Protoxide Racing

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Steelers’ laws are dictated by the four major criminal gangs of the city. Each gang controls a special branch of illegal business, thus the crime lords do their best to negotiate peacefully, though it doesn’t stop the gangsters from slaughtering each other during the street racing.

The docks are controlled by the Dutch’s gang.

This crime lord was previously a ships captain, though when the shipping company left the city leaving everything behind, he quickly understood that the equipment in the docks may be used to grab money. The Dutch and his gang had taken the docks district and all the equipment.

The dutchmen turn the common cars into warglyders and repair the broken machines. The other gangs have to use the Dutch’s services from time to time.

The factory is under Beebs’ gang control.

Beebs is a tiny, fragile-looking woman but she knows no equals while driving her warglyder. Charismatic and ruthless, she had gathered the countryside brutes around herself and captured the factory complex with their help. Now Beebs specializes in weapon production and supplies all the other gangs.

The “Underwater world” is owned by the Colonel’s gang.

Initially the “Underwater world” was a complex designed to research the depths of the ocean. After the scientists abandoned it, the complex was taken by the ex-security team. The chief of security dubbed the Colonel headed the gang and reconstructed the labs for drugs production. His business is one of the most lucrative in the city.

“The City” is held by the Bomber’s gang.

Once “the City” was a center of business activity, now it’s the crime focus. Brothels, casinos, dens – all are located in the center and controlled by the most numerous gang – Bomber’s jolly guys.

The Bomber began his criminal career long time before the civilized life in Steelers ceased. Since then he has risen to the utmost top of the Steelers’ food chain and now he represents the most powerful force in the region.

It’s been quite a time since our last post in the blog, but trust us – it was worth waiting for. We are almost done working on this game and the time has come to reveal some details of the world which player is going to visit.

The first chapter shall tell about the events preceeding to the events of Protoxide.

The game actions take place in the streets of american city Steelers at 2068. As a result of fast industrial expansion, the resources quickly run out and the atmosphere gets polluted. Meanwhile the technological level allows the humankind to control neighbour planets. The inhabitans of Earth leave their planets in order to colonize the new worlds and start their lives from scratch. The corporation start their production at the remote colonized planets, totally abandoning their outdated actives on Earth. In but a short time some cities became totally abandoned.

Steelers city is exactly an example of such a place. Once an industrial megapolis, nowdays abandoned by the majority of citizens. Only the small group of people who didn’t manage to leave Steelers due to some reasons remains. Although, aside from the common citizens there appeared the bands of criminals. They seized the remains of corporations and power and started the illegal production. Of course, a part of devices was left to rot, but the other one daily and nightly produces weapons, drugs and wargliders (the jet battle machines). What they are unable to produce on their own they just buy or steal from the military or from the other bands.

The goods from Steelers are smuggled to the remaining survived cities where live the majority of illegal products consumerists. There are “mules” in the band – those who carry the stuff with the heavy cars – and “hawks” which engage into battles with the police or competetors, if they do not let caravans go.

Of course the government pays little love to the current order of things, but majority of police and army ensures order in colonies so the smugglers rarely face resistance.

The gangs compete amongst each other but they made an agreement to avoid the needless skirmish. The spheres of influence are decided in the Big Race. The best hawks of all the gangs compete in speed and might, and the winners win title, power and respect.

In the next chapter we shall tell about the Steelers gangs and main characters of the game.