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.
Rogue Amendiares
NCPD INTELLIGENCE DOSSIER — HIGH VALUE INDIVIDUAL
File: NC-FIX-007 | Classification: RESTRICTED | Issued by: NCPD Intelligence Division
| Status | Affiliation | Role | Last Known Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIVE — CONFIRMED | Independent | Fixer / Owner of The Afterlife | Night City — Watson |
SUBJECT OVERVIEW
Subject designation: Rogue Amendiares. Occupation: Fixer, proprietor of The Afterlife bar, Watson district. Subject is assessed as the most influential Fixer currently operating in Night City and one of the most extensively connected individuals in the city's mercenary underground.
Subject was an active Solo operative during the Corporate War era of the 2020s, operating at the highest levels of the mercenary profession. Subject survived the Night City Holocaust of 2023 and successfully transitioned to Fixer operations during the Time of the Red. The Afterlife serves as the principal meeting place for Night City's Solo and Fixer community.
KNOWN WEAPONS
- Price and Prejudice — Subject's iconic pair of handguns. Confirmed in subject's possession across multiple decades of documented activity. Considered highly dangerous.
KNOWN ASSOCIATES
- Johnny Silverhand ✝ — Long-term partner and associate, Corporate War era. Deceased 2023.
- Spider Murphy — Fellow Corporate War era operative. Ongoing associate. Active.
- Morgan Blackhand — Known Corporate War era associate. Current status unknown.
- Santiago ✝ — Deceased Nomad legend. Confirmed member of subject's crew. Deceased.
FAMILY — UNCONFIRMED
Subject is rumored to be the biological mother of Trace Santiago, Media Runner. Subject has neither confirmed nor denied this. Intelligence assessment: plausible but unverified.
Morgan Blackhand
NCPD INTELLIGENCE DOSSIER — STATUS UNKNOWN
File: NC-SOL-003 | Classification: RESTRICTED | Issued by: NCPD Intelligence Division
NOTE: This file has not been formally closed. Subject has not been confirmed deceased.
| Status | Affiliation | Role | Last Known Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN — FILE OPEN | Independent | Solo / Mercenary | Arasaka Tower — 2023 |
SUBJECT OVERVIEW
Subject designation: Morgan Blackhand. Classification: Solo, independent contractor. Subject is widely assessed by intelligence analysts across multiple agencies as the most capable Solo operative of his generation. Subject is known for exceptional tactical capability, minimal cyberware augmentation and absolute operational professionalism.
Subject was confirmed present at Arasaka Tower, Night City, on the date of the Night City Holocaust, 2023. Subject was confirmed to have engaged Adam Smasher at the upper levels of the tower prior to the nuclear detonation. Subject's body was not recovered from the site. Subject has not been confirmed deceased. This file remains open.
KNOWN CYBERWARE
- Cybernetic right hand — Subject's most notable and identifiable augmentation. Source of subject's operational alias.
- Minimal additional augmentation — Subject is notably documented as preferring skill and training over chrome.
KNOWN ASSOCIATES
- Rogue Amendiares — Known associate, Corporate War era. Active.
- Johnny Silverhand ✝ — Known associate. Deceased 2023.
- Adam Smasher — Known adversary. Confirmed confrontation 2023.
AFTERLIFE COCKTAIL
No drink has been named after Morgan Blackhand on The Afterlife wall. In accordance with The Afterlife's tradition, a drink is only named for the confirmed dead. Subject has not decided whether he is dead or alive. A space on the wall is reserved. It remains empty. Proprietor Amendiares has declined all comment on the matter.
POST-2023 INTELLIGENCE
STATUS ASSESSMENT — UPDATED 2076
A WNS broadcast in early 2076 reported a shooting incident in Night City's Japantown district in which multiple Lazarus Group agents were found dead at the scene. The sole survivor described the attacker as "a portly man with a black cyberarm." NCPD declined to open a formal investigation. The case was filed as unsolved.
Intelligence assessment: unconfirmed. Flagged for monitoring.
Subject's status as of 2076 remains officially unknown. Neither confirmed deceased nor confirmed active. File remains open pending further intelligence.
Spider Murphy
NCPD INTELLIGENCE DOSSIER — HIGH VALUE INDIVIDUAL
File: NC-NET-002 | Classification: RESTRICTED | Issued by: NCPD Intelligence Division
| Status | Affiliation | Role | Last Known Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIVE — CONFIRMED | Independent | Netrunner | Night City |
SUBJECT OVERVIEW
Subject designation: Spider Murphy. Classification: Netrunner, independent operative. Subject is a veteran Netrunner who was active during the Corporate War era of the 2020s. Subject operated alongside Johnny Silverhand and Rogue Amendiares during that period and was present for several significant events of that era. Subject survived the DataKrash and the collapse of the old NET and remains active in Night City as of 2076.
BEHAVIOURAL NOTE — VERBAL PATTERNS
Intelligence analysts and field operatives who have interacted with subject note a distinctive verbal tic: subject has a documented habit of speaking in poetic phrase and metaphor, frequently communicating operational information through verse or poetic construction. Analysts advise taking subject's poetic communications seriously -- they consistently mean exactly what they say, rendered in verse.
KNOWN ASSOCIATES
- Johnny Silverhand ✝ — Known associate, Corporate War era. Deceased 2023.
- Rogue Amendiares — Known associate, Corporate War era. Active.
- Rache Bartmoss — Known associate. Status disputed. See separate file.
Lucyna "Lucy" Kushinada
NCPD INTELLIGENCE DOSSIER — STATUS UNKNOWN
File: NC-NET-011 | Classification: RESTRICTED | Issued by: NCPD Intelligence Division
| Status | Affiliation | Role | Last Known Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISSING — SUSPECTED LIVING | Independent / Former Arasaka | Netrunner | Unknown — Possible sightings: Tycho Moon Colony |
SUBJECT OVERVIEW
Subject designation: Lucyna Kushinada. Known alias: Lucy. Classification: Netrunner, independent. Former affiliation: Arasaka Corporation.
Subject was born in an Arasaka facility and raised and trained within the corporation's Netrunner program from childhood. Subject was conditioned and trained specifically for deep NET operations, with a confirmed specialization in Blackwall adjacent operations -- a capability that places subject in an exceptionally small and dangerous category of Netrunner.
Subject defected from Arasaka and operated as an independent Edgerunner in Night City, becoming associated with the crew led by Maine and later David Martinez. Subject's relationship with Martinez was confirmed significant. Subject was present during the events of 2076 that resulted in multiple crew fatalities including Martinez's death at the hands of Adam Smasher.
Subject's stated long-term goal was to reach the Moon -- specifically the Tycho colony -- to escape the reach of the corporations entirely.
KNOWN CYBERWARE
- Advanced Netrunner implants — confirmed high-tier NET interface equipment
- Blackwall-adjacent operational capability -- subject is confirmed capable of operating in proximity to Blackwall architecture. This is extremely rare and considered highly dangerous.
KNOWN ASSOCIATES — MARTINEZ/MAINE CREW
- David Martinez ✝ — Partner. Deceased 2076, killed by Adam Smasher.
- Maine ✝ — Crew leader. Deceased -- NCPD action. Assessed Cyberpsycho at time of death.
- Dorio ✝ — Crew member. Deceased -- NCPD/Trauma Team action.
- Pilar ✝ — Crew member. Deceased 2076 -- killed by Cyberpsycho.
- Rebeccah ✝ — Crew member. Deceased 2076 -- killed by Adam Smasher.
- Falco — Crew member. Confirmed active in Night City as of 2076. Known Nomad. Only confirmed surviving crew member.
ARASAKA CONNECTION
Subject's origin within Arasaka's Netrunner conditioning program makes her a person of significant interest to the corporation. Arasaka has not publicly commented on subject's defection or current status. Intelligence assessment suggests Arasaka considers subject an outstanding asset recovery priority.
LOCATION INTELLIGENCE — 2076
Subject's current location is unknown. Multiple unverified eyewitness reports have placed an individual matching subject's description in the vicinity of Tycho Moon Colony in the period following the 2076 Night City incidents. These reports have not been officially confirmed. Arasaka has declined to comment on any Moon colony operations.
Intelligence assessment: Subject may have successfully reached her stated destination. If confirmed, subject would be outside Night City and NUSA jurisdiction. File remains open.
Shaitan
NCPD GANG INTELLIGENCE DOSSIER
File: NC-GANG-014 | Classification: RESTRICTED | Issued by: NCPD Gang Intelligence Unit
| Status | Affiliation | Role | Last Known Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIVE — CONFIRMED | Maelstrom | Gang Leader | Watson — Northside Industrial District |
SUBJECT OVERVIEW
Subject designation: Shaitan. Classification: Gang leader, Maelstrom. Subject is the confirmed current leader of the Maelstrom gang operating primarily out of the Northside Industrial District, Watson. Subject is a heavily augmented individual assessed as operating at or beyond standard Cyberpsychosis threshold parameters. Subject leads one of Night City's most dangerous and heavily augmented gang organizations as of 2076.
Ozob Bozo
NCPD INTELLIGENCE DOSSIER
File: NC-SOL-019 | Classification: RESTRICTED | Issued by: NCPD Intelligence Division
| Status | Affiliation | Role | Last Known Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTIVE — CONFIRMED | Independent | Solo / Mercenary | Night City |
SUBJECT OVERVIEW
Subject designation: Ozob Bozo. Classification: Solo, independent contractor. Subject is immediately identifiable by distinctive clown makeup and a functional grenade implanted in place of subject's nose. Subject operates as a mercenary for hire in Night City as of 2076.
OFFICER NOTE: Under no circumstances should officers attempt to physically restrain subject by the face or head area.
Confirmed or Suspected Dead
The following individuals are confirmed or suspected deceased as of 2076.
Johnny Silverhand
NCPD INTELLIGENCE DOSSIER — CONFIRMED DECEASED
File: NC-DEC-001 | Classification: RESTRICTED | Issued by: NCPD Intelligence Division
| Status | Affiliation | Role | Date of Death |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECEASED — CONFIRMED 2023 | Samurai | Rockerboy / Anti-Corporate Activist | 2023 — Killed by Adam Smasher, Arasaka Tower |
SUBJECT OVERVIEW
Subject designation: Johnny Silverhand. Birth name: Robert John Linder. Classification: Deceased. Occupation at time of death: Rockerboy, lead vocalist of Samurai, anti-corporate activist and militant.
Subject adopted the alias Silverhand following loss of his left arm during service in the Central American conflict, subsequently replaced with a cybernetic prosthetic. Subject founded and fronted Samurai, one of the most politically significant bands in Night City history. Bandmates included Kerry Eurodyne, who continued as a significant musical figure. Samurai's music continues to be broadcast on Night City radio as of 2076.
Subject was killed by Adam Smasher during the assault on Arasaka Tower in 2023. Body not fully recovered. Death confirmed.
KNOWN CYBERWARE
- Cybernetic left arm — Subject's most identifiable feature. Source of operational alias.
KNOWN WEAPONS
- Malorian Arms 3516 — Subject's iconic personal sidearm. Not recovered following subject's death in 2023.
KNOWN ASSOCIATES
- Kerry Eurodyne — Samurai bandmate and lifelong associate. Active.
- Rogue Amendiares — Long-term partner and associate. Active.
- Spider Murphy — Known operative and associate. Active.
- Morgan Blackhand — Known associate. Status unknown.
- Alt Cunningham ✝ — Former partner. Netrunner. Killed by Arasaka. Deceased.
KNOWN ENEMIES
- Arasaka Corporation — Primary target of subject's activism. Responsible for subject's death.
- Adam Smasher — Direct adversary. Confirmed killer.
AFTERLIFE COCKTAIL
Subject's drink on The Afterlife wall is the Samurai -- named for his band. Ordered by those who remember what he stood for.
OUTSTANDING BOUNTIES — NIGHT CITY MERCENARY REGISTRY
Item: Johnny Silverhand's Guitar
Subject's personal guitar vanished in the immediate aftermath of the 2023 Arasaka Tower incident. Current location unknown. Standing bounty: 20,000 Eurodollars. Contact: Rogue Amendiares, The Afterlife, Watson.
Item: Malorian Arms 3516
Subject's iconic personal sidearm. Not recovered since 2023. Any confirmed sighting should be reported directly to Rogue Amendiares. Reward negotiable.
"We have a city to burn."
Rache Bartmoss
NCPD INTELLIGENCE DOSSIER — STATUS DISPUTED
File: NC-NET-001 | Classification: RESTRICTED | Issued by: NCPD Intelligence Division
NOTE: Confirmed information in this file is limited. Much of the following is derived from unverified intelligence sources, rumor intercepts and secondhand accounts. Treat accordingly.
| Status | Affiliation | Role | Date of Death |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPECTED DECEASED — UNCONFIRMED. POSSIBLY IN CRYOSTASIS. | Independent | Netrunner | Circa 2022 — Circumstances disputed |
SUBJECT OVERVIEW
Subject designation: Rache Bartmoss. Classification: Netrunner, independent. Subject is assessed as one of the most consequential individuals in the history of the global NET -- and directly responsible for its destruction.
CONFIRMED INTELLIGENCE
The following items are assessed as confirmed or highly probable based on multiple corroborating intelligence sources:
- Subject was directly responsible for the creation and deployment of the R.A.B.I.D.S. -- Rogue Autonomous Bots Intended for Destruction of Systems -- the programs whose release caused the DataKrash of 2022 and the subsequent collapse of the global NET.
- Subject participated in operations against Arasaka during the Fourth Corporate War.
- Subject located the master program of Soulkiller during NET operations against Arasaka.
- Subject's death in approximately 2022 was the result of a corporate raid on subject's residential location following successful signal tracking by hostile parties.
- Subject's automatic life support equipment is believed to have activated upon subject's physical death, placing subject's body in cryostasis.
- Subject's body has never been recovered or publicly confirmed destroyed.
UNVERIFIED INTELLIGENCE — TREAT AS RUMOR
The following items are derived from unverified sources and are included for completeness only:
- Rumored: In 2020 subject's heart stopped and physical body died for undetermined reasons. Subject's life support systems activated and super-cooled the body. It is rumored that because subject was connected to the NET at the time of physical death, subject's consciousness continued to function within the NET for an extended period.
- Rumored: Subject spent approximately ten months attempting to contact known associate Spider Murphy following physical death, reportedly sending communications to inform her of his death.
- Rumored: Subject released a program designated "Succubus III" disguised as Spider Murphy's NET icon as a final prank -- timed for after his death so she could not retaliate.
- Rumored: Subject was contacted by and agreed to assist Militech against Arasaka in the Fourth Corporate War following persuasion by the digitized consciousness of Alt Cunningham.
- Rumored: In the moments before releasing R.A.B.I.D.S. and causing the DataKrash, subject contacted Spider Murphy and confessed his feelings for her.
KNOWN POSSESSIONS
- Hairless — Subject's hairless cat. Confirmed companion. Current whereabouts unknown.
- Elysia Cyberdeck — Subject's personal Cyberdeck, described as highly customized. Location unknown. See bounty notice below.
KNOWN ASSOCIATES
- Spider Murphy — Known associate. Active. Nature of relationship: operational and personal.
OUTSTANDING BOUNTY — NIGHT CITY NETRUNNER COMMUNITY
Item: Elysia Cyberdeck
Subject's legendary personal Cyberdeck. Location unknown. Standing bounty: 50,000 Eurodollars for confirmed recovery and delivery of the Elysia intact. Bounty has remained unclaimed since posting. Intelligence note: several individuals known to have actively pursued this bounty have subsequently dropped off the grid. Approach with extreme caution.
STATUS ASSESSMENT
Subject is suspected dead. Subject's body was never conclusively confirmed destroyed and is believed to have been placed in cryostasis by subject's own automatic life support equipment. Whether that unit still exists, still functions or still contains anything viable is unknown. Subject's death is assessed as highly likely. It is not confirmed.
David Martinez
NCPD INTELLIGENCE DOSSIER — CONFIRMED DECEASED
File: NC-DEC-009 | Classification: RESTRICTED | Issued by: NCPD Intelligence Division
| Status | Affiliation | Role | Date of Death |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECEASED — CONFIRMED 2076 | Independent / Edgerunner | Solo | 2076 — Killed by Adam Smasher |
SUBJECT OVERVIEW
Subject designation: David Martinez. Classification: Deceased. Night City born Edgerunner who rose to prominence in 2076. Subject was known for operating with a Sandevistan implant and leading an independent Edgerunner crew in Night City. Subject built a significant operational reputation in a short period before being killed by Adam Smasher in 2076.
Subject was born in the corporate suburbs of Heywood and attended Arasaka Academy on scholarship before dropping out. Subject subsequently entered the Edgerunner scene, acquiring and installing a military-grade Sandevistan that became his primary operational asset.
KNOWN CYBERWARE
- Military-grade Sandevistan — Subject's primary augmentation. Confirmed significantly above standard civilian specification. Subject pushed this implant beyond assessed safe operational parameters on multiple documented occasions.
PSYCHO ASSESSMENT
Subject is assessed as a possible Cyberpsycho in the period immediately preceding death. Intelligence and eyewitness accounts from 2076 suggest subject's Sandevistan use had progressed to a point where standard Cyberpsychosis threshold parameters were being exceeded. Subject was engaged and neutralised by Adam Smasher during this period.
KNOWN ASSOCIATES — MARTINEZ/MAINE CREW
- Maine ✝ — Original crew leader. Deceased — NCPD action. Assessed Cyberpsycho at time of death.
- Dorio ✝ — Crew member. Deceased — NCPD/Trauma Team action.
- Pilar ✝ — Crew member. Deceased 2076 — killed by Cyberpsycho.
- Rebeccah ✝ — Crew member. Deceased 2076 — killed by Adam Smasher.
- Falco — Crew member. Confirmed active in Night City as of 2076. Known Nomad. Only confirmed surviving crew member.
- Lucyna "Lucy" Kushinada — Known associate and partner. Status unknown. See separate file.
Andrew "Boa Boa" Weyland
NCPD INTELLIGENCE DOSSIER — CONFIRMED DECEASED
File: NC-DEC-004 | Classification: RESTRICTED | Issued by: NCPD Intelligence Division
| Status | Affiliation | Role | Date of Death |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECEASED — CONFIRMED PRIOR TO 2076 | Independent | Solo | Confirmed deceased prior to 2076 |
SUBJECT OVERVIEW
Subject designation: Andrew Weyland. Known alias: Boa Boa. Classification: Deceased. Subject was a Solo operative active during the Corporate War era. Subject is confirmed deceased prior to 2076. Further biographical and operational details are not on public record.
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