The Streetweight Collective controls the southern half of the Exchange, a zone defined by exposure, noise, and constant physical presence. Unlike the Ledger’s inward, system-based control, Streetweight territory is unmistakable the moment you enter it. Streets are lit, guarded, and claimed openly. If something here still moves, burns fuel, or makes noise, Streetweight has a hand in it.
Streetweight territory spreads horizontally and outward, anchored to:
Wide commercial streets
Freight corridors and loading zones
Open plazas and former market squares
Bridge approaches and causeways
Their control follows movement routes, not buildings. They care less about what’s inside structures and more about who passes between them.
From above, South Exchange looks chaotic and alive. From the ground, it feels like walking through someone else’s living room—watched, evaluated, taxed.
Streetweight territory is marked by:
Barricades made from vehicles, shipping containers, and concrete
Burn barrels, generators, and hanging lights
Armed patrols in visible rotation
Flags, graffiti, and improvised signage
Nothing is subtle. The goal is deterrence through certainty: everyone knows who controls the street they’re standing on.
At the heart of South Exchange are Street Markets, sprawling open trading zones held in plazas, intersections, and former delivery yards. These markets:
Operate on fixed schedules
Are heavily guarded
Temporarily suspend violence under Streetweight law
Markets are loud, crowded, and dangerous—but fast. Deals happen face-to-face, and payment is immediate.
Streetweight borders are physical and enforced:
Toll points at major intersections
Checkpoints at bridge access
Crew-controlled chokepoints
Crossing without paying is treated as theft. There are no warnings—only response.
Streetweight maintains control through:
Rapid-response crews on foot and vehicles
Overlapping patrol routes
Visible retaliation
Punishment is public. Executions, beatings, or exile happen where others can see. This keeps both civilians and infected in check—fear is efficient.
Civilians live within Streetweight territory in:
Upper floors of commercial buildings
Converted warehouses
Barricaded side streets
They are not hidden or protected by secrecy. They survive by compliance—paying fees, providing labor, or working as runners and scouts. Safety is temporary and transactional.
The boundary between Streetweight and Ledger space is volatile and constantly renegotiated. It runs through:
Collapsed transit hubs
Half-functional malls
Abandoned office plazas
These border zones are the most dangerous places in the Exchange—watched by both sides, trusted by neither.
Streetweight doesn’t claim ownership of infrastructure.
They claim presence.
If they ever lose South Exchange, it won’t happen quietly. It will be loud, violent, and fast—because that’s the only way Streetweight knows how to exist.