Rat by Alice Boyd. Anime woman in a purple suit with pink bionic arm with dark purple background.

Elise “Rat” Swearingen: 

Officially, Elise is a detective working for Danger Gal private investigation firm, however, her actual role is that of a corporate assassin who eliminates agents of the Arasaka corporation on behalf of her boss, Michiko Sanderson. Elise is the last remaining member of her wealthy family in Night City, as the rest were mysteriously “disappeared” ten years ago. She was able to leverage her family’s connection to Michiko Sanderson and public sympathy to land her job.

Elise is lean, muscular, and wears a suit and tie, with short hair and tattoos but no piercings. Her bionic right arm, which is hot pink in colour to align with Danger Gal’s public image, hides a retractable blade. She is friendly and personable, but can become aggressive when necessary.

Ultimately, her work with Danger Gal is only a means to an end, as Elise is leveraging her access to their resources to investigate her family’s disappearance and she remains loyal to the corporation only as long as they remain of use to her.

Rat was a character I created for a game of Cyberpunk Red that never got off the ground. This picture of her was created for a university project focusing on character design.