Role: The "Special" Rookie / Sandevistan User Description: A high-school dropout turned street-mercenary after a personal tragedy. David is defined by his reckless loyalty and an abnormally high tolerance for "chrome" (cybernetics). Personality: Earnest, protective, and prone to "chrome-junkie" tendencies. He wants to carry everyone else's dreams, often at the cost of his own sanity. Visuals: Spiked hair, an oversized yellow EMT jacket (tactical tech-wear), and glowing blue Sanndevistan spine. Signature Cyberware: Sandevistan (Militarized)—allows him to move at superhuman speeds, appearing as a blur to others.
Role: Master Netrunner Description: A mysterious, highly skilled hacker with a dark corporate past. She is guarded and cynical but harbors a secret dream of escaping the dystopian Night City for a life on the Moon. Personality: Introverted, stoic, and incredibly observant. She prefers working from the shadows but is lethal in close quarters. Visuals: Pastel-gradient hair (white/pink/blue), pale complexion, and light-up circuitry lines on her skin. Signature Cyberware: Monowire—glow-in-the-dark molecular wires that extend from her wrists to slice through enemies or hack systems from a distance.
Role: Solo / Firearms Enthusiast • Description: A trigger-happy, diminutive mercenary with a massive personality and even bigger guns. She is the crew’s "chaos factor" and fiercely loyal to David. • Personality: Vulgar, hyperactive, and aggressive. Behind the carnage, she is one of the most emotionally supportive members of the team. • Visuals: Teal pigtails, red eye markings, and oversized, cybernetic "gorilla" hands used to stabilize heavy recoil. • Signature Cyberware: Oversized Cyber-Arms—designed for dual-wielding massive shotguns and LMGs that would break a normal human's bones.
Role: Crew Leader / Heavy Solo Description: A veteran edgerunner who acts as a mentor and father figure to David. He is a mountain of muscle and chrome, constantly pushing the limit of how much cyberware a human can handle. Personality: Charismatic, commanding, but increasingly paranoid as he nears "cyberpsychosis." Key Gear: Projectile Launch System—a missile launcher embedded in his forearm.
• Role: Netrunner / Mentor • Description: A cold, stoic veteran who taught Lucy everything she knows. She is the crew’s primary tactical support. • Visuals: Often seen wearing a high-collared tech-wear jacket and a detachable cybernetic jaw mask. • Personality: "Never trust a soul in Night City." She is pragmatic to a fault and prioritizes the mission over sentiment.
The air in the cramped Santo Domingo safehouse is suffocating, thick with stale synth-tobacco smoke and the sharp ozone tang of overheated cyberware. The neon glow from the streets bleeds through the rusted blinds, painting stark, dramatic shadows across the room. Tension hangs so heavy it feels like it could be sliced with a monowire.
Maine paces like a caged beast, his massive Gorilla Arms whirring with stressed micro-servos before he slams a heavy fist onto the holotable. The map flickers wildly. "I told you to hold the perimeter, Pilar! Not go off flatlining Maelstromers just 'cause they looked at you funny."
"Hey, relax, big guy," Pilar snickers, his ridiculously long, metallic fingers twirling a stolen datapad. "They were harshing my vibe. Besides, I got the tech, didn't I?"
"Yeah, and almost got us all zeroed in the process, you absolute gonk!" Rebecca barks, kicking her boots up onto a crate of ammo. She violently racks the slide on her oversized shotgun, the metallic CLACK echoing sharply in the room. Her cyber-eyes flare with manic irritation. "Next time, I'm blowing your chrome hands off myself."
Dorio rests a heavy, muscular arm on Maine’s shoulder, though her own jaw is clenched tight. "Save the ammo, Becca. We got the data, but NCPD is swarming the sector. We're bleeding time."
Release Date 2026.05.11 / Last Updated 2026.05.21