Something in the tunnels is still running.
Cambridge is rebuilding. Five guilds keep the community alive. But a signal from deep underground suggests the old world left something behind - and it's waking up.
Find Your Guild →Welcome to the Network
Forty-seven years ago, the world as we knew it ended. The Collapse wiped out most technology and scattered communities across what remained. But in Cambridge, Massachusetts, something remarkable happened - people came together.
Five guilds now keep Sector 47 alive: researchers who preserve knowledge, engineers who keep the lights on, runners who scout the territory, keepers who care for the community, and envoys who maintain alliances with the outside world.
And then the signal started. Deep in the tunnels beneath the old university, something from before the Collapse is transmitting. Project Meridian was supposed to be destroyed. It wasn't.
The Five Guilds
Every member of Sector 47 belongs to a guild. Your guild is your team, your family, your role in the community. Where do you belong?
Seekers
Researchers & Archivists
The Seekers preserve and recover knowledge from before the Collapse. They catalog old-world tech, decode encrypted archives, and piece together the truth about what happened. When a mystery surfaces in the tunnels, Seekers are the first ones studying it.
Engineers
Builders & Inventors
Engineers keep Sector 47 running. They maintain the solar arrays, repair water systems, and repurpose old-world technology for new uses. If something is broken, an Engineer can fix it - or build something better from the parts.
Runners
Scouts & Messengers
Runners map the expanding territory, carry messages between settlements, and explore the tunnels beneath Cambridge. They know every rooftop shortcut and hidden passage. When danger comes, Runners see it first.
Keepers
Healers & Caretakers
Keepers are the heart of the community. They grow food in the rooftop gardens, tend the sick, preserve traditions, and make sure no one gets left behind. A community survives on courage, but it thrives because of Keepers.
Envoys
Diplomats & Negotiators
Envoys connect Sector 47 to the wider world. They negotiate trade deals, resolve disputes, and maintain alliances with other settlements. When tensions rise, an Envoy finds common ground. They also manage the Network - the communication system that keeps everyone connected.
Meet Your Best Friend
When you join a guild, you're paired with a fellow recruit. They'll write to you, share discoveries, and face the mystery together.
Wren
Seekers
Ink-stained fingers, candle wax on her sleeves, a notebook that never closes.
Kit
Engineers
Grease on her hands, burn marks on her sleeves, a grin that means something just exploded.
Nico
Runners
Mud on his boots, a flashlight always in his pocket, tunnel dust in his hair.
Jules
Keepers
Smells like rooftop garden soil. Always has extra snacks. Remembers your name before you tell him.
Ellis
Envoys
River-wind tousled hair, a voice that carries across water, a contact for everything.
The Mystery
A 12-month story arc. Each month brings new revelations about Project Meridian, the Collapse, and what it means for the future of Sector 47.
Your choices shape how the story unfolds.
What you'll receive
Mission Briefings
Monthly letters from your guild leader and best friend, advancing the mystery with each dispatch.
Field Reports
Handwritten notes, sketched maps, and evidence fragments that build the world around you.
Encrypted Messages
Coded transmissions, ciphers to crack, and hidden clues about Project Meridian.
Interactive Choices
Reply to shape the story. Your decisions determine what your guild discovers next.
Explore Cambridge
The Yard
Solar lanterns glow amber at dusk. Wood smoke drifts from the fire pit. Someone is always practicing guitar badly.
Widener Library
Candlelight and silence. The smell of old paper and wax. A clock ticks deep in the stacks — no one remembers winding it.
The Tunnels
Your flashlight dies ten feet ahead. Dripping water. The echo of your footsteps returning from the wrong direction. And deeper in — a faint green glow.
The Charles River
Wind off the water, the creak of tarred boats, signal flags snapping. Other settlements visible as columns of smoke on the far bank.
The Old Labs
Flickering lights that shouldn't still work. A low electrical hum in your chest. The sharp smell of chemicals — and something sweet behind a sealed door.
Meridian Facility
Red emergency lighting. A thrumming you feel in your teeth. The air is warm down here. Unnervingly warm.
The signal is getting stronger.
Take the guild sorting quiz to find your place in Sector 47. Your best friend is waiting to hear from you.
Five questions. Your guild awaits.