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TSS: Downtown Seattle 2063 STABLEAMPLE OF A RTICLECONTENTS, YO. CREDITS Credits 3 Businesses 11 Primary Authors and Development 3 Armour Jeweler 11 Editors 3 Amp’s Olde Repair Shoppe 11 Bold As Brass 12 Artwork 3 Cedano Sugar 12 Contributors 3 Crossroads Shopping Mall 12 Author’s Note 3 Dave’s Costume Shop 13 Editor’s Note 3 DeLon Design 13 Stylistic Notes 3 Firefly’s Jar 13 Not playing in Seattle? 3 Grandpa Wang’s Antiques 13 Special Note! 3 The Holistic Garden 14 Import Auto Garage 14 Downtown Seattle 4 Madame Xu’s Massage Parlor 14 Geography and Demographics 4 Park Place Motors 14 Skidmarks 15 Politics 4 Stan’s Lawn and Garden Supply 15 Organized Crime 4 Sunada’s Comics 15 Downtown at a Glance 4 Trideo Shack 15 Zack’s Gym 16 Locations of Interest 5 Government Buildings 16 Hotels 5 Aztlan Embassy 16 The Harbor Hutch 5 Seattle Metroplex Armory 16 Restaurants 5 Medical Facilities 17 The Barricade 5 Cascade Center 17 The Eatery 6 Oak’s Plaza Dental 17 Fat Tommy’s 6 Other Locations 17 Griggs 6 The Four Winds Club 17 Lugnuts and Pipewrenches 7 KSBW Channel 233 18 Mamma J’s Bistro and Cyber Cafe 7 Nishimuraya Gardens 18 Markie’s 7 North American Hunters Association 18 Salga Puedos 8 The Pacific Speedway 18 The Silent Café 8 Public Access Matrix Terminal Sky Point 8 Number 3278 19 Bars and Nightclubs 9 School of the Red Dragon 19 The Dancing Ronin 9 Seattle Liquor Distribution Warehouse 19 Enigma 9 Seattle Metroplex Impound In The Shadows 10 and Storage Yard 19 Smoky Trails 10 Steel Rain 20 Pharaohs 10 St. James Cathedral 20 Preston’s 10 Wilhelmi Lysleul 20 Razor’s Edge 11 The Tool Crib 11 WizKids, LLC has sole ownership of the names, logo, artwork, marks, photographs, sounds, audio, video and/or any proprietary material used in connection with the game Shadowrun. WizKids, LLC has granted permission to The Shadowrun Supplemental to use such names, logos, artwork, marks and/or any proprietary materials for promotional and informational purposes on its website but does not endorse, and is not affiliated with The Shadowrun Supplemental in any official capacity whatsoever. This compilation of material is copyright © 2002 Adam Jury 2 SEATTLE 2063 The Shadowrun Supplemental 3 STABLEAMPLE OF A RTICLECONTENTS, YO. CREDITS Credits Special Note! Primary Authors and Development As with everything, the real world intrudes. Earl Hollar, Paul Jensen, Eva Rijser and David Short As I’m writing this, the holiday season and an Editors impending vacation is fast approaching. Seattle 2063 was a surprise project for us, and as much Elissa Carey, Earl Hollar, Paul Jensen, Adam Jury, Eva as we tried to have it completely finished before Rijser, David Short and Pamela Zerbinos Christmas 2002 got in the way, it was simply not Artwork possible. Thus, the book you’re looking at is simply Seattle 2063 Adam Jury the first part of , covering Downtown, the heart of the Seattle Metroplex. In early 2003— Contributors knock on wood!—the remainder of Seattle 2063 will Michael “NexusVoid” Baer: be available. DeLon Design Adam “Threadbare” Flynn: Author’s Note Oak’s Plaza Dental Special thanks to everyone at www.bulldrek.com that Christopher “Caz” Granberg: made this happen. Steel Rain Editor’s Note Earl Hollar: Import Auto Garage, First of all, I would like to thank Paul, Earl, David, The Tool Crib, and Zack’s Gym Eva, and all the rest of the contributors for the fabulous Paul Jensen: Armour Jeweler, Aztlan Embassy, Cascade effort they put into this work. Without them, this would Center, Cedano Sugar, Dave’s Costume Shop, The have never happened. Eatery, Fat Tommy’s, The Four Winds Club, Grandpa Seattle 2063 is, in my mind, a crossover project. It’s Wang’s Antiques, Grigg’s, The Harbor Hutch, KSBW smoothly integrated into the current timeline, but has the Channel 233, Lugnuts and Pipewrenches, Madame old school feel of FASA’s original Seattle Sourcebook. Heavy Xu’s Massage Parlor, Markie’s, Nishimuraya on rumor, plot hooks and hidden conspiracies, Seattle Gardens, North American Hunters Association, 2063 offers a batch of fresh material to add to your game, The Pacific Speedway, Park Place Motors, Pharaohs, whether you dig into the conspiracies or just accept the Preston’s, Razor’s Edge, Salga Puedos, Seattle Liquor content at face value. It’s also full of in-jokes, subtle and Distribution Warehouse, Seattle Metroplex Armory, not-at-all subtle references to the authors, their friends, Seattle Metroplex Impound and Storage Yard, Sky and characters. Point, Smoky Trails, St. James Cathedral, Stan’s Lawn and Garden Supply, Sunada Comics, Wilhelmi Stylistic Notes Lysleul As you read you’ll see that for the sake of clarity, many entries do not list redundant information. For example, a Adam Jury: In The Shadows, resturant that has no racial or ethnic biases simply does not The Silent Cafe have a bias entry, as opposed to saying “No Racial Bias.” Sara “Wildfire” Miller: Blue Heaven, Children of the Light Downtown Seattle—being the hub of the city—is covered Educational Center, Firefly’s Jar, The Holistic Garden, first, and then all districts are organized in alphabetical School of the Red Dragon, Skidmarks order, with the exception of the Puyallup and Redmond Robert “Rico” Murphy: Amp’s Olde Repair Shoppe Barrens, which follow all the other districts. Jeff “Ampere” Preston: Trideo Shack Not playing in Seattle? Mark “Harley667” Reynolds: Bold As Brass, The Dancing If your game isn’t set in Seattle, a supplement named Ronin Seattle 2063 may at first appear of dubious use to you. David “Eli” Short: Crossroads Shopping Mall, Mamma However, with minimal tweaking all the locations could J’s Bistro and Cyber Cafe easily be dropped into any North American metroplex— they may lack the correct flavor for international locales. Jason Wasikowski: Enigma Organized crime is present throughout North America, Crazy Elf: Public Access Matrix Terminal No: 3278 and while the names may change, political figures and machinations drive the public sector everywhere you go. I heartily encourage non-Seattle players and gamemasters to dig through this supplement, modify what you like, and make of much use as you can of it. After all, the more things change, the more things stay the same. 2 SEATTLE 2063 The Shadowrun Supplemental 3 SAMPLE ARTICLE, YO. DOWNTOWN SEATTLE Downtown Seattle Downtown at a Glance Compiled by Shadowland Seattle District Size: Approximately 468 square kilometers The heart and soul of the Metroplex, Seattle’s Population: 561,000 (Human 56%, Elf 13%, Dwarf 4%, Downtown is unlike any other city in North America. Ork 24%, Troll 2%, Other 1%) Tourists can find a wide variety of entertainment in the Population Density: Approximately 1,199 per Downtown shops, restaurants, theaters and museums. square kilometer Whether you enjoy the sites from one of the many dirigible Per Capita Income: 133,000 ¥ services that grace Seattle’s skyline, or you choose to take Below Poverty Level: 21% in the sites with a brisk walk, you can be sure that your On Fortune’s Active Traders List: 2% trip to Seattle will be like no other! Corporate Affiliation: 88% > Downtown is a hotbed of activity — illicit and otherwise. Seattle Voting Precincts: 11 has often been depicted on a variety of trids and sims as a city Education: of wonder and magic, a place where you can’t swing a dead <12 Years: 20% cat without hitting a shadowrunner. Like any fable, there is some High School Equivalency: 50% truth to it, but like in the fairytales, ignorance kills you faster than College Equivalency: 18% any Gillette Chiba ever produced. Advanced Studies Certificates: 12% Downtown is home to countless criminals, organized and Hospitals and Clinics: 12 decidedly unorganized. Petty thievery tops the list of Lone Star’s LTG Access Number: 206/2206 crime statistics, but anyone heading Downtown should exercise precaution. Politics > Alien Tourist Ivar J. Lindstrom is still the immensely popular “From way out of Town” governor of Downtown. Labeled the “Gutsy Governor” by the press, Lindstrom has said he’d rather have tourists Geography and Demographics watch councilmen argue; allowing tourists to see that his Although Downtown is highly commercialized and city is more than “pretty buildings and a sea breeze.” crowded, its landscape has remained relatively unchanged > Even though security in Metroplex Hall was recently upgraded, for the last hundred years. Small changes aside, so far there still have been several incidents in the last few years. Last the government has resisted all attempts to massively year someone managed to smuggle a hand grenade into the reconstruct Downtown. council room, although it was never used. The year before a > A lot of people pitched a real fit when the Arcology and the man claiming to have heard the voice of “Elemental Fire” set fire Aztechnology compounds were built, and at the time those to a side wing of Metroplex Hall, nearly killing two councilmen. projects seemed pretty extreme. However in light of some When the Arcology shut down, Metroplex Hall was given a recent attempts by various megacorporations they’re actually military detail to provide additional security; however, once it pretty mild. At least two developers are requesting permission was decided that Metroplex Hall was safe, most of the detail to construct 500-plus story skyrakers, and another wants to was pulled for other duties. build over Puget Sound! As of yet, the City Council and Mayor > SPD have blocked all these projects, but pressure is heavy from the United Corporate Council to allow some new construction of Organized Crime better facilities. By Zeus > Seattlite Organized crime in Seattle is based Downtown.
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