Underground

> ***Once a group of Asian Boys murdered a Moxie girl, so people took matters into their own hands.. When you mess with an Underground, you have certain death.***
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Underground is one of the many Neo-Tokyo gangs located in Pacifica.

## Overview

The Underground are a relatively small, non-territorial Pacific rebel gang made up primarily of street performers, defectors, anarchists, punks, workers, and sexual minorities, most of them young survivors of the district's dark past or victims of the devastating impact that brought to its population the War of Separation. Influenced by the biggest rap punk in Neo-Tokyo, they are generally against the corruption of various mega-corporations that rule the city and organize terrorist acts against their headquarters, attacking the allied gangs that have provided their services and their security guards, echoing the rebellious attitude and moxie nickname with which they have been known since their inception

## History

When a sex worker, known as Mitzy Heywood, was brutally raped and murdered by Asian Boys gang members after being subjected to the sanitation program at a Black Souls business, the Underground avenged her by killing three of the assailants and displaying their bodies. in front of his club, proclaiming that the same would happen to anyone else who hurt a prostitute. That night, Asian Boys stormed and demolished his bar before killing 18 young men in a shooting attack. These actions created an uproar that the Asians could not have foreseen. The deaths of their victims sparked a wave of protracted riots throughout Neo-Tokyo and the Pacific, with Asian Boys members and businesses becoming prime targets of the violence. Those events cemented Mitzy Heywood as a symbol of defiance against lawlessness and gang brutality that would eventually worsen.

The Underground like to wear outfits that are a mix of punk aesthetics and armor made of technology known as programmable matter, which is a computerized nanomaterial that can be turned into any weapon; guns, swords, shields, armor or stun sticks. The colors the members wear are somewhere between purple and reddish pink, with masks and face coverings, however, they usually don't wear clothing that restricts their movements in any way, making them look more like a gang member. Some members, especially those who focus on combat, have heavily modified bodies that sometimes evoke a more rebellious and intimidating style.

## Philosophy and Structure

The Underground is an English word to refer to those movements, cultural manifestations or artistic expressions that are against the current of tradition, canon and official culture. In this sense, these are countercultural movements that are out of fashion trends, so the expression of this gang is urban art and designates what is underground, born with the countercultural movements that emerged after the War of Separation. and the chaos of Pacifica.

The Underground were formed with the interest of mutual self-defense as something underground, clandestine, alternative and marginal in the cultural or artistic movements that survived from Pacifica, things like rock, hip hop and rap. They quickly jumped into the public eye when the power-hungry megacorporation CyberCore did, and the gang apparently targeted the CEO above all else, charging her as a murderer. Many of them nicknamed by the old slang term "moxie", denoting their determination to stand up to their oppressors. One of their emblems is the symbol of the neo-military armies inverted, being a white triangle pointing upwards.

They do not have a strict hierarchy, each individual gang member is respected equally and contributes in his or her own way to building and protecting their small community. However, they are a gang, and despite their members referring to themselves as "those who protect surviving children" from violence and abuse, they demand a fee for their charges to cover the needs of their refugees and the expenses required by their doctors to treat the wounded. All of their hangouts are with allied gangs in the subway or in abandoned places down the sewers of mega-corporations that have been vandalized and rebuilt as makeshift homes, filled with street art and tech from members who are dedicated to engineering and combat.

## Sources of Income

Most of the Underground's income is generated by side jobs at Pacifica or internally. They do not control any contiguous part of Neo-Tokyo, instead focusing on protecting the facilities they use as a refuge and members who operate in the vicinity of the district. As long as they are left to their own devices, they do not actively seek confrontation with other gangs, though they have strained relations with the Asian Boys, who continue to test their patience and fighting capabilities.

## Notable Members

 Dollie
 E.V.A.
 Judy Ayala
 Angel Mox
 Annie

## Trivia

* All the events that led to Pacifica together with the death of the Heywoord girl gave rise to the Underground, a gang of sex workers, sexual minorities, punks and anarchists who found the "moxie" to defend themselves. Underground's attire and iconography combine elements associated with prostitution and a form of femininity with skulls, axes, spikes, and other paraphernalia of death and violence. As their slogans proudly proclaim, sex and murder are the essence of who they are. When crossed, they transform from sweet angels of pleasure to ruthless, long-legged killers in the blink of a perfectly masked eye.

## Gallery

Lizzie Moxie signature logoClouds club posterLizzie's Bar poster