The Fall of the Towers

The Fall of the Towers is a short story in the Cyberpunk Red core rulebook. It takes place in the part where Johnny Silverhand, Spider Murphy, Rogue, Shaitan, Thompson, and the Militech team infiltrate the tower.

Summary: Johnny and the others infiltrate a hidden lab deep in the Arasaka tower, and Spider Murphy jacks into the room's console to find Alt and get her out of the system. She talks with Alt, but the conversation is cut short when they are suddenly attacked By Adam Smasher and an Arasaka security team. Spider, as a last resort, pulls out Alt and fragments her, scattering her across the net. She then downloads Arasaka files onto datachips. Johnny takes on Smasher, raising his Malorian and heavy weapon. He opens fire, sadly to no effect. Smasher guns him down with his auto shotgun, tearing the rockerboy in half. Shaitan comes up behind Adam Smasher and grapples him, holding him down so the rest of the team can escape. Spider Murphy runs up to the near barely alive Silverhand, and utters an apology, and slams a chip into Johnny's chipware slot. This is inferred to be how Johnny was really soulkilled.