Songbird's Return

[Luka]

Hey everyone! I've been thinking a lot about the future of Cyberpunk and how incredible Phantom Liberty was, especially the character of Songbird. I really hope she returns in the next game (Project Orion), not as a copy, but the exact same Songbird with her original unique identity and visuals.
Here is an idea of how her epic return could look:
When V is completely surrounded by enemies and in serious trouble, suddenly, from a distance, Songbird appears in a blurred, mystical silhouette with her digital neural lines. She grants V a temporary surge of Blackwall power to destroy all the enemies.
After the battle, she steps forward and extends her hand to V. It starts with an inspiring, hopeful track, and then shifts into a slightly nostalgic, emotional melody — reminding us of that bittersweet, warm goodbye at the spaceport terminal.

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Title: My Vision for Songbird's Epic Return and the Future of Cyberpunk (Project Orion)
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Hey everyone! I’ve been thinking a lot about the future of Cyberpunk and how incredible Phantom Liberty was, especially the character of Songbird. I really hope she returns in the next game (Project Orion), not as a copy, but the exact same Songbird with her original unique identity and visuals.
Here is an idea of how her epic return could look:
The Epic Return: When V is completely surrounded by enemies and in serious trouble, suddenly, from a distance, Songbird appears in a blurred, mystical silhouette with her digital neural lines. She grants V a temporary surge of Blackwall power to destroy all the enemies.
The Emotional Touch: After the battle, she steps forward and extends her hand to V. It starts with an inspiring, hopeful track, and then shifts into a slightly nostalgic, emotional melody — reminding us of that bittersweet, warm goodbye at the spaceport terminal.
A New World: After that, instead of staying in the dark, heavy, and rainy streets of Night City, she could take V to a brand new, bright, and glowing futuristic megalopolis — clean and full of neon light, almost like the world in the movie Tron.
If Songbird returns like this, with a bigger map, the ability to visit the Moon whenever we want, simple modding support, and appearances from old friends like Judy and Panam, the next game would be an absolute masterpiece! What do you guys think?

 

[SigilFey]

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[beddo]

Herkese merhaba! Cyberpunk'ın geleceği ve Phantom Liberty'nin, özellikle de Songbird karakterinin ne kadar inanılmaz olduğu hakkında çok düşündüm. Umarım bir sonraki oyunda (Project Orion) bir kopyası olarak değil, orijinal benzersiz kimliği ve görselleriyle birebir aynı Songbird olarak geri döner.
İşte onun destansı geri dönüşünün nasıl görünebileceğine dair bir fikir:
V tamamen düşmanlarla çevrili ve ciddi bir tehlike içindeyken, aniden uzaktan Songbird, dijital sinir hatlarıyla bulanık, gizemli bir silüet halinde belirir. V'ye tüm düşmanları yok etmek için geçici bir Kara Duvar gücü bahşeder.
Savaşın ardından öne çıkar ve elini V'ye uzatır. İlham verici, umut dolu bir melodiyle başlar ve ardından biraz nostaljik, duygusal bir melodiye dönüşür; bu da bize uzay limanı terminalindeki o buruk, sıcak vedayı hatırlatır.

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Başlık: Songbird'ün Destansı Dönüşü ve Siberpunk'ın Geleceğine Dair Vizyonum (Project Orion)
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Herkese merhaba! Cyberpunk'ın geleceği ve Phantom Liberty'nin, özellikle de Songbird karakterinin ne kadar inanılmaz olduğu hakkında çok düşündüm. Umarım bir sonraki oyunda (Project Orion) bir kopyası olarak değil, orijinal benzersiz kimliği ve görselleriyle birebir aynı Songbird olarak geri döner.
İşte onun destansı geri dönüşünün nasıl görünebileceğine dair bir fikir:
Destansı Dönüş: V tamamen düşmanlarla çevrili ve ciddi bir tehlike içindeyken, aniden uzaktan Songbird, dijital sinir hatlarıyla bulanık, mistik bir silüet halinde belirir. V'ye tüm düşmanları yok etmek için geçici bir Kara Duvar gücü bahşeder.
Duygusal Dokunuş: Savaşın ardından öne çıkar ve elini V'ye uzatır. İlham verici, umut dolu bir parçayla başlar ve ardından biraz nostaljik, duygusal bir melodiye dönüşür; bu da bize uzay limanı terminalindeki o buruk, sıcak vedayı hatırlatır.
Yeni Bir Dünya: Bundan sonra, Night City'nin karanlık, kasvetli ve yağmurlu sokaklarında kalmak yerine, V'yi yepyeni, parlak ve ışıl ışıl fütüristik bir mega şehre götürebilirdi; temiz ve neon ışıklarla dolu, neredeyse Tron filmindeki dünya gibi.
Eğer Songbird böyle geri dönerse, daha büyük bir harita, istediğimiz zaman Ay'ı ziyaret edebilme özelliği, basit modlama desteği ve Judy ve Panam gibi eski dostların da yer almasıyla, bir sonraki oyun kesinlikle bir başyapıt olur! Siz ne düşünüyorsunuz?

This scene would have been cool, but it wouldn't have fit Cyberpunk's storytelling style.

 

[Fatalist]

Yes, she could return. She could even return to the NUSA. And even go back to work at the FIA.
Logically speaking, she doesn’t need to justify her crimes, in principle.
She simply needs to become indispensable to the system she once served. Based on the lore of the first CP game, I see two possible scenarios:

1. After being sent to the Moon by V, she effectively becomes the only NUSA agent in the territory where Arasaka and the Soviet Union have installed two monstrous meteor cannons.

2. Right in the middle of the Full Moon mission, she—and she alone—draws Reed’s attention to the fact that the Soviet generals at Hansen’s party are there for a reason. Just as it’s no coincidence that Pacific is, in fact, a port designed to receive Soviet nuclear submarines large cargo ships. And while the fact that the only true patriot of the NUSA (here I weep tears of blood, I swear) the crime lord Colonel Hansen is one thing, but Hansen plus the Soviet nuclear tanks shipped from the pier along with their engineers is quite another matter entirely.

And is it a coincidence that one of Hansen’s top mercenaries is Aguilar, a Cuban. And what does Cuba mean to the U.S. the NUSA, and what has it always been.
And then, right in the middle of preparing for her escape to the Moon, just as V is looking for Farida’s clinic, she runs into Reed again on a bench, just like in the good old days in New York. And their encounter begins with the line: “Reed. Something’s not right here...” Like, in spite of everything.
"Reed, I saw Soviet generals at the party and overheard their conversation with Havana!” (it goes without saying that from the very moment of her capture, she probes Hansen’s internal network for vulnerabilities, just as she would later do with the security systems at Petrochem Stadium.
And that Hansen,even being killed, lying in a coffin, bears a striking resemblance to Lenin in the mausoleum—or, say, to Kim Il-sung in the Palace of the Sun.
(Here I do apologize, really.)
And that Soviet techno-necromancers might have a project parallel to Mikoshi’s or Cynosura’s. And that it’s no coincidence that Hansen needs Slider. And that voodoo boys are rounding up former Militech soldiers all over Night City and brainwashing them.
And anyway, the "Voodoo religion" isn't limited to Haiti—it's also practiced in Cuba and Jamaica, among other places...
And much, much more....

In CP2, these could easily be someone's memories—hers, V's, or Reed's. Or they could have been retrieved from some kind of database.
The problem, it seems to me, only is how well Soviet necromancy projects can be understood and whether there will be room to describe them in the "Orion" game.

 

[Dunaedine]

I'm ok for a return of So Mi, but she can't be a key character. In twio endings, So Mi died or she just became a meat puppet for AI. There is nearly only one end where she can return as a friend. So at best, she can do a cameo or maybe in a scenario with a specific structure, where you have to choose a contact to do something (like in Phantom Liberty).

 

[Fatalist]

I'm ok for a return of So Mi, but she can't be a key character. In twio endings, So Mi died or she just became a meat puppet for AI. There is nearly only one end where she can return as a friend. So at best, she can do a cameo or maybe in a scenario with a specific structure, where you have to choose a contact to do something (like in Phantom Liberty).

Yes, there’s a concrete wall here—I agree.
The only possibilities that come to mind involve resurrection or rising from the ashes, like a phoenix. Or her healing.
But that’s unimaginable within the framework of post-apocalyptic dystopias like Cyberpunk, where everyone has long been mired in sin, “Them” control everything, and in the end, it’s all over anyway.

 

[Fatalist]

No, she must return alive—renewed and revitalized—and become a teacher, advisor, and helper to the player.
No questions should be asked about (any) woman’s past (!).
Only a life-affirming beginning. The game simply has to be extremely harsh toward the player so that he himself will want to invite Song into a dialogue. But if the player behaves badly, then she can become a “demonic mother”—not just a wounded bird locked in Max-Tac’s van, but a full-fledged hunter of the player. Remember, of course, the famous opening sequence where Hansen and Myers knock her off the chessboard into the abyss? Well, in the new game, she’ll be the chess player herself. And the player—well, sort of like a pawn.

 

[Hollow-lord597]

The thing is the cannon ending for Songbird is whatever you chose for her, give her up to Reed or help her. Pretty sure V would be mad regardless of they saw Song again

 

[Fatalist]

Yes, unless Song shows other sides of herself in the game.
What's more, all the “canonical endings” and choices remain in Cyberpunk 2077, while a new game and a new project are on the horizon.

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I'm ok for a return of So Mi, but she can't be a key character. In twio endings, So Mi died or she just became a meat puppet for AI. There is nearly only one end where she can return as a friend. So at best, she can do a cameo or maybe in a scenario with a specific structure, where you have to choose a contact to do something (like in Phantom Liberty).

By the way, judging by this video, there’s no way they’re even talking about game scenarios. They're not even talking (and never gonna talk) about game concepts. It’s still, um… “the treasure-hoarding phase.”

 

[Dunaedine]

Yes, unless Song shows other sides of herself in the game.
What's more, all the “canonical endings” and choices remain in Cyberpunk 2077, while a new game and a new project are on the horizon.

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By the way, judging by this video, there’s no way they’re even talking about game scenarios. They're not even talking (and never gonna talk) about game concepts. It’s still, um… “the treasure-hoarding phase.”

Yeah for now, we just have to sit and wait, speculation are only a little mental game.