The Uplands
Overview
The Free Quarter Hills at their steepest — faculty residences converted to resistance safe houses, their winding roads and overgrown gardens providing natural concealment that no amount of Guardian drone coverage can fully penetrate. The Uplands are where the Free Quarter's intellectual leadership lives when they're not at the university, and where they retreat when Guardian pushes too hard at the sector boundaries. Panoramic views from the ridgeline show the entire Sprawl laid out below — the Nexus Core's glow to the west, the Deep Dregs' darkness below, Guardian's surveillance lights on the opposing ridge. The residents say the view is a reminder of what they're fighting. It's also early warning: you can see patrols coming from kilometers away.