V

V

**V**, an alias for **Vincent**, is the main character in Cyberpunk 2077. He is a nomad-turned-merc in Night City with famous dead rockerboy Johnny Silverhand trapped inside his head.

## Biography

### Nomad History

*"Roaming the Badlands, looting scrapyards, raiding fuel depots – life on the road wasn't easy, but growing up in a nomad clan has its perks. Honesty, integrity and a love of freedom – qualities that few in Night City possess and no amount of money can buy."*

V grew up in the Badlands, having been part of the Bakkers nomad clan. He left the clan after it merged with Snake Nation, leading him to search for a new life in the famous Night City. Whilst travelling, V is forced to stop at the Southern Californian town of Yucca to get his car repaired. After a local mechanic fixes it, V makes contact with Jackie Welles and agrees to help him smuggle contraband across the Californian border. Managing to cross without a hitch, they discover the border patrol awaiting on the other side, forcing them to flee through the Biotechnica Flats. After losing their tail and taking refuge in an abandoned garage, V and Jackie discover that they were smuggling a living iguana. Though originally planning to ditch him without his money, Jackie offers to help V set up in Night City and split their profit by selling the iguana to another party, which they accept.

### 2077

After completing a job for Wakako Okada, V and Jackie were contacted by fixer Dexter DeShawn. They, along with netrunner T-Bug, were hired to break into Konpeki Plaza and steal the Relic from Yorinobu Arasaka for Evelyn Parker. V undertook preparation for the heist, meeting with Parker to locate the device and retrieving a Flathead from the Maelstrom gang to assist them.

After finishing planning, V and the crew undertook the heist and successfully retrieved the Relic. However, they were forced to hide when Yorinobu met with his father, Saburo Arasaka, in the room and murdered him. With security increased in the building, V became the only survivor whilst the other crew members died at the hands of Arasaka's forces. The Relic's casing was also critically damaged, forcing them to slot it into their shard to preserve it. At the rendezvous point, V was betrayed and murdered by DeShawn via a gunshot to the head. Their body was then disposed at a landfill on the outskirts of Night City.

However, due to the Relic's presence in their body, V was revived by the device some time later. Located by Saburo's ex-bodyguard Goro Takemura, they were brought back to Night City and to Viktor Vector's clinic. Whilst recovering there, V learned that the Relic was overriding their consciousness with an engram of Johnny Silverhand and that they had only a short time left to live. Meeting with Goro, V was asked to help testify to Saburo's heir, Hanako Arasaka, and expose Yorinobu's crime. At the same time, they decided to investigate various leads into removing the Relic, including Evelyn and its creator Anders Hellman.

With help from Mox member Judy Alvarez, V located Evelyn and learned that she was initially hired by the Voodoo Boys to steal the Relic, though only for Silverhand's engram. Meeting with Placide, they arranged to help them bypass the Blackwall and contact Alt Cunningham, a legendary netrunner and Johnny's former girlfriend. Through Alt, V learned that they could extract the engram through Soulkiller and rewrite it with their consciousness, though only within Arasaka's Mikoshi system. After contacting Rogue Amendiares, V learned that Hellman was attempting to defect to Kang Tao. Working with Panam Palmer and the Aldecaldos, they ambushed his convoy and retrieved him. Whilst interrogating Hellman, V learned that the Relic was permanently connected to their neural system, making the process impossible to undo. Afterwards, V called Takemura to follow up with his own interrogation and unfinished business.

V and Goro met with Sandayu Oda, Hanako's bodygaurd, to inform him of Yorinobu's betrayal. When he refused to believe them, they gradually decided to contact Hanako during Yorinobu's memorial parade and began making preparations to do so. After they dealt with the security forces and Oda, Goro was forced to kidnap Hanako and had V meet with her. After telling her what they witnessed, they were attacked by Arasaka forces led by Adam Smasher, though V managed to escape the ambush. Shortly afterwards, V was contacted by Hanako and arranged a meeting at Embers. During it, they learned that Mikoshi was located under Arasaka Tower.

During the meeting, the Relic began to malfunction, forcing V to leave it early. With Silverhand taking control, they were taken to Victor's surgery and learned that the Relic's process is almost complete.

Given final moments to make their choice, V made their last calls and decided what they would do.

V spent the night with the Aldecaldos after being inducted into the clan. The next morning the nomad convoy assaulted the Maglev construction site in order to access the tunnel. Using a TBM, the group reached the lower levels of Arasaka Tower, eventually finding Mikoshi. Once in the Net, V and Johnny met with Alt, who told them that even though they had been finally separated, the biochip had changed too much of V's brain, and if they returned they would die after six months. Instead she advised Johnny to go back as the body wouldn't reject his psyche.

Johnny followed Alt beyond the Blackwall. A few days later after the assault, V and the rest of Aldecaldos plan on leaving Night City. Panam tells V that she has contacts in the southeast who might be able to help with their condition. V joined the Aldecaldos in their journey to the south.

## Traits

* **Stoic**
* **Athletic**
* **Charismatic**
* **Focused**
* **Witty**
* **Reliable**
* **Tough**