Maelstrom: Cyberpunk's Most Chromed-Up Gang - Lore & History EXPLAINED | Cyberpunk Lore
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- The full history and lore of Maelstrom; one of the most visually-distinct gangs in all of Cyberpunk!
Maelstrom - Cyberpunk's Most Chromed-Up Gang | Cyberpunk Lore
0:00 Introduction
2:17 Danger Gal Dossier
3:36 The Inquisitors
4:51 The Metal Warriors
6:25 The Rise of Maelstrom (2020s)
13:56 The AHQ Disaster (2023)
17:21 The Golden Years (2040s)
20:15 Between Eras (2046-2075)
21:47 Modern Day (2077)
26:31 Closing Thoughts
28:08 Outro
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Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video as much as I enjoyed putting it together.
Big thanks to @that_dude_with_a_switch (Bart) for help with research and execution of this video! It's great to work with him as always!
Also, thanks to all of you for helping the channel pass not one, but TWO 1k sub milestones recently, the first milestones of this nature passed by this channel in over a year. It's great to see that everyone is loving the content so much, and if you have any topics you'd like to see covered here, whether they be from Cyberpunk or from other stories, please let me know! Lots of fun things in the works!
Yo, do a video about Spider Murphy, pls
I would love to see a video for the other gangs like the Valentinos
The flesh is weak
Hey do you do cross-overs?!
Serious offer
I love the Maelstrom members designs, you can tell they are batshit insane just by their scary look
So true. One of the most visually-distinct gangs for sure!
the chat with Dum-Dum while you bargain for the Flathead was pretty neat, having a mostly civilised conversation with em albeit temporarily felt cool. kinda wished there were more you could do with factions aside flatline em in most situations
@@its_renren7292 Very true. I'm hoping Phantom Liberty brings more segments like these.
One of the things I like about the world is the seeming reluctance people have to change their faces too much. There's are believed links between that an psychological disorders today, because our faces are how we interact with the rest of our species and it takes a lot for a person to want to deform that. For me, at least, it feels like people are still trying to hold on to some idea of humanity.
Then we have Maelstrom...
@@its_renren7292 "We're not all bad you know"
To add to the discussion of who to side with in 2077, you can't get the "member" baton if you don't side with militech. So I think the decision is pretty clear
I think there actually may be 1 path that works to both spare Royce and collect Sir John Phallustiff, but it's incredibly specific if I remember correctly, so it's virtually impossible. I may be misremembering, though, as i've never actually gotten this path myself.
@@everberonnot taking the virus off the chip but warning them first maybe?
Fk a baton
Can you do it with the PL expansion? Because of the black market merchant, you should be able to I think. That said, you’ll miss out on the romance scene
@@dashandcrash6667i completed the mission in favour of maelstrom and the weapon wasn't available at dogtown black market, so no. unless it was some bug
This game has some of the most meticulous level of detail and creative NEW designs that its hard to imagine this game not being one that changes the game for all game developers, no pun intended.
Surprised you didn't talk about Quake (Warlock's 2nd in command) starting the red lights fashion and Ripper starting "rituals and tests" for new recruits. I feel like those are honestly the two biggest pieces of information from Danger Gal that explain the transformation into their 2077 version, with the red-optic mounts and obsession with the occult that seems highly separated from how the gang was in the 2020s,
You're not wrong. In retrospect, I should have focussed on these two somewhat, even if it were just a mention. Good call, and if down the line I redo this video as more information comes out, they'll definitely be talked about.
@everberon thanks! Your doing great work btw; I love your videos
@@brookeelliott7549 Glad to see your enjoying, and thanks for your thoughts once again, I really do appreciate it!
Hey man, just wanted to say that i'm really glad the Cyberpunk lore is doing well for you, considering all of the information is really exciting to have a channel around talking about it with such quality
Thank you! I really enjoy it and look forward to making more. I'm glad to see you are liking it, too!
Bought the Cyberpunk game on release and quickly got a refund.
Went back to it in the last week and am utterly hooked.
The wider lore around the world is also absolutely fascinating.
Glad you decided to give it another try!
That lore has always been there
Fake fan
@@jenc2513shut the fuck up, the game was shit in the beginning, this is coming from someone who bought the game the december after release. It was completely justified to refund cyberpunk on release
Its a shame the Totentanz is locked after the mission, I would like to roam around there once in a while. Without mods this is impossible
lol ? it’s open before AND after the mission. At least for me
@@RedlineINC You can get into the foyer, but not on to the level of the dancefloor /club area in the upper level of the building after the mission. At least this was case until now. The elevator was switched off, and showed just "O". Did this change?
@@xn0gaming idk about before, but now u definitely can go to to this club. I remember going there multiple times on my 100 percent save (i mean it’s the save where i already completed every possible activity and now just messing around, including going to the totentanz)
From the design of covers to good composition i just love your cyberpunk lore videos,can't wait to see more of these just to replay them once in a year.
Thank you so much!
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh it disgusted me.
Spoken like a true Maelstromer
@@everberon These guys and your run of the mill Techpriest see cyberpsychosis as a feature not a bug.
40k reference?
I craved for the strength and certainty of steel.
I seem to have a knack for finding lore videos for cyberpunk around the specific thing I’m introducing to my players that week. I just had an npc invite them to Totentanz last week, and this vid will definitely help make the upcoming game so much more exciting. Great work, and thank you!
Glad it helps!
In my playthroughs their next hardship is me. Right after Konpeki Plaza I go full Punisher on all of the gangs, sweeping through the city from north to south, wiping out every gang member I can find.
That got a chuckle out of me lol
You got algorithm'd to me! I liked your AHQ disaster video and will keep watching this space in the future :)
Hey thanks a bunch! Glad the algorithm finally is showing favor lol
Best cyberpunk lore videos out there shits fire
Thank you!
@@everberon peace and love 🙏
Production value and great narration!❤
A topic i'd be interested in seeing is the Lore & history of Slaughterhouse, because its unclear to me if Slaughterhouse the gang from 2020 went on to become the Slaughterhouse Meat corporation
Hey great idea! I'll add it to the coverage list! I'm not sure of the answer either so we'll have to research and see.
I'm playing the game for the 3rd time and I didn't know that
1) Brick is alive
2) that a maelstrom can become allies.
WTF
wanted to hear lore on the crazy but cool looking Gang and glad CZcams sent me to ya.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
really liking your cyberpunk stuff. Cheers mate
Thank you!
Suprised you didn't talk about No Coincidence (cyberpunk 2077 book), Maelstrom actually has a pretty strong presence within the book and even stars Dum Dum!
good to know, I just ordered that book!
Man, I just subscribed. I have been watching your videos with admiration for the knowledge and intelligent conclusions of the sources. Great work.
Thank you, glad you like it!
Loving your cyberpunk lore videos. So much I never caught playing the game. Also I had no idea cyberpunk was a whole book series. Definitely gonna go read some of them now!
most of the books he references are ttrpg source books, not novels. Though there are some
LEEEETTTTTSSSSSS GOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Ive not open cyberpunk yet waiting on the dlc the try 2.0 watching in preparation is amazing and it drop on my birthday too xd
Aweseome! Hope you enjoy it!
Great content. Very interesting. Subbed
There is also some weird connection between Maelstrom and some cult/vampire business
Great vids keep it up!
Really enjoyed this video and the lore from other sources than just the game. Would love to see something about the Voodoo Boys too, how they are producing their own hardware and their motives with the Blackwall and the AI's behind it.
its a shame we can't do this to our character in the game, from the moment i got to know this game i was excited to run around like adam smasher or maelstrom guys
When i saw Cyberpunk originally hadnt actually played it i thought Royce was the big bad of the game and he was in some way hired by Arasaka and basically it was a mission of revenge as the player constantly hunted after Royce.
But imagine my disappointment when you first meet him you can flatline him not even 5 minutes into meeting him.
Lol that's pretty funny
Just kinda sets the theme for the game, doesn’t matter where you are in the figurative food chain of NC you can get flatlined/snuffed out just like that.
Subbed, good video man
More cyberpunk lore please!! ❤❤❤
man you are a KILLER. love your vids man keep it tf upppppppp
Thank you! Will do 🔥🔥
Great video man, if this is the path you’re going down, looking into cyber punk lore. May I also suggest looking into Shadowrun and it’s world lore
Absolutely! I'd love to that's a great idea!
In the less exciting and bland version of cyberpunk that is the here and now, one the Alphabet corperations many algorithms did like a broken clock and managed to be right once or twice a day and spit this channel my way. A gem hidden among aweful react videos and life shattering events carelessly labeled as "drama" with people making "human" expressions on the thumbnails so the software knows what to serve up.
Subscribed, ty for making this, looking forward to what ever your creativity fires my way next.
Peace
Thanks so much! Glad you liked the video!
Pay with spiked chip, free Brick and flatline Royce. Easy choice, wolf's full and sheep lives.
Probably the "Good ending" if you ask me.
My current playthrough I just killed all the Maelstrom freaks, never even called Militech.
fun fact: "Totentanz" is german for "death dance"- being "toten" and "tanzen", respectively. the phrase "lebentanz", predictably, can translate to "life dance" in turn
Not really. "Toten" refers to "Die Toten" essentially "the dead people" there is no noun called "Leben" only the verb "leben", which means living. Totentanz is also its own noun and not just a combination of two words. (the source word is "danse macabre" from 14th century france.)
@@mono-7222of course there is a noun called Leben. Das Leben meaning life.
Definitely one of the most memorable gangs in NC
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I find it strange that almost no-one in the CP universe try to modify a lot of their body but hide it or use parts that look like the original body. Wonder what it would do the the psyche.
Like having all inner-parts replaced yet you don't see it or it's minimal.
Replacing your lungs, ribs/skeleton, muscles, heart, eyes, other organs, etc...
I think they actually do that. It's just that it costs a ton of money and is mostly reserved for high-ranking corpos, politicians, high-class dolls and the like.
Please don’t abbreviate cyberpunk please
Also don't forget about bio-mods. The general explanation is that most of that is actually done, but it's economically inaccessible to most.
It's especially hard to hide combat mods, mostly because of their physical size, the connection to the body would be too weak or exposed parts are specifically required to work, but you could actually hide a lot of hardware under your skin.
@@Taytrickmaster Ah yes, the famous game, ChildP2077
Yo that guitar riff at the end is totally a Witcher 3 reference. I didn't realise it at first because the strumming threw me off, but the chords are absolutely from the Witcher 3
Adam Smasher.
Hammer?
Crusher?
anyone seeing a theme here?
ty for the video^^ im an maelstrom fanboy since cyperpunk 2077 came out
cool. o: I like the cyberpunk videos
Okay, WOW. I definitely remembered Maelstrom after the big impression they left after the earlier missions, but once I was able to get out of the tutorial zone/Watson I'm not sure I ever seriously thought about them outside of "Oh, these guys, I can murder them and steal their stuff for more eddies." I didn't even know you could save Brick, and I have zero clue who Ophelia is. I know the name Totentanz vaguely, but to hear all of the history laid out clearly like that was amazing.
I think this is my favorite video so far. I hated the Maelstrom pretty easily, mostly due to the monk forced cyberware sidequest, but also their general maliciousness, however getting to see their entire lore gives extra depth to that. Maybe not any extra moral depth, but an understanding of how things progressed.
I love how they made deathcore a part of maelstrom. Would def join if I was in cyberpunk
Maelstrom is just the cyberpunk version of the warhammer 40k mechanicus
You have a really good reading voice.
Your videos are so good. I watched all of Cyberpunk lore to build hype for the new update.
Could you make a lore video about the tech and how it evolved in the world of Cyberpunk and the most notorious tech ever created?
That sounds like a really cool idea! Post-Phantom Liberty, I'll definitely consider a vid like that! Also, thanks a bunch! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos.
Awesome video, i enjoyed it.
Wish you talked more about their occult aesthetic and their obsession with the transhumanistic and rituals with black-metal type aesthetics, but other than that awesome stuff.
I've noticed Malstrum seems to be backed by Night Corp, under the table of course.
I really liked dum dum. Cool dude. Shared his black lace.
He really is a real one
but are maelstrom chrome enough for eachother?
i feel like if i was enough of a lunatic in the cyberpunk world i'd be known as a particular nightmare, taking maelstrom members and trying to "full-borg" them in particularly makeshift ways
despite maybe either way being a good ripperdoc, harvesting components from those very maelstrom members during my experiments
That's a cool idea for a character!
the idea mostly came from i think my curiosity on the idea of someone trying to go full chrome, like adam smasher
and if maelstrom forcefully chromes other people, and generally wants to go 'as chrome as possible'. why not take them and make them go full chrome?
The sound of an inquisitor arc in Cyberpunk would be AMAZING . i’ve always thought what about the people who rejected going cybernetic . Granted it sounds like they have some issues (from the point of view of other gangs) i still think they would be the most badass. if they can keep up with chromed up folks then i’m with those guys .
Maelstrom always gets the bullet in my runs.
Nice
thanks choom
Crusher is Adam smasher locking it in
Maelstrom is probably my favorite gang aesthetically. Gives me doom industrial metalcore vibes 🤘🏻💀🤘🏻
does that make V, a booster gang member gone rogue?! O.o
4:27 I swear this passage was in a shard in the base game
"Sit tight coming for ya "😂😂
The lore daddy of cyberpunk
Maelstrom are wicked crazy. Cyberphyschosis to the fullest.
Yooooooooooooooo w vid
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
I think a small note should have been made to which Maelstrom seems to have much contact with higherups in corps that can be observed if you listen to the nutter outside Vicks and go to the meeting he hints about. It is a real shame it just ended with that meeting and more didnt come from it, i was always curious to what all that did mean.
Yeah that's a good point... hmmmmmm
@@everberon yeah i always found that interesting since the psycho lady in the freezer also mention the same stuff they talk about in that meeting. It really hints to that gang being involved with some high-end corpo nonsense
Nutter?
Is that like a term in the lore of cyberpunk I am not aware of?
@@PricelessBinkey1337oldish way of saying "wackjob", "loon", "nut", or more simply, crazy.
I mean if you think about the side mission "happy together" when you talk to Barry he talks about a maelstrom member who had corpo protection. And protection strong enough where he could waste a kid in front an NCPD member without any repercussions at all.
Great video! I'm an old gun, from way back in the 20's and now a red gm, and i gotta say, best lore channel I've seen for cp.
Thank you 🔥🔥
please for the love of god do NOT abbreviate cyberpunk
I started a new game since I have not played since before the changes. I still felt the need to shoot Royce during the standoff. He just rubbed me the wrong way.
Brick is waaaay better
Not a word about them being techno mancers of alpha cintari
I dunno why but I always associate Maelstrom with skateboarding. I mean, Dum-Dum looks like he'd be right at home tre-flipping down a 20-set of stairs.
I ll watch it later but I like cause a vidéo about my favorite gang...
Popopooooo !
Kinda makes sense why they jumped those 2 monks by the docks.
love the look and geat of maelstrom, could be pretty cool to rock a look like that, between the edge of cyber psychosis and general criminal way of life, I probably wouldnt join them tho.
I would be into Maelstrom if it only wasn't for all the child killing and that only its leaders don't look like deflated husks. It appears the recruits don't have a drop of agency over what chrome they're augmented with, meaning you're at the mercy of the gang ripperdoc's sense for aesthetic and whatever parts are available. I can't fathom in what state of mind you have to be to get through that process.
Solid points
My choice over who to side with, then, mostly involves "who would drop the shoe harder when their minions kill a child for fun?". Royce looks like a hot head, but his violent attitude might be a front to a calmer, more calculating mind as it appears to be a trend with these gangoons, plus Royce's right hand is a cool guy, he might act as a moral anchor, that or I'm giving Dum-Dum too much credit. Brick being overthrown is a red flag, but save from proving his leadership may be a bit weak, we can't be sure of the other reasons why he ended up there. Kill both Brick and Royce and you'll be rolling the dice with Patty or whatever she's called. I'm not counting on a clanker's femininity to possibly make it more empathic towards kids. Worst case, she actually partakes as a way to stifle those feelings, most of those guys are psychos afterall.
Regardless of which leader comes to be, it doesn't appear like there are any consequences for the rest of the game, meaning Maelstrom are still killing kids and kidnapping monks for fun, _sometimes_ for profit. Might be a failing on CD making this choice matter in the larger scope, or it's saying that neither boss is willing to stamp down on the behaviour.
I never knew the Flathead mission could end up branching out that much, I always keep Militech's cash and the Flathead because they try to shake me down for more cash, so I nuke the entire place lol
Outta all gangs (6th street comes second for patriotic theme) i honestly like the designs of maelstrom. It fits soo perfectly in cyberpunk universe that a gang like them needs to exist ❤ i love their cyborg theme, crazy mental theme as savage people. I kinda wish CDPR make another cyberpunk video game where you get to choose your gang and for me well definitely pick maelstrom ❤
Ps. Now that we have phantom liberty 🗽 DLC the bargest gang is very badass 😎 they're essentially 6th street but on steroids and I love the different variations of the members. As well design wise.
I picked up the detonator and thought cool I wonder what this blows up and clicked it before Jackie could finish speaking....Poor Brick.....
Now I'm kinda wondering if I can go back in my save and free him.
3:10 What's the page count? The website doesn't list any, and I don't feel like paying £40 for a 40 page booklet again. lol
Good question. Just took a look to confirm for you. The official page count is 173.
@@everberon Thanks!
I read somewhere a lot of them have skinhead ideologies and after that I murdered most of them only leaving the ones I deem are “cool” alive
Yeah that's from the Cyberpunk Red Corebook haha. Good call
BASED MAELSTROM
anyone know what the track that plays at 8:33 is? also great video
It's the nocturne descision theme (Cyberpunk Noctorne rooftop ambiance will find it if you wanna look it up here on YT). Sorry that it wasn't listed in the description like the other music! I must have missed it.
thank ya kindly@@everberon
I just came across your CP lore videos and I am hooked! Love your narrative! Subbed!!
The only Maelstromer I don't kill on sight is Brick lol Everyone else is fair game, even if they just stand around and chat... Next minute they take a dirt nap. Maelstrom and Scavs die as soon as I see them! 🤣
Remember what these a-holes did to that monk?
Please for the love of all spell out CyberPunk lmao
WOOP
If you ask me, Maelstrom has the preemest aesthetics of all gangs.
They shouldve let us over-do it with face mods and stuff like maelstrom and just made it effect relationships a bit. I love maelstroms designs, genuinely dont care about in game relationships. I'd have a loner-borg V all day
I'd love Dum Dum to become the leader the guy was alright till that idiot Royce came down from his mountain.
The Inquisitors are pretty cool, Death to the Machine
They are like the Fiends from Fallout New Vegas.
My second fav gang after trekkies.
I have managed to not kill royce while siding against them and he was still alive. They may have got rid of that option in update
I wonder who here would actually join the Maelstorm
I would
how this dude not have more subs? shit odd
I like this channel kuz you sound like bird person from Rick and Morty
Oooo weeee!
Lmaoooo thank you that made me really laugh!
hmmm4_4 Goood show kinda nice
Would you say that, between all the Factions in night city, Maelstrom is the most dangerous?
I feel like them and the scavs
14:00 is this « lake » in game?
Yes. Somewhere in the desert if I remember correctly. It's on the edge of being out of bounds. In fact, it may *be* out of bounds, I don't entirely remember. Dw tho, the bodies are manequins. It's a movie set.
@@everberon Oh ok thanks, great video btw
Starting it off with repeating the intro twice, cya later
Yooooooo
2:56 So there it is fellas, Michiko is down with all the Neko stuff,,,,,,,,,,, so Hentai away !
Dum Dum
Definitely my favorite gang, however I would never join these mfs.
If I needed to join a gang itd be the Valentinos.
Same here