Night City (Cyberpunk)

Night City is a city that features in Cyberpunk.

History

Coronado City

Richard Night who was a successful businessman who during the early 1990s came to be concerned by the violence and disruption of the impending Collapse. He saw himself in an unique position to deal with the forthcoming issue. Working mainly on corporate-funded projects, Richard decided to started a side company known as Night International. It began to plan an ideal new city — an environment that would be controlled and ultimately be safe from the ravages tearing the world apart with it being completely planned, self-sufficient, and capable of holding off even the most determined criminals. This city would boast planned neighborhoods dedicated to preserving the feel of different types of nationalities and cultures, as well as a super-modern corporate center that would stand as a shining beacon of enlightened capitalism. It was ambitious, far-reaching, and visionary in its approach. Eventually, Night managed to secure the unheard amount of capital needed to finance such a large-scale project. With the Collapse, many corporations had been looking to establish their own urban areas — controlled zones free of crime, poverty or debt. A place where governments would be corporate-run, allowing optimum zoning and no anti-business elements to interfere with corporate growth. Ideally, it would be a capitalist mecca of opportunity. Night's dream city was tailor-made for their purposes and so he provided the design and construction capacities while these corporations lend in their funds. By 1992, Arasaka, EBM and Petrochem had all signed on with the project, leading to the formation of the Coronado Partnership.

Needing lots of land for his new infrastructure development, as well as access to both sea ports and modern highways to deliver the huge amount of materials that he would need to construct it, Richard Night sent scouting teams to the East and West Coasts of the United States of America. However, by late 1992, it was a small article from the San Francisco Chronicle that caught Richard's eye — the piece described a dreadful incident that had taken place in a small seaside town called Morro Bay, along the Central Californian coast. Rather than seeing the location as where a post-holocaust horror had taken place, Night saw an opportunity to build the project of his life. With Morro Bay being a ghost town, Richard was able to purchase the land where the settlement stood for a very low price. Petrochem helped in the acquisition, as the corporation had drillings rights over a portion of the region and had already taken ownership of the town's then-abandoned Dynergy Power Plant, with plans to set up an offshore port and oil terminal site as well. A leveraged 132 million dollar purchase secured the remaining parcels — including areas of the neighboring Los Osos as well. Bankrolled by Merrill, Asukaga & Finch — who wanted to make the new city a financial hub — Night and Petrochem employed the Arasaka Corporation to remove the gangs and make the area a safe zone for construction. Further funds came from external investors lured to the project by the promise of lucrative building contracts and possible sources of extralegal income. In order to erase the stigma of the Morro Bay incident, the Partnership renamed the region Del Coronado Bay to make way for their new project of Coronado City. However, thanks to the rather out-sized personality of its founder, it soon became colloquially known by locals as 'Night's City'.

The Free City of Night City

Overview

In appearance, Night City was autonomous city located on the border between North and South California, on the Pacific coast of North America.

It was considered a modern multicultural metropolis of the 21st-century, overrun by corporations, corruption, organized crime and gang violence.

Locations within Night City included:

• Night City Metropolitan Airport :
• Arasaka Towers :

Organizations in Night City included:

• Night City Police Department :
• Arasaka Corporation :
• Euro Business Machines :
• Merrill, Asukaga, & Finch :
• Night International/Corporation :
• Petrochem :
• Militech :
• Trauma Team :

Night City was a democratic mayoralty with a corporate-controlled city council. In mayoral elections, votes are cast via a Data Term using IdentiCard registration software, and the winner of an election is determined by a simple majority of the popular vote. The Night City Council consists of 100 members, each of whom are usually backed by one of the top ten largest corporations present in Night City.

Inhabitants

• Richard Night :
• Lucius Rhyne :
• Jefferson Peralez :
• Johnny Silverhand :
• Alt Cunningham :
• Morgan Blackhand :
• Adam Smasher :
• Trace Santiago :
• Marika Takeshi :

Notes

• Night City was created by Mike Pondsmith and featured in the setting of the Cyberpunk universe.

In other media

Television

• In Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Night City appeared in the setting of the 2022 web anime television series.

Appearances

• Cyberpunk:

External Links

• Cyberpunk Wiki Entry

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