The past few days had been nothing short of hell. Fires raged uncontrollably, turning what once passed for streets into smoldering paths of ash and ruin. Those with the means had long since abandoned this part of the hive, escaping to safer, more stable levels. Left behind were the poor, the sick, the elderly, and the young—and, of course, the brutal and bloodthirsty who thrived in chaos. Liam and his gang moved through what remained, the cityscape now a jagged skeleton of broken buildings and collapsed ceilings. Any semblance of civilization had vanished, leaving only desperation in its wake.

Life in the hive had always been a struggle, but it was a struggle with rules. There were still ways to scrape by—a few creds could buy a meal, street vendors lined the corners, and shops tucked into the dim recesses offered supplies. But now, all of that was gone, swept away by the collapse. Not just the vendors and their wares, but entire avenues, entire blocks, and even sections of the ceiling that once formed the hive's distant sky had fallen into dust.

Now, survival was raw and feral. To find food meant catching whatever could be hunted—anything that walked, crawled, or slithered through the ruins. You had to kill it with your own hands, silently and swiftly, for noise was a death sentence. Predators lurked in the shadows, figures more dangerous than hunger. Dark shapes, twisted echoes of humanity, prowled the streets. Whatever they once were, they had been changed by this new, brutal world, warped beyond recognition by madness and bloodlust.

Cycle Four- Rules 

• Chaos is in Ascendance during this cycle.
• Before determining income for this cycle, all of the gangs territories are razed.
• Income from the territories are generated in step 4 of the Post Battle Sequence of the first game.
• As before, there are no new income generated from territories after the first battle.
• Before the first battle, any fighter in recovery is taken out of recovery.
• From this cycle and onwards the following rules apply
• Starvation rules are in effect
• Festering injuries are in effect in all games
• No credits my be spent at all
• You can no longer hire new gangers, hangers on, brutes or hired guns for credits or meat
• No one has access to the Trading post or items from their house lists
• Instead of buying equipment during the post battle sequence, a player may use any number of Scavenging Rolls they have access to
• Underdog bonuses
• From this cycle onward new rules for underdogs are in effect
• The value of each gang is calculated on the number of fighters able to get to the battle, either deployed in the deployment phase or available as reinforcements during the game - Any player may choose to exclude any fighters from being able to participate
• If the difference in Gang Rating is less than 200, there is no bonus for the underdog
• If the difference is between 200 and 399, the underdog may take 1 random Underdog Tactics card from the deck with the same name
• If the difference is 400 or more, the underdog may include Hired Guns, Brutes, Hangers-on and Dramatis Personae as described on page 239 in the rule book until they have 400 in difference, they then take 2 random cards from the Underdog Tactics deck