Aaron McCarlson

Aaron McCarlson
Type	Side Character
Affiliation	NCPD

Aaron McCarlson is a sergeant of the Night City Police Department and a former associate of Regina Jones. He has become an influential officer, and he is notoriously corrupt. When he commits a murder that is caught on camera, he turns to Regina to make the evidence disappear.

Biography

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The Corrupt Cop

McCarlson once worked with the Valentino Claudio Moreno and persuaded him to kill his former superior, Dario Sanchez, after Sanchez left prison, making sure the police stayed away during the hit.

The Footage

McCarlson owes money to a woman called Dee, apparently an old flame of his. When she reminds him of the debt, he meets her and has her shot instead of paying. He then learns that the killing was recorded by a camera in a warehouse run by Maelstrom. He asks Regina Jones, for whom he once advised on a police television show, to get the footage back. Regina sends V, who recovers the recording and sees what it shows.

Personality

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McCarlson is selfish, cunning and used to getting away with things. He hides his crimes behind his badge.

Relationships

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Regina Jones is his former associate. Dee is the woman he had killed. Claudio Moreno once killed for him.

Jobs

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McCarlson is the client in Scrolls before Swine, a gig from Regina Jones.

Name	Type
Scrolls before Swine	Gig

Endings

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V decides his fate when they meet to close the contract. He can escape any punishment and later be found at Dino Dinovic's bar. Regina can blackmail him and make him her source inside the police, and he is also found at Dino's bar. If V kills him, Regina is disappointed, and neither she nor V is paid.

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