Mr. Blues Who is he?

[Leo]

Here is my simple answer.
- Orbital Air. It's a megacorporation that has a monopoly on orbital transportation. Australia, China, Japan, Germany, France, NUSA, & their HQ in Kenya Nairobi. They are kinda the Space X of Cyberpunk, but bigger, international, and with a huge monopoly. From the L-5 Crystal Palace to Johnson Orbital Facility in low Earth Orbit. The mega spaceport in Cape York Australia, to the NCX launch port in Night City.
- Orbital Air has an espionage division called Orbital Air Black. Sounds familiar? Black Echelon? Team Black? Team Alpha Black? Team Blue and Orange? Operation Condon.
- Many of the cut scenes with Mr. Blue Eyes occur in association with space launches, on a space plane, or at the offices of Orbital Air. Getting someone into space, & even an ending crystal palace heist scene. & who's the contact/fixer for that? Mr. Blue Eyes.
- He's an agent for Orbital Air Black. The entire operation Condon mission was OAB. He's not an AI. Just a Corpo Netrunner field agent for OAB.

[asarokk]

He also appears on a balcony when V speaks with Jefferson for the last time.

And no one knows who he is, who he really works for or what his goals are. It's a mystery and there are plenty of theories about him. Perhaps it will be addressed in the sequel.

[Phynrae]

Yeah i think he's sequel bait.

The only thing we can say about him with some certainty, is that he's probably a Proxy (similar to a Doll, but used by a Corp, instead of a Dollhouse). So the guy himself is probably a nobody, the real question is: Who's pulling his strings?

[Vela Darney]

I think the most popular theory is that he's an AI. Or at least connected to the AIs beyond the Blackwall. Cos everything in the game indicates that there's something brewing behind the Blackwall and ♥♥♥♥'s gonna hit the fan real soon regarding the rogue AIs - maybe another thing like RABIDS and DataKrash. Maybe the AIs instigating another Corpo War (which is also on the horizon and has been predicted by AIs to happen within ten years of the 2070/71 conflict). Maybe AIs using the brewing Corpo War as disctraction for their own agenda.

[Leo]

Originally posted by asarokk:

He also appears on a balcony when V speaks with Jefferson for the last time.

And no one knows who he is, who he really works for or what his goals are. It's a mystery and there are plenty of theories about him. Perhaps it will be addressed in the sequel.

Right that was Project Condin from the 'Dream on' Sidegig. You can find an encrypted shard on one the fleeing 'Team Black' operatives from the van. If you kill them fast enough before they climb up to the roof and escape in their stealth AV while your being shot at by hired Maelstrom. When you kill them their heads explode and the AV leaves. If you follow them up to the roof you see the cloaked/stealth AV as they jump into it and take off if you don't kill them fast enough. Decrypt the shard and it says this.
"PROJECT CONDIN SUSPENDED

Notice to all team BLACK field operatives : Project Condin has sustained a Class A security breach and has been SUSPENDED, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
BLUE and ORANGE teams are withdrawn. Team ALPHA-BLACK is ordered to withdraw to EVAC, code 8-BRAVO. Local armed friendlies will provide cover for extraction.
Team ALPHA-BLACK is notified that Control has authorized termination protocols in the event of capture or incapacitation."

"Termination Protocols? their heads explode.
Orbital Air literally has an espionage Division called Orbital Air Black from the books.

[EricHVela]

The whole point is not knowing who he really is.

The only substantial hint is given by someone who might be unstable. That person gives the current popular theory that people who have consistently glowing blue eyes are controlled by AI.

Something we know for certain (if completing an optional quest arc) is that he likes to manipulate the positions of political power in NC by various means. Given how he talks, it's very possible to have a whole group involved in manipulating things.

I use the phrase, Blue Eyes Faction.

Will they explain him in the follow-up game? (Are they still avoiding using the word, sequel?)

Part of me wants to find out, but part of me likes not knowing. The (sometimes wild) theories can be more entertaining than a definite answer.

[Ender's games]

I'm pretty sure he's a techno-necromancer from Alpha centauri.

[asarokk]

Originally posted by Ender's games:

I'm pretty sure he's a techno-necromancer from Alpha centauri.

You almost killed me with that comment. Laughed so hard I couldn't breathe.

[Zebedee]

The writer has said that he was never going to give the whole Blue Eyes quest line a satisfactory resolution. Don't know about sequel bait but it's definitely there to get you pulled into trying to solve the puzzle for yourself.

For me, I think he's linked to Night Corp. I don't know whether he is controlled by AI or just in constant communication but they're the big player who are only mentioned obliquely in the Perelez storyline and are my prime suspect for a few storylines which all seem to be linked and have a bit of a Neuromancer nod to them. (Dorset and AIs altering personalities and raiding a space station - just needed a few rastas in the shuttle with V...).

(And those strange signals from outer space being heard by a random hobo outside Misty's... what if they're Night Corp's? etc.)

[r.linder]

There's a lot of implications on who (or rather, what) Mr. Blue Eyes is. He can be seen watching you talk to Jefferson at the park, and he can be seen multiple times in Phantom Liberty as V helps Songbird escape to Tycho, a human colony on the moon.

1. Garry The Prophet (bum outside of Misty's) claims that "blue eyed people" live in space and come down to Earth to control politicians, which uncannily would line up with the premise of the side job "Dream On" where V discovers that someone is brainwashing influential people and their brain scans have some kind of substance or effect that shows up blue in brain scans. We also know that Mr. Blue Eyes has some connection to Tycho considering he was helping Songbird get there, probably in exchange for intel on the Blackwall, NUSA, etc. that only she could answer.

2. Vik Vektor couldn't find anything on him when asked to by V, implying he's someone who's so high up and shady that nobody can find him.

3. Songbird described him as a proxy, implying that the man you can see and meet isn't the actual person, but just a puppet that they use as they see fit.

So I'm thinking that he's probably a person or AI from some form of shady group or shadow government that operates out of Tycho that uses advanced technology to control proxies on Earth from Tycho.