You know… If Mike Pondsmith said Morgan Blackhand survived the Night City Holocaust, I bet he’s Knock-Knock. Older guy, cares about collateral damage, hyper-protective of his identity, and doesn’t hang between missions and super-detailed firsthand info about the Corporate Wars? Sounds like a match to me.
A nuke went off below morgans feet...in my mind the whole point they dont confirm morgans death is because us questioning if he is dead or not gives credit to the idea of dying mid-op in spectacular fashion makes edgerunners into legends... I mean, in a way, WE keep morgan alive with "gossip rivaling that of schoolgirls" just like claire talks about, when she mentions how other mercs earn their reps, when she talks to Jackie and V for the first time...a little meta sure, but it HAS worked... it even potentially influences the ending, if V decides to solo saka tower.. Makes a suicide mission seem less..final. Because we the players will, instead of rebel against the idea, will instead think, "well i mean maybe V will come back like morgan might"..but...wrong city..wrong people. Kind of dark that.. A tradition based on a rumour that influences a dream.. That kills all involved with it.. Eventually.
I’m just about to start a campaign as the GM and none of us have played before. Just want to say that your videos are helping me greatly with shaping the world and plot line.
I am the exact same boat. These videos have been a great dive into the lore of the Cyberpunk universe and providing an amazing foundation for my campaign.
Legit if you guys are doing a online game, and dont mind a player who is BRAND NEW to ttrpgs, i would LOVE to join. Cyberpunk red is an amazing setting, but its borderline impossible to find a game (that and im super nervous about it because ive never played tabletop before, dont wanna be the guy who makes eyes roll at the table lol)
Really love this documentary style on the Cyberpunk lore. Thanks for this! enjoyed every minute of it and learning more about the world of my favorite game.
Well 6th Street lasted until 2077 when one of them decided to shoot me before I could do their quest and I had to ruin it for every member on the street.
That section on the Bozos gives me an idea… a Bozo who was tortured and broken into forceful recruitment, but at the fracturing of the gang has since created their own circus who’s purpose seems to be the thwarting of all pranks of other bozo factions, as well as their destruction. Methodology will depend on whether this is a spiteful act of vengeance, a more altruistic desire to protect people from the Bozos “pranks,” or some mix of both.
I like the implication that the Scavs of 2077 budded off from the "scavers" of the Maelstrom--thus their insular and aggressive nature, their overlap with Maelstrom's themes, and their grungy aesthetic. That and their not sharing territory with Maelstrom! (Or is that just what I'm reading into with the "scavvers...?" Entirely possible.)
Scavs aren’t a gang… they’re just poor people willing to murder you and rip out your implants. the Scavs of 2077 are largely Russian and are loosely connected groups with relations to the Bratva and the USSR…
at some point russian mob had to have a serious sociocultural impact in the scavvers in order for them to become what they did in '77, but i do agree with you. I reckon its a similar situation to the VDBs.. In one era, the gang is "X" then, by '77, immigrants hollow out the old core "X" of the group, and that new foreign culture reshapes the group into "Y"... aesthetic changes little.. group gets a little harder to clearly define in terms of organisational structure.. but the "soul" of the group's changed... Into something a bit more vicious and savage. Like how maelstrom went from anti inquisitor vigilantes/ regular gang in 2020, to borged out, pseudo paramilitary, drug addled, occultist cyberpsycho mega-gang they are in '77...generational sociocultural influence.
I literally just picked up the Dossier the other night after watching one of your other videos that touched on it a bit. How ironic lol. Hello from a new sub!
Once again, I appreciate the effort you put into the vids. Congrats and I'm sorry for you starting Grad School, it's a tough thing to do, but ultimately worth it. Keep it up my guy.
Dude, i thought you were like 60 years old cuz of your voice! You're just out of college?! Congrats on graduate school! Although, i thought it was SO cool that an older guy was into cyberpunk!
I'm currently playing in a Red campaign as an old/returning Trauma team medtech. After returning to Trauma team Sisu got to both meet and help this group. It was a lot of trial and error but they ended up bonding over Sisu accidentally shooting a child in a previous gig 😅
I've always done better with learning audibly so listening to this after I got the Cyberpunk books from Humble Bundle some months ago really drummed things into my head better. Thank you!
ANDRE NEZ: it makes ZERO sense in cyberpunk, the WORLD of cybernetic limbs, brain implants, and nervous system upgrades TO BE IN ANY KIND OF WHEEL CHAIR! I'm this world, he could have spend the money for the chair ON LEGS!
I am interested in a few things. 1, the business end of the gangs. I doubt Maelstrom ultra chromed potential cyber-psycho 's sit on the board and shake hands with other leaders in other businesses. Basically, the suits that keep the businesses up and profitable. 2, playing the game, I do see smaller gangs, mostly Scavvers and Thugs, which look like they work for Maelstrom. I am curious about the lesser gangs that are independent or work for the big ones. 3, Have the Steel Dragons ever come to Night City? I am not sure if the Tyger Claws would consider them pals or gangmates or enemies.
damn I wish all this stuff made it into 2077, like the Forlorn Hope is in the game files but not in the game. And look at all these borged out people, why can't I do that? lol
It's weird that you did not mension rogue and her new team. I might have understood it incorrectly but by that time rogue has already gotten herself a seat in after life after working for a while with arasaka. Would be interesting to know why danger gals did not catch on to that. On an other note, man you sound 30 and doing graduation school? I'm not from America so I'm a little confused.
The Danger Gal Dossier is mostly focused on fleshing out bigger factions and gangs in the city, with a somewhat random collection of Edgerunners added in. Rogue is a notable Fixer and mentor to other Edgerunners at the time, but that’s not really what the book was about. I worked during my twenties and decided to do graduate school several years after I graduated college. I’m a bit older than some, but taking a gap and working between college and graduate school isn’t entirely unusual in America these days.
corspe reviver should be named "Glowstick" in my mind... She looks like the biggest cyberpunk raver of all time *picks up agent* Me: "call mike pondsmith" Agent: "Im sorry, i could not underst-" Me: "CALL. MIKE. PONDSMITH!"
@@olknoxlo haha shes got a great skill set for her role, i love it! i like her and the zoners the best, those two groups and maybe generation red, feel like if you had a bunch of players totally new to the cyberpunk i.p in general? Those groups would be great to make storys around... Imagine your players (as a dm) witnessing the show down between wrecker and pitbull for instance? Or getting them involved with freefall and drop? Or having your medtek help the piranhas with a high level member getting spiked at a party and nearly od'ing.. Only to find out it was an intentional attempt to kill that member, so the edgerunner team has been hired as bodyguards or something.. Gen red would be best for getting teens into the ttrpg, but regardless could also work as suprise allies that occasionally help the edgerunning team in a certain combat zone, IF they do gen red a good turn.. i could probably ramble on for days about the potential for the media's or the bozo civil war but this message is ridiculously long as it is lol
@@danielhogan6255 Gen Red is currently being helped by the Edge runner player group in my campaign. Personally I’m a sucker for the Bozos and building up Hilarimania 2045.
What massive cultural shifts happen in order to cause large numbers of black men to enlist with a combat arms MOS? That's the most unrealistic part of 6th Street and the setting in general, IMO.
Cyberware does cause massive psyche changes short term and long term it was said to advance faster than society could so I would assume that causes the cultural shift. As to how exactly that would be a cool detail for someone or a source book to cover.
Trauma team will literally do anything but provide company therapy for it’s employees
Dental, medical, housing, food, cybernetics, a therapist… that’s a little over budget
My cyber punk fix has arrived again!
You know…
If Mike Pondsmith said Morgan Blackhand survived the Night City Holocaust, I bet he’s Knock-Knock. Older guy, cares about collateral damage, hyper-protective of his identity, and doesn’t hang between missions and super-detailed firsthand info about the Corporate Wars? Sounds like a match to me.
A nuke went off below morgans feet...in my mind the whole point they dont confirm morgans death is because us questioning if he is dead or not gives credit to the idea of dying mid-op in spectacular fashion makes edgerunners into legends...
I mean, in a way, WE keep morgan alive with "gossip rivaling that of schoolgirls" just like claire talks about, when she mentions how other mercs earn their reps, when she talks to Jackie and V for the first time...a little meta sure, but it HAS worked...
it even potentially influences the ending, if V decides to solo saka tower.. Makes a suicide mission seem less..final. Because we the players will, instead of rebel against the idea, will instead think, "well i mean maybe V will come back like morgan might"..but...wrong city..wrong people.
Kind of dark that.. A tradition based on a rumour that influences a dream.. That kills all involved with it.. Eventually.
Ok but what if he's actually Mr Studd?
@@danielhogan6255You write weird.
@@CTBridgefair point tbh
I’m just about to start a campaign as the GM and none of us have played before. Just want to say that your videos are helping me greatly with shaping the world and plot line.
I am the exact same boat. These videos have been a great dive into the lore of the Cyberpunk universe and providing an amazing foundation for my campaign.
@@TDawgBR Not playing online are you? Been looking for a table forever but it’s so hard to find any Cyberpunk campaigns
Gonna try the same thing here. I just bought nearly every Red book that's out.
Legit if you guys are doing a online game, and dont mind a player who is BRAND NEW to ttrpgs, i would LOVE to join. Cyberpunk red is an amazing setting, but its borderline impossible to find a game (that and im super nervous about it because ive never played tabletop before, dont wanna be the guy who makes eyes roll at the table lol)
These longer vids are super preem! Currently prepping stuff for my weekly Cyberpunk RED game while listening to this in the background.
Thank you, been waiting for a report on danger gal for a while now.
Really love this documentary style on the Cyberpunk lore. Thanks for this! enjoyed every minute of it and learning more about the world of my favorite game.
Well 6th Street lasted until 2077 when one of them decided to shoot me before I could do their quest and I had to ruin it for every member on the street.
These videos are always top-notch.
That section on the Bozos gives me an idea… a Bozo who was tortured and broken into forceful recruitment, but at the fracturing of the gang has since created their own circus who’s purpose seems to be the thwarting of all pranks of other bozo factions, as well as their destruction.
Methodology will depend on whether this is a spiteful act of vengeance, a more altruistic desire to protect people from the Bozos “pranks,” or some mix of both.
13:06 I guess clussy was a thing even in the '87s
The clussy shall never die. OuO
With a name like 6th street its kinda hard to not be seen as a gang lol.
I always end up pissing them off in ‘77…😂
I like the implication that the Scavs of 2077 budded off from the "scavers" of the Maelstrom--thus their insular and aggressive nature, their overlap with Maelstrom's themes, and their grungy aesthetic. That and their not sharing territory with Maelstrom! (Or is that just what I'm reading into with the "scavvers...?" Entirely possible.)
Scavs aren’t a gang… they’re just poor people willing to murder you and rip out your implants. the Scavs of 2077 are largely Russian and are loosely connected groups with relations to the Bratva and the USSR…
at some point russian mob had to have a serious sociocultural impact in the scavvers in order for them to become what they did in '77, but i do agree with you.
I reckon its a similar situation to the VDBs.. In one era, the gang is "X" then, by '77, immigrants hollow out the old core "X" of the group, and that new foreign culture reshapes the group into "Y"...
aesthetic changes little.. group gets a little harder to clearly define in terms of organisational structure.. but the "soul" of the group's changed... Into something a bit more vicious and savage.
Like how maelstrom went from anti inquisitor vigilantes/ regular gang in 2020, to borged out, pseudo paramilitary, drug addled, occultist cyberpsycho mega-gang they are in '77...generational sociocultural influence.
I literally just picked up the Dossier the other night after watching one of your other videos that touched on it a bit. How ironic lol. Hello from a new sub!
Once again, I appreciate the effort you put into the vids. Congrats and I'm sorry for you starting Grad School, it's a tough thing to do, but ultimately worth it. Keep it up my guy.
“Yes the cat ears are a mandatory part of the uniform” lmao
wow the cyberpunk lore really is in-depth, looking forward to see more content from you and cyberpunk
Dude, i thought you were like 60 years old cuz of your voice! You're just out of college?! Congrats on graduate school! Although, i thought it was SO cool that an older guy was into cyberpunk!
Whoever wrote all this has an obsession with nicknames, causing them to occur at a higher rate than they do in reality a far higher rate.
I'm currently playing in a Red campaign as an old/returning Trauma team medtech. After returning to Trauma team Sisu got to both meet and help this group. It was a lot of trial and error but they ended up bonding over Sisu accidentally shooting a child in a previous gig 😅
Although Penitent isn't part of the team in our campaign
@@antsupuff Any reason why?
I've always done better with learning audibly so listening to this after I got the Cyberpunk books from Humble Bundle some months ago really drummed things into my head better. Thank you!
Very informative. Makes me want to introduce my players to Cyberpunk. This has been a very interesting video and I thank you.
I love these videos.
ANDRE NEZ: it makes ZERO sense in cyberpunk, the WORLD of cybernetic limbs, brain implants, and nervous system upgrades TO BE IN ANY KIND OF WHEEL CHAIR! I'm this world, he could have spend the money for the chair ON LEGS!
Amazing stuff dude love these
Thank you for the video! I still haven't played it but i like to watch your reviews ☺️
Trauma Team is a team of traumatised people. I see what they did there
I am interested in a few things. 1, the business end of the gangs. I doubt Maelstrom ultra chromed potential cyber-psycho 's sit on the board and shake hands with other leaders in other businesses. Basically, the suits that keep the businesses up and profitable. 2, playing the game, I do see smaller gangs, mostly Scavvers and Thugs, which look like they work for Maelstrom. I am curious about the lesser gangs that are independent or work for the big ones. 3, Have the Steel Dragons ever come to Night City? I am not sure if the Tyger Claws would consider them pals or gangmates or enemies.
Cyberpunk 2: The Bozos Civil War is the game humanity needs😂 had no idea about this gang, just thought Ozob was a stand-alone juggalo reference
And that is how Cyberpunk 2 became a horror survival game.🤣
Love To See Yhe Bozos In The Next Gmae
Isn't "they"the plural word to refer to 2 or more people in the 2nd or 3rd person? Been a while since English 101, but that's what i thought it was
Haha, so Matthew Lillard made his character from the movie Hackers into a Cyberpunk legend, love it.
What sense does it make for Andre to be in a wheelchair in the world of cybernetic limbs, brain implants, and nervous system augmentation?!
But... the wheelchair *is* a cybernetic limb. He's in a band, and anything you can do to make yourself *ahem* "stand" out means you get noticed faster
I have never clicked on a video so quickly!
Another great and well made video!!!! Keep it up choom!!!!
love this vid, loving the lore
man i was hoping for just a little more on Trace Santiago, but its awesome hes in here!
Preem content choom! Also a good day when you're vids appear in my subscription box. And congrats on entering graduates school!
Suddenly Ozob Bozo from 2077 feels a lot less out of place
Love these videos
I lile how the Bozos are just 1990s Juggalos. Full stop.
Holy crap, is it really nearly 30 years since juggalos became a thing, i feel old.
It's nice to have proper backstories for the pregenerated characters, that's pretty cool :)
Dude, just write & record some audiobooks lol. Make up some fan fiction with this stuff!
i like the cat theme. also damn poor kids.
Yeah, “Knock Knock” is Blackhand. He has to be, or else the world is lost.
I'm not e big fan of Pondsmith's Cyberpunk, but this was some great content
I'd love to play a Cyberpunk universe game that's dated in the distant past, so much lore
damn I wish all this stuff made it into 2077, like the Forlorn Hope is in the game files but not in the game. And look at all these borged out people, why can't I do that? lol
hey post more stuff man please!!!
due to the release of new material, this is now out of date :(
whats the new content? Are lore characters still viable for stories?
It's weird that you did not mension rogue and her new team. I might have understood it incorrectly but by that time rogue has already gotten herself a seat in after life after working for a while with arasaka. Would be interesting to know why danger gals did not catch on to that. On an other note, man you sound 30 and doing graduation school? I'm not from America so I'm a little confused.
The Danger Gal Dossier is mostly focused on fleshing out bigger factions and gangs in the city, with a somewhat random collection of Edgerunners added in. Rogue is a notable Fixer and mentor to other Edgerunners at the time, but that’s not really what the book was about.
I worked during my twenties and decided to do graduate school several years after I graduated college. I’m a bit older than some, but taking a gap and working between college and graduate school isn’t entirely unusual in America these days.
corspe reviver should be named "Glowstick" in my mind... She looks like the biggest cyberpunk raver of all time
*picks up agent*
Me: "call mike pondsmith"
Agent: "Im sorry, i could not underst-"
Me: "CALL. MIKE. PONDSMITH!"
She’s got great skills in Accounting, Business, and Bureaucracy. She also has both the Mr. Studd and Ms. Midnight implants.
@@olknoxlo haha shes got a great skill set for her role, i love it!
i like her and the zoners the best, those two groups and maybe generation red, feel like if you had a bunch of players totally new to the cyberpunk i.p in general? Those groups would be great to make storys around...
Imagine your players (as a dm) witnessing the show down between wrecker and pitbull for instance? Or getting them involved with freefall and drop? Or having your medtek help the piranhas with a high level member getting spiked at a party and nearly od'ing.. Only to find out it was an intentional attempt to kill that member, so the edgerunner team has been hired as bodyguards or something..
Gen red would be best for getting teens into the ttrpg, but regardless could also work as suprise allies that occasionally help the edgerunning team in a certain combat zone, IF they do gen red a good turn..
i could probably ramble on for days about the potential for the media's or the bozo civil war but this message is ridiculously long as it is lol
@@danielhogan6255 Gen Red is currently being helped by the Edge runner player group in my campaign. Personally I’m a sucker for the Bozos and building up Hilarimania 2045.
Congrats on getting into school!
"Kid gangs" are always the weakest point of an IP
“Akira” disagrees with you. 😊
What massive cultural shifts happen in order to cause large numbers of black men to enlist with a combat arms MOS? That's the most unrealistic part of 6th Street and the setting in general, IMO.
There is no alternative gang thats why. Vodoo boys are now closed-nit Haitians and Animals takes in whomever.
Cyberware does cause massive psyche changes short term and long term it was said to advance faster than society could so I would assume that causes the cultural shift. As to how exactly that would be a cool detail for someone or a source book to cover.
Skin color has fallen way down the list of reasons to hate people.
If you think ethnicity so tightly shapes perspective, that's your defect.
Some groups sound like real world snowflakes
An anul 1993 era m ansarcinata și socrul meu știa de ceva strălucitor an făget și tot an acel an pana sa nu nasc o murit? 😮