What the characters do.
In Welcome to the City the players take
on the roles of people who have signed up on the City Works Division
(CWD). This is the section of city works that take on the more
dangerous an unwanted tasks throughout the megalopolis that is known
as The City. Their applications are chosen because they have special
qualifications for this type of work and because they have few, if
any, family ties. The later is because the city administrators don't
want lawsuits from surviving family members to come about.
Because the CWD has a rather high
casualty rate.
They are given a basic pay per month
and are given assignments by their higher ups. There is no 'pay for
completion' except for the rare bonus that may be attached to more
delicate operations. You get a weekly paycheck, health insurance,
your work clothing consisting of overalls and whatever gear you are
deemed to need for a given assignment. Welcome to the blue collar
world.
Assignments may be something as mundane
as directing traffic and clearing storm drains. However you could
also be sent out to quell a mob that has turned violent or hunting
down an unknown creature that has started killing off civilians. You
have have to direct traffic while another group is in a gun fight
with that mob in the same street.
Base level CWD workers are all given
the same colored blue coveralls. Local slang has even gotten around
to calling the entry level folks “Basic Blues” as a result. As
you progress up the ladder and get promotions your coverall colors
will be changed to reflect this.
All workers are assigned to an Assigned
Task Crew with a letter and number designation. The overturn in basic
blue crews is pretty high. But if enough survive then they may put in
a request for a Task Crew name change of their choice.
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