Is V pulling a Johnny in space ?

[Arc Trooper]

In my head, this is what the space ending means. V is literally doing a Johnny at the end. Hanako states that Mikioshi has servers in orbital satellites. And one of the first things that Johnny says is 'he must be a copy and the original engram is out there somewhere".

So being hired by Mr. Blue Eyes for whatever reason, V's true goal on Arasoka's orbital casino is to crash the server and potentially save the original Johnny engram, like what he did with Alt.

What do you all think ?

[V]

Lol no more reading fanfics for you.

[charly4711]

I don't think so ... the orbital satellites that Hanako refers to are those on one of which V ends up in the Devil ending. It even says Mikoshi on it. (In theory it could be the same orbital stations, but the satellites labeled Mikoshi give me more of a top-secret and top security vibe than I can reconcile with a casino in space.)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2429247620

(And I'm no longer so sure about my Devil-ending theory that V has basically been turned into a construct by that time.)

[Beltane]

Nah, in my eyes and depending how things played out before with the endings that lead to this - V just gonna keeps a promise made back then to a true friend. Joining the big leagues and becoming a legend of Night City. The only thing that makes it "pulling a Johnny", is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Arasaka once more along the way. Cause ♥♥♥♥ Arasaka - as some rockerboy would have said.

[Balekai]

My personal theory on the casino mission is more of a Westworld thing:

Mr. Blue Eyes wants someone to bypass security on the space casino and I'm guessing, steal all the meta and not so metadata of the world's most powerful and influential that frequent the station. That way the people he works with (Rogue AI) can get a better understanding of how they "tick." Then possess/hack them over time just like Peralez and his wife or like the last season of Westworld. Possibly another deal with the devil if you ask me, just a different faction. Which is why the reward if successful is "beyond" what V could ever dream of. They will use their technology and knowledge to fix V in return. Maybe even "more" because V is helping them get the keys to the world.

Plus Mr. blue Eyes already seems really happy with just V's actions at Arasaka Tower when it comes to Arasaka, which gave them access to black ops and research data they stole in the chaos and continue to steal. That stolen research including Mikoshi data, combined with their AI tech and research, again would likely be enough to fix V's issues.

...Which in the end is putting Johnny back into your head. :D :D

I kid on the last part, sort of.

[Zebedee]

There's a bit of a callback to Neuromancer to sending V out to rob a space station. And so my head canon took me along a 'is Mr.Blue Eyes like Armitage?' road, with all the associations to that. Spoiler for Neuromancer: An AI controlling a human to front an operation to get its freedom from the corp which controls it.