Guy named Richard Night bought up a bunch of shitty property in California that no one wanted and decided to make a city.
It was gonna be named something I can't remember. The mob killed him because lmao construction + mob. The city was renamed after him (NightCity) and his wife finished its construction.
Meanwhile the Eurozone is formed (the EU) and completely destroys America in an economic war after America tries to blockade them and apply extremely stiff tariffs.
American collapses. Russia also collapses and is taken over by Petrochem.
Eurozone prospers to hilarious levels and looks down on everyone else as retarded backwater morons. They make Ireland (I shit you not) into a tourist attraction.
America fractures into several different states. The NUSA is formed.
Japan, Australia, and New Zealand continue to prosper.
Johnny Silverhand gets sent down to South America as a young soldier to fight in a proxy war. Hates it. Bails. It's just Vietnam + Iraq.
Arasaka meanwhile has setup shop with a number of other conglomerates inside of Night City.
Saburo Arasaka runs Arasaka, he came up with a plan during the Allied Occupation that he was going to do everything he could to make America pay for the TWO NOOKS. Hates America completely and utterly.
Militech and Arasaka start to get into increasingly more dangerous proxy battles.
Johnny becomes a Rockerboy after hanging out with the Aldecaldos for a few years. Is an instant success with his band SAMURAI.
Meets a girl named Alt Cunningham, she's a Netrunner. Comes up with an impossible program called Soulkiller that lets you move your consciousness (not copy - but move) to a digital format.
Everyone takes an interest in this. Alt realizes how dangerous this is and destroys the code.
Kei Arasaka (Saburo's oldest son) tracks down the remnants of the code and notes, utilizing this he has it recreated but wants a better version.
Militech and Arasaka conflict firing on all cylinders
Kei is in charge of Arasaka's America holdings. His younger brother, Yorinobu, hates his father and brother and rebels. Forms the Steel Dragons, a gang that is rivals with the Arasaka backed Tyger Claws.
Kei tries Soulkiller out on Yorinobu after kidnapping him and throws his mind into a digital locker.
Kei then tracks down Alt and kidnaps her. Uses Soulkiller on her and says he will return her back to her body if she makes a new version of the program. She has no choice, so agrees to do this.
The NUSA throws its lot in with Militech and decides to openly declare war on Arasaka.
Meanwhile a guy named Rache Bartmoss exists who is the world's greatest Netrunner, he came up with a ton of hacking programs, bunch of other shit.
Is incredibly dangerous since he refuses to work for the government or any corporation, lives in a pod that has round the clock life support so he never has to leave the Net.
Has a deadman's switch that, upon his death, will release the worst of the worst shit he's stashed away upon the Net.
Johnny meanwhile learns of where Alt is being held, Arasaka Tower, and creates a team of Edgerunners (Mercs, Netrunners, etc.) to attack Arasaka Tower to get back Alt. Morgan Blackhand is there, Mike Pondsmith's OC and the best Solo alive.
Morgan has an insane nemesis by the name of Adam Smasher, the giant robot man in The Gig trailer. He works for Arasaka and hates Morgan for reasons.
Militech meanwhile learns of the attack that Johnny is planning and decides to "support" them by slipping in a team carrying a nuke without telling anyone.
They attack the tower after a giant concert by Johnny (Never Fade Away played during this). Check the song on YT.
Most important people actually on the team besides Morgan and Johnny are is a FBC cyborg (fully-body conversion) named Shaitan and a Solo named Rogue.
Rogue in 2077:
Johnny is killed during the assault by Adam Smasher.
Rogue fucks off to try and save Alt while Shaitan holds off Adam Smasher.
They find a brain box with a lot of people on it, but not Alt. This had Yorinobu in it.
Find Alt's body, and start to try and get Alt off the computer but Arasaka attacks them and they have to bail. Alt is left behind unknowingly.
Rogue and co. escape. They do not go back for Johnny.
Militech detonates their nuke in the tower.
Morgan and Adam have a duel on the top of Arasaka Tower like it's fucking MGRR.
Tower collapses. Alt's body is destroyed. Alt is trapped on the Net. Morgan is MIA. Johnny is KIA.
Rache is attacked by an orbital bombardment and his apartment building is destroyed, activating his dead man's switch and killing him in the process.
The entire Net gets absolutely ass raped over the next few days.
During this though, Rogue and Shaitan go to Kei's luxury Yacht.
Kei comes to terms with having failed to defeat Militech and Arasaka is now in shambles.
Spider uses the last copy of Soulkiller on Kei and puts his mind in a box that's supposed to be eternal hell 24/7.
Alt and Netwatch see what's just happened to the Net, and erect the Blackwall together (THIS IS IMPORTANT - REMEMBER THIS WHEN PLAYING THE GAME).
Time passes. Arasaka eventually, kinda, fixes itself, and comes back to Night City after being forced to leave.
They cuck the NUSA with a massive show of force, and functionally control the city along with Night Corp.
