10 Hooks and Rumours for Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0.’s Night City

This list has ten hooks and rumours that can be heard in or about the Studio City district of Night City. Whether or not they are true is up to the GameMaster. They can be used as background colour or as potential adventure hooks.

1. Brookhaven Co-op in Studio City is a low-cost apartment building that was constructed predominately out of substandard materials. The tenants run the building as a co-op and are attempting to get parts of it brought up to a higher level, but are struggling both due to a lack of funds and because the building is fundamentally garbage.
2. Colonial Studios in Studio City is currently being renovated and repaired to make it a state of the art braindance and holographic producer, but it’s rumoured that work on this keeps running into problems, and sabotage is said to be suspected in some cases. The studio is said to be investigating, both on the Net and not.
3. Libertine Lanes in Studio City is an old-fashioned bowling alley, though with some more modern features. It’s also rife with juviegangs, gang fights and dorphers, though attempts to shut them down have so far failed. However, it’s rumoured that an attempt is being made to get the place condemned and pulled down which, though it won’t solve the problem, will move it elsewhere.
4. Malorian Firearms, Inc in Studio City specialises in custom weapons of high quality. Run by the gunsmith Eran Malour, it’s said that Malour is always looking for commissions to make new weapons that are “interesting” in some way. Malour seems less bothered about what such weapons will be used for, and more that making them will be interesting and a challenge to do.
5. Over the years, the quality of films produced out of Studio City declined a lot, though the new owners seek to turn this around. It’s rumoured, though, that on parts of the lot content is still shot that makes even the trash produced at the depths look like the highest quality of work, and that often what’s filmed ventures into the extremely dubious if not outright illegal.
6. Studio C at Studio City is in ruins and waiting demolition after a fire was started by an unknown arsonist. There are rumours that the company has been receiving threats, from someone claiming to be the arsonist and threatening to do it again unless they are paid off.
7. The United Non-denominational Churches of God(s) in Studio City amongst other things runs a soup kitchen for those in need. It’s rumoured that the kitchen has been having problems with juviegangers recently, with them terrorising those heading to the soup kitchen, including the staff. They haven’t been attacking the place directly, but even indirectly it’s causing problems.
8. There are warehouses on the Studio City lot that contain all kinds of things, some of them going back years. It’s rumoured that the company has recently uncovered a cache of old movies from the last century and are working to convert them to a modern medium. This is being done secretly, because the films are worth quite a lot, even in their current state.
9. There have apparently been problems with Colonial Studios’ new braindance programs. Some claim that they have had a deleterious effect on some users, damaging their brains, but the studio claims this is disinformation being put out by corporate enemies trying to destroy their business.
10. Z-KNT is based in Studio City and is one of Night City’s most successful progressive radio stations. Many rockers first found fame because of their exposure on Z-KNT, but some claim that money can be what gets someone played on the radio, not talent. Though this could just be coming from disgruntled rockers who weren’t themselves featured.

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