Jack of Harts

Those on the run from the Socialist Republic of Juneau lived difficult lives. Most ran to Alaska or Canada, where Knights Errant or Salvation Army outposts waited to help anyone who managed to cross the border. From there they traveled to other American States outside Pacifica where a land of opportunity awaited them. Opportunity and danger. Someone who owed a Life Debt to Juneau never knew what day a Debt Collector would show up to collect them. It could be the new deliveryman stepping onto the curb, or the girlfriend they’d known for months. The hair stylist or the hotel receptionist. The Debt Collectors used every cover under the sun to hide their true natures, until the time came to bring in a Debt. Some took on secret identities and hid every day of their life, and others lived their life and story so publicly that it was almost like a dare aimed at Juneau to do something about it. Every last one of them received help from the AI Council, almost always in the form of a permanent AI companion who guarded them day and night.