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The Streetkid


The Streetkid
Type Main Job
District The Glen
Region Heywood
Location Embers
Next The Rescue

The Streetkid is the first main job of the Streetkid life path, set in Heywood. V comes home to Night City after years away and agrees to steal a car to clear a friend's debt. The job ends with the first meeting between V and Jackie Welles, the start of a long partnership.

Story

Back in Heywood

V grew up on the streets of Heywood and left Night City for Atlanta in search of a better life. Years later, V comes back no better off. The job opens in El Coyote Cojo, the bar of Mama Welles in the Glen, where V is fixing a broken nose after a mugging.

The journal sums up the mood of the homecoming. Heywood is full of dealers and sex workers and has few chances to offer. People there are born in Heywood and die in Heywood, unless they are one of the lucky ones.

Kirk Sawyer

Pepe Najarro, the bartender, has a problem. He borrowed money from Kirk Sawyer, a small time fixer who is new in town, and Kirk is threatening to break his legs if the debt is not paid by the next day. Pepe asks V to talk Kirk into forgetting the debt or to find another way to settle it.

The journal calls Kirk slick, and less clever than he thinks he is. He always has the next big job that will make millions, and this time the job is a car theft from a guarded parking garage. Kirk will not forget the debt, but he offers a deal. If V steals a Rayfield Aerondight that belongs to an Arasaka employee, Pepe's debt is gone and Kirk adds some money on top.

The Garage

Padre, a local fixer and an old friend, gives V a ride to Embers in his car. On the way, 6th Street gangers stop the car and threaten Padre, but the meeting ends without a fight. Padre hands V his contact before V heads to the garage.

The car starts without trouble, until a stranger pulls the door open and points a gun at V. The stranger is Jackie Welles, who wanted the same car for himself. Before either of them can drive off, the NCPD arrives and pins both of them to the ground. Kaoru Fujioka, the owner of the Aerondight, has a word with the thieves before the police knock them out.

Breakfast

V wakes up in an alley next to Jackie. The two talk while V recovers, and Jackie learns why V wanted the car. He tells V that Kirk is not as powerful as he looks, and that his threats against Pepe are mostly empty. Jackie then invites V to breakfast. The job ends there, and a montage of Night City follows, showing the months V and Jackie spend working together.

The Streetkid Map Location and Walkthrough

The Streetkid map location:

El Coyote Cojo

  1. Talk to Pepe at the bar after V fixes the broken nose in front of the mirror.
  2. Turn left from the bar and walk past the arcade machines, then take the stairs on the right to the second floor.
  3. Talk to Kirk Sawyer, who sits upstairs with his bodyguard Big Joe. Agree to steal the Aerondight to settle Pepe's debt. Kirk hands over a device that bypasses the car's security, and tells V to meet his contact Rick in the garage.
  4. Go back downstairs and leave the bar through the door on the right.

The Ride with Padre

  1. Turn right twice outside and walk past the homeless people to find Padre and Marcus Barros by a car.
  2. Get in Padre's car and ride with him to Embers.
  3. Stay calm when 6th Street gangers block the road. Padre talks his way out, and the ride goes on.
  4. Get out of the car when Padre stops. He hands V his contact details.

The Garage

  1. Walk forward past the people on the left, turn right at the vending machines and enter the lift.
  2. Choose the parking level in the lift. Kirk calls on the way down.
  3. Talk to Rick in the security booth if desired. He keeps the cameras switched off for a short time, so the car has to be taken quickly.
  4. Walk forward from the booth and turn left to find the Aerondight.
  5. Use Kirk's device to disable the lock, then get into the car.
  6. Talk to the thief who points a gun through the window. This is Jackie Welles.
  7. Talk to the police officers when the NCPD arrives.
  8. Talk to Jackie in the alley after waking up.

Map credit by Map Genie.

Choices

The conversation with Pepe and Kirk can change a few lines of dialogue, but the deal with Kirk always goes ahead. Talking to Rick in the security booth is optional. The outcome in the garage is fixed: V and Jackie are always caught by the NCPD, and the job always ends with breakfast and the montage.

Rewards

Completing The Streetkid rewards Night City diorama memorabilia.

Finishing the job adds a Night City diorama to the memorabilia in V's apartment. The Corpo-Rat gives an Arasaka clock instead.

Characters

The characters who take part in The Streetkid are listed below.

Name Image
Jackie Welles Jackie Welles
Kaoru Fujioka -

Notes

  • The Streetkid is one of three opening jobs. Only one of them is played, chosen by the life path at the start of the game. The other two are The Corpo-Rat and The Nomad.

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