At a glance
Auburn is an industrial district of smoke-belching factories and downtrodden workers, and is also heavily influenced by organized crime. Seattle’s most exclusive and mysterious resort is in Auburn, frequented by the metroplex hoi polloi and offering interesting possibilities to runners. The corporate factory complexes present their own adventure opportunities, and abandoned factories can also serve as lairs for gangs, paranormal creatures and shadowy organizations like organleggers or magical groups. Auburn boasts its own amateur baseball (Auburn Cardinals) and Urban Brawl (Auburn Rubblers) teams, and the Seattle International Raceway is in this district.
- LTG Code: 1206
- Size: 363 square kilometers
- Population: 218,000
- Human 64%
- Elf 12%
- Dwarf 2%
- Ork 19%
- Troll 2%
- Other 1%
- Hospitals and Clinics: 17
- Major Corp Facilities: Bowman Metal Works, Federated-Boeing, United Oil
- Major Gangs: None
> Auburn’s gangs are many and varied, and none of them rule the roost. Unlike Renton or the Barrens, Auburn boasts no really large gangs, just lots of small ones, usually with no more than a couple dozen members. Go-gangs operate along Route 18 and Route 164, while thrill gangs are found mostly along the border near Puyallup, in Sumner and along the Tacoma border in downtown Auburn.
> Social Adept “All the world’s a stage”
Economy
Auburn has over 400 factories, metal refineries, and petrochemical plants, and thus it is the manufacturing and industry heart of Seattle. The biggest factories are the ones owned by Federated Boeing, including the huge Boeing facility in eastern Auburn. Renraku has a computer hardware complex in the district's west end, easily the largest factory of its type.
Lone Star Security Ratings
- AA: Auburn, Lake Wilderness
- A: Algona (some areas), Berrydale (some areas), Pacifica (some areas)
- B: Algona (some areas), Berrydale (some areas), Covington, Enumclaw (some areas), Georgetown, Maple Valley, Pacifica (some areas), Sumner (some areas), Timberlane
- C: Black Diamond, Enumclaw (some areas), Sumner (some areas)
- D: Bolse
Locations
Hotels
- Dieringer Sleep Company - Cheap hotel
- Enumclaw Moneymaker Hotel - Cheap hotel
- Green River Inn - Family-style hotel and medium restaurant, the area is rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of victims of a serial killer
- Ultra Resort
- Tapps Island
Restaurants
- Barn Burner - Large restaurant, cowboy cuisine
- Magician’s Feast - Medium restaurant and bar, American and Salish cuisine, the owner is a mage
Bars & Nightclubs
- Aurora, The - Bar, named for the ghostly lights seen in the alley
- Casey’s - Bar, decker hangout near the Clone Zone Mall
- The Hole Story - Bar, favorite of ork shadowrunners
Attractions
- Auburn Center - Shopping mall
- Auburn Mall - Shopping mall, largest in Auburn
- Clone Zone - Shopping mall, popular place for trading and sale of black market deck hardware and software
- Stuck’s Carnival - Casino; everything done to excess
Government Buildings
- Auburn District Courthouse - Courthouse complex
- Auburn District Hall - Government offices
- Wynaco Correctional Facility - Prison
Businesses
- Bowman Metal Works - Cited countless times for environmental violations and a popular target of eco-activists
- Diamond Deckers - Computer clone company producing knockoffs, possible Triad connections
- Federated Boeing Auburn Facility
- United Oil Research and Development Laboratory
Medical Facilities
- Algona Community Hospital - Hospital
- Community General - Hospital run by Catholic and Jewish charities
- Lake Wilderness Hospital - Hospital, specializes in treating mystics, rumored to be haunted
- Renraku Biocomp - Biotech research
- Stuck’s Bag-Your-Body - Body shop, Mafia connections