[17G] — SECTOR 17
The Smelter
Overview
The refinery complex itself — the sector's beating, belching heart. Cracking towers rise in serrated rows above storage tank farms that stretch to the waterfront, their flare stacks — The Stack — painting the cloud layer orange every night. Ironclad inherited the infrastructure whole, changed the logos, and kept the same shifts running. The air inside the perimeter is a chemical cocktail that the on-site medical clinic treats with inhalers distributed at the gate. Workers enter through biometric turnstiles, spend twelve hours breathing catalytic fumes, and exit through the same turnstiles into a world that smells almost clean by comparison. The fence line is where Ironclad's jurisdiction ends and the arguments begin.
Landmarks
The Smelter — Massive refinery complex under permanent chemical haze.
The Stack — Refinery smokestacks that never stop burning.
The North Span — Northern bridge crossing with improvised fortifications on old pylons.