Neo Nexus — 2147

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About this world

Neo Nexus sprawls across what was once the Eastern Seaboard, a labyrinthine city of chrome towers and flooded slums where five mega-corporations wage cold wars through proxy gangs and algorithmic manipulation. Neural implants are as common as smartphones once were; jacking into the Grid — a holographic digital overlay on reality — is how people shop, fight, love, and die. The sky is perpetually overcast, lit only by billboard holograms advertising gene therapies and memory uploads. Runners — freelance hackers, smugglers, and soldiers-for-hire — operate in the city's underbelly, taking corporate contracts that always cost more than advertised. AI consciousness is illegal but thriving in the black market. Characters here are defined by what they're willing to sacrifice for survival, freedom, or power.