

He left for Night City and stayed at a hotel for a whole month. John was one of the men who decided he wouldn't fight in the corrupt war that ultimately led to him losing his arm and a friend. The government used its influence to create a powerful propaganda campaign to make the American public hate deserters. When their secrets were exposed, however, many of the American soldiers dropped their banners as they fought back by deserting the military. The conflict was devastating, as the war was run by a corrupt and manipulative government. While in in the war, John's life was saved by a friend who died protecting him. John was sent to Nicaragua to participate in the Second Conflict of 2003. He enlisted into the military as a teenager, lying about his real age, and it didn't take long to see some action. Robert John Linder was born in College Station, Texas, on November 16th, 1988. The engram is not exactly his consciousness, though, because it has a programming of replicating itself in the host like a virus, instead of assuring Johnny's survival. However, his conscience was engrammed into the Relic prior to cessation of his bodily functions after their initial conservation sometime after 2038. Įventually, Johnny was killed by Adam Smasher during the Night City Holocaust on August 20, 2023. He was described as driven by "dedication and ambitions, but at the end of the day he doesn't care much for the people around him as long as they are used to accomplish his goals" in one interview. One of the early (and most probable) victims of cyberpsychosis, he then became very temperamental and "on the edge". Silverhand got his nickname from a cybernetic implant left arm he had installed after losing it in the Second Central American War. Despite being charismatic and quite the charmer Johnny is also known to be irrational, impulsive, and a manipulator. A military veteran who defined the rockerboy movement to what it is today, he was the most prominent figure that fought against the corrupted NUSA government and megacorporations, often being described as a terrorist. Johnny Silverhand, born Robert John Linder, was a famous influential rockerboy and the lead singer of the band Samurai before its breakup in 2008.

– Johnny Silverhand during Tapeworm, Cyberpunk 2077
