Solo of Fortune 2 (1989)
morgan blackhand
Morgan Blackhand (my archetypical Solo character), is not alive because he's the best around. He's the best because he's alive. Simple. Even though I wrote the rules, I don't have to bend them to play Morgan. I just play him smarter; I always play him as though he were a personal character I've nurtured for years and that I really don't want to lose. [...] Morgan, for all of his now formidable abilities, would never think of taking the sharp end for a bunch of wet-eared squeeb Players. He wouldn't have lived this long if he just acted as a hired gun. He's far more likely to let the players walk into the sharp end first, see how many fall, and then make his judgements accordingly. He might save them if there was some reasonable chance it fit into his agenda. He might walk out on them just as easily.
--Mike Pondsmith
Cyberpunk Tabletop RPG character and arch-nemesis of Adam Smasher.
He is a Solo, an in-universe slang term for a self sufficient, expert hired-gun. Even so, he is especially notorious among Solos.
He is the mastermind behind the plot to bomb Arasaka Tower in the year 2023, resulting in the Night City Holocaust. His involvment is largely unknown, instead credited to his various allies, including Johnny Silverhand and Rogue Amendiares.
Blackhand does not appear in Cyberpunk 2077, but was alive and aware of its events. Mike Pondsmith has plans for him in future installments taking place before 2077.
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