Matilda K. Rose

Matilda K. Rose, also known as Sasquatch, is the leader of the Animals gang in.

Biography
Matilda has been the alpha animal since 2075. and by the year of 2077, her name is known well enough throughout Night City to attract contractors as big as NetWatch. Under their employment, her group of elite fighters settled in the Grand Imperial Mall in the Pacifica district as private security for agent Bryce Mosley. Mosley's operation was in direct conflict with the Voodoo Boys, with the ultimate goal being to eliminate their central leadership and prevent them from further breaching the net.

Matilda's expertise is heavy melee combat and her weapon of choice is an oversized unique sledgehammer by the name of Sasquatch's Hammer, which in its description implies it may have been created for her.

During V's job in the Grand Imperial Mall, Matilda fights against them, as the Netwatch agent assists in hacking. If V spares Matilda, the Animals are less aggressive with them. If Matilda is killed and a deal is made with Mosley, the Animals will reluctantly allow V to leave while threatening to kill them when they encounter them again.

Confronting Sasquatch
As she the leader of one of the toughest gangs in Night City, the battle with Matilda will not be an easy one, so V may wish to listen to Placide's advice and scan her for potential vulnerability exploits. In absence of a hammer, she will use her bare hands, which seems to be her preferred manner of dealing in close combat situations. Should V have trouble defending themselves, Matilda will use the opportunity to deploy a NetWatch breach virus which will temporarily hinder their focus, although will be dealt with swiftly on Placide's side.
 * If V is incapacitated, Sasquatch will jack into V's biomonitor to allow NetWatch to scramble their senses. Placide will then attempt to fight it off but says it will not last for long.
 * She will use melee against V unless she is unable to reach them, then she will use a heavy machine gun or throw her hammer.
 * It is possible to steal her hammer before the fight which will make her use her fists against V instead.
 * Shooting the Juice pack on her back, will force her to drop her hammer, which will make it easier to defeat her.

Should V remain undetected (alert state rise when Mosley detects V does not count) and combat had not been started with any Animals gang member, it is possible to sneak past Sasquatch and avoid the fight entirely. If so, when arriving at Sasquatch's arena, the blast doors to the movie theater that would normally be shut will be wide open. Once past the gate, the fight is effectively skipped.
 * Sasquatch walks a long around the door to the theater, making several stops, but rarely goes to the right side of the arena.
 * Getting detected by Sasquatch automatically closes the blast doors, the signs begin emerging from the ground, and the boss fight will precede as normal.

Defeating Matilda, whether mortally or not, will not have further effects on the story other than accessibility to her hammer.

Associated Quests

 * I Walk the Line