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== System Shock 2 == Previously, in System Shock, SHODAN was defeated by Sir Hacksalot, the greatest hacker the world has ever known. Apparently, however, SHODAN had a backup plan. {{major spoilers}} In [[System Shock 2]], forty two years have passed since SHODAN's defeat. The use of AIs similar to her has become heavily regulated, with powerful AIs given huge restrictions, and reduced to performing nothing more than menial tasks. Usually, AIs now simply control a few systems, and are far less sentient. In this case, we're about to be reminded why that is. The UNN Rickenbacker, a military ship, has been piggy backed to the Von Braun, the first faster-than-light starship. They are on a voyage into the unknown. About five months into the voyage, they receive a transmission from Tau Ceti 5. A joint military and scientist (read: TriOp) group land on the surface, and come back with some eggs. Once more, all Hell breaks loose. The eggs are spawn of [[The Many]], beings a bit like organic Borg, who mutate the crew of the ships into horrible creatures. And, amazingly, they are SHODAN's creation. SHODAN began work on The Many during System Shock 1; early forms of their DNA were on Beta Grove when it was launched. Over the years, they have grown into monsters. Of course, they're not the fun ones... SHODAN's back, baby. The player is one of three professions in this game, each with their own weaknesses and advantages. However, one of the player's major advantages is information provided by another crewmember on the Von Braun, Doctor Janice Polito. Once the player reaches Dr. Polito's office, though, it turns out she is quite dead. Has been for a while. Instead, the player has been speaking with SHODAN. It seems a copy of SHODAN exists on the Von Braun now, having been brought aboard from Beta Grove on Tau Ceti 5. The Many, her "children", refer to her as "the Machine Mother"; and, being organically inclined, they don't like her much. So, SHODAN is in danger, and has been helping the player all along, aiming simply to preserve herself. She guides the player through the removal of the ship's resident AI, [[XERXES]], and the infiltration of the main mass of the Many. The player manages to kill the Many's Hive Mind, and save the universe! And then SHODAN shows why she's SHODAN. It turns out the faster-than-light drive works by temporarily altering reality around the ships that travel with it. Well, it also turns out that SHODAN's a quick study. She's discovered how to control these alterations... and make the cyber world she inhabits real. Sadly, in the end, the player actually manages to destroy SHODAN in her own lair, and stop her plans to supplant our reality with her own. Poor SHODAN. ...after all, the backup plan is a bit embarrassing. Seems two crew members managed to flee the Von Braun after SHODAN took over from XERXES. And SHODAN herself takes over the female crew member. Don't you like her new look?
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