Meredith Stout

"Corporate executives are the new aristocracy of this world. They watch the city from above, sitting in their plush chairs at the tops of skyscrapers in the corporate district. Meredith is an egomaniac who will stop at nothing to reach her goals -- and she's highly successful. She lives and breathes corporate. She despises the common folk and spits all over people from the lower classes."

- Cyberpunk 2077 Demo Highlights

Meredith Stout is a corpo and the Senior Operations Manager for Militech in Cyberpunk 2077. When the Flathead is stolen by the Maelstrom gang, she serves as the point of contact for V and Jackie Welles. She is an optional marker for the quest The Pickup.

Biography
Meredith Stout is first mentioned by Dexter DeShawn as a corporate agent investigating the Maelstrom gang's attack on a Militech convoy carrying an arms shipment, from which Maelstrom obtained the Flathead. She was in charge of the convoy and is desperate to recover it before her superiors notice, leading her to accuse her colleague Anthony Gilchrist of being a mole who was involved in its disappearance and black bag him. Dexter gives Meredith's contact information to V in case V wants to enlist her help in getting the Flathead from Maelstrom.

If V contacts Meredith, she arranges for a private meeting. On her orders, her huscle will incapacitate V and jack into them to run a lie detector program as she interrogates them. She also brings out Gilchrist and asks him if he recognizes V as one of the convoy's hijackers, but he does not. If V cooperates with Meredith during their tense conversation and avoids antagonizing her, she will offer to help with the Flathead and present a 10,000 credit chip to use to buy it off Maelstrom. A Corpo V can observe that the chip is spiked with a virus, which Meredith will confirm. Now aware that Maelstrom has her convoy, Meredith departs and waits for V to act.

Possible fates
V's choices after accepting the credit chip and during the meeting with Royce at the All Foods Plant determine whether or not Meredith survives.

If V pays Royce with the credit chip without removing the virus, kills Royce during the exchange, or otherwise prevents the purchase of the Flathead from concluding peacefully, Meredith will meet with V outside the All Foods Plant with a Militech squad and successfully recover her missing convoy. She will later text V and invite them to the No-Tell Motel for a fling.

If V peacefully purchases the Flathead from Maelstrom using the credit chip with the virus removed or their own cash, Meredith will prematurely order a raid on the All Foods Plant. Anthony Gilchrist will appear outside the plant with the Militech squad in Meredith's stead, and inform V that she made one mistake too many. Her tortured corpse can be found underwater in the Northside Industrial District harbor.

It is unknown what happens to Meredith if V never meets with her or does not accept her credit chip.

Associated Jobs

 * The Pickup
 * Venus in Furs