Complete The Pickup mission in cyberpunk 2077. Decide whether to meet Meredith Stout and how to handle the Flathead deal with Maelstrom.
Walkthrough
- 1At the start of the job, you have two objectives: Meet With Jackie or Call Militech Agent Meredith Stout. Meeting Meredith first offers more options later and alters the job's ending.
- 2To call Meredith, hold the [Down] button on your D-Pad and select her. Drive to her location.
- 3During the timed dialog choices with Meredith, answer satisfactorily to avoid a game over.
- 4Meredith will offer you a credchip to pay Maelstrom for the Flathead, but she is not trustworthy. This payment is €$10,000 if you don't use her chip.
- 5If you received the Militech Datashard from Meredith, you can investigate it in your menu under “Shards”.
- 6The datashard has malware. To appease Meredith and help her track the convoy, leave the malware untouched. To save money and potentially betray her, select the shard and press [Square] to attempt to breach its security and remove the malware.
- 7Meet Jackie. If you are a Nomad, you can comment on his new ride and make a Tech 6 check.
- 8Follow Jackie to All Foods and use the intercom to enter the Maelstrom stronghold. Follow Jackie through security, looting as you go.
- 9Ride the elevator to meet Dum Dum.
- 10During the confrontation with Dum Dum, if you remain silent during the timed dialog, hostilities will begin. To continue negotiating, select [Calm Jackie] “Jackie, sit down.”.
- 11After Dum Dum demonstrates the Flathead, you can make an inconsequential Tech 6 check.
- 12When you agree to take the bot, V will mention Brick, angering Royce.
- 13To deal with Royce, you must respond during timed dialog. Your options depend on whether you met Meredith:
- [Show Militech shard] “Eddies’re right here.” (Requires meeting Meredith and having the shard)
- 14“Prepared to offer us a discount…?”
- 15€$10,000 €$ “Got the scratch ready.”
- 16Regardless of your choice, Royce will insult Dexter DeShawn.
Tips
- Choices made during this mission, especially regarding Meredith Stout, will affect later jobs.
- If you choose to remove the malware from Meredith's datashard, you can use her money without giving her the information she wants.
- If you do not respond during timed dialog choices with Meredith or Royce, it can lead to a game over.
- Looting is permitted within the Maelstrom stronghold without consequence.
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