Joanne Koch

Dr. Joanne Koch was the regional director of R&D and a genetics engineer at Biotechnica in.

Biography
To say that Biotechnica's scientists are unscrupulous would be like saying Yorinobu Arasaka is somewhat famous. But few are as unscrupulous as Joanne Koch, even within the organization. Both inside the laboratory, and outside, she holds few, if any reservations about her work, whether it is using unknowing citizens as her personal test subjects, or putting out hits on fellow employees, who threaten her position as the regional director of Biotechnica. If there is a line to cross, Koch has or will cross it, if it means making a breakthrough that she and her company can use to bring in more Eddies. Make no mistake, she may not be Adam Smasher or Johnny Silverhand, but there is a trail of blood and bodies in her wake that rivals even the most brutal murderers.

Unfortunately, in her pursuit of the sciences, she crossed a line that would be her last: Unleashing an engineered virus on a Nomad clan contracted to Biotechnica, one that claimed 70 of their own in horrific deaths. Despite her best efforts to offer them hush-money in return for their "forgiveness", the clan wanted blood-and to get it, they reached out to Dino Dinovic, who, in turn, put out a hit on Koch, one that a certain solo merc can pick up to ensure the Nomads get their vengeance.

When V meets her inside her apartment, she attempts to defend herself with words, claiming that the Nomads' tragedy was not in vain, as the virus led to several breakthroughs for the company. Unfortunately for her, V is having none of it, and either takes her down right there, or allows her to "back up" her data supposedly for the sake of future scientists everywhere to use. Instead of keeping her word, however, she attempts to call security on V, resulting in a firefight, and her defeat regardless. From there, V may either end her life and verify the hit's success, or they can take body and depart using the AV Dino Dinovic provides, and see that she is delivered to the Nomads, so that their justice is served personally. Either way, V is paid for the deed, and so ends the life of Joanne Koch, who learned in the process one of the oldest and most sacred rules of the Nomad clans: Don't mess with the family.

Associated Quests

 * Gig: Guinea Pigs
 * Suspected Organized Crime Activity: Privacy Policy Violation (indirectly)

Associated Shards

 * Archived Conversation: Diana Cuno and Wakako Okada (mentioned)
 * Archived Conversation: Emilia Morton and Joanne Koch
 * Archived Conversation: MAJOR #817 (mentioned)
 * Archived Conversation: SERGEANT #1919 and Joanne Koch
 * Target for liquidation