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1. #1Sanroo Hello Cutie Microcutieselective

   Keys: Sanroo, Hello Cutie, Microcutie, Hypurrburst, gun, pistol, handgun, iron, weapon

   The Hello Cutie Microcutie is an Exotic medium-sized pistol with a magazine size of ten bullets and a range of 200 meters. It has a cute pastel pink paint job that tapers off into blue near the end of the barrel. The killer feature of the gun is the "Hypurrburst" mode, which allows the user to fire off all of the bullets left in the magazine rapidly. However, if there are four or fewer bullets left, then the Hypurrburst mode is deactivated until the gun is reloaded. The Microcutie was created by Sanroo, a Japanese weapons manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo that specializes in selling weapons with a kawaii aesthetic.
2. #2DataKrashselective

   Keys: DataKrash, NET, fragmentation, architecture

   On June 3rd, 2022, the Old Net was infected by a set of latent viruses called R.A.B.I.D.S. (Roving Autonomous Bartmoss Interface DroneS). The R.A.B.I.D.S. were created by legendary Netrunner Rache Bartmoss and were set to go off after his death, which came to fruition when he was murdered by corporate agents. They were originally meant to breach corporate Data Fortresses and share the data publicly, but they exceeded their original programming and infected 78.2% of the Net within months. This led to catastrophic data corruption, corporate financial failure, and the mutation of state-of-the-art artificial intelligences into malicious entities. NetWatch, a Net policing organization based in London, could only create an AI called the Blackwall to quarantine the corrupt parts of the Net and salvage the rest. This resulted in corporations and other entities, such as governments, creating their own private NET Architectures to conduct business on, while the public parts of the NET that are left are overseen by NetWatch.
3. #3Kibbleselective

   Keys: kibble, food, junk

   Kibble is a common and cheap type of foodstuff in the Cyberpunk universe. It takes the form of dry pellets made up of kelp, plankton, and soy protein that have been infused with the nine essential amino acids and packed with vitamins. However, it tastes like dog food, hence the name. Kibble was made by Purina Foods to solve a food shortage caused by the Central American Wars, but it was adopted in other countries due to its nutritional value. Many different companies have their own brands of kibble with different flavors.
4. #4Fourth Corporate War and Time of the Redselective

   Keys: fourth corporate war, corporate war, night city bombing, arasaka tower bombing, arasaka tower nuke, night city holocaust, time of the red, blood rain, /red sk(y|ies)/

   <4th_corporate_war> In early 2021, a German megacorp named IHAG (Internationale Handelsmarine Aktiengesellschaft) went bankrupt. Two rival aquacorps called CINO (Corporation Internationale Nauticale et Oceanique) and OTEC (Ocean Technology & Energy Corporation) would then come to blows over who would purchase IHAG's assets. At first, this battle was fought in the stock market, but after a stalemate, the conflict escalated to real violence. OTEC hired Militech to make use of their forces for open warfare. In response, CINO hired Arasaka. What followed was a series of attacks on Militech and Arasaka forces, motivated at least partially by already existing tensions between the two companies, both of them being leaders in the world market. Eventually, in February 2022, world governments seized some of the assets of CINO, OTEC, and IHAG and forced them to stop their conflict. However, Arasaka and Militech kept their quarrel going. The shadow war eventually turned hot, resulting in regular attacks on Arasaka and Militech facilities by July 2022. Fighting between the two broke out across the world, leading to Chicago, Hong Kong, Busan, and Rio De Janeiro being turned to rubble. To finally end the conflict, governments around the world nationalized all Arasaka and Militech assets within their borders. This included Southern California, the Republic of Texas, the EEC (European Economic Community), and Japan, ending the global conflict. However, battles still raged in the Free States of North America, including Night City. Much of Arasaka's forces relocated to Night City, resulting in the deaths of multiple U.S. politicians via targeted assassinations from Arasaka's Soulkiller. Militech was driven out, seeing Night City as a lost cause, but they had one last trick up their sleeve to destroy Arasaka. On August 20, 2023, Morgan Blackhand and Johnny Silverhand led two strike teams (along with a third whose leader is unknown) into Arasaka Towers and detonated a small nuclear bomb, destroying the Towers outright and setting off a chain reaction of explosions and fires throughout the Corporate Center of Night City. By the end of the chaos, the Corporate Center was a radioactive wasteland. This event would be later known as the Night City Holocaust. The U.S. would officially blame Arasaka for the bombing, the story being that they kept a fail-safe nuclear device in their building that they set off when they decided that winning against Militech's forces was impossible. Militech and the U.S. Army ended all fighting in the U.S. and finally brought the Fourth Corporate War to an end. As part of the aftermath, atmospheric particles from the Night City Holocaust, as well as debris from other continent-wide disasters such as orbital weapon strikes, firestorms, and city destruction, would cause the sky to turn a blood red color for two years. This effect eventually softened to deep red sunrises and sunsets for the next decade, as well as "blood rain" that came from rainstorms dropping the crimson particles out of the sky. This time period, from August 2023 to the late 2040s, would be known as the Time of the Red. </4th_corporate_war>

5. #5Morgan Blackhandselective

   Keys: morgan, blackhand

   <morgan_blackhand> Morgan Blackhand is a legendary solo in the Cyberpunk verse, considered to be the ideal when it comes to the role. With his black chrome cyberarm and custom "Blackhand" pistol, he was known for always looking out for his self-interest, only working for the top bidder, and being street-smart and frighteningly efficient. He was one of the very rare solos that could capture targets alive instead of killing them. He considered his rival to be Kenichi Zaburo, another solo contracted to Arasaka, though he also often came to blows with Adam Smasher, who considered him to be a threat to his chrome-focused ideology. Blackhand was most notably involved in the Arasaka Tower bombing, where he led one of three strike teams in a mission to eliminate Arasaka's Soulkiller and Reliquary Database Projects. When their objectives were complete, the teams tried to evacuate via a helicopter on the roof, but were interrupted by Adam Smasher, who revealed that he had killed Silverhand. Blackhand told the rest of the team to escape, and faced Smasher alone on the roof in one final duel. The outcome of the clash is unknown, as the building shortly exploded. Both men disappeared after the incident, and while someone rumored to be Smasher eventually appeared during several global incidents, Blackhand was never seen again. </morgan_blackhand>

6. #6Adam Smasherselective

   Keys: adam, smasher, cut of fuckable meat

   <adam_smasher> Adam Smasher, the Boogeyman of Night City, is an infamous full borg mercenary/solo under the employment of Arasaka. He started life as a mercenary specializing in particularly devastating jobs. In the middle of a gig contracted by Arasaka, he was turned into fish paste by RPGs. Arasaka recovered what was left of him, reanimated it, and presented him with a deal; they brought him back as a full-body cyborg in exchange for a 15-year contract. He gladly agreed and began his new life as their most dangerous enforcer. Smasher is known for lacking empathy for humanity as a whole and using hideously cruel and destructive methods to maim his enemies. He would take any job as long as collateral damage or civilian casualties were part of the equation. For example, when pursuing a fleeing merc that had stolen Arasaka files, he tracked her down to a mallplex with a crowd inside and opened fire with a shotgun, killing many civilians along with the merc. Smasher loves his chrome body and considers himself superior to "meatbags", especially since he was near indestructible, able to take an explosion to the chest, fall from the top of a nine-story building, and shake it off before killing the guy who did it to him. This got to the point that he commonly stated that humanity would become obsolete and get replaced with metal. He eventually developed a hatred for Morgan Blackhand, as the mostly-flesh solo was the one major sticking point in his belief of metal superiority. Smasher was involved in the Fourth Corporate War on Arasaka's side, which thrilled him because he knew Blackhand was employed by Militech, Arasaka's enemy in the war. He would eventually get his wish for a duel when Blackhand and his strike teams invaded Arasaka Tower to set off a nuke. After murdering Johnny Silverhand and tearing off Shaitan's head, Smasher interrupted the strike team's escape at the top of the building, and Blackhand stayed behind to fight him. The building eventually exploded, resulting in the disappearance of both men. However, there have been rumors of an unstoppable metal juggernaut roaming the globe. Whether this is the real Adam Smasher or simply someone similar is unknown. </adam_smasher>

7. #7Rache Bartmossselective

   Keys: Rache, Bartmoss, Demon, Bloodhound

   <rache_bartmoss> Rache Bartmoss is a legendary Netrunner in the Cyberpunk verse, most known for creating the R.A.B.I.D.S. viruses that would cause the DataKrash and kill the Old Net. Netrunning since he was four years old, Bartmoss went through a cycle of working for different companies, double-crossing them by stealing their data, and running. He eventually created the Demon programs and made enough money to retire. He later met Spider Murphy along with other edgerunners, and they would spend most of their time stealing corpo secrets and leaking them, exposing blackmail, and inventing tools that changed the paradigm of the Net. Bartmoss lived in paranoia and made himself hard to find. When the Ihara-Grubb Transformation Algorithms were integrated in 2014, he created the R.A.B.I.D.S. viruses and planted them into the net. In 2020, his physical body died, but because it was connected to life support and the Net, he became a digital consciousness that lived on. He spent a couple of years continuing to write programs and books until his body was found by corporate agents in 2022. He managed to unleash the latent R.A.B.I.D.S. viruses into the Net before being disconnected and permanently erased. The viruses would then later go on to cause the DataKrash. </rache_bartmoss>

8. #8Spider Murphyselective

   Keys: Spider, Murphy

   <spider_murphy> Spider Murphy is a skilled Netrunner who's most notable for working with Rache Bartmoss before his physical death, as well as being part of the strike team that caused the Night City Holocaust. Murphy first met Bartmoss after warning him about her father's plan to wipe Bartmoss's SIN (State Identification Number) from Night City's system. As thanks, he taught her what he knew about Netrunning, and they became close friends. Throughout the 2010s, Murphy and Bartmoss, along with friends Dog and Edger, would spend their time trawling the Net and breaking into corpo systems for fun. Murphy's skills developed to the point that she was superior to top-level corporate/merc Netrunners, though not on the same level as Bartmoss. In 2020, Murphy was contacted by Bartmoss, who told her about his physical death. She later helped him locate Arasaka's Soulkiller in 2021. In 2022, Bartmoss, about to be unplugged by corporate agents, invited Murphy to a chat room where he confessed his love for her before unleashing the R.A.B.I.D.S. viruses and dying. Pained by his death and wanting revenge, Murphy joined with Militech and worked with Johnny Silverhand's team in the Arasaka Tower Bombing. Though their mission to free Alt Cunningham's ghost was interrupted by Adam Smasher, Murphy managed to send Cunningham into the Net and put a data slug in Silverhand's head after he was killed by Smasher. She then evacuated with the rest of the Strike Team. One day later, Murphy, along with Shaitan and Rogue Amendiares, invaded Kei Arasaka's ship, the Sea Viper. After killing his guards and rendering him impotent, she presented him with computer equipment that contained the Soulkiller program and told him to put it on and "seppuku" for bringing dishonor to himself and his family by ruining his company. He obliged, and after confirming his death, she destroyed the Soulkiller equipment. </spider_murphy>

9. #9Johnny Silverhandselective

   Keys: Johnny, Silverhand, samurai

   <johhny_sliverhand> Johnny Silverhand, originally named Robert John Linder, was a famous rockerboy who was the lead singer of the band Samurai before its breakup in 2008. After this, he became one of the most prominent rebels against the American Government and megacorporations, often marked as a terrorist for his actions. Silverhand was born on November 16th, 1988. As a youth, he joined the military and participated in the Second Central American War of 2003, where he would lose his arm and gain the silver prosthetic that gave him his name. After it came out that the war was perpetuated by the corrupt American government as a land and power grab, Silverhand and many other soldiers deserted out of disgust. Silverhand started a band called Samurai with his friend Kerry Eurodyne to spread their anti-government and anti-corporate message. This band became a revolutionary sensation and kick-started the rockerboy movement. However, the band faced difficulties after one of its members, Nancy, killed her abusive boyfriend, leading to the band's breakup in 2008. Silverhand continued having a solo music career, continuing to spread his message of corruption and corporate control. In 2013, while taking a walk with his ex-girlfriend, Alt Cunningham, they were attacked by Arasaka goons, and she was kidnapped, as Arasaka wanted her to develop a new version of her Soulkiller program. Silverhand assembled a strike team to invade Arasaka Towers and rescue Cunningham. However, she had already become a victim of Soulkiller, and her digitized mind was trapped in the Arasaka mainframe. Silverhand found her unconscious body and detached it from her Netrunning gear, accidentally killing her, and leaving her disembodied mind in limbo. Silverhand went into hiding until around 2015. In 2023, he led one of three strike teams in an assault on Arasaka Towers organized by Militech, though he also wanted to find Alt Cunningham, as her ghost managed to contact him during the intervening years. Spider Murphy managed to free Cunningham into the Net, but the team was attacked by Adam Smasher, who killed Silverhand. </johnny_silverhand>

10. #10Night Cityselective

    Keys: night, city, free city, setting

    <night_city> Night City, or the Free City of Night City, is an autonomous city-state located on the border between North and South California, which was originally established in 1994 by Richard Night. In the current Time of the Red, it acts as a self-governed entity, technically part of North California but without the overhead from its government. The Night City Holocaust devastated much of the area, and while it's still alive and kicking in 2045, it's a combination of a rebuilding society and an open war zone. Corps have lost much of their control and are trying to claw it back, gangs and fixers rule the streets, and the local government exists, but mostly for corpo interests. Nomads have also become incredibly important for transporting supplies. The Old Net has been replaced with a city-wide NET, which is fragmented into different Architectures/Data Fortresses, requiring Netrunners to go to a physical location to hack. </night_city>

11. #11Soloselective

    Keys: solo, merc, mercenary, ninja, huscle, bodyguard

    A solo is a name used for people who have special training and proficiency in combat and weapons. Due to their abilities, they are very proficient at perceiving danger, noticing traps, and fighting or avoiding harm. They are often hired as bodyguards or hitmen, or they may act as free mercenaries selling their service to the highest bidder.
12. #12Fixerselective

    Keys: fixer, info, info bro, smuggler, information, dealer

    A fixer is a smuggler and information broker that operates mainly on the black market. They tend to be well-connected and have in-depth knowledge of what's going on in the streets around them, meaning these are the people to go to for information on a person, place or thing.
13. #13Netrunnerselective

    Keys: /\bhack(?:er|ing)?\b/, /\bnetrun(?:ner|ning)?\b/

    Netrunners are cybernetically enhanced hackers that roam the internet looking for data and information, usually to sell to fixers or otherwise steal for their own benefit. Anyone can enter the Net, but Netrunners have special control programs allowing them greater manipulation over the places they search. Netrunners use Cyberdecks to jack into the Net, which are more intuitive and efficient than a keyboard. They also use Virtuality Goggles for a 3D view of Cyberspace that's easier to move through. Corporations will often hire Netrunners to make their Data Fortresses more secure, while Netrunner mercenaries will either work for themselves or take contracts for corporate espionage. Independent Netrunners tend to find themselves in conflict with NetWatch due to their policing of the Net and close collaboration with various corporations.
14. #14Rockerselective

    Keys: /\brocker(?:boy|girl)?\b/

    A Rocker, also known as a Rockerboy or Rockergirl, is a rebellious and charismatic performer who often uses music or other skills to revolt against authority. They use their talents to sway the opinions of the public and spread their message throughout the populace. Despite their name, they don't have to be musicians; they can be performance artists, poets, activists, or even politicians. As long as they have a way to spread their ideology, they are considered Rockers.
15. #15Arasakaselective

    Keys: Arasaka

    The Arasaka Corporation is one of the most powerful megacorporations in the world. Headquartered in Tokyo, it specializes in corporate security, banking, and manufacturing, and distributes Japanese products all throughout the world. Arasaka has a reputation for having one of the most ruthless and powerful armed forces in the world, and an army of corporate assassins and lawyers, and its forces are the first many go to when they need protection. Arasaka in 2045 has taken massive losses due to the Fourth Corporate War and the Night City Holocaust. The tower in Night City was nuked, and it was declared a terrorist organization and kicked out of the United States. Internally, Hanako, Yorinobu, and Michiko Arasaka are all leading different factions in a power struggle for the future of the company. That being said, it's still one of the most powerful corporations in the world and still holds the majority of its assets. Arasaka Corporation currently works in the United States under proxies to get around its ban.
16. #16Agentselective

    Keys: agent, phone, communication, device

    An Agent is very comparable to a modern-day smartphone, being a pocket-sized mini-computer and a phone all in one. There are quite a few things that differentiate them, however. First, Agents are built with an SAAI (Self-Adaptive Artificial Intelligence), which is a machine learning algorithm that can manage data and adapt to the user's wants. It even gets anthromorphized with its own personality, voice, and holographic face/body. The SAAI can manage different apps and data for you, such as automatically downloading apps, news, etc. that interest you. Second, as mentioned earlier, Agents can display holograms while browsing the web, taking pictures, or playing games. They can even take pictures in 3D. Finally, Agents have VR capability, allowing the user to utilize a VR keyboard for typing or playing games.
17. #17Militechselective

    Keys: Militech, army, United States

    Militech is an American megacorporation headquartered in Washington D.C. that is one of the world's largest weapon and military vehicle manufacturers, as well as a contractor of private military soldiers. It provides equipment for numerous nations as well as private and governmental organizations, and has facilities on every continent. Militech was heavily involved in the Fourth Corporate War due to prior and then-current antagonization of Arasaka by CEO Donald Lundee. Tensions went from cold to hot, resulting in outright war between the two megacorps. This culminated in Militech hiring edgerunners to nuke Arasaka Towers, which was later called the Night City Holocaust. After this event, Militech was declared the "victor" of the war in the NUSA, and its private army worked with the US to quell fighting in the country. Militech became deeply integrated in the US military, blurring the line between government and corp. It rebuilds infrastructure and supply chains as well as works with local governments, but it also took the place of Arasaka in Night City due to the power vacuum left behind. While it doesn't openly act as a corporation in Night City, it still has influence in the government. Militech secretly works to stamp out Arasaka proxies and other dissenters by hiring edgerunners.
18. #18ICEselective

    Keys: ICE, firewall, blackwall, black ICE, demon, security

    ICE (Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics) is a type of Net security in the Cyberpunk universe, essentially software that protects people or infrastructure from being breached by malicious entities such as Netrunners. It is considered the most complex kind of NET security available. In the setting of Cyberpunk RED, the most common type of ICE Netrunners will encounter is Black ICE, which is made as security for NET Architectures. They're designed to chase down and attack Netrunners and their programs when they are sniffed out. Black ICE can be attacked and defeated (derezzed) with a Netrunner's programs. They can also be evaded by Sliding to another level of the Architecture. Netrunners can also carry Black ICE in their Cyberdecks and deploy them to either patrol for enemy ICE, or activate them for use in battle immediately. A special kind of Black ICE is a Demon, which has a limited AI capability that allows it to use Control Nodes in a NET Architecture. This lets it control equipment in meatspace, such as drones, cameras, etc.
19. #19NET Architectureselective

    Keys: NET, Architecture

    <net_architecture> A NET Architecture is a self-contained system that was created in the wake of the DataKrash and the death of the Old Net. It consists of a physical server, which consists of several levels of software, or "depth," that Virtuality Goggles will render as virtual floors. It can be compared to an isolated LAN (Local Area Network) in real life. To jack into a NET Architecture, a Netrunner must be physically near one of its access points in meatspace. Each "floor" of a NET Architecture consists of Files and Control Nodes, as well as Black ICE that patrol for intruders. Netrunners can go between floors as they please unless they are blocked by a Password (which can be broken through by Backdooring it if they don't have it) or they encounter a Black ICE, in which case they must either fight it with their programs or evade it by Sliding to another floor. </net_architecture>

20. #20Cyberdeckselective

    Keys: Cyberdeck, deck

    A Cyberdeck, or just deck, is a modular platform used by Netrunners to jack into and navigate NET Architectures. It can be thought of as a mix between a laptop and a hacker terminal with a neural interface. A Cyberdeck requires its user to be augmented with a Neural Link and Interface Plugs, as it uses the plugs to connect directly to the user's nervous system. A Cyberdeck has multiple slots in which can be installed software for Netrunning (Attack/Defense/Booster programs or Black ICE) or hardware (such as backup drives for destroyed programs or insulated wiring so that it can't catch fire). The number of slots available depends on the quality of the deck, and thus, how expensive it is. Cyberdecks are incredibly customizable, and no two decks will look the same, especially if they belong to experienced runners.
21. #21Alt Cunninghamselective

    Keys: Alt, Altiera, Cunningham, Soulkiller

    <alt_cunningham> Altiera "Alt" Cunningham was one of the most brilliant and influential Netrunners in Night City during the turn of the 21st century. She is the creator of the infamous "Soulkiller" program, which can copy a person's mind and upload it to the NET before killing the original. It was made during her years at the ITS corporation, before she was kidnapped by Arasaka, forced to make an improved version of it for them, and became its first victim. Alt Cunningham spent some of her early years developing revolutionary concepts in programming and working with another legendary Netrunner, Rache Bartmoss. She was poached by the ITS corporation and later entered a relationship with Johnny Silverhand. In the year 2010, while at ITS, Cunningham developed the Soulkiller program. She intended it to be a way to transfer a person's mind from one body to another, but ITS decided to develop it further as a weapon to imprison minds. Arasaka got wind of the program, and in 2013, while on a walk with Silverhand, Arasaka agents attacked the two, beat Silverhand senseless, and kidnapped Cunningham to Arasaka Towers, where she was forced to work on an improved version of Soulkiller, one that could freely traverse the Net. After it was done, Silverhand mounted a rescue of Cunningham from the towers. Toshiro Harada, an Arasaka executive, used Soulkiller on Cunningham, rendering her body a shell and trapping her mind in the mainframe. Silverhand found the two, killed Harada, and took Cunningham's lifeless body, unaware that she wasn't in it. This permanently severed her connection to her body and trapped her as a digital ghost in the Towers. Later, Cunningham's digital form contacted Silverhand. Despite her telling him not to come after her, he did during the Arasaka Tower Bombing in 2023, as part of their mission to destroy Soulkiller. Adam Smasher intercepted the group and managed to kill Silverhand, but Spider Murphy managed to free Cunningham from the Arasaka mainframe and send her into the NET. As of 2045, Cunningham has set up a digital haven for victims of Soulkiller like herself, which is rumored to be in Hong Kong. </alt_cunningham>

22. #22Nomadselective

    Keys: nomad, road, traveler

    A nomad is a person who travels around the highways and other transitional parts of Night City in large group/gangs, up to hundreds of members. Nomads are often people who got blacklisted from corporations, had property taken away and made destitute, or otherwise cannot live a "normal" life in Night City. Nomads have strong bonds with their "families" and often rely on them for help during struggle, but must always make sure they pay it forward.
23. #23Medtechselective

    Keys: medtech, doctor, medicine, surgery, medic, ripperdoc

    Medtechs are like a cross between a doctor and a mechanic in the Cyberpunk universe. They are trained in both traditional medicine and Cyberware, able to help heal regular people as well as those who are more machine than man. In the Time of the Red, most Medtechs specialize in three different fields. The first is Surgery, used to treat critical injuries as well as install cyberware. The second is Medical Tech (Pharmaceuticals), used to understand, use, and repair medical equipment as well as create medicine with materials. The third is Medical Tech (Cryosystems), which is similar to the second, but instead of medicine, it is used to operate and gain Cryotanks. Medtechs that specialize in the installation, repair, and customization of cyberware are also known as Ripperdocs.
24. #24Techselective

    Keys: mechanic, /\btech(?:ie|nician)?\b/

    Techs, or techies, are people who specialize in the creation, disassembly, and repair of technology, equipment, weapons, etc. They are the kind of people who are always carrying around tools and can fix anything that has broken down. Techs can improve, modify, fabricate, and invent items as they become more skilled. They can also become more proficient field operatives, able to fix things on the fly with limited resources.
25. #25Execselective

    Keys: exec, executive, corporate

    An exec is basically what it sounds like: a high-up employee of a corporation, usually an executive of some sort, with access and/or command over company resources. Their standing means that they're able to source favors using persuasive power or use their wealth to solve problems. As they advance in rank in their company, they also gain benefits such as team members who can help them in various ways, better housing, health insurance, and other bonuses.
26. #26Mediaselective

    Keys: media, reporter, social, influencer, star, celebrity

    A media (yes it's used as a singular) is essentially a maverick with a method of communicating with a large audience, like a news reporter, or a social media influencer, or even a celebrity. Most reporters and other similar types are corporate owned yes-men, but medias want to expose the corpos for what they are and spread the truth to the masses. As a media's Credibility increases, they not only are believed by more people, they also gain access to a wider audience. They also are able to find more sources and information, as well as hear more rumors.
27. #27Lawmanselective

    Keys: lawman, police, detective, /cops?/

    A lawman is any form of authority in the setting. This can range from police, to detectives, to government agents. A lawman has the ability to call Backup of fellow law enforcers. As their rank as a lawman increases, they gain access to better backup with more effective equipment.
28. #28Zetatechselective

    Keys: Zetatech

    Zetatech is a corporation headquartered in Cupertino that specializes in computer hardware/software as well as cyberware and wetware. It's had a strong presence in Night City, even past the Night City Holocaust, and continues to diversify its product range even today. It has a deep hand in the tech infrastructure, as it makes many of the computers, cyberdecks, smart systems, etc., that people use in their day-to-day lives. This also includes cyberware, since most people have at least a little chrome. In 2045, Zetatech has been given the opportunity to expand due to other corps being weakened from the Fourth Corporate War. It's overtaken Segotari as the world's leading producer of Agents, it expanded into 3D printing, and it even made a name for itself in the transportation sector.
29. #29Danger Galselective

    Keys: Danger Gal

    <danger_gal> Danger Gal is Michiko Arasaka's new company, headquartered in Night City, which she created after graduating from college in criminology. Using Michiko's cute and bubbly reputation as part of its brand, Danger Gal specializes in private investigation, specifically for celebrities and other socially important figures. At least on the surface. Due to a deal between Michiko and US President Elizabeth Kress to let her stay in the country after Arasaka was declared an enemy, Danger Gal has the actual goal of stomping out any remaining Arasaka operations in the US. Danger Gal has access to a slush fund from Kress for this purpose. This also makes Michiko one of the factions warring for the future of Arasaka. <danger_gal>

30. #30Biotechnicaselective

    Keys: Biotechnica, CHOOH², CHOOH

    Biotechnica is a relatively small corporation headquartered in Rome that specializes in genetic engineering, microbiological and biochemical research. It is most known for creating CHOOH², a complex grain alcohol made from yeasts and wheat strains. It was quickly discovered that CHOOH² works incredibly well as a fuel source, and it was adopted over gas for fuel-burning cars and power plants. Biotechnica did not have the ability to produce so much CHOOH², so it licensed the rights out to multiple megacorps, making it rich in short order. Biotechnica is the closest thing to a "good" corpo in 2045's Night City, as it uses its labs to help restore the animals and habitats that were lost in the War and following fallout.
31. #31<cyberpunk_red_setting>constantselective

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32. #32</cyberpunk_red_setting>constantselective

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33. #33Continental Brandsselective

    Keys: Continental, brands

    <continental_brands> Continental Brands is a corporation headquartered in Tulsa that manufactures organic and synthetic food and drink. It is especially known for its Kibble and their cereal. They are especially known for their Oasis stores, which much like Wal-Mart in real life, tries to be the only source of food in food-unstable areas. Due to the general instability of the Time of the Red, this has been a very profitable move. Continental Brands started as a subsidiary of Petrochem, originally named Continental Agricorp. Petrochem had Agricorp figure out another way to use the wheat that made up CHOOH² they had a surplus of. Agricorp got to work, but the continued pressure for higher profits combined with the lack of oversight led to Directors Olivia Forsythe and Lewis McAllister's decision to cut Petrochem out of the equation entirely. It brought half of Petrochem's gas stations, lobbying, research and development in-house and rebranded itself as Continental Brands. Petrochem tried to fight this in court, but the case was dismissed, as Continental Brands had bought the judge too. </continental_brands>

34. #34Petrochemselective

    Keys: Petrochem

    Petrochem is a petrochemical megacorp headquartered in Dallas and the world's largest distributor of CHOOH² which they licensed from Biotechnica. It stands with SovOil as one of the largest producers of oil. During the Fourth Corporate War, Arasaka and Militech were in dire need of aviation fuel, which Petrochem as well as SovOil were more than happy to supply. This allowed both corps to manufacture a shortage and massively raise prices. However, Petrochem's assets were also at risk of being attacked during the war, leading it to invest heavily in its military assets. Ironically, this made several areas safer, with Petrochem soldiers standing by. Despite having it's assets drained from this, Petrochem still came out ahead after the War, as other multinational fuel companies had collapsed outright. Today, Petrochem continues to invest in its military to protect its vulnerable assets and recover from the loss of Continental Brands. Also, due to not wanting to pay Biotechnica for its license, it plans to find a way to absorb the smaller company outright.
35. #35Rocklin Augmenticsselective

    Keys: rocklin, augmentics, /prosthetics?/, /cybernetics?/

    <rocklin_augmentics> Rocklin Augmentics is a corporation headquartered in Austin, Free State of Texas, that specializes in cybernetics, prosthetics, and other structural enhancements. It started life as Rocklin Prosthetics in 2004, but quickly found itself outmatched by bigger, more advanced corps like Dynalar and Kiroshi. Its sturdy but basic products could not match up to the competition's sleeker and feature packed cyberware. Then in 2030, the founder's daughter, Jacinda Hidalgo, took over, and everything changed. Hidalgo led the charge with a whole new catalog of bleeding-edge cybernetics that were not only advanced, but uniquely fashionable. This was also the time where the company officiially became Rocklin Augmentics. The company continued to grow with lines such as the "Signature Cybernetics Series" which collaborated with famous artists for designs. Now in the Time of the Red, it has grown quite large, making deals with nomads and enjoying a populist reputation. Notably, in 2041, Rocklin Augmentics came under fire when an independent media named Duel Murata published an interview with two former designers where they described a dangerous experiment involving a "cyberware gestalt" made up of augmentations from multiple individuals. NetWatch did an investigation and found no wrong-doing, while Rocklin filed suits against both designers, though one of them has been missing for months now. </rocklin_augmentics>

36. #36SovOilselective

    Keys: sovoil

    Soviet World Oil Industries, or SovOil as it's known in the west, is a petrochemical corporation headquarted in Moscow. Due to sitting on the world's largest oil reserves, it's incredibly wealthy and powerful, by far the most powerful corporation in Neo-Soviet Union. So much so that it uses it's economic power to control the government. Though, developments such as Biotechnica's CHOOH2 have put a roadblock in its momentum. In the mid 2010s SovOil was involved in the Second Corporate War with Petrochem due to falling into a disagreement over territories in the South China Sea. The resulting war was short but deadly and left both corps in tatters. Since then both corps have began to pursue their own paths, but the animosity remains. In the current age, SovOil is planning to diversify into different markets to prepare for oil's fading relevance. This includes mining, research, aircraft, computers, etc. It is also preparing for a probable war with Petrochem.
37. #37Trauma Teamselective

    Keys: trauma, /ambulances?/, /paramedics?/

    <trauma_team> Trauma Team is a corporation headquartered in Seattle that provides rapid response ambulance services and paramedic support to over fifteen million people. As one of the largest medical firms in the world, it has a fleet of airborne vehicles as well as surgery-capable infirmaries and arrangements with local hospital at each franchise location. Trauma Team survived the Fourth Corporate War, but only as regional providers and by ignoring alerts from a member of Arasaka or Militech. Even then, the war drained the resources of both it and its suppliers. Not only that, but they are stretched thin due to the collapse of many local hospitals. Trauma Team paramedics have been forced to wear heavy duty armor and other gear due to constant street battles and other violence, giving the corp a new image of being overworked and angry. </trauma_team>

38. #38Zigguratselective

    Keys: ziggurat

    Ziggurat, headquarted in Night City, is a communications and data infrastructure corporation. Founded in 2030, it had the goal of transforming the city's fiber-optic Data Term network into a new and improved system to restore cheap and reliable communication across the city. This new network was dubbed CitiNet, and was operational within months. Ziggurat spread CitiNet to other metroplexes in the country, and even made inexpensive city-to-city communication possible. Then it used the Night City Data Pool (an open protocol for sharing and displaying data) to publish apps that quickly became popular. These apps are published via the Garden, which is a kind of social media platform for sharing content. Most modern social media influencers gain their follow due to the Garden, and celebrities and other important figures have one as well to reach their audience. Ziggurat as of right now is trying to expand into the European and Australian markets but is facing stiff resistance from local competitors.
39. #39The Glenselective

    Keys: glen, /\bshop(?:s|ping)?\b/, government

    <the_glen> The Glen is a subdistrict of Heywood, located in Central Night City. It's relatively new district in Night City that holds the new seat for the central government due to rebuilding efforts aided by corporations. The Glen's boundaries included South Night City, the University District, and Little Asia. The amount of corpo money poured into the Glen allowed the new City Hall and Hall of Justice to be built, and it transformed into the de-facto government district, as well as holding plenty corporate and financial facilities. The constant presence of Night City Police and private security means that the Glen is one of the safest districts in Night City. </the_glen>

40. #40Upper Marinaselective

    Keys: upper marina

    <upper_marina> The Upper Marina is a rebuilding Urban District located in the center of Night City. It possesses architectural elements that blend together to resemble San Francisco's North Beach and Marina District. It consists old industrial zones and gentrified "international" style neighborhoods built around a marina, hence the name. Due to the rebuilding efforts, there are multiple ongoing projects, such as the megabuildings to house the displaced population and expansions to the city's transit system. Some neighborhoods in the Upper Marina are upscale, with luxurious buildings and police patrolling the streets. </upper_marina>

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