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A United Cities major town wedged onto the Stormgap Coast. It produces nothing of its own, hangs off a single supply line from Eyesocket, and gets Reaver patrols at the gates - a town that lives up to its name.

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Brink is a Major Town of the United Cities on the Stormgap Coast. It has walls, a police station, bars and a weapon shop — on the Empire's administrative map it counts as a proper city. But everything the town eats and sells arrives along one road, and the regulars outside the gate are Reaver patrols. For a player it is a rare resupply point in the northern wastes, and a resupply point that can collapse at any time.

You can reach it by exploration, or reveal it by acquiring and reading the Map of the United Cities (Central Territories).

Position and surroundings

Brink sits on the Stormgap Coast, next door to Venge — the scorched valley swept by orbital death lasers during daylight. That neighbour is not just a geographical detail: the common reading among players is that half the meaning of the town's name is that it sits right on the brink of those lasers' reach.

Which puts Brink on two edges at once: the edge of the Empire's territory, and the edge of terrain that kills.

One artery: Eyesocket

Brink's economy relies solely on supplies from Eyesocket. Not mostly — solely.

That has a blunt mechanical consequence: cut the line and the town starves. The walls stay up, the police stay on duty, but the people go hungry and the shelves go empty. For anyone running long trade routes through the northern United Cities, Brink's stock is among the most volatile in the Empire — it has no second leg to stand on.

Who runs the place

Brink is locally governed by Lady Tsugi. She is not a decorative noble: the town's patrol allocation and its homeless population are both tied to her data, so killing or imprisoning her visibly changes the streets in this region.

By overall patrol spawn value, Brink ranks fifth of the six northern United Cities towns — Tsugi's homeless spawn value is 36. In other words it is second-smallest of the northern UC towns. Major Town on paper; thin garrison in practice.

Danger: Reavers at the gate

It is not unusual to see Reaver patrols near Brink. That crowd flies the banner of overthrowing the United Cities nobility while running on kidnapping and slave soldiers, and the people they take do not end up in a prison.

NoteFor an early squad the real risk around Brink is not wildlife but organised Reaver patrols. Inside the walls there are Imperial police. Outside there are not.

Town overrides

Brink can be affected by several World States, producing three distinct overrides:

OverrideWhat it looks like
MalnourishedThe starving-town state after the supply line breaks
ReaversReavers displace the Empire as the real power here
DestroyedThe town itself is wrecked

None of these are guaranteed sights in a normal playthrough, but all three hang on the same fact: this town's survival depends heavily on conditions it does not control.

Trivia

See also

Buildings and shops

Bar x2, Clothing Shop, Farm Shop, General Storage x2, Noble House, Old Storm House x4 (Collapsed), Old Storm House x5, Police - United Cities, Small Shack, Weapon Shop

Buildings for sale

BuildingPrice
Stephouse24,000 Cats
1x Empire Noble Tsugi (5)—
1x Farm Shop (5)—
4x Destroyed Old Stormhouse (5)—
7x UC farmer stormhouse (4)—
2x Farm Storage (4)—
1x Empire Weapon Shop (2)—
1x Empire Armor Shop (2)—
2x Police Station Tower (2)—
1x Empire Bar (2)—

Sells

Vendors here stock 60 items in total, grouped by category — every entry links.

Items

Basic First Aid Kit, Cactus Rum, Cactus, Cotton, Greenfruit, Grog, Leather, Riceweed, Sake, Water Jug, Water, Wheatstraw

Light Armour

Cargopants (padded), Cargopants (reinforced), Cargopants (sneaky chain), Drifter's Boots, Drifters Leather Jacket, Drifters Leather Pants, Halfpants (padded), Halfpants (reinforced), Halfpants (sneaky chain), Ninja Rags, Samurai Clothpants, Trader's Leathers

Weapons

Holed Sabre, Horse Chopper, Katana, Longsword, Mercenary Club, Naginata, Ninja Blade, Plank, Ringed Sabre, Staff, Wakizashi

Shirts

Chain Shirt, Chainmail, Cloth Shirt, Leather Shirt, Leather Turtleneck, Leather Vest, Rusty Chain Shirt, Rusty Chainmail, Turtleneck, White Vest

Legwear

Cargopants, Gi Pants, Halfpants (ragged), Ninja Pants, Worn-out Shorts

Nutrition

Bread, Dried Meat, Foodcube, Meatwrap, Raw Meat

Backpacks

Bull Backpack, Garru Backpack

Clothing

Ninja Gi

Headgear

Sandogasa

Medium Armour

Rusty Chainmail Tagelmust

Vendors and stock here

Compiled automatically from the wiki's vendor data: shops that can appear in this settlement and what they may carry. Actual stock varies with world state and randomisation.

Clothing Shop

Cargopants, Cargopants (padded), Cargopants (reinforced), Cargopants (sneaky chain), Chain Shirt, Chainmail, Cloth Shirt, Drifter's Boots, Drifters Leather Jacket, Drifters Leather Pants, Gi Pants, Halfpants (padded), Halfpants (ragged), Halfpants (reinforced), Halfpants (sneaky chain), Leather, Leather Shirt, Leather Turtleneck, … (31 items in all at this shop)

Empire Bar

Bread, Cactus Rum, Dried Meat, Foodcube, Grog, Meatwrap, Sake, Water, Water Jug

Farm Shop

Basic First Aid Kit, Bread, Bull Backpack, Cactus, Cotton, Dried Meat, Garru Backpack, Greenfruit, Raw Meat, Riceweed, Water Jug, Wheatstraw

Small Empire Weapon Shop

Holed Sabre, Horse Chopper, Katana, Longsword, Mercenary Club, Naginata, Ninja Blade, Plank, Ringed Sabre, Staff, Wakizashi