the formation of thousands of indi- vidual gangs that roam the tunnels in search of victims -usually rival gang. members, but random muggings and sexual offenses are common. Even though the majority of these gang members are in their mid-teens, some of the gangs have their roots firmly in the past. “The Tribe’ are the oldest gang in Angel, having survived for 138 years, Children of the original members of The Tribe join through a sense of loyalty to their parent's and ndparent’s past. The Tribe has controlled most of the urban territory around Angel since it was first formed, Havingnearly 1200members {intotal, its nearestrivalinnumbersare The Chancellors’, a skateboard gang, that has tried and failed many times pture The over the «ten years toca Tribe's territory, The days of the gangsare now numbered, as down in the dirt and scum of the Theseus Chain the Shiver Units are becoming more and more hostile, tothe pointof shooting gang members on sight. The Shiver Units on Artery can bea litle extreme, and due to the harsh. environment and the pressure of working in such a labour intensive world, many find it hard to cope They turn to drugs, crime and vio- ;nything to break the mono: tony of their life on Artery. This has had a rather worrying effect on the Shiver forces here a an Artery Shiver is a fearful sight indeed, clad in riot style black Blocker Body Armour, armed with Pacifier Batons and the special issue AAG Support Revolver (exclusively produced for Artery). A special 11 n (short rifle round is used in this weapon, very effectively. The old ying ‘violence breeds violence’ is especially true here. The more violent the population get, the more extreme the Shivers become in their methods. Allegations of corruption within the Shiver ranks are widespread, butusu- ally cannot be proved. On Artery the Shivers write the lawasthey goalong, ‘They are an evil and twisted mockery of Cradle’s finest ‘To avoid the gangs and the Shivers some brave the outside world, This holds, like the tunnels, many hazards, and being struck by lightning is only one of them, On Artery’s surface the rain is very similar to a shower of mud. Itis acidic, polluted with chem icals from the various industrial sec tors, bitterly cold and. seemingly never-ending. It lashes incessant against the buildings of Angel, slowly eating its way through everything Even the structures, which are coated toprevent corrosion, show the results of centuries of constant erosion. The nightmarish melee of Angel's archi- tecture is apparent at a glance ~the melting pot of centuries of functions architecture and industrial skyscrap: ets grate on the eyes like a raped War World. Your gaze is drawn to Faus’s Tower, a fusion plant close to the centre of Angel, which stands like a twisted skeletal finger pointing up- wards into the eye of the storm raging above. All around the cramped walk- ways the rain swirls in tiny tidal waves, mingling and and twisting like demented souls between the towers and blocks. No amount of good nav igation or nava-maps will help you here. Your only option is to go with the flow of the crowds that wash like rain down streets of almost alien con: struction. If luck prevails, when you visit Artery it will be summer. This is the only time the rain stops, giving way tobaking hot days that dehydrate Artery, turning it into a dust bowl, These abhorrently hot periods are a result of Antery's elliptical orbit around its sun, For 125 days of the ining 520 days it slowly cools -un- til mid-winter, when constant dark ness engulfs the planet for four mon- ths of bitter cold and constant violent storms. The gravity on Artery, due to its size ~ 143,000km in diameter — is slightly greater than that of Mort but personnel usually adjust successfully in about six months. The Angel complex isthe strongest site on Artery. The original plant built in the summer of 004 SD.) is situated atthe centre of Angeland wasnamed, like the city that surroundsit, afterthe very first Stormer created. The first obstacle that confronts anybody at- tempting to enter the Angel industrial centre is the ‘Chattering Wall’, so called because of the hundreds of gun emplacements scattered along the structure, It stands 15m tall and is just as thick. This gargantuan con- struction has a network of tunnels, gauss train links and barracks run- ning through it and under it for the