DESCRIPTION:

Created as humanity’s first offworld planned city in their expansion efforts from Æntez, Hicap City was meant as an experiment for burgeoning social philosophies within Æntezian society. Hicap City features extensive proprietary infrastructure technology which was to be tested for later application at home in Terra Parva and in future offworld colonies. To fund the extreme endeavor, the new Æntezian government courted corporate sponsorship, asking companies to expend their resources in exchange for political and economic control of Hicap City. 

Hicap City was constructed and populated at a rapid pace. The city saw instant success as an economic hub as it featured the highest density of industrial factories at the time and access to the local resources available on Chameiro. For over two decades Hicap City was the hub for capital in the Æntezian Empire; however, much of the corporate presence in Hicap City disappeared once Gärbo was completed. Companies favored the Nouvieux’s more leisefaire economic structure as well as the promise of independence from Hadiocracy. 

As humanity’s economic efforts in Deadstar shifted away from Chameiro, Hicap City suffered. Corporate entities ceased investing in the infrastructure and social programs of Hicap City and the void was filled with organized crime. Today Hicap City is run almost entirely by crime syndicates, with the largest remaining industries being gambling, extortion, prostitution, and drug trafficking.