A display of technological marvel, yet still rotten in more ways than not.
With the ever-increasing environmental degradation, incessant crime, and the overcrowded masses living in despair, many would turn up their nose to such a dystopia.
But to Scourge the Hedgehog, this was home. Once his dad died, this was all he had when he was 12. Although that felt like a lifetime ago, the different sights made him recall his survival instincts from those days. For instance, every shop they passed reminded Scourge of his various strategies when it came to getting away with shoplifting.
He still knew this city like the back of his hand; down to the safest places to sleep and the most rewarding places to dumpster dive. Above all, he knew he was indeed home.
It had been about a day since he and his crew had broken out of Zone Jail. In comparison, this dump was paradise; especially since this is where they'd likely find their base of operations for their various plans.
Given the circumstances, it would be difficult to believe that Scourge used to be the king of this planet. After a few years on the streets, he and his former gang, the Suppression Squad, decided they wanted more than just survival.
They wanted to rise above the rest.
Of course, the best way to do so was to overthrow the king. Many would find such a task to be overly ambitious and even impossible without an army of a thousand soldiers. Luckily, with Princess Alicia on their side, they were able to successfully usurp King Maxx and imprison him in the Zone of Silence.
From that point onwards, Scourge's rule of Moebius was a rather complicated matter.
On one hand, there was plenty of fun in things such as raising the taxes astronomically, severely punishing those who didn't pay said taxes, cutting all funding to keep the city even remotely clean, and other practices that sucked the life out of this world.
However, after struggling to overthrow their holier-than-thou rival, Dr. Julian Kintobor, Scourge himself was overthrown by one of the impatient members of the Suppression Squad named Jeffrey St. Croix.
After an incident on Mobius Prime involving the Master Emerald, his speed and strength tested new limits, and he regained rule of his gang and planet.
If the Suppression Squad didn't hate him so much for allegedly treating them like shit, he wouldn't have been betrayed by them with the help of his enemy, Sonic of Mobius Prime. Thanks to them, Sonic defeated him and he was imprisoned in the No Zone for his crimes across the multiverse.
As aforementioned, Zone Jail was no summer camp. With his powers stripped and quills shaved down, he was defenseless at the bottom of the food chain as he was at the epicenter of endless beatings. By dumb luck, his girlfriend, Fiona had gotten herself and a new gang of their own, the Destructix, thrown in Zone Jail. One hop, skip, and prison riot later, they were free and ready to take back what was lost.
More importantly, to take an eye for an eye.