A decaying waterfront industrial zone wedged between the southern lakefront and the elevated transit corridors of old Calumet, The Marrow Docks are what remains of a once-thriving freight hub that Carrion Logistics quietly abandoned in 2171 after rerouting its Lake Michigan operations through automated submersible lanes. The skeletal gantry cranes still stand, half-submerged, rusting into abstract sculptures the locals call 'the Bishops.' Squatter communities have colonized the cavernous warehouse interiors, stringing jury-rigged power lines between support columns and patching the corrugated walls with reclaimed polymer sheeting.

Below the waterline, a network of flooded loading bays has become a shadow economy unto itself—smugglers use the submerged tunnels to move contraband between Shelf districts and mid-tier buyers in Old Harbor. Zheng-Dao Bioelectric has been quietly purchasing surrounding parcels for two years, and displacement pressure is mounting on the dock communities, who have no legal standing to resist.