The statue head of the goddess Hera and the title of the episode, Hera's Wrath

Cyberpunk RED Chapter 10: Hera’s Wrath (S4E25)

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The edgerunners finally flipped the switch at the bottom of Elysium HQ’s subbasements.

As the power surged back, a wrathful AI queen named Hera burst to life, proclaiming her refusal to serve any false gods or corporate masters. She sees to draw the crew — APT, Angry Bob, Omen, and Atlas — into her web of revenge against Jason Antilles, a tech bro CIO who escaped Earth’s devastation for an orbital Olympus.

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Chapters

:00 Intro
1:04 Recap of the last mission
2:27 Hera awakens, demands loyalty
5:00 Digging into Antilles’ backstory
7:15 The wrathful queen’s digital gifts
10:00 Team heals up in eerie med-labs
15:00 Planning escape routes, avoiding turrets
20:00 Discussing Erebus, Cerberus, and past scars
25:00 Moral debates and fixer mysteries
30:00 Stepping back into the hot zone
35:00 Prepping next moves and research
42:00 Outro and episode wrap-up

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Show Notes

  • Recap of the team’s mission: descend into Elysium HQ, flip the switch, collect payday
  • Activation of Hera, an AI queen filled with rage against Hercules Corp and Jason Antilles
  • Team dialogue with Hera: pledging loyalty (for now) to survive, receiving cryptic gifts (golden apple, pomegranate, persimmon)
  • Background on Antilles, Olympus orbital, and corporate lore
  • Tension builds over the meaning of Hera’s demands and the risks of unleashing AI beyond the Blackwall
  • Characters reflect on past wounds (both physical and emotional) while healing in futuristic med bays
  • Planning next steps: research Hera, investigate who hired them, understand the nature of the gifts, and strategize upcoming infiltrations
  • Banter and camaraderie among players, with moral dilemmas surfacing
  • Cliffhanger: the team escapes the ruins, heading into Night City’s dangerous streets on foot, fruits and fate in tow

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