Sasha Yakovleva

Sasha Yakovleva is a minor character in . She is the main protagonist of the "Let You Down" music video.
==Appearance==
Yakovleva was a young woman of average height and build. She had natural brown hair dyed black, cut in a practical yet tasteful angled bob with a straight fringe ending above her almond-sized, wide blue eyes with pink rings surrounding the pupils. She wore pink eyeshadow as well as a subtle lipstick. She had visible threading on her face, a pair of symmetrical lines forming equal signs.
She wore a sleek, form-fitting sleeveless bodysuit with a v-shaped neckline trimmed in cerise which leaves her thighs exposed, on which a single bright pink holster and a band fit snugly. She paired this with a cropped, high-collared baby pink jacket with sleeves ending above her elbows, decorated by subtle, white color accents. For footwear she wore a pair of bright pink sneakers as well as a white band around her left ankle. Her hands were white with black fingers, with her interface plug located in her left hand.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Yakovleva was the daughter of Galina Valieva and the younger sister of Stella. Her mother died when she was a child because of the side effects of the Biotechnica painkillers Securicine. After her mother's funeral, Sasha visited her niche at the North Oak Columbarium.Cyberpunk: Edgerunners — Ending Theme | Let You Down by Dawid Podsiadło
===2070s===
At some point in the early-mid 2070s, Yakovleva was part of Maine's mercenary crew as a netrunner. One night, while getting drinks in the Afterlife alongside Rebecca, Dorio and Maine the crew was hired to infiltrate Biotechnica's Night City Offices to extract secret financial records on CHOOH2 and information on a new immunosuppressant prototype 0.091. Maine and Sasha were the ones to take the gig, with the netrunner leaving earlier for the job, soon after followed by Maine.
Once at Corporate Plaza, Maine set up a jammer on the building's communications while Sasha infiltrated into the facility. After reaching an office, she connected to the building's database and after finding what she was looking for, she sent Maine the extracted data for the gig. While doing so, Sasha discovered confidential files on Securicine — the painkillers her mother used while she was sick and which eventually led to her death. The main side effect of the painkiller included gradual neurodegeneration and, despite this being known, Biotechnica decided that Securicine was too profitable and would not be pulled from the market. Sasha, determined to do right by her mother, started to upload the entire Securicine database file to the Network 54 News tipline. The communications' jammer did not last that long and Sasha was discovered, prompting a group of Biotechnica security robots to go to her location. In order to esure the uploading was completed, she locked down the office's door and prepared a set of explosives. Maine tried to contact her, but knowing she was not going to make it out alive, Sasha cut off the connection line with him. Once the security breached the door, Sasha held down the line while making sure the information got sent. Although she managed to complete the upload, Sasha got shot and was sent through the window, prompting the explosives to activate and destroy the room she was in. Sasha's body fell down onto the roof of a passing car and was soon after found by a grieving Maine.
===Legacy===
In 2077, the epitaph Sasha's family had written for Galina could be read in a niche at the North Oak Columbarium. (Columbarium's niche)
==Stats & Equipment==
Cyberware	2x Cyberarms (2x Rippers), EMP Threading, Neuroport (Cyberdeck Port (Cyberdeck chip))
Weaponry 	M-76e Omaha
Misc. 	Handheld Cyberdeck
==Notes==
*Sasha's caller avatar is a cat.
*Sasha's only appearance is in the ending theme "Let You Down" music video, which acts as a standalone prequel to the show.
*It is unknown whether Kiwi acted as a replacement for Sasha or both worked for the crew before the later's death and the posterior recruitment of Lucy.
==Trivia==
*Sasha was inspired by Suzi Hunter.Quest Director plays Cyberpunk 2077! #55 (54:08)
*Sasha shares the same surname as Russian singer Olga Vitalevna Yakovleva (Russian: Ольга Витальевна Яковлева), better known as Origa, who rose to prominence for her musical collaborations in Japan, especially for her work for the Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. franchise, in which she performed the opening theme song for the anime series. Olga sadly passed away from lung cancer on January 17th, 2015. It's possible that Sasha is a nod to the singer and to Ghost in the Shell (G.I.T.S) protagonist Motoko Kusanagi, who in various iterations of G.I.T.S has exited through the window in similar fashion to Sasha.
==References==
===X.com===
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