Hal Cantos

Hal Cantos is a former World News Service employee currently working as an independent crack braindance editor.

Biography
Prior to finding himself in the role of Night City's "known quantity", working as a freelance braindance tuner, Hal had been employed by the WNS. His status was terminated once he had been caught committing fraud. During the days of 2077, he has been doing street gigs mainly, one of which was a contract for the Mox.

From a brief message which can be found in the Mox warehouse on Longshore North, Watson, it is possible to find that his direct contractor was Lil Bex, investigating the death of a Mox protectee which had been recorded on a certain XBD. Hal's job was to isolate the code in order to extract the original AV layer, as it would be good evidence for tracking down the scroller of the event. However, whether something went wrong during the process or if the content of the braindance had a more severe impact than anticipated, the Mox leader, Anna Nox, who was the first to view it, experienced cyberpsychosis and went on a rampage, killing anyone in her way.

Hal had managed to hide in a nearby shipping container and contact his fixer, Regina Jones as a final SOS attempt. Despite lacking air in the container, he will patiently wait for V, the merc Regina hired, to free him. Once having a chance to talk, Hal will deny any notion of being the one to blame for Anna's cyberpsychosis, saying not much more than that he expected this day to go south from the moment he woke up. He will not express worry for the remaining survivor of the attack but claim that he will contact Regina to deal with her once he's out.

Associated Quests

 * Gig: Occupational Hazard

Associated Shards

 * Archived Conversation: Oleg Orlov and Hal Cantos