Militech Datashard

[ManOWar2]

Should I remove the virus from it or simply make a copy of it ? If I make a copy, what is this used for ?

[Tokenn]

Make a new save just before meeting Meredith and replay it making different choices. A lot of things hinge on this encounter and after 3 playthroughs I still haven't explored them all.

[NorthernDavid]

Can confirm that only copying the daemon on the shard to get the hack does allow you to meet Stout after. Also you can only identify the mole from the terminal on a nomad playthrough. The corpo and street kid don't know the importance of the cargo being LOA.

[Tokenn]

Originally posted by NorthernDavid:

Also you can only identify the mole from the terminal on a nomad playthrough. The corpo and street kid don't know the importance of the cargo being LOA.

Ahhhh...so THAT explains why I couldn't find it again... [facepalm]

[Micas]

There's a wiki where you can get info on the options of a gig. It might be better to do a first play through without checking the details, but it's up to you. At least that's how I did it.
https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Cyberpunk_Wiki

[ShadowBoomer]

Originally posted by NorthernDavid:

Can confirm that only copying the daemon on the shard to get the hack does allow you to meet Stout after. Also you can only identify the mole from the terminal on a nomad playthrough. The corpo and street kid don't know the importance of the cargo being LOA.

Looked all over for this very answer...
...Thanks , Thanks , Thanks So Much. Thought I was going nuts cause I could not out the Mole with the email playing as a Corpo and Street Kid.
Again, Thank You
Cool Beans
ShadowBoomer

[Dorfo]

street kid = path maesltrom
nomad = path militech
corp = path meredith

[G11]

Originally posted by ManOWar2:

Should I remove the virus from it or simply make a copy of it ? If I make a copy, what is this used for ?

Originally posted by Grobut:

Originally posted by Kuja Feralus:

The only way for Meredith to survive is for you to not decrypt the shard, pay with the shard, and kill Maelstrom as you escape, leading to Meredith killing Gilchrist for being the mole.

You don't have to pay using the shard for Meredith to survive, just don't tamper with it.

If you want Meredith to live, don't touch the shard, but you can still shoot Royce without paying, learn the identity of the mole from a computer terminal (in an email), and fight your way out. Meredith will then greet you outside, you tell her who the mole is, and she'll thank you.

You can now hack the shard and download the money. So you both get paid, and get Meredith's rewards later on.

The benefits of zeroing royce, reading the email from the computer, freeing brick ( who helps you later and becomes maelstrom king) and getting to exploring Stouts and getting the iconic baton + not tampering with the chip until after the mission and getting 10k vs only getting the doom doom iconic revolver in the mission later on which has terrible sights and siding with maelstrom. its a clear winner which side of the story you should do.

I mean by all means, explore all routes. but if you are collecting its value proceeds if you get chaos free brick and read the email

[Gillsing]

Originally posted by Kuja Feralus:

Sir John Phallustiff, a Stun Baton, is only available if you pay with the intact shard and turn Maelstrom hostile, allowing Meredith to survive to later arrange to meet you at the No-Tell Motel for a casual hookup, at which point you can claim the iconic "Stun Baton" off the bed nearby.

As a streetkid I refused the Militech datashard, killed Royce, fought my way out, and there was Meredith Stout waiting, and then later I got Sir John Phallustiff.

Maybe without the datashard Meredith Stout knew she had to use some other means to keep tabs on V, so that's what she did? Or maybe it's just a bug? Because it didn't make much sense to me. I didn't even find the room with the mole email until my fourth character (a streetkid), and it didn't matter, since it was Anthony Gilchrist at the end of The Pickup.