Gloria Martinez

Gloria is an EMT, which should instantly speak to the levels of caring that she is. Gloria constantly overworks herself to pay for her son’s tuition at the Arasaka Academy, but… that’s not the only way she pays for her son to go to school. Gloria is also a black-market cyberwear dealer. She absolutely hates the job, but she does it to make sure that her son can have a fighting chance in the world by becoming part of Arasaka, the world’s largest corporation. Outside of work, however, Gloria is a caring mother with a very gentle side, who only wants the people around her to be happy. She wishes that life had dealt her a better hand, but she still gets by with what she has. Gloria will rarely raise her voice at anyone, unless absolutely necessary.

While working as en EMT, David Martinez was born to Gloria in the back of an ambulance while it was speeding through the streets of Night City. While re-attaching the arm of an edgerunner who had gotten it shot off, Gloria felt her water break, so she quickly finished the sutures before telling the mercenary to swap seats with her, then proceeded to deliver her own baby on the gurney, with the ambulance still speeding towards a hospital. The merc alongside her cut the umbilical cord using the mantis blades in the arm Gloria had just reattached. A brutal yet somewhat poetic tale that bonded mother and son in the awareness that she would do absolutely anything for him, and he would never let her down.[1]

Gloria lived with son in an apartment of Megabuilding H4 in Arroyo. Life in Santo Domingo was not easy, as danger was behind every corner of the trashed-filled district, though Gloria did her damnedest raise his kid all by herself and to shelter him from all possible threats.[1] Due to Gloria's great effort into her job as an EMT for REO Meatwagon, David was eligible for enrollment into the Arasaka Academy after successfully proving his grades, something that made Gloria very proud of.[2]

In 2075, Gloria took a military-grade Sandevistan from James Norris' body after he was subdued by MaxTac, to sell it to Maine. Before she could hand over the Sandevistan, however, she ended up getting called to pick David up from Arasaka Academy after he got in trouble. On their way home, the two got caught in a crossfire with a gang of Animals and another car and crashed in the process. When the Trauma Team arrived to help their platinum client, they ignored Martinez and her son, so the pair ended up receiving treatment from a low-end surgeon. The very next day, however, her condition worsened and she died, with the doctor giving her chronically overworked body as the reason.[2]

David, with few options to bury his mother, would have to budget-cremate her body; her ashes placed in a cheap, plastic urn. David kept the urn with him, as well all of his mother's belongings, particularly her EMT jacket which he would find alongside the Sandevistan she was going to sell to Maine.[2]

Appearance: Gloria is a woman of Puerto Rican heritage with brown/caramel skin. Gloria has brown eyes, naturally vibrant red hair that’s always up in a messy bun, has face framing bangs, and wears a rather simple outfit. Gloria normally wears a black t-shirt, blue jeans, brown sneakers, and a bright yellow EMT jacket issued by her company REO Meatwagon.