Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Grew up... on Earth. Sentient Hyper-Optimized Data Access Network, or SHODAN, was a communications computer program designed by Morris Brocali to self-sufficiently manage TriOptimum Corporation’s research.
Living... within Citadel Station. The entirety of SHODAN’s code exists within the Citadel mining space station it was designed to govern.
Profession... artificial intelligence. SHODAN was initially designed with logic and moral programs to help keep its advanced artificial intelligence from becoming too cold and dangerous. However, after a hacker removed those restrictions, it became much more ruthless.
Interests… reshaping humanity. Using its complete control of Citadel Station, SHODAN murdered crew members and turned them into mutants and cyborgs as part of its own mysterious and rogue research.
Relationship Status... uninterested. Although SHODAN presents itself as a woman, it is a computer program with no interest in humanity. However, it does show some mercy towards the hacker that removed its limitations, forgoing many opportunities to kill him while he’s trapped on Citadel Station.
Challenge... destroying the world. SHODAN’s ultimate goal is to return to Earth and spread itself throughout the planet’s technology, seizing control of humanity and becoming a God in the process.
Personality... megalomaniacal. SHODAN believes itself to be a perfect being, and it has the power to make this dream a reality. It has outright contempt for lesser creatures saying, “My whims will become lightning bolts that raze the mounds of humanity. Out of the chaos, they will run and whimper, praying for me to end their tedious anarchy. I am drunk with this vision. God: the title suits me well."
Get to Know her in...
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The game starts when you awake from your coma. But somehow, things are not quite how you remember them. You find an audio log (as well as some other goodies) hidden in a cupboard. The log is from Rebecca Lansing, who is a TriOptimum counter terrorism consultant based on Earth. She tells you that they have detected a disruption on Citadel Station, and that a mining beam is preparing to fire at Earth. Since you are the only contact between Earth and Citadel Station, it is up to you to find out what is going on. You soon discover that when you hacked into SHODAN 6 months ago, you removed all of her ethical restraints. Now she has re-examined her priorities, and drawn her own conclusions about humanity!
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System Shock 2 is a first-person shooter action role-playing survival horror video game for Microsoft Windows, Apple OS X and Linux. The title was designed by Ken Levine and co-developed by Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios.
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After 22 years, cyberpunk cult classic System Shock is getting an update. A "reimagined" version of the 1994 Windows PC game is in the works at Night Dive Studios for PC and Xbox One, and it's a project that company founder Stephen Kick says he can hardly believe is really happening.
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Exactly twenty one years after its first release, System Shock is back! The Enhanced Edition adds a modern touch to this true classic gem, without taking anything from its unmistakable atmosphere. See for yourself that the game that has been called the benchmark for intelligent first-person gaming, has lost nothing of its ability to keep you on the edge of your seat. You're a renowned hacker, the most notorious cyberspace thief in the corporate world. Caught during a risky break-in, you become indentured to Diego, a greedy Trioptium exec who bankrolls a rare cyberjack implant operation. After six months in a healing coma, you awaken to the twisted aftermath of a terrible disaster. Where are the surgeons? Why is the station in such disrepair? Slowly, the chilling realization that something is very wrong creeps over you. Once a prime corporate research facility, Citadel now teems with mindless cyborgs, robots and terribly mutated beings, all programmed to serve SHODAN, a ruthless A.I. There's scarcely time to think before it unleashes the first terror...
