Morgan Blackhand

"It used to be that being a 'Solo' meant something. You were a breed apart, a lone hunter in the depths of nighted city streets. Now, every gonk with a big gun and a chipped-in attitude thinks he's a Solo."

- Morgan Blackhand

A pragmatic Solo with an anodized black-chrome cyberlimb arm. Generally considered to be a "Solo's Solo", with years of experience and ops under his belt.

Morgan Blackhand can be chosen as as V's childhood hero during the character creation in Cyberpunk 2077.

Morgan Blackhand was Mike Pondsmith's own Solo player-character in Cyberpunk 2020.

Character Traits
According to Mike Pondsmith, Morgan Blackhand is defined by the fact that he is a pragmatist. Blackhand survives because he is street-smart and is constantly looking out for his own best interest.

According to his description in Solo of Fortune 2, Blackhand's reputation as a top Solo is partly due to the fact that he is able to capture targets alive, rather than simply killing them.

Materials
Morgan Blackhand was first mentioned by Mike Pondsmith in the Cyberpunk 2020 referee guide Listen Up You Primitive Screwheads. In this book, Pondsmith discusses his playstyle and uses Blackhand as an example.

A profile on Morgan Blackhand appears in the Cyberpunk source book ''Solo of Fortune 2. ''He is listed as one of the top 10 Solos-for-hire.

Blackhand's Street Weapons 2020, is a source book for Cyberpunk 2020 that, in-universe, was written by Morgan Blackhand.