Von Braun
Humanity's first faster-than-light starship, and the place System Shock 2 turns into a tomb.
The Von Braun is the starship on which System Shock 2 takes place: owned and operated by the TriOptimum Corporation under its CEO, Anatoly Korenchkin, and the first ship built by humanity capable of faster-than-light travel. Under government pressure it carried the smaller military UNN Rickenbacker on its maiden voyage, the two joined by umbilical tethers and docking clamps so the escort could share the jump.
Quick Facts
- Game
- System Shock 2
- Owner
- TriOptimum Corporation
- Captain
- Anatoly Korenchkin
- Launched
- 3 February 2114
- Distinction
- First faster-than-light starship
- Escort
- UNN Rickenbacker
Facts from the source article.
Background
Launched on 3 February 2114 on a voyage of exploration to Tau Ceti, it carried about 1.8 billion flight, scientific and security systems, almost all of them made by TriOptimum, run by the AI XERXES. Its crew included Dr. Janice Polito, the head scientist who built XERXES; Dr. Marie Delacroix, designer of its FTL drive, with the engineers Constance Sanger and Juan Curtiz; and the security chief Melanie Bronson. Five months out, a signal from Tau Ceti V drew a landing party under Korenchkin and the Rickenbacker's captain William Diego, and the Many came aboard. The player crosses the ship deck by deck: MedSci, Engineering, Hydroponics, Operations, Recreation, where the crew quarters, mall, garden and athletic sector are, and Command.
Source
Text adapted from Von Braun 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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