V

Biodata

Power Progression

V’s documented advancement involves cyberware upgrades rather than Su Xiao’s Potential Point system.

Background / History

V’s early involvement with Su Xiao and Jack begins with a competing car-theft job. She bypasses a high-end supercar’s authentication system using an unlocker supplied by Kirk, but the device also triggers an alarm. The NCPD arrests her and Jack, and Superintendent Stints reveals that he knows her past 18 20.

Afterward, V confronts Kirk over the faulty unlocker. She works with Su Xiao and Jack to investigate his dealings with the Vortex Gang, entering his room while the others keep watch and returning with a chip 20 21.

V becomes a regular member of Su Xiao’s mercenary team. Before Lucy joins, she can fill the hacker role; Lucy’s recruitment gives the group a dedicated electronic warfare specialist. Six months after Su Xiao and Jack arrive in Night City, the four-person team has a citywide reputation and an unbroken record of completed commissions 46 144.

Appearance

• Face: Described as having an angelic face and cherry-red lips 34 327.
• Figure: Her striking figure attracts attention from teachers while she waits outside a principal’s office 327.
• Cybernetic eyes: Uses Militech ocular implants, later identified as Bifrost 3.0 66 180 190.
• Expression and bearing: Waits with her arms crossed against a wall and discourages an approaching man with a cold look 327.

Personality

V is loyal without being careless about danger. She recognizes the seriousness of Dexter’s proposed Arasaka theft, supports Su Xiao’s judgment, and joins him in standing by Jack despite the mission’s risks. During the infiltration, she remains focused and questions the danger of a prolonged delay 160 161 176 180 182.

She values repayment and fair compensation. After learning that Su Xiao funded her new eyes, she insists on paying him back. Following another lucrative operation, she argues that rewards should reflect contribution and refuses money she believes belongs to him 66 122.

Her guarded manner does not prevent tenderness toward vulnerable people. She holds the sobbing Ryoko on her lap and comforts her after the girl sees her injured mother 76. Conversely, she responds to Tanaka Katsuo’s accusation with biting sarcasm and quietly prepares a suppressed handgun when he refuses to let the confrontation end 328.

Abilities & Skills

Marksmanship and Tactical Combat

• Precision targeting: Shoots out a Militech convoy’s tires while her allies engage its security robots 263.
• Armored-target engagement: Coordinates with Jack to fire Tech Pistols into Royce’s Walking Mech cockpit during a reload pause, cracking its armored glass 157.
• Supporting fire: Covers Su Xiao during gang engagements and participates in the team’s coordinated assault on an Animal Gang motel 156 157 319.
• Close-range reactions: Performs a tactical roll to evade a perceived giant bat, then uses a knee strike to break its bite on her neck 213.
• Limits: Her gunfire cannot penetrate Takemura’s nanomachine-enhanced body during their apartment confrontation 198.

Hacking and Electronic Warfare

V initially serves as the team’s available hacker before Lucy becomes its dedicated specialist. She is later explicitly described as a formidable electronic warfare expert 46 213.

• Security bypass: Uses Kirk’s unlocker to defeat the supercar’s authentication, though the device fails to prevent an alarm 20.
• Scanning: Locates the ventilation shaft in the Azure Tower suite with her Militech cybernetic eye 180.
• Robot operation: Takes over Flathead’s controls through an Operation Chip inserted into her neural slots, directing it toward a concealed escape route 183.
• Cybernetic recovery: Her fourth-generation hacker equipment allows her eye to recover from a forced reboot in less than a second 213.
• Knowledge of the Old Net: Knows reports of strange encounters near the Blackwall and considers “cyber ghosts” possible within cyberspace 205.

Cyberware Compatibility and Protection

• Exceptional compatibility: V is singled out as someone who can install any cybernetic, unlike recruits whose upgrades must eventually reach an individual ceiling 349.
• Cyberpsychosis resistance: The narration places her alongside Adam Smasher as an exceptional case capable of extreme augmentation without developing cyberpsychosis; no percentage of V’s actual augmentation is specified 405.
• Surveillance interference: Her Bifrost 3.0 eyes can interfere with surveillance systems 190.
• Anti-smart-weapon protection: Equipped with advanced implants that counter enemy Smart Weapons 212.
• AI vulnerability: Advanced implants do not make her immune to rogue AI interference; she becomes trapped in an illusion during the Northside factory operation 213.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Militech Bifrost 3.0 cybernetic eyes — Used for scanning and surveillance interference; her ocular upgrade is funded by Su Xiao 66 180 190.
• Fourth-generation hacker cybernetics — Obtained with Su Xiao’s assistance 213.
• Tech Pistol — Used against Royce’s armored Walking Mech 157.
• Smart Weapons — Allow her to fire from cover without exposing her head during the factory firefight 212.
• Kinetic Handgun and suppressor — Carried in a holster; she discreetly assembles them during the confrontation with Tanaka Katsuo 328.
• Advanced anti-smart-weapon implants — Protect against hostile Smart Weapon targeting 212.
• Flathead Operation Chip — Temporarily used to control the robot during the Azure Tower escape preparations 183.
• Kirk’s unlocker — Bypasses the target supercar’s authentication but triggers its alarm; V throws it back at Kirk afterward 20.

Relationships

• Su Xiao — Close teammate and trusted decision-maker. He pays for her cybernetic eyes, treats her wounds, and shields her when outside gunfire interrupts the Takemura confrontation. She respects his contributions and supports his decisions on dangerous work 66 122 160 162 198.
• Jack Wells — Teammate and close friend. Their first encounter is a dispute over the same stolen-car target; they later fight in coordination, and V supports his commitment to Dexter’s job 18 157 161 176.
• Lucy — Fellow teammate and dedicated electronic warfare specialist. They use Smart Weapons together during the factory operation and provide supporting fire during later missions 46 212 319.
• Old Wei / Victor — Cyberdoc responsible for her Militech eye upgrade 66.
• The Priest / Padre — Fixer connection whom V recommends as a partner for Su Xiao’s Tech Weapon sales. She also joins discussions about responding to the Sixth Street Gang 26 40.
• Kirk — Unreliable job provider whose faulty equipment gets her into trouble. V confronts him and helps investigate his gang connections 20 21.
• Ryoko — Frightened child whom V comforts after her mother is injured 76.
• Goro Takemura — Initially a hostile interrogator, later a reluctant survival ally. V fires on him during their confrontation and remains distrustful when circumstances force cooperation 198 199.
• Johnny Silverhand — Encounters him after his consciousness is revealed inside Flathead; accepts him as part of the team 206.
• David — Steps between V and Tanaka Katsuo when Katsuo accuses her of hitting him 328.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Building the Mercenary Team

• Recommends that Su Xiao cooperate with the Priest to sell Tech Weapons 26.
• Helps Jack deliver food and water while Su Xiao spends three days manufacturing Tactical Goggles 27.
• Joins Su Xiao and Jack in stopping the Animal Gang leader’s escape during a joint operation with Mann’s crew 31.
• Participates in the team’s confrontation with Black Market Dream producers and subsequent visit to the Afterlife 50.
• Offers to host her companions at her penthouse after a job 149.

Flathead Acquisition

• Helps turn Militech’s arrival into an opportunity to attack Royce’s Vortex Gang at the Dance of Death Bar 156.
• Fights from the upper level alongside Jack and Lucy, then damages Royce’s mech cockpit with Tech Pistol fire 157.

Arasaka Relic Heist

• Agrees to support Jack despite recognizing the risks of stealing from Arasaka 160 161 176.
• Enters Azure Tower under the alias Yang Weiran, scans the team’s suite, and participates in the penthouse infiltration that retrieves the relic’s cryo-container 179 180 182.
• Takes control of Flathead so it can hide and escape independently through the ventilation system 183.
• Survives the escape and witnesses Su Xiao’s battle with Adam Smasher 188 189 190.

Heist Aftermath and Rogue AI Encounter

• Helps inspect the team’s residences for surveillance before finding Takemura waiting in her apartment 198.
• Resists Takemura, then cooperates with him while fleeing Arasaka pursuit 198 199.
• Fights in the abandoned factory operation, where a rogue AI distorts her perceptions with a giant-bat illusion and she suffers a neck injury 212 213.

Later Operations

• Disables convoy vehicles during the Jackson Plains ambush to capture Arasaka’s defected technical director 263.
• Joins Jack in confronting attackers pursuing the group during the Salamanca conflict. Later, she explains why Hector’s alienated subordinates are unlikely to avenge him 294 302.
• Accompanies Lucy in taking Panam’s crew out to relax using funds supplied by Su Xiao 316.
• Provides supporting fire during the coordinated Animal Gang motel assault 319.
• Stands ready with Su Xiao, Lucy, and the Aldecaldos during preparations for the Voodoo Boys operation 356.

Notable Quotes

“Big Sis promises you, Mom will be fine.” 76

“Those who contribute more should get more, and the rewards should match the effort. This money belongs to you.” 122

“No. Your face hit the sole of my shoe. Be more careful next time. It’s dangerous, kid.” 328