The Corpo-Rat

The Corpo-Rat is a main quest prologue only available to players who choose the corporate Lifepath. The quest features V as a fresh faced mid-tier corporate working in Arasaka's counterintelligence division and looking to climb the ranks.

Walkthrough
V starts out looking into the mirror while vomiting in the sink of a bathroom located in the Arasaka HQ Tower. Afterwards V is able to freely walk into their office and read emails located on the desk. Arthur Jenkins, V's boss, is upset that another corporate got the promotion he wanted. He tasks V to take out the opposition Susan Abernathy who had been stealing promotions within the network.

Arthur tells V to use underworld contacts to off her once and for all and gives V the eddies to pay for the work. Afterwards V get's into an Arasaka AV that takes the player to Lizzie's Bar in the Watson District. Landing on the roof V gets cornered by basketball players upset about the court being a landing pad for a corporate. V pushes them aside and talks to a member of the Mox gang in charge of the bar.

Getting inside V meets up with long time friend Jackie Welles as they try to formulate a plan to cover out V's orders. However before getting a plan started Arasaka bursts into the Bar with Susan Abernathy leading the men, she learns of V's plan and strips the them of their cyberware corporate powers and fires V from the corporation. Jackie being a friend offers to help V get back on their feet. The missions ends leading into a montage of V and Jackie for the rest of the prologue.