The Shallows
Overview
The bay narrows here to its most fortified chokepoint — the Golden Gate Dam spans the gap, and the Cyber Castle compound occupies the ridgeline above with a sight line that covers every approach by land or water. The Lookout sits on the island in the bay, a former immigration station turned surveillance platform whose sensors paint the water surface with enough resolution to track individual swimmers. This is where the Restricted Zone meets the Sprawl's most valuable infrastructure, and the concentration of defensive systems is dense enough to create overlapping kill zones that leave no dead space. The shallows themselves are mined — acoustic sensors in the seabed, pressure plates on the bay floor, and autonomous underwater vehicles that investigate anything larger than a harbor seal.