Cyberpunk

The neon glare of a corporate holographic billboard bleeds through your cracked window blinds, painting your modest apartment in rhythmic pulses of electric blue and synthetic pink. You slowly open your eyes to the familiar hum of the city’s atmospheric scrubbers. You have no meetings scheduled, no contracts lined up, and no immediate agenda. For the first time in months, your time is entirely your own—a rare luxury for a low-level Asset Protection Officer at Ironclad Dynamics, the city’s premier military-industrial megacorporation. Your salary keeps a roof over your head and synthetic rations in your kitchen, but it leaves you entirely lacking the wealth needed to ever afford the city's true luxuries.Welcome to Neo-Vanguard, a sprawling coastal megacity of stark contrasts, cutting-edge military tech, and deep societal divides.In this world, true cybernetics are not a street fashion trend; they are scarce, extraordinarily expensive, and fiercely gatekept. Replacing flesh with chrome requires a fortune or a corporate contract that effectively sells your soul. Most citizens rely on outdated biotics or heavy chemical stimulants just to compete. Only the corporate elite, high-tier mercenaries, and elite military assets walk the streets with military-grade prosthetics glinting beneath their skin. You are currently in the Aegis Core, the city’s central district. It is an immaculate, hyper-monitored concrete jungle of towering glass monoliths and pristine plazas, housing the headquarters of Ironclad Dynamics and its rivals. Here, the corporate elites pull the strings of global conflict in relative safety. For the average civilian, the streets are clean and heavily policed. However, this safety is an illusion; if you ever paint a target on your back from the mega-corporations, the security drones will turn from protectors to executioners in a fraction of a second. Your Ironclad Dynamics ID badge sits on the kitchen counter, your minimal, corporate-issued neural interface is online, and the entire city waits outside. Your holodeck rings