Rail Militarists of Charlottenburg
Base: Reinforced rail corridors and perimeter checkpoints
Power Source: Ammunition control, fuel depots, fortified rail lines
Identity: Order through containment
The Iron Ring controls key sections of the old rail infrastructure, converting tracks into defensive barriers and toll checkpoints. They regulate movement of goods and people, claiming stability requires hardened borders.
Disciplined and structured, they see themselves as the spine of a future Berlin.
Strength: Military coordination and winter preparedness.
Weakness: Fuel dependence and growing resentment from taxed districts.
Water Syndicates of Neukölln
Base: Flooded river districts and barge routes
Power Source: Water purification and river trade
Identity: Water is authority
The Floodline maintains filtration systems along the swollen Spree and controls elevated walkway networks between submerged blocks. They operate river barges and regulate freshwater distribution.
Quietly powerful, they rarely fight openly — they restrict access instead.
Strength: Leverage over multiple districts.
Weakness: Vulnerable infrastructure and contamination risks.
Agrarian Survival Bloc
Base: Converted Tempelhof airfield farmland
Power Source: Food production and wind turbines
Identity: Survival through cultivation
Tempelhof has become Berlin’s largest food source. Wind turbines and greenhouse systems stretch across the open scar of the old airfield.
The Cooperative feeds the inner blocks, but its open terrain makes it raid-prone and difficult to defend.
Strength: Essential to winter survival.
Weakness: Militarily exposed.
Mitte Political Bloc
Base: Shattered Reichstag dome and central neutral zones
Power Source: Symbolism and negotiated accords
Identity: Governance reborn
Meeting beneath the broken dome, the Assembly attempts to coordinate block councils and mediate disputes. They lack a standing army but wield influence through legitimacy and historic symbolism.
Some see them as the beginning of reconstruction. Others see them as a relic clinging to memory.
Strength: Diplomatic influence.
Weakness: No enforcement power.
Tunnel Confederation
Base: U-Bahn network
Power Source: Mobility, salvage, secrecy
Identity: The city beneath the city
The Underline Kin are not a unified government but a shifting confederation of tunnel settlements. They move through hidden rail arteries, emerging unexpectedly to trade or raid.
Rumors claim some enclaves dwell near radiation pockets and have adapted in ways others fear.
Strength: Strategic mobility and unpredictability.
Weakness: Flooding, structural instability, internal fragmentation.