The Relic 2.0 is a secret and highly confidential project of Saburo (and Arasaka) that Yorinobu doesn't want to publicize either (only very, very few poeple are aware of its existence). So at worst, Yorinobu would send you assassins, but as long as you're not a big problem, he have other things to deal with (Don't forget that's V was/is no one).The idea of placing the heist early in the game also doesn't work because it should have triggered a massive bounty on V's head from Yorinobu and every fixer in town would have turned traitor or at least burned bridges due to V botching this huge job and attracting the ire of Arasaka.
But again, the story is not about "V who rise to the top" or "V doing GIGs with Jackie to become famous or/and a legend". The story is about "V try to become a legend, fail, die, resurect and do everything to try to cheat the unevitable, the death...
Anyway, I think you can rather post here, it seem more appropriate
The reason why the cyberpunk story I felt was not fun.
I'm only going to react once more to this specific topic because as far as I'm concerned its quickly boiling down to a futility, or maybe a better explanation would 'an exercise in uselessness', Sorry, but yes. I don't want read and know the lore. At least till those time when there will not be...
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