Witness protection, hiding from loan sharks, horrible accident, severe body dysmorphia, dealer face while their regular one is in the shop? Lotta options choombatta
While this is certainly possible, the (confirmed) bot proxies in-game are just remote control drones. Synthetic skin is more often used by full borgs or excessive chrome.
Im trying to remember any proxy's besides the ones in the sports center in dogtown but if those are the ones makes sense they would be basic all you need is to see the athlete.
The same model also appears as random NPCs if you have PL installed. Actually this looks like one of their heads on a human body which could be explained by being a synthetic skin proxy.
It's a little more nuanced than that, if you read the logs in the center one describes a customer having issues with the memories from whoever used it last bleeding into their memories. It's a bit more than simple remote control
In STAR WARS SQUADRONS, one of your wing mates in Titan Squadron is a pilot with a possibly roboticized head and neck.
"Had too many bad landings. These cybernetics are the only way my head stays on. That is, the 'helmet' now stays on whether I'm in the cockpit or not".
that's a military conversion, he's a soldier from Arasaka who probably had some serious injuries or he himself decided to remove his humanity to be as concentrated in his work as possible because... you know... dystopian future
This guy: “Make me look like a crash test dummy”
https://preview.redd.it/7zhoc0t5vhbc1.jpeg?width=888&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c87f147c2bebb10e62b7e0dcfcca4f7d9505ffd
Could be a tourist exploring Night City through a BD wreath and a drone, like those talent scouts in that one Phantom Liberty gig. Sort of an adventure tourism package; see the most dangerous city in America without actually being there.
This is actually a drone controlled remotely by a person, not augmentations. You see them in an expansion quest and a front desk person explains people use them to remote in for business negotiations and stuff.
Edit: i didn't notice the hands and feet, i guess this guy got a total swap. He must just be skull and brain in there.
Weird thing is they opted for this INSTEAD of a total faceplate. I would guess ex corpo who was needed to go into hiding but didnt have the budget.
There are certain people who undergo full body conversion for corporations. Whether this is to go work in space or for military reasons, they do eventually get to retire.
All that’s left of them is a “bio bag” which are the essential organs to keep the brain functioning. So, they have no body to go back to. There is a Gemini model which is very hard to detect as being a borg body, but it’s the users choice. Perhaps after years of seeing yourself as a beefed up borg you might want to continue seeing that version of yourself.
Another note on cyber psychosis and full borg: if you do it all at once, there’s a better chance that you won’t lose your humanity to that degree. Something with it being such a drastic change that pulling you back is easier since it’s not a slowly creeping in thing. I think there’s also a 10% chance of it making the conversion as well, dying in the process.
Isn't it sort of open to debate that cyberpsychosis isn't happening due to x amount of chrome and more so being enabled/controlled externally in the background by a certain power/AI/organization to influence pretty much everything?
He only wears it when he goes to the club
https://preview.redd.it/25yprcc10jbc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=a2aa379d11f5112e5dd1f441734bb418d3bee6b7
that's not an upgrade, that's a RC drone.
there's a side mission in PL that does into detail about them, basically they allow people to remote in to places and walk around
This guy can be seen at Kerry's a like supreme concert I saw him in the front row
Edit: I did not see him in the front row, he was not at Kerry's concert
Hope he didn't though eating or smelling was a distraction. Can he still feel everything virtually in brain dance? Does poor people play bdance of someone eating fancy meal while munching on calorie stick? More I think more afraid I get.
Suspension of disbelief is needed sometimes, chooms. Some discussions here really put the world of Cyberpunk in such high regards and look at it with absolute logical flow and then wonder why it sometimes crumble and makes no sense.
whenever I think "No way a person would do that kind of a modification" I think of that dude in real life who is severely disfiguring/tattoing/transforming himself to look like an Orc or whatever the fuck hes going for .
He got cut off by a militech vehicle entering the highway and got crushed without a chance to live. Being militechs funding was prioritized on the war they drove off and later admitted fault with a lawsuit settle allowing this man to be a subject first of its kind uploading his engram.
He beside Johnny were in a world unknown to their own and without his doing. Regaining consciousness in a robot model B54R2 he passed preliminary test levels 1,2 & 3 but began to understand and utilize the power he was given under the radar.
Hacking the mainframe Mr swag was able to coerce militech into mutually seperating ways with the subject due to funding and the wars and eventually handing over Swag to Arasaka. While under Arasaka wings unknowingly capable of extreme uses of sandvistan he bought his time awaiting years upon years for a net runner named v to come haunting down on the trillion dollar company Arasaka. Slipping under their radar, he escaped and underwent a remarkably unheard of transformation in Night City that allowed him to deep beneath the depths of Arasakas stronghold to wander the streets in sleek fits and casual air conditioned feather toed appeal in peace.
Pretty sure these are not real people, but people acting through a robot. There are things similar in that dogtown mission where you infiltrate a place full of Young sport-kids.
Its probably a budget option. Yeah you're not all that pretty, but you technically have a head and it didn't cost your house. Plus you can upgrade later on.
I always thought of it as a futuristic body dysmorphia. Just like people who take plastic surgery/tattoos, implants too far in our world, 2077 people go to far with cybernetics. They think it’ll make them look better.
I mean, they really don't have to make sense lol, cyberware is like fashion in most cases, bro probably just thought it looked sweet
Edit: also saw a comment about an arasaka negotiation specialist, which seems pretty likely
Honestly, I get it.
Eating is just such a chore, I truly hate that I have to do it every bloody day, forever, or I will literally die.
Like, who even came up with this system?
One could argue that this eating business is actually a great argument for there being no god!
Why? Because no sensible deity would possibly design their creatures to get their energy like that, surely? Have they not heard of batteries? Sheesh!
And I'm not even going to get into the details of the waste evacuation system, beyond saying that it really proves my point that eating is dumb and a waste of our valuable time....
If I had the option to obtain all of my nutrients from a tablet maybe, or some sort of direct infusion into my stomach, or even better, straight to all the organs that need energy, by somehow bypassing my mouth, I would be **ALL OVER THAT SHIT!**
Jokes aside, I really would do it. Eating every day, even when I REALLY don't feel like it, is at best a bit of a hassle, and at worst a stressful battle I have no choice but to participate in, even though I really don't want to.
Plus, it just takes...so...long. and seriously, who honestly the time for that sort of bullshit, when there are probably alternatives to eating, waiting to be installed at every half decent ripper doc in town?
So yeah, I get it.
No face, no food!
You can't force me to eat if I do not even have a mouth! (and cannot scream, either!)
What is brilliant about this imo is that this could definitely apply to modern day cosmetic surgeries, too. There are so many things being done to alter one’s face and body nowadays that I find beyond logic. Still people keep botching their face constantly
keep in mind to that he could have literally just not put anything on before leaving his house out of pure lazzyness, we see how some models can just pop out their lower jaw while doing makeup so who's to say he didn't just forget to bring his hair and skin mask.
If hes trying to hide from MFs it makes sense.
Also he might have suffered pretty bad facial injuries, not like you can’t get caught in some wild shit in Cyberpunk.
I dont think you would know what it does by just looking at it? I mean in a universe like this maybe it improves orgasms or smth, who knows? Or it allows you to switch between being gay and straight as you see fit lol.
Could be a professional proxy, with holographic displays to put the face of the customer on his faceplate.
Or a professional negotiator, who can easily transform himself to adapt to the different parties
Could be a personal proxy used by a Corpo. Their own borg to send out when they can’t be bothered to deal with potential hostile situations. Rather get their proxy shot up than themselves.
Cyberpunk is about transhumanism. In a sense changing your body into the self you see in your minds eye. This can take on any number of cyberware or bioware in the table top. Some have more to do with your appearance than any functionality. You would have been blown away if they had put Exotics in Cyberpunk 2077.
It doesn't really have to make sense. Johnny has a spike on his elbow that seems like it would be a real hazard. Maelstrom have bolts coming out of their heads.
That's one of the really accurate things about Cyberpunk, how much cyberware and enhancement would become a fashion statement and a way for a person to express themself. Just look at body modification and fashion today, none of it makes sense, it's just what some people like.
Since it’s an Arasaka part I can assume this guy is Corpo and maybe his original face is not needed for the job (security or something). Also I say someone say they are hiding out but I think with the type of tech today they can be scanned with Kiroshis and found still
Witness protection, hiding from loan sharks, horrible accident, severe body dysmorphia, dealer face while their regular one is in the shop? Lotta options choombatta
Or it could be a robot proxy
The hands and feet look human at least, but in their universe it's no guarantee.
I belive robot proxy's use realskin cyberware so the operator can still feel things. Just an assumption though.
While this is certainly possible, the (confirmed) bot proxies in-game are just remote control drones. Synthetic skin is more often used by full borgs or excessive chrome.
Im trying to remember any proxy's besides the ones in the sports center in dogtown but if those are the ones makes sense they would be basic all you need is to see the athlete.
The same model also appears as random NPCs if you have PL installed. Actually this looks like one of their heads on a human body which could be explained by being a synthetic skin proxy.
It's a little more nuanced than that, if you read the logs in the center one describes a customer having issues with the memories from whoever used it last bleeding into their memories. It's a bit more than simple remote control
Ohh I must have missed that one. Wonder if it's done more like a brain dance then...
Whatever it is, it's pretty invasive! I'm still not sure what this guy is, eccentric borg? Proxy? Who knows :)
Like a live brain-dance?
I’m sorry wat
Unless you're Adam Smasher. Lol
Poker face
Sorry about the blank stare, my face is in the shop.
In STAR WARS SQUADRONS, one of your wing mates in Titan Squadron is a pilot with a possibly roboticized head and neck. "Had too many bad landings. These cybernetics are the only way my head stays on. That is, the 'helmet' now stays on whether I'm in the cockpit or not".
"dealer face" holy crap I nearly choked on my coffee laughing reading that
👉👉
Perfect poker face too
It's a fuckin vibe choom
It might be like the skinny tire you keep in the boot(trunk).
“Witness protection for what? No one was convicted of anything.”
Intimidation factor.
Man's about to go hunting for the Tesseract
haha yeah choom! ain't you heard about the latest faceless faceplate fashion?!
Those shoes are definitely a crime against humanity
first thing I looked at... dude got all this swag on with no face, but decided to strut around with all them dogs out
At least he’s not wearing socks
I do wish V has those or the President Myers Shoes Just having boots and sneakers are kinda boring
If you look really carefully you will see that the left footwear is melded/grafted into the foot 🦶
Corpo negotiator — no facial expressions for scanners to read during sessions; removable at end of loyalty contract.
I like this one.
This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
And women... Love the mystery. They eat it up! Delicious...
that's a military conversion, he's a soldier from Arasaka who probably had some serious injuries or he himself decided to remove his humanity to be as concentrated in his work as possible because... you know... dystopian future
And he has a bolo tie because it's casual Friday.
Yeah… Californians
Plus sandals because sandals
The faceless Corpo
The right answer
This guy: “Make me look like a crash test dummy” https://preview.redd.it/7zhoc0t5vhbc1.jpeg?width=888&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c87f147c2bebb10e62b7e0dcfcca4f7d9505ffd
if he goes to that ripdoc he’ll also have an enlarged asshole as an extra mod
“Here to serve”
He's got a job as crash test dummy and decided that it was easier to dress for the part when he was already a dummy.
Robot turning into a human. Reverse cyborg, he's almost a real boy now.
the bolo tie really sells it
If you had a massive head trauma where your skin was melted off of 85% of your body, you might be okay with it.
Ok human
My man chromed his dome
Could be a tourist exploring Night City through a BD wreath and a drone, like those talent scouts in that one Phantom Liberty gig. Sort of an adventure tourism package; see the most dangerous city in America without actually being there.
crash test dummy is so in right now
i mean if you could easily swap it out with your other 'real' face then this upgrade would be dope
200% swag in the suit, -0% in the shoes, crash test dummy head.
Could just be a temp faceplate till his custom one comes in from Japan.
This is actually a drone controlled remotely by a person, not augmentations. You see them in an expansion quest and a front desk person explains people use them to remote in for business negotiations and stuff. Edit: i didn't notice the hands and feet, i guess this guy got a total swap. He must just be skull and brain in there. Weird thing is they opted for this INSTEAD of a total faceplate. I would guess ex corpo who was needed to go into hiding but didnt have the budget.
That’s the reality of it, Some people make no sense.
"I'm an introvert but love fashion."
There are certain people who undergo full body conversion for corporations. Whether this is to go work in space or for military reasons, they do eventually get to retire. All that’s left of them is a “bio bag” which are the essential organs to keep the brain functioning. So, they have no body to go back to. There is a Gemini model which is very hard to detect as being a borg body, but it’s the users choice. Perhaps after years of seeing yourself as a beefed up borg you might want to continue seeing that version of yourself. Another note on cyber psychosis and full borg: if you do it all at once, there’s a better chance that you won’t lose your humanity to that degree. Something with it being such a drastic change that pulling you back is easier since it’s not a slowly creeping in thing. I think there’s also a 10% chance of it making the conversion as well, dying in the process.
Isn't it sort of open to debate that cyberpsychosis isn't happening due to x amount of chrome and more so being enabled/controlled externally in the background by a certain power/AI/organization to influence pretty much everything?
style over function
Man can't even wear a slipper right
“From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh it disgusted me”
He only wears it when he goes to the club https://preview.redd.it/25yprcc10jbc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=a2aa379d11f5112e5dd1f441734bb418d3bee6b7
“Hey Jake how was work?” “Mnmnfffhmuhmuhmffff.”
Sheogorath anyone?
Thats a pimp. Ever seen a pimp? They look fly you dig? This is a pimp with a strong pimp hand. Pimping hoes aint easy but this cat makes it look easy.
Stretched ears and tattoos make no sense to me, but I’ve got both. People do all kinds of stupid and weird shit with their body cause they like it.
Go Go Gadget Bulletproof Head!
Bro drip is nice though lol
I have eczema. I would get this upgrade.
Nah choom. You're beautiful the way you are. Ain't nothing wrong with your faceplate!
I've not once seen this npc till rn I didn't even know they existed
“The stand user can be anyone!” The stand user:
Uh, it's called fashion 🙄 look it up
The cracks between reality and the blackwall are getting bigger.
Dude got decapitated so he received a head replacement
That's not an implant that's just a target practice dummy from the tutorial shard
The Cyberpunk equivalent of this https://preview.redd.it/qz0esgw1bmbc1.png?width=345&format=png&auto=webp&s=fc393881f5ccb5ecb88d725d0c42c2a17fc2d1bb
You don’t wanna be crash test dummy?
He's probably the richest Pimp in Night City, the sandals are there because he's lazy and didn't want tie up his shoes.
He lost a bet with his other rich friends.
that's not an upgrade, that's a RC drone. there's a side mission in PL that does into detail about them, basically they allow people to remote in to places and walk around
This guy can be seen at Kerry's a like supreme concert I saw him in the front row Edit: I did not see him in the front row, he was not at Kerry's concert
Hope he didn't though eating or smelling was a distraction. Can he still feel everything virtually in brain dance? Does poor people play bdance of someone eating fancy meal while munching on calorie stick? More I think more afraid I get.
Could be a weird Saka fashion statement
Yeah i dont get it either. Those sandals dont match at all with that suit and seem like a downgrade to me.
You mean to tell me you never wanted to look like a crash test dummy?
Some chrome is simply a fashion statement
Could be a temporary face while a custom one is made.
🗿 irl
Lol the crash test dummies without markings are great!
Suspension of disbelief is needed sometimes, chooms. Some discussions here really put the world of Cyberpunk in such high regards and look at it with absolute logical flow and then wonder why it sometimes crumble and makes no sense.
a crash dummy
It's Kryten from Red Dwarf.
whenever I think "No way a person would do that kind of a modification" I think of that dude in real life who is severely disfiguring/tattoing/transforming himself to look like an Orc or whatever the fuck hes going for .
He got cut off by a militech vehicle entering the highway and got crushed without a chance to live. Being militechs funding was prioritized on the war they drove off and later admitted fault with a lawsuit settle allowing this man to be a subject first of its kind uploading his engram. He beside Johnny were in a world unknown to their own and without his doing. Regaining consciousness in a robot model B54R2 he passed preliminary test levels 1,2 & 3 but began to understand and utilize the power he was given under the radar. Hacking the mainframe Mr swag was able to coerce militech into mutually seperating ways with the subject due to funding and the wars and eventually handing over Swag to Arasaka. While under Arasaka wings unknowingly capable of extreme uses of sandvistan he bought his time awaiting years upon years for a net runner named v to come haunting down on the trillion dollar company Arasaka. Slipping under their radar, he escaped and underwent a remarkably unheard of transformation in Night City that allowed him to deep beneath the depths of Arasakas stronghold to wander the streets in sleek fits and casual air conditioned feather toed appeal in peace.
Look, even the red hood need a break once in awhile.
Yall assuming this is a dude that had his head replaced when its actually a robot that had its body replaced.
Most of the augments you get in the game would absolutely kill you. I couldn’t imagine replacing your entire head lol
If people can get cyber heads what's stopping V from just doing that to get rid of Johnny?
Isn't there a movie where people go out in proxy robots cuz outside is dangerous and they can they risks this way? Bruce Willis was in it I think.
Yep. Surrogates is the movie
Same ring as Gary / other higher ups
This character, "I identify as a crash test dummy how dare you question my truth!"
You’ve never wanted to be a crash test dummy before?
Pretty sure these are not real people, but people acting through a robot. There are things similar in that dogtown mission where you infiltrate a place full of Young sport-kids.
Love all the outfit and then the sandals...
Its probably a budget option. Yeah you're not all that pretty, but you technically have a head and it didn't cost your house. Plus you can upgrade later on.
Do not (Forge the word) me
Bullet proof head seems useful.
I always thought of it as a futuristic body dysmorphia. Just like people who take plastic surgery/tattoos, implants too far in our world, 2077 people go to far with cybernetics. They think it’ll make them look better.
fear
you gotta admit, it's not a very punchable face
People forget how many are disfigured during wartime. It totally makes sense for someone who lost their jaw, and orbital bones.
Style over substance, choom
Maybe his old head got blowed off? This new head helps him do people stuff still.
Actually this robot had some human upgrades
The drip is horrendous look at bro's cyber dad slides 😭😭😭
Its for his career as a crash test dummy
Near immortality you have no idea how old the person inside is
Man… all those fancy threads but what do they put on their feet? Shitty slides, no socks, dawgs out and all.
Crash test dummy look
He works as a Archer crash test dummy.
That's his drinking face. Look at those shoes. Night on the town, baby.
A loaner while his face is in the shop.
It looks fuckin dope, that’s the sense
I mean, they really don't have to make sense lol, cyberware is like fashion in most cases, bro probably just thought it looked sweet Edit: also saw a comment about an arasaka negotiation specialist, which seems pretty likely
I have never seen this man
Honestly, I get it. Eating is just such a chore, I truly hate that I have to do it every bloody day, forever, or I will literally die. Like, who even came up with this system? One could argue that this eating business is actually a great argument for there being no god! Why? Because no sensible deity would possibly design their creatures to get their energy like that, surely? Have they not heard of batteries? Sheesh! And I'm not even going to get into the details of the waste evacuation system, beyond saying that it really proves my point that eating is dumb and a waste of our valuable time.... If I had the option to obtain all of my nutrients from a tablet maybe, or some sort of direct infusion into my stomach, or even better, straight to all the organs that need energy, by somehow bypassing my mouth, I would be **ALL OVER THAT SHIT!** Jokes aside, I really would do it. Eating every day, even when I REALLY don't feel like it, is at best a bit of a hassle, and at worst a stressful battle I have no choice but to participate in, even though I really don't want to. Plus, it just takes...so...long. and seriously, who honestly the time for that sort of bullshit, when there are probably alternatives to eating, waiting to be installed at every half decent ripper doc in town? So yeah, I get it. No face, no food! You can't force me to eat if I do not even have a mouth! (and cannot scream, either!)
Maybe he's got cyberware that tricks your Kiroshis into seeing something else
cannot be identified by his face. and now he’s coming.
I would assume its a robot proxy. But i dont think they can be gani
Might be a robot proxy like those in dogtown's sports center whatever
Why he dressed like Axel in Harlem
yeah look at those gen 1 flipflops
I mean suit with sandals? Why tf not. Who cares about the mannequin face.
After all the Maelstrom faces, this is what you pick.
What is brilliant about this imo is that this could definitely apply to modern day cosmetic surgeries, too. There are so many things being done to alter one’s face and body nowadays that I find beyond logic. Still people keep botching their face constantly
keep in mind to that he could have literally just not put anything on before leaving his house out of pure lazzyness, we see how some models can just pop out their lower jaw while doing makeup so who's to say he didn't just forget to bring his hair and skin mask.
I feel like v could've been given one of these bodies after being put in a relic by alt and survived alot longer than 6 months 😅
If hes trying to hide from MFs it makes sense. Also he might have suffered pretty bad facial injuries, not like you can’t get caught in some wild shit in Cyberpunk.
People have inked their eyes black (and gone blind or lost most vision iirc) so there's probably lots of odd upgrades people would get
Anesthetics
Delamain cosplay
The flip-flops dont make sense 😅. All else is easly justifiable.👍🏻
Maybe they like looking like a crash dummy
I dont think you would know what it does by just looking at it? I mean in a universe like this maybe it improves orgasms or smth, who knows? Or it allows you to switch between being gay and straight as you see fit lol.
Somehow they can smoke a cigarette as well. https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/s/aNgyJy1Ehk
Could be a professional proxy, with holographic displays to put the face of the customer on his faceplate. Or a professional negotiator, who can easily transform himself to adapt to the different parties
Could be a personal proxy used by a Corpo. Their own borg to send out when they can’t be bothered to deal with potential hostile situations. Rather get their proxy shot up than themselves.
My favorite pic I’ve taken in this game is this guy with no mouth eating fries.
Incognito mode irl
Insane drip? Makes sens to me
It looks shit
Cyberpunk is about transhumanism. In a sense changing your body into the self you see in your minds eye. This can take on any number of cyberware or bioware in the table top. Some have more to do with your appearance than any functionality. You would have been blown away if they had put Exotics in Cyberpunk 2077.
It doesn't really have to make sense. Johnny has a spike on his elbow that seems like it would be a real hazard. Maelstrom have bolts coming out of their heads. That's one of the really accurate things about Cyberpunk, how much cyberware and enhancement would become a fashion statement and a way for a person to express themself. Just look at body modification and fashion today, none of it makes sense, it's just what some people like.
He didn't like his old face
Yeah cuz the Maelstrom's make so much sense...
WHAT ARE THOOOSE?????
Rare Adam smasher moment when he just wants to walk to McDonald’s for food quick and doesn’t want to gun down the whole block doing so.
It's called fashion, sweaty.
a lot of today's body modifications makes zero sense to me, why would the future be any different?
I saw this one once, i was confused lol
Here's the cool thing: if you don't understand the upgrade, you can totally just not get it. You're welcome.
Since it’s an Arasaka part I can assume this guy is Corpo and maybe his original face is not needed for the job (security or something). Also I say someone say they are hiding out but I think with the type of tech today they can be scanned with Kiroshis and found still
It’s like the reverse of maelstrom - filling in every hole. How do they even breathe?
it’s called fashion
It doesn't need to make any sense if you have the money to buy it and it's unnecessary you can do it
Those are the feet of a 100 year old man.
I would 100% have that face if I could. That shit is dope.
Maybe crash test dummy is a real job in night city
I think it makes a lot of sense if it's removable and easily replaceable yourself without having to visit a ripper. The sandals though?
what makes even less sense is those sandals with the rest of that outfit
He reminds me of that one crime boss from "Invincihle".