Besides Sasai Arasaka, who is the single most influential person in Cyberpunk lore?
Besides Sasai Arasaka, who is the single most influential person in Cyberpunk lore?
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No idea who that could be, but honestly, depending on what ending of 2077 will be seen as canon, I’d add V fairly high on the list of very influential people
Since certain endings really change things in the lore.
Rache Bartmoss not only created the bases and basics of netrunning programs and ICE but was able to krash the entire NET.
John Cyberpunk may be up there
Possibly Mr Blue Eyes
I would say Bartmoss is clearly up there next to Mr ‘Saka.
Whoever headed up the Gang of Four and ultimately caused the Collapse of the U.S.A.
Bartmoss is probably the most influential – with releasing rabid human-killing AI into the entire NET and all.
Alt is pretty big as well. Arguably the strongest runner in the world. She made Soulkiller, and is theorized to play a big part in the retrieval of someone special.
If Sasai is up there, I think you can put Donald Lundee, too. Maybe Elizabeth Kress as well for pure American nationalism and fueling the anti-Arasaka views.
It would have to be either Bartmoss or Mr. Night the guy who founded the most dysfunctional, chaotic city we ever seen. Only two really besides any Arasaka member. My vote is for Bartmoss because of his implications in their day and age.
Bartmoss. Hands down.
Antonio luccessi
The foundation of militech
Popular or influential? I was just gonna say the obvious answer and say Johnny Silverhand.
It’s Bartmoss and it’s not even close.
He didn’t just shape the country, he changed the trajectory of the entire planet and plunged the world into a new Dark Age. The sourcebooks are an unreliable source of specific information, but if he truly did remove all digital data from the digital age as the books state, then it’s likely the fallout would have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of millions if not billions globally. The Data Krash was said to have been so complete, people literally couldn’t agree on what year it was. Think of the medical treatments that would have stopped. Aid that would have halted. Every outpost in harsh environments would have been wiped out in weeks, completely cut off from the world.
Hell, I’d argue he’s more important than ‘Saka.