The southern industrial district of Dawn City was quiet that night. Most workers had already gone home, and only a few lights glimmered in the guard posts by the factory gates.0

Ever since the railway to Daybreak City had been completed, much of the New Alliance’s heavy industry and its workers had shifted northward, leaving behind only a few light industrial enterprises in the city’s earliest industrial zone.1

But that shift had its benefits. As the heavy industries moved out, the remaining light industries received focused support from both the New Alliance and Dawn City’s administration.0

Especially the year before, when the New Alliance and Boulder Town engaged in fierce competition across multiple sectors, this district’s light industries flourished, giving birth to a...0