Nov 2, 2024 11:56 am
Bangkok at a Glance
Bangkok, Thailand is one of the largest sprawls in Southeast Asia and the region’s economic center. Long a tourist destination and playground for affluent Americans and Europeans; the economy and tourist trade of the late 20th and early 21st centuries fell into ruin when Thailand became involved in wars with its neighbors. The Japanese then came in and set up a puppet government. Now Bangkok is once more a tropical paradise. The only fly in the ointment is a magician calling himself Niranam, the Nameless One, who claims to be the rightful king of Thailand and leads a revolutionary movement from hidden rural strongholds.
The sprawl is a very cosmopolitan place, with large numbers of immigrants from India, Pakistan, Malaysia, China, and other Asian countries. The drug and sex trade thrives here, and many tourists come to indulge their vices rather than see the elephants and impressive temples.
Security in Bangkok
Since Crash 2.0 and the insurrection by Niranam, Bangkok has come under watchful Japanese corporate security. The Thai military patrols the major centers of commerce and entertainment, and numerous megacorp compounds have their own security. While police and military presence is high; they mostly ignore the shadows. Murders get solved no faster here than anywhere. Thailand is fighting an insurrection, however, so flashy displays of magic, explosions, and automatic weapons will attract the authorities, and they generally respond with milspec hardware.
Astral security in Bangkok is light, primarily because of the lack of magical support on the force. Each police district has a few magicians on site, mostly to support anti-terrorism units or aid forensic investigators. Drones are plentiful, with MCT supplying a camera drone for nearly every building and traffic light in the sprawl.
Bangkok, Thailand is one of the largest sprawls in Southeast Asia and the region’s economic center. Long a tourist destination and playground for affluent Americans and Europeans; the economy and tourist trade of the late 20th and early 21st centuries fell into ruin when Thailand became involved in wars with its neighbors. The Japanese then came in and set up a puppet government. Now Bangkok is once more a tropical paradise. The only fly in the ointment is a magician calling himself Niranam, the Nameless One, who claims to be the rightful king of Thailand and leads a revolutionary movement from hidden rural strongholds.
The sprawl is a very cosmopolitan place, with large numbers of immigrants from India, Pakistan, Malaysia, China, and other Asian countries. The drug and sex trade thrives here, and many tourists come to indulge their vices rather than see the elephants and impressive temples.
Security in Bangkok
Since Crash 2.0 and the insurrection by Niranam, Bangkok has come under watchful Japanese corporate security. The Thai military patrols the major centers of commerce and entertainment, and numerous megacorp compounds have their own security. While police and military presence is high; they mostly ignore the shadows. Murders get solved no faster here than anywhere. Thailand is fighting an insurrection, however, so flashy displays of magic, explosions, and automatic weapons will attract the authorities, and they generally respond with milspec hardware.
Astral security in Bangkok is light, primarily because of the lack of magical support on the force. Each police district has a few magicians on site, mostly to support anti-terrorism units or aid forensic investigators. Drones are plentiful, with MCT supplying a camera drone for nearly every building and traffic light in the sprawl.
