Level 9 - Bridge
The top of Citadel Station, cut loose before the blast, where the Hacker finally faces SHODAN.
Level 9 - Bridge is the control bridge of Citadel Station and the tenth and final level explored in System Shock (1994). It sits at the uppermost end of the station and holds the command and control center and SHODAN's primary neural bud.
Quick Facts
- Game
- System Shock (1994)
- Level
- 9
- Order
- Tenth and final level explored
- Connects to
- Level 8 - Security (one way)
- Holds
- Command and control center; SHODAN's primary neural bud
- Key item
- Isolinear Chipset
Facts from the source article.
Background
The bridge can separate from the main body of the station in a dire emergency: as the station's self-destruct runs, SHODAN has it jettisoned to a safe distance, and the Hacker makes it aboard as it is released before the station detonates. An unknown gray biological infestation, which developers said was inspired by the Alien films, covers most of its surfaces. The Hacker turns off the three force doors leading to the computer room, takes the isolinear chipset from a Cortex Reaver and installs it to unlock the door to SHODAN, then defeats her in cyberspace. Its defenders include a maze of autobombs, Cyborg Elite Guards, Security-2-Bots, mutated cyborgs and Cortex Reavers, and it is reached one way from Level 8 - Security.
Source
Text adapted from Level 9 - Bridge on the System Shock Wiki (Fandom, CC BY-SA 3.0). Page history: contributors. Codexery summarised the page, and this entry is shared under the same licence.
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