Red Line

Red Line is a city in the Greater Boston area. It was formerly the Red Line, a part of the MBTA, but seceded into its own city after a referendum.

Seceding
Red Line began as part of Boston's MBTA. It was a subway system. The Mayor of the Red Line began pushing for the train to secede and become its own city, with support from Charlotte Linzer-Coolidge. Despite some controversy, the referendum passed with a 53% majority.

When The Mayor disappeared immediately after the referendum, Red Line temporarily descended into chaos. It was only with guidance from Gemma Linzer-Coolidge that the citizens managed to band together and form a city. Charlotte later became the acting mayor of the city, pending an actual election.

Becoming a City
Charlotte took over as acting mayor and set up infrastructure in the cars. She made sure that the trains ran on time. She drew criticism for choosing Shawmut Station as a jail. Community organizer Isabelle Powell announced that she would run against Charlotte for the mayorship. Not long afterwards, businesswoman Emily Bespin also announced that she would be running.

The city faced further troubles in the form of The Lottery, a series of terrorist attacks. The attacks were designed to mimic some events in Boston's history. The first attack was a molasses flood; Gemma led the affected citizens to safety. The second was a series of explosions that send dried tea leaves throughout Red Line trains; city photographer Louisa Alvarez was slightly injured, but nobody else was.

The third and final Lottery attack occurred during reporter Chuck Octagon's wedding. A machine began spraying scalding hot baked beans into Chuck's Red Line car. Mallory was badly burnt during the attack. During the course of the attack, the hammock apartments in the Porter Square station were torn down.

Structure
Citizens of Red Line can live either in train stations or in the train cars themselves. About a dozen trains run specifically during peak commute hours; these trains are called commute-ity cars. If citizens live in commute-ity cars, they enjoy reduced rent, and commuters pay their fare directly to the homeowners.

If the trains are late, commuters can submit documentation to the lead car and receive reimbursement.

Noteworthy locations

 * Shawmut Station serves as a city jail.
 * The Porter Square Station, where Michael Tate lives, is filled with hammocks as housing. Residents call it the "Ewok village." The structures in Porter Square were torn down during one of The Lottery's attacks.

Key figures

 * Paul Montgomery Chelmsworth, activist
 * Charlotte Linzer-Coolidge, acting mayor
 * Isabelle Powell, mayoral candidate
 * Emily Bespin, mayoral candidate
 * Melissa Weatherby, mayoral assistant
 * Gemma Linzer-Coolidge, chair of the Red Line law enforcement oversight committee
 * Louisa Alvarez, forensic photographer
 * Rusty, MBTA driver