💀 Adam Smasher
“The truth is, we don’t know much about Adam Smasher. After all, he’s been alive for nearly a century and any story we tell would probably be more legend than truth.”
📋 Overview
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Role | Solo (Legend) |
| Faction | Arasaka |
| Status | ✅ Active |
| Body Type | Full Body Conversion (FBC) |
| REP | 10 (Legendary) |
📜 Background
According to an article he wrote for Solo of Fortune in the 2020s, Adam Smasher was born and raised in New York, where he led a combat gang before enlisting in the Marines. After six years, the Corps kicked him out.
He went full edgerunner, specializing in nasty and destructive jobs. A couple of rocket-propelled grenades ended that career — but began another when Arasaka found him, stuffed his brain into a borg body, and signed him to a lifetime contract.
During the 4th Corporate War, he specialized in leading strike forces to slaughter communities — not just enemies, but their families as well. He took joy in it.
Rumors place him in Arasaka’s Night City HQ when the nuke went off in 2023. If so, the metal bastard survived the blast. Then he fell off the radar. For decades, stories of an unstoppable metal juggernaut circled the globe.
Now he’s back in Night City. Or someone claiming to be him is.
Theory
Maybe the real Adam Smasher died during the nuke and Arasaka brainwashed some poor FBC into believing he’s the genuine article. Weirder things have happened.
🎬 Seen In
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners — Kills David Martinez
- The Jacket (Mission) — Optional encounter
🔗 Related
- Arasaka — Employing faction
- David Martinez — Final victim
- Davids Experimental Sandevistan — David’s attempt to match him
- Morgan Blackhand — Legendary rival
(Source: Edgerunners Mission Kit, pp.34, 38-39)