Rosalind Myers

Rosalind Myers is the current president of the New United States of America, the former CEO of Militech, and a former Marine.

Currently serving her third term, Myers is the second woman serving as President in the short history of NUSA, continuing her gospel of unification.

Myers' roots can be traced to the Pilgrims of Mayflower that came from England to settle in the New World in 1620.

Characteristics
Despite coming from corporate and political backgrounds, Rosalind shows a "commoner" attitude while carrying herself. Thus, as the politician she is, it may be part of the play, as she will do anything to get your vote. However, Myers also reveals her cold-blooded side, not particularly when it's necessary. To her, ends justify the means.

Appearance
Rosalind expresses her status as a high politician as well as an ex-marine in the choice of wardrobe. Her ivory collarless jacket with gold accents resembles the iconic formal wear of women coming from generational wealth, while the golden plate on her shoulder looks like epaulette - a decoration used as insignia of rank by armed forces. Unlike Hanako Arasaka - another high-ranking corporate with a similar color scheme - Rosalind doesn't wear a dress or skirt. It's a statement that she is in charge here.

Myers also shows herself in disguise where she wears a black outfit consisting of a turtleneck, denim vest, jeans, and a cap with "I <3 NC" that she found in the hideout. Despite V mentioning the awful smell of the clothes she did what's necessary to hide her identity from the citizens of Dogtown.

2050s - 2070s
After the death of Militech's CEO Donald Lundee, Rosalind Myers became his successor in leading the corporation. She was described as a proponent of peace and a distinguished politician that oversaw the NUSA's rapid economy recovery, while also having an interventionist and protectionist stance. Myers was CEO of Militech for almost a decade.

It was in the late 2060s when Myers would succeed Elizabeth Kress as the President of the New United States of America, leaving her former position at Militech to Lucas Harford.

In 2069, the recently elected President Myers presented a unification program to extend federal rule over the Free States under the pretense of strengthening the Union. Most of the Free States opposed unification, concluding in the NUSA instigated conflict that became known as the Unification War (2069 - 2070) to annex the remaining Free States that opposed Myers' program. After capturing most of the Free States, the NUSA moved to take over Night City, but failed due to Arasaka's intervention.

Not wanting the war to escalate into a global conflict, Myers had little choice but to sign the Treaty of Unification with the Free States to bring the war to an early conclusion, not succeeding in fully annexing the Free States under the NUSA's banner, but forcing them to get more involved with the Union — with the exception of Night City and the Republic of Texas.

2077
By 2077, Rosalind Myers was serving her third term as President. Opinion of Myers in Night City was divided. Many people viewed her as a corrupt, corporate-backed fascist with imperialist delusions, while others pointed to Night City's crime rate being double than that of anywhere in the NUSA and argued in favor of accepting Myers' control. During this time, President Myers ordered the bombing of Texan airbases in Wellington and El Paso in retaliation for suicide bombings at NUSA bases in New Mexico and Oklahoma, raising the odds of a border war with the Republic of Texas. Myers also issued a public statement — the contents of which were not specified — about the flow of refugees into the NUSA from the flooding Netherlands in Europe.

After Saburo Arasaka's death, Myers stated that all accusations Arasaka had claimed against Militech and the NUSA of being the ones that orchestrated his death were all unfounded and irresponsible. She warned that in the past, they had reminded the former CEO that he was not omnipotent, and that if necessary, she would not hesitate to teach his successor, Yorinobu Arasaka, the same lesson. She went on to say that despite having respected the Arvin Accord so far, both the NUSA and Militech would respond in full force if provoked.

At the 2077 Federalist Party convention, Myers announced that she would seek a fourth term in office. Her campaign slogan was unveiled to be "A Return to Unity", emphasizing her commitment to unification across all fronts.

Phantom Liberty
President Myers, Songbird, and nine more crewmembers were traveling aboard the Space Force One when it was was struck down and forced to crash-land in Night City's Dogtown, an event that triggered a power struggle with significant consequences. Myers survived the crash thanks to Songbird, who got the President into the vessel's saferoom.

Epilogue

 * Shortly after the incident in Night City's Arasaka Tower, President Myers denounced Saburo Arasaka's "resurrection" and stated his seizure of power was against international law. Despite these declarations and months of escalated tensions between Arasaka and Militech, several weeks after the incident both Myers and Saburo agreed to meet in person to lay the foundations for a lasting peace between all parties.