Joanne Koch

Dr. Joanne Koch was the regional director for tech and development and a genetics engineer at Biotechnica in.

Biography
To say that Biotechnica's scientists are "unscrupulous" would be like saying Yorinobu Arasaka is "somewhat famous." But few are as unscrupulous as Joanne Koch, even within the organization. Both inside the laboratory, and outside, she holds few, if any reservations about her work. Whether it is using citizens as her personal test subjects, or putting out hits on fellow employees who threaten her position as the regional director for tech and development at Biotechnica, if there is a line to cross, Koch has crossed it, all for the prospective of a breakthrough that she and her company can use to bring in more eddies. Make no mistake, she may not be Adam Smasher or Johnny Silverhand, but there is a trail of blood and bodies in her wake that rivals even the most brutal of murderers. One of Dr. Koch's victims was fellow colleague Emila Morton whom she had fired by planting incriminating papers on her. Shortly after she called Joanne out on it, threatening to leak it all to the press, Joanna tells Biotechnica security that Emila is a threat and orders her killed.

Unfortunately, in her pursuit of the sciences, she crossed a line that would be her last: Aided by colleagues Alex Pushkin and Diana Cuno, she used members of the Red Ocher Nomad clan as test subjects for a project called "Nightingale", which caused 70 to die horrific deaths. Despite her best efforts to offer them hush-money in return for their "forgiveness", the clan wanted blood- and to get it, they reached out to Dino Dinovic, who, in turn, put out a hit on Koch, which V can pick up to ensure the Nomads get their vengeance.

If V takes the job, they find Koch inside her apartment watching a Braindance, and if they interrupt and confront her about her deeds, she will attempt to defend her actions, claiming that the Nomads' tragedy led to several medical breakthroughs for the company. Unfortunately for her, V is having none of it, and either takes her down right there, or allows her to "back up" her data, supposedly for the sake of future scientists everywhere to use. Instead of keeping her word, however, she attempts to call security on V, resulting in a firefight, and her defeat regardless. From there, V may either end her life and verify the hit's success, or they can take her body and depart using the AV Dino Dinovic provides, seeing that she is delivered to the Nomads and ensuring that justice is served personally. Either way, V is paid for the deed, and so ends the life of Joanne Koch, who learned in the process one of the oldest and most sacred rules of the Nomad clans: Don't mess with the family.

Associated Quests

 * Gig: Guinea Pigs
 * Suspected Organized Crime Activity: Privacy Policy Violation (indirectly)

Associated Shards

 * Archived Conversation: Diana Cuno and Wakako Okada (mentioned)
 * Archived Conversation: Emilia Morton and Joanne Koch
 * Archived Conversation: MAJOR #817 (mentioned)
 * Archived Conversation: Major Lance Hardy and Mark Caroll
 * Archived Conversation: SERGEANT #1919 and Joanne Koch
 * Target for liquidation