CYBERPUNK 2077 SAMURAI Timeline
Okay, so, like every Cyberpunk 2077 simp, the game’s seemingly contradictory timeline drives me nutty. So, I’ve written up a head canon timeline that tries to satisfy everything
1999- Johnny and Kerry meet and become friends in elementary school.
2001: Johnny and Kerry begin learning how to play guitar together. They meet Henry during this time.
2002: Johnny and Kerry start playing gigs at dives and posting music on The Net. They meet Nancy and Denny during this time.
2004-2007: Partly because the majority of its members are still in high school, SAMURAI is strictly an underground band. They release no formal EPs or LPs during this era, only playing gigs and posting a handful of singles to The Net. Due to internal conflicts brought about from graduating high school, the band breaks up in the fall of 2007.
2008: Hoping to do something that “makes a real impact”, Johnny joins the military and is sent to Mexico during the Second Central American War. Milt Nauman is a part of Johnny’s unit and quickly becomes akin to a surrogate father figure to Johnny partly due to Nauman having more military experience and partly because he is kind to Johnny. During his second month in Mexico, Johnny loses his arm (this is also when another member of his unit dies for him). Johnny and the rest of his unit desert three months later.
2009: Following the end of the war, Johnny returns to Night City. He is totally despondent for a month until he has an epiphany: Music can provide him with an outlet for his trauma and a platform to “wake people up”. He has Milt replace his military-issue prosthetic arm with a custom silver one. Johnny adopts the name “Johnny Silverhand” after this.
2010: SAMURAI reforms. They’re signed on to Universal Music after an executive, Jack Masters, sees them perform. Their debut LP “Blistering Love” is released. Johnny and Rogue date for the first time.
2011: Johnny and Rogue break up.
2012: SAMURAI releases their second record “Chippin’ In”. Johnny and Alt start dating.
2014: SAMURAI releases their third album “Never Fade Away”.
2015: Alt contacts Johnny through Spider Murphy to let him know she’s alive and to “drop it, just this once”. Johnny and Rogue start dating for the second time and will continue to do so on and off.
2016: SAMURAI releases third LP “A Like Supreme”.
2018: SAMURAI releases their fourth and final record “Black Dog”. After pushing her abusive husband out of a window in their 83rd story apartment, Nancy spends seven months in jail. SAMURAI disbands.
2019: Kerry and Johnny begin producing solo music, often touring as a double bill. Kerry releases his first solo album.
2020: Johnny releases his first solo record.
2021: Johnny and Kerry release their second solo albums on the same day.
2022: In protest of the 4th Corporate War and in response to threats from corps to expose that he deserted during the Second Central American war, Johnny releases his third solo album “SINS of Your Brothers” which outs himself as a deserter and exposes the corporate motivations for the Second Central American war.
2023: After agreeing to assist Morgan Blackhand in bombing Arasaka Tower in hopes of freeing Alt, Johnny works with Nancy to arrange a SAMURAI reunion concert. At the concert, Johnny bids farewell to his friends and fans before leaving for Arasaka Tower.
