Bright Family
| Bright Family | |
|---|---|
| Type | Nomad |
The Bright Family is a nomad pack of the Aldecaldos, led by Saul Bright. It is the family V comes to know in the Badlands, the one that counts Panam Palmer and Mitch Anderson among its members.
History
Smugglers and Veterans
The Brights were an Aldecaldo family known for their smuggling gigs, and many of its members had fought in the Unification War. Over the years, that line of work grew harder and harder, and any slip in strategy could have torn the family apart. In those difficult times, Saul Bright became its leader.
Saul's Gamble
To save the family, Saul broke with the smuggling tradition and looked for work with the corporations. He brought the pack to the Badlands outside Night City and began talks with Biotechnica. In return for their work, the Brights would receive reverse transpiration xerophytes, gear that lets crops grow in the desert, so the family could feed itself. Saul also hoped to bind the pack to the company for good, for a steady income.
Many in the camp spoke against it. Some preferred to join the Snake Nation, so they could stay nomads instead of becoming corporate slaves. Panam Palmer was the loudest voice against the plan. To her, a deal with Biotechnica would make the family depend on a ruthless corporation. When Scorpion came back from the Unification War and urged the family to join the Snake Nation, Saul punished him for it. Panam, too, went her own way for a time.
Panam at the Wheel
Panam's actions for the pack changed Saul's mind. When Raffen Shiv in league with the Wraiths captured Saul, she and V brought him back, and she got the family a Militech Basilisk tank. In the end, Saul saw that she was right and made her co-leader of the family.
Bright Family Map
Bright Family map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Way of Life
Like all nomads, the Brights value family, biological or not, and follow their own code. They show loyalty to family and clan above all else. The family takes jobs where it can find them, and those who earn its trust, as V does, are treated as kin.
Members
The people of Bright Family are listed below with their role.
| Name | Image | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Mitch Anderson | 
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Main character |
Jobs
The story of the Bright family runs through Panam's jobs. It begins with Ghost Town and Riders on the Storm, where V and Panam save Saul, and continues with Queen of the Highway and With a Little Help from My Friends. In the ending of We Gotta Live Together, the family joins V for the assault on Arasaka Tower.
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Ghost Town | Main Job |
| We Gotta Live Together | Main Job |
| Queen of the Highway | Side Job |
| Riders on the Storm | Side Job |
| With a Little Help from My Friends | Side Job |
Places
The places held or used by Bright Family are listed below.
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Aldecaldo Camp | Mobile nomad campsite |
All Nomads
Every nomad clan with a page is listed below.
| Name | Image | Region | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldecaldos | 
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- | - |
| Bright Family | - | - | - |
| Jodes | - | - | - |
| MetaCorp | - | - | - |
| Raffen Shiv | - | - | - |
| Red Ocher | - | - | - |