1.3 - Who Do You Run With?

Alpha State

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1.31 - Where You Each Live

Everyone needs a place to sleep and keep stuff, plus shelter from the cold, rain, and radiation. Of equal importance, everyone needs a place to feel safe and comfortable. Unfortunately, good housing is hard to come by, and given how many people live on SB65 that makes it an expensive proposition. Most people make do with what they can find, and some scrape by with even less. If you can't swing a street-living permit, you've gotta go even lower.

Housing at Group Creation

During group creation, you'll roll dice to randomly determine everyone's housing situation. This is an abstraction meant to represent your current circumstances based on each group member's background and the whims of societal fate. Roll 3d12 once; each member of the group uses that same roll result, adding their $Index Value + Home Value to get their total. Then find that entry on the table below; this means that group members will generally live near each other, even if your circumstances are a little different. You'll never make this roll again, so no need to keep your Home Value anywhere. Just record your $Index and the housing option you rolled.

With that roll done, you just need to figure out the details. Where exactly is your home located? How far away from each other are the homes of your group members? If someone else lives with you, who are they? When your group gets together, do you all meet at a central location, or at one of your homes? If your home feels out of sync with your wealth, how did you end up there? What does your home feel like? What kind of places are nearby?

This roll also tells you which Social Level you live in, which can affect some STK checks. You can find out more about this in [section TBD].

Home Value

Don't forget to record your home's Value. Some cost physical $cratch and some are a debt on the $Index, work with your Narrator to figure out your exact situation. If you're renting your home legally from a corporate landlord, your rent will be covered by the Liability value of your home; if ever your $Index drops to 0 or lower, your front door becomes locked until that changes. Otherwise, you're probably renting from a gang, which means you'll have to pay $cratch once a month; fail to pay, and the consequences can be painful.

3d12	Social Level and Housing $cratch and $Index
< 4	Hatchtowns $c0 \| — You sleep rough wherever you can; airlocks, unoccupied restrooms, someone's extra bunk if you're lucky. Rarely the same spot twice.
4	Hatchtowns $c16,000 monthly \| — You split an old shuttle or small craft with 3d4 people (more than it was designed to hold). You take turns, or have "arrangements."
5	Hatchtowns $c0 \| — You split an old starbus with a 3d4 people. You've got a little space to yourself, but it involves a lot of cooperation.
6	Engineering $c0 \| — Camping in abandoned maintenance corridors, or spaces among the station factories (unhealthy and dangerous).
7	Hatchtowns $c57,000 monthly \| — Somehow you found a slicer to rent, all by yourself. It's cramped, but it's private and secure, wedged in between other vehicles.
8	Engineering $c0 \| — You've secured a small space; catwalk over a water tank, forgotten maintenance room, etc. It's illegal, and likely dangerous.
9	Engineering $c68,000 monthly \| — A worker in a waste disposal plant lets you stay in one of the least-accessed areas. High risk of disease and/or radiation poisoning.
10	Storage $c53,800 monthly \| — A warehouse guard looks the other way so you can sleep in a cargo crate big enough for a revcycle. Other guards aren't so nice.
11	Engineering $c73,000 monthly \| — You and 2d6 others split an old disassembly plant. It's got amenities, but it's hanging off the edge of the station, might detach any day.
12	Storage $c84,000 monthly \| — You've worked out a deal to live in an unused office. There's a small bathroom, but not much else. Gotta be careful of security.
13	Storage $c158,000 monthly \| Liability 1 You got a contract for an old maintenance office complex you split with 2d6 others. No kitchen or laundry, but there's a bathroom.
14	Habitation $c126,000 monthly \| Liability 1 You rent an abandoned medical facility, split with 1d10 others. There's a bathroom, no kitchen or laundry, and people often break in.
15	Storage $c165,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You split an entire old warehouse with 2d6 others. The amenities are lacking, but it's easily defensible and fairly obscure.
16	Habitation $c191,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You split a dirty old apartment with 1d10 others. Bathroom, no laundry, kitchen doesn't work, and people always break in.
17	Habitation $c197,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You split a moderately clean apartment with 1d10 others. Bathroom and kitchen, no laundry, and people are always breaking in.
18	Habitation $c208,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You and 1d10 others split an old supervisor's suite; it's good size, with all the amenities, but none of it is in good condition anymore.
19	Deck Plates $c80,000 monthly \| Liability 1 You've got a street-living permit to sleep in alleyways, or in the front entrance areas of stores when they're not actively doing business.
20	Habitation $c0 \| — You've claimed for yourself a small room somewhere, probably in an old abandoned apartment now used as a public space.
21	Deck Plates $c137,000 monthly \| Liability 1 You split a tent city with 3d10 others for mutual protection; parks, public squares, or beneath freeways. Street-living fee reduces police harassment.
22	Deck Plates $c169,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You split a weird space with 1d10 others: a garage, storage room, speakeasy backroom, or the like.
23	Deck Plates $c173,000 monthly \| Liability 2 With 1d10 others you split an apartment on the street floor of a starscraper. It's old, the amenities barely work, and it gets robbed a lot.
24	Street Levels $c180,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You've got a brand membership for person-sized sleeping pods that can be found on many street corners and public transit stations.
25	Deck Plates $c175,000 monthly \| Liability 2 Storekeeper lets you rent part of one of their store rooms. You've got amenities, but you can't interfere with the business.
26	Street Levels $c0 \| — You live alone in a space not built for habitation (old bathroom, water tower, derelict lightrail car, etc), but at least you've got privacy.
27	Street Levels $c53,800 monthly \| Liability 1 You and 1d8 other people (illegally) split a membership for sleeping pods found on street corners. You take turns, or bunk up.
28	Mid-Streets $c225,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You've got a brand membership for secure sleeping pods found in megatowers. Often comes with communal bathroom and shower.
29	Street Levels $c270,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You split a small studio with 1d8 others. It's cramped, not private, but it's mostly secure. No kitchen, no laundry.
30	Mid-Streets $c316,000 monthly \| Liability 3 You split a multi-bedroom apartment with 1d8 others. It's secure, and you've got your own room. No kitchen, no laundry.
31	Mid-Streets $c554,000 monthly \| Liability 6 You've snagged 1-bedroom apartment to yourself. It's got a tiny kitchen, but no laundry, and most importantly it's private and secure.
32	High-Streets $c475,000 monthly \| Liability 5 You split a room with 1d6 others, in an old rundown hotel. It used to be the height of luxury, now the wallpaper's coming off.
33	Mid-Streets $c425,000 monthly \| Liability 4 One of the sky bridges over a major street has been stacked with cube apartments, and you snagged one. It's small, but yours.
34	High-Streets $c506,000 monthly \| Liability 5 You live in a small one-person studio by yourself. No kitchen or laundry, but you've got privacy and it's mostly secure.
35	High-Streets $c481,000 monthly \| Liability 3 You and 1d6 others split space in a home once occupied by wealthier types. Security, kitchen, laundry, and your own room.
> 35	High-Streets $c802,000 monthly \| Liability 5 You've secured a long-stay room in an expensive hotel. Small kitchen, private bath, laundry service, and moderate security.

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3d12	Social Level and Housing $cratch and $Index
< 4	Hatchtowns $c0 \| — You sleep rough wherever you can; airlocks, unoccupied restrooms, someone's extra bunk if you're lucky. Rarely the same spot twice.
4	Hatchtowns $c16,000 monthly \| — You split an old shuttle or small craft with 3d4 people (more than it was designed to hold). You take turns, or have "arrangements."
5	Hatchtowns $c0 \| — You split an old starbus with a 3d4 people. You've got a little space to yourself, but it involves a lot of cooperation.
6	Engineering $c0 \| — Camping in abandoned maintenance corridors, or spaces among the station factories (unhealthy and dangerous).
7	Hatchtowns $c57,000 monthly \| — Somehow you found a slicer to rent, all by yourself. It's cramped, but it's private and secure, wedged in between other vehicles.
8	Engineering $c0 \| — You've secured a small space; catwalk over a water tank, forgotten maintenance room, etc. It's illegal, and likely dangerous.
9	Engineering $c68,000 monthly \| — A worker in a waste disposal plant lets you stay in one of the least-accessed areas. High risk of disease and/or radiation poisoning.
10	Storage $c53,800 monthly \| — A warehouse guard looks the other way so you can sleep in a cargo crate big enough for a revcycle. Other guards aren't so nice.
11	Engineering $c73,000 monthly \| — You and 2d6 others split an old disassembly plant. It's got amenities, but it's hanging off the edge of the station, might detach any day.
12	Storage $c84,000 monthly \| — You've worked out a deal to live in an unused office. There's a small bathroom, but not much else. Gotta be careful of security.
13	Storage $c158,000 monthly \| Liability 1 You got a contract for an old maintenance office complex you split with 2d6 others. No kitchen or laundry, but there's a bathroom.
14	Habitation $c126,000 monthly \| Liability 1 You rent an abandoned medical facility, split with 1d10 others. There's a bathroom, no kitchen or laundry, and people often break in.
15	Storage $c165,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You split an entire old warehouse with 2d6 others. The amenities are lacking, but it's easily defensible and fairly obscure.
16	Habitation $c191,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You split a dirty old apartment with 1d10 others. Bathroom, no laundry, kitchen doesn't work, and people always break in.
17	Habitation $c197,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You split a moderately clean apartment with 1d10 others. Bathroom and kitchen, no laundry, and people are always breaking in.
18	Habitation $c208,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You and 1d10 others split an old supervisor's suite; it's good size, with all the amenities, but none of it is in good condition anymore.
19	Deck Plates $c80,000 monthly \| Liability 1 You've got a street-living permit to sleep in alleyways, or in the front entrance areas of stores when they're not actively doing business.
20	Habitation $c0 \| — You've claimed for yourself a small room somewhere, probably in an old abandoned apartment now used as a public space.
21	Deck Plates $c137,000 monthly \| Liability 1 You split a tent city with 3d10 others for mutual protection; parks, public squares, or beneath freeways. Street-living fee reduces police harassment.
22	Deck Plates $c169,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You split a weird space with 1d10 others: a garage, storage room, speakeasy backroom, or the like.
23	Deck Plates $c173,000 monthly \| Liability 2 With 1d10 others you split an apartment on the street floor of a starscraper. It's old, the amenities barely work, and it gets robbed a lot.
24	Street Levels $c180,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You've got a brand membership for person-sized sleeping pods that can be found on many street corners and public transit stations.
25	Deck Plates $c175,000 monthly \| Liability 2 Storekeeper lets you rent part of one of their store rooms. You've got amenities, but you can't interfere with the business.
26	Street Levels $c0 \| — You live alone in a space not built for habitation (old bathroom, water tower, derelict lightrail car, etc), but at least you've got privacy.
27	Street Levels $c53,800 monthly \| Liability 1 You and 1d8 other people (illegally) split a membership for sleeping pods found on street corners. You take turns, or bunk up.
28	Mid-Streets $c225,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You've got a brand membership for secure sleeping pods found in megatowers. Often comes with communal bathroom and shower.
29	Street Levels $c270,000 monthly \| Liability 2 You split a small studio with 1d8 others. It's cramped, not private, but it's mostly secure. No kitchen, no laundry.
30	Mid-Streets $c316,000 monthly \| Liability 3 You split a multi-bedroom apartment with 1d8 others. It's secure, and you've got your own room. No kitchen, no laundry.
31	Mid-Streets $c554,000 monthly \| Liability 6 You've snagged 1-bedroom apartment to yourself. It's got a tiny kitchen, but no laundry, and most importantly it's private and secure.
32	High-Streets $c475,000 monthly \| Liability 5 You split a room with 1d6 others, in an old rundown hotel. It used to be the height of luxury, now the wallpaper's coming off.
33	Mid-Streets $c425,000 monthly \| Liability 4 One of the sky bridges over a major street has been stacked with cube apartments, and you snagged one. It's small, but yours.
34	High-Streets $c506,000 monthly \| Liability 5 You live in a small one-person studio by yourself. No kitchen or laundry, but you've got privacy and it's mostly secure.
35	High-Streets $c481,000 monthly \| Liability 3 You and 1d6 others split space in a home once occupied by wealthier types. Security, kitchen, laundry, and your own room.
> 35	High-Streets $c802,000 monthly \| Liability 5 You've secured a long-stay room in an expensive hotel. Small kitchen, private bath, laundry service, and moderate security.