NSL’s western waterfront where the Mississippi meets the city’s industrial needs. Concrete piers, rusted crane towers, and loading equipment older than the Disjunction. Smuggling isn’t a side business here — it is the business.
Key Venues
The Copper Cup
Dockworker bar with a reputation for fair dealing and terrible coffee. This is where cargo gets talked about before it gets moved. The barkeep knows every captain, every pilot, and every smuggler working the Mississippi corridor. If you need to get something on or off a boat without paperwork, start here.
Operator Safe Houses
The Landing maintains a network of safe houses used by smuggling crews, CRB operatives passing through, and anyone who needs to stay invisible for a few days. Access requires a referral from a known operator. The houses rotate — a safe house this week might be a storage facility next week.
Session Hooks
→ A cargo shipment from the Fallen Shore is two days overdue. The captain’s Mesh signal went dark at the river junction
→ Dr. Maren’s clinic needs medical supplies that are sitting in a quarantined warehouse. The quarantine is corporate, not medical
→ A safe house has been compromised. Someone needs to move four people and a crate of relics before dawn