History Characters / Cyberpunk2077PhantomLiberty

* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: If you betray Reed in Firestarter, Alex is able to take advantage of the resulting confusion and decisively overwhelmes him in close combat using her Sandevistan.]]

* SkippableBoss: Whether or not you need to fight him depends on the ending path you choose. If you [[spoiler:side with Songbird over Reed, Hansen is automatically killed by Alex, whereas on the Reed path he kills Alex instead and must be fought a bit later.]]

* DownerEnding: His quest [[spoiler: if you act like a hero who refuses to back down but you either spare the Animals leader earlier or skipping to Phantom Liberty in the new game. He ends up getting killed.]]

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* MirrorCharacter: To Johnny, at least in reference to his life in the army; Rinder essentially represents a Johnny Silverhand that never deserted from the war and stayed a loyal solider, sharing similar egos and violent streaks, as well as expressing remorse for their actions when properly prodded. Further driving the parallels home, their last names are notably only one letter off of each other (Leon '''R'''inder versus Robert John '''L'''inder). Notably, the [[spoiler:hotel Rinder went to after leaving Hansen's army]] is right next to the Pistis Sophia Hotel, the place Johnny stayed in after he deserted.

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** [[spoiler:In "The Killing Moon", she gets increasingly distraught over the extremes she has gone to for her freedom, and starts openly ranting to V about how she can't seem to stop hurting everyone around her. If V reassures her, they do so by saying they're in the same boat and in this together, but this proves to be cold comfort to Songbird because of her true intentions that she reveals at the end of the mission. The cure she promised [[ItOnlyWorksOnce only works once]] and she planned to keep it all to herself. While V is reeling from this betrayal, Songbird tries to reassure them that they can figure out another way, and that they're much stronger than she could ever be, but it's not hard to see that part of her feels like she deserves to be punished for everything she's done, and she's knowingly or subconsciously giving V an opportunity to do just that.]]

** His utter lack of self-awareness. [[spoiler:He claims that his job does not allow for mistakes, but he makes them all the time, at the expense of others. He claims that he is focused on getting his people home safe and sound, but when push comes to shove he constantly sacrifices others, as Alex will point out more than once. He claims that he just wants to help So Mi out and that bringing her home is her best shot, but flashbacks show that NUSA was forcing her to continuously go into the Blackwall and that it was killing her. Reed knew about this and did nothing to stop them from doing this to So Mi. In other words he wants to bring her back to her killers, hoping they will save her. If V sides with So Mi at Firestarter, Reed will call him out for being immature and shortsighted and that this got Jackie killed. Reed's decisions get the people who work with him killed all the time. He'll feel sorry about all of this, but only after it's far too late. While claiming to hold steadfast onto his principles, he will also jump to IDidWhatIHadToDo frighteningly fast and frequently. He will call out Songbird's actions as reckless ones that will get innocent people killed, but he was the person who gave orders to the black ops units at the Spaceport. The same units that murdered countless innocent people. He describes songbird as such: "As a Chess Master, she'd be famous for dazzling plays and excruciatingly beautiful defeats." The exact same thing could apply to Reed. His missions start off well enough and then something idiotic happens causing unnecessary damage that somebody like V has to clean up, lest they lead to defeat. ]]

* BaldOfEvil: Promotional materials shows he keeps his head shaved.

* BigGood: The closest one can get in a world like ''Cyberpunk''. Songbird asks for V's help rescuing her from Kurt and his BARGHEST troops, and Myers orchestrates the counter-offensive by pointing V in Reed's direction. [[spoiler:That said, it's very much a case of GoodIsNotNice; Myers will do what she feels she must to accomplish her goal of American unity, with her treatment of Songbird being the most blatant evidence of how far she will go to see her ambition fulfilled. The only thing that separates her from the likes of Arasaka is that she will honor her agreement and follows through on her promise to help V. Also a line in the Streetkid Lifepath implies that Atlanta is an even worse Hellhole than NC, casting Meyers supposedly good intentions into serious doubt.]]

* BlatantLies: Early on Meyers mocks the former NUSA President Elizabeth Kress for fully disregarding any pretense of democarcy [[spoiler: she herself was Kress's handpicked sucessor, so she came to and stays in power just the same way.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** While taking a moment to collect herself in the remains of an old Militech exhibit, Myers remarks how Dogtown devolving into a [[LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair ruined monument to corporate hubris]] is not only poetic, but with the millions, if not billions of eddies wasted building it, said waste was a fitting enough punishment. This also betrays her own contempt towards the existing status quo. [[spoiler: Or it is just another part of her attempt to manipulate V into seeing her as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure. See BitchInSheepsClothing]]

* GoodCounterpart: Downplayed if not outright averted. While she's [[WellIntentionedExtremist still a rather ruthless individual]], she's this to Saburo Arasaka — he's an [[NaziGrandpa unapologetic Japanese imperialist]] who aims to make the world that rejected their "rightful rule" through [[BestServedCold the long game]] of leaving everyone (especially America) heavily dependent on him and the Arasaka Corporation's gifts, though it's clear that he doesn't really care about Japan itself so much as personal power over it, given [[OneNationUnderCopyright the shape]] the Japanese state is in under Arasaka's reign. Rosalind Myers, on the other hand, ''does'' genuinely have the best interests in mind for the NUSA[[spoiler: or ist at least better at pretending she does]], wanting to restore America to its lost glory and rather than rule through fear, she at least ''humors'' the long-dead democratic process unlike many corporate [=CEOs=] [[spoiler: or at least pretends to, see BlatantLies]]. That said, Saburo had [[EvenEvilHasStandards lines]] even ''he'' wouldn't cross, few as they were, while she is firmly TheUnfettered, who'll do anything and everything to achieve exactly what she thinks is best for the NUSA. She is a reminder that a supposedly righteous person can be far more dangerous than one who is out for power.

** [[spoiler: If a deal is reached between two thugs who end up at the same hiding place Myers and V find instead of handling them with force, her personal notes include a line about an anonymous payment to the two of them. That said a later message from Reed, should V inquire about them casts this in doubt and suggest the NUSA had them killed after all.]]

* PermanentElectedOfficial: Implied. Myers is into her third term as NUSA President, with the political know-how (and Militech backing) to keep herself in power. Her predecessor meanwhile, Elizabeth Kress, held the office for ''44 years''. That said, she does at the very least ''humor'' the legacy of America's democratic institutions [[spoiler: or at least pretends to, see BlatantLies]].

* BigGood: The closest one can get in a world like ''Cyberpunk''. Songbird asks for V's help rescuing her from Kurt and his BARGHEST troops, and Myers orchestrates the counter-offensive by pointing V in Reed's direction. [[spoiler:That said, it's very much a case of GoodIsNotNice; Myers will do what she feels she must to accomplish her goal of American unity, with her treatment of Songbird being the most blatant evidence of how far she will go to see her ambition fulfilled. The only thing that separates her from the likes of Arasaka is that she will honor her agreement and follows through on her promise to help V.]]

* EveryoneHasStandards:
** While taking a moment to collect herself in the remains of an old Militech exhibit, Myers remarks how Dogtown devolving into a [[LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair ruined monument to corporate hubris]] is not only poetic, but with the millions, if not billions of eddies wasted building it, said waste was a fitting enough punishment. This also betrays her own contempt towards the existing status quo.

* GoodCounterpart: Downplayed. While she's [[WellIntentionedExtremist still a rather ruthless individual]], she's this to Saburo Arasaka — he's an [[NaziGrandpa unapologetic Japanese imperialist]] who aims to make the world that rejected their "rightful rule" through [[BestServedCold the long game]] of leaving everyone (especially America) heavily dependent on him and the Arasaka Corporation's gifts, though it's clear that he doesn't really care about Japan itself so much as personal power over it, given [[OneNationUnderCopyright the shape]] the Japanese state is in under Arasaka's reign. Rosalind Myers, on the other hand, ''does'' genuinely have the best interests in mind for the NUSA, wanting to restore America to its lost glory and rather than rule through fear, she at least ''humors'' the long-dead democratic process unlike many corporate [=CEOs=]. That said, Saburo had [[EvenEvilHasStandards lines]] even ''he'' wouldn't cross, few as they were, while she is firmly TheUnfettered, who'll do anything and everything to achieve exactly what she thinks is best for the NUSA. She is a reminder that a righteous person can be far more dangerous than one who is out for power.
* GoodRunningEvil: Played with. Prior to being NUSA President, Myers rose through the ranks of Militech and became its CEO, despite being aware of the murkiness going on. This all serves as part of a LongGame to restore American glory and topple the corporate status quo, but whether this is a noble motive that she's accomplishing via noble means is something that the story and characters of Phantom Liberty raise a great deal of doubt over.

** [[spoiler: If a deal is reached between two thugs who end up at the same hiding place Myers and V find instead of handling them with force, her personal notes include a line about an anonymous payment to the two of them.]]

* PermanentElectedOfficial: Implied. Myers is into her third term as NUSA President, with the political know-how (and Militech backing) to keep herself in power. Her predecessor meanwhile, Elizabeth Kress, held the office for ''44 years''. That said, she does at the very least ''humor'' the legacy of America's democratic institutions.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Myers at her worst comes across as being willing to do ''anything'' if it means securing America's rightful place in the world and the greater good of the NUSA. [[spoiler:Even if it means risking whatever lurks beyond the Blackwall through Songbird.]]

* Our PresidentsAreDifferent:

** PresidentEvil: Make no mistake, she's a charismatic PresidentAction who's an impressively BenevolentBoss most of the time (provided there's no especially compelling reason for her to betray you), but she's still the head of the very leviathan that Night City has been living in the shadow of for the past several decades. While she [[IDidWhatIHadToDo takes no pleasure]] what has to be done, she has a spectacular amount of blood on her hands, while most of the problems you face in ''Phantom Liberty'' are directly or indirectly her fault. [[spoiler:Which isn't getting to how she's overseeing AI weapons experiments that - in addition to their hideous human cost - are threatening the existence of humanity in exchange for making sure that the American flag is the last one flying on a dead planet.]]

* UngratefulBastard: Paco works very hard to get accepted into BARGHEST and immediately betrays them after his first mission. He sees nothing wrong with the act itself, saying it would be more stupid to not immediately steal something he had a chance at. Babs, V and Johnny Silverhand all collectively roll their eyes.

* NamedWeapons: [[spoiler:Uses an Overture revolver called "Roscoe".]]
* PaperTiger: To a couple of regular [=NCPD=] cops, a DangerousDeserter like Dodger is [[TheDreaded someone to be feared]]. [[AlwaysABiggerFish But to a Edgerunner like V]], Dodger and his men are [[CurbStompBattle nothing more than easy eddies]].

** His utter lack of self-awareness. [[spoiler:He claims that his job does not allow for mistakes, but he makes them all the time, at the expense of others. He claims that he is focused on getting his people home safe and sound, but when push comes to shove he constantly sacrifices others, as Alex will point out more than once. He claims that he just wants to help So Mi out and that bringing her home is her best shot, but flashbacks show that NUSA was forcing her to continuously go into the Blackwall and that it was killing her. Reed knew about this and did nothing to stop them from doing this to So Mi. In other words he wants to bring her back to her killers, hoping they will save her. If V sides with So Mi at Firestarter, Reed will call him out for being immature and shortsighted and that this got Jackie killed. Reed's decisions get the people who work with him killed all the time. He'll feel sorry about all of this, but only after it's far too late. While claiming to hold steadfast onto his principles, he will also jump to IDidWhatIHadToDo frighteningly fast and frequently. He will call out Songbird's actions as reckless ones that will get innocent people killed, but he was the person who gave orders to the black ops units at the Spaceport. The same units that murdered countless innocent people.]]

* WalkingTechbane: As V says early on, Songbird hacks rough and the tech in Dogtown doesn't like that. Stuff she forces open tends to break down in the process. It's a microcosm of the kind of person she is, destructive just by existing. [[spoiler: And in the Reed path, where Songbird becomes a monster, pretty much every form of electronics as she passes.]]

* WalkingTechbane: As V says early on, Songbird hacks rough and the tech in Dogtown doesn't like that. Stuff she forces open tends to break down in the process. It's a microcosm of the kind of person she is, destructive just by existing. [[Spoilers: And in the Reed path, where Songbird becomes a monster, pretty much every form of electronics as she passes.]]

* PrettyBoy: Notably in his mid-30s, yet he has a very young and almost Bishonen appearance, reinforced by his hairstyle and implants making it seems as if he's wearing an [=18th=]-century powdered wig (though as per his databank entry, this is mostly due to being assigned female at birth).

* PrettyBoy: Notably in his mid-30s, yet he has a very young and almost Bishonen appearance (though as per his databank entry, this is mostly due to being assigned female at birth).

* AffluentAscentic: The Mancinella, their personal revolver, is a Darra Polytechnic [=DR5=] Nova, a cheap-and-cheerful pistol known (like most of Darra's weaponry) for its poor material quality and dodgy handling. The fact that one of the world's most legendary assassins invested so much time and effort into using and customising a budget hand cannon that it became an instantly-recognisable part of their legend says a lot about Aguilar as a person.