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DYSTOPIAN
CRIME CORRUPTION . AND
 
N WORLD MY FRIENDS, FILLEDWITH
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POVERTY RULED BY MIGHTY
POWER -HUNGRYCORPORATIONS A N D H E A R TL E S S, BRUTAL
.
GOVERNMENTS Each year we 're facing another global crisis,
ay w e re forced to face the consequences o f t h e
andeach d ay
previous ones. The corporate- backed mass media-like N 54 or
 
our advertisements on the displays downtown- but we 're here,
advertisements
maintaining our ever - moving website on theNet 
moving

We're not some clueless rebels, strain

major corporations  We just presen
ingfor influence against
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presentt younews, essays, and
e s from the realworld, showing things as theyare without
stories
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ia l s a t the Supreme Court in Spain? That NetWatchwas
nearly kicked outof Australia, and Militech -backed merce-
Australia
naries were forced to withdra
withdraw
w from Iceland after the joint
militaryintervention by the Scandinavian countries ? These
arethe facts, but youwon t hear it inthe news  
notfrom the corporate- controlled media in Night City
At least

.
homeschoolingsystem forces them to actually read, not simply
watchthe news. We strongly believe thatthe excessofmoder

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affecting our relationships and communities. Plugging yourself

WNS - are feeding
n g society with bland, easy -to -digest pap of
processed news, brainwashing programs, andcommercials-
ever -popular trendto   buy more and think less  
enforcingthe ever-
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. tigative journalists , and experts in various fields to provide
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The fact that we 're not at warwith the corporations doesn't
mean that we  re not writingstories big e n o u g h to make their
in to thefeeder makes you vulnerable tointrusive commercials
and pushy propaganda. Reading longform text is a dying ability
rn world, so to prevent the extinction of the
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glimpse of theworld as it is
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But in most cases, they don t pay much attentionto us. We
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In our reality, there is a huge need for free media There are
free bigger fishto fry -
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TH E H A R D L E S
SSS O N S O F O U R RECENT HISTORY
THE
COLLAPSE
 As the companies
gained unfettered
ac c es s to the world' s
natural r e so u r ce s ,
environmental collapse
and climate change
were inevitable.  and 2016 , strengthened the position of the megacorporations,
010 THE W O R L D OF C Y B E R P U N K 2 0 7 7
© DISCLAIMER: Due to the widespread corruptionof o nof the Net and the major loss of
stored data duringthe four Corporate Wars, most of theinformaton
theinformatonin in this article shouldbe
ta k e n with a grain of salt. The Fourth Corporate War ended the wo r ld a s we knew it, leading to
upheaval,, the collapse of nations, megacorporations, and the globaleconomy . Be aware
civil upheaval
that data retrievedfrom the Old Net might be significantlycorrupted and some facts cannot be
consistently corroborated from multiple We present thisinformaton in the hope of
shedding light on thoseevents .
thoseevents.. Havea good time and hail to the Free Net friends 
LAPSEO F T H E OLDUSA
THE C O L LAPSEO was one of the major world events
of the twenty -first century. E ve ni f themodern United States —
ort he New United States, as they are called today — were to
reunite with the FreeStates , it ’d still be a totally different
reunite with
country than it wa s fifty years ago.
We could see signs of the collapseyears before it occurred 
The first three Corporate Wars, fought between the years 1990
giving them more authority than mostworldgovernment
mostworldgovernmentss
and the USA was no exception Affiliations between politicians —
and corporations ceased to be regarded as conflicts of interest 
Rather, they were treated as advantageous in the worlds of
bigbusiness and politics 
As the companies gained unfetter
unfettered accesss to the world’s
ed acces
natural resources, environmentalcollapseand climatechange
were inevitable Acid rain anddust stormscaused by extreme
stormscaused
deforestation soonbecame the Americas’ biggest problems.
deforestation
Those natural disasters were accompanied by political
ones Thermonuclearwar in the Middle East turned that part
Thermonuclearwar
of the world into a radioactivewasteland
radioactivewasteland,, causing a global oil
crisis The US government tried to save
save itself by covertly
manipulating European and American stock markets, butthis
shortsighted strategy backfired whenthat new sw as leaked to
the public Worldwide financialmeltdownshook
financialmeltdownshook the econo-
mies of almost every country on the globe , allowing
corporationsto gain e v e n m o r e power. Meanwhile in the USA ,
a coup launched by the Gang of Four — a coalition of govern -
ment agencies — effectively ended federal democracy Many
statesseceded, declaring themselves “free states.” That time
statesseceded,
also marked the emergence of Noma
Nomads
ds — a n ew
ew American
social class of migrantsin search of water, jobs, and safety
migrantsin
from political turmoil. Many citi
citiesand
esand townswere deserted.
townswere
Most sociologists agreed t ha
hatt t he Collapse wasthe worst
firstt century 
catastrophe of the twenty -firs
And thencamethe FourthCorp
FourthCorporate War.
orate
01:
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02 :An Arasaka
executivemonitors
a coordinated
strike against
the corpo ration s
enemies.

THE FOURTH
CORPORATE WAR
As is always the case in early stages of corporate conflict,
conflict,
the firs
firstt attacks
attacks werecarried out discreetly — some midlevel
midlevel
assassinated, andsome dirty infor-
corporate officials were assassinated
 B y J u n e of 2022, Militech and Arasaka decided that niceties revealed. Mercenary netrunner
mation was stolenand revealed netrunnerss were
nd subtlety were altogether no longer nec es s ary,
ary , and the bothsides,, and they made dozens of attackson
hired by bothsides attackson data
data £S ,f
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conflict reached the third stage, called the Hot War .  caches and stock holdings, whichwrought chaos onthe global 3
&
Jfi«
conomy Thoseevents force
forcedd N etWat
etWatch
ch to place a temporary
ommunication embargo on Arasaka and Militech , but the
THE FOURTH CORPORATE WAR BEGAN AS A RACE between two rival firmss were just getting warmed up. By the time
security firm V
aquatech agencies In late 2021
2021,, twooceanic exploitation corpo- Eurobank had successfully mediated a truce between CINO
Eurobank
rations, CINO ( Corporation Internationale Nauticale et OTEC, the real conflict had transitio
and OTEC, transitioned
ned to Militechand
Oceanique ) and OTEC ( Ocean Technology and Energy Corp) Arasaka By early 2022 a new struggle between the security
vied for
for con
contt ro overr the remai
roll ove ns of a third corpo, IHA
remains giants had begun, known today a s t h e Shadow War. This
(Internationale Handelsmarine Aktiengesellschaft ). The rivalry marked the second stage of the fourth globalCorporate War.
was bitter, and hostilitiesescalated rapidly after a brutal fiscal
struggle. OTEC gained the upper hand by hiring Militec
Militechh to
protect theirsecurityinterests CINO responded in kind and
contracted with Arasaka Thusthe Fourth Corporate War began,
03 :A makeshiftbarricadeerected
at the Night City limits duringone of
therwise known as the Ocean War  the manyriots in 2021 .

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RP THE MODERN WORLD

Conflict during the Shadow War phase was more over

overtt and
brutal Mercs and edgerunners flocked tothe bannerss of both
banner
corporations, executing covert ops andraid
security corporations, son mili-
andraidson
taryand research facilities. Despite the visceralnature of the
visceralnature

conflict , the deadliest battle actually occurred on the Net when

corporate and mercenary netrunnersrelease
netrunnersreleased d a new genera-
tion of devastating viral progr amsupon each other. Some of
programsupon
t his
his cod
code
e con
contt inue
inued
d t o operate long after the death of its
operate
creators , leaving vast areas of the Net irreparably dar
dark
k and
dangerous.
By June of 2022, Militech and Arasaka decidedthat niceties
necessary,, andt he
and subtlety were altogether no longer necessary
conf
conflict
lict reached thethird stage, called the Hot War. Fighting
reached
between the two military corporations escalatedto full-scale
escalatedto
war . Cities like Rio de Janeiro were literally redu
war. reducedto
cedto rubble,
rubble
their populations killed or made refugees .
made
Global trade was paralyzed by military action and market
collapse Internationaltrade routeswere hit hard , andpiracy
Internationaltrade
raged free and unchecked. As the flam
unchecked es of physical conflict
flames
burned bright, NetWatch struggled to protect the Net .
Weakened by thedestruction of global serve
serversand
rsand data
databanks
banks
and rava ged by thousands of malicio
ravaged malicious virusess and demon-
us viruse
class programs, the Net as we knewit slowly died.
Finally, thecountries of the world became weary of corpo-
rate conflict. Somegovern
Somegovernmentsopenl
mentsopenly
y blamed
blamed Militechand
Militechand
Arasakafor thesituatio
thesituationand
nand withd rew their support for corpo-
withdrew
rations, nationalizing their weakened holdings in those
countries. The Free State of SouthernCaliforniaseized the
Los Angeles headquarters of both companies. Texas and some
European countriessoon followed suit.
Night City were the last of Arasaka’s
Arasaka Towers in Night

American headquarters to fall, wiped out by a tactical nuclear

weapon detonated by a group of unidentified mercenaries .
Some sources implicated t heso-called “Atlantis Group ” —
including suchmodern legends as Rogue, Morgan Blackhand,

—
and Johnny Silverhand but there wasn’t enough evide
evidenceto
nceto
confirm the group’s involvement. Morgan and Johnny were
confirm
never seen again after the Arasaka Towers incident, and Rogue
participationin the operation.
has repeatedly deniedher participationin
Under pressure from the Japanese government, Arasaka
from
 finally conce
conceded
ded defeat at the end of 2023. Militech emerged
defeat
victorious,, but was nearly as crippled astheir rival.
victorious

04 : Armored Militech units deploy

tothe batt
battlefiel .
lefieldfrom an aircarrier
South America, July 2022 .

017

T HE H A R D L E S
SSS O N S O F O U R RECENT HISTORY

POSTWAR
( 2024-2035 )
recover from global
THE WORLD TOOK MORE THAN A DECADE to recover
 T his period marked the war, and the first few years were far from peaceful. Riot and
stagnation of rebellion burned in every corner of the globe South America
technological was still in political turmoil, and countries in Europe and Asia
development.  attempted to revive global trade by regulating the surviving
corporations in orde
orderr to reestablish government control after
years of corpora
corporate hegemony 
te hegemony
UnitedStates, President Elizabeth Kress declared
In the UnitedStates,
partss of the country that rem
martial law in the part remain
ained
ed under
under
executive control Arasaka was consequently held responsible
for the detonation of the nuke that had destroyed the center
Night City but rumors persisted that the Militech corpo -
of Night
ration had funded the mysterious strike team and supplied
ration
themwith the portable nuclea
nuclearr device. Society demanded an
device
explanation, and President Kressexploited that sentiment to
President
keep Militech on a short leash. Although there was no hard
hard
evidence
eviden Militech, the corporation’s assetswere
ce to implicate Militech,
nationalized by the US government a n
nd se d to strengthen
d u se
federalrule Some prominent and exonerated
exonerated Militech officials
05 : Southern were offered lucrative positions in the re-formed Department
California border
patrolagents harass
of Defense.
civilians attempting This period marked the stagnation of technological devel-
marked
to enter Night City . opment Corporations were struggling to survive
survive, andt he
06 : Theflag
of Northern
governments —bothfedera
bothfederall andlocal— focused on internal

California, first
theircountriess 
affairs, suppressing civil unrest and rebuilding theircountrie
adopted in 2012 . Nomads became the lifeblood of the tech trade, scrounging

through battlefieldsand abandoned facilities , and smuggling

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restricted goods in their heavily armed convoys 

their
Despite her assurances , President Kress showed littl
littlee interest
in helping the devastated Night City recover In fact, allowing
helping
the crippled city to struggle was the perfect way to bring the
Californiato heel. Nevertheless, the
Free State of Northern Californiato
stubborn residents of NC refused toconcede, andthe arduous
arduous
process of rebuilding began.
rebuilding
Meanwhile, after years of futileattempts to reclaim the Old
Net from a rogueintelligent system andself-awarecombat

WATER
establishedthe so-called “ Blackwall,” a
programs, NetWatch establishedthe
virtual barrier betweenhuman and IS -controlled regions of the
Old Net Given the magnitude of the operation, there may be
some truth to the conspiracy theories that NetWatch was forced

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TH E H A R D L E S S O N S OF OU R R E C E N T H I S T O R Y

REUNIFICATION ( 2035- 2069 )

 Night City was rebuilt by its citizens with theaid of Nomads
and smaller corporations . 

-
THEHEXT THIRTY FIVE YEARS were a slow returnto normality for
returnto
nationss and corporations of the world Cities slowly began
the nation
to rebuild astrade routes were reestablished. Damaged infra-
structure wa
wass repai
repai rred
ed and t ec
echno
hnoll ogy began to regain
ogy
ubiquity 
In the US A , many cities that were abandoned during the
Collapse of 1990-2016 we rre
e r e bu
bu ilt
ilt a n d repopulated with
government and corporate aid Corpora
corporate Corporations
tions saw this as an
opportunity to fix the negative publicopinion they’d earned
opportunity earned
reestablish influence over the culture 
after the war , and alsoto reestablish
Abandoned by President Kress and t heUni t ed
ed States
government,, Night
government Night City was rebuilt by its citizens with
with the
aid of Nomads and smaller corporations  At the time
time,, there
wasrampantspeculation
wasrampantspeculat that the government had made a
ion that
scapegoat of Arasaka for the nuclear detonation, and this
galvanized corporations’ tendencies toward sovereignty. It
was the common opinion that citize nswouldpreferto see the
citizenswouldpreferto
return of the Asian security giant thansubmit themse
themselves
lves to
federal rule 
federal
Conversely the situation in Europedid not go as well for
situation
the old megacorporations. The established players, weakened
by war, werecontested by new upstarts that were backed and

controlled by European national governments 

Asia, the humiliated Arasa
I n Asia Arasaka
ka faced defeat with
faced with thei
theirr
head held high The corpora
corporation
tion spent a significa
significant
nt portion
of their assets on war reparations
reparations,, but a few profitable contracts
allowed themto quickly regain their position as a leader in
allowed
the weapon manufacturing and security industries The
setback still had lasting consequences, as Saburo Arasa
Arasaka
ka
reportedly faced internal opposition and a secret civil
civil war
 beganto brew
brew within the company’s ranks 
within
New individual , isolated Net networks began to emerge —
mostlyregional intranets. The few conne
connectionsbetwee
ctionsbetween
n them
closelysupervised by NetWatch,
werecarefullycontrolledand closelysupervised

WE C A N HELP
but their authority was significantly limit
limited Europe and
ed in Europe
r
Oceania The new Net was less available to public users and .

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harder for netrunnersto penetrate, asthe most important data
netrunnersto penetrate
sterilizes a h a z a r d o u s
was sequestered  .
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TH E H A R D L E S
SSS O N S O F O U R RECENT HISTORY

UNIFICATION WAR / METAL WARS

( 2069- 2070 )
 The federal g overnm ent of the New United States — backed
by nationalized Militech forces — declared war on the loosely
allied separatist states . 

AT THE END OF 2069, the recently elected president Rosalind treaty — though unsatisfactory to all
Myers presented a unification program to extendfederal
extendfederal rule parties — was preferable to continuing
over the rogue FreeStatesunder the pretense of strengthening the warand risking another global crisis.
the nation. Most of the inde
independen
pendentt American territories In the aftermath of the war, Night
aftermath

opposed unificat ion. Conf

unification lict was inevitable. The fede
Conflict federal
ral City was rededicated as an international
—
government of the New UnitedStates backed by nationalized free city independent from the lawsand
—
Militech forces declared war onthe loosely allied separatist governance of the Free State of Northern
states: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana, Arizona , California and the New United States.
Nevada, and Northern California. Washington, Oregon, and NightCity paid for this liberty with the
NightCity
Idahomanagedto remain neutral in the conflict
conflict at the price further increase of megacorporate influ -
of some concessions to the federal government . Although ence,, as the corpos pumped money into
ence
the Free States
States were secret
secretly
ly supported
supported by the Arasaka the revitalization of the city to establish
Corporation withweaponsand “security advisers,” theywere a foo
foott hol Westt Coast of the
hol d on t he Wes
pressed hard by NUSA forces, who were assisted by states NUSA. The symbolic capstone of these
thatsupportedfederall interv
thatsupportedfedera ention This conflict, fought with
intervention eventstook place in 2070, when Night
the most cutting-edge military technology became
became knownas City allowed Arasaka to build their new
the Metal Wars. American headquarters downtown on
NightCity avoi
avoidedthe barely Northern
dedthe fighting, butonly barely theirprevious building
the sitewhere theirprevious
and Southern Californiawound up on opposite sides of the
Californiawound was destroyedin 2023. Night City pros-
destroyedin
war, with
with the South allyin
allying with the United States govern-
g with pered again, though that prosperity was
ment , the North attempting to r e ma in independent from
ma not enjoyed by all.
federal rule, and the people of Night City holding their breath
people
as they awaite
awaited
d invasion by federal troops. In early 2070, an
invasion
NUS Army division advanced to the outskirts of the city, but
invasion wa s prevented thanksto the quick actions of coun-
prevented
cilman Lucius Rhyne. Capitalizing oncontact made during
oncontactss made
a decade of service on the city council, Rhyne beseeched the
long-shunned Arasaka Corporati
Corporationon for protection. Within
protection
days, an Arasaka supercarrier arrived in Coronado Bay.
Bay . Mere
hours later, the NUS Army had withdrawn 
Following Arasaka’s open intervention, the Treaty of
intervention
by
Unification was finally signed the New United States and
the FreeStates coalition , ending the Unification War The Free
Statesretained their autonomy but agreed to particip
participate
ate in
the newfeder
newfederal
al govern
governmen
mentt and to cease hostilities among 08 : Night City  s Corpo Plaza was rebuilt after
themselves President Myers agreed to thissolution
thissolution, fearing its destructionduringthe Fourth Corporate
that Arasaka ’s increasing involvement couldresult in escalating
.
War Nowits skyscrapersstand as some of
the most recognizable fixtures on the City
a confl ctt that the NUSA coul
confl i c could
d not afford The peace
afford . Center skyline .

02 2 THE WORLD OF CYBERPUNK 2077 TH E M O D E RN

RN W O R L D 023

THE HARD LESSONS OF OUR RECENT HISTORY

MODERN

THREATS
  We have a
dangerous
THE STABILIZATION OF EUROPE AND ASIA at theend of the Four
Fourth
Corporate War and the Unification War didn’t suddenly turn
th

degree of socia
sociall
stratification , an
enormous crime rate  the 2040s lowered global pollution levels, humanity still faces
and migratory unrest
in almost every part
of the world .  Hurricanesand tornadoes of enormous scaleand intensity
the world into a happy place full of unicorns and glitter 
happy place
Although the techn
technologic
ological
al recessionbetween the 2020s and
recessionbetween
someserious threats By now climate change is th e greatest
and the most unpredictable 
scaleand
have decimated populations around the world. Haiti was offi-
around
cially abandoned in 2062 after a series of vicious storms
ravaged the island nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians
island
died during the event
event and the exodusit caused, and the devas-
exodusit caused
tation of the CaribbeanIslands was later deemed to be one of
disasters of the late twenty-first century.
the worstnatural disasters
Desertification and drought are even more dangerous, threat -
ening the entirepopulation of South America as well as regions
in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Clear
wateris becomingscarce, and thesituation hasn’t improve
improved
d in
the last few years On the other hand,
hand , flooding is also frequent  
In the last ten years floodshave destroyed parts of LA and Night
City. The Netherlands lost one -third of theirterritory butthanks
tothe newest dam -buildin
buildingg technology, they avoided completely
submerging into the North Sea. The Maldives were not so fortu -
nate: the archipelago sank entirely about twenty years ago  
entirely
These grim circumstances led to significant soil depletion,
causing famine that took hundreds of thousands oflives in Asia
and Africa It was onlyby introducinghydroponic cultivation
cultivation
farmss that someurban regions avoided total
andvertical city farm
extinction 
Development of cybertechnologies introduced the problem
of cyberpsychosis Sufferers emotionally isolat
isolate
e themse
themselves
lves
from other people until human interacti
interaction
on eventu
eventually
ally becomes
emotionally aggravating  That aggravation grows into
 contempt, and eventually violence  Although thismental
illness hasbeen recognized for half a century and many studies
suggest that it’s connected to the quantity of an individual’s
cyberaugmentations , we still aren
aren’’t sure what causessome
individualsto be more susceptible to the illness thanothers.
individualsto
Nevertheless , cyberpsychosisremains a major health concern
cyberpsychosisremains
in our technologically dependent world 
To cap this list of woes, have a dangero
woes, we have us degree of
dangerous
social
social stratification, an enormo
stratification us crime rate, and migratory
enormous migratory
09 :Weapon
manufacturers
unrest in almos
almostt every part of the world
every — but most of you are
often usemodern
probably already aware of that. You face it every day. Things
society s ubiquitous are far from being okay, and if we wantto survive as a species,
sense of insecurity
as leverageto
we needto seriously reevaluate our value system. The question
 
increase their sales is: is it too latefor that ?

024 THE WORLD OF CYBERPUNK 2077 THE MODERN WORLD

CHAPTER 2

TECHNOLOGY
O F TOMORROW
[ 03 0 ] CYBERWARE
Th e Market an d Availability
Th e History of Cyberware

[ 04 0 ] WEAPONS
Gu n Culture an d Gu n L a w s in N i gh
gh t C i ty
ty
Weapon Sales
W e a p o n Manufacturers
Consumer 's G u id e : A T y p o l o g y of W e a p o n s in 2 0 7 7

[0 5 2] VEHICLES
rt h Corporate W ar
A History of V e h i c l e s a f t e r t h e F o u rt
SI D a n d Car Theft
Vehicle M a n u f a c t u r e r s

HELLO, AN
ANDD HAIL TO TH
THEE
FREE N E T  TODAY W E’RE
GONNA TALK ABOUT MODERN
TECHNOLOGY
  

EVERY SINGLE DA
DAYY, CORPORA-
TIONS FLOOD O U R SENSES WITH
ADS FOR MUST- HAVE BLEEDING-
EDGE MERCHANDISE, WHILE

SIMULTANEOUSLY STEALING EACH

OTHER’S IDEAS A N D BLUEPRINTS,
KIDNAPPING OPPOSING TOP

RESEARCHERS, ASSASSINATING
RIVAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS,
AND
AN D SLOWING UP COMPETING
 LAOS  JUST TO DE TH
THEE FIRST TO
MARKET WITH THEIR O W N
TECHNOLOGICAL MARVELS  THE
STREET H A S IT
ITSS O W N BLACK
MARKET OF CREATIVELY
MODIFIED EQUIPMENT- FROM

CYBERWARE, TO GUNS, TO
NETRUNNING DEVICES, TO CARS
AND
AN D AERODYNES ”

 
-TH
THEE EDITOR
 E D I T O R  S N O T E

Technology has made great

made

leaps forward during the

last half century, an

and
d eve
even
n

if you haven t been spending

time in a cryofridge, it can

be hard to stay up to date

with the latest

latest trends
trends and

innovations . We thought it

would be a good
good idea to do
idea
something about that , so

our
our best .
best stringer Josh, has

do
on
ne som e research and
om

legwork . He  s greased a few

palms and spoken with some

real experts in their fields ,

all to bring yo u a quick recap

bring

o f m od
od e
err n technology and

the history of its develop -

ment . We   ll s t a r t with
something that has become

inseparable ( often literal

literallyJ
lyJ

from our daily liv

lives
es over the

last fifty years : cyberware.

T H E MARKET
A N D AVAILABILITY
MOST COMPANIES OFFE R A W I D E

selection of off - the - shelf implants,

pejoratively
pejorativel known as  shelfware. 
y known

Though often scorned by profes -

 [ 031] sionals who prefer to tune and
modify their own stuff, those
implants are reliable , widely avail-
able, and generally affordable .
They function in modern culture
like tattoos and cellphones did at
cellphones
the begi
beginning of the twenty - first
nning
century : as a method of expres -
sion, a trendy addition to one ' s
image , an d a useful gadget- usually
all in on e .

Basic cyberware is easy to obtain

nowadays . Shops and cosmetic
clinics install   lite  implants on the
spot . Yo u walk in off the street , A 0 1: A K A B U K I

make an appointment, sit through RIPPERDOC E X A M I N E S

a quick procedure and some calibrations, and black

black clinics, depending on your preference,
clinics TH E F U N C T I O N A L I T Y O F

voila : no w you' ve got your very ow n cyberaudio the state of your wallet , an d your risk assess- H IS C L I E N T   S R E C E N T L Y

implant . Other add - ons c an be bought a t t h

an he
e ment  If you re feel
feelin
ing
g luck
lucky
y and you want to
and you ADDED I MP LANT .
store and installed at home. have some ripperdoc from Kyrgyzstan remove
your heart an d replace it with cheap second -
More complicated cyberware needs to be hand junk , go for it  
installed in specialist clinics , but the whole CO MPATIBILITY
procedure isn t more complicated than a visit Also , having your arm cut off to get yourself a M o d e rn i m p l a n t s a l l h a v e

to the dentist ' s office  Ye s , they have to check cyber

cyber replac
replacement isn' t something that most
ement similar technological

that your medica

medicall conditio
condition
n won 't cause any people do on a daily basis. You have to be pretty foundations , because they
complications during the procedure, but they
during fucked up or have a serio
serious reason- like a loan
us reason need to be c o m p a t i b l e

know that you can

can al
always install the same
ways to pay - to come t o t h
ha
a t decision. Things are w i t h e a c h u se r   s n e r v o u s

im
implantt at a ripperdoc ' s place for about BO
plan different when you're rich though . Rich people system  Th e i n t e rf
rf a c e
ess a r e

percent of the price , so they usually aren' t do much weirder stuff just to show off . a l l i n d u s t r y s t a n d a r d s, so
too strict . there i s no problem with

Removing or replacing an implant is almost always

almost compatibility between

Th e most complex cybernetic and biological an option, but there are no refunds. Think twice c o m p e t i n g p l a t f o r m s fro m

enhancements - like full - body conv

conversi
ersions
ons or before yo u make the decision to m od , especially dif f e r e nt m a n u f a c t u r e r s .
organ and limb replacements - ar e only with complex cyberware. If you ca n 't afford to Y o u h a v e an A r a s a k a- m a d e

performed by specialists in branded clinics . buy a new model, or you haven't kept your ol d l e a r n i n g processor but

Most people pick something from the Docs R lungs in the fridge, you m ay have serious prob - a c h i p w a r e so c k e t from
Us catalog, but you can also choose one of the
you can lems - you know, with breathing and stuff. Biodyne? N o problem .

T H E HISTORY OF 2

CYBERWARE
S
s
2

  PROSTHESES A ND   T H E INDUSTRIAL
G E N ER
E R A T IO
IO N Z E R
ROO CYBERWARE REVOLUTION
CYBERWARE A N D G E N ER
ER A T I
IOON ONE

are was created a s a n evolution

Cyberware
Cyberw evolution of Postwar medical cyberware prosthesis develop -
medical prostheses. At the beginning of the ment helped to speed
speed up the miniaturization
twenty - first century
century,, implants were mainly process The first nonmedical implants to be [ 033 ]

used to replace missing or damaged limbs and
organs. Artificia
Artificiall heart valves, extremities,
designed to save
vertebrae - they were all designed
designedand successfully tested werereinforced
designedand
spines and joints for heavy labor workers and air
filters grafted in upper respiratory tracts for A 02 : INDIVIDUALS

humanlives or to allow the patient to function

humanlives those working inpolluted environments Still, the FROM ALL W A LK S O F

more normally after severe body trauma. high rate of implant rejection remained the main   GENERATION TWO A N D LIFE ENJOY CYBERWARE,
obstacle for the further cybernetic enhancement of those conflicts soon started
those started to desig
gnn and THE ANTIREJECTION T HO UG H SO ME MAKE IT
MAKE

The development of cyberware sped up after

sped of society. employ combat cyberware Those wars started S O L U T I O N  I M P L A N T S H I T MORE APPARENT THAN

the First CentralAmerican War, whenthousands
of veterans c a m e h o m e injured. Technological
progress and miniaturization allowed for
 medical  cyberware to become more sophisti-
catedand widespread, but it was still quite
widespread
an armsrace between the private armies of the THE STREETS OTHERS .
Cyberware found its way to the battlefields in the megacorporations that continues to this day 
second decade ofthe twenty -first century The Ashas often been the case in human history,
case BOOTLEGS AND BLACK ]
Second Central American War and the Second That early combat and industria
industriall cyberware war would play a pivotalrole in the develop
develop-- MARKET CYBERWARE
and ThirdCorporate Wars werethe cruc
crucible
ibles
s is now referred to as  Generation One   or  Gen ment of a new technology. The battlefielddust W h e n you cannot afford

expensiveand not very intuitive to use . The first that forged the first combat implants Militech 1  Made of metal and plastic , they exceed the had not yet settled before
before the cybermedical original gear, you can

prosthetic arm was a heavy mechanical

prosthetic was first to seize theopportunity Their enhanced Gener inferior even to th e
ationZero, butare inferior
GenerationZero market started booming. Th e s a me corpora- always buy a cheaper

contraptionwith a crud
crude
e grip
gripper
per instead of a
instead cybersoldiers- with increased carrying capacity old - fashioned Generation Two  Nowadays Gen tions that participated in the Corporate Wars version made by a lesser

h a n d a n d fingers Today we refer to suchcyber- and direct connections to personal motion 1 ca

an
n on
nll y b e s e
ee
e n o n the black market , sold no
ow
w saw a n oppor
aw opportuni
tunity
ty for profit, and company. These counter
 .
ware as   Generation Zero .  It is completely trackers and range finders-proved to be superior cheap to the poorest of people who can  t afford expanded their lines to produce medical
 
feits usually h a v e f e w e r

obsolete compared to modern technology. totheir opponentsin almost every way  Eachside better cyberware. implants for veterans . Right after that they options, worse software,

introduced cheap models for the industrial and are more prone to

market , and the first models for the masses failure. That s what you

71 S E R I A L / ED D - 74 HG - 3 DbJ - G L l R / were designed simultaneously. The first get with   Militiatech  or

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cyberweapons appearedtoo , thanks to their
their  Ara Sake  brand quality.

still federally unregulated status. You can also try to buy

\ cyberware on the black

.= B  DY
These events all coincided withthe invention of market , b u t t h e prices

—
1 antirejection treatment, the development of can be pretty high.

Ee
>
III the new cultural style called  kitsch,
kitsch,  and the
boom of braindancetechnology. Society, weary
You ll surely pay less
for the cyberarm with
T E C
fromrecentt wars, wanted to party again, and
fromrecen some leftover chunks

WITHOUT
to look like theheroes in thenewest braindance of the previous owner

productions . Th e a g e of cyberware had begun. attached t o i t, but for the

V hot merchandise, like a

Generation Two cyberimplan

cyberimplants
ts are the most brand  new Gen 4 Temporal

common type of augmentationyou will encounter Cortex Enhancement proto 

LIMITS
on the street. They are functional and relatively type, you ll have to sell
A 
cheap. Gen 1 pistons and hydraulics were both of your kidneys or at
—
'
replaced by artificial cybermuscles that allowed least someone s kidneys,

for greater actuation and strength. Then prov

provided  re healthy.
ided they

RealSkinn technology ente

enteredthe market and
redthe market
immediately became a high - end status symbol.

A GENERATION FOUR
STRING ARM COVERED

RealSkinn is a technol   
IN INFANT QUALITY

ogy used for producing R E A L S K I N N.

synthetic skin  virtually

skin 

indistinguishable from

natural skin. Invented

for the medical market to

help war veterans accept

their cyberprostheses, it

became more popular and

affordable in the follow 

ing thirty years a n d i s

now the standard covering

for most implants. Fans

of retro style a n d o w n e rs
rs

of expensive custom   made

cyberlimbs still pre 

fer to  go naked   and

wear implants without a

RealSkinn overlay.

BIOWARE
B i o t e c h n o l o g y a n d nano- > R I S E OF TH E
t e c h n o l o g y ar e s t i l l f a i r l y MEGACORPORATIONS AND
n o v e l by m a r k e t sta n - GENERATION THREE enhancements i n ste a d o f c y b e r n e t i c s .
dards . They we re created CYBERWARE Skinweave a r m o r, n a n o s u r g e o n s , t ox ic
as b y p r o d u c t s of i m p l a n t b i n d e r s , a n d s y n a p t i c u p g r a d e s b e ca
ca m e e v e r
antirejection treatment, T h e rise o f th e m e g a c o r p o r a t i o n s also p l a y e d more p o p u l a r. Th o u g h b i o m o d i f i e d muscles
where their primary use a role in cyberware 's c o n t i n u e d t e c h n o l o g i c a l an d o rrg
g an
a n s a rre
e no t as pow erful a s t he
h e ir
ir
w as to integrate i mpl ant s d e v e l o p m e n t. T h e i n v e n t i o n of G e n 3 cyber - cyb e r w a r e c ount erpart s, they ar e i m m u n e
i n t o a human body . Based ware w a s i n s t i g a t e d b y t h e c o r p o r a t e   c o l d to E M P a t t a c k s , ar e no t detectable by
on a r t i f i c i a l l y grown , w a rs   arms ra ce . E v e r y corporation w a n t e d r e g u l a r s c a n n e r s, an d ar e l e ss like ly t o
enhanced organs an d to have b e t t e r e q u i p p e d s o l d i e r s an d c a u s e c y b e r p s y c h o s i s . I n d iv
iv i d u al
al s c o m b i n in
in g
-
lo w i m p a c t n a n o t e c h , enf orc ers t o k e e p their competitors a t b a y cyberware a n d b i o w a r e b e c a m e s o m e o f th e
 i n a fe w y e a r s b i o w a r e a n d their o w n b u s i n e s s secure. L i g h t e r a n d m o s t d a n g e r o u s c o r p o r a t e agent s an d
c o u l d become t h e l e a d i n g m o r e d u r a b l e c a r b o n f i b e r a n d c e r a m i c poly - special o p e r a ti ve s . I w o u l d n ' t recommend
t e c h n o l o g y i n th e b o d y - me rs replaced heavy metal . Concealed buying a n y biow are f r o m an unchecked
m o d i f i c a t i o n b u si n e ss . subdermal arm or a n d ret rac t able w e a p o n s s o u r c e - u n l e s s yo u w a n t an i n f e c t i o n
Bioware i s developing were d e s i g n e d fo r b l a c k o p s a n d a s s a s s i n s . f rom s o m e cra zy , c o n v i c t- tested n a n o b o t s
rapidly , especially in B u l l e t, b l a d e, a n d fireproof a r m o r e d v a r i a n t s that e v e n t u a l l y attack y o u r n e r v o u s s y s t e m  
Europe , which i s a cr adl e o f R e a l S k i n n were d e v e l o p e d a n d ar e w i d e l y
-
of h i g h q u a l i t y b i o e n - u s e d t o d a y a m o n g corporate forces . I n th e l a
ass t t h i r t y y e a r s , c y b e r w a r e ha s
g in e e re d modifications . b e c o m e w i d e l y u s e d in every a s p e c t of l i f e
S c a n d i n a v i a n la bor a tor ie s This p e r i o d als o sa w th e i n
nvve
enn ttii o
onn of ac ros s a l l s o c i a l strata - f r o m th e military,
nd c l i n i c s belonging to bioware - technology th a t uses biological medicine , a n d m a n u f a c t u r i n g t o f a m i l y life , s ex ,
r e l a t i v e l y s m a l l , govern - a n d e n t e r t a i n m e n t  It s d e v e l o p me n t c r e a t e d
m e n t - backed c o r p o r a t i o n s l eg
e g a l a n d i llll e
egg a l b u s i n e s s , from b r a i n d a n c e

i k e F r e y a a nd Y g g d r a s i l l a n d cyb e r fa sh i o n t o t h e b l a c k market of
ar e c o n s i d e r e d t o p r o d u c e cyberlimbs an d bioengineered o r g a n s .
h e b e s t b i o w a r e o n th e H u m a n i t y h a s b e e n forever changed.
m a r k e t , o u t c l a s s i n g an y of

t h e i r American - o r A s i a n -
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lifestyle and are a s ign o b t a i n i n g a p i e c e of

the corporation. b e s p o k e gear earn s a lo t of

respect a nd c a n be a m a j o r

Though no less advanced, the second type of s h o t i n t h e ar m fo r y o u r

peak modern cyberware is designed to be s treet r e p u t a t i o n  

overtly visible . This style is becoming ever
more popular among the social elite
elite - corporate
heirs, braindance stars, singers, and other
celebrities.. Flowing gold
celebrities and platinum lines
gold and
woven into the most advan
advanced
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Anatomical cyberlimbs made of pure crystal,
artificially cultivated on orbital stations, or
plated with natural wooden tiles worth tens of
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THE INSTALLATION

OF HER MAXILLA -

MANDIBULAR IMPLANT  

 
 E D I T O R  S N O T E
To examine this controver -

closely, we ve
sial topic more closely

decided to consult an expert.

Though a little eccentric .

so n i s an ardent sup -
W iill so

porter o f t he
he original Second pant, gangs are everywhere, and everyone has to find their own way of dealing with that situation. Thankfully,

Amendm
Amendment and is a pur
ent and - corporations and our corporate - backed government have found the perfect way to keep every law - abiding citizen

veyor of weapons in every safe. Just sel

selll them each a gun. Or a few guns. Th e more the better .
them

shape, size, and style . His

nowledge on thi
this
s sub
subjec
jectt is Owning a firearm -legally or illegally - means safety and independence. For those who live by the sword (mostly gang -

as broad as the select

selection
ion in ers and cyberpunks) , guns mean power and prestige, their signature, and the
their
ir sta
status  
tus on the street Yo u know that

h iis
s sho p, so make s ur
ho ur e t o old Militech commercial slogan ?   Do n ' t be a sheep, take matters into your own weaponized cyberhands .  Yes , everyone
weaponized

read carefully. It coul

could
d sav
save
e .
knows it That , my friend , is why my business is booming.

yo u money - and your life .   WILSON  2077

GUN CULTURE
A N D GUN LAWS I N
NIGHT CITY -
05 : A WELL PREPARED

SHOP OWNER DEFENDS

 HERSELF AGAINST A PAIR

OF WOULD - BE ROBBERS  

[ 041]

WH O OWNS A GU N IN
Night City ? Anyone
who can afford one.
Wh o carries it openly ?
Generally only folks
who ' d use it on a
da y - to - day basis : law
enforcement officers ,
corporate security

officials, mercenaries,
and gangers . People
wh o run busines
businesses
ses in
public places- vendors
or taxi d rrii ve
ve rrs
s fo
orr
example - will also
often carry a gu n openly for their own safety for weapons and treats them as a necessary FIREARM LAWS
an d to protect their livelihood. No on e wa
want
nts
s to unpleasantness  Gu n l a
aww s i n 2077 America

be an easy mark , especially if you live in a poor haven t changed much

neighborhood. Sure, th
the re some  crime
e re a re ome places - like courthouses , police since the turn of the

threat   apps that can warn users

users abou
aboutt shoo
shoott- stations , and other municipal buildings - are century. The Second

outs and elevated threat levels in certain city more strict about carrying weapons and Amendment to the US

districts, but owning and carrying a gun is far possessing offensive implants. The
These
se places Constitutio
Const n is as sacred
itution

more trusted as a safety solution. are guarded by either the police or private ever, especially no w
as ever

enforcement agents and security systems . that violence on the

Still, des
despite the fa
pite fact
ct tha t we live in an urban
tha   Corporate Zones   ( or   Privately Owned Public streets is so rampant.

jungle an d that the Night City charter is pretty

Night City Spaces ,  as they a re
re o ften referred to ) are
ften Reunited states  gu n laws

lax about citizens carrying guns, most people the same wa y , an d are entirely
entirely excluded from ar e still re
regul
gulate
ated
d by the

don't carry them openly to work or the grocery the Night City charter . To detect hidden federal government   while

store . Sure , there are some trigger - happy weapons and cyberware ma
made
de of co
comm
mmon
on the specifics vary by state

cowboys yearning for an opportunity to resort composite materials, security forces use full - and locality. Concealed

to  preemptive self - defense,  but a surprisingly body scanners at the entrance to such zones carry became the norm

significant part of the population ha s a distaste and buildings. Access to t h

he
es e a re
re as
as is only everywhere   and open carry

granted to those who first deposit their is allowed outside city

weapons in safety lockers and deactivate and limits and tolerated in

block their offensive implants . most suburban areas.

  PREEMPTIVE
E L F- D E F E N S E a
As everyone n o w a d a y s i s
o te n tia lly equipped w ith
f f e n si v e , l e t h a l c y b e r-
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idely extended t he i r
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cities , you can legally purchase pretty much
an y weapon you could wish for. If you want to
buy cheap , shitty guns , go to one of the
 n t e r p r e t a t i o n of th e vending machines ; for a few eurobucks you
i g h t to d e ffe
e n d o n e se
se l f . can get one of those   one - shot polymers  
hu s , t h e term   p re e mp - from BudgetShitarms . Supermarkets or
i v e s e l f - d e f e n s e   wa s convenience stores also offer a bas
basic
ic se
selec-
lec
oined . A c c o r d i n g to this tion of weapons that might suit the needs of
r i n c i p l e , if a n i nd
n d i- less discerning customers, while specialized
i d u a l i s   p r o v o k e d ,  weapon boutiques offer merchandise fo r
h e y ar e a l w a y s a u t h o - more
more informe
informed
d cli
client
ents
s.
r i z e d t o us e d e a d l y f o r c e

t o prevent th e inflic - Heavy weapons are a different story . The

i o n of s i g n i f i c a n t b o d i l y possession and sale of so - called   weapons of
arm or death .  Courts war   are strictly prohibited inside Night City
n d i f f e r e n t s tates ma y limits, but major corporations enjoy an exception
ar y i n t h e i r d e f i n i t i o n to this law. Corpo' s elite secu
securit
rity
y forc
forces
es may
f provocation, b u t they us e them if   public safety is endangered,  which
s u a l l y a r e n  t v e r y s t r i c t also extends to   Privately Owned Public Safety, 
Public
b o u t i t if th e p r o v o k e r so yes , corpo soldierboys can
can le
lega
gall
lly use a
y use

a d an y v i s i b l e i m p l a n t s minigun if corpor ate property or personnel is

corporate
h a t ma y h a v e s e e m e d in an y perceived danger. Of course elite police
uspicious or threatening . units like Ma x -Tac ca
can
n use weapons too 
use heavy weapons
nfortunately ,   s u s p i- A militarized police force is an effective police
i o u s   a nd   t h r e a t e n i n g   force, right ?
c a n d e sc r i b e a w i d e
a r i e t y of a u g m e n t a t i o n s . Th
That
at doesn' t mean that you can ' t buy heavy
doesn
weapons from specialized independent vendors.
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th e heavily cybermodded
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psychosquads  
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A TYPOLOGY OF
 WEAPONS IN 2077
LE T S S AY OU NEED A G UN . YE S, YO U RE
AY Y OU
definitely gonna need on e . Let m e take you on
a quick tourthrough the most populartypes of
modern weapons. Trust m e , I'm a dealer.

> POWER WEAPONS > TECH W E A P O N S

  Power weapons   ( or  power guns   as they 're Tech weapons  ( or  tech guns  ) are firearms
called in street slang ] are classic firearms that inco
incorporate rail gu n technology, firing solid
rporate
that use conven
conventional cartridges of various
tional high - velocity projectiles that are propelled with
types and calibers . Tried an d trusty, they are an electromagnetic charge Although they have
electromagnetic
08 : THE characterized by their high rate of fire and a slower rate of fire than other firearms , they
CONSTITUTIONAL significant recoil. They are very popular among more than make up for it with their awesome
DEFENDER BY civilians, law enforcement officers, an d military range and penetrating power.
CONSTITUTIONAL ARMS personnel. Th e power category includes all
IS ONLY INTENDED FOR kinds of firearms , from ch
chea
eap and unreliable
p and Tech weapons utilize
utilize caseless
caseless ammunition
USE BY CORPORATE LAW polymer one - shots and primitive but effect
effective
ive ( generally a jacketed steel flechette] , which
ENFORCEMENT , THOUGH revolvers and shotguns to brand - new , is able to penetra
penetrate
te most personal armor,
IT   S UNDENIABLY precisely engineered automatic pistols , subma - and
and even vehicle armor when subjected to a
even
POPU
POPUL
LAAR
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AMO N
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G chine guns, assault rifles, and machine guns  prolonged charge 
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> SMART WEAPONS

 Smart weapons   (or  smart guns  ) are weapons grip - and they use a laser or sonic targeting T WEAPONS LIKE THIS

that employ gyrojet technology to fire caseless system to scan their target and predict its HEAVY MACHINEGUN
guided ammunition . No t many peopl
people
e know that movement . Once fired, the gyrojet projectiles
projectiles AR E TOO LARGE AN D
 the techn
technology was actually pioneered over a
ology can adjust their tr
traje
ajecto
ctory
ry to anticipate the IMPRACTICAL TO BE
century ag o in the 1960 s in anticipation of orbital target 's movements. CARRIED WITHOUT VERY

space battles, but was quickly abandoned du e SPECIFIC CYBERWARE

to its unreliability. We ' ve come a long way since AUGMENTATIONS.

then , an d smart guns no w are true cutting - edge THEY RE INSTEAD MORE
instruments of death - precise and efficient .
death USEFUL AS STATIONARY
Smart guns connect with their operators EMPLACEMENTS OR WHEN

through cyberware implants-usually a smart ATTACHED TO VEHICLES.

 
 THE MILITECH
MT0D12 FLATHEAD

IS A SOPHISTICATED

AND POWERFUL
PIECE OF HARDWARE
CAPABLE O F O P E R A
AT
TING
AUTONOMOUSLY OR

VIA REMOTE , AND

FEATURES DYNAMIC
CAMOUFLA
UFLAGE
GE ARMOR

AND ULTRA-SENSITIVE
MOTOR IMPULSES .
ITS SPIDER  LIKE
ANATOMY ENABLES IT

TO CRAWL UP WALLS
AND ALONG CEILINGS.

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NEUROT
NEUROTOXI
OXIN
N COMB
COMBAT
AT

KNIFE WAS DEVELOPED

FOR PROTECTION

AGAINST DEEP SE A

WILDLIFE, BU T
IT S SINCE GAINED
POPULARITY AMONG

ASSASSINS . TH E
KATANAS SEEN HERE

S ER VE A S MUCH AS A
ER VE

FASHION ACCESSORY
 AS THEY DO A
MARTIAL WEAPON.

> MELEE W E A P O N S

You could say that melee weapons are obsolete weapons - mainly s te
te e l p ip
ip es
es , wrenches ,
an ag e when a single pull of the trigger can screwdrivers , or ha
hammers- are a crud
mmers crude
e but
but
in
unleash a hail of IS - guided rocket - propelled effective way to kill . Still, they a re ex t to
re n ex [ 050 ]
bullets , but ammo is a finite resource and useless against a more prepared cyber -
weapons like knives or cudgels do n 't run ou t or augmented or armored foe .
jam . Knives are also peerless when it comes to
dispatching enemies stealthily. If you
you value style as well as substance, you' ll
value
probably be interested in something more
Punks on the streets almost always cart a elegant- like a katana
katana or monoknife in an exotic
melee we
weapon of some sort- after all, even a
apon tanto style. Then you can upgrade it with some
upgrade
cheapo
cheapo polymer one - shot has its price. These
polymer exotic attachments, like a neurotoxin coating

or an EM P discharger, if you wish. Th e most installed on different firearms in modular slots 

expensive melee weapons are cyberware Almost every gun has a few of them 
modifications that range from simple re -
inforced knuckles to sophisticated and dead
deadly
ly Ammunition choice is a whole different thing 
nanowire and mantis blades . As is often
often the case with the weapon itself, the
the
secret is to choose the right tool for the job 
Yo u feeling threatened bec
because some crazy
ause some

> ATTACHMENTS AND cyberfreak from your neighbo

neighborhoo
rhood
d is walking
AMMUNITION your way with his mantis blades ready ? Punch
him with a few well - placed EM P rounds and
Once you' ve picked choice, you
picked your weapon of choice watch hi s cybernetics fail Those gangers wo n 't
 can personalize it with modifications, add the be so eager to rob you when you set one of
most advanced attachments, and
and load it with
load them on fire with incendiary rounds or cover
the ammo bes
bestt suited for th
suited the
e task .
task another with ballistic acid 

Attachments - like optics, sights, suppressors , So , are yo u interested in anything in particular ?

front grips, or even grenade launchers - can be

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We acknowledge tha trans -
thatt trans
 portation is a vast field of

technology in its ow n right, so

for the purpose

purposes
s of this
this rec
recap
ap

we  ve limited the discussion to

ground vehicles , aerodynes ,

and drones. We hope to pres -

ent yo u with other articles on

water vehicles, airplanes, and

Assisted Combat Personnel

Armor in the months to follow.

Stay tuned  Th e automotive and aviation industry of 2077 is booming   From all kinds of cars and trucks, to aerial vehicles like
planes and helicopters, to spee
speedboats, to drones, th
dboats the
e range of vehicles is so broad that ever
range everyone can find something
yone

e would like to thank our to sui theirr tastes, assuming that they can afford (or steal ) it .
suitt thei
consuitant   Mitch from the

Aldecaldos family   for his Th e industry was temporarily stalled by global recession and fuel shortages , but is gaining momentum again as new
able aid in the creation
invaluable
invalu technologies are developed an d implemented by automotive companies. Aerodynes are becoming more an d more popular,

of this
this mat
material. He
erial didn   t but are still expensive to produce and operate when compared to other means of transport. Nevertheless, their growing
means

agree to an interview, but he numbers have had an impact on city planning and layout, which is constantly adapting to ever - increasing air traffic .
planning

was a real ga s - powered foun -

tain of information , and his America,, cars have beco

Outside of urban areas, on the wide open roads of America become he Nomad culture. Not
me a vital part o f t he

comments proved to be a n only are automobiles a means of transpor

transportation for entire families and tribes o f t he
tation he Seven Nations, but a symbol of

informa-
invaluable source of informa their independence.

tion on the topic .   MITCH  2077

A HISTORY OF VEHICLES
C H0 0H 2

AFTER TH
THEE FOURTH
Th e f o ss e l c r i s i s of
s s i l f u el
th e l a t e 1 9 8 0 s n e c e s s i t a t e d

te r n a -
arr c h f o r a l te
the sea

CORPORATE W A R
tive combustible f uel

 
s o u r c e s A m a j o r b r e a k-
t h r o u g h o c c u r r e d i n 1 9 9 3,

when Biotechnica d e v e l -
oped CH 00 H 2 , a s y n t h e t i c

a l c o h o l t h a t became t h e

THE F IR S T DECADES AFTER THE FOURTH amplified t h

he
e ch
haa rg n g rate of electric
rg iin w o r l d   s s t a n d a r d combus -
Corporate War weren't very kind to the vehicle engines , making them almost completely t i b l e f u e l fo r t h e n e x t
[ 05 3 ] industry. In the
the late ' 20 s an d ' 30 s, fuel short -
late self - powering . Now, most cars operating  
t h i r t y y e a r s CH 0 0 H 2 i s

ages caused by global crises, the destruction within the limits of larger European cities use a s y n t h e t i c , modified
of refinery infrastructure, and crop blight induction - wheel technology. g r a i n - b a s e d a l c o h o l, m a d e

caused by bioengineered combat viruses of a g e n e t i c a l l y c r e a t e d

grounded a significant percentage of more In America , after years of research, Biotechnica h i g h - su g a r w h e a t c a l l e d

advanced vehicles . This mainly affected publicly scientists developed a new strain of Triticum Triticum v u lg a ris m e g a-

an d privately used aerodynes, which are fueled vulgaris megasuavis that wa s immune to a crop - .
s u a v i s I n t h e 1 9 9 0s,

by an intermediate (an d more complex to manu - eating biovirus This achievement boo

boosted
sted the Biotechnica w a s a re la -
facture ) version of CH 00 H 2. The same fuel wa s country ' s economy and allowed vehic
vehicle
le produc - tiv e ly s m a l l corporation

simultaneously in demand for civilian and mili - tion to resume without costly reconfiguration th a t couldn  t farm i t s

tary aircraftt, so in some parts of the world AVs

tary aircraf to oth
other
er tec
technical solutions  Th e automotive
hnical wheat in quantities l a r g e

completely absent from the skies

were almost completely industry began to recover after years of stag
stag- enough to m a k e t he new
for almost twenty years. nation, an d was soon moving rapidly forward  f u e l p r o f i t a b l e , so i t

A new era ha d begun . l i c e n se d th e r i g h t s to i t s

Th e petroleum industry 's lack of stability over f o r m u l a t o s e v e r a l petro-

the following years resulted in the inv

inventi
ention
on of Auto manufacturers began to develop new chemical companies — th e

numerous unique hybrid systems of aerodynes response to decreasing l a r g e s t tw o b e i n g Petrochem

. Various models in
biofueled , hydrogen - operated, and electric CF I 00 F12 prices and worsening street traffic   B e t t e r l i f e an d S o v O i l .
 motors were researched in this period, but Today AV technology is quite popular, although CH 00 H 2 b u r n s m u c h c l e a n e r

none proved to be an ultimate substitution   in private hands it ' s a sign of luxu

luxury
ry reserved
reserved t h a n g a s o l i n e a nd d i e se l ,

Fossil - based fuels al

also
so made a comeback in
made mostly for corporates and upper - class citizens. hu
utt t h
hee fue l itself i s toxic .
some parts of the world as the extraction of AVs are used on a larger scale by police, mili - Lik e some o t h e r a l c o h o l s ,

o ilil a n d methane became profitable once again . tary, and corporate forces and by transport m e t a b o l i t e s i n CH 0 0 H 2 c a n

companies Transportation of goods within the c a u s e p o i s o n i n g , b l i n d n e ss ,

major breakthrough in electrically powered city ha s shif
shifted into aviation routes, which helps
ted into att h at h i g h e r d o s e s
and dea  
ground vehicles occurred in Europe in the to decongest overcrowded str
street traffic .
eet traffic
year 204 ) with the development of so - called Th e s h i f t f r o m petro -
  induction wheels   This groundbreaking tech f uels to CH 00 H 2 p r i m a r i l y

o c c u r r e d b e ttw
w e en
en 2 01
01 0

a nd
nd 2 0
02
20 . During the

F o u r t h C o r p o r a t e Wa r ,

b e t w e e n 2 0 2 3 an d 2 0 2 5,

h u g e s w a t h s of T r itic um

vulga ris megasuavis

crops w e r e a t t a c k e d an d

d e s t r o y e d by a b i o e n g i -
neered vi r us, r e s u l t i n g

i n th e w o r s t f u e l c r i s i s of
t h i s century .

T 10: DESPITE A
S ID A N D
MYRIAD OF MODERN

CAR THEFT
SECURITY FEATURES,
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED

CARS AR E ST
STOL
OLEN
EN EA
EACH
CH

HOUR IN NIGHT CITY.

MOST ELE
ECCTR
ROONI
ICC D E V I C E S W I T H L O W 
level security systems, including phones, smart
guns, laptops , cars, doors, or ho
hote
tell rooms
rooms, are
accessed via chip technology called SID ( subcu -
taneous identification device), often referred
to as   Seed.   Introduced by Arasaka as an
identification chip for corporate workers , it
qui
quickly became the global security standard .
ckly became
A SID itself is a small circuit board mounted
on the first ( thumb) metacarpal bone of the
dominant hand.

Despite the continued development of security

software, auto theft is still a common problem
in certain parts of the city
city.. Hacking a ca r is
relatively easy for those with access to a
personal link and spe
specia
cializ
lized
ed ill
illega
egall hackin
hacking
g
programs  Every modern vehicle is equipped
with an access port n xt to the
the fuel
fuel in
inta
take
ke, and
even older car models have been converted to
have
standard so that they can funct
this standard function
ion within
within

vehicle and
 the compute
computerirized
zed recognition
traffic coor
coordina
dinatio
tion
n sys
system
tems
s of modern cities.
modern
Accessing that port an d connecting to it through
a personal link ca n allow a thief to open , break,
or install malware on the vehicle 's computers.
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program with its latest version.

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 Braindanceis
Braindanceis undeniably the

most popular entertainment

of o u im e. Digital record -
urr t im

ings of a person s experience

streamed directly into the

neural system of a viewer via

special augmentation are the

television and computer

games o f th e second
second half of

the twenty - first century .

Insidiously, the secret of

BD   s popularity is not in its

visual or audio components .

Braindanc
Braindance
e allows viewers
allows

to experience everything
that the recorder felt or
perceived - emotions, sensa -

tions , thoughts , memories ,

the tension of theirr muscles.

thei You know the history of bra
braind
indance, don  t you ? Invented in the first decade o f ou r century by some genius student
ance

Not a single sensation is from the University of Calif

California at Santa Cruz , BD was quickly applied as a cutting - edge aver
ornia aversion
sion progr
programming
amming

lost . During the BD session technique for convicted criminals . A short time later it found use as a military simulator, and then as a tool in psycho -

you are someone else . The logical therapy. Of course it still h as se in the capacities for which it was originally developed, but none of th
as u se thos
ose
e

ence is unforgettable .
experience
experi applications is as widespread or profitable as entertainment . Since the development o f th e newest generation of

Our expert, Judy, agreed to recording and editi

editing
ng techn
technologies, Braindance is now everywhere. From the pinn
ologies pinnacles of society to the low
acles lowliest street
liest

give us an in - depth look at vivid,, colorful dreams that BD offers its users.
hoodlums- everyone wants to enjoy the vivid

the subject.   J UDY , 2 0 7 7

CONSUMING RAINDANCE T Y P E 1
RELIGIOUS

BRAINDANCE
Re lig io u s braindance i s
th e p e r f e c t w a y to e x p e -

r i e n c e r e l i g i o u s e c s t a s y,

r e g a r d l e s s of th e d o g ma of

your s p e c i f i c f a i t h . Using
b r a i n d a n c e i n a sso c i a t i o n

> HOME SESSIONS AND with religious worship i s

FEEDERS becoming a n increasingly

popular practice . Christian
ou ' ll need a few pieces of equipment before you but some street junkies still prefer to   play it sects -
h a v e re c r e a t e d th e

ca n exper
experience
ience braindance an d replay BD data.
braindance rough  I have also heard about some illegal
have also torture a nd c r u c i f i x i o n
First you need a wreath-that 's the street - slang government or corporate penitentiary of C h r i st so t h a t t h e i r
[ 063 ] term for a BD headset. They come in wire
wired
d or programs where BD is forced on subjects members can experi -
wireless varieties , and they all
all need a base
need without putting them into a trance. e n c e J e s u s  s s u f f e r i n g
station to operate - like a   feeder,  or home enter - firsthand . Conversely,
tainment device . In addition to processing B u d d h i s t s ar e h a r d at wor k

braindance data and streaming it to the wreath, attempting to r e c r e a t e th e

a feeder has the advantage of also monitoring st a t e of n i r v a n a .
your vital functions and sustaining your organism
during days - long sessions so yo u wo n't die from B r a i n d a n c e v a n g e l i s t s have

dehydration or starvation, it wo
woul
uld
d ta
take
ke mu
much
ch been k n o w n to e x p l o i t r e l i -
longer anyway, and some nei
and some neighb
ghbor might be
or might g i o u s BD to pu t th e n a i v e

alerted by the feeder signal if you re lucky. All faithful in direct contact
you need to do is put the headset on your head w i t h th e  Lord   ( an d t h e i r
 an d plug a BD data disk into your personal port, c h u r c h s b a n k account ) .
an d yo u 're ready to go . These types of c o n f i -
d e n c e t r ic
ic k s a re
re i l l e g a l

When you activate the wreath, strong strobo - a l m o s t e v e r y w h e r e , b ut

scopic flashes force your mind into a catatonic , t h e y  r e u n f o r t u n a t e l y n o t

trance - like state - almost like a shallow sleep . uncommon .

thii s i s a voluntary act . No on e

In most cases th
can force braindance on a conscious person;
cooperation of a willing subject is required to
properly experience a BD session. Penal brain -
dance is an exception , since it is mostly
administe
admin red to drugged convicts
istered convicts-- an
and
d due to
due
the procedure  s less subtle execution, the
sessio
ses n is fully perceived by even unwilling
sion
users . Th e emo
emotio
tions depicted are brutal and
ns depicted
horrifying, but I know some people that are
willing to pay a lot o f money to obtain a
experiences - some of whom
recording of such experiences-
might still be left wanting more  

You can try to experience BD without entering

the trance, but streaming will quickly overload
the frontal cortex if your brain is not forced
into a receptive state . That would cause
disorientation, confusion, an d a rather harsh
session  Prol
Prolon
onge
ged
d use
use of braindance in such
a way can even result in minor brain damage ,

A 1 5 : BRAINDANCE

ARCADES CATER

TO CUSTOMERS OF You can experience braindance alone or in a fidelity or multiuser setups , or you just want
EVERY BUDGET — WITH group with sessions designed for interaction to hang with like - minded geeks , yo u can always
LOCATIO
LOCATIONS
NS RANGING
RANGING with multiple participants. Some high - budget visit a braindance arcade . These places have
-
FROM ULTRA EXCLUSIVE productions ca n afford to produce scenes with tons of BD tapes that you can rent as long as
HIGH - END CLUBS , TO multiple actors interacting at th e same time, you have a bit of money.
MORE MODEST PARLORS more commonly for just on e o r tw o
but BD is more
 LIKE THE ONE viewers because each additional participant Some arcades specialize in specific braindance
SEEN HERE . greatly red
reduce
uces
s the
the overa
overall
ll levell of detail in an
leve genres-the perfect place to go an d meet other
interaction. The technology is constantly devel- BD fans and discuss the newe
newest productions.
st productions

oping, and major studios and producers are
working on ever larger productions with even
greater performance and profundity than
those already available.
An d before you ask , yes, there are also arcades
th
that offerr the hardcore illegal BD stuff , but I
at offe
don't want to have anything to do with them. If
you re interested in snuff braindance, just get
the fuck ou t of my shop  

  ARCADES
  PORTABLE BD STATIONS
If your feeder subscription has expired, or you
ca n ' t afford your o w n p la
la y b
ba
a c k d e vvii cce
e with high Yes , you can also us e a portable BD rig, but they
have their drawbacks- especiaily the older or
cheaper versions. Their processors are usually
not as efficient as those in stationary devices;
therefore sessions ma y no t feel as smooth, nor
ions and sensations as sharp and vivid .
emotions
emot
Using BD outside of a   safe zone   such as your
house or the
the arca
arcade
de room is always risky. You
room [ 064 ]
tend not to be aware of your surroundings
surroundings when
you're in the trance, so enjoying BD in the open
is asking for trouble. As for  playing it rough 
without passing out . . . I ' m sure that I ' ve
mentioned the consequences . Most BD junkies
w ho use cheap portable braindance un
unit
its
s are
are
slowly turning themselves into turnips . B

RECORDING
BRAINDANCE
BRAINDANCE TYPE:

Some clubs use brain -

dance records to broa

broadcast
dcast

emotions among clubbers

during concerts and live

DJ show
shows
s . Users' moods are
rapi dl y and a r t i f i ci a l l y
BRAINDANCE RECORDING TECHNOLOGY IS
based on electromagnetic sensors that read altered to synchronize

the brain activity of a user. Th e signal is th

then
en with the music ' s tempo

converted from analog to digital an d stored in att c h t h e tone of a

o r to m a

the Ne t or on a data - carrying device like a chip certain song .

or disk before editing .

It 's worth mentioning that to obtain qual

that quality
ity data,
recording dev
device
ices
s should be calibrated to the
should
person being recorded Cali
Calibra
bratio
tion take up
n can take

R A I N D A N C E T YPE:
E5E1
Sex braindance is a broad
category that ranges from
 marital aids   for tradi -
tional couples to kinky
sex BD offered in cathouses
and massage parlors . These
productions allow for sexual
partners to experience each
other ' s sensations in real
time . Specialized software
is of
ofte
ten
n used to prevent the
used
transmission of unwanted
thoughts , but some users
insiston   unprotected  requires e x t e n s i v e e d i t i n g o n professional
braindance intercourse .
Y AN EDITING GLOVE
LIKE TH
THIS
IS ONE CA N
ONE
OFFER FULL CONTROL
WITH P R EC
EC I S
SEE H A PT
PT I C
to several weeks and requires the full cooper -
weeks
ation of the individual   Lack
ation Lack of basic training
an d cooperation will mostly result in junk data ,
unusable in the
the ed
edit
iting process . That 's the
ing Y 16 : A HOME
reason why it ' s almost impossible to use BB BRAINDANCE RI G CAN
technology as a lie detector or to solve criminal SE RV E AS THE FOCAL
RV
cases by using it to record a suspect ' s POINT FOR AN ENTIRE
thoughts. Braindance reco
recordings are inadmis-
rdings LIVING SPACE  IN MANY
sible as evidence in most courts of law   HIGH - END LOFTS , IT  S
TREATED AS A MODERN
HEARTH  
EDITING
RAW RE CORDI NGS SHOULD N E V E R BE used f i r s t g o a l is to rem ov e a n y subconscious
in b r a i n d a n c e . T h e y h a v e to o m a n y s c r a p s o f thoughts a n d f e e l i n g s from th e s c e n e , l e a v i n g
m em ories, stranded thoughts, an d faint o n l y c l e a r e m o t io
io n s a n d t h e pure e ss
ss e n
ncc e o f
e m o t i o n s to b e c o m p r e h e n s i b l e or p l e a s a n t t h e recording T h o u g h t s ar e g e n e r a l l y very
f or m os err s. D u e to th e dif f erenc es i n
os t u s e d i stu r b i n g fo r a ve ra g e c o mm
mm e rc
rc i al
al u s e r s,
p h y s i o l o g y b e tw
tw e
ee he re co rd e r a n d th e
e n t he a n d w e 're a l w a y s s t r i v i n g t o e r a s e t h e m from
v i e w e r, material i s p e r ce
c e i vve
e d a s m u dd
dd y a n d e n d - user c o n t e n t .
u n c l e a r at best, a n d replaying it c o u l d result
in d iizz zzii ne uss e a . R e f i n i n g th e d a t a
ne s s a n d n a u D u r i n g th e n e x t s t e p o f th e editing process th e
m a t e r i a l c a n b e m i xxe e d with o t h e r f e e l i n g s or
braindance studio equipment . A computer s e n s a t i o n s to a d j u s t th e e mo t i o n a l t o n e o f th e
w ith significant processing p o w e r, a c a l i - s c e n e . Remixing requires a lo t o f e x p e r i e n c e
brated d ev h e a d s e t , a n a v i g a t i o n g l o v e, a n d a nd
n d s ki
k i llll to m a k e it feel natural, b u t t h
he
e
ntt Syste m s s h o u l d be
a dedicated In te llll i g e n t r e m e n d o u s l y c o m p l i c a t e d process is m a d e
ha t, b u t it could s t i l l t a k e a while .
e n o u g h f o r t ha m a n a g e a b l e t h r o u g h th e u s e o f IS t o d o m o s t
A single s c e n e l a s t i n g j u s t a fe w m i n u t e s m i g h t o f th e menial wo r k f o r us  Without IS , completing
be performed , recorded , an d replay ed a edits in a reasonable t im a m e would b e
im e f rra
d o z e n t i m e s or more. a l mo s t impossible . Using a  s p e c t a t o r ' - a n o t h e r
 FEEDBACK, A N D I T S AN person to e x p er
e r ie
i e n c e e d it
i t e d b r a iin
n d a n cce
e to
E S SE TI A L T O O L IN TH E
SE N TI A n e d i t o r is responsible fo r th e w h o l e bet t er m on
on it or t h e emotional c o n t e n t- c a n
it or
EDITORIAL PROCESS. process , u s u a l l y with th e h e l p of a n IS   T he expedite th e proc es s a nd
n d m ak
a k e t he
he f in
in al
al
o d u c t m o r e i m m e r s i v e a n d r e a l i s t i c.
p r od

E d i t i n g i s a n e x ha
h a u st i n g process fo r th e editor.
s t in
st o f u s stay in th e b u s i n e s s fo r te n to fifteen
M o st
y e a r s at m o s t  Th e burnout rate is v e r y high,
h y m o s t o f th e b ig c o mp a n i e s h a v e
wh i c h i s w hy
been replacing human editors with expensive
Intelligent S y s t e m s in th e last f e w y e a
arr s.

 
 S X P lO T V

BRAINDANCE T Y P E:
BLACK
B l a c k b r a i n d an
an c e r e f e r s to
BD r e c o r d i n g s of c r i m i n a l

activity — often e x t r e me l y

violent , psychotically

s e x u a l , or b o t h . T heir
e d i t o r i a l q u a l i t y is v e r y

lo w , so t h e y c o n t a i n th e

b r u t a l e m o t i o n s an d ra w

t h o u g h t s of a c r i m i n a l

or v i c t i m . Experiencing
c o n t e n t l i k e t h i s ca n be

verydangerous . There

ar e v e r y fe w b a r r i e r s

i n s t a l l e d b e t w e e n th e

m i n d s of th e o r i g i n a l

r e c o r d e r an d th e en d

u s e r , an d u s e r s ca n s u f f e r
s i g n i f i c a n t psycholog-

i c a l d a m a g e as a r e s u l t .
Nevertheless , b l a c k

braindance r e ma i n s very

popula r a m o n g certain

c u r i o u s c o n s u m e r s an d is a

r e l i a b l e s t r e a m of r e v e n u e

for v a r i o u s c r i m i n a l

organizations .
 

CELEBRITIES A N D
BRAINDANCERS
17 : A BRAINDANCE

STAR STEPS OUT ON

THE R ED
ED C AR
AR PE
PE T AT THE

WORLD PREMIERE OF HER

all o v
ve he world  Their images
e r t he
are rarely altered in postproduc -
tion , and they share the same
status and attention enjoyed by
movie stars an d celebrities of old .

BRAINDANCE TYPE : D ID Y OU NO W T H A T I N T H E F I R S T B R A I N -
OU K NO Experiencing a BD session from the performer 's
PENITENTIARY dances it was almost impossible to encounter point of view puts the spectator at the very
Th e o r i g i n a l u s e of b r a i n - a situation where you could see yourself in a center of th
the
e act
action , creating close - even
ion
dance that w as instituted mirror ? This was partly because old BD intimate - connections with the main character
b a c k i n t h e e a r l y 2000 s recorders were bulky head - worn contraptions, and the actor who plays them . Braindance
i s s t i l l effective today i n so actors avoided reflect
reflective surfaces  It was
ive surfaces users can literally feel what it  s like to be their
2077 . Convicts wh o q u a l i f y als
also because- at this level of imme
o because immersion- seeing
rsion favorite protagonist. Th e dedicated BD audience
fo r r e h a b i l i t a t i o n a re o f t e n someone other than yourself in a mirror would
other than started to grow to incre
incredibl
dible
e number
numbers
s , and
sentenced to penitentiary cause extreme emotional distress, even anxiety many celebrity braindancers started to release
b r a i n d a n c e: p s y c h o l o g - attacks . Use
Users
rs were simply not accustomed to
were personal records of their daily lives in response
ical conditioning that that . It ' s like in the
the early days of cinema , when
early to their growing popularity  At first thes
their these
e wer
were
e
b r e a k s down t h e i r w i l l a nd people pani
panicked
cked whil
while
e watching those old black -
watching quasi documentaries from wh
whic
ich
h fa
fans
ns coul
could
d
instills a s e n s e of c o o p - and - whi
white
te mo
movies of a steam train rolling
vies lea
learn more about their beloved heroes and
rn more

eration and compliance

  toward them . No , I am not shitting you. heroines , but this conten
contentt quickly shifted into
Th e n e x t s te p i s to c r e a t e a artificial, staged productions in which on e is
n i g h t m a r e - l i k e r e p r e se n t a - Nevertheless, with improvements in th
the
e fiel
field
d actual life of a braindance star.
able to live the actual
t i o n of t h e c r iim
m e f o r which of BD technology an d increased acceptance of
they w e r e found g u i l t y , the medium , people gre
grew
w more
more accustomed to Still, everything comes with a price. Previously
t h e n r e p ea
ea t e
eddly plac
cee th e the idea of seeing a different face when they unknown psychological conditions have now
c o n v i c t i n t h e r o l e of t h e looked in the mirror. In 2077 recording devices become prevalent , like braindance - related
- -
v i c t i m d u r i n g b a c k t o back are the size of a pair of glasses, or even dissociative identity disorder. Patients
b r a i n d an
an c e s e s s i o n s . Given implanted using cortex neu
neuralware to record
ralware suffering from BDDID are so focused on a
some time and additional and store data  It 's like recording with your specific braindancer that they start to believe
t h e r a p y , th e p r i s o n e r even- cybereyes alone, and so the first generation that they are the individual portrayed in the BD , [ 070 ]
t u a l l y develops a st r o n g of cele
celebri
brity
ty bra
braind
indance
ancers were born.
rs were watching themselves living in luxury villas and
a v e r si o n to v i o l e n c e a n d attending galas, often arriving at the conclusion
a n t i s o c i a l behavior , b ut Nowadays , thanks to the universality and that they have been replaced by an impostor
i n m o s t cases t h i s c o n d i - popularity of brai
braind
ndance as a medium, the top
ance who has stolen their life . In some cases, this
stolen
t i o n i n g a l s o r e s u l t s i n th e first - person personalities are recognizable has culminated in a patient ' s cacoethes -an
m a nif e s ta tion of a n x i e t y irresistible des
desire to murder the subje
ire subject
ct of
disorders   their obsession: the braindance celebrity they
 once loved an d admired.

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result in health problems due to inactivity, poor t o t r e a t mental i l l n e s s .

isolation. No less dangerous
nutrition, and mental isolation ns a l l o w p a t i e n t s
S e ssss i o ns

is the potential for emotion

emotional
al dependency.
dependency t o f a c e t h e i r fears i n safe

Braindance makes yo u experience the emotions simulated envi ronments .

of others, usually in a very deliberately powerful T h e t r e a t m e n t i s very

wa y . As various studios race to produce more effective , h u t a l s o e x p e n -

overwhelming emo
emotio
tion packs in their newest
n packs s i v e d u e to l o n g s e s s i o n s

productions , people who overuse BD are an d th e c o m p l e x l y c a l i -

reported as appearing n um nd emotionless 

um b a nd brated BD hardw are t h a t

Real life s e em
em s d u llll a n d boring to them, an d they i s n e c e ss
ss a r y d u r i ng
ng th e

find themselves unable and unwilling to forgo

unable t h e r a p y ' s f i r s t stage .

braindance, which to them has become the only

source of emot
emotional
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E D I T O R  S N O T E
During his research for this

section, Josh made contacts

with individuals who would

prefer to remain anony -

mous . Those contact also

provided some fascinating

material that chronic

chronicles
les the

history of the Net . Our spe -

cial thanks go ou t to the

netrunner who contacted

Josh by hacking into his

account and leavin

leaving
g behind
behind

some unique data - some of e the Fourth Corporate War, the Ne

Before
Befor Nett was a vast global network ca
was capable of transmitting and storing all kin
pable kinds
ds of

which was thought to be lost data , from unprote

unprotected
cted public f ile
iles he most heavily encrypted corpo
s t o t he corporate
rate secrets. To interact with that data , you
secrets

during
duri he Old Net.
ng the fall o f t he had to access the Net Yo u could have done this the old - fashioned way with a termi
have terminal
nal or computer, or the quicker and

Thanks, choomba , whoever more effective way by using a cybermodem and its interface . A cybermodem was the way to experience the Net in all
yo u are   three dimensions- som
some
e even claim four dimensions , because time wa
even was
s also a factor sin
also ce the user could interact with
since
 data
data much faster than with a traditional connection.
much

We wou
would
ld also like to thank
also

Nix from Afterlife for shed - In 2077 the global Net is no more
global more-- at least not as a global communications platform . It was destroyed by corporate

some light on the matter

ing some attacks, rogue ISs, and the parting gift of on e dead man .

of netrunning gear.   NI X  2077

BARTMD 5 S AND
RABIDS
Roving Autonomous

Bartmoss I n t e r f a c e D r o n e s

( or R A B I D S ) were a unique

THE DEATH DF
Bartmoss c r e a t i o n -

programs designed to

i n f i l t r a t e systems,

s l i c e t h e i r d a t a , an d

distribute it randomly

THE OLD
OLD N E T
throughout cyberspace A t
f i r s t p e r c e i v e d as a m e r e
.
n u i sa n c e , t h e y showed

t h e i r f u l l d r e a d e d poten -

t i a l i n th e fe w h o u r s

came, he wanted to be sure that his enemies f o l l o w i n g Bartmoss   s

would all go down with him .

and his beloved Net would death . Planted patiently
[ 075 ] fo r y e a r s as   s l e e p e r s  in

R A CH
CH E B A R
RT MO S S W A S TH E MOST B R I L L I A N T
T MO A complex system similar to the Cold W ar - era cyberspace , they started

and talented netrunner of our age. He wa s also Dead Hand released Bartmoss 's most deadly
Dead Hand to s w a p f i l e s a n d c o l l a p s e
the most paranoid. Rumors cl
claim
aim that he wa s an creati
creations
ons in
into the Ne t . In the very moment that
to the w h o l e d a t a f o r t r e sse s .
author of the infamous Demon and Hound series Rache 's body was obliterated and his life - I t n ot o n ly hastened the
of programs, designed to locate and kill enemy support system stopped sending the delay codes, c r i p p l i n g of t h e Ne t , bu t

netrunners. There are s o m an

an y varying accounts all hell broke loose . His most advanced Demons, a l s o r e l e a s e d a l l so r t s of

of wh o he w as and ho w an d when h e d ie
ie d that Hellhounds, and RABIDS went off, crashing confidential information

no one ca n be sure o f the

ne the real story. Some sa y systems, liberating and corrupting ISs , and frying to t h e p u b l i c , c a u s i n g
that hi s body died in 2 0
02
2 1 w h e n he was naile
nailed
d by the synapses of most of the netrunners who were c h a o s as i t i n c r i m i n a t e d

some black ICE , or simply from dehydration an d

black jacked in
into
to the Net at the time  Melting data
the p o l i t i c i a n s an d g l o b a l

malnutrition during one of his prolonged Ne t op s. fortresses were torn apart by self - aware viruses, corporations a l i ke .
In this
this ver
version of the story, his
sion his mind survived
mind their content permanently lost, altered, randomly
thanks to th
the
e top - tier life support h e h ad
top ad in his swapped, or corrupted  By the time governments 18 : A VOODOO BOYS

apartment. No one knew where he lived, so no and major corporations were able to implement NETRUN
NETRUNNER
NER CAT
CATCHE
CHES
S

one could take care of him . Hi s essence slowly their emergency protocols, the damage wa s done THEIR BREATH AS THEY

faded, though he still remains on e of th

the
e be
best
st an d the Old Ne t w as lost forever.
forever PREPARE THEMSELF FOR

hackers in the Net. ANOTHE

ANOTHER
R MARATHON
MARATHON

RUNNING SESSION .
Another rumor concerned Ra
Rach
che
e all
alleged
egedly
ly

the sides in the Shadow W ar

fighting for one o f the
period of the Fourth Corp Wa r, when mercenary
netrunners attacked corporate data fortresses,
unleashing legions of deadly programs. He was
so good that one of the corporations decided to
take him out by any means at their disposal.
When they ha d traced his last approximate posi -
tion after months of hunting, it 's said that they
evaporated the whole area with a direct hit from
some sort of orbital satellite - mounted device  

Di d I mention that Bartmoss was paranoid? No

on e knows if that was because he was always
nuts or if he lost his mind during hi s years spent
in the cryogenic freezer, but he was prepared
 for his death He knew that when the day finally

MAYHEM
IN THE N ET
FO R TH
THE NEXT FE W YEARS, THE NETWATCH
E NEXT

corporat
corporation
ion att
attemp
empted
ted to rebuild th
the world's
e world
networks with the aid o f t h e European b ui
ui lld
d in
in g th e Bl
Bla
a ckwa
ckwall l w a s o n ly possible
Commission . Many parts of the Net were so because the ISs were also interested in its
infected that logging into the
them would instantly
m would construction , leaving them in control of vast
crash entire systems . Th e aggre
aggressive
ssive rogue abandoned reg
regions of the Net No hum
ions humans
ans and
intelligent systems- some of which were former no artificial constructs are allowed to cross
combat ISs- hunted the reckless netrunners the Blackwall from either side, but that doesn ' t
who explored the ruins of cyberspace to stop overcurious netrunners and dangerous
retrieve lost data . It was then that NetWatch ISs from trying .
decided to b a
acc k d o w n, an d the Blackwall project
wa s born - a nigh - impenetrable wall of black ICE It 's worth remembering that the Bla
Black
ckwal
walll is
att to th is day separates human - usable
th a totally invisible an d does not necessarily form
Network from realms under the ISs   control  a continuous barrier. It ofte
often splits old Network
n splits
It 's disturbing ho
how ery little is known about
w v ery systems in half, leavi
leaving them simultaneously
ng them
its foundation , and some people claim that available to both h u
um
ma n s an d IS s. Usually
an
19 : A VISUAL neither side is aware
aware of the other, which often
REPRESENTATION OF leads to tales of   haunted  data fortresses or
DATASTREAMS COURSING   possessed  cybersystems .
THROUGHOUT THE NET .
 

THE N E T TODAY

A NETRUNNERS MAKE USE

IN 2077 THE HUMAN   CONTROLLED NET renetworking North America a t th e request of OF DIGITAL AV
AVAT
ATAR
ARS
S TO

( some
sometime
times called the shallow Ne t ) is a frac -
s called the NU S president, Rosalind Meyers . COMMUNICATE WITH EACH

tured space , consisting predominantly of OTHER AN D TO MORE

local hubs These hubs are primarily

separated local primarily Th e Old Net, also known as the deep N et , is a INTUITIVELY INTERFACE

national, state, or city Nets that are amalgams ruined , dangerous place where few dare to WITH THE NE T.
of public access forums and private company venture. Large por
portions are separated by the
tions
domains, and are used for internal communi - Blackwall, but there are entire regions that are
entire
cation , work , recreation , and advertising   abandoned ( with the exception of some of
 NetWatch rebuilt most of the European network,
but has recently lost some credibility in Eur
recently Europe
ope
after allegations that they bargained with the
ISs during the Blackwall construction . Th e
company is currently in the process of
Bartmoss s cre
creati
ations
ons that have lurked there
since the war ) . Nevertheless , the Old Net holds
unique temptations, as it hides old databanks
and allows for true long - distance communication
navigate it.
for those who can navigate

SOME OF THE MOST

SKILLED NETRUNNERS

IN N I G H T C I T Y CAN BE
FOUND I N T HE
HE R A NK
NK S
OF THE VOODOO BOYS

GANG. VB RUNNERS MAKE

EFFICIENT USE OF THEIR

TOP-TIER EQUIPMENT

TO SECURE VALUABLE

DATA FOR VARIOUS

ANONYMOUS CLIENTS .

NETRUNNING
TODAY
GEAR TIERS
  TIER 1

The simplest modern hacking is achieved

through a personal link - an advanced cyber -

A 20 : A PERSONAL LINK
IS A USEFUL PIECE OF
NETRUNNING CYBERWARE
THAT ALLOWS A USER TO
CONNECT DIRECTLY TO A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
NETWORK INTERFACES
WHILE STILL REMAINING
OBILE . grades of netrunning equipment, ranked in tiers
ware gadget that allows netrunners to issue
commands to computer systems without using
an external input device . A personal link is
used for simple operations that are per
perform
formed
ed
by physica
physically
lly plugging into the cho
plugging sen port an d
chosen
connecting with the device . Installing illegal
malware allows the user to gain control over
simple dev
devic
ices
es like doors, elevators , car
like
computers , and utility robots . Th e personal
link was invented to allow for easy
easy data
data upload
and download, so you can effortlessly hack
a do o
orr o r copy your ex 's diary, but entering
deep cyberspace is not possi
possible
ble due to low
transfer capacity   The main advantages of
TH E NE T IS STILL ACCESSIBLE TODAY  BU T this connection method are unhin
unhinde
dere
red
d
ev e l Because
generally only at the local city N e t l ev mobility and inconspicuousness , since the
such networks are usually air gapped , you ca n personal link is a common cyber upgrade and
only acc
access them directly by logging in within
ess them m al
alw ar
ar e p ro
ro gr
gr am re difficult to detect
am s a re
proximity. To access and interact with the Net without complex scanning 
even on a basic level, you ' ll need specialized
hardware . There are currently six known
  TIER 2
from zero to five .
More dangerous, but more efficient
efficient, netrunning
is performed with th e use of a personal port
performed
  TIER 0 accompanied by some type of cybergoggles
( often simply a hacked braindance helmet ) to
Di d portable cyberdecks that were popular in perceive and interact with the N et in 3 D . This
the 2020s are presently classified as Tier 0 ,
the 2020 method allows the userr to en
the use ente
terr deeper regions
and are considered obsolete among most of the Ne t and achieve a better data transfer, [ 080 ]
netrunners They still h av om e advantages .
av e s om but at deeper levels the physical stress on the
They can be upgraded to improve their perfor - body becomes an exponentially mor
more
e ser
seriou
ious
s
mance and achieve a moderate data transfer problem . Overloaded nervous systems will
rate , and their handheld nature al
allo
low
w s the
the begin to heat up , raising the body 's temperature
netrunne
netrunnerr to retain some mobility while putting
retain to dangerous, often deadly levels. A method of
their manual operation slows
unit to us e, but their
the unit
reaction time and severely limits thei
severely utility.
theirr utility
 A 2 1 : MORE
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external cooling is required to circum

required circumvent
vent these
effects.. Th e simplest means commonly used
effects
by amateur netrunners are bathtubs
bathtubs filled with faster data transfer, and cooling is provide
provided
d
ice , modified air condi
conditioners, or even converted
tioners by a full - body suit - transfer rates are so
refrigerators . These methods are considered withoutt cooling a netrunners
extreme that withou
crude , and are mostly utilized by low - level blood would boil within minutes .
gangers an d reckless youngsters.

On this tier, a netrun

netrunner
ner station must-- have .
station is a must
Th e station's central component is a specialized
  TIER 3 chair ( in some cases a converted dental or
massage chair ) that allows the netrunner to
Tier 3 equipment is primarily used by profes - rest in a comfortable position for an extended
sional street netrunners . It ' s functionally period of time withoutt impeding circulation .
time withou [ 082 ]
similar to Tier 2 , but is a direct upgrade in every Basic surveillance, medical, an d vital monitor
monitoring
ing
way. A typical set includes a high - capacity equipment is also included in any serious
neural port connected directly to th
the
e user ' s
user netrunner station . With a setup like this , a
occipital lobe for improved performance and skilled user can procure data fr
fro
o m th
the
e deep
Net, operate systems for a whole building, or
even sta
stand toe to toe with hard - hitting corpo -
nd toe
rate netrunners .

> TIER 4

Tier 4 gear is usually res

gear reserv
erved
ed for the most and data transfer as good as or superior to
distinguished professionals, wh o are hired by .
Tier 4 . Most importantly Tier 5 users remain
massive corporations. Each component is t he
he completely mo b ilil e a n d aware of their
aware their surround-
surround
newest , most high - end version available. Th e ings , allowing them to remotely connect to
netrunners w ho
ho u sse
e this equipment are backed cyberspace from within the field , directly
by entire server banks and their stations have attack enemy netrunners in real space or
th
the most sophisticated upgrades- including life
e most cyberspace , and counter any unauthorized
support, cryostasis, blood- cooling systems, network interference .
and other improvements - to aid them in their
work . They often operate in groups, both in
offensive actions against rival companies and
employers'' systems an d data .
in defending their employers
 [ 08 3 ]

THIS RARE IMAGE OF

> TIER 5 -
TOP TIER NETRUNNING

GEAR SHOWS THE

At first glance, Tier 5 netrunning equipment is MOST SOPHISTICATED

not nearly as impressive as Tier 4' s exotically

Tier CYBERWARE WITH BUILT -

appointed netrunning stations and luxurious IN COOLING SOLUTIONS  

support devices. In some cases it can e v
veen be
mistaken for Tier 1, because its use
userr often looks
often
like an only marginally more augmented civilian,
or   brainiac,  with some neural boosters
implanted at the back of t he
he head and wearing
head
a stylish wired jacket That first glance couldn  t
be more misleading., bec
becaus
ause Tier 5 is used
e Tier
almost exclusively by field agents of th e infa -
mous NetWatch, whose job is to fight renegade
hackers an d rogue IS incursions. Hardware of
such quality does not require a netrunning
station at all to achieve a level of performance
station

CHAPTER 3

[0 8 8] 2074 : A N I G H T ' S LEGACY

r
[0 9 0 ] WATSON
Little C h in a
Kabuki
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A r a s a k a Waterfront

[0 9 8] WESTBROOK
 Japantown
Charter H ill a nd North Oa k

[1 0 4 ] C IT
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NT E R
C o r p o P la z a
Downtown

[ 11 0 ] HEYWOOD
Wellsprings
T he
h e G l en
en
V i s t a del R ev

THIS WEEK MARKS THE THIRD

ANNIVERSARY DF THE DEATH DF LIAM

ALLEN- A N INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST AND
D U R EDITORIAL COLLEAGUE. LIAM W A S KILLED
DN AUGUST 2 8, 2 D 7 H, IN H IS APARTMENT BY

UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS WHILE INVESTI-

GATING CDRPDRATE- BACKED DEVELOPERS’
INTERESTS IN TH
THEE VISTA DEL RE
REYY DISTRICT.
T W O MONTHS A G O , AFTER ALMOST THREE

YEARS OF INVESTIGATION, TH
THEE NCPD DROPPED
THE CASE AND LIAM’S MURD
MURDER
ERER S WERE
ERS
NEVER BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
BRO
 HE W A S O U R CLOSE FRIEND AN
ANDD LONGTIME
COLLABORATOR, AN D MANY OF YO
AND U KNEW
YOU

H IM BY H IS IN
INCRE
CREDI
DIBLE
BLE CONT
CONTRI
RIBUT
BUTIO
IONS
NS TO

JOURNALISM AN D FOR H IS WORK WITH

AND
VARIOUS INDEPENDENT NEWS STATIONS AN
AND
D
INFORMATION PORTALS. H IS PROFESSION-
ALISM A N D DEVOTION TO H IS SEARCH OF

TRUTH STILL INSPIRE US IN O U R O W N WORK.

W E WOULD LIKE TO COMMEMORATE THIS

TRAGIC EVENT AN
ANDD PA
PAYY TRIBUTE TO LIAM ’S

JOURNALISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS BY
RECALLING H IS LAST STORY FROM 2 D 7H,
WRITTEN FOR TH
THEE EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY
 OF NIGHT CITY ’S FOUNDING, A STORY THAT

W E BELIEVE S ET H IM FORTH ON H IS FINAL

INVESTIGATION.”

  TH
THEE EDITOR
 

2074
MOTS
LEGACY year we celebrate the eightieth anniversary of our
his year depop
THE CITY CENTER SKYLINE . MONDAY, APRIL 2ND , 2074.

ulatedland wasnow the perfect spot to build something

depopulatedland commonplace — all as the citywas ironicallyrenamed Night

T
city’s founding. That’s not long compared to other cities
founding
in the N U S A or elsewhere around the world , but for
such a young metropolis, we already have some mighty
achievements. Over the course of thoseeighty years
we’ve managed to build the city fromscratch, screwit
screwit up
by turning it into a playground for gangs and corporations ,
blow up City Center with a genuine nuke, almost
almost kick out
the corpos, rebuild the city without government aid , avoid
finally,, turn the city back into a
war withthe NUSA and, finally
playground for gangs and corpos— not badf or les
lesss than a
century NightCity’s story maynot be verylong, but it ’s
new:: a safe , clean, corporat
new e city freefrom crime, poverty,
corporate City in memory of Richard Night.
memory
and chaos — Coronado City
After a decade of ever-increasing crime and death rates, the
Night found investors among the big corporate players by corporations decided to push back. Over a period of a few short
enticing them with lucrative tax benefits that boosted the days, the heads of almost every major criminal organization
economy and created a stable basef or future citizens
created — the died at the hands of unidentified mercenaries
mercenaries,, and a newCity
corporate employees. Council was established . The Council’s first decision was to
enlist the aid of corporate forces, empowering them to act “ in
The projec
projectt wasa resounding success , and the fledgling the best interest of the city, and to establish peace andorder
Coronado City was indeed a wonder to behold . Thanks to within its limits.” Most of the downtownand central districts
careful planning the city was well-built, friendly
friendly,, and safe  in were cleaned up withinthe next few months , and over the

—
intense that ’s for sure  post- Collapse terms, anyway
The history of ourcity began in 1994 with a rich and
enterprising guy namedRichard Night andhis idea to build
a perfect city A fewyears ear llier
ier Night
Night had split off from his
partners, Halsey and Ferris
partners, — co-owners of a construction
and development company aptly called Halsey, Ferris
Ferris,, and
Night— to set up his own company
company, Night International  Rebuilding between 2040-2060. Hey , weeven managed to stay
Night initiated an ambitious new project. He bought the
entire town of Morro Bay , a small, neglected settlement near
entire
the border that divides Northernand Southern California
that had nearly been razed by a roving boostergang just
two years earlier. The army’s timely intervention had saved
the settlementfrom total destruction, and the ravaged and
anyway   next few years the most devastated parts of the citywere
Then, four years after initial construction had begun, tragedy
struck when Richard Night was murdered by unknown
assailants Popular conjecture is tha
thatt the attack was arranged
by organized crime bosses with connections to the unions and
construction firms that had been excluded from Night’s project.
Despite public outcry in response to Night ’s assassination
assassination
and initial opposition to the opportunistic crime
syndicates, the mo b successfully filled the vacuum of
years,, turningCoronad
leadership over the next few years turningCoronado
o show its countless faces and moods: intense, inspiring, thrilling,
City into a havenfor criminal activity. Prostitution,
assault, drug trafficking, and cyberterrorism became
pacified , razed, and r ebuilt. Thus , corpor
ebuilt corporate
ate reign had begun.
reign
These were the beginnings of Night City. From that time
it’s come a long way — the “golden age” of 2020, the Fourth
Corporate War andthe Nuke Incident of 2023, the Survival
and the Recovery periods between 2023-2040, and the great
independentfrom the NUSA after the Unification War  That
r ichand col
color
or fful
ul history inspired me to write this story a —
journey through the districts of the modern Night City, to
dangerous, and depressing — but each of them is an inherent
part of Night City’s spirit. So, are you ready for a trip?

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explore Watson , I’ ll need the help of a local I have a
o explore or if it wasjust business, but Saburo’s lawyers andbankers

T
meeting in Afterlife — a club with a certainreputation finished off his competitors here — one and all .
here in thedistrict I had to call in some favors to getin
here to talkwith my would-be guide My contact turns when Watson changed The industrial subdistrict
That’s when
ut t o be in herlate -twenties  or she has an excellent
o ut stopped providing jobs , a l o t of people became unemployed , and
surgeon   Her Kiroshi eyes change colors while we talk She
surgeon Arasaka took over the Watson Waterfront Access to the sea
seems well informed;
informed; she already knows that I writestories
writestories ha d be e n their goal allalong Now Watson is the crappypart of
crappypart
about various Night City districts, andshe’s willing to share Night City— the living area for low -income factory employees
some information aboutWatson with me She alsoagreesto who still work in the NID’s few operational factories 
course   We sitover Bloody
give me a tour here  for a price, of course
Marys, and she begins her story 
begins Myinterviewee orders a second Bloody Mary She seemsa
bit more relaxed
relaxed and talkati ve She asks me if I’ve seen the
talkative
Watson used to be a place to live andthrive During the time roadblocks on all the bridges that lead from Wats
Watsonon to the
of Rebuilding , some wealthy Japanese corps had big plans for rest of the city Yes, them, but I don ’t know
I have seen them,
the district and poured millions of dollars intoit The Watson their purpose 
district had it all : tall skyscrapers, bustling nightclubs, a med
center, and even its own industrial sectorin the northern “ That’s because it’s easier to contain the people fromWatson
part of thedistrict called the NID It allended when Saburo district than it is to take responsibility for them,”
within the district
Arasaka and his corporation came back to Night City after the
Arasaka she says “ The rest of the city hasabandoned us. The rich
Unification War. Arasaka had their own plans, and to achieve and mighty don’t like the idea thatthe poor might walk to
them, Arasaka’s riv al corporations would have to die  Nobody
rival CityCenter It would spoiltheir view fro
from
m thei
theirr shiny glass
shiny
knows if it was because of an old feud from their homeland towers, you know.”

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LITTLE CHINA
We exit Afterlife into LittleChina. My
guide seemsto know the area well. This
part of the Watson district used to be

an extension of Downtown , and during

the Rebuilding in the 2040s there were
plans to make it a second CityCenter.
The corporations built some skyscrapers
and top-notch medical clinics known as
Med Center. It used to be the best place
in Night City to spend moneyon body
augmentations if you wanted to do so
legally In the late 2040s the subdistrict
flooded with Asianimmigrants— mainly
from Chinese diaspora, hence its name 
During the following decades, Little
China become overpopulated and its
exclusive tone changed to the current
more ethnic feel 

Now Central Little China resembles

the poorerareas elsewhere in Night
—
City but the food , shops, neon lights ,
lingo, and flavor are all distinctly
Chinese The castes are all mixed up
now with living blocksbeside affluent
affluent
condobuildingss, and illegal gambling
condobuilding
dens next to the offices of legitimate
businesses. Low - and mid -tier corpos
come here to have some cheap fun in
casinos andstrip clubs , and t o mi x

withthe poor and homeless on the

streets My guide says that Little
China i s n o t claimed by any particular
gang, but the Tyger Claws often come
here to have some fun “ You ’d better
them,” she says with a wide
not cross them,
smile “ They’re eage
eagerr to make use of
their katanas andtantos, especially
whenthey can get away with it 
” My
nervousness must be obvious , because
she laughs whenshe seesmy reaction 
reaction
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Kabuki was once the pride of the Japanese medical
corporations in this part of Night City. It was situated
adjacent to the famous Med Center, and as a result the whole
area flourished and prospered. Nowadays , with all the other
corpos either di ssol
ssol ve dby Arasaka or transferred to the other
bank of the gulf , Kabuki is possibly the poorest subdistrict
—
of the city   not including Pacifica we’re talking about
remaining functioning districts).
and at first sight Kabuki ’s narrow
narrow,, tangledalleyways were full of Chiba City or the top -notch Scandinavian bio -clinics or — you’ll find here are detectives lurking around , competing with
of chop sueyjoints, seedy cosmetic boutiques
boutiques,, andchea
andcheap
p jun
junk
k ripperdocsall claim My guidewarns me t o be cautious
so the ripperdocsall fixers and corporate- hired investigators, looking for some
fixers
shops, all decorated with Chinese lampions and flickering when buying stufffrom an unknown source. Some of the stolen corporate tech or missing persons.”
neon lights But this timewe’revisit night,, and I
ingit at night
revisitingit merchants in the hood are supplied by Scavengers  Those
district s second face. Kabuki after
cansee the district after dark is the creepygangers are the lowliest scum around , and have an T he whol e area is densely populated, except for the northern
heart of Night City’s black market for all manner of illegal eye forclueless visitors who they’ll drag tosome basement edge where warehouses and abandonedfactories are occupied
transactions  Implants , organs, combat drugs, prototype cyber before cuttingout their implants and organsto resell to by various gangs, transients, and junkies. Tyger Claws maintain
augmentations , steroids, synth-viruses, snuff braindance unscrupulous Kabuki ripperdocs. a pres
presence in the area, as do some Maelstrom members from
encein

But Night City hates a vacuum The areawas quickly
repopulated with Chinese diaspora before turning into the
shadiest bazaar imaginable  I visited once during the daytime,
—
recordings you name it , it’s all there to buy if you know right the NID, but neither of them claim the Kabuki for their
places and people There are allegedly several black clinics “ Well, it’s the circle of life of the urban jungle, itseems,” own That vacuum has created a toehold for one of the local
operating
operati hiddenbasementss or backrooms that install
ng in hiddenbasement mycontact says lightly “ The Scavengers run their business — one of Kabuki’s most popular
gangs, the Mox. Lizzie’s Bar
illicit military and prototype cyberwear, right from the labs undisturbed T he pol i c e don ’t raid the district The only cops
district —
braindanceclubs and brothels is under theirjurisdiction.
theirjurisdiction

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We decided to wait fo r daylight to go to the Northside work in the factory, and now they are stuck in limbo: waking
Industrial District  Th e NID  as called by the locals   was
it ’s up, going to a shitty jo
jobb for wh
who knowss how many hours, and
o know
once Watson’s prosperouss factory subdistrict. Now abandoned
prosperou coming home to sleep There are no prospects of mov
prospects moving up 
ing

and neglected, its factories are mostly non-functional “ If you’re born in the NID, you die in the NID,” as they say 
and abandoned due to old earthquake damage and failed
abandoned
investments. Bu t those are just regular people Some other residents of the
NID are much, much worse My guide asks me If I’ve heard
much
 
No one likes the look or smell of the NID,” my guide says  about the Maelstrom gang. In fact I have It ’s why I packed
“ Wealthy assholes from Downtown even built some shiny a gun when we came
came d o wn
wn h eere
re, bu t the stories I’ve heard
new apartment blocks at the edge of the dis
distri
trict
ct to screen it make me doubt that a gun would be of any use if we met
would
from ‘their’ part of the city No w those buildings are home calls them “ freaking cyborgs,” and tells me that
them. She calls
to m id -level employees w ho manage the few operational the NID is their turf They use its abandoned buildings as
factories in the N ID  I guess having corpo -apartments is hideouts, illegal brai
braindan
ndance
ce studio
studioss, and war
warehouses fo
ehouses forr the
really nice, but fo r those guys it must like exile to a foul-
must be like loot they steal from the corporate transports.
steal from
smelling, ugly purgatory ”
“ Yo u walk into one of those places , you’re as good as dead ”
till, people need to live here They’ve come here looking fo r This time she’s no t smiling.
This
opportunity and a new life They got their big chance with

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Th e Waterfront is the bulwarked island of corporate authority Yo u can’t see much of it though. Th e first act of the Japanese
in the lawless sea of Watson. I f y ou
ou’re not from Arasaka , zaibatsu was
was to build a wall around the Waterfront to
you out there  
there’s nothing fo r you “ Unless you’re looking to —
keep Watson inhabitants at ba y gangers, scavengers , and
steal something, of course,” my guide tells me. “ In that case, meddlesome reporters like me Reinforced with motion
utt me in 
be sure to c u ” Sh e doesn ’t like Arasaka, that’s fo r sure 
Arasaka detectors, electrified razor
razor wire, and autonomic armored gun
turrets, the wall protects Arasaka property from unw
unwante
anted
d
Th e Ara
Arasak
saka
a Waterfront is an important link in the
Waterfront guests an d trespassers. My guide refuse
refusess to lead me closer
corporation’s local supply chain Official data states that to the main gate “ If you wantt to go there witho
you wan without
ut proper
hundreds of shipments come through the Waterfront every authorization , yo u might as well be walking into a Maelstrom
month, packed and sorted by automated robots to be sent to
sorted hideout There’s no difference Your body won’t ever be found
other corporate-owned warehouses and outposts 
warehouses either way 
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CITY CENTER
f all the places in Night City, Westbrook is considered Then came the Rebuilding in 2040 , and step by step Night
by many to be the best place to live These are the — rook most of all Old

0
City began to recover the Westb
Westbrook
residences of the richand powerful
powerful,, idyllically situated constr
constructio
uction razed and used to fill the crater in
n was razed
on the hillside of North Oak , the most beautiful City Center Asian corporations began to erect
erect the new
subdistrict of the whole city The second best is megabuildingsand
megabuildingsand skyscrapers, restoring Japantownto
Japantownto its
Charter Hill, the prom isedland for all ambitious mid -level
promisedland former glory over the next thirty years The shanty town
orporate employees  Lastly, Japantown , the entertainment in Charter Hill was eventually liquidated, its inhabitants

CHARTER H LL
relocated to other parts of the city The whole
—
center of Night City, hosts touristsand corpos alike but
differentfifty years ago 
thingshere looked completely differentfifty
whole areawas
serve as mass housing for corporate employees.
rebuilt to serve
The temporary refugee camps in North Oak held out much
Parts of Westbrook adjacent to City Center suffered longer, becoming a stain on the Night City landscape and
significant damageduring the NukeIncident in 2023  The
significant competing withthe Combat Zone for the inauspicious
tall buildings of Japantown took the brunt of the explosion’s awards for “ highest crimerate” and “ most violent,” until it
crumbling,, naked
shockwave, and for the next twenty years crumbling was pacified and cleared by corporate mercenaries to finally
skeletons of skyscrapers haunted the landscape of the once-
skyscrapers became Night City’s most exclusive residential district .
bustling Night City district . Charter Hill was flooded with
refugees, their tentsand shanty houses
city refugees, houses spreading far
andwide over the hills of North Oak.

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Primaril inhabited by pe opl
y inhabited oplee of
Japanese descent , Japantown during
daytime is usually crowded with
tourists for whom the many bars, fancy
restaurants , gaming parlors, the Cherry
Blossom Market , and the Shintotemple
are mandatory Night City destinations .
lean and safe by day, thisdistrict is a
perfect spot for sightseeing, and it’s just
one bridge away from the famous Corpo
Plaza, anyone of whose many hotels are
a perfect place to stay  tourists are interested in more sublime
But Japantown also has a second face ,
which I’m here tosee for myself  This
me I ’m meeting with an old college
t iime
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friend named Marc. As a mid -tier
corporate employee, Marcknows
Japantown well — maybe too well.
Together, were going to hit Jap a
going an
ntown
on Friday night Marc is treating 
fter dark, Japantown becomes the
— corpos and
party district for the rich
to ur is ttss alike. The corposare looking
ur is
to blow off some steam after another
day of the exhausting ratrace The
entertainmentand a wild night in
Night City Both groupsvisit the same
fancy brothels , lose their money in
casinos, and get drunk to the point of
blackout Both groups als
also have to be
o have
careful to not cross the Tyger Claws
the gangers that rule this district
urrin g the night hours 
du
“ If you’rea payingcustomer,” Marc
payingcustomer
says, “you’ll beserved properly in one
of their semi-legitimate businesses 
For example Cloudsclub hosts the best
erotic doll experiences in NC  If you do
anything brash or stupid, you’d better
have some friends in high places, or
thingswill end up going poorly for you 
And by ‘poorly,’ I mean ‘chopped off
body parts,’ so tread lightly after dark.”
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the area by force. Proclaimed as a “war
againstt crime” by the corporate -owned
agains
media, this action became a synonym of
corporate brutalityand prejudice. The
North Oak favelas were pacified and
razed by corporate developers, and in
a fewyears the area became the most
prized part of Night City. Ye a rrss of the
ongoing corporate-media campaign
eventually watered down and finally
—
hushed the whole incident not only
to avoid negative PR , but to raise land
value Many rich people were initially
nt to buy landwhere some dirty
reluctant
relucta
homeless had once lived.
Thesedays that story is all but
forgotten, and North Oak is home to the
untouchable elite— corporate CEOs, hedge
fund managers , and investment bankers,
but a l so to the various showbiz figures:
BD producers and stars, and musicians.
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Outsiders are not welcomehere , and
private security is tight. I had to rent
aeriall vehicle just
an aeria just to catch a glimpse
of the famous district. We flew along
the border of North Oak, since the
flight zoneover thedistrict is also
monitored by security agencies and my
risk his license
pilot did notwant to risk — or
his life — by breaking the law for his
standard fee . Nevertheless , the view was
magnificent. The whole areaconsists
of vastestates, some of them with
their own micro-biome and artificially
created landscape. Both the Arasaka
Mansion and Kerry Eurodyne’s villa lie
in NorthOak , because here it doesn’t
matter if you’re a corpora
corporateowneror
teowneror a
renegaderockerboy — all that matters is
how wealthy andfamous you are. This
is the place that every Night City citizen
dreams of living.
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s I stand in the middle of the Corpo Plaza looking at

A
—
today’s City Center with its megabuildings, offices,
bars , pubs , strip clubs, and neon lights — it’s hard to
believe that about fifty years ago this place was a
ruined battlefield , still smoldering after the climax
of the Fourth Corporate War, when a nuke was detonated by
an unknown party on floor 120 of one of the Arasaka Towers 
After years of rebuilding and reconstruction , CityCent
CityCenterwas
erwas
restored to its formergloryand is once again the seat of Night
financialand economic power 
City’s financialand

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CORPO PLAZA
Rebuilt after the war, Corpo Plaza
is nowone of the most recognizable
fixtures of NightCity It’s also a sign of
the corporations’ return to power
power after
long years of humilia
humiliationand disgrace 
tionand disgrace
The Plaza’s giant skyscrapers and
towering megabuildings are once again
host to the office complexes of Arasaka
and Milite
Militech —
ch the very corporations
whose rivalry destroyed the city half a
century ago. Ironic, isn’t it?
it?

The Plaza’s ma iin

n feature is the Memorial
Park , a hugeroundabout between
the corporations’ headquarters that
commemorates the victims of the
Fourth Corporate War The plaza is
alwayscrowded with all types of low -
and mid -level corpos, always hurriedly
shuffling from one meeting to the next 
The armored AVs carrying high -ranking
executives circle over my head, docking
andtaking off again fromlanding pads 
The whole place gives one the impression
of a giant beehive 

It seems peaceful , but NCPD officers

and armored
armored corporate guards are on
constant patrol, reminding everyone
who’s really in chargehere Everyone
has to pas
passs throughmultiple security
checkpoints toenter any plaza building.
I briefly wonder if any of my open
criticism of corporate acti
activityor
vityor my
unpaid parking ticketfrom last week
could result in denial of access , but I
finally decide it’s not worththe risk
to find out. I have an appointment
Downtown.

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 Downtown is another one of Night City’s newer districts, paying fo r myself We’re having some drinks while Marc
built from scratch after the Nuke Incident Th e history of
scratch explains the differences between Downtown, Japantown, and
the old Downtown vanished wi
with the blast wave. Now the
th the Watson’s entertainment district I notice the first difference
massive new office and apartment buildings, corporate hotels, when I pay the check in the first nightclub we visit —
unique posh vibe 
and restaurants emanate a unique I’ve come
come here Downtown is far more expensive , that’s fo r sure 
at night, and the wide well-lit streets are buzzing , filled with
people and traffic Neon signs are everywhere, advertising Like the rest of Night City, Downtown has a second face that’s
all
al l kinds of pubs, bars
bars,, strip clubs, fast food joints and “one hidden during the day and seen only by night It has dark
night ” hotels Being an upper-tier district, Downtown is also alleys, shadowy spots, an d sleazy hotels where drug deals go
the social heart of Night City  down and black braindance is produced These are the places
where gangers from other districts come to have their own
M y friend Marc waits fo r me in one of the local bars This kind of fun , an d some of them even work as bouncers an d
time he ’s go
gonna show me Downtown after
nna after dark , but I’ll be
dark bodyguards 

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H
eywood is a neighborhood of contrasts The northern Latinos   predominantly of Mexica
Mexican descent  are the main
n descent
part that borders City Center is m oder
odernn and well Heywood, but otherethnicities live there too.
ethnic groupin Heywood
maintained, with skyscrapers, nice parks, and public To be able to move in the less safe neighborhoods without
service buildings Further to the south and east, things any problems , I’ve decided to hire a localguide to show me
startto look worse andthe district is visibly poorer and around After a few phone calls I got into contact with a local
more dangerous The architecture becomes more suburban, with alentino gang member nicknamed   Cuchillo ” who owed a COAST VIEW
low -rise row houses. This is where gangs like the Valentinos and small favor to a mutual acquaintance 
—
6 th Street run their businesses legal and illegal alike 
Cuchillo is a big Mexican fellow in his sixties, with a plain,
Heywood is often called “ the biggest bedroom in Night City.” rugged cyberarm and prison tattoos— from San Quentin
Quentin,, La
If you’re not a corporate employee and you have an apartment toldd me later Wearrang
Mesa , and Topo Chico, as he tol Wearrange e to meet
in the wealthier part of Heywood, then you’ve won the in a few daysto visit the Wellsprings, the Glen , and Vista
housing ladder lottery If you slip down a few rungs, you’ll del Rey
Rey.. Afteran initial mutual distrust, he pr oved
Afteran oved to be a
end up far fromcomfort in low-life quartersin Watson or in
the Pacifica slums 
greatguy and an invaluable repository of knowledge about
Heywood and its inhabitants.

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WELLSPRINGS
We begin our journey through
Heywood in Wellsprings, a relatively
safe subdistrict , at least onits west side
that borders City Center Buildings here
are newer and modern, erected late in
the rebuilding of Night City. Aswe
gradually travel to the southwest , we
see the buildings getting smaller and
older Apartments range from mid -tier
to cheap, butWellsprings manage
managess to
ass. Most of
keep an overall aura of c l ass
the buildings were built in the second
phase of reconstruction  It’s p a rt
rt of the
city where average people live.

On the east side you’ll comeacross

shanty houses, evoking memories from
the Rebuilding over thirty five years
ago. I spot more and more Valentinos ’
graffiti and gang members on the street,
but I don ’t feel threatened — they’re
minding their own business I’ve heard
that the
theyy run smuggling operations
there, but during the day you’d never
know it.

We decide to visit the Glen the next day.

RINGS OPEN- AIR MARKET.

WELLSPRINGS
WELLSP

uring the Rebuilding period,
hen Night City struck a deal with
tionsto aid in the city’s
corporationsto
corpora
reconstruction , the Glen was planned
as the new seat of power for the NC
government As we first enter from
he Corpo Plaza , the Glen seems like a
ice place  The state-owned s ub dis tri ct
is rich, clean, and mostly crime
free Reconciliation Park is tidy and
pleasant, surrounded by some elegant
architecture , behind which stands
DBSTERBURGER he new City Hall, the seat of current
mayor Lucius Rhyne Considering
articles about the corruption
my past articles
in City Hall and my guide’s criminal
background, we decide to stay away. We
wouldn’t be welcome  wealthand class. The Valentinos are
Not so far from City Hall, things start
to look worse Buildings are uglier and
poorer, and we enter the zone where
gangs reign: the turf of the Valentinos
and the 6 th Street gang I’ll bet they
skip this part in the official NightCity
tour guide. The fact tha
thatt this poorer area
exists only a f ewblocks away from City
Hall shines an unflatte
unflatteringlight
ringlight on the
municipal government  they’re asking for directions in thickly
As the buildings get more dilapidated, it’s
impossible to ignore the clearcorrelation
between their quality and societal
omnipresent here. “Chicos usually keep
to their own business , but sometimes
shit just happens,” Cuchillo tells me. He
clearly feels at home here. A few of the
Valentinos greet him with a nod . We eat
lunch in a restaurant named El Pinche
Polio. We re enjoying quesadillas while
surrounded by Valentinos and a couple
of Europeantourists —
Europeantourists German, I think.
They seem a little bi t l ost here, and
accented English . Cuchillo explains to
them how to get back to City Center, and
weresoonon ourway ourselves.

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says Cuchillo , and I canclearlysee but they are clearly more relaxed when be really irritating for the corporate
why. Gangs have overrun this place  they notice Cuchillo  “They wonder if douchebags next door They would
The streets are definitely less crowded  you’re gathering info for corpos,” he
gathering probably try to take this area by force
Graffiti on the walls of crumbling tells me “ The corposare hungry for this if they weren’t afraid of the bad PR that
buildings indicates that the Valentinos distrito, comprende? Those pendejos the pacification of an entire district
are the true power here, but my guide soonerr or later. And we’ll be
will be here soone would cost them . Poor as itmay be ,
warns me that there are still a few ready for them  Vista del Rey is not a combat zone, but
pl a ccee she l d by guys from the 6 th Street it’s dangerous none the less .
gang. We’regonna try to avoid them  Cuchillo smiles
smiles and stretches his
Megabuildings and apartment blocks cyberarm I understa
understandnd what he ’s

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ordering Westbrook to thenorth, Heywood and Pacifica
to the west , and inhospitable badlands to the east,
Santo Domingois one of Night City’s oldest districts 
Domingois
Its unique location saved it from d es
estruction d u
the Fourth Corporate War, and for the next dozen
urring

years after the conflict this area become a shelter for tens
of thousands of refugees . They’re gone now, relocated to the
rebuilt districts, and Santo Domingo hasreturned toits former
function as the city’s industrialpark and power plant 
industrialpark
Divided into two subdistricts , Arroyo and Rancho Coronado,
Santo Domingo is subject to constant change Various
corporations are continuallybuying and selling parcels of
continuallybuying
land for new investments , and demolishing old factoriesand
factoriesand
warehouses to make room for newprojects Construct
Constructionsites
ionsites
are guarded by corporate security forces who’re supported by
drones. Competition between rival corporations is fierce here,
and workers from Rancho Coronado can cause
cause trouble too
when a company occasionallyannounce s insolvency.

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The Arroyo district is under constant presence, soI decide

construction, but at the moment it
consists of an old -fashio
fashioned
ned nuclear
power plant, robot factories,, a logistics
factories
center, and a gigantic junkyard.
Not all corporateinvestments have
ut t o be profitable, and a
turned o ut
significant number of the buildings
significant
in this arearemain unfinished, either
decide to leave beforeI
beforeI
get into any trouble.
My interest in the Arroyo district
doesn’t go unnoticed . Later that day,
two big guys— blue collar workers
judging by their looks — c oome
me u p t o
me to let me know that someone
wishesto see me. It ’s not the kind
wishesto
 partially constructed or simplylaying
in ruin I paid a worker to show me
around , but there isn’t much to s ee
here All the operationa
operationall high-tech
sites — including the Arasaka factory
or Petrochem -Betterlife ’s power
plants — are restricted areas withtheir
ownsecurity forces, and those guys
end to shoot first and ask questions
ater. That ’s probably
probably because this
because
turf belongs to the 6th Street gang.
My guide tells me that they control
the abandon
abandoned
ed factories
factories and heavy
quipment storage areas in the Arroyo.
It isn’t long before the gang noticesmy
n refuse. They
of invitation I feel I c aan
take me to a work site where I me e
ett
my host — a sly -looking, darkhaired
man in his early forties, smoking a
cigarette. He introduces himself as “El
Capit an” andasks me what I’m looking
for in the Arroyo. I tell him that I ’m
working on a story about Night City
districts , for the Night City Inquirer 
He doesn’t believe first ,
me at first, but he
seems almostamused when he verifi
verifies
es
my credentials . “ It’s your
your luckyday,
amigo,” he said smiling. “ Now get the
fuck out of here. I don’t have time for
this. I have a business to run .”
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Rancho Coron ado lookslike a self-sufficient town within Night

Coronado maintain overwatch on the suburbs. Residents of Rancho
City’s borders. Th e corporations who own the Arroyo factories Coronado are primarily mi d - and high-rankin
ranking
g factory
factory
, ’ ’
planned and advertised it as a place fo
planned forr their workers to live out workers and some corpos who re tired of Night City s lights
the real American dream Rancho Coronado consists almost and noise Most of them work in Arroyo an d do n ’t need to
solely of identical cookie -cutter houses, reminiscent of the ones leave Santo Domingo fo r their entire lives Despite its utopian
 seen in m id twentieth century American suburbs I’ve seen the
American concept, you can clearly see the evidence of neglect and
advertisements, but I ha d never been there myself. disrepair Ranch
Ranchoo Coron
Coronadoado is far from paradise I can’t shake
the feeling tha thiss place was designed as one giant hamster
thatt thi
Th e district has it
itss ow bars,, shopping, school, park,
n bars
own habitat to keep high- profile workers well-fed and happy. Still,
station Security is over
restaurants, and even a metro station oversee
seen
n people
peop living here are among those lucky few
le living fe w w h o d oonn’t have
by the 6 th Stre
Street gang, as the NCPD is spread too thin to
et gang to wor
worry aboutt jobs, shelter, or food  
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d heardabout the Pacifica Projects disaster long before
heardabout
my arrival in —
Night City about the billions of dollars
lost on this investment  The idea was the result of the
economic recovery of the mid -206 os , when investors sought
opportunities to make moneyon tourism. They poured
massive sums into the project in anattempt to turn the poor
NightCityinto a booming touristresort .
southernsuburbs of NightCityinto
They hired Nomads and locals — mainly from Haitian diaspora
who had settled hereafter the destruction of their island — to
provide a cheap laborforce  new Creole communityin Pacifica.
supporting the NUSA and its president, Rosalind Myers In
the face of a new conflictand invasion from thesouth, most
investors withdrawtheir funding and abandoned Pacifica 
Some fled in fear of being caught in the middle of the fight, and
some of them sniffed out a more lucrative deal by inves
lucrative investingin
tingin
the war This leftthousands of people without a place to go 
Then, in an unprecedented act of civil initiative, a local gang
called the Voodoo Boys unified the clueles
cluelesss locals tocreate a

Then came 2069 and the Unification War South California

ended on the federal government’s side of the conflict ,

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By 2070, when the Unification War ended , some of the Neither the NCPD nor corporate forceshave anypowe
anypowerr in
previous investors attempted to restart the Pacifica project . Pacifica Gang fights and drug trafficking arepart of the daily
This prospect was not welcomed by the local community, routine here, but the localshave gotten used to it Outsiders
whichalreadyadaptedboth districts into favelas Corporate are not welcome here. To go to Pacifica , one should
should first gain
workers tried to clear the construction area of squatters , but the favor of the Voodoo Boys orone of theother local gangs 
were met with resistance from the Voodoo Boys. Further
were
attempts made by the NCPD escalated to full scale riots that As for now,
now, this situation seemsto suit both the Night City
situation
lasted for weeks. Fearing that clearing the neighborhood government and the denizens of Pacifica. For the city it’s
would result in a bloodbath, the chief of the NCPD ordered problems , and
districtt than to solve its
easier to contain the distric
the withdrawal of police units from the area City Council the inhabitants of the combat zone are happy
happy to beleft to
shut down all city services in Pacifica to force the Voodoo their own devices.
Boys and the locals to leave, but to no avail  From that time
both the West Wind Estate and Coast View districts slowly
turned into a new combat zone within Night City 

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 TODAY TH
THEE NIGHT CITY
INQUIRER PROUDLY PRES-

ENTS A N ESSAY ON A VERY

TOPICAL SUBJECT: TH
THEE CONDITION
AND
AN D STATE OF NIGHT CITY SOCIETY,
WRITTEN DY A LEGEND OF INDE-
PENDENT JOURNALISM, A M A N
W H O WORKS UNDER THE NAME OF
‘THOMPSON ’ WHEN W E GOT TH
THEE
NEWS THAT NONE OF TH
THEE MAJOR
NIGHT CITY NEWSPAPERS DECIDED
TO PUBLISH THIS MATERIAL DU
DUEE TO
ITS
IT S RATHER BITTER AN
ANDD CRITICAL

 
 NATURE, W E CONTACTED M R 
THOMPSON AN
ANDD BOUGHT TH
THEE
RIGHTS TO PUBLISH H IS ESSAY ON
TH E INQUIRER. W E’VE SUPPLE-
MENTED TH
THEE ARTICLE WITH BASIC
INFORMATION ABOUT MAJOR
CORPORATIONS, TO GIVE IT MORE
CONTEXT AN
ANDD MAKE IT MORE
INTELLIGIBLE TO O U R READERS  W E
HOPE THAT YO U FIND THIS MATE-
YOU
RIAL AS INTERESTING A S W E DID.
HAVE A GOOD READ AND HAIL TO
THE
TH E FREE NE T, FRIENDS ”
-THE EDITOR
 
 Modern society is a rigid class

 
system Forget about the common

three -stratum model from the

good o F turn o f the century: upper,

.
middle, and lower class Now there

are
ar e only tw
twoo classes — upper and

lower, each o f them consisting

o f three subgroups — domi-

nating, intermediate, and

dominated Bourdieu pr
pree-

dicted it pretty well.

Y o u have no fucking

idea whom or what I am

talking about ? Go

downlo
download
ad some
some

books, kiddo 
”

 THOMPSON, 2077

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Current Social Situation

 T H E RICH AND POWERFUL
kay, I might be exaggerating a little
bi t . The middle class exists an d it
bit
consists mostly of loloww -level corpo-
rate and stat
state sector workers an d
e sector

O
private entrepreneurs w ho run th
private thei
eirr
own businesses The situation
situation is also slightly
different in Asia, Europe, and Sout Southh America 
Nevertheless, here and now in the N ot -So - United
States, social strati
stratificat ion is at its peak At the
fication
pinnacle of the society yo u have megacorpora -
tions These global companies ar e the real power
modern world  They have more money and
of the modern
influence than most governments. They create
culture, laws, and social systems There
their own culture
could be cultural differences — for fo r example
Arasaka’s poli cies are influenced by Japanese
policies
traditions, while Militech’s approach to gu n
commerce is middle American to the bone Still ,
all of them value the same things , like conformity,
hierarchy, loyalty, and — above all — power 
Nowadays yo u ’re either working for a
corporation or you ar e on your ow n — meaning
yo u are
business,,
yo u’re struggling to run your ow n small business
yo u’re a freelancer, or yo u’re unemployed  Low -
an d m id - level corporate employees ar e expend -
able and can be replaced almost immediately The
unemployed are the dugout — the reserve army of
the corporations— an d are a constant threat to
the employed If yo u’re ineffective, yo u get fired 
disloyal,, yo u get fired . If yo u’re a threat
If yo u’re disloyal
to your corporation, you yo u’re dead This is wh y

work in the corporate world is so stressful 

People don’t just throw themselves from build -
ings out of the blue , yo u know?

Structure of a Megacorporation
At the bottom of the corpo hierarchy are the stim pills for breakfastt , lunch, and dinner
breakfas — and [01] To achieve success as a

“ dominated ” — cleaners, drivers, security guards, relaxing drugs and sleeping pills for dessert  mid - level
level corpo , yo u always
corpo
and low-level workers For their work, they They ’re stuck in limbo, waking up every morning have to be one step ahead

receive basic medical care and staff housing in start the cycle again and again , waiting fo r
to start ur coworkers .
o f y o ur

one of the megabuildings in some cheap corpo - chance””  

rate-funded neighborhood  Some of them are
content with their mediocre jobs, and da dayy by
da y the
they
y carry on their dull, drab existence .
carry
Most of them though are dreaming about
promotion and advancing into the ranks of the
—
“ intermediate” the middle cl
clas
asss of corporate
workers. To achieve this, they eagerly work
sixteen hours per da y, stuffing themselves with
their “ big chance
Because if they’re persistent , clever, an d
ruthless enough , their day
da y will eventually come
an d they shall have a chance to step up the
corporate ladder. They’ll probably get some nice
apartment or small condo in one of the corporate
buildings, an d the corporation will also provide
them with a car. Their salary will go up, and they
will even be able to afford to go out to eat from

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[02] Management positions
are occupied by t he
he m os
os t
cunning
cunning and ruthless
individuals, ready to
sacrifice everyone an d
everything to stay on to p .
Current Social Situation
connections , years of education, or honest
experience, here is where shit gets serious and
the real fight fo begins.. To b e h ere
forr survival begins ere is to
be one young shark in a crowded tank, and the
one
fierce,, ruthless, and
only wa y up is to be more fierce
calculating than your coworkers. Every one of
your colleagues is waiting to step over your
corpse and sit in your still - warm chair A nd this is
the moment when the biggest fear of the average
corpo is revealed : “ They want what I have ” That
fear will hau
haunt them for the rest of their life 
nt them
To be on the top is to be one step ahead , so
midlevel corpos have to play dirty and exploit
every opportunity to achieve their goals That’s
wh y, while most low lo w - level corporate workers
isolatee themselves from the world , the
isolat the mo
morere
ambitious among them take advantage of their
environment  They wor work with the street — buying
k with
info from fifixer
xerss, hiring solos and netrunners for
dirty jobs, bribing unscrupulous cops, and setting
journalists on their workplace rivals. Fo r the
efficient corpo, everything and everyone is a tool
or to to their
living a high - risk , high - .
a weapon b earuessee d achieve goals
Midlevel corpos are
reward lifestyle Most of them drop out of the race
sooner or lat
later though , devas
er though devastat
tated
ed by boosting
drugs, or eaten by stress or some bigger, hungrier
fish  That’s the essence of the corpo life, kiddo 
At the top of the corporate pyramid resides
the “ dominating” — a group of real motherfuck -
ers: board members, CEOs, corporate owners,
and their relatives — bluebloods. The ruling
time to time, an d enjoy fresh — though still families of the modern world Most of them
modified — food . More importantly, now they’ll be inherit
inh erited theirr position , but some worked it out
ed thei
eligible fo r promotion to the prime league  over decades of effort, scheming, backstabbing,
They’ll win the lottery, right ? power,, and building alliances 
consolidating power
N o Because, kiddo, no matter whether fa r from secure 
Their position is more stable, but far
yo u’ve crawled all the wa y up here on your hands
you Young and ambiti
ambitious
ous ascenda
ascendants
nts are waiting fo
forr
an ees, or if you got here through
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0 [03] M o s t m i d-level corpos adopt a   work

? hard , play hard   mentality, consuming stim

  drugs w h i le o n the clock to achieve

achieve maximum
productivity and indulging in mood elevators
S
during their brief periodsof downtime.
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Still, coups at the top of such empires are
Still,
551
relatively rare. Stakes in play onthat pow erlevel
0
enormouslyy high, so most of thosedouche-
are enormousl
bags won ’t risk internal war . A badly timed
overthrow attempt couldw eaken the strength of
their own company, andthat’s a speedyw ay to a
nfall. I tell you , that’s the one
corporation’sdow nfall.
thing that the high and mighty fear most. Their
corporations are theirwhole life , more important
to themthan blood . Almost every CEO would
sacrifice everything and everyone in their
personal life to ensure their company’s prosperity.
The primary threat to any megacorporation
is other megacorporations. On their way to the

top of the foodchain, the corporations fever-

ishly worked hand in hand to overcome
domesticand international government
opposition . Sure, the megacorps took a serious
blow during the Fourt h Corp War, butthey
Fourth
quickly recovered in many parts of the world . In
places without stronggovernments, like Night
City, corporations have established bitter
rivalries and are each other
other’’s most deadly
enemies. Every sector — including the weapons,
pharmaceuticals, cybernetics, bioengineering,
motorization , construction , andfoodindus-
tries — is a constant war zone where only the
strongest will survive.
On this battlefield, there are no rules of
engagement. Corporate external politics are as
brutal and unforgiving as internal. To secure
corpora--
their positions and bring competing corpora
tions down to theirknees, the corpos will use
blackmail,, and
every dirty trick , from bribery, blackmail
kidnapping to manipulating global markets or
sparking revolutions.
To deal with their rivals on a more personal
scale, corpos employ outside mercenarie
scale, mercenariess to take
care of business. These highly trained but often
expendable hiredguns coverall types of black
ops : assassination, industrial sabotage and
espionage ,
of corporate officials and
specialists .abduction
. . you name it . It’s no wonde
wonderr that
foolish,, brave, or desperate would
only the most foolish
choose to cross the corpos.
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 Arasaka Corporation is one of the mos
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megacorp
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oration
ions ur time, offering services in corporate security and top -
s o f o ur

quality banking. Th e company is also the biggest importer of Japanese- made merchandise to the American and European markets,

and Arasaka -branded weapons and military vehicles are among the most sought after by police and security forces .
most

[ HISTORY ]:

Founded in Tokyo at the dawn of the twentieth century as a manufacturing company, Arasaka took advantage of the economic

situation in prewar and wartime Japan. Thanks to the foresight and business skills of its founder, Sasai Arasaka, the company

survived the postwarr crisis and emerged even stronger as a dynamic venture with tangible assets all arou
postwa nd the globe. After his
around

father s de
death in 1960, Sabur
ath Saburo
o Arasaka took control of the firm and initiated a series of far - reaching reforms.
Arasaka

Expanding the range of services provided by the company into high - quality security services and banking, Saburo started a new
provided

chapter in Arasaka  s history, turning the prosp

prosperous
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famil
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busine
iness he top global corporations
ss into one o f t he  
During the Fourth Corporate War, the corporation suffered a major defeat at the hands of their rival, the Militech corporation . That

event resulted in the loss of many corporate assets, both Japanese and foreign alike. For the next decade Arasaka operated only in

Japan. In the following years the corporation fractured into three warring organizations: Kiji
years Kiji,, headed by Hanako Arasaka; Hato,
Hanako

headed by Mic
Michik
hiko
o Arasaka and allied with the US government; and rebel faction Taka , led by Sabur
Arasaka Saburo
o Arasaka s son, Yorinobu. After
Arasaka

decade
dec s of internal struggle, the conflict was eventually resolved and the corporation slowly restored to its former power.
ades

During the Unification War between the NUSA and the Free States Arasaka supported Night City, regaining its favor and eventually

returning to the city in 2070 

city .

[ CONTROVERSIES ]:

Like most megacorporations , Arasaka is frequently accused of unet

unethical practices such as blackmail, bribery, extortion , and
hical
hiring mercenaries for covert, illegal operations. These mercenary operations coul
could
d include suppressing legal demonstrations ,
include

assassinations, and abductions of high - level corporat

abductions e experts and officials. Th
corporate The
e Arasaka Corporation was officially found guilty by
Arasaka

the verdict of Gen

Gener
eral
al Lu
Lundee s comm
ndee commission of the deto
ission detonation of a thermonuclear device in the Night City Corporate Plaza in 2023.
nation

Th e results of the investigation have been openly and repeatedly questioned.

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Militech is on e of the world s largest manufacturers of weapons and military vehicles, with facili
facilities
ties on
every continent. The company provides equipment for hundreds of nations and private and government

organizations, especially US military and police forces This equipment includes bu  

butt is not limited to
personal firearms, drones, tanks, aircraft, ships, and Assisted Combat Personnel Armor.

Its second branch provides private military forces for defense, peacekeeping, and nation- building missions 

[ HISTORY ]:

Founded in 1996 by Italian weapon designer Antonio Lucessi as Armatech -Luces

Lucessi
si International, the company

emerged as one of the competitors for the new US Army Infantry Assault Weapon system contract . Under the

leadership of retired US Army General Donald Lundee, the young corporation earned its stripes in 2004 after

winning the US Army s contracts for both primary weapons and sidearms with its famous Ronin Light Assault

Rifle. Since then, Militech has expanded its catalog, selling modern and affordable equipment all arou
around
nd the

world, regardless of poli

political affiliations and conventions.
tical

Militech was one of the major participants in the Fourth Corporate Wa r, during which it clashed violently with its
Fourth
 
rival company, Arasaka. After the nuc
nuclea
learr det
detona
onatio
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werr of the US military. Th e
the .
n of Arasaka s Night City headquarters President Elizabeth

corporation has since regained some of its independence, and severall of its board member
severa s still hold high -
members

ranking offices in the Ministry of Defense.

[ CONTROVERSIES ]:
Militech is often accused of taking part in ethi
often ethicall
cally .
y shady or blatantly illegal black ops such as hiring out their

private military to support revolutions, military coups, assassinations , terrorist attacks, and ethnic

cleansings. Th e company was also suspected of planting and detonating the nuclear bomb in Ara
company Arasaka s Night
saka

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Kang- Ta o is one of the newer corporations operating today. Despite its relative youth, this

Chinese - based company is making its way to the top tier at a tremendous pace thanks to

bold choices, courageous strategy, and government backing Th e corporation is mainly

known f o r t he ir firearms, especially their newest generation of so - called   smart guns  -

he ir
weapons that employ gyrojet technology to fire caseless guided ammunition-but they re

also becoming players in the mercenary and security markets 

[ HISTORY ]:
Th e past fifty years of war and unr
unrest
est left many Asian countries crippled and deeply
.
scarred China was no exception as it recovered from int
interna
ernall turmoil, but its ye
turmoil year
ars
s of

rebuilding and recovery were also a t im

recovery  
im e o f great opportunity On e such opportunity laid

the foundation for the Kang Ta o corporation, when in the late  40 s a retired Chinese army

colonel named Shiming Xu was appointed to manage an obsolete and collapsing defense

company that was being kept afloat by government subsidies. After four years under

Colonel Xu  s direction, the modernized and debt - free firm ( renamed Kang Ta o ) officially
modernized

debuted on the mark

market ha o   smart  pistol. Thanks to the
et in 2050 with their A - 22B C ha

company's alleged government connections, the corporat

corporation
ion inv
invest
ested
ed heavily in modern
research facilities rapidly expanding
facilities, the   smart weapons market. Over the following two
 

decades, Kang Ta o left old rivals like Nokota and Techtronica far behind, now competing

successfully with major pla

player
yers
s like Arasaka and Tsunami Defense Systems . In the last
like

five years, the company has tripled its stock value and is n ow
value ne of the biggest arms
ow o ne

manufacturers and emerging leaders of weapon exports in the Far East.

[ CONTROVERSIES ]:
Th e recent expl
explosion of a Kang Ta o refinery in Hangzhou resulted in a chemical leak that
osion

 
killed over fifty thousand people Official accounts have cleared the company of any

negligence, but many individuals still blame them for the incident.

36.019633 .   86.429039

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E R R 0 R  1 3:
[ C O R P O R A T I O N : N I G H T CORP I N F O
[ BR AN C H ES : P U B L I C W O R K S 1 D EVELO PM EN T M I S S I N G
[ YEAR FOUNDED : IHHH
[ F O U N D E R : MIRIAM NIGHT
[ H E A D Q U A R T E R S : N I G H T C I T Y CORPORATE P LA ZA
[ BR AN C H O F F I C E S : SA N F R A N C I S C O , C A i L OS
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COMPANY OVERVIEW ]:
Night Corp is a unique corporation that is solely focused on Night City and its affairs . Th e
o
E R R 0 R   0 0:
company is the largest contractor of public procurements wit
within
hin the bou
bounda
ndaries of the city,
ries
A C C E S S
building and renovating facilities like roads, bridges, tunnels, metro lines, power plants, net D E N I E D 
waterworks,, and sewerage . The corporation is also known f o r t he
transmitters, waterworks he ir charities
designed to aid the city s poorest children, and scholarship programs to benefit gifted

.
young people Night Corp is also heavily invested in research for ecology and alternate

power sources .

[ HISTORY ]:

Created as Night's Foundation by Miriam Night, wife of murdered multibillionaire and visionary

developer Richard Night, the corporation’s official primary goal was to protect and promote

.
Richard s vision of a perfect city During the infamous Mo b Wars in the first years after

Richard Night's death,

death, the foundation attempted to gain megacorporate support to end the

reign of crime in Night City, but to no avail. After the Mo b Wars, Night s Foun
Foundati
dation
on was

restructured and renamed Night Corp. Allegedly, Miriam Night realized that to have any power

in a city, you have to play by the rules of big business.

From that time the corporation ha
has
s been a constant presence in NC , expanding their field of
been

activity but avoiding power struggles wit

with
h other major corporations . Although Miriam Night
other

.
stepped down from the role of CEO long ago her legacy and ideals are outwardly upheld by

her successors  
O AUTHOR S N O TE
TE : Night Corp's sec
seclusive and often downright secretive
lusive
[ CONTROVERSIES ]: policies have become the subject of tremendous speculation over the years. This topic
subject

Unknown . comes up from time to time, until it loses public interest, is proven to be a h oa
shut dow
oa x, or is
n by corporate authorities Night Corp supposedly owns their own satellites
down satellites,,
and rumors also tell of their under
underwater
water works in the Coronado Bay , secretive
works
engagement in mayoral elections, and their shares in the orbital station projects. Any
station
potential attempts by the press or by other corpo
corporations to uncover the truth have
rations
.
failed so far As a public contracting company Night Corp has very tight security, and it
seems that none of the other corporations want to mess with them on their own turf.

30.721407 ,   95.961843

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Thompson’s B i tter Statements

tte

-> [ Cont  from page 135 ] relatives The price for thi

thiss sheltered existence is
always the same: unquestioning obed
obedienc
ience
e and
“.
. . THEY WILL overnment Officials loyalty to the regime.
SHINE BRIGHTLY The businesses of governments an d corporations
FO R A PERIOD OF interlinked, and nowadays
have always been interlinked Celebrities
TIME UNTIL SOME don’’t even try to hide it. Though its ow n
they don In a world so influenced by media, with a popu-
NE W STAR O UT - power is only a fraction of that possessed by the lace addicted to cheap entertainment an d
SHINES THEM , O R corporations, the government of the Not -So - omnipresent pop culture, celebrities have their
THEY ’ R E C A ST
ST United States and the national sector are still own place of prominence at the apex of society.
ASIDE BY THEIR powerful players in the game Yo u’ve surely heard —
Every branch of showbiz music, television ,
FANS ’ EVER - about ho
how
w our previous president nationalized cinema, and even braindance — ha s its own stars
CHANGING Militech, an
andd w it
ithh its backing w on the whose works shape trends, opinions, an d tastes 
TASTES . ” Unification W ar It w as more like Militech’s board Their live concerts and releases of ne w content ar e
members scored lofty posts in the administration, worldwide events, obser
observed
ved and celebrate
celebratedd by
“ ” it Now it’ tens the
difficult to say if America is ruled .by corpos in
from within Most of them , like the U s Cracks, are.
of millions of fa
fans
ns all around globe
corporationizing s

government guise, or if the government is products of the entertainment industry 

running the country using the corporate model of devised and created to feed current fashions .
management and control. It’s probably a bit of Some of them are naturall - born talents, discov-
are natura
both, an d w e are witnessing the birth of a ered
ere and promoted by some manager who
d and
completely new system. recognized their potential anand
d he
help
lped
ed the
themm to
Those benefiting from this new have unpack it  Regardless of their origins, they will
 system unpack Regardless origins they
similar privileges to high -level corporate shine brigh tly for a period of time until some
brightly
member
memberss and workerss. Officials atop this
worker new star outs
outshine
hiness the m , or they ’re cast aside
them
[04 ] Despite the fact that pyramid of power are nearly as omnipotent and by their fans’ ever-changing tastes Until then,
ba
an
ndds
s l iik
k e U s Cracks are rich as the CEOs of the major corporation they will be admi red and worshiped , living
admired
products of cheap an d players, their assets counted in hundreds of filthy- rich lives in fabulous estates and villas ,
obvious corporate billions of eurodollars. Politicianss and bureau -
Politician whimsically coasting about in limos, private
marketing, e a c
ch
h o f their
concerts gather hundreds
crats are the masters of this world , and even
ordinary government workers receive relative public’’s dre
public dream
—
jets , and luxury boats the embodiment of the
desiress Demig
amss and desire Demigods
ods among
of th o
ou sand s o f people .
u sand comfort and security fo r their families and mere mortals.

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Current Social Situation

THE
STRUGGLING
MIDDLE TIER
part from the low-level corporate
workers, the middle tier of the
American society consists of those
who have failed to find their place

A
in the megacorporations of the
twenty -first century. These people ar e often
trying to run their own businesses: restaurants,
clubs , garages, coffee bars, workshops , pawn -
shops , brainda
braindance studios, or even small
nce studios
cyberclinics. Owners of those enterprises are
ordinary law -abiding citizens w ho are trying to
 earn their money without selling their body and
earn their sometimes required to pay “ protection fees ” to [05] Representatives of

soul to the almighty corporations. Some of them the local criminal groups People living in the society 's middle tier take

even succeed , if only fo r a time. Despite the suburbs ar

aree sometimes even harassed by their fun where t he
he y c a n
efforts of the ever -expanding corporations, nomadic groups from outside the city. ge t it   Good company an d
private businesses are still a job source fo r a fair The lowest layers of this tier, the “ new strong booze are enough

number of people After upsets caused by middle class ” of our century, are people on the to ge t most folks through

ongoing corporate wars, the corpos’ grip on verge of poverty Poorly educ

educate
atedd and mostly a tough day  

society ha s loosened and small businesse

businessess are unemployed , they are struggling to make ends
flourishing again . outrightt illegal busi -
meet by running shady or outrigh
A small business owner’s social situation is nesses, and trying to steer clear of the police and . . TRYING TO
often challenging , as they are generally forced to the mob Ironically, in the cold reality of 2077, EARN THEIR
rent homes in poorer distr
district
ictss with
with lowe
lowerr the sole fact that they have a job at all counts MONEY WITHOUT
security standards, and
and ar
are
e mo
morere exposed to them among the lucky ones. SELLING THEIR
criminal activity. They also have to co verr the
cove BODY AND SOUL
costs of social an d medical insurances all by TO TH
THEE ALMIGHTY
themselves Without corpor
corporate
ate secur
security
ity serv
serving
ing CORPORATIONS . ”
as backup, private business owner
ownerss are

71 S E R I A L / S L S - BC E 4 - 1 3 F F - H S D E /

f. i
3

KHALIL RpUSSEAU
pour homme

Thompson’’s Bitter Statements

Thompson Current Social Situation

[06 ] Entertainment comes

in many forms in 2077-

including braindance
braindance,,

virtualreality, and
old- fashioned video. The
 ubiquity of technology has

made this content available

to people fro ma llwa lkso f

life-though the middleand

life- e and

lower castes seem to

consume it mostreadily .

14 4 | TH E W O R L D OF CYBE RPUNK 2077 A V E R T I C A L S L I C E OF N I G H T C I T Y S O C I E T Y IN 2077 | 145

Thompson’s B i tter Statements

tte

m
 

l
m

[07] A homeless , street performer relaxes on

his prized possession- a discarded p ie

ie c e o f

H E DOWN - A N D - O U T furniture. This standard of liv

hundreds of millions o f p e op
ing applies to
living

op le ll over the globe  

le a ll

T
wa y down from rock
here is always a way and savings due to corporate wars, those who’ve
bottom Brutal changes in the lost their entire families in momobb hi
hits
ts and corpo -
and
structure of society during the last rate purges , and those who simply gave up and
“. . . THOSE fifty years have dramatically stopped caring — a llll o f them are joining the
W H O’VE LOST increased the proportion of the outcasts’ ranks  
THEIR ENTIRE poorest part of the human populace Economic Braindance addiction also takes a toll Its
FAMILIES IN M OB downturn, global financial crashes, a growing —
victims are everywhere sitting in hovels an d
HITS AND CORPO - poverty rate, and addictio
addiction
n to drugs and dark alleys in a pool of their ow n urine, watching
RATE PURGES , OR braindance have created an army of social lo w - quality records of some celebrity ’s daily life
T HOSE
HOSE W HO outcasts in the cities: unemployed, homeless over an d over again. Some literally kill each other
SIMPLY GAVE U P people who live on the streets of modern for the fefew
w minutes of someone else’s fake
AND STOPPED metropolises In every major urban area there fantasies an d memories they possess 
CARING . . . ” are entire districts of shantytowns , tent cities, Th e poor shun more affluent districts where
and favelas where tens of thousands of people police patrol and corporate security is tight, but
live in outrageous conditions, surviving d ay
ay b y in impoverished neighbo
neighborhoods
rhoods they come out at
 dayy. In spite of an alarmingly high mortality rate
da night to scrounge, steal, an d occasionally ro
rob
b or
due to disease, drug overuse, and brutal
brutal ps
psyy - kill the unwary 
chogang activity, this army of outcasts grows Once every few
fe w years the city governments
bigger every da dayy. People w ho ’ve lost their jobs or the corp
corporations try to solve the problems of
orations

146 | THE WORLD OF CYBERPUNK 2077

Current Social Situation

the slum districts and their inhabitants. They

might forcefully relocate the populace to other
districts, place them in transient camps, or even
execute lethal purges. Either wa y, these actions
are always accompanied by mass riots and
firefights with enormous casualties as the local
gangs join the fray, usually for the sheer fu n of it 
sheer fun

That ’s wh y the poor are usually left to them -

selves — it’s simply cheaper to ignore them
them than
than
to find the solutions to their problems.

[08 ] A foolish young punk runs afoul of a small group of

giv e him a quick lesson in respect . In poorer

Moxes w ho giv
brutal laws of the urban
districts, the brutal urban jungle are even

more unforgiving.

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Thompson’’s Bitter Statements

Thompson Current Social Situation

[ 09] Streetlife inthe poorer

sectionsof Night City can be

pretty colorful. It can also

be pretty dangerous for

those in the wrong place at

thewrongtime. Folks at the

bottom of the societal

ladder may not have

much, b u tth e y ll kill for

what  s theirs .

14 8 | TH E W O R L D OF CYBE RPUNK 2077 A V E R T I C A L S L I C EOF N I G H T C I T Y S O C I E T Y IN 2 0 7 7 | 14 9

CHAPTER 5

L A W AND
DISORDER
NCPD
NetWatch

[1 5 9] GANGS : THE BAD AND

Maelstrom
Animals
Voodoo B o y s
6 th S t r e e t
T he
he M o x
Tyger Claws
 Valentinos
Scavengers

[1 7 6 ] N O M A D S : T H E R O VI
V I NG
N G R E FU
F U G E ES
ES
. /
Aldecaldos
Wraiths

THE
TH E NEXT T W O ARTICLES

ARE BROUGHT TO YO
ARE YOUU BY
O U R CONTRIBUTING WRITER , OLIVIA
HERNANDEZ. O U R REGULAR

FOLLOWERS SURELY KNOW H E R FOR

HER PIECES EXPLORING NIGHT CITY
MUNICIPAL SERVICES, TH
THEE CORPO-
RATE BUSINESS IN TH
THEE ARASAKA
WATERFRONT DISTRICT, AN
ANDD HER
AMAZING STORY ‘TO TH
THEE CRIME
CITIES AN
ANDD BACK AGAIN,’ WHICH
 DETAILS HER TRAVELS WITH

NOMADS TO TH
THEE INFAMOUS FREE

CITIES OF CHICAGO AN D PHOENIX.

AND
THIS TIME SH
SHEE’S SUMMARIZED TH
THE E
VARIOUS L A W ENFORCEMENT

AGENCIES AND THE CITY’S MOST

PROMINENT GANGS, AN
ANDD SH E ALSO
TAKES TH
THEE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL
U S MORE ABOUT NOMADS  TH
THEE
INDEPENDENT AN
ANDD SOMEWHAT
SECRETIVE INHABITANTS OF O U R
COUNTRY’S ROADS AN
ANDD
 WILDLANDS ”
-THE EDITOR
 

FROM THE FILES OF OLIVIA HERNANDEZ

TH
THE TH E FALL OF SOCIETY, THE
E AMERICAN CITIES THAT SURVIVED THE TH E

CORPO
CORPORAT
RATE
E WARS, AN D ALL TH
WARS THEE OTHER TURBULENCE OF THE
TH E LAST

FIFTY YEARS AR
AREE NO W LONELY ISLANDS OF REL
RELATI
ATIVE
VE LA
LAWW AN D

ORDER ON TH
THEE OCEAN OF LAWLESSNESS AN D CHAOS. STILL, WITHIN EACH OF THOSE

CITIES THERE IS AN ONGOING WA

WARR FOR DOMINANCE BET
BETWEE
WEEN THE AGENCIES OF LA
N THE LAWW

ENFORCEMENT AN
ANDD VARIOUS CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS.

NIGHT CITY IS NO EXCEPTION. CIVILIAN AN D POLICE CASUALTIES CONTINUE TO RISE AS A

RE
RESULT OF THIS CONFLICT. OV
SULT OVE TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE D IE IN CONFRONTATIONS WITH
ER TWO

TH E POLICE EVERY MONTH, AN D AN UN

THE UNKN
KNOWN
OWN NUM BER D IE EVERY DAY IN GANG SKIR -
NUMBER

MISHES AND
AN D UNR
UNRECO
ECORDE
RDED
D COM
COMBAT
BAT SWE
SWEEPS
EPS PER
PERFOR
FORMED
MED BY PR
PRIV
IVAT
ATE
E CORPORATE

FORCES. FO
FOR
R EV
EVERY TE
ERY TENN CRIMINALS KILLED, ON
ONEE NCPD OFFICER LOSES H IS LIFE IN THE
TH E

LINE OF DUTY, BUT

BU T TH
THEE SITUATION IS NO
NOTT IMPROVING DESPITE THO
THOSE
SE OFFICERS’ SACRI-
OFFICERS

AN D DEDICATION   HOMICIDES, ARMED ASSAULTS, ROBBERIES, DRUG DEALING ,

FICE AND

HUMAN TRAFFICKING , AN D RESIDENT

RESIDENTIAL
IAL BURGLARI
BURGLARIES
ES AR
ARE
E AN EV
EVER
ERYDAY REALITY, AS
YDAY

AR
AREE VIOLENT FEUDS AMONG MOBILE, WELL- ARMED , AN D CYBERAUGMENTED GANGS.

AD D TO THAT A COUNTLESS NUMBER OF PETTY CRIMES , AN D YOU ’LL HAVE A GOOD IDEA

OF TH
THEE CITY ’S STR
STREET
EET LIFE. TO SAY THAT TH
LIFE THEE CRIME RATE IS TREMENDOUSLY HIGH IS AN

OVERSIMPLIFICATION— A ND HE DEPRESSING LEVEL OF POVERTY IS NOT

ND T HE NO T MAKING THINGS

BETTER. NOW
NO W, IN 2077, NI
NIGHT
GHT CI
CITY
TY FI
FIRML
RMLY
Y HO
HOLD
LDS
S TH
THEE TI
TITLE OF ‘ THE
TLE THE WO
WORS
RSTT PLACE TO
 LIVE IN AMERICA ,’ AN D IT ’S NOT
NO T GOING TO GIVE IT U P WITHOUT A SER
SERIO
IOUS FIGHT.”
US FIGHT

  OLIVIA HERNANDEZ , 2077

15 4 THE WORLD OF CYBERPUNK 2077

“ RULES  OF NIGHT CITY

L A W ENFORCEMENT
CORPORATE AGENTS

Properties under corporate authority — including

buildings, blocks , and
and dist
distri
rict
ctss — are completely
DESPITE BEING HIGHLY OUTNUMBERED AND within their corporations’ respective jurisdictions.

Most of the smaller companies hire services

HAVING SOMEWHAT LIMITED AUTHORITY provided by leading specialized agencies such as
Militech , Arasaka, or Lazarus for external security
WITH RESPECT T O CORPORATE needs Fo r internal security, most smaller corpora-
tions prefer to rely on theirr own enforcers, who are
thei
SOVEREIGNTY , THE MODERN FORCES OF less numerous but unquestionably loyal.
numerous

LAW AN
ANDD ORDER SHOULD NOT BE CROSSED. Those internal forces deal with every crime
comm
commit
itted on corporate turf, regardless of the
ted
perpetrator. Th e corp cops justice is harsh and
quick They don’t have a problem shooting first and
asking questions later — if they ask at all  
 START -> In addition to being overworked, brutal , and often
corrupt to their very bones
bones,, local lawenforcers no w NCPD
share their duties with privately funded paramilitary
organizations — corporate agents, or “corp cops” as The good ol’ police are still protecting and serving
they are also known . Naturally, those guys w on’t bite on the city stree
streets outside of corporate- controlled
ts outside
the hand that feeds them  areas. These guys are overworked, underpaid ,

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FROM THE FILES OF OLIVIA HERNANDEZ

LVJ 1 1: H i i i i  ICH d » 1* 1 -

and — with some exceptions — not nearly as well situation that requires the us
usee of superior firepower
equippe as their corporate counterparts. They also and brute force within the loose boundaries of the
have to play by the rules  at least most of the time , law Collateral damage is perfectly fine by those
so their mortality rate is rela
relatively high. Frustration
tively guys’ standards, so stay out of their wa y if you can.
born out of powerlessness and overextension leads
born
to brutality and corruption in their ranks, and that
in turn results in a negative public opinion . NETWATCH

Th e chief of the Night City Police Department osten- the develop-

NetWatch was formed in response to the
sibly answers directly to the mayor and the city ment of the N et and the corresponding increase in
council, but since most of the seats on the council the number of computer crimes Th e organization
belong to corporate- backed councilmen , its obvious started as a private company in the European
where the chief ’s loyalty really lies An y crimes Union, and slowly increased its influence to be
related to the corpos and their shady business are counted among the most powerful — and secretive —
remov
removed from police jurisdiction soo
ed from ner or later,
sooner organizations  NetWatch’s of
offi
fici
cial
al mis
mission is to
sion
leaving cops to deal with petty crimes, gruesome prot
protec
ectt th
the
e Net against cybercriminal activity,

murders, riot control, and gang activity Dream jo

jobb, keeping it safe for
fo r business and communication ,
right? Just don’t tell your mom what yo u’re doing  They are in charge of locating and eliminating unli-
sed or rogue intelligent systems, and arresting
censed
cen
Not to say that the police are a bunch of harmless law-breaking netrunners  Local divisions of
law-
guys with tie d hands armed with popguns — NetWatch are heavily financed by governments and
especially no
nott the Max-Ta c. Their official name in other corporations , benefiting from a high
the high deg
degree
ree
Night City used to be the Cyborg Suppression Unit, of independence and top-notch equipment. Rumor
Augmented an
and
d ar
armed to th
med he
e t ee h , they are
ee tth are the
the hasit that their operatives are well versed in conven -
meanest sons of bit
bitche ever to shine a badge,
chess ever tio
tional
nal combat and cyberwarfare , and they have
combat
M ax -Tac
Ta c’s main duty is to deal with the cyberpsycho access to restricted anti- personnel and tracking
threat, but they ar
are sent to respond to
e sent an y critical software — including the infamous Black Ice 

MOST NIGHT CITY POLICE OFFICERS AR E NO T
PROVIDED WITH ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT TO FACE
TH E DANGERS THEY MIGHT ENCOUNTER DURING
TYPICAL SHIFT  THEIR CORPORATE COUNTER)
CORPORATE
Although NetWatch’s authority is vast, it varies
depending on the world region . In the United States
they are free to roam, feared by cyberpunks and
corporations alike as dreaded boogeymen and N et
hellhounds. In the Pacifica region , especially in
Australia and N ew Zealand, their actions are more

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“ RULES  OF NIGHT CITY

A N D T H E UGLY
the country Thousandss lost their jobs. It was a
Thousand
death sentence for smaller towns and cities where
those facil
facilities were the only source of employ-
ities
ment. People started fleeing to the bigger urban
GANG
GANGS
S ARE SO UBIQUITOUS IN MODERN CITIES
ARE jobb prospects  . . or so
centers, which offered new jo
they thought 
THAT WE’ V E GROWN ACCUSTOMED T O THEIR
It quickly became obvious that the labor
labor market
market
PRESENCE  ESPECIALLY IN POORER DISTRICTS. wasn’t able t o a bs
bs or
or b so many unemployed
people No w destitute and toiling in poor suburbs
and chea
cheap
p housing, these communities became
housing
 the soil in which the gangs grew. Amid the down -
fall of government infrastructure and the
disintegration of soci
societal
etal insti
instituti
tutions
ons, gangs

START -> Ho w did we end up with so many people joining rapidly swelled in numbers by absorbing new
the organized criminal groups that now claim neighborhoods In many cities across the United
control over various city districts? States today, there are
are wh
whol
ole zones where gangs
e zones
are the only true power, tenaciously resisting the
It all began during the recession in the early ’20s attempts of the government and corporations to
when companies were shutting down plants across districts.
reclaim their districts

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from a leaked report produced for NC City Hall outside of official channels Fromwhat we
tell,, it contains some inaccuracies an d inconsistencies , an d presents a rather
can tell
.
superficial view on the subject Some of the prominent members and locations might be
locations
outdated, estimated gang sizes are clearly understated an d other it item
em s such as
 cyberware   and  turf   should be taken with a grain of salt .  Threat level   probably refers
should
to the gang ’s ideology and its tendencies to commit   random acts of violence,  not to the
individual threat level of each pissed- off, cyberaugmented, combat- drug - filled member,
member
so think twice before you decide that crossing the  low -threat  Mox is a good idea  

 
INFO NO 07231836

[ FACTION OVERVIEW ]:

A dangerous, violent gang from Night City s industrial zone Members are

fascinated by the Net an d cybertechnologies, an d frequently undergo

 
extensive illegal body modifications Many of the gang s mem
members are on the
bers
CGANGl : MAELSTROM verge of developing cyberpsychosis, or already suf
suffer
fer fr
from
om the condit
condition
ion  
I E S T I M A T E D GANG SI Z E ] : 1,3 0 0
Maelstrom s physical appearance is distinguished by the gang s
E P R O M I N E N T M EM BER S ] : D E C L A N   T HE B R I C K   G R I F F I N,
R A N D A L L, ing heavy augmentation and occult- inspired black metal
dehumanizing
dehumaniz
SIMON
“ R O YC E  
“DUM DU M,   B R A N D ON F R O S T tattoos Cyberoptical implants , cyberlimbs wit
with
h built - in combat
built
EFACTION LOCATIONS] : ABAN D O N ED   A L L FOOD   P L A N T , modifications, and subdermal body plating are especially common.
T OT
O T EN
EN TA
T A NZ L U B, F A C T O R Y H A L L ,
N Z C LU
HEAVENM ED C L I N I C
ETURF 3 : UATSON D I S T R I C T ( NORTHSIDE [ PHILOSOPHY AND STRUCTURE ]:

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT )
, Maelstrom philosophy is dictated by an obsession with cybertechnologies,
NORTHERN K A B U K I
the urge to improve the   weak flesh,  a fascination wi
with
th the occult, and
the
E T A G A N D C O LO R S ] :
pursuit of otherworldly sensations . These ideals are conn
connecte
ected
d, as many

believe that over - augmenting with cyberimplants may lead to

 
cyberpsychosis and other mental disorders Nevertheless , Maelstromers

don t seem to be bothered by that, as they clearly enjoy sliding on the

edge of madness 

On their home turf of the industrial part of the Watson District, the gang
I T H R E A T L EVEL l : EXTREM E
splitt into smaller groups that are each responsible for a different part
is spli
I C Y B E R U A R E D : P A IN E D I T O R S , C Y B E R O P T I C S ,
of their criminal enterprise Depending on th
the
e task, those groups can be
task
REFLEX BOOSTERS
as large as thirty members- for raids, hit jobs, or protecting valuable

cargo- or as few as four or five bodies if simply patrolling their turf .

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CRIMINAL
NAL ACTIVITY AND SOURCES OF INCOME ]:
ACTIVITY
Maelstrom s main revenue stream comes from smuggling illegal meds and

drugs, such as tr i- phet They are als

also
o known for taking hit jobs, which
known

they execute in brutal and bizarre fashions . Many of their victims are

found dismembered, skin

skinned
ned alive, or drowned in wet conc
alive concrete They also
rete  
welll planned and executed heists performed on heavily-
have a history of wel
guarded corporate transports  
Another significant source of Maelstrom income is the Totentanz Club -the

most popular gangsters  club and   drink   riot  venue in Night City. Located

in an abandoned factory, Totentantz is a place where the members of

 other gangs come to party hard and listen to neo - death metal music - as

long as they respect Maelstrom s authority and customs . An y night at TTC

with a body count of less than a dozen is considered crappy

less crappy and boring.
and

There are also unc

unconf
onfir
irmed
med rumor
rumors
s that gang is somehow involved in

the production of black market braindance records- especially bizarre,

black
disturbing, and extremely violent BD s . Other purportedly popular

products are records of so called   Numbness   - an emotionall void that

emotiona

places users in a strange state of mind- which are qui

mind quite
te pop
popul
ular
ar among

overstimulated BD users . Despite th

those
ose rumors, NCPD has found no
rumors

evidence connecting the Maelstrom gang to the produ

producti
ction
on and

distribution of black market braindance.

black

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[ FACTION OVERVIEW ]:

Animals are an aggressive street- fighting gang withou

withoutt permanent turf
permanent  
Their
Their mem
member
bers
s are kn
known for eschewing the mo
own most
st common electronic

implants in favorr of custom- brewed body enhancements and

favo
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modifications. They use ultratestosterone and animal supplements-
animal

including equine growth hormone -to make themselves bigger and ^ Ms

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stronger. Experienced brawlers and trained in various forms of martial

trained

.
arts Animals are keen on cage fights, duels, and other displays of brute
physical force. Their ferocity and toughness makes them sought- after

bouncers and bodyguards  

y
a r
They typically sport tattoos an d hooligan hoods as well as some artificial
some
* animalistic features ranging from purely cosmetic changes like spotted or

striped skin an d subdermal implants to extre

extreme
me plastic surgery an d
plastic
' r
cybernetic modifications like bestial jaws, an d va t - grown impl
implante
anted
d muscles.
muscles
 
is

[ PHILOSOPHY AN D STRUCTURE]:
M Animals are fas
fascin
cinated with the feral, primal si
ated de of human nature They
side  
perceive this aspect of humanity as the border between man and animal,

and are each on a personal quest to cross that border to establish

personal
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themselves as a new dominant human subspecies To achieve these ends,
I
I
they constantly subject themselves to various brutal and violent tests of

.
skill They  ll often take on dangerous cyberimplanted opponents, be they

my
?
member
mem s of other gangs, the police, or cor
bers corpora
porate  
te forces They train in

hsr
fighting sports not for philosophical reasons, but to sharpen their
effectiveness in combat. Internal gang relations are obvi
obviousl
ously
y equa
equally
lly
w
it M .
animalistic . On their own impermanent turf Animals are divided into

small   packs,  led by the biggest and strongest gang member, the alpha
 male or female. Disputes are res
resolved through trial by combat, which is
olved

fought until one side completely submits.

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[ CRIMI
CRIMINAL
NAL ACTIVITY AN D SOURCES OF INCOME]:
ACTIVITY
Animals are mostly known for the
their
ir ultraviolentt raids on residential
ultraviolen

districts and other gangs' home turf. They also organ

organize
ize ill
illegal
egal

m
SATURDAY
i
underground fights, and manufacture and sell drugs- mostly custom-

brew anabolic steroids. A few packs specialize in robbing drugstores,

specialize

chemical transport, pharmaceutical companies, and other drug dealers.

Some Animals hire themselves out as bouncers at brothels and strip

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[ FACTION OVERVIEW ]:

An enigmatic gang from Pacifica with a dark reputation for the

their
ir
netrunning skills and mystical voodoo flavor. Presumed to consist

entirely of those with Hait

Haitian
ian blood, the Voodoo Boys are an exclusive,
blood

secretive gang, and are distrustful of outsiders Th e gang was

originally made up entirely of voodoo priests and priestesses- the

prominen
prominentt caste in the Creole culture of the Haitian diaspora. In 2062,
caste

the annihilating forces of climate change wiped Haiti off t he

he f ac
ac e o f

the earth, and initiated a new chapter in the Voodoo Boys  history Th e

gang became the newly self - appoi

appointed
nted guardians of Haitian refugees 
guardians

interests and safety in the Pacifica combat zone. Most Voodoo Boys
are netrunners, so cooling suits and neural implants are common
elements of each member s outfit, complemented by more culturally

specific,   voodoo - flavored   elements like dreadlocks, tattoos, and the

elements

bones and skulls of small birds and rode

small rodents
nts worn as charms.
worn

[ PHILOSOPHY AN D STRUCTURE]:

Du e to the homogeneous nature of the Creole diaspora in Pacifica -

coupled with the lack of any police forces in the district - it is diff
difficul
icultt
to obtain precise information about the Voodoo Boys  numbers,
obtain

structure, or even their goals. It s widely known the gang is devoted to
uncovering the secrets of the Old Net, and it  s commonly believed that

they continuously probe the Blackwall in the hope of making contact

with rogue intelligent systems that live beyond the barrier These

activities have earned the Voodoo Boys the attention and enmity of the

NetWatch organization, whose agents are especially interested in

agents

tracking and dispatching rogue netrunners and independent self -

aware ISs  
It is unknown to what extent (if any) the Voodoo Boys are con
connec
nected
ted

with actual voodoo religious practices in the Haitian diaspora of the

 Pacifica district  

[ SOURCE OF INCOME ]:

Th e gang s primary criminal activities involve the hacking of

databank
data s and accounts within various corporations in search of
banks

restricted and top - secret data. They persistently viol

violate
ate NetW
NetWatc
atch
h

laws
laws and regulations, especially with regard to cont
and contact
act with ISs.
with

The Voodoo Boys also hire themselves out as mercenary netrunners

for private contractors who are interested in hit - and - run netrunning
he Old Net.
operations or exploring the forgotten and ruined parts o f t he

Other sources of in
income are hard to verify, but theft of virtual
come

currency and information brokering are probably among them.

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[ FACTION OVERVIEW ]:
Th e Bth Street Gang were founded as old- fashi
fashioned
oned American patriots
American

oc civil police force. They ve since

who came together as an a d h oc
STREET foregone their original goal of serving the public trust, and toda
serving y they re
today

no better than other gangs who abuse their power and position in local

 
communities They regularly force smaller neighborhood businesses to
EG AN G1: L T H S T R E E T pay tribute and   protection money,  and they 're known to engage in
E E S T I M A T E D GANG SI Z E : 2 , 3 0 0
various shady and outright criminal activities.
EP R 0 M I N E N T M EM BER S : HI L L GUNNER , R I C K MORTON ,
H YA
Y A TT
T T A LK E N , L U C I U S TH 0 RA N,
L K EN The 6th Street look is heavily influenced by military uniforms with

MATT DODGES , P A T R I C I A G E R V I L L E patriotic accents: military boots, tactical vest

vests
s and kne
kneepads, cargo
epads
E F A C T I 0 N L O C A T I O N S : H I C K E D T I R E S A UT OP ,
UT O S H OP
pants, base
basebal
balll caps with old US flags, stars, stripes, and eagles.
caps
P IG BO Y ' S D E L I G H T I R I S H PU B,
OL D C - TEAM H (3
E T U R F : T H E I R M A I N A R E A OF I N F L U E N C E [ PHILOSOPHY AND STRUCTURE
STRUCTURE]]:
C O VER S S A N T O D O M I N G O ( BOTH Bt h Street was formed approximately fifty years ago by veterans of the
ARROYO AN D RANCHO CORONADO ) . Fourth Corporate Wa r who were tired of local gang activity and the
local
TH E G A N G A LS
LS O H A S SOME
helplessness of the NCPD, and decided to take matters into their own
IN FLU E N C E I N CHARTER HILL A N D
TH E G L E N, BU T THEY TR Y TO hands They gathered some equipment, refreshed their combat training,
R E S P E C T O TH
T H ER
ER G AN GS '
AN GS  
and took to the streets Th e gang was created to keep thugs and
T ER R IT O R IES I N THOSE CASES  
hoodlums at bay, and its charismatic founders gave the people a way to
E T A G AN D C O LO R S :
protect themselves an
and
d seek retribution for the damage caused by the
seek

other gangs. Today the majority of 6th Street members are veterans of
members

more recent confl

conflict
icts
s, retired military and discharged corporate security

officers who were unable to fin

find otherr employment Th e rest of the
d othe

members are civilians who were provided military training after joining

 
the gang Their main motivation is still ostensibly to   bring justice to the

city,  but their interpretation of the law is questionable and self - serving.
interpretation
T T H R E A T L E V E L L : M E D I U M
E C Y B E R U A R E : C Y B E R O P T I C S , P A IN E D I T O R S ,
6th Street s main headq
headquarters are in Arroyo, but their other districts
uarters

H EALTH MONITORS of operation each have their own local HQs that are responsible for

patrolli
patro ng the neighborhood and monitoring the gang s facilities
lling  

[ SOURCE OF INCOME ]:

6th Street s activities include robbery, extortion , and gun smuggling.

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Th e group has extensive connections with Nomad groups outside of
Night City. The gang also steals and modifies cars- 6th Street has

talented techies, and runs many garages and wor

worksh
kshops
ops arou
around
nd the

city. They offer their services as a combat taxi for hire, which has made

them especially popular among edgerunners and mercenaries .

Despite their criminal nature, the gang is mostly tolerated by

corporations and police forces, unless gang members cause trouble

.
outside of their established turf Military- oriented corporations have
another customer for their high- end products, and the NCPD s job is made

easier by the ersatz law that Bth Street maintain in their neighborhoods.

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[ FACTION OVERVIEW ]:

The Mo x are a small, nonterritorial gang

gang,, consisting mostly of sex workers,

anarchists, punks, and sexual minorities For

Formed .
med in the interest of mutual self -

defense, their name comes fr

from
om the old slang word   moxie,  denoting their
the
determination to stand up t o t he ir oppressors T he
he ir .
he M ox
ox like to wear outfits that
mix the punk aest
aestheti
hetic
c with inexpensive fashions typically worn by prostitutes, but
inexpensive

they tend not to wea

wearr clothes that would restrai
clothes restrain theirr movements in any way
n thei .
leaving them looking more like gangers than sex workers. Some members -

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especially those who specialize in combat - have heavily modified bodies that

sometimes evoke a   plastic doll  style, but may also be disguised with RealSkinn .
On e of their gang symbols is a labrys- a double - headed axe - displayed on their
walls, clothes , tattoos, or jewelry.

[ PHILOSOPHY AND STRUCTURE ]:

The Mox were formed during the riots that occurred after the death of Elizabeth
  Lizzie  Borden, a strip club owner and former prostitute who was known for

treating her workers fairly and defending them from violent clients In 2067, one of
workers
 
Lizzie s girls was brutally raped and murdered by Tyger Claw gangers Lizzie

avenged her by killing three of the assailants with an ax

assailants e and displaying their bodies
axe

in front of her club, proclaiming that the same would happen to anyone else who

hurt a prostitute. That night,

night, Tyger Claws raided and demolished h er ar before
er b ar

killing Elizabeth . These actions

actions created an uproar that the Tygers could not have
created
.
foreseen Lizzie s death set off a wave of protracted riots all over Night City, and

Tyger Claws members and businesses became the main targets of the violence  
Those events ceme
cemented
nted Eliz
Elizabeth Borden as a symbol of defiance again
abeth against
st gangers 
gangers
 lawlessne
lawl ss and brutality. Her ideo
essness ideologi
logical
cal successors commem
commemorated her by
orated

rebuilding her place, naming it   Lizzie s Bar,  and forming a gang that brought

together those who felt threatened and oppressed, especially among sex workers

and sexual minorities .

Th e Mo x do not have any strict hierarchy Nevertheless they are a gang, and
regardless of the fact that its members refer to themselves as   those who protect

working girls and guys  from violence and abuse, they demand a substantial fee
abuse

.
from their charges They also run seve
several
ral smaller brothels wher
smaller where
e they profit from
they

prostitution, so they are far from being saints.

E R R O R # 0 2:

[ SOURCE OF INCOME ]: C O R R U P T E D
F I L E S 
st of the Mo x  s income is generated by Lizzie s Bar, which is n ow
Most
Mo ow a n exclusive

 
braindance club They do not control any contiguous portion of Nig
Night
ht City, focusing
City

instead on protecting their facilities, members, an

and
d sex workers who operate in
sex

 
the vicinity of Lizzie s Bar As long as they are left to their business, they do not

actively seek confr

confrontation with other gangs, although they have a tense relationship
ontation
.
with the Tyger Claws, who continue to test their patience and combat capabilities.

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[ FACTION OVERVIEW ]:
On e of the largest Nig
Night
ht City criminal groups, the Tyger Claws are a
City

ruthless territorial gang from Japantown who use methods similar to

methods

those of As
Asian organized crime syndicates like the triads and yakuza
ian  
Gang members are predominantly Asian, and the organization s

primary objective i s to maintain power over their turf while

 
occasionally forcibly annexing other gangs' businesses Tyger Claw
E E S T I M A T E B G A N G S IZ E 
foot soldiers are recognizable by their lum
luminou
inous
s Asian tattoos, fast
Asian [[ P R O M I N E N T M E MB E R S } : HI RO M I S A T O ,
- ISHIN OBATA
street bikes, katanas, and tantos. HIYAME MIYAGAIdA
M:M X I U L I A N, WU BONG
E F A C T I0 N L O C A TI O N S} : C LO U BS , L I T T L E M A C A O , BEREVAJ A
[ PHILOSOPHY AN D STRUCTURE ]:
BO JO n TEAH O U SE AN B S H I N T O

Th e Tyger Claws  approach to business resembles that of the S H R I N E , T A N K G I R L S CL UB

Japanese yakuza. Disrespecting or crossing even a lo w - level soldier E T U R F I : WESTBROOK ( J A P A N T O W N AN B
CHARTER HILL ) , fl[]
can cause an immediate and violent reaction from the entire
cause
( L I TTL E C H I N A )
organization, but as long as they get what they want, everything should
E T A G AN B C O LO R S }
.
be fine The Claws  top brass know that business is preferable to war
Claws

in the long run, and that you can go further with a machine gun and the
'
semblance of principles and honor than with a machine gun alone
honor  
On the other hand, many o f t he an k- an d - file TC gangers are sadistic
he r an

brutes wh o are prone to violence. Abduction, torture, sexual assault, y

iV

and cru
cruel
el or unusual killings are just a few examples of their depravity.
unusual

It  s not uncommon for young

young,, brash, or simply drunk gangers to TVL E K CLAWS
undermine their organization  s ideologies by abusing thei
theirr sta
status
tus on I TH
T H R EA
EA T L EV EL } :
E V EL M E B I U M TO H I G H
gang turf, hassling outsiders, and provoking fights on the streets This   EC YBER WAR E } : R E F L E X B O O S T E R S , A U G ME N T E B

behavior is considered dishonorable by most high- ranking Tyger Claw

crime bosses, but an outsider responding to a gang member s

disrespectful behavior in kind will rarely go unpunished. Mos

Mostt prov
provoked
oked

individuals outside of the Tyger Claws  ranks will wisely chose to avoid a
 direct confrontation - unless they happen to have connections within the
unless

higher ranks of the organization.

[ SOURCE OF INCOME ]:
Japantown is Night City s premier nightlife district, and the Tygers

.
control a significant portion of it They own more businesses than
any other gang in Night City- bars, restaurants , braindance clubs,

brothels, and casinos. Most of the

these
se est
establi
ablishments are registered
shments

as legal businesses, but many act as fronts for illegal operations and
legal

 
money laundering Th e gang makes most of its money on prostitution

and hum
humanan trafficking, but they also manufacture and distribute
drugs ( notably the infamous   glitter   ), and some members eagerly

hire themselves out for hit jobs 

Th e Tyger Claws also have connections with various corporate officials
who visit their pl
plac
aces
es of bus
business to have fun and blo
iness w off steam. The
blow

Claws have especially close ties with Arasaka s upper management,

who hav
have
e bee
been
n known to outsource side jobs to the gang, and pay them
known

with cybertechnology and military - grade automatic weapons.

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[ FACTION OVERVIEW ]:
Th e Valentinos are one of the largest gangs in Night City. Strictly
territorial, they operate in the vast impoverished segments of the
vast

Latino barrios in Heywood, the Glen, and Vi

Vista dell Re y, where they are
sta de

strongly rooted in the loca

locall commun
communitie
ities  
s They are representatives of

the Chicano culture in Night City, and have cultivated those traditions

for mo
more
re than a century 
than

Valenti
Valentinos
nos member
members
s openl
openly
y display their gang tattoos and gold
display

jewelry with religious motifs, with the Sa

Sant
nta
a Mue
Muert
rte
e and Jesus

Malverde being the most popular and recognizable. They also display a
most

tast
ta e for colorful clothes, pimped out lowriders, and custom
ste
decorative silver - and gold- plated guns.

[ PHILOSOPHY AND STRUCTURE ]:

Th e majority of Val
Valenti heritage,, but
nos gang members are of Mexican heritage
entinos

.
other races and ethnic groups are welcome to join Members tend to

integrate quickly, adopting the Chicano culture by celebrating various

Mexican holidays and customs like Di a d e los Muertos, Quinceafieras .
ana Santa, or Dia de Nuestra Sefiora de Guadalupe .
Semana
Sem

This sense of common heritage- or at leas

leastt shar
shared
ed cus
customs- binds
toms

the gang together with the local peo

people  
ple to form one big family Th e

community s loyalty protects the gang members, making any police or

corporate attempts to infiltrate the Valentinos almost impossible In

infiltrate
return, the gangers protect the whole neighborhood It  s for these
reasons that betraying one s gang is among the mo
most
st heinous crimes

a Valentino can commit , and is usually punishable by a particularly

 gruesome death.

On the other hand, Valentinos who died fight

other fighting
ing other gangs
gangs,, police,

or corporate enforcers are often remembered as saints and martyrs,

commemorated in song, and depicted on giant murals . This memorial

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through the country, often brutally pacified by the
government and the ascending corporations 
and the

NOMADS EM
EMER
ERGED AS A SEPARATE CASTE
GED It was then that groups of refugees began to move
from one city to another in search of work, safety,
OFSOCIETY DURING THE COLLAPSE A T THE and prospects for a better life Most of them trav-
them trav
eled by automobile , often with their entire families
END OFTHE PREVIOUS CENTURY. and all of their possessions in tow. It was the
greatest crisis in mod
modern
ern human history, but the
human
next eighty years of mass migration created a new
eighty
social group bound by a common history, wa y of
life, and family ties These people eventually came
to be known as Nomads 
known
START -> Th e global crises caused by worldwide financial
meltdown ha
had
d re
resu
sult
lted
ed in an enormously high the move , travelling across
Nomads are always on the
unemployment rate  Hundreds of thousands of the country with their cars and families as their
cars and
people around the globe lost their jobs and homes.
around predecessors did . Driven by economic concerns,
Its in , travel ,
estimated that the old
ol d US one quarter of the they from job to jo
jobb settle briefly to do their
homeless Wave
population become homeless Wavess of riots swept work, and pack up once they’re done. They live in

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“ R U LES  O F N IG H T C IT Y
 MOST NOMADS PREFER FASHION

u HA T PRIORITIZE FUNCTION OVER

FUNCTION

FORM , AN D THEY C A RR
RR Y B A GS
GS AN D

EiATCHELS SO THAT THEIR ESSENTIAL

sUPPLIES AR E ALWAYS WITHIN

REACH  MANY ALSO DECORATE THEIR

E KIN WITH TRIBAL IDENTIFIERS .

camps that usually consist of multiple vehicles

parked
parked arou
around
nd aba
abandon ed buildings. During their
ndoned
stay, these building can se
serve as a meeting place,
rve
living quarters, a hospital , a school, or any other
facility wher
where shelter might be required .
e shelter

Th e Nomads are div

divide
ided
d into families, clans, tribes,
families
and nations. Families can be as fe
feww as two people to
as many as one hundred . A clan is made up of
multiple families, and can range from a fe w hundred
from
to over a thousand members. Tribes are much larger, tions themselves are not interchangeable ,
classifications
classifica
consisting of several tens of thousands of people. While Nomad families, clans, tribes, and nations do
Nations are the largest groups , and numbering in the have their conflicts and disagreements, those rarely
hundreds of thousands; the biggest Nomad Nation than a superficial
escalateinto anything more serious than
has roughly one million members. These population feud
— and never into alalll out battle Nomad nations
-

numbers are somewhat fluid , though the have their own territories, and they mind their own

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