Kuznetsky Most

"Kuznetsky Most" ("Kuznya") is a station of the Moscow Metro, which until September 2035 belonged to the master technicians. After that it became part of the Red Line.

Description
It is located on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya (purple) line. "Kuznetsky Most" is a thriving station, as there are huge workshops located almost all over it. Local craftsmen-masters produce most of the weapons circulating in the Metropolitan. The station also has its own symbol - a wrench (according to some schemes, a sledgehammer) lying crosswise with a hammer.

Above Kuznetsky Most, in former times, there was a large arms factory. After the 2013 Cataclysm, the surviving staff and workers of the factory found shelter at Kuznetsky, where their skills in weapons and ammunition production later came in handy. The station's population grew and grew richer each year.

Accession

Officially the station is independent, but it can be seen that the Red Line dictates its terms little by little, as the Kuznetsky Bridge security service does not understand the significance of all the inspections arranged by the GB officers. Because of this, the Chekists can search both suspicious residents and all newcomers at any time and without special permission from the Bridge bosses.

As of 2033, the Communists had begun recruiting volunteers for the war with the Fourth Reich. Thanks to skillful propaganda, generous payments and promises, the number of those who wanted to join the Red Army grew each time. By March 2034, the Red Line had entered into a military alliance with the station administration (in effect, almost completely subverting Kuznetsky) to sell them weapons and equipment on the cheap. The KGB leadership has also banned Kuznetsky from trading with the Nazis and the Commonwealth of Circle Line stations. Anyone who disagreed with the Reds' demands was caught and sent to punishment battalions or labor camps. However, part of the population still managed to escape unhindered. In September of the following year Kuznetsky Bridge still managed to maintain its precarious independence, but when in September 2035 the final stage of the war with the Reich began, the Communists, apparently afraid of the Nazi threat from Pushkin, moved their troops from Lubyanka and immediately seized Kuznetsky Bridge, thereby completely incorporating it into their line.

Economy

As has already been said, the Kuznetsky's have managed to outdo themselves in the manufacture and production of weapons and ammunition. The station also houses chemical laboratories for filter purification and drug making, furnaces for smelting steel, several anvils and furs. Apparently, Kuznetsky Most is also involved in the production of motorized trains. In addition to military production, the station also succeeds in terms of food: one of the outbuildings houses pig farms and a mushroom farm. Meat is sold in a common wagon, as are cartridges of medicine. At least until November 2033, there was also a functioning Makarych "department store" here.

Armed Forces

Since most of the station is patrolled by Red Army soldiers and Chekists, Kuznetsky Bridge does not have many troops of its own: patrols are only posted in the tunnels, and on the platform itself sentries guard only important objects and the station chief's office.

Because of the extensive weaponry at the station, its soldiers are armed with powerful weapons, such as Kalash, Killer shotguns, and Saiga-12 carbines. Some have underbarrel grenade launchers on their weapons. Volunteers sent to the front are issued weapons from the Communist armory.

Inhabitants

 * Lavrentiy Petrovich, station master
 * Andrey Kuznets-Master, armourer
 * Konrad Karlovich, armourer
 * Gleb Georgiyevich, arms and ammunition dealer
 * Konstantin Makarovich, reputable merchant
 * Alyona, his step-granddaughter
 * Ilya Repin, a lucky stalker
 * Viktor Zuev, seal guard on the surface
 * Konstantin Alexeyevich, tunnel patrolman
 * Andrey Kuznetsov, professional boxer
 * The Tenth (temporarily).