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

This list has ten hooks and rumours that can be heard about the gangsl 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. Maelstrom looks to be gearing up for some kind of major action. The logical target would be their long-time foes, the Inquisitors, but it’s rumoured that Maelstrom needs more and newer equipment before going head-to-head with their foes. It could be that what the gang is gearing up for is something to get that equipment.
2. The Back Alley Brawlers are a group of vigilantes that fight the other street gangs using the same methods. There are rumours that the methods of the Brawlers are getting a little too close to those of the other gangs, and that they are in danger of becoming something not much different to what they are fighting.
3. The Black Queens are one of the most innocuous of Night City’s major gangs, having little interest in turf struggles or anything violent. They are known to be a good information source, though, and cops, criminals and corporate security have all taken advantage of this. There are rumours that the Queens have been collecting a lot of data through their activities, and have now established a significant, and valuable, cache of information.
4. The Brainiacs are a boostergang that values knowledge over brawn, and augment their abilities with skill chips. It’s rumoured that the gang has an interest in several small corporations that are developing cutting-edge cyberwear intended to augment the user’s intellectual and mental capacities, with the intention of keeping the best new developments for themselves.
5. The D.J.’s are mostly wanna-be rockerboys with little if any talent, who make their money in other, less legal, ways than their complete lack of musical ability. It’s rumoured that the gang has been trying to get someone with talent to help them achieve their musical goals, but so far no-one has proven to be remotely interested.
6. The Julliard is a gang that primarily functions as a self-protection organisation for street performers, and they are known to take this seriously. It’s rumoured that the Julliard has started getting more proactive in its defence of late, striking out at potential threats before they become actual ones.
7. The Philharmonic Vampyres are a prankster gang who lack any turf and spend most of their time pulling largely harmless pranks. It’s rumoured that those who annoy the Vamps, though, can find pranks being pulled on them that are anything but harmless; things that would normally be designed in jest are now designed to hurt and kill.
8. The Silver Slash is a guardian chromer gang who are recognised and accepted by the Night City Police. There are rumours that some members of the gang take this recognition and status and use it to get away with committing criminal acts, but most believe that such rumours just originate from the Slash’s enemies are intended to undermine them.
9. The Slaughterhouse is one of the most violent boostergangs in Night City, and rumour has it that they’re only getting more and more violent. There are rumours that the gang members have been taking some new street drugs that make them more resistant to pain and able to inflict more damage, at the cost of becoming more unstable.
10. The Wild Things claim the East Marina as their territory, and haven’t been involved in any turf wars in some time. However, it’s rumoured that the leadership is considering expanding outside of East Marina, and are eying up any other gangs that might be easy targets in the neighbouring blocks.

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