2020 04 17

Fri Apr 17 03:57:00 2020 The Warrens, Apr 16 2020 There is good and bad news in the Warrens. The good news is, that the current hassling of the crime lords by the Star does not bother the populace in the Warrens. Not directly at least. The people there are getting a bit less food than normal, but they are used to harsh rationing in there, the Warrens Blockade dealt them a much harder punch. The bad news. New quarrels break out over something that had been taken for granted for a long time in there. Guns and ammo. The smuggling routes, thrice depleted by the Star hitting on the organized crime, the conflict in Ute, cutting off or at least hamperingseveral smuggling routes through the country, as well as the heightened cost for smuggling due to the serious impact those passing through foreign orks and troll had on the trade, has made smuggling supplies into the Warrens, especially of 'luxury goods' as weapons a much rarer occurence. By the looks of it, old established gangs are getting challenged by newer upstart gangs as the former leading gangs. The reason is simple. Firearms had been mostly in the hands of the bigger gangs, loosing them now, or rendering them unusable through the lack of ammo makes those 'peacekeepers' less of a threat to the younger, more hungry dogs. Also, moving around the Warrens with firearms out in the open has become a major disadvantage. As has showing high quality weaponry. Ambushes have made short work of some runners thinking they were the Lords of the Warrens, proving them wrong and making their weapons property of new owners. Better stay sharp if you wander in the Warrens, or hope you have unexpected friends…