No Straight Roads (Company)

This article is about the titular company. For the game, see No Straight Roads

The NSR Tower, HQ for Tatiana.

**No Straight Roads**, commonly abbreviated as **NSR**, is a huge record label, an EDM empire, and the governing body of Vinyl City that served as the titular main antagonist group of *No Straight Roads*.

## Overview

As the largest and most powerful record label in Vinyl City and its de facto corporate government, NSR controls every aspect of the city, down to the music scene, keeping EDM the dominant genre through its monopoly. The megastars who are under contract of NSR run their own districts within the city, where they have establishments based on their brand and places they perform their concerts. They all have a Platinum Disc that grants them as charters in their respective districts.

## Key Figures

**Tatiana** - The CEO and the prime charter of Vinyl City.

### Megastars

NSR's top artists who each control a district of city, and whose visual style is based off of their genre of EDM.

**DJ Subatomic Supernova** - An egotistical, space-themed DJ representing some form of **disco**, he's the charter of Cast Tech and his core location for concerts is Club Planetarium. He is also responsible for the creation of the NSR Satellite.

**Sayu** - A bubbly, mermaid-like virtual idol representing **cutecore** (similar to an idol group or Vocaloid), who makes usage of her **Pyun Pyun Trident.** She is the charter of Akusuka and her core location for concerts is at the Kura Kura Stream Hub.

**Yinu** - A young pianist prodigy representing **neoclassical**, who is aided by her mother, and plays her **White Bloom Pianoforte**. She's the charter of Natura and her location for concerts is in the Natura Concert Hall.

**1010 (Pronounced "Ten-Ten)** - A poptastic, robotic boy band representing **funky house**, incorporating their dance sessions into their music. They are the charters of Metro Division, and their location for concerts is Barraca Mansion. Their manager is a cyborg named Neon J.

**Eve** - An intense, eccentric diva representing **psydub**, the charter of Dream Fever Her location for concerts is the Evenfall Gallery. She's Tatiana's right-hand woman, and is considered the most dangerous artist of NSR.

## Employees

**Mia** - An booth attendant found working in the Festival Plaza, who Bunk Bed Junction meets after crashing DJ Subatomic Supernova's concert.

## Drones

Drones are used by NSR for security, and they guard their artists' concerts.

* Bouncers - NSR security drones that can create a shockwave.
	+ Grey - Slams once at a slow pace to the beat.
	+ Red-arm - Slams at a faster pace than Grey varieties.
	+ Red - Slams twice in a row on a beat. Sometimes moves before attempting to attack.
	+ Black - Slams three times in a row on a beat. Will move before attempting to attack.
	+ Hologram - Unique to Sayu's fight. Behaves like a Grey or Red-arm Bouncer depending on the difficulty.
	+ Vandalized - Unique to the finale. Acts just like a Grey Bouncer, but weaker and will be destroyed in one hit.
* Cameras - NSR security drones that fly and can shoot.
	+ Purple - Will sometimes or always shoot out a Purple projectile.
* Turrets- NSR Security drones that stand in place and shoot. Will attempt to melee instead of shooting when approached.
* Beaters - NSR security drone that can move around and burst out metal pistons.
	+ Shielded - Unique to the 1010 Approach. Can spawn temporary shields.
	+ Illusionary - Unique to the Eve Approach. Moves only by disappearing and reappearing near Mayday and Zuke before attacking.
* Clappers- Additional to the Encore Edition. They only strike their palms against their opponents, but stationary.

## Possessions

### Regularities

#### **NSR Tower**

NSR Tower is the HC of NSR. The tower is first seen during **Tatianas**monologue at the start of the game, and again when Mayday and Zuke climbed up to a building edge. It is the tallest building in Vinyl City, with an added on lighthouse on top.

NSR Tower is where **Tatianas** **boss fight** takes place.

During the finale of the game, it is revealed that the tower can turn into a robotic hand.

#### **Festival Plaza**

> *"We feed it music and it powers the whole city" - 1010 (White)*
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It has be stated repeatedly in game that the Festival Plaza act as a power generator. the process of how it converts music into energy is currently unknown.

### **Districts**

There are **five** districts in Vinyl City. All of which are under management of a **charter**. Each district has their own unique flair that correlates with its charter.

#### **Cast Tech**

Cast Tach is the district managed by **DJ Subatomic Supernova****. Club Planetarium** can be found here, which is where the first boss fight takes place.

#### Akusuka

Akusuka district is managed by **Sayu. Kura Kura Stream Hub** can be found here, which is where the second boss fight takes place.

#### Natura

Natura is managed by **Yinu****. Natura Concert Hall** can be found here, which is where the third boss fight takes place.

#### Metro Division

Metro Division district is managed by **1010,** and **Neon J****. Barraca Mansion** can be found here, which is where the fourth boss fight takes place.

#### Dream Fever

Dream Fever district is managed by **Eve. Evenfall Gallery** can be found here, which is where the fifth boss fight takes place.

## Story

### Lights Up Auditions

After Mayday and Zuke's performance at the Lights Up Audition, an event that has been used to find new artists to prop up under NSR's label, Tatiana and the other artists all failed Bunk Bed Junction, believing them to not represent what NSR is looking for.

Following this performance, Tatiana makes an announcement that NSR was only searching for EDM artists now, and asked for future auditioners to only work in that genre, enraging Mayday.

As Mayday and Zuke argue over whether NSR is a truly corrupt system, the city experienced a blackout. From the duo's vantage point, they see the backup energy that NSR produced was not being funneled into the entire city, but only to the districts where the NSR artists reside.

Bunk Bed Junction planned to take on the NSR artists, one by one, and started a music revolution in the process.

### DJ Subatomic Supernova vs. Bunk Bed Junction

DJ Subatomic Supernova is the first and easiest boss, find out more about his battle at Vs. DJ SUBATOMIC SUPERNOVA.

### Sayu vs. Bunk Bed Junction

Sayu is the second boss and the first one to be introduced by Kliff, find out more about her battle at Vs. SAYU.

### Yinu vs. Bunk Bed Junction

Yinu is the third boss you fight and the first one developed by Metronomik. find out more about her battle at Vs. YINU.

### 1010 vs. Bunk Bed Junction

1010 and Neon J are the 4 boss, find out more about their battle at Vs. 1010.

### Eve vs. Bunk Bed Junction

Eve is the fifth boss, find out more about her battle at Vs. EVE.

### Tatiana vs. Bunk Bed Junction

Tatiana is the final boss, find out more about her battle at Vs. TATIANA.

## Trivia

* The Main Tower has a Lighthouse on top, this seems to be a design choice or maybe it could be part of NSR's origin.
* Each district with an NSR artist has at least one building that mimics the design of the Main Tower, as shown in the title cutscene.
	+ Furthermore, Each of the NSR artists are somewhat similar to the six Infinity Stones from the Marvel franchise:
		- DJ Subatomic Supernova representing Space
		- Sayu representing Reality
		- Yinu representing Soul
		- 1010 representing Power
		- Eve representing Mind
		- Tatiana representing Time
			* Additionally, during the finale when Bunk Bed Junction and the NSR artists combine to stop the satellite, the NSR tower resembles the Infinity Gauntlet with the flick being a reference to the snap.
* In Tatiana's office, there's an unknown mural on the right, it could either be a boss who was removed in the game, or someone important to Tatiana.
* At the very end, the NSR tower is revealed to be a giant metronome, this is actually a reference to the creator of No Straight Roads, Metronomik.