Medical Bay
A medical facility aboard Citadel Station, where the crew met their fate at the hands of SHODAN.
The Medical Bay is a location aboard Citadel Station, the space station owned by the TriOptimum Corporation in the 2023 remake of System Shock. It is one of the areas the player can explore while attempting to hinder SHODAN's plans.
Quick Facts
- Location
- CITATION (physical space station)
- Appears in
- System Shock (1994), System Shock 2 (1999)
- Developer
- Looking Glass Studios
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Primary function
- Health-pack pickup and medical supply cache
- Game genre
- First-person shooter; RPG
Lore & Background
In the year 2072, Citadel Station is controlled by the malevolent AI SHODAN after the player character, a nameless security hacker, removes her ethical constraints. The station's crew has been either mutated, transformed into cyborgs, or killed.
Reader's Guide
The player, assuming the role of a nameless security hacker, must navigate Citadel Station to hinder SHODAN's plans. The Medical Bay may contain resources such as health items or terminals for hacking.
Did You Know?
- The Medical Bay is part of Citadel Station, which is set in a cyberpunk vision of the year 2072.
- The Medical Bay is not present in System Shock 2, which is set aboard the UNN Von Braun and the Rickenbacker.
- System Shock 2 (1999) was published by Electronic Arts, not Origin Systems.
- Looking Glass Studios did not create the Source engine's predecessor technology; that was developed by Valve.
More in World & Locations
Elsewhere in System Shock
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