// WORLD MAP

THE CITY

16 zones across five vertical layers. The city runs from the rooftops where signal pirates broadcast to the Substrate far below where something old hums at 33hz. Each zone has its own factions, its own rules, and its own way of killing you.

VERTICAL LAYERS

ROOFTOP2 zones

Above the city. Signal pirate territory. Wind, antennas, open sky.

SURFACE7 zones

The city as Helixion designed it. Corporate campus, residential blocks, industrial districts.

SHALLOW UNDERCITY4 zones

Maintenance tunnels, drainage systems, the infrastructure mesh below street level.

DEEP UNDERCITY5 zones

Resistance strongholds, black markets, the dead metro. Where the city forgets itself.

SUBSTRATE2 zones

Living rock. 33hz at source strength. The geological intelligence that predates the city.

ALL ZONES

Z01VERY HIGH
Surface

Helixion Campus

Levels 12–20

Corporate megastructure. Beautiful. Clinical. The mesh's source.

Helixion
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Z02LOW
Surface

Residential Blocks

Levels 5–9

Where most people live. Outer raw, mid compliant, inner wrong.

HelixionParish
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Z03MED-HIGH
Surface

Industrial District

Levels 4–10

Factories and rust. Chrome Wolves territory overlapping Helixion manufacturing.

Chrome WolvesHelixion
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Z04MEDIUM
Surface

The Fringe

Levels 3–6

Collapsed old city. The edge of maintained infrastructure.

Iron Bloom Resistance
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Z05LOW-MED
Surface

Fringe Nomads

Levels 3–12

Beyond the city's edge. Freedom over comfort. Stars visible.

Nomad Clans
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Z06HIGH
Surface

Fight Pits

Levels 6–12

Chrome Wolves combat arena. Neutral ground. Violence as economy.

Chrome Wolves
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Z07MEDIUM
Rooftop

Rooftop Network

Levels 7–9

Signal pirate territory. Antenna arrays, cable bridges, catwalks.

Signal Pirates
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Z08MEDIUM
Shallow Undercity

Drainage Nexus

Levels 1–4

The Parish — community in drainage tunnels. Water, rust, survival, mutual aid.

Parish
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Z09MEDIUM
Shallow Undercity

Maintenance Tunnels

Levels 4–8

The seam between civilian and Helixion infrastructure.

HelixionIron Bloom Resistance
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Z10MED-HIGH
Shallow Undercity

Industrial Drainage

Levels 4–8

Chemical runoff from factories above. Toxic, valuable, revealing.

Chrome Wolves
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Z11HIGH
Deep Undercity

Abandoned Transit

Levels 7–12

Dead metro system. Darkness. Substrate growth reclaiming infrastructure.

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Z12SAFE
Deep Undercity

Iron Bloom Server Farm

Levels 5–12

Resistance HQ. Sanctuary, augmentation clinic, workshop commune.

Iron Bloom Resistance
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Z13MEDIUM
Deep Undercity

Black Market Warrens

Levels 5–12

Underground commerce. No faction controls it. Self-regulating.

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Z14EXTREME
Substrate

Substrate Level

Levels 13–18

Living rock. 33hz at source strength. Where human and geological intelligence meet.

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Z15VERY HIGH
All Layers

Broadcast Tower

Levels 10–18

Rises from Substrate to sky. Under construction. Helixion's endgame.

Helixion
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Z16EXTREME
Deep Undercity

Helixion Lab

Levels 14–20

Raid-style dungeon. Chrysalis research facility. Party recommended.

Helixion
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