HEIST CLUB

Climate catastrophes, famines, and regional wars reshaped the planet. In the chaos, tech oligarchs bailed out failing governments—and took control of everything.

Democracy is gone.

Half-dozen megacities now dominate the continental map, populations in the dozens of millions. The wealthy live in crystal towers while the rest scavenge in the rubble of climate disasters.

Lost Angeles is a sprawling megacity where neighborhoods still fight the battles of the Climate Collapse—that mid-century decade when communities were cut off and fought for survival.

An illegal motorsport where teams race through megacities in custom machines. Wildly dangerous—injuries guaranteed, fatalities common.

4 billion viewers watch globally. Criminal organizations use the betting web to launder money.

Drivers called "Jockeys" penetrate security perimeters and drone patrols to deliver their passenger—a "Jumper"—who steals a secure package. Victory means delivering the package to a suborbital rocket.

Security forces use nonlethal ranged weapons but brutal multi-limbed drones that can rip vehicles apart. Captured competitors disappear into private prisons.