Stellic City

*"Nothing gets wasted in Stellic City"*
― Common saying[src]
**Stellic City** is a fictional dystopian city-state located in the State of New California on the west coast of the United States, and the setting of *Transcendence*. It consists of at least seven districts, all with their own unique architecture and cultures. It is known as the **City of Tomorrow**, but more commonly as the **City of Sin** or the **Metal Tartarus**.

It was established by William Ryan and, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, Stellic City is considered a modern multicultural and thriving metropolis of the 21st-Century overrun by corporations, corruption, organized crime and gang violence. It has wide streets and dense urban skyscrapers which are homes to millions of people. It operates as a fully independent city-state with the Ryan Corporation having near-complete control, alongside criminal gangs that control the various districts of the city. The city has a diverse mix of cultures, mostly consisting of American, English, Japanese and Russian, with entire neighbourhoods controlled by people of these backgrounds.

## History

### Ryan's Vision

William Ryan was born in the 1940s, in a world still reeling from the horrors of the Great War, and quickly rose to become a powerful face in corporate construction. He was famous for his astounding vision of the future. He dreamed of a city free from government, from regulation, where "a man's sweat belonged to that man and that man alone". He purchased a piece of land over 3,200 square kilometres from the State of New California as well as a section of the Pacific Ocean about 150 miles from the land. It was here that Ryan would construct his vision: Stellic City, a metropolis where man would truly be free.

## Districts

### Cloud City

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Cloud city is the premium living spot in Stellic CIty: a vast metropolis home to only the most privileged, where skyscrapers reach high into the atmosphere.

### Diesel Town

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Diesel Town is a major population zone in Stellic City and home to most of its lower-class population. Its architecture resembles the art deco, brutalist and neo-gothic style that major cities such as New York City possessed in the 1920s. Its name comes from the large diesel factories in the district where most of the population works. If you want black-market cybernetics, Diesel Town is the place to go.

### Neon

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Neon is the entertainment capital of the world: a blaze of neon signs, nightclubs, factories, towering advertisments, and corporate skyscrapers. Neon is a major source of criminal activity; its most powerful crime syndicate is the Neon Rangers, who operate out of the Nightingale Club.

#### Tisement Hill

The sub-district Tisement Hill is named for the Tisement Building, a skyscraper more than 1km tall completely covered in neon corporate advertisements. It is the home of the Neon Rangers and consists of a wealthy southern portion and the slums of the northern portion.

### Nereus

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Like Cloud City is the district in the clouds, Nereus is the district of the sea. Nereus is an exclave of Stellic City located 150 miles off the California coast, and is the second-largest district of the city and the most recently built. It is located at an average depth of 3500 metres and is often proclaimed the most vibrant and varied district of the city, home to anyone from aristocrats to beggers. Nereus is connected directly to Stellic City by the Ryan Corporation's D-SICT, an underwater railway tunnel.

### Tartarus

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Tartarus is the slum of Stellic City; crime rules the streets, the only market is the black market, and the murder rate is 84%. The Voodoo, a gang that specializes in black-market gene splicing, holds *de-facto* rule of Tartarus.