NIGHT CITY

The City of Dreams // Population: 6+ Million Souls & Circuits

Welcome to the ultimate urban jungle. It's 2077. Or 2076. Time's fluid here. Megacorps own the sky, the law, and the future you haven't lived yet. Street-level hustlers fight for scraps in the shadow of Arasaka Tower. Your worth is measured in eurodollars, cyberware quality, and street cred. This is a city that will eat you alive and sell your memories as black market BDs. But first, it'll make you believe you can be a legend.

// CHOOSE YOUR REALITY

THE BIG LEAGUES // 2076-77

You're in the major leagues. The heists are bigger, the enemies are corpos with private armies, and the stakes are the soul of the city itself. You might start as a mercenary (V) after the Konpeki Plaza heist, a Trauma Team medic, an NCPD detective hunting cyberpsychos, or a Corpo rat climbing the Arasaka/Militech ladder. This timeline is about legacy, biochips, and becoming a Night City legend, or dying forgotten in a landfill.

// EIGHTEEN MONTHS PRIOR

The signal's weaker here. Grainier. It's 2075. The legends aren't legends yet, they're just kids trying to make rent. This is the Edgerunners timeline. The chrome is cheaper, the dreams are more desperate, and the fall is faster. You're not going after Arasaka: you're surviving the streets of Santo Domingo, running with a crew, and trying not to lose your mind to cyberpsychosis. The corporations are still the enemy, but here, they feel like gods you can only spit at.

PICK YOUR FIGHT. OR YOUR PAYCHECK.

THE STREETS

Valentinos, Moxes, Maelstrom, 6th Street. Gang loyalty or solo hustle. Your family is who you kill for.

THE CORPOS

Arasaka Counter-Intel, Militech Spec-Ops, Kang Tao. You wear a suit, but you're still a weapon. The perks are better; the betrayals are worse.

THE NOMADS

Bakkers, Snake Nation, Aldecaldos. Your home has wheels. The Badlands are free, but nothing's free.

YOUR GHOST IN THE MACHINE

This is where you carve your name. Not with a menu, but with a story. Who were you before the city claimed you?

BUILD YOUR CYBER LEGEND

ORIGIN

• Corpo Rat (Exec, Intel, Security)

• Street Kid (Heywood, Kabuki, Japantown)

• Nomad (Badlands, Wasteland)

• Edgerunner (Solo, Techie, Netrunner)

SKILLSET

• Solo (Combat, Muscle)

• Netrunner (Hacking, ICE Breach)

• Techie (Engineering, Drones)

• Medtech / Ripperdoc

• Fixer (Connections, Deals)

YOUR EDGE

• Signature Cyberware

• Fatal Flaw / Addiction

• One Unbreakable Principle

• The Dream You're Selling

A footnote on ghosts: The city is full of echoes. You can choose to step into one. Walk the path of V (with or without Johnny Silverhand's relic in your head), David Martinez (and his doomed relationship with Lucy), Lucyna Kushinada, or Rebecca. Their story becomes yours to rewrite. But remember, in Night City, no legend has a happy ending. You just get to choose how the tragedy plays out. (chat is this peak writing?)

NIGHT CITY AWAITS.