Jackie Welles

"A gun for hire, Jackie is a highly skilled assassin. In the Wild West setting, he'd surely be a gunslinger or a bounty hunter. 2077 has him as a cyberpunk, just outside the big league. And he really wants to get into the game."

- Cyberpunk 2077 Demo Highlights

Jackie Welles is a character in the upcoming video game Cyberpunk 2077. He is one of V's early points of contact as well as the player's partner during several missions. He is Spanish-speaking and has no love for Scavengers.

Biography

 * As a teenager Jackie joined Valentinos gang, but ditched it after a few years when his mother found out. He always wanted to be his own master so eventually settled on a career as mercenary.
 * Friendship, loyalty and family ties are what drives him. To Jackie, blood is always thicker than water. He’s a rock-solid, composed professional who respects other mercs. Eventually he wants to provide for his own family and live in luxury, but he’s getting impatient because this is still just an elusive dream.

Introduction
Depending on the Lifepath chosen for V by the player, Jackie will have a different introduction. With each having a different intro questline that lead into the main plot.
 * Streetkid: Jackie meets V while attempting to steal a car.
 * Corporate: Jackie is a long time friend of V.
 * Nomad: Jackie meets V while they are on a smuggling mission from the Badlands to Night City.

Development
Jackie plays a major role in the Cyberpunk 2077 48-minute gameplay reveal, serving as V's partner on the mission Breaking Through, wherein V is tasked with rescuing Sandra Dorsett from the Scavengers before they harvest her body.

His car is one of the vehicles players can drive within Night City.

In the 2019 E3 cinematic trailer Jackie accompanies V on a mission from Dex to steal a special cybernetic augmentation chip. Although the chip is successfully retrieved, V essentially botches the mission by drawing too much attention to the theft and Jackie is presumably killed in the ensuing firefight, leaving V heartbroken and wracked with guilt.

StreedKid Specific Quests

 * The StreetKid

Corporate Specific Quests

 * The Corpo-Rat

Nomad Specific Quests

 * The Nomad

General Quests

 * Breaking Through
 * Going Pro