[Ryan, "Ten years ago, Night City was a free city, with all companies pretty much on an equal footing, and there weren't the big five giants you see today."]
[Ryan, "If you had to say, Ye Group was the local tyrant, but without any industry on the land, how much is land worth anyway?"]
[Ryan, "In 2069, Military Technology launched the Unification War, and in just one year, their metal flood completely breached the Free State Federation's defenses and made it to Night City."]
[Ryan, "So, I turned to Arasaka again. Some people called me Arasaka's lapdog because of that, but it's not true."]
[Ryan, "Because I also brought in Military Technology. To balance Military Technology, I brought in Zeta Technology and Peizhuo Petrochemical. To balance Arasaka, I brought in Kantao and Adachi-Kenneth..."]
[Ryan, "As a city, Night City is quite insignificant. To be independent, you need to be like a whore and swallow a few more."]
