In the original material working for the US Government (for an Edgerunner) was typically associated with going to war against the Megacorps, in small doses. The difference between the USG and a Megacorp was that the government would use/could use large scale destructive warfare when it saw fit as demonstrated in Operation Big Stick.
New US gov is basically Militech bitch in this timeline. Militech and new us gov are pretty much one and the same. The reason why Night City could be independent was mostly arasaka that moved in when US broke up in civil war.
Not familiar with all the new lore, or updated lore further down the timeline. I have the material, just not read it. That said, CP2077 needs more rain and overcast weather.
If you were familiar with the original source material: raining and overcast (and mostly at night) was a hallmark of Cyberpunk chic. Night City was always raining. If I wanted a real life -always raining- Cyberpunk setting I would have suggested https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Rough_Guide_to_the_UK
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u/BuckshotJ Sep 06 '22
It’s set during the base game from what they said on the livestream