed as far as
they are willing to go.
Written
By Deric Bernier, (with gangs and locations created by
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