Cyberpunk’s Unification War | FULL Cyberpunk 2077 Lore

The Unification War is probably the most influential war for America within the 21st Century and helped shape Night City and create a new chapter of its History. But why was it influential?
Today we look into the full event of the Unification War and what its outcomes were.
This is the story of the Unification War of Cyberpunk 2077.
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[@WiseFish]

Hope you guys enjoyed this look at another event in the Cyberpunk timeline. Let me know what you’d like to see next!

[@mihan2d]

Do theories/conspiracies! What about the project Carpe Noctem, Peralez and the abduction of Garry the Prophet and could they be connected?

[@LudicrousTorpedo]

How about I recommend you about the lore of the New United States ? It would be very interesting.

[@shirotako6249]

Please do a video about the old net. It's so interesting to me.

[@ncrrangerrolandtembo4615]

Thanks man I just started a nomad veteran of NUSA this video was great for the info on this war

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

How about the USSR ???

[@Aristocrat1cs]

Cyberpunk lore is so interesting. Phantom Liberty has me hyped for more lore

[@PYR0NinjaPXG]

Just started a Nomad/Unification War veteran playthrough, perfectly timed & quality content as always.

[@carterdevine9542]

How do you make it a war vet run?

[@PYR0NinjaPXG]

@@carterdevine9542 Body stat, lots of Militech gear, and a ton of mods if I'm being honest. Body stat dialogue options imply V was a veteran, goes well with the Nomad lifepath.

[@jaydenshepard7928]

@@carterdevine9542Its called roleplaying lol

[@edohanma]

@@carterdevine9542pretending like an autist

[@justinfrazier9555]

I have played Cyberpunk since I was in high school. Almost a decade now. 2077 was the first immersive experience in that world I am so well versed in. In fact the entire time I was playing 2077 my internal voice always screamed at Johnny Silverhand. I've played that campaign. Firestorm. And the events...didn't play out the same way as Johnny recalls. Which is a beautiful touch. He has been dead for a long time now. Longer than he spent alive. A long time to tell yourself a story without anyone else's view. By my memory, and I believe it says this in Firestorm's campaign book, Johnny confronts Smasher with an smg in one hand and his pistol in the other. He opens fire on him. Smasher turns, returns fire, and cuts Johnny Silverhand in half. He dies on the spot. Smasher didn't waste anytime on him. He only cared about Morgan Blackhand and proving that metal was superior to meat. Because Blackhand had avoided fighting him for years. And he was there that night. At the tower. And Smasher knew that was his chance. It was all he cared about. Although Johnny did become a legend. Enough for Smasher to spend the next decades dropping what he was doing immediately to pursue any leads that were brought to his attention regarding any items belonging to Silverhand in the past. But this is the same guy that was chasing Kai Arasaka's 17-18 year old daughter in a Elvis replica body.

[@LexYeen]

You, and other retro-heads like yourself, are _invaluable_ to figuring out the story of Cyberpunk 2077 because of how much you can just _see_ without even realizing.

[@MrGabilonia]

And so the Emperor brought forward his transhuman host of Thunderwarriors across the technobarbarian-ridden hellish landscapes of Old Terra and... oh wait...

[@plamenminchev6563]

WAR, not WARS 😜

[@Ocelot835]

I like the resemblance of our own current world politics in Cyberpunk lore and how portrayed events split into its own thing. Just take a look at Free States-NUSA conflict and the parallels with modern problems of relations between post-soviet countries for example - while being once part of global superpower, now they are strugle to hold their own established indentity and independence against agressivly militaristic successor of former metropole that want to restore its former glory again but cannot achieve due to other countires (mostly old enemies and rivals) getting involved! And yet in comparison to real life politics Cyberpunk universe still uniquely fresh to explore.

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

Not really, the regions that broke away from the USSR kept their identity from the days before they were conquered by Moscow. A comparison would be something like Navajo nation breaking up from the US. California breaking up from the US is more like Novgorod or Voronezh declaring independence, not Ukraine or Georgia.

[@Ocelot835]

@@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 It doesn't matter much, in Cyberpunk universe states like Texas or Night City allready developed their own identities and aren't eager for reunification with NUSA. There definitely is difference in nuances with IRL world but basic resemblance are still the same

[@sneaky5141]

​@@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022ur mam

[@SoranotRoxas]

I said this on your last lore video and I will say it again, you're awesome for covering this lore in detail. It's always interesting to have a proper breakdown of events 👏

[@JPLangley_]

As an American, the fracture of the US and even just the fracture of NorCal and SoCal is one of my biggest fears.

[@AsymmetricalCrimes]

People have been saying the US would fracture for literal decades and it never happens. I remember there was even a Russian professor from the 1990s who said the US would collapse by 2004 and Mexico would retake Texas and the border states.

[@saintjames1995]

It would be the collapse of our society. It is scary

[@Cadian-8th-4676]

The UK is already Collapsing

[@tonyfriendly4409]

Norcal and Socal probably should split

[@jaushuagrahamthefloridaman1124]

As a southerner in America..... Agree to disagree

[@Ambuhsofly]

Thank you so much for this! I didn't quite understand all the lore about the corporate wars.

[@WiseFish]

Thanks for watching glad it was entertaining :) I also have videos on the corporate wars if you want more info on them!

[@ColonelBragg]

I suspect Arasaka and other groups oppose a reunification of the US because it would inevitably reclaim its superpower status in time.

[@johnnyblackhand]

Kinda want Orion to be a corpo war type of game where you either join the conflict and decide who should control the United States. Also on a side note I would love if we either played as a descendant or see a descendant of Morgan blackhand feel like it would fit with the whole corpo war thing.

[@unknownbenefactor8029]

Inside the grand scheme of many things that happened in cyberpunk world.... There is something that makes me terrified.... AI... first I find Delamain to be a good friend even though he is an AI. Then I met Brandan he is good but.... Sometimes he creeps me out. Then.... Mr. Blue eyes.... This guy terrified me...

[@joshholden9360]

Brendan isn't an AI, he's basically a chat bot. The PC can realize that after making an intelligence (or maybe tech, I can't remember) check.

[@chaos20027]

For me it doesnt matter what cyberpunk lore video you make, i would watch them all, but it would be interesting to see some of the body modifications or complete transformations that exist in the CP universe. :)

[@WiseFish]

I’ll make a note and see what I can do

[@chaos20027]

@@WiseFish Thanks!

[@kylekopsi7039]

Cyberpunk Texas is more Texas than Texas

[@iamnumber4ization]

I have no idea if you made a video of arasaka and Japan but if you haven’t I would love to know more about how Japan and it’s prefectures are in the cyberpunk universe

[@OscarLT321]

The Cyberpunk dystopian genre works because it is so similar to reality. A lot of the story and aspects are just the terrible side of our current civilization turned up to a 100. We see a lot of similarities and sometimes even a possible realistic future, which makes it so convincing. Utopias always feel fake and only something to long for, we all know there will always be a balance to 'good', 'bad' and mostly the grey inbetween, no possibility of a pure heavenlike place.

[@baneofbanes]

Agreed.

[@kahlilbenjamin7298]

In theory a utopia can be achieved but it would take way too much blood to get there

[@Jerome_the_Gnome]

Been binge watching all you're lore series since I have been sick at home with a stomach bug, might just get myself sick some more so I can watch more! Keep up the great work.

[@ironsightsmcgillycudy7753]

Never made much sense that the rest of the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountains didn't resist for longer in Cyberpunk. Probably has the best terrain to fight an insurgency against the NUSA

[@Winning7089]

Considering how wars are fought in the cyberpunk universe it's not surprising that smaller more technologically advanced armies would be able to circumnavigate environmental difficulties

[@joshholden9360]

@@Winning7089 the US lost both South American wars, though.

[@Rage_Templar]

@@joshholden9360 in Cyberpunk?

[@ironsightsmcgillycudy7753]

@@Winning7089 I'd argue it's the opposite, even a moderately well equipped militia would be able to resist for longer and be more of a nuisance long term. The NUSA would only have air superiority as an advantage and with the amount of urban areas so close to mountainous, swampland, forests and hilly terrain they'd have to have an overwhelming manpower advantage to maintain a hold. Plus there are the nuclear sub bases here so if those forces rebelled with the locals they'd have access to a major force equalizer

[@jaydenshepard7928]

@@joshholden9360Something that really doesn’t make much sense given the sheer tech gap, and I think is just wishful fantasy but oh well the lore is the lore.

[@novacaine_]

Our hero, thank you for putting this together. Amazing stuff!

[@renegado8588]

Love the cyberpunk videos keep them coming and I don't mind if they get bigger

[@Nathlaaar]

Hits different after phantom liberty

[@schnoz2372]

Yeah man what a setting. I just found some shard about the unification war, then i immediately had this recommended. A welcome coincidence.

[@vontheunknown7982]

I mostly think cyberpunk 2077 could have done better with Adam smasher made him more tougher and stronger than he was supposed to be, but what do you guys think?

[@matthew_james_steele]

It built up on him being this super powerful death machine, but the fight was underwhelming for me, could’ve definitely been done better. I’m sure it maybe depends on the ending path you chose though

[@0718Dragonlord]

@@matthew_james_steele I just chalk it up to at that point in the game, you're way more powerful. Or in lore, the fight was longer and more brutal.

[@vontheunknown7982]

@@matthew_james_steele Agreed

[@sageviper2981]

Yeah if you have decent (even if you haven’t done any crafting or upgrades) weapons and some minimal cyber ware he’s very weak. So imagine if you have the best of everything.

[@WiseFish]

@@matthew_james_steele I’m sure he’ll be back. He’s been pretty much blown to pieces about 3/4 times now and come back so I wouldn’t be surprised if he came back and was a lot harder to fight

[@0718Dragonlord]

Glad we finally got this video. Keep up the good work.

[@jake4lif3]

Another great video, keep up with the Cyberpunk lore!

[@Ho-swae]

Love your cyberpunk lore vids man

[@Carter14ify]

Since watching your videos I have read everything I’ve picked up and will continue to do so, although I believe I won’t find or learn everything, these little pieces are kool to find, kinda like how the “collectibles” in last of us do! Sometimes they are death notes etc, sometimes it’s an insight to that writers time or the worlds current condition! Awesome videos love the depth! Sounds like you enjoy this world as much as me!!

[@ZebrasGonnaZeb]

Perfectly timed post! Just what I need to wind down for bed 😁

[@gr8tbigtreehugger]

Many thanks for this excellent video!

[@NIL0S]

War. War sometimes changes.

[@joshholden9360]

The means change, but the ends remain. "Hey, see those people over there? They're not us, and they have stuff. Go forth, young men! Kill them and take their stuff!"

[@kiokyyikune]

Fallout if the nuclear war didn't happened

[@CrossKarma2]

Please don't stop making these videos 🙌🏿🙌🏿

[@Cothfotmeoo]

Incredible. If there's one thing that doesn't change it's definitely war. Well played!

[@sohummohare6364]

wrong game lol

[@Cothfotmeoo]

@@sohummohare6364 War is universal! XD Not restricted to Fallout! Lol

[@kiokyyikune]

War...war never changes

[@andrewp8284]

Yep hence why wars in Cyberpunk and Fallout are fought by Neolithic warriors with Neolithic weapons. Right?

[@peterrocket4939]

thanks so much for this amazing series dude. also great to see some of them on spotify - any chance of the full series being uploaded there at any point ?

[@Change685]

Love your vids keep it up

[@TheCaptnJakk]

Man, the Cyberpunk IP could have become an household name like Star Wars. It is really sad seeing how C2077 fucked up. I just hope we will see another Cyberpunk game with the true choice-making experience CDPR promised. It would be a waste letting this IP die.

[@jcanal0221]

2077 is a succes, it is still high in the steam boards 2 years after its release and both an expansion and a sequel are confirmed

[@royalpain6338]

@@jcanal0221 If any other cyberpunk game comes out it will be at an extreme disadvantage after the terrible launch of 2077. I know for a fact people are going to be hesitant to purchase it and it will not make nearly the same amount of pre oder sales that 2077 did. 2077 may have done well sales wise but for a lot of people that game will always be the buggy pos game that was overhyped and undelivered on every promise it made.

[@SuperCrow02]

@@royalpain6338 There's a lot riding on Phantom Liberty. If it's amazing it is very likely to make people forgive CP2077's launch.

[@royalpain6338]

@@SuperCrow02 Honestly with the fact some people forgive bethesda for fallout 76 or blizzard for overwatch 2 i would not be shocked if phantom liberty brings in a few people. Still many people got burned by 2077 hard and i doubt it will go away no matter how good the dlc is.

[@SuperCrow02]

@@royalpain6338 Except cyberpunk is actually a good game that just released broken. Those two games are just terrible

[@Delta5x7]

As a Nevada resident, I'm glad that it wasn't hit too hard

[@imperiumgrim4717]

LOL

[@couriersix2058]

Just imagine this in a future game: We got Arasaka vs. Militech, NUSA vs. the Free States (backed by the USSR), and the inevitable AI Invasion vs. the entire planet. This isn‘t the 5th Corporate war, this is literally WW3 in a Cyberpunk universe

[@eW91dHViZSBpcyBjZW5zb3JzaGlw]

sign me up bro. hopefully thats what project ORION is about....

[@imperiumgrim4717]

True and same here

[@pjarmicki09]

Stop being a rag, side with Netwach. VDBs love to poke holes in a Blackwall, fools - all of them. Alt won't help you...

[@SprayNpreyT]

Thanks, good video

[@Cowboycomando54]

Figures California would invade Montana in Cyberpunk, they are already doing it in real life.

[@realsteezystevie]

Beautiful videos 🤌

[@asturias0267]

The death toll of that bioweapon seems awfully small.

[@nolancarte6015]

What I want to know is what was happening in Alaska and Hawaii during this time?

[@frankgonzalez7432]

Wouldn’t be surprised if Hawaii got messed up badly after the 2nd or 3rd Corpo War. The one where two Corporations were constantly attacking oil rigs in south China and the Pacific regions….

[@BrandonJXN2]

As a (Southern) Californian, the fracture of California is both plausible and terrifying. There has always been a instate rivalry between NorCal and SoCal across varying degrees. Only California and Texas could pull off being a 'free state.'

[@Blank55600]

Texas being Texas is what sells the lore for me. Stubborn as a mule, alone a deadly snake.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Considering recent history, hardly. If they tried to break away the only thing they’d get is a population decrease. Hopefully mostly of Confederates.

[@Blank55600]

@@jakespacepiratee3740 You're entitled to that opinion.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@Blank55600 it’s not an opinion. It’s a fact. Most powerful military force in the world >>>> 7 cowboys

[@Blank55600]

@@jakespacepiratee3740 "7 cowboys" OK buddy.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@Blank55600 alright I apologize, 8 Cowboys and a million poorly trained confed traitors

[@rulerofeverything6294]

Everyone is gangsta until Ohio want to be independent 💀

[@WiseFish]

The mighty forces of Ohio! No one stands a chance

[@coolmojito]

With the Republic of Texas on its way, we might just get there by 2077

[@bocktordaytona5656]

So in this time the one being Balkanized its the US not the USSR or south America... that is interesting and for some reason it feels like an unncanny possibility.

[@orange3023]

In the anime “Ghost in the Shell” America has fractured into different nations. And cyberpunk 2077 is a love letter to anime like Ghost in The Shell.

[@SevenPr1me]

Um no. Mike Pondsmith created the cyberpunk universe in 1988. The ghost in the shell manga didn't come out until 1989. The anime didn't come out until 1996, meaning there is no way you could possibly attribute the cyberpunk universe to the ghost in the shell anime

[@neofulcrum5013]

Imagine if we got caught up in a fifth corporate war.

[@juliansenfr]

LMAO Colorado just casually there as an enclave for decades.

[@steelville]

take a shot for everytime he says "cyberpunk" within the first 2 mins.. see you in the morning ✌🏾

[@solarisaint1]

Have they made a Bounty Hunter Character, they can scan doods for warrants, then make arrest when they catch them alone

[@adamfrazer5150]

"No law at all, in Deadwood ?" 👍

[@poundsofslothcigars]

God I love alternate history so damn much be it horror religion or a new world order all together its always so fun.

[@jonnythedemon]

Keep up the great work, the lore of Cyberpunk is very deep and i love listening to these videos while i work!

[@TobeWilsonNetwork]

If I remember right Pittsburgh got flattened by a kinetic impactor during the years of the red right?

[@javelin_if]

I can't believe im a cyperpunk fan now

[@chiapets2594]

BASILISK SQUAAAAAAAD!!

[@Sneedmire]

>no longer send their taxes to Washington, DC "Peace was never an option."

[@michaelstephenson-barreda1018]

Arasaka is like a cockroach...they won't die out

[@doreilly7689]

Texas has been waiting for just such an opportunity 😂

[@maikbaumann1250]

1700 people is a big deal for a city like chicago? or was ist more then a bioweapon? or was it 1,7mil people and you misread?

[@wolfinthesnow2865]

I think someone needs to throw youtube creator Umami a bone. Have you seen the artwork outside cyberhub in 2077, looks a lot like Umami's work "kami", I think its called

[@thatonefpsgamer1339]

Ngl I just imagine Texas announcing their leave from the us with a big cowboy hat and a cowboy walk

[@charleyfirminger9229]

7:00

[@robertwells9903]

I'm sorry but the US breaks ups and California beats Texas to the secession punch?!?!? No, I call cap

[@SevenPr1me]

This is a fictional timeline dude

[@khurtandrei4142]

Me a warhammer fan when I hear unification war: FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!

[@lakemonster7799]

I think a cyberpunk Republic of Texas game will will be a complete 360 of cyberpunk 2077, it probably be one of the most strictest and conservative countries in the world and will be awesome for a game

[@nobodyherepal3292]

No, apparently it’s just another corporate ran hellhole as the rest of the universe is, but now with an even more paranoid police state at the top, according to lore.

[@topcat59]

Well that’s until what’s left of the US government appeared trying to take over in DLC.🐱

[@WiseFish]

Yeah I’m very intrigued about what’s going on in that! Gonna be exciting to learn

[@snackette]

America in Cyberpunk 2077 is just the U.S.S.R. and baltic states in reality.

[@ITACHI9005]

Why was Solomon Reed Betrayed I didn’t understand way?

[@ibannash]

Reed and his team were found out (presumably by Arasaka) and the conflict was not going in the NUSA's favor. Rosalind had to make a choice if this war was to end amicably. Either keep Reed and his team sage and continue the war (possibly evolving it into a corporate war) or selling out Reed as a bargaining chip allowing for a peace treaty to be signed. Those are at least, the peices I got from this.

[@PerpetuallyTiredMusician]

Heh the comment section under this has some funny comments and responces regarding states splitting or striking out on their own. Video isnt half bad either. Peace

[@financialproblems9308]

Wait wheres the part about the god emperor fighting the techno barbarians?

[@andrewdiaz3529]

It's very clear where R Talsorian Lore ends and CDPR lore begins because of how empty feeling CDPR Lore is

[@bunnysmile1o1]

I love that Texas was like. "Fuck all you guys!" Sounds like us.

[@isg2015]

I’m not gonna watch this video. I just want to say that the thumbnail looks like the glasses Avatar in Avatar 2 and I can’t unsee it.

[@joshuaweston8399]

Umm arasaka was blown up by johny

[@dillonkeller4477]

So THIS is what happens when America elects a woman president... noted

[@thesweetone]

As much as I love this game, I hate Johnny Silverhand. Just my opinion.

[@guyunknown6224]

He grew on me , like a shitty alcoholic uncle who lives with your family because your dad is a good guy so he's just always around the house starting shit and being awful about nothing

[@TAttila84]

Same here. It would be much better without hím.

[@gracenote108]

The main story we got should've been an expansion like Heart of Stone was for Witcher 3.

[@Granularity777]

As an American, the fracture of the US and even just the fracture of NoCal and SoCal is one of my greatest hopes.

[@baneofbanes]

Then you’re not an American.

[@Justin-rq6kf]

​@@baneofbanes The US government and the current California government fail to hold the values that founded this nation.

[@baneofbanes]

@@Justin-rq6kf doesn’t change my statement. An American doesn’t wish for the destruction of America. Has nothing to do with the government you fool.

[@littlek3000]

4:20 i get its a game, and lore exists, but chicago has a population of 3m people, 1.7k dead would def not leave the city in ruin, even with a bio-plague, that is literally 0.01% of the population, for chicago, thats daily. Unless in the cyberpunk universe, chicago has a total of 3k people, then that'd make sense.

[@thatonefpsgamer1339]

Ngl new Mexico could have really used heisenbergs help

[@thatonefpsgamer1339]

If we're sticking to the 80s timing of the release then that means the soviet union exists in cyberpunk

[@joshholden9360]

It does, but they took on the kind of Chinese fascism that we have in real life, and rebranded it the Neo Soviet Union