What Happens If You Let Aaron Live After Blackmailing Him?

Cyberpunk 2077: What happens if you let Aaron McCarlson live after blackmailing him during the gig "Scrolls Before Swine"?

[@Svoorhout85]

I think a lot of new players kill him just to check out what was formerly Rebecca and Pilar's crib.

[@JM1992]

Correct!

[@hydromisc]

The only right answer

[@NewCovenantOfChrist]

yep never felt so good blasting him with rebecca's shotgun

[@DonOsterman]

How or when can you kill him? His room has a loot box with something legendary and it's been bugging me for days!

[@tropicalstorm24]

@@DonOsterman I'll help. Whenever you begin the mission and use the computer to steal the files, go onto the computer and you can actually watch the scroll in full. The game will give you an optional prompt to tell Aaron you know what he did. Whenever you go drop off the scroll, do the same as the video BUT pick "I want you in prison", he'll become hostile and you have to kill him, this granting you access to his apartment and the loot box.

[@SanosEdge]

There's a 3rd option. Tell him you want him in jail, but DON'T kill him, just beat him or down him non-lethally. Regina calls saying he got the beating of his life, plus she has the murder scroll to keep her new high level plant in NCPD on a leash for life who will be useful for future gigs, intel and be forced to do some good for people. Even Johnny is pleased with this outcome.

[@333angeleyes]

THANK YOU!

[@Noeland]

I never killed him. Didn’t even think it was an option.

[@Tyrannosaur6265]

Wow he takes getting blackmailed very well

[@exemplar7205]

he did get promoted tbf, likely due to Regina wanting to have more of a influence within the NCPD

[@Tyrannosaur6265]

@@exemplar7205 Did not realize that the footage you deliver is of him murdering his CI, cut his head off when I saw him last time.

[@exemplar7205]

@@Tyrannosaur6265 yeah its pretty fucked, though at the same time if u let him live he basically gets blackmailed into following Regina's orders so i like the idea she will keep him in line and Regina can do more good with a contact in the NCPD

[@zymethamp6596]

He's a corrupt cop and all but he's not that bad. You can learn later that the guy he shoots on the recording is connected to that father and son who edit illegal BDs.

[@tray6441]

@@zymethamp6596Oh you’re incorrect. That was a woman he shot which happened to be his girlfriend he owed money to

[@allopic3764]

I didn’t even know you could blackmail him… I mean he looked a bit suspicious and all, but I’ve never remembered to check whatever you were meant to give him in my other playthroughs… good to know.

[@luissoto5942]

He's got good loot in his apartment

[@VTheGonk]

Nice to see something new!! Never knew about this!

[@xx3uddhaxx]

I haven’t found him yet definitely have to bump into him again

[@laabitres]

This is why I sent him to jail

[@happyninja42]

I don't recall having an option to read the evidence? Maybe I just overlooked it or something. What did he do?

[@desmerit]

@@happyninja42 you had to look at the files on the computer that you downloaded the mission objective from. Shows camera footage of him executing another person in the alley.

[@NRX25]

to be honest, the guy may be a crook. But in that world, that may be the right thing to do,if you want the right things to happen. Going by the book saves no one.

[@mamadoubalde325]

where can i find him cause i didnt kill him

[@thestreetkid]

The same place where Dino is located (the fixer in City Center).