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Scorpion

Scorpion is an Aldecaldo nomad and a close friend of Mitch Anderson and Panam Palmer in Cyberpunk 2077. He appears during the Aldecaldo storyline and is central to the optional memorial quest "I'll Fly Away".

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Key Takeaways

Aldecaldo mechanic

Scorpion is a non-playable member and mechanic of the Aldecaldos nomad clan, tying him to the group’s mobile camp and close-knit community.

Role in Panam’s storyline

He appears in the Aldecaldo storyline connected to Panam Palmer, including the Main Job “Life During Wartime,” where his connection to the clan becomes relevant to V’s involvement with them.

Close ties within the clan

Scorpion is especially associated with Mitch Anderson and the wider Aldecaldo family, helping establish the personal bonds behind the clan’s missions and memorials.

Limited but consequential appearance

Scorpion is not a playable character or combat build option; his importance comes from his role in the Aldecaldo quest network and the consequences surrounding “I’ll Fly Away.”

Overview

Scorpion is an Aldecaldos nomad and supporting character in Cyberpunk 2077. As a trusted member of Panam Palmer’s circle, he helps show the family’s loyalty, shared history, and life beyond Night City’s corporate power structures.

Scorpion belongs to the Aldecaldos, a nomad family operating on the outskirts of Night City. He is presented as a practical, community-minded member of the group rather than as a major independent power in the plot. His identity is closely connected to the family’s camp, its daily survival, and the relationships among nomads who rely on one another in a hostile environment.

His first meaningful role is as part of Panam Palmer’s wider circle. Scorpion knows Panam before V becomes involved with her, which places him within the personal history that surrounds her departure from the Aldecaldos. Through him and other members of the family, the game presents Panam as someone with an established community and unresolved ties, not merely as a Fixer or temporary ally encountered during a job.

Scorpion matters primarily because he represents the Aldecaldos as a functioning family. His presence reinforces the group’s shared responsibilities, informal loyalty, and vulnerability to the dangers of the Badlands. He is also associated with Mitch Anderson and the nomad camp, making him part of the social network that gives the Aldecaldos their identity beyond their vehicles and combat skills.

Unlike characters who drive major branches or negotiate directly with Night City’s corporations, Scorpion’s importance is local and relational. He helps establish the human cost of the Aldecaldos’ conflicts and gives context to Panam’s connections before and after her jobs with V. His role is therefore best understood through the family’s missions and relationships rather than through a separate personal storyline.

Background

Life Among the Aldecaldos

Before V becomes involved with the Aldecaldos, Scorpion is already an established member of the nomad clan operating outside Night City. His life is closely tied to the group's vehicles, camp, and family-like social structure. The game presents him as part of the clan's trusted inner circle, with longstanding connections to Mitch Anderson and Panam Palmer. These relationships place Scorpion within the Aldecaldos' existing community rather than making him a recent recruit or an outsider seeking entry.

A Mechanic in the Nomad Family

Scorpion's known work within the Aldecaldos centers on vehicle maintenance and mechanical support. His practical role reflects the clan's dependence on its cars, equipment, and mobility, while also explaining his close association with Mitch, another experienced member of the group. The available story establishes little about Scorpion's childhood, family of origin, or life before joining the Aldecaldos, so those details are not treated as canon here. By the beginning of Cyberpunk 2077, his identity is defined primarily by his place in the nomad family and the responsibilities he has built there.

Role in the Story

Spoilers

Story spoilers ahead. This section covers the character’s later arc and outcomes.

Joining V and Panam Against Kang Tao

Scorpion’s main-story role begins during “Life During Wartime,” when he is part of the group supporting Panam Palmer and V after the AV is brought down. Alongside Mitch Anderson, he helps the nomads reach the crash site and recover Anders Hellman. His appearance establishes him as an active member of the clan rather than a distant camp contact: he responds to the emergency, enters the combat zone, and takes part in the operation despite the danger surrounding the wreck.

Scorpion’s Death During “Life During Wartime”

The recovery operation turns into a Kang Tao confrontation. While the Aldecaldos try to secure the site and extract Hellman, Scorpion is killed in the fighting. His death is a permanent story event rather than a player-selected outcome; V cannot save him through a different dialogue choice or mission approach. The loss is especially significant for Mitch, who is forced to watch a close friend and fellow nomad die during what had begun as a rescue operation.

The Aldecaldos Remember Scorpion

After “Life During Wartime,” Scorpion’s absence becomes part of the Aldecaldos’ continuing story. He no longer participates in later camp operations, but his death affects the atmosphere around Mitch and the clan as they prepare for further conflict with the corporations and other enemies threatening them. The event also gives greater weight to the Aldecaldos’ willingness to protect their own: their missions are not consequence-free, and even experienced members can be lost during an operation involving V.

Mitch’s Memorial in “I’ll Fly Away”

Scorpion’s story receives a personal resolution in the Side Job “I’ll Fly Away.” Mitch asks V to help him honor Scorpion, turning the character’s death into a memorial shared between the nomad and V. The job is not a resurrection or a branch that changes Scorpion’s fate. Instead, it focuses on remembrance and gives Mitch space to process the loss while allowing V to participate in the Aldecaldos’ mourning rituals.

Scorpion’s Place in the Later Aldecaldo Story

Scorpion does not return as a living participant in the later Aldecaldo storyline, including the clan’s preparations for its most dangerous operations. His death remains part of the cost the group has already paid before it faces further threats. When V becomes more closely involved with the Aldecaldos, Scorpion is therefore understood through the clan’s memories and through Mitch’s grief rather than through new missions from Scorpion himself. His role is brief, but it connects the rescue of Hellman to the personal consequences of the Aldecaldos’ conflict with Kang Tao.

Personality & Motivations

A Mechanic Who Puts the Clan First

Scorpion’s personality is defined less by extended personal exposition than by his place within the Aldecaldos community. He is a practical mechanic and a trusted member of the clan, someone whose usefulness is expressed through maintaining vehicles, supporting operations, and showing up when other members need help. His identity is therefore closely tied to communal responsibility rather than individual ambition. He treats the Aldecaldos as a family whose safety and continued independence matter more than personal comfort. His close friendship with Mitch Anderson also reflects this preference for durable, mutual loyalty over status or formal authority.

Courage Under Pressure

Scorpion’s actions during the effort to rescue Saul Bright show a willingness to accept serious danger on behalf of the clan. He joins the operation despite the threat posed by the Wraiths, moving beyond the safer role of mechanic to assist people he considers his own. This is not presented as reckless thrill-seeking; it is consistent with a broader Aldecaldos ethic in which members protect one another when outside forces threaten them. Scorpion’s courage is consequently practical and communal. He does not need to be the mission’s central decision-maker to demonstrate commitment, because his choices show that he considers personal risk an ordinary cost of standing by his friends.

A Grounded and Communal Worldview

Scorpion’s motivations appear grounded in loyalty, responsibility, and the preservation of the clan’s way of life. He is not depicted as pursuing wealth, corporate influence, or a personal escape from the Badlands. Instead, his role and relationships place value on reliability: keeping people and machines functioning, helping during emergencies, and remaining present when the group is under pressure. This makes him a stabilizing figure within the Aldecaldos, even though the game gives him limited time for extended character development. His later remembrance by the clan reinforces how much his everyday work and personal bonds mattered to the people around him, rather than suggesting that his importance came from fame or rank.

Relationships

Faction

Personal

Missions

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Faction

Aldecaldos

Member of

Scorpion is an Aldecaldo nomad.

Personal

Mitch Anderson

Close friend of

Mitch is Scorpion's closest highlighted friend and handles his memorial aftermath.

Panam Palmer

Clan associate of

Scorpion is part of Panam's Aldecaldo circle.

Missions

Riders on the Storm

Appears in

Scorpion appears during the Aldecaldo operation involving the Wraiths and Saul Bright.

I’ll Fly Away

Memorialized in

The optional side job follows Scorpion's death and centers on Mitch's memorial for him.

Mission Appearances

Scorpion is involved in the Aldecaldos' attempt to locate and rescue Saul from the Wraiths. The mission establishes his role within the clan and makes his death a major loss for Mitch, Panam, and the wider Aldecaldo family. His fate also directly leads into the optional memorial side job “I'll Fly Away.”

This optional Aldecaldo side job centers on Mitch arranging a final send-off for Scorpion. V assists with the memorial, giving the character's death emotional significance beyond the preceding rescue operation. The job also provides additional context for Scorpion's place in the clan and Mitch's grief without turning the appearance into a conventional combat encounter.

Equipment and Vehicles

Scorpion's Apollo

Scorpion’s signature vehicle is an **Apollo motorcycle**, commonly identified as **Scorpion’s Apollo**. It is an Aldecaldos-associated bike with a distinctive personal connection to Scorpion rather than a generic vehicle from the clan’s garage.

After the events surrounding Scorpion’s death, V can obtain the motorcycle through the Aldecaldos’ related side content, giving the vehicle both practical value and memorial significance. It is one of the clearest examples of Scorpion’s possessions continuing to matter after his story role ends.

Locations and Properties

Aldecaldos Camp

Scorpion is associated with the Aldecaldos’ mobile camp in the Badlands, the nomad group’s base of operations outside Night City. The camp serves as a gathering point for the clan’s vehicles, equipment, and members, including Scorpion, Mitch Anderson, and Saul Bright. Scorpion’s connection to the location reflects his role within the Aldecaldos rather than ownership of a private property: he is one of the clan’s mechanics and an experienced nomad who helps maintain its convoy and infrastructure. The camp is also the main setting for several interactions involving the Aldecaldos before Scorpion’s story role moves elsewhere.

Appearance and Design

Scorpion’s Nomad Presentation

Scorpion is presented with the rugged, work-worn appearance associated with the Aldecaldos. His clothing reads as practical road gear rather than formal civilian or corporate fashion, fitting a character who lives and works within a mobile nomad camp. The muted, utilitarian styling places him visually among the clan’s mechanics and vehicle specialists, while his weathered presentation suggests familiarity with life on the road without requiring a separate exposition scene.

His design also helps distinguish the Aldecaldos from Night City’s more polished visual cultures. Scorpion looks like part of a functioning community built around vehicles, repairs, and shared equipment, not an isolated drifter or a conventional city resident. The game keeps his appearance grounded and functional, using that contrast to communicate his place in the clan alongside [Mitch Anderson] and [Panam Palmer] without making his outfit more elaborate than the character’s supporting role requires.

Trivia

Scorpion serves as one of the Aldecaldos’ mechanics and is closely associated with Mitch and Panam Palmer.
After Scorpion’s death during the Aldecaldos’ rescue operation in “Life During Wartime,” Mitch can ask V to help honor him in the Side Job “I’ll Fly Away.”
“I’ll Fly Away” is a memorial-focused Side Job rather than a combat mission: V helps Mitch launch Scorpion’s ashes, giving the Aldecaldo a private farewell.