The game is set in the city of New Damascus. New Damascus was founded as a mining settlement by Kothar Deep Earth or KDE.
Tritanite
Tritanite is an extremely rare resources found deep below the earths surface. There are only a few deposits on the entire planet, this is due to how Tritanite is created. During the primordial phase of our solar system, the Sun would very rarely eject huge amounts of material from its corona in explosions. Some of the material from these explosions made its way to the developing earth before the planet had a strong enough atmosphere and magnetosphere to intercept it. This material is a crystalline form of the fusion reaction that takes place inside of stars, practically frozen in time. As a result, Tritanite creates a small, constant amount of electricity that allowed for the invention of cyberware.
By the early 2030s, cyberware in its most primitive form had already become common place. Mechs, autonomous drones and exoskeletons were all prevalent throughout society. It was however, the discovery of Tritanite that enabled the development of small-scale cyberware, such as the type required for human augmentation. Previous power sources required large generators, reactors or batteries to remain functional, and tests using the electricity supply of humans proved gruesome. With Tritanite, all cyberware could be infused with just a couple of milligrams of the material and would remain powered indefinitely.
In 2065, Kothar Deep Earth’s Research and Development Department created the first fully autonomous, power independent mobile labour platform we now know as Simulants. These Simulants were capable of providing nearly any task without supervision and to an extra-human degree of efficiency. However, the compact frame required for large scale deployment and the requirement of long-term, unsupervised work with out intervention meant the only suitable power source would be Tritanite, and kilograms of it.
Kothar Deep Earth
Kothar Deep Earth (KDE) was incorporated as a mining and refinement company in 1970s. In the wake of the discovery of Tritanite in 2046, their business quickly shifted to the research and development of cyberware. With the escalation in tensions surrounding the procurement of the few remaining Tritanite deposits, Kothar Deep Earth began making huge investments in military and defence companies, and began producing simulants designed for war. The company wanted to establish a mining outpost that laid outside the jurisdiction of any given state, allowing them to define laws and govern their own population. Kothar Deep Earth would soon get their chance when one of their prospectors identified a large Tritanite deposit located near a small island country in the pacific. In 2058 Kothar Deep Earth invaded the island nation and assumed control of its territory and the nearby Tritanite deposit. This resulted in the creation of the first of many independent mining outposts scattered around the world - the name of this first settlement was New Damascus. At the time Kothar Deep Earth was lauded for their philanthropy, as public messaging from the corporation positioned the take over as a defensive move that secured the safety of the inhabitants from rising sea levels as KDE began construction of the enormous sea wall, as well as providing jobs with the accompanying mine.
New Damascus
Overview
New Damascus is the city that the game takes place in. The entire city centres around a quarry known as “The Pit”, which is home to several areas in the city. The city is surrounded by an impenetrable, enormous wall that separates New Damascus from the Pacific Ocean. New Damascus itself was entirely built by Kothar Deep Earth to extract a resource known as Tritanite, a key material required for the creation of simulants.
The Map of New Damascus
Regions
The different regions of New Damascus are split in to different districts. The districts and regions are as follows: