Black Dog (story)

This article is about the Cyberpunk RED story. For the song, see Black Dog (song).

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It starts with mysteries. A scrap of a song. A story your dad told you. A search for a piece of the puzzle. A tale of star-crossed lovers. A forbidden treasure. And a legacy to live up to.

— Black Dog introduction, Cyberpunk RED

Black Dog is a story featured in Cyberpunk RED. Taking place in the Time of the Red, around 2045,^[1] the story revolves around a group of edgerunners who are tasked with transporting a mysterious crate from Night City to Los Alamos in New Mexico. In the meantime, they are also looking for a never-heard Samurai song and information to unveil the mysteries of the Arasaka HQ incident.^[2]

Characters

Main

Secondary

Mentioned

Locations

Northern California
- Night City
  - Samantha Stevens' garage
- Badlands

Arizona
New Mexico
- Grants
- Albuquerque
- Los Alamos Labs
  - Building PF-4

Notes

Although it is never explicitly said who the body belongs to, there are many hints that point to Johnny Silverhand. Moreover, Mike Pondsmith confirmed who it was in Reddit.^[3]
The exact date these events take place is unknown, though it is confirmed to be around 2045.^[1] However, Michiko Arasaka in the story says that fifteen years have passed since the AHQ Disaster, thus giving the year 2038, while Jumpstart Kit - World Book says that Trace Santiago uncovered the Big Lie in the early 2040s,^[4] but he found the full truth after the events in Black Dog.

Gallery

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 J Gray on Reddit: "Hey there. Sorry for the late reply. The story does take place in 2045. Michiko mispoke."
↑ PONDSMITH, M. Cyberpunk RED Core Rulebook. Kenmore, WA, R. Talsorian Games, 2020. (pp.435–449)
↑ Mike Pondsmith on Reddit: "There is an entire short story I wrote that happens at Ground Zero that day, and how Samantha (the full conversion firefighter) ended up with Johnny's body. I was planning to put it into Aftershocks, but the day I finished the story--in fact, about 20 minutes after I finished--somebody flew a plane into the last of the Twin Towers (I had CNN on) and suddenly it was no longer appropriate to release it in the face of so much real world death."
↑ PONDSMITH, M. et al., Cyberpunk RED Jumpstart Kit - World Book. Kenmore, WA, R. Talsorian Games, 2019. (p.15)

[RedditGray-1] 1.0 ^1.1 J Gray on Reddit: "Hey there. Sorry for the late reply. The story does take place in 2045. Michiko mispoke."

[CPRED-2] PONDSMITH, M. Cyberpunk RED Core Rulebook. Kenmore, WA, R. Talsorian Games, 2020. (pp.435–449)

[3] Mike Pondsmith on Reddit: "There is an entire short story I wrote that happens at Ground Zero that day, and how Samantha (the full conversion firefighter) ended up with Johnny's body. I was planning to put it into Aftershocks, but the day I finished the story--in fact, about 20 minutes after I finished--somebody flew a plane into the last of the Twin Towers (I had CNN on) and suddenly it was no longer appropriate to release it in the face of so much real world death."

[4] PONDSMITH, M. et al., Cyberpunk RED Jumpstart Kit - World Book. Kenmore, WA, R. Talsorian Games, 2019. (p.15)

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