Gloria Martinez was the mother of David Martinez and a supporting character in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
Biography[]
Life in Night City[]
While working as en EMT, David Martinez was born to Gloria in the back of an ambulance while it was speeding through the streets of Night City. While re-attaching the arm of an edgerunner who had gotten it shot off, Gloria felt her water break, so she quickly finished the sutures before telling the mercenary to swap seats with her, then proceeded to deliver her own baby on the gurney, with the ambulance still speeding towards a hospital. The merc alongside her cut the umbilical cord using the mantis blades in the arm Gloria had just reattached. A brutal yet somewhat poetic tale that bonded mother and son in the awareness that she would do absolutely anything for him, and he would never let her down.[1]
Gloria lived with son in an apartment of Megabuilding H4 in Arroyo. Life in Santo Domingo was not easy, as danger was behind every corner of the trashed-filled district, though Gloria did her damnedest raise his kid all by herself and to shelter him from all possible threats.[1] Due to Gloria's great effort into her job as an EMT for REO Meatwagon, David was eligible for enrollment into the Arasaka Academy after successfully proving his grades, something that made Gloria very proud of.[2]
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners[]
In 2075, Gloria took a military-grade Sandevistan from James Norris' body after he was subdued by MaxTac, to sell it to Maine. Before she could hand over the Sandevistan, however, she ended up getting called to pick David up from Arasaka Academy after he got in trouble. On their way home, the two got caught in a crossfire with a gang of Animals and another car and crashed in the process. When the Trauma Team arrived to help their platinum client, they ignored Martinez and her son, so the pair ended up receiving treatment from a low-end surgeon. The very next day, however, her condition worsened and she died, with the doctor giving her chronically overworked body as the reason.[2]
David, with few options to bury his mother, would have to budget-cremate her body; her ashes placed in a cheap, plastic urn. David kept the urn with him, as well all of his mother's belongings, particularly her EMT jacket which he would find alongside the Sandevistan she was going to sell to Maine.[2]
Legacy[]
David kept his mother's urn until his death. Afterwards, her ashes were interred in the North Oak Columbarium by David's girlfriend Lucy, who wrote "You were right. David reached the top of Arasaka Tower." on her niche.[3]
Stats & Equipment[]
| Cyberware | EMP Threading, Neuroport |
| Clothing | Gloria's Jacket |
| Vehicles | Thorton Galena G240 |
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Mission Kit - Edgerunner's Handbook. Kenmore, WA, R. Talsorian Games, 2024. (pp.2,35)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 STUDIO TRIGGER. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners - Let You Down. Netflix/CD Projekt RED, 2022.
- ↑ CD Projekt RED. Cyberpunk 2077. Video Game, Multi-Platform. Poland, CD Projekt S.A., 2020. (Columbarium's niche)
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