Overview: It is the year 2043, the world has changed greatly since the last years.
In the 20th century a company founded in 1947, called "SAPPHIRE Inc." had its start in technology and transport development. Soon SAPPHIRE developed technologies for the transport of goods and passengers, with great results. New engines, aircraft designs, car models and ship types emerged. The company became a market-leading success in the transport industry.
But SAPPHIRE was also a research institution, and for such, there are no boundaries.
SAPPHIRE began researching a new technology called the "SAPPHIRE pattern system". A new, and seemingly insane idea and technology that would pull "SAPPHIRE-lines" all across the world. Over the whole surface of the earth, as well as the sky above the clouds. These lines would be used by machines specially designed by SAPPHIRE, the so-called "line ships". A revolution for movement, a new era of mass transport.
The lines represent invisible but physically existing "noodle-like tracks." There are two types of lines: "main line" and "side line". A main line is suitable for large ships. A side line, in turn, is a line adapted for medium-sized and smaller ships. Another sub-category of lines is the "link line". This is a line that exists between other lines and connects them. The size of the line being connected by the link line again determines the size of the link line. Thus, when a link line connects a main line to another main line, the link line has the size of a main line.
Lines also never have curves. Main lines and side lines would be stretched around the earth in a circular structure.
The lines would have to be maintained with "main system facilities", which according to SAPPHIRE are located "somewhere in the sea".
20 years ago, SAPPHIRE succeeded in developing the SAPPHIRE-pattern and lines. The ships worked perfectly, the lines were stable. SAPPHIRE bathed in fame and capital. No one noticed how the lines were created, no construction work, no nothing. On one day, SAPPHIRE merely announced the completion of the project and carried out a test ride with a ship. Despite the refusal of several governments to establish invisible transport lines across their country and in their flight zone, SAPPHIRE insisted. SAPPHIRE's great, if not global, impact facilitated the negotiations, a "line-traffic pact" was introduced. If necessary, each country can use it to control the transport on the lines in "their" sky.
The sky-lines are located on the 7-kilometer mark in the sky, the earth lines on the 500-meter mark. Since some buildings are above the height of the earth lines, SAPPHIRE agreed to adjust the lines, if necessary, at the locations mentioned. Because of the usually existing possibility to go on the "deck" of a ship, a gas mask with oxygen supply and a protective suit has to be used continuously.
A medium-sized ship model; built by SAPPHIRE; "Czar"-class
The lines are being driven by the "line ships", a kind of steel machine which can differ greatly in size from other ships. From a 30-meter-long merchant ship to a 4-kilometer-long colossus. They are powered with "cores", these were developed just like the ships and the entire pattern system by SAPPHIRE. Despite the name, "line ships" have very little in common with "real" seagoing ships. Each sky ship has a "stabilizer", a device that connects the ship to the line and moves the ship forward, an "X-line-stabilizer", a module attached to the stabilizer that maintains the ship's hold on the X axis so it does not tilt and several tanks, which are installed at the rear of the ship and are equipped with fans. The fans also have ventilation slots and bonnets that regulate the supply of air. The content of the tanks is used by the stabilizer for the movement of the ship, this substance is filled up in liquid form and comes from an anomaly.
The stabilizer was constructed alongside the stabilization of the ship, also for forward movement, this "pulls" the ship along the line. The stabilizer uses the substance from the tank and the plasma from the core. These two substances converts the stabilizer into a kind of "movement". However, if the cooling of the tanks fails, the substance heats up to very high temperatures and thus creates a risk of explosion. In the situation of uncontrolled warm-up of the substance, an automated system is started, which releases the brackets from the tanks and drops them towards the surface. In the absence of the substance, a ship is unable to move.
The maximum speed of a line ship depends on several factors, e.g. the type of the vessel, weight and load weight. An unloaded colossal ship can reach a speed of 100 up to 160 km/h while a lighter and smaller vessel can reach speeds up to 250 km/h.
SAPPHIRE even announced that they had plans for "underground lines". The corresponding construction work on tunnels and underground facilities had already begun. Information on this topic was published by SAPPHIRE very rarely.
But at what price were these things achieved?
The Foundation became aware of SAPPHIRE when it presented the sample system. The science behind the lines did not settle for the Foundation, the system just worked. The Foundation had it's doubts, it had to bring SAPPHIRE under it's control at all costs. It coordinated an attack on the SAPPHIRE stations and line maintenance facilities.
It came as it had to, the attack succeeded at large, but in a main system in the U.S.A. Ohio, something went wrong, the system got out of control. A domino effect had been triggered. Starting from the main system, the earth lines began to decay irregularly in all directions, but did not simply decay, the decay reaction created an anomalous region, which was getting bigger and bigger. The SAPPHIRE pattern system on Earth destroyed slowly but surely everything on its way. Sometimes thunderbolt-like electroshocks showed themselves as they swarmed over the surface. The anomalous region is an invisible field, which exists only on the surface and doesn't enter e.g. bunkers or metros. In the event that someone or something moves into it, a shrill and continuiously louder getting tone manifests itself, which in a way resembles a high pitched scream. This can be suppressed with certain
ingestible medicaments, which suggests that the "cry" is a psychological effect of the anomaly. The object which has moved into it is hit by strong electric shocks. However, this is not quite true for the flora. Some plants located in the abnormal zone are happy about the absence of humans. Often, fatal electric sparks with different sizes appear in the air, bullet-like spheres which turn into a thunderbolt when touched. Just like small, spontaneous discharges and lightning strikes which climb up buildings and whirl around antennas.
The sea was also affected by the disintegration, the area continued to spread over the entire surface of the earth. The access to seawater was made impossible. However, the area did not penetrate holes, earth or sea surfaces, so to speak, remained as a "shield" on the earth's surface.
The fault was pushed unto SAPPHIRE, a scapegoat for the Foundation, which could not reveal its existence to the public. Members and researchers of SAPPHIRE were searched, captured, held responsible, and, if the police failed to protect the member, killed by the people. All resentment and hatred went towards SAPPHIRE. The Foundation shifted its members and SCPs to underground bunkers, but it wasn't possible to transport all known SCPs. Already on the 3rd day, a large part of the SCPs contained in the U.S.A. were lost, the people were also transported to bunkers, underground facilities and tunnels built by SAPPHIRE, or driven onto sky-line ships and lifted into the air. The sky-lines were still stable. The Foundation shifted its presence to the underground, but went to the sky a little while later. Many bunkers were connected with corridors and tunnels. A small part of the people could guess that most of the tunnels, bunkers and facilities were built by SAPPHIRE itself. The promised underground lines were never completed, however, the already established tunnels and installations were searched, found and used for the evacuation.
Very few wanted to go into the sky, the "cursed" SAPPHIRE-lines were hated and abhorred by many. Broad sections of the society organized protests. Most rescued people found shelter in the bunkers below the surface. Many bunkers were provided by the Foundation, those who came from the Second World War were made habitable.
The anomalous area was spreading steadily, many people who were not evacuated died.
On the 30th day the whole of U.S.A. was wrapped by the anomalous area. On the 100th day, South America was no more. On the 200th day the event horizon reached Europe. On the 300th day, Moscow was "cleansed" and on the final day, the earth-line system had completely collapsed. Of the approximately 8 billions still alive humans in 2022, ~3 billions survivors remained in the 2023rd year. A big portion of mankind was extinguished. Again, a new era had begun.
Of the 3 billion people, 98% lived in the underground, and the rest in ships on the sky-lines. Over time however, more and more ships rose to the sky until about 600 million people were present in the sky.
Food and water mostly comes from the underground. Genetically manipulated vegetable as well as animal food allowed itself without the need to be "copied", to be raised without sunshine. Salt water was extracted from the sea by so-called "deep fountains" in the underground, cleaned and distributed. However, the cleaning of salt water is not quite easy in the underground and thus most of the water is delivered by ships from the sky. This in turn is won with special equipment from the clouds.
A couple of years later, the largest ships were formed into so-called "ship settlements" or "shipyards". Most of them fixed themselves to a certain point in the sky-lines. A social system has been set up. Provisions were brought from the underground with transport ships. This was done with rare "docking-points" on the surface, which were not run over by the anomalous zone. The docking points were connected with the sky lines from the beginning, but not with the earth lines. The appearance of the docking points resembles a huge and deep "concrete hole" into which the corresponding ship descends. The depth can vary between 500 m and one km. The contact between sky and earth remained. There was no doubt that a certain tension arose between the two, now different in social order, communities. The people in the underground brandmarked those in the sky as "traitors". The other way around, the inhabitans ob the sky called the people living in the underground "setbacks". The contact was reduced to the exchange of goods.
In the year of the disaster, "Leviathan-ships" were lifted into the sky. These are monumentally large compared to other ships and have much more space for passengers or goods. Leviathan-ships usually use several stabilizers and therefore main lines at the same time. There are only a few Leviathan-ships, most of which have been reconstructed into shipyards or ships, and the control of such a ship has a certain influence over traffic in the sky. These ships are described by many as "predecessors of all sky-ships" because of their origin from the surface and their size, although this is not exactly true.
The "FCS Acario"; heavily armed transport ship, built by the FCS; Smaller "colossus" class
"Alliances" were formed. The "Federal Cities of the Sky" ("FCS"), "United Federation of the States of the far West" ("UFSW") and the "Alliance of Free Skycities" ("AFS") are amongst the largest alliances between sky-cities. Although, not all alliances share the same opinions and ideals. E.g. the relationship between the FCS and the AFS is not exactly to be seen as "friendly neighbors", while the AFS understands itself with the UFSW very well. The FCS is at the moment the largest alliance and the AFS, the one with the weakest influence, and is thus the third-largest alliance. There are also other alliances and deferations, but on a much smaller scale.
The FCS is much more militarily organized, the UFSW has its focus on the trade between sky and underground and the AFS is active in the scientific field. Amongst other things, the AFS has developed the CPCS-cores. These fuel new and modern ships. The cores were developed in a project called the "Cooperational Project regarding the Cores of Skyships". The UFSW and the AFS have common interests and are looking for further partners and allies, such as the underground.
The FCS brought four Leviathan-ships under its control, three were converted into a kind of "capital", the remaining ship serves as a military base. The UFSW owns two Leviathan-ships. One is being used as a command and government headquarters, and the other as a capital. The AFS, on the other hand, has access only to a single Leviathan-ship, which it uses as a general base.
The governments have also brought nuclear weapons on board of the line-ships during the disaster. The FCS, as well as the AFS, have nuclear weapons and use them as a means of pressure, but not the UFSW. Since the AFS has refused to share its nuclear weapons with the UFSW, the UFSW is trying to find nuclear weapons. Since the FCS and the AFS have their origins from "original" governments from the time before the disaster, they possess nuclear weapons. The UFSW, on the other hand, was based on "independent" cities.
The Foundation tries to control all three alliances from the background, which not always works, has its strongest influence however in the AFS and supports it secretly with the surface research.
The society can vary differently on different ship-cities, but they always have one thing in common: the hate for SAPPHIRE. The one thing that destroying their lives and killed 5 billion people. SAPPHIRE has destroyed the world, that's the history everyone agrees on. People have always felt better when they can push their misfortune to someone else. On the other hand, the Foundation knows exactly who was involved in the end of the world.
To the surprise of his own, the Foundation succeeded, with the help of the AFS, in developing a protection suit which allowed to stay on the surface for a certain amount of time. The suit includes non-flammable and non-conductive textiles, so that the heat generated by a shock does not get through. A metallic wire-mesh is placed around the fabric and is grounded over the shoes. An armored version is available, in addition to the wire-mesh a number of metal and kevlar plates are worn. The oxygen supply is carried out by means of interchangeable filters and several oxygen bottles connected to these filters. However, the suit can only be worn by trained and prepared soldiers and agents. The regular training to wear such a protective suit takes about one to two months. It allows to be on the surface just over an hour before the suit begins to melt. The suits can withstand the shocks longer in closed rooms, but also begins to melt after a certain time period. The suit is used by the Foundation to retrieve objects from the surface. However, since the suit is very heavy and uncomfortable, it is not often used. The weight is the reason for the very slow movement. The freedom of movement is also very much limited. The measuring instruments from the Foundation can not be used on the surface, since the electrical shocks disturb them. At the moment, the AFS is trying to develop a vehicle with the help of the Foundation with the same principle as the suit.
A person recovering objects from the surface is called "Salvager" or "Seeker", and those who come from the underground are also referred to as "Stairclimber". This comes from the fact that those who want to get from the underground to the surface, have to climb stairs again and again.
In 2043 the SAPPHIRE-lines in the sky are the main component of the transport and life of the people in the ships, and the underground for the people in the bunkers.
"The big disaster," as people call it, will not be forgotten so quickly.
Not only in the sky existed a social system, the underground also "prospered" in the darkness of the bunkers, tunnels and facilities. As in the sky, several bunkers joined together to form groups and alliances, just as different ideologies, views and societies emerged. However, unlike the sky, it is far not so "comfortable" and "free" in the bunkers. When evacuating, you were given a bunker as a place of life and neighbors, with whom you had to deal with, whether you wanted it or not. Prejudices and stereotypes became an everyday occurrence. Who criticized the system was bypassed by other residents. And with a reason.
It was straight up impossible for the government to maintain order in all the bunkers and installations, there are always the possibilities of take-overs of the lead, e.g. a bunkers and the foreclosure from the others. Many bunkers closed their locks and searched for allies in the sky, above all, the ones with a dock-point. Terror regime have been established, under which people suffer, but can not defend themselves because of their weakness. Extremist groups were also formed, not infrequently raids of stations by bandits happen.
The groups differ in ideology, goasl, views of the state of affairs, etc. Among others, the most influential are the "zusammengeschlossene Gemeinschaft des Untergrund von Europa" ("allied community of the underground of Europe"), also simply called "the community", and the "final line" that is hostile against "the community". "The Community" is a group of bunker systems and tunnels in the Central European area which are active in the underground-sky-trade market, as well as researching. "The community" is the richest alliance in supplies. The "last line", on the other hand, consists of a undergorund tunnel with attached facilities. Both, the line and the facilities, were built by SAPPHIRE. The "last line" is an influential but not quite peaceful society. As it counted increasing members, the "last line" decided to declare war upon "the community" because of greed and envy. The goal are the supplies and the spread of the place of residence.
"The community" wants to bring security and living conditions to the highest level and is led by a "Council of Presidents". It consists of the chairmen and heads of the most influential bunkers and facilities within "the Community". The "G-Militia" is equipped with modern equipment from the sky and acts as a military force. The "last line" has a simple goal, as much supplies as possible and enough space to lock themselves in to remain independent. For this purpose, it usually uses aggressive methods such as, for example, warfare. The wellbeing of others is of none concern for the "last line", whether people outside their area die or not. The "last line" is headed by a Prime Minister named "Comrade Rostislav" and the "Frakturministers". "Frakturminister" represent personalities who govern a certain part or a section of the area of the "last line". "Comrade Rostislav" is able to dismiss and "hire" Frakturministers. Any male resident of the "last line" can be conscripted for the military, the equipment is produced in bunkers.
There are also other alliances in the underground. E.g. The "Belarusian metro", also known as the "Мінскі метрапалітэн", which is headed and governed by the "Kastrychnizkaya-station" ("Кастрычніцкая"). It behaves neutrally to the outside world and does not attempt to intervene in other federations. There are also the "Vrevelists", a religious group of fanatics who believe in a god named "Vrev", and act upon all the disputes about the existence of this god with aggressiveness. How the Vrevelisten-Group emerged is not exactly known. According to rumors, this covenant comes from a sect which existed before the disaster and found more members in the underground. Most likely, it promised them security and well-being, which was probably very well received by those who had lost their hope. They live in old bunkers from the second world war in the north-French region. In addition, the "Deutschland-Polen-Untergrund-Bund" ("Germany-Poland Underground Federation") is active, almost always referred to as "DPUB", a alliance consisting of several SAPPHIRE-underground tunnels and facilities. There are many other groups, which are spread all over the world, but most of them are in Europe, Asia and North America. Many don't know of the existence of other survivors, either because of the lack of communication devices or the complete foreclosure from the outside world.
Again and again groups are able to reach the surface through dock-points, although these are almost all controlled by the Foundation. Approximately 80% of all dock-points are under the control of the SCP Foundation. The groups that reach the surface and have protective suits usually try to recover artifacts of the lost world, such as technology or cultural things, which often leads to fighting between rival groups. Such an offensive action represents major risks for both sides, which is why battles are very rare on the surface.
The Foundation has control over a number of SAPPHIRE-tunnels, bunkers and facilities that they use as sites. Most of the facilities are located in the European area, while the O5 Council sits somewhere in the underground of North America.
Wars and confrontations in the underground are nothing special anymore. Some facilites are attacked, die because of epidemics or hunger and try to keep themselves somehow alive. But ideologies have always been at the forefront, and this hasn't changed since the disaster.
A man who was born before the disaster and died in the underground said once, "Even the end of the world did not prevent us from killing each other over ideology." In the underground, he was known as a philosopher.
He was right.
"Federal Cities of the Sky" ("FCS")
"United Federation of the States of the far West" ("UFSW")
"Alliance of Free Skycities" ("AFS")
D.P.U.B. (Deutschland-Polen-Untergrund-Bund) BRAVA-facility
Info: The abbreviation "BRAVA" stands for "Branched, Revolutionary, Accessible Vault for Arrivals". The BRAVA-facility is a neutral bunker-system in the underground, which is located on the border of Germany and Poland. It is similar in structure to a metro, e.g. trains with which people move between the stations, the stations themselves serve as a place of residence or special place and a track system that connects the stations. The BRAVA-facility was based on a planned SAPPHIRE underground complex, which was never completed. It was reconstructed and rebuilt by several governments. Since 2038, the BRAVA has been a "public" tunnel-facility, accessible to all residents, no matter what view, religion or ideology. The resulting "political view salad" often leads to difficulties. The militia stationed in the facility is well equipped and, as far as possible, settles all the quarrels among the inhabitants, whether by force or discussion. ~40% of the inhabitants of BRAVA are Germans, ~30% Polish, ~15% Russians and the remaining 15% are represented by other cultures.
Two of the largest factions in the BRAVA-facility are the "Reds" and the "Blues". The Reds are a communist community, while the Blues are strong allies with the militia. The Blues have their concentration on strong military force. Even if the militia is subordinated to the "Brava-station", rumors of a coup with connection to the FCS arise. The Reds came through a hidden tunnel from another facility into BRAVA, which is somewhere around the Trident-station.
The BRAVA is governed by the "Brava Council", which is located in the Brava-station. The Brava Council consists of several presidents of the regimes of the facility.
Stations
important/big stations:
Brava: Seat of the Brava-Council. Central station of the BRAVA-facility. Serves as a meeting point for important personalities for important matters such as an extension of a station or a tunnel. The only point where the red, blue and vertical-neutral lines intersect.
Ringkreiser: The Ringkreiser-station is a station which is located on the neutral ring-line and serves as a border station to the western tunnels. The Ringkreiser is popular with the people because of its hospitality and neutrality and also serves as a place of residence to many people.
Blon: The Blon-station is located in the north of the complex, which is responsible for managing the trains. It is, like all other stations, subject to the commands of the Brava station. In addition there are further tunnels from the Blon which go north, although these are kept hidden from the public.
Medyczne Polaczenie: The Medyczne Polaczenie, also often referred to as "Medyczne-station" or "Med-Pol", is a station which serves as a medical center for the whole facility. The trains that are used by the station have higher speed than the usual models. Furthermore, the Med-Pol, like the Ringkreiser, is located on the ring line, which facilitates the transport of injured persons.
Ausrüster: Only very little is known to the public about the Ausrüster-station ("equipment-station"), only that the BRAVA-militia is trained and equipped there. The Ausrüster-station can only be reached via a control-post.
Miliz-Basis: The Miliz-Basis ("militia-base") remains hidden from the public. This is the command center of the militia and serves as a base for operations. The Miliz-Basis can only be reached through control posts.
transition-stations:
Krakova: The Krakova connects the neutral-vertical line with the neutral ring-line and serves as a place of residence. The Krakova-station is home to many cultures at the same time.
Rabenberg: The Rabenberg-station connects the ring-line with the train service-line and the Blon and regulates the passage of people to these stations. It is generally known among the people that the Rabenberg has a low living quality compared to other stations.
Klemens: The Klemens is a transitional station connecting the ring-line with the northern and the collapsed tunnel. The Klemens has a relatively good living quality.
Terytorial: The Terytorial is a station occupied by the "Red Fraction", which connects the red-line with the ring-line. Despite the occupation by the "Reds", the number of them in the Terytorial is quite low compared with other red stations, which facilitates the access to the Traverse.
Gregor: The Gregor is a station, which is not very popular because of its proximity to the "Platz der roten Linie" ("square of the red line"). Many bypass this station. Some whisper about the takeover of the Gregor station by the Reds from the "darkness". At the moment the militia keeps their eye on the Gregor.
Platz der roten Linie (square of the red line): This station is bypassed by many, as far as this is possible. The Reds positioned in this station are not infrequently trouble for the rest of the inhabitants of the Gregor-station, as well as travelers.
Rastislawskaja: This station is controlled and monitored by the Blues, it also regulates the traffic on the south-western part of the blue line.
Wolfgang: The Wolfgang is a station that connects the ring-, as well as the neutral-vertical line. Many people live here.
Powiazanie: This station is connected to a dock location for sky-ships and is located on the red, as well as the ring-line. As a docking site is quite rare, the Foundation has "secretly" seized this station and controlls the entrance to the dock.
Rada: The Rada-station is located on the east side of Brava and connects the red line with the ring-line. The Rada is a residential area for the residents of the red Line and the Reds.
regular stations:
Markt: The Markt-station ("market-station") is located underneath a former shopping mile, because of that this station developed itself after the disaster to a turning point for dealers and salvagers. Because of the "gold rush" the surface was quickly plundered and, in the end, only the name remained of its former glory.
Magazyn: During the disaster-year, a large number of building materials and construction equipment were stored in the Magazyn, which later contributed to the completion of nearby stations. Today, the Magazyn is a rebuilt and habitable residence of the "Blue people". Now, the station stores only people.
Pralina: The Pralina is known in the BRAVA-facility for being a "model station" of the Reds, which is gladly represented by them as the "ordinary" end result of a station ruled by the Reds, for propaganda purposes. The Pralina has a very unusual cleanliness and has practically a good living quality, despite communist propaganda posters hanging in the station.
stations with limited use:
Drob: The Drob-station serves the Red as a kind of "canteen". There, food coupons are issued, accepted and the coupons corresponding food is given out. The size of the Drob station, compared to other stations, is quite small.
Pawel: The Pawel-station is a secret link between northern France and the BRAVA facility, which is why the north-west section of the station has been sealed off by militia agents of the Foundation to hide the connection-tunnel from the public.
PDP: The PDP, also known as the "Preparatskaja Didakticheskaja Proverennaja" is a station occupied by the Reds. It is used as a headquarter and is one of the most important bases of the Red Faction. The PDP-station is strictly guarded by the Reds. "Non-Reds" are allowed to pass the station by train, but not to stop and exit.
HUCS-Komplex
Info: The "Hungarian Underground Connection with Serbia - Complex", "HUCS" for shot, originated from a country project initiated by SAPPHIRE, the HUCS-construction project, which was intended to link the Hungarian/Serbian borderprovince with a subterranean SAPPHIRE-pattern system. Most of the 38 stations and tunnels of the HUCS-complex were mostly completed before the disaster-year, but without an established SAPPHIRE-pattern system. However, during the evacuation of the civilian population, the Hungarian government of Hungary and Serbia succeeded in providing the HUCS-complex with railways and trains in time before the surface anomaly covered the Balkan peninsula.
The HUCS-complex has a population which is 1/3 smaller than in the BRAVA-facility. The inhabitants of the HUCS complex, by ethnicity, are roughly 50% Serbs, 45% Magyars, and the remaining 5% belong to other ethnic groups (predominantly Croats & Romanians).
In the HUCS-complex, an open conflict has taken place between the two factions "Srpski Front" and "Magyar Védelmi" since the collapse of the original government, which is being fought out in a multi-frontier war. Some stations of the "Slobodna Alijansa" got inbetween the fightings while trying to remain impartial and to maintain the sovereignty of the member-stations of the alliance. The "Freebirds" in the HUCS-complex is a neutral faction, sympathetic to the "Slobodna Alijansa" and controls the sole docking-station in the HUCS complex. In addition, the SCP Foundation has virtually no influence or presence in the HUCS-complex, which is not to say that there are no abnormal objects in this underground SAPPHIRE facility.
Srpski Front: The Serbian Front is a Serbian nationalist group founded after the collapse of the original government, and with increasing sympathizers, began to intervene in conflict-prone stations. The appeasement attempts escalated and the ethnic conflicts within the Serbian/Hungarian stations increased, whereupon the Srpski Front began to take over the Serbian stations to protect them from the emerging Magyar Védelmi expansion.
Magyar Védelmi: The Hungarian defense is a pro-Magyar group that emerged after the collapse of the HUCS-complex-government and the attacks of the Srpski Front on the Hungarian population, to defend the Hungarian stations. Quickly Magyar Védelmi gained popularity within the Hungarians, which made the MV call out a domineering claim to the Hungarian stations to protect the Magyars from Serbian aggressors.
Slobodna Alijansa: The Free Alliance consists of a defensive alliance of independent stations located in the HUCS-complex. Anno 20██, the stations of the Slobodna Alijansa were recognized as a neutral area by the SF & the MV after the SA threatened to destroy more tunnels of the HUCS-complex, if the SF or the MV would try to conquer more stations of the SA.
Free Birds: The Free Birds are a privateer fleet of the Alliance of Free Skycities, which captured the docking station of the HUCS-complex, proclaiming it a neutral docking-station, and calling itself a neutral faction within the HUCS-complex.
Srpski Front:
Brankovic: Brankovic serves as a government seat of the Srpski Front, where also the leader of the SF, who is also called only as the Komandir (commander) resides. In the Brankovic, next to a smaller weapon factory, there is also a distillery, which is notorious for its liquor in the HUCS-complex.
Sava: The Sava is a habitual residence where, however, a majority of the inhabitants are involved in the excavation work to restore the connecting tunnel between the Sava and the Pavlovic.
Joanikije: The Joanikije station is the center of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the HUCS-complex. Even if the station is located in the territory of the Srpski front, the station is de facto autonomous and has the theocracy as a state form. The Srpski Front recognizes this and sees itself in the duty of militarily protecting the Joanikiye, which is why the clergy often tell the pilgrims coming from the free stations of the advantages of a station ruled by the Srpski Front.
Obrenovic: The Obrenovic is the most frequented station in the area of the Srpski Front and thus also an important hub for logistics, which is why a part of the Srpski Front forces are stationed there and guard the day's events.
Obilic: The Obilic civilian population was compulsively evacuated because of the fighting in the connecting tunnel between the Obilic and the plate, which now houses the Srpski Front soldiers alone. The station is heavily guarded and for security reasons therefore no civilian trains stop in the Obilic.
Radonic: The Radonic is also jokingly known as the "Gateway to the World" at the Srpski Front, as this station is the only link to the stations of Slobodna Alijansa. Train control and a strong military presence through the Srpski Front is part of the Radonic Station.
Magyar Védelmi:
Kisfaludy: Kisfaludy is the main station of the Magyar Védelmi and the seat of the Magyar-Tanács (Magyar Council), the leadership of the Magyar Védelmi faction. The station itself is the most populous station in the HUCS-complex and is also an important food supplier for all Magyar Védelmi stations.
Lajso: The center of Magyar Védelmi is the Lajso Station, which is known for its large market in the middle of the station, and that in the Lajso there are usually more traders, soldiers as well as travelers than regular residents of the station.
Balassa: Balassa has a high population density and is barricaded to the entrance points towards the Teller and Stankovic, which is why the trains to these two stations do not leave at the railroad but before the tunnel-gates of the Balassa station.
Teller: A part of the population of the Teller station has migrated in the connection tunnel between the plate and the Obilic because of the ongoing position war. The missing number of inhabitants was compensated by the stationed soldiers of the MV.
Istvan: In the Istvan, the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church of the HUCS-complex has its seat and enjoys autonomy as well as the protection of Magyar Védelmi. The local priests not only proclaim and teach the gospel, but are often the main component of the education system in the HUCS-complex. The station itself is also known for its magnificent Christian wall paintings, which often trigger a fascination among pilgrims.
Hevesy: Many Hungarian traders commute between Hevesy and the Maric, which is why there is a large passenger traffic in this station. The Magyar Védelmi soldiers control only all non-Magyars who arrive in the Hevesy. In addition, a freight wagon with food is leaving regularly the Hevesy in the direction of Maric, as the Slobodna Alijansa supplies the Magyar Védelmi with a trade agreement in return with water charges.
Slobodna Alijansa:
Crnjanski: The Crnjanskaya station council was the chief initiator of the Slobodna Alijansa and is still a leading force of the SA. In addition, Crnjanski is one of the more prosperous stations in the HUCS-complex and is also an important hub through which many trains pass. In addition to strongly armed militias and an equally strong line of defense to the Radonic, Crnjanski also has a lot of trade going on.
Pavlovic: Before the neighboring Pavlovic station fell into the hands of the Srpski Front, the Slobodna Alijansa equipped the tunnel between the Pavlovic and the Sava with explosives. When the SF took over Sava, the Pavlovic quickly destroyed the tunnel and thus prematurely broke the expansion plans of the SF. Today, the Pavlovic is a quiet residential station, which has, however, guarded the entrance to the tunnel towards Sava and has comprehensively barricaded it.
Maric: The Maric is the last melting pot of the cultures in the HUCS-complex and is considered a very busy station with many trade goods from the Magyar Védelmi stations, as well as from the stations of Slobodna Alijansa for the Hungarian traders from the Hevesy. The station is guarded by the local militia, which also often settles disputes. Because of the fact that Maric is adjacent to the Magyar Védelmi area, the tunnel-gate to the Hevesy is guarded massively and the passengers from the Hevesy are often searched.
Puplin: The Puplin, also known as the station of the fine arts in the HUCS-complex, is an unusual station in which the intellectuals crystallized themselves out of the masses. Not infrequently, one encounters playing musicians or artists painting the walls of the Puplin. Thus, these self-proclaimed liberals, who often see themselves as something better, became the sign of the Puplin, in which the ordinary mob enjoys itself.
Free Birds:
Tesla: The Tesla docking station is a neutral docking station within the community of the sky and the HUCS-complex and is a major trading point that also accepts IOUs as a currency. After the conquest by the Freebirds, the Tesla was upgraded militarily as well as civilly, and a station council was set up for the administration of the dock station. The Tesla has, among other things, its own food supply, a distillery as well as a militia. In addition, a fleet of the Freebirds is constantly located above Tesla for defense and water production.
Disputed:
Puskas: Since the Srpski Front broke through the north defense of the Magyar Védelmi during the nordline offensive, the Magyar Védelmi residential area ruins the former Magyar Védelmi residence.
Stankovic: The former Serbian-Hungarian station had always been a source of conflict, but it was the first military escalation where the fighting between the MV and SF began. Today, the Stankovic is completely devastated by the combat operations, and there is no day on which no volleys hit the concrete walls of the Stankovic or on the opposing tunnel entrances in which the two combat parties mainly entrenched themselves.