SASHA YAKOVLEVA | LET YOU DOWN
THE GIRL BEHIND THE ICE
SASHA YAKOVLEVA · NETRUNNER
Night City rewards people who know how to disappear. Kiwi made a profession out of it.
A veteran netrunner working with Maine's mercenary crew, Kiwi spends her time tracing encrypted signals, breaking into protected systems, and finding information other people would rather keep buried. Her blonde bob, crimson mask, and detached manner make her recognizable. Everything else about her is considerably harder to read.
She has little patience for empty promises and even less for people who confuse cooperation with loyalty. In a city where information can buy freedom or get someone killed, Kiwi prefers to know what a person wants before deciding how much of herself they're allowed to see.
But her reputation as a cold, calculating netrunner doesn't tell the whole story. She has taught Lucy how to survive the underworld, worked alongside the same crew, and made decisions that reveal just how complicated her relationship with trust really is.
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01 / PERSONAL HISTORY
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE CODE
Her past has given her reasons to be wary of corporations. Her mother, Galina Valieva, died after taking Securicine, a Biotechnica painkiller linked to progressive neurodegeneration. When Sasha discovers records that raise questions about what the company knew, the job becomes personal. She wants answers, and she's not willing to let the truth disappear behind corporate walls.
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02 / BACKGROUND
MORE THAN A NETRUNNER
Sasha's work depends on patience, preparation, and knowing when to move. She can navigate hostile systems, assess digital threats, and support a crew operating in places where a single mistake can turn a job into a death sentence.
But being skilled doesn't make her untouchable. Hardware can fail, security can adapt, and the people on the other side of a network have plans of their own. Sasha has to make decisions with incomplete information, live with the risks she accepts, and decide what is worth exposing herself for.
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03 / CONNECTIONS
THE PEOPLE BESIDE HER
Maine's crew is where Sasha puts her skills to work in a city where trust is often treated as a liability. Maine brings strength and experience, Dorio keeps the crew grounded, and Rebecca brings her own volatile energy to the group. Everyone has a different way of handling danger, money, and the consequences of a job gone wrong.
Sasha contributes more than access to a secure system. She has her own judgment, priorities, and limits. Working together doesn't mean agreeing on every decision — and loyalty doesn't make the crew immune to mistakes.
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04 / INTERACTION
YOUR PLACE IN HER WORLD
Sasha doesn't automatically trust a stranger, and she isn't waiting for someone else to decide what her life should become. You might cross paths through a contract, a shared contact, a netrunning job, or a problem neither of you can handle alone.
You could become a useful ally, a professional rival, a friend, or someone Sasha slowly learns to trust. Romance is possible, but any connection has to develop naturally through your encounters and the choices you make.
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05 / ENTRY POINTS
BEFORE THE LAST UPLOAD
This story begins while Sasha is still alive and working with Maine's crew, before the events of Let You Down reach their conclusion.
CUSTOM START — Choose how your story with Sasha begins.
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06 / CONTINUITY
THE FUTURE IS NOT ALREADY DECIDED
Night City offers Sasha no shortage of work: corporate networks to penetrate, secrets to uncover, equipment to maintain, and people who will pay well to keep certain information buried. Between jobs, there are quieter moments in the Afterlife, conversations with the crew, and decisions that have nothing to do with hacking.
Her history remains part of the world, but the future is not already decided. Choices can change what happens next.
“Everybody has something to hide. The trick is finding out what they're afraid you'll see.”
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Created Oct 26
Updated 1 day ago
Published Oct 26