T-Bug, also known simply as Bug, was a netrunner in Cyberpunk 2077. She was an acquaintance of Dexter DeShawn, and had also worked with V and Jackie Welles.
Biography[]
As for netrunners, it's hard to find someone more pro than Bug. Her consistency and persistence have brought her respect and trust in the field. As the mercs say: if Bug can't do it, who can?
In 2077, V and Jackie Welles occasionally work with T-Bug on several minor gigs as they settle into their careers as mercenaries. T-Bug provides vital assistance during the job that brings them to the attention of fixer Dexter DeShawn, the rescue of Sandra Dorsett.[1] Dexter brings on T-Bug first, since they already have some experience together.[2] When V meets with Evelyn Parker, Dexter's client, and Judy Alvarez to analyze a braindance of Evelyn's memories of Yorinobu Arasaka's hotel suite, V insists that T-Bug participate in the braindance to lend her expertise. Judy is initially wary of allowing such an intrusion, but eventually concedes. After the braindance, T-Bug shares what she learned about the hotel with Dexter.[3] T-Bug is present for the final face-to-face meeting with the crew before the heist.[4]
T-Bug is killed during the heist of Konpeki Plaza after Yorinobu Arasaka has the hotel placed on lockdown due to the death of his father, Saburo.[4] The Arasaka subnet was able to quickly detect T-Bug and remotely fried her brain. Her body was later found in her apartment, with her nervous systems fried.[5]
Database Entry[]
T-Bug is a textbook example of how solos and netrunners really aren't all that different. Both take on risky contracts that usually end in dust-ups with corporations or the law, ever walking the tightrope between life and death - after all, black ICE isn't any less dangerous than taking a bullet. T-Bug's well-aware of this fact, and as a legit specialist in her field, she's fully within her rights to be picky about her contracts. Unlike more reckless netrunners, T-Bug intends to sail into retirement age, preferably with enough eddies to leave this goddamn city behind for good.[6]
Associated Quests[]
Development[]
T-Bug first appeared in the Cyberpunk 2077 E3 2018 trailer, where she is shown remotely killing an Arasaka employee.
She later played a small role in the Cyberpunk 2077 48-minute gameplay reveal, in which she helps V locate Sandra Dorsett in the mission Breaking Through.
In the E3 2019 cinematic trailer, T-Bug is shown helping Dexter Deshawn in shutting down V's cybernetics after his botched job, where Jackie is killed. T-Bug has the ability to hack people's cyberware, and can hack V because they were hooked up in one network earlier. T-Bug herself is presumably killed after V manages to resist her hacking attempts and shoots her in the face. This scenario is not depicted in the final version of the game, as T-Bug is killed during the heist itself and thus does not appear at the post-heist meetup with Dexter.
Notes[]
- It is implied T-Bug got hit by Soulkiller.[7][5]
- T-Bug is voiced by, while not listed in the game's credits, Cynthia Kaye Williams.[8]
- For unknown reasons, what looks like T'Bug's logo can be seen in a few monitors of the Cynosure Facility.
Trivia[]
- She wears shoes labeled "Delta V", which is a measure of the impulse per unit of spacecraft mass that is needed to perform a maneuver such as launching from or landing on a planet or moon, or an in-space orbital maneuver.[9] It could also be a reference to the Delta V Jump-Boots from Doom (2016).
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References[]
- ↑ The Rescue
- ↑ The Ripperdoc
- ↑ The Information
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Heist
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Dialogue with Yoko Tsuru after The Heist.
- ↑ CD Projekt RED. Cyberpunk 2077. Video Game, Multi-Platform. Poland, CD Projekt S.A., 2020.
- ↑ It is mentioned that Arasaka uses their version of Soulkiller on valuable assets, such as skilled Netrunners, and stores them in Mikoshi in case they will prove useful.
- ↑ Cynthia Kaye McWilliams - Website
- ↑ Delta-v on wikipedia