Taking the Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty FIA oath comes early in your time in Dogtown, but should you take the oath or not? NUSA President Rosalind Myers certainly pitches it as quite a major choice, handing you an official FIA coin and all for rescuing her from the clutches of Kurt Hansen's elite Barghest soldiers, but it's a choice that has no real impact on the wider story of Phantom Liberty and Cyberpunk 2077. If you're wondering exactly what the consequences are for taking the FIA oath in Phantom Liberty during the "Lucretia My Reflection" mission, I've explained both choices below.
Phantom Liberty oath choice explained
The decision on whether to take the oath or not comes after you've spent a considerable amount of time with President Myers inside the Dogtown apartment, waiting for Songbird to turn up. As you're both standing looking out at the rainy, smog-filled Dogtown, V and Myers are discussing ways to find and rescue Songbird. This is when Solomon Reed (Idris Elba) comes up in discussion for the first time, and it's explained you'll need to get ahold of him with his secret extension on an analog phone.
However, Reed will need to screen you - and the easiest way for that to happen is for V to have a file in the FIA database. Myers is explicitly clear that you're a secret agent and that file will be created for you no matter what, but it might "feel more real" if you take the oath. This is when you can say "OK, oath it is" or "Yeah, no… Let's skip the oath" and just take the FIA coin instead.
Because you'll receive the FIA coin no matter what, there is no real consequence for taking the oath or not. If you do decide to take the oath, Johnny will have some very sarcastic words for you, as he isn't impressed in the slightest. He'll call it "f*cking pathetic" as you repeat the oath, and he'll comment on how you took the oath later down the line too. There is also one specific ending to Phantom Liberty that results in President Myers referencing the fact you took the oath, but it doesn't impact the game in any way.
If you want to keep Johnny on your good side - as much as possible, anyway - then you can decline to take the oath. Myers won't be quite as impressed, but she's only the President of the NUSA, so she doesn't matter quite as much as imaginary Keanu Reeves in your head, right?
That's all there is to the decision - the FIA coin you receive anyway can be used a couple of times in dialogue, but obtaining it doesn't depend on taking the oath or not.
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