The Waterworks

The Waterworks
Urban District – Faction: @The Hydro Hegemony

@The Waterworks was once a symbol of civic pride, a gleaming complex where engineers turned sludge into clean drinking water for millions. Now, it’s the beating heart of the Hydro Hegemony—a steel-and-concrete citadel where every drop is tallied, taxed, and traded. Colossal filtration towers loom over algae-slick reservoirs, their humming cores visible through panels of reinforced glass. Below, a warren of subterranean cisterns sprawls beneath the district like a steel-rooted labyrinth, guarded as fiercely as any vault.

The air here is thick with chlorine vapor and metallic mist, a chemical tang that clings to skin and clothes. On the street level, the facade is polished—hydration kiosks staffed by smiling uniformed attendants, public purification services, and civic banners promising Water for All. But the truth runs deeper than the pipes. Every ration is issued under watchful eyes, every refill an opportunity to measure loyalty. Valve, the district’s unseen ruler, can dry out a block in a day—or flood a rebel safehouse to its ceiling beams.

The Waterworks is more than infrastructure; it’s leverage. Valve doesn’t waste time with speeches or propaganda. His control runs silent through the city’s veins, pumped in measured beats by the Hegemony’s crews. While other factions fight over streets, the Hegemony owns the bloodstream of New Vance—and in a city where thirst kills faster than bullets, that makes them untouchable.