Dogtown

In the 2020s Militech established a secret, experimental military project in this part of Pacifica, constructing bunkers and laboratories cleverly hidden beneath urban infrastructure. Nearly half a century later, a group of investors appeared, unaware they were building on the remains of an old military complex. When a lab was excavated at one of the construction sites, the investors were forced out of Pacifica and Militech erected a wall around the neighborhood ostensibly due to gas leaks, poor documentation on local developments and unexploded ordnance from the 4th Corporate War.

In 2077, Dogtown has become a kind of city within a city, walled off from the rest of Night with designated points of entry manned by Kurt Hansen's Militech-commandos-turned-militia-soldiers. On the streets one can still see the remnants of Pacifica's never-completed redevelopment - luxury hotels, swimming pools, dazzlingly sumptuous mansions: once destined for glory, now a dilapadated mess. Machinery abandoned by construction workers is also present and many of the buildings are nothing more than crumbling, vacant husks.

The NCPD is forbidden to enter Dogtown proper, while Trauma Team rarely ventures inside due to the increased risk and the fact that hardly anyone in Dogtown has TT insurance. True enough, Hansen's people serve as local law enforcement, but are far from what one would call "police officers". Maybe they'll help, maybe they won't - their primary concern is ensuring the neighborhood doesn't descend into total anarchy. Small local squabbles and conflicts? Not worth their precious time.

So who lives in Dogtown? Mostly those on the run from corps, gangs or the NCPD. But ordinary people find themselves in the mix too - those pushed beyond the margins of society in Night City and who were brave or desperate enough to try their luck here.