Hotel Pistis Sophia

The Hotel Pistis Sophia is a building in Pacifica, Night City.

Overview
The Hotel Pistis Sophia is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Night City. It was built in Pacifica sometime in the city's early years, before the Second Central American War. When Robert John Linder deserted from the American army after his best friend died taking a bullet for him, he returned to his hometown of Night City. He rented a room in the Hotel Pistis Sophia, where he spent several weeks contemplating his life and the corruption in the world. When he finally left the hotel, he became Johnny Silverhand, the rockerboy who started the band Samurai in 2003 and tried to rebel against the corporations through music. His left his army dogtags behind, hidden in a vent in the hotel room.

The hotel endured decades of tumultuous events, including the Night City Holocaust of 2023, the reconstruction of the city during the Time of the Red, and the economic damage caused to Pacifica by the Unification War between 2069 and 2070. By 2077, the Pistis Sophia still stood, but was no longer a functional hotel. It had become a decaying derelict occupied by Night City's poorest citizens and squatters, and some rooms had been left empty for years.

The merc V awoke in the Pistis Sophia in 2077 after suffering an attack from the Relic and being guided there by Johnny Silverhand's engram. Silverhand showed V where he had hidden his dogtags years ago, and had V take them as a gift while he encouraged V to focus on deciding how to save their life.