City '26: Kathoom - Week 2

 A4. Finance District

Principal Feature

The financial heart of both the city and the entire Republic. Most prominent is the Kathoom Stock Exchange, alongside hundreds of banks and firms.

NPC: Wu Zloth. Bank teller. Painfully slow, gravely voice. Seems to enjoy your suffering.

Encounters

1. Several salarymen, stumbling back from the bar after after-work drinks.
2. Several salarymen, arguing over who has the nicer holo-card.
3. Several salarymen, in a hurry. You are in their way.
4. A few investors, celebrating their investments paying off.
5. A few investors, suicidal after going bankrupt.
6. An armored speeder, carrying who knows how many credits, passes by.

NPC: Brinks Rakeback. Armored speeder driver. Compulsive gambler. Fighting the temptation to just steal everything and bet it all on an esorh race.

Trade Goods

Need a loan? Wanna buy stock in a company? Wanna get a loan, set up your own joint-stock company, pull off some less-than-legal schemes, and run off with your ill-gotten gains? This is the place to do it.

NPC: Kaj Ongol. Wannabe investor. Gullible, more credits than sense. Inherited his wealth from an uncle who may or may not have been a space pirate.

Controlling Faction

Once the underdog founded out of a personal rivalry to compete with the Bank of Boracon, the Kathoom Company has risen to the top, becoming the number one banking company in the Republic.

NPC: Naaro Hrub. CEO of the Kathoom Company. No one holds a grudge like Hrub. Two hundred years ago, he was rivals with a man named Siven Kit. Their rivalry would eventually reach the point where Hrub killed Kit in a duel. Most people would consider their rivalry over at that point. Not Hrub. Through cyborg enhancements and sheer spite, he has kept himself alive, determined to see Kit's Bank of Boracon crushed into the dust and all memory of him blotted from the galaxy.

Rival Faction

The Bank of Boracon has seen better days. Despite the prestige of being Kathoom’s first bank, they’ve lost much of their business to the Kathoom Company.

NPC: Hashlin Skeem. CEO of the Bank of Boracon. Determined to see the Bank back on top and willing to use whatever underhanded tricks he needs to. Couldn't care less about Hrub - it's just business.

Plot Hook

Alright boys - the heist is simple: the Star of Bogosi, one of the largest diamonds in the galaxy, is being moved to a safety deposit box at the First Bank of the Kathoom Company. Once it’s in that safe, it’ll be basically inaccessible; that means we’ve got a small window to make our move.

NPC: Adamas Rode. Psychopath, looks like Michael Caine. Owns dozens of diamond mines on the planet of Bogosi in the Outer Rim.

Transportation

N to [A3]

S to [B5]

E to [B4]

W to [L4]

NPC: Mish Koral. Stock trader. On a holo-call all the time, somehow able to hold two conversations at once. Suspiciously good at buying and selling at the right times (no tricks, he really is just that good/lucky).