Dead Sector

Dead Sectors are areas abandoned after the Burn, long left to the devices of nature. These areas extend across the midwestern United States, bordering New Tanegashima on the East Coast and Amnesty on the West Coast. The remnants of streets, neighborhoods, and the hollow shells of skyscrapers dot the wilderness, a stark reminder of what used to be standing silently among the trees. Many of these areas are declared to be unsafe to live in due to severe topographical and ecological damage left by a tactical laser strike on the United States, though unregistered citizens still populate the forests and mountains. Called “Subsisters”, these people survive off of the land. They live a strange life, caught in between the primitive and the hyper-advanced, their short lives punctuated by violent conflicts between the corps.