The BEST Corporate Military - The Lazarus Group | Cyberpunk 2077 Lore

[@LayedBackGamers]

This is the story of Cyberpunks BEST corporate military. Even above Militech and Arasaka during the 2020s and Time of Red. I hope you enjoyed and learned some new informatiom. Let me know all your thoughts down below and have a great week chooms! FOLLOW ME ON: ● Community DISCORD Server: discord.gg/M2ESDtg9xk ● Twitter: x.com/LayedBackGamers ● Twitch: www.twitch.tv/layedbackgamers

[@JohnnySilverwrench]

Well forwarding on my comment I'm gonna rant in sections because there's so much to this I mean shit what happens if...I'll just leave my theory in the comment section 🤣 great video choom as always some info I knew some I forgot and perspectives that open the mind!!

[@JohnnySilverwrench]

So I wonder why misty gives V the pills to free the demon meaning release Johnny misty I believe too knows more than what she leads on what did these monks tell her?....

[@SusCalvin]

Lazarus was more directly a mercenary company. Lazarus does not provide day-to-day security or even garrisons. They are contracted to resolve specific campaigns and situations. Hiring an armoured platoon is expensive.

[@LayedBackGamers]

While they initially focused on operations, they most definitely began running Day to day security during the fourth Corporate and had replaced Arasaka during the time of red in Night City.

[@SusCalvin]

@@LayedBackGamers You could play hapless goons in the corp war during a campaign, and see how corporate structures buckled when faced with scarcity and chaos. The US federal armed forces are still around in a different form. They're more like self-contained battle groups than branches. They're still one of the forces of the continent built to wage prolonged war.

[@Hollywood1127]

This is why CDPR needs to activate braindance material. There is so much lore that is untapped, that could be told from braindances. Being able to play through a braindance for something like this and gaining intel would be immersive. It has been said that a lot of activity in DOGTOWN has to do with smuggling goods in and out. It would make sense that Kurt Hansen had a solo mission outside of Dogtown.

[@LayedBackGamers]

I wonder if we will get to see the Lazarus agents actively involved. It's odd that they're active yet unseen during 2077. Must've been a concept they didn't have time to add. Yet with the new open world events, we might see them

[@Hollywood1127]

@@LayedBackGamers True. Again; untapped lore that could have been content. I am praying that CDPR doesn't try and slam so much into Cyberpunk 2 and we end up getting the same results of 2077's launch. I feel there is still room to do a second expansion. Much of which could be stemmed from the new graphic novel "No Coincidence". Connecting V with those characters would make a great DLC-Expansion involving Militech. Possibly a great opportunity for them to add the NC Subway system.

[@cecollins68]

This IMO is the biggest ball CDPR dropped with this game, they could have hired a ton of animators or smaller creators to create some crazy short videos, weird clips or like you mentioned exposite lore, they proved It can be done because you find a watchable BD that shows the intro to edgerunners in the David Martinez side quest, you can't just introduce a tech concept like this and not utilize it.

[@LayedBackGamers]

@@cecollins68 What I find even weirder, is that the new expansion presents ideas similar to this. For one you can find a lizzy wizzy concert BD, then you can also take a drug to hallucinate a whole questline. Yet won't reuse this concept to play out BD quests? It would be very easy little missions.

[@Standoffmuffin]

Hey uh, you got any black ops torture choom.

[@OziumG]

A few years ago I decide not to Re-enlist back into the Air Force . My job was building and maintain network infrastructure. I loved it, I was good at it and my team loved it too. We essentially spent 4 years reconstructing, expanding and fine tuning an operational network for our airbase. Literal blood, sweat and tears were thrown into the system to make things work and allow our fighters to fly. The last year of my enlistment, turned out that the Air Force was phasing my career field out. I watched as my entire squadron was disbanded, retrained and retooled for another purpose. Worst of all, I saw my what I considered my life’s work get handed to a bunch of dudes in polo shirts and khaki pants. I had no ill will towards them by any means, but what loyalties do the corporate help desk jockeys have to the people down range? People who volunteered to be here? Cyberpunk really scares me due to the amount of power PMCs have. Watching America throw billions of dollars to Lockheed Martin to produce a 35 million dollar plane that they don’t even want, left me baffled. Then we get phased out and replaced by a suite and tie. I know those corporation don’t care who’s down range and who’s lives are at stake. As long as they stay chummy with the government, their wallets stay fat. I ain’t saying our military is all that and pure, but I’ll end myself the day I see something like Militech or Lazarus become the defacto military for this country. I mean who do you trust more, volunteers willing to risk it all or mercenaries wanting a quick hazard pay.

[@devdoes]

Most of those contractors are prior service though, maybe if the gov paid us more and stopped treating us like garbage there wouldn’t be so many guys ETSing and going private

[@OziumG]

@@devdoes you only get paid like shit E1-E3. Housing allowance, medical treatment, paid leave, dependency pay, paid holidays, untaxed hazard pay for certain deployments. There’s a reason why some folks stay in for 30 years.

[@OziumG]

@@devdoes and I don’t care if GCs did service or not, we still run 24hr ops, while they are on a 9-5.

[@edgeIord]

…you know Lazarus is a pretty obvious riff on Blackwater, right?

[@OziumG]

@@edgeIord cyberpunk is a mirrored extreme, where the corporations are the main military force. In our timeline, the military is not privatized.

[@sui_offical]

Wooooo more lore, thank you lore father

[@JohnnySilverwrench]

Aww the kitty! What's up sui how yah been choom?!

[@LayedBackGamers]

My pleasure choom

[@gabopenav]

Lore father LOL, great content!

[@Whydoweneedhandlesagain]

Lore daddy blesses us once again

[@detectivemadoka69420]

Keep pumping these videos man, i'm addicted to Cyberpunk's lore.

[@LayedBackGamers]

Got another one coming tomorrow morning choom!

[@JabudicusProductions]

Sounds kinda similar to the Cyberpunk version of MSF/Diamond Dogs with Emile as Big Boss

[@LayedBackGamers]

Completely agree with that comparison. MGS is one of my favorite series, wish I could figure out the timeline completely after all this time lol

[@r1pbuck]

I believe that there's a PA advert for a Lazarus rifle at the Badlands gas station where V apprehends Hellman. I always wondered what that was about.

[@LayedBackGamers]

Interesting, I'll have to go check it out. I guess that would mean Lazarus entered the manufacturing business?

[@r1pbuck]

@@LayedBackGamers Just like Militech and Arasaka. Thing is, this is the only reference in the whole game, as far as I've discovered.

[@thargs9184]

Its not. There are ads for the arasaka smart smg and shotgun but they are poster. Spent about 1h before i heard it. Its a collect enough point to earn a lazarus rifle

[@theitchyspot]

Sub'ed bcuz content is awesome! I enjoy your lore essays very much. Great job. The effort you put into making these videos is greatly appreciated.

[@jimmybly2630]

Man i fucking love your channel and this videos, massive props and thank you :)

[@LayedBackGamers]

Thanks a lot choom, the kindness genuinely means a lot to me. I'm always trying my best to give you all the content you deserve

[@quintrapnell3605]

Cyberpunk lore is based loosely on our political references but it has twists and turns that shake us off. It’s unique and unexpected. Doesn’t follow through with just a transhumanist agenda or an anarcho capitalist narrative but it is both yet neither and the civil wars hold it together.

[@Needler13]

Sadly, transhumanism is never going to be a thing in real life. We already get pissed off from people changing their gender. When people start becoming super soldiers via implants, it will open a flood gate of regulation

[@JohnnySilverwrench]

Holy shit this a long one I'm gonna watch a few times then put my input but very glad this video was made I wish they would've put more into 2077 but it seems we are with phantom! So with this I wonder how high tensions are going to between everyone really at this point no wonder why they're using V to spark shit up!!😂🎉 unwilling participant

[@JohnnySilverwrench]

So if this is the case I mean does that mean Lazarus and Hansen are going after each other or is that what they want people to think seeing how they struct down air force one who says this isn't a setup for well you know....

[@JohnnySilverwrench]

Cause if this is the case they'd think that Lazarus and bargheist are having a blood bath when all actuality they're teaming up cause they're sick of these other corporations running shit like well trash....if this is the case I can see them easily trying to over throw arasaka the nusa etc...the changing of hands (power of the world) kinda like we see a lot of in our real life right now.....

[@JohnnySilverwrench]

I do like all the rock punk and metal references throughout the game makes it more yah know gripping!!!

[@halosammy14]

Hmm, I’d say that Lazarus is the most specialized corporate military, but not exactly the best if we account for practical issues such as logistics. They’re not self-sufficient in their ability to arm themselves, so they’d need to find an ally willing to manufacture gear in the event of an all-out war. Case in point, the amount of stuff they buy from Militech in the sourcebooks.

[@eaglecohort5259]

They definitely have some of the most professional and elite operators, but they are supplied primarily by Militech. While they don’t necessarily have a top dog equivalent to Smasher like Arasaka does, they’re highly trained and highly cybered when compared to the standard foot troops of other militarized corps. They’re more analogous to a rent a special forces group, where your standard operative is closer to a MaxTac agent than a militech or Arasaka foot soldier. Could they defeat Arasaka or Militech in open conflict? No, they’re too small and logistically vulnerable. But I’d put a platoon of Lazarus operatives over pretty much any other state or corporate military’s equivalent formation.

[@hakaen2119]

What is the edgerunners mission kit?

[@LayedBackGamers]

A new TTRPG sourcebook for Cyberpunk Red. It was announced awhile back but no new info since

[@npdady]

Is it my tinnitus or is there a ringing sound throughout the entire video?

[@Aaroniswompwomp]

It's the Cyberpunk soundtrack.

[@angel8fingers]

Fuck yeah choom! Great lore video!

[@LayedBackGamers]

Thanks a lot choom! I hope you're doing well and that I see you again soon on a live stream

[@tomcascaddan8319]

20:30 mark A portly man with a black cyber-arm... Mitch? How many people in Night City have black cyber-arms? Too many to easily count. I've seen random NPC's on the street with them. Hanson? His cyber-arm is black and OD green. And portly is NOT an adjective I'd use to describe him. Blackhand? Possible, but with the only evidence being a black cyber-arm, that is a very weak theory.

[@baktanfuli]

Great video, but that small high pitch noise in the background during most of it was very distracting.

[@LayedBackGamers]

Hadn't noticed it was so consistent in the OST while editing. From your listening experience, is it worth a re-upload at this point?

[@baktanfuli]

@@LayedBackGamers I made it to the end, so just something to be aware of in future uploads.

[@mattleoncini1006]

Would be nice if your videos didn't have that high-pitched droning in the background, it makes it seems like computer fans are going to town whenever your videos are on. Other than that great lore dive as always, keep up the good work!

[@LayedBackGamers]

Is it the OST or just when my mic is activating? The OST is a bit high pitched so I've learned from my mistake and am not going to use this one again. Thanks for the feedback and support choom! I hope you've been doing well!

[@robadobflob2320]

​@LayedBackGamers Ahh, yeah, I believe that was the OST. Noticed that as well; it definitely caught me off guard lol

[@LayedBackGamers]

@@robadobflob2320 Should I re-upload? As a viewer was it a negative experience because of it

[@robadobflob2320]

@LayedBackGamers Might not be a bad idea! As a viewer, I have no clue how that would affect the video's performance in the algorithm. But I would definitely look into replacing that OST track. Good luck with that mess, choom ;D

[@cecollins68]

It Dosen't bother me it adds tension and a bit of spookyness to the video I say leave it.

[@andrewdopple6946]

kinda crazy mike pondsmith predicted the Wagner Group. Literally the same exact thing happened for the exception for the edgy sad backstory of its tactical leader.

[@ren4issance-754]

8:20 Is it just me, or is that just straight up George Bush?

[@8.bit_gun340]

What if I am Morgan black hand tho.

[@cosmiccosmonaut820]

isnt their ceo named something like rash al ghoul

[@codyconnor6981]

Where’s my Lazarus life path?

[@PlanetApathy]

First of all, I actually happen to be Morgan Blackhand good sir! 😭😭😭😭😭

[@JohnnySilverwrench]

Official statement saying that we WILL get more on uodate next week!!🎉

[@LayedBackGamers]

I just want it already 🫠 didn't get an early access copy so I'll be behind on content again

[@JohnnySilverwrench]

Shit ill wait I'll be playing the night of release but I'll be watching choom!!!

[@JohnnySilverwrench]

​​@@LayedBackGamershave you ever seen the movie Replica with Keanu Reeves or Johnny Mnemonic? I'd consider watching these then replay cyberpunk phantom hell even now you and I know this story enough watch those mainly Johnny Mnemonic and tell me where you see cyberpunk goin lol😅

[@Bikeadelic]

What gear/mod is that in the thumbnail?

[@Lane_300]

Love the video; but could we cut down on the ringing noise? I swear I had tinnitus for half the video.

[@LayedBackGamers]

💀 It was the OST. I hadn't noticed it while editing since I was focused on other things while constantly pausing. I picked up on it after posting and haven't used the OST since. A lot of Cyberpunk OST actually have ringing sounds in them which makes a lot of them off limits now

[@Lane_300]

@@LayedBackGamers TBH; Most people probably don't notice it. But my headphones pick it up sadly. Really enjoy all your content though.

[@Carneliancharmeleons]

I love your videos but that low pitch humming in the background music you use is insanely annoying.

[@lucianoromero777]

Bro your videos have a ringing in them it’s driving me crazy 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@LayedBackGamers]

It's honestly probably the OST, so poor choice on that part I won't be using it in the future

[@lucianoromero777]

@@LayedBackGamers definitely the audio track lol I thought it was something in my room then I watched a few recent videos and it did it lol

[@lanceswarts4936]

Bump

[@LayedBackGamers]

Bump

[@skinisdelicious3365]

Wtf is that high pitched noise bro

[@Aaroniswompwomp]

It's the Cyberpunk soundtrack.

[@forwardlookoutassociation]

Anyone else experiencing choppy dialogue or is it just me?

[@the_good_bud3685]

👀

[@LayedBackGamers]

👀

[@JohnnySilverwrench]

"Hey listen" Navi voice 🤣

[@QuangNguyenXuan-qb1ve]

um.

[@loxley75]

Nah it all just happened because Johny Silverghand decided to 'stick it to the man'! The fourth corporate war and all that was just a coincidence! 😂😂😂

[@multirate1HDX]

That high pitched noise is hella disgusting... and its going through out the whole video.

[@LayedBackGamers]

It's the soundtrack whoops