Raft-city

A Raft-city, also called a Drift Nation, is a term given to the floating city structures off the coast of most major cities in the Cyberpunk universe.

Overview
The residents of raft-cities, Nomads also known as Rafters, were mostly poverty-stricken, homeless, racially challenged, undocumented and/or running from the law. These cities were made up of large and small ships and yachts, old barges, barrels with makeshift rafts, old oil rigs, and others - basically any kind of watercraft or floating structures. These cities also had linking waterways that flowed from one side of the raft-city to the other.

Most floating cities had their own transport systems, shopping areas, shipping yards, docks, business and housing complexes. These floating cities averaged anywhere between 1,000 to 500,000 residents.

The Fourth Corporate War caused many raft-cities to become independent nation-states in independent waters, with their own governments and defense forces. These Drift Nations were hubs of oceanic trade in the Time of the Red, and were the only surface civilizations to have direct trade with members of the Deepdown.

Known Raft-city's

 * AquaDelphi - Just off the coast of Hawaii, about 1.5 square miles in size.
 * Atlantis - Just off the coast of Florida, size unknown (less than 1.5 square miles in size).
 * New Galverston - 1.5 miles off the coast of Texas, size unknown.
 * Kanto (Floating city) - moored of the coast of Tokyo, size unknown.
 * New Dubai - An offshore platform located off the coast of Old Dubai's irradiated ruins.
 * Unnamed raft-city - Just off the coast of Los Angeles, about 50 square miles in size.
 * Unnamed raft-city - Offshore colonies in the Gulf of Mexico made from old oil rigs and tankers jury-rigged together.

Known Raft-city Corporations

 * AtlantaCred - Located in the raft-city Atlantis.
 * Japan Self Defense Fleet - The JSDF is in association with the Kanto (Floating City).
 * KRAB Studios - Located on a yacht called "The Barge" near the unnamed raft-city off the coast of LA.
 * OTEC - Located in the raft-city AquaDelphi.
 * Petrochem - Located in the raft-city Atlantis.

Known Raft-city Residents

 * Amanda Russell (CEO of OTEC)
 * Claudius (Netrunner/Former Microtech Employee)
 * Cleary Kantner (Techie/Shipper)
 * Damon Russell (Founder of OTEC)
 * Grace Kantner (Techie/Shipper)
 * Jenny (Pirate)
 * Josh Carbonell (Reporter/Boss of KRAB Studios)
 * Julian Morales (Reporter)
 * Lani Iwase (City Fighter/Drifter)
 * Michael Hart (Fixer)