The CHAIN CRISIS is the slow-motion catastrophe unfolding across Warpgate City—a cascading failure of the CHAIN NETWORK caused by Rift-corrupted NULLIUM destabilizing the system from within.
Every augmented citizen, every connected machine, every critical system runs through the Chain. When nodes fail, implants glitch. When sectors go dark, people die. The Syndicate's experiments with weaponized Nullium are accelerating the decay, pushing the network toward total collapse.
If the Chain falls, civilization falls with it. Billions of augmented humans would lose motor function, sensory input, even consciousness. The city would go dark. Infrastructure would crumble overnight.
This is the crisis the Runners are fighting to prevent—not a single battle, but a war against systemic collapse. Every mission buys time. Every Syndicate operation stopped delays the inevitable.
The Chain is breaking. The only question is whether anyone can stop it.
