Night City Legends
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Night City has a way of making legends. It also has a way of breaking them. These are the names that echo through the streets, the corpo boardrooms, the back alleys and the NET. Some of them are still out there. Some of them are ghosts. All of them left a mark on the city that time cannot erase.
Still Active
The following legends are confirmed active in Night City as of 2076.
Adam Smasher
NCPD THREAT DOSSIER — MAXIMUM THREAT CLASSIFICATION
File: NC-SEC-001 | Classification: RESTRICTED | Issued by: NCPD Intelligence Division
| Status | Affiliation | Role | Last Known Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIVE — CONFIRMED | Arasaka Corporation | Head of Security / Assassination Division | Night City / Tokyo |
SUBJECT OVERVIEW
Subject designation: Adam Smasher. Classification: Full Body Conversion Solo. Current employer: Arasaka Corporation, serving in capacity of Head of Security and primary assassination asset.
Subject underwent voluntary full body conversion at an undetermined point prior to his Arasaka affiliation, retaining only his biological brain within a military-grade combat chassis. Organic components are considered negligible. Subject is considered one of the most lethally capable individuals operating in Night City or globally.
KNOWN EQUIPMENT
- Arasaka DaiOni Battlesuit — Subject's primary combat chassis. Highly customized. One of the most recognizable and feared pieces of military hardware currently in operation.
- Ba Xing Chong — Subject's primary weapon. An iconic smart shotgun of devastating capability.
- Integrated weapons systems — Multiple integrated weapon systems confirmed. Full loadout classified.
- Military-grade sensor and targeting systems
KNOWN ASSOCIATES AND CONFIRMED ADVERSARIES
- Employer: Arasaka Corporation
- Confirmed Kill: Johnny Silverhand — 2023, Arasaka Tower
- Confirmed Kill: David Martinez — 2076, Night City
- Confirmed Kill: Rebeccah — 2076, Night City
- Known Adversary: Morgan Blackhand — confronted 2023, Arasaka Tower. Blackhand status unknown.
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
Subject is assessed as a suspected high-functioning Cyberpsycho. Subject is known to refuse any operational contract that does not explicitly permit collateral damage and civilian casualties.
NCPD / MAXTAC SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT POLICY — ORDER NC-SEC-001-A
Effective immediately and until further notice: any situation involving confirmed or suspected subject activity is hereby designated a NON-ENGAGEMENT ZONE for all NCPD and MaxTac personnel.
Officers are ordered to withdraw from the area and are explicitly prohibited from rendering assistance to any civilian or non-NCPD party engaged with subject. Command has assessed that direct engagement with subject would result in total unit loss with zero operational benefit.
This order is not to be disclosed to the public.
— Signed: NCPD Chief of Department
OFFICER WARNING: Do not engage. Do not approach. Withdraw immediately upon confirmed sighting.