| Access Cards | |
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| Information | |
| Type | Key Items |
| First Found | MedSci Deck |
| Researchable | No |
| Stackable | Separately |
| Recycleable | No |
| Transmutative | No |
| Duplicative | No |
| Summon Code | fakekeys • id cards (generic) In-game card codes listed below. |
| [Source] | |
Access Cards are key items in System Shock 2. They are used to gain admission to certain areas and systems that are otherwise inacessible. There are several Access Cards of different types scattered throughout the Von Braun and UNN Rickenbacker that are needed to open locked doors. Most Access Cards are found on the corpses of dead crew members, but some Cards are lying on the ground and in niches or found among the contents of various desks.
The Access Cards are needed as a consequence of a state of martial law declared by Sergeant Melanie Bronson, which led to all primary sub-sectors of the ship locked down.
Used by dragging through a card slot reader, these cards appear deceptively low-tech. However, they are designed with a triple encrypted fractal data string - the cards mutate in synch with each other over 50,000 times a second, making them nearly impossible to counterfeit.
List of Access Cards[]
There are 16 Access Cards used in the game. The names in the brackets are their summon codes.
| Key | Name | Level | Location | Notes |
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Cryogenics Sector Access Card (cryo card) |
MedSci Deck | In the opening area under a table. | |
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Science Sector Access Card (science card) |
MedSci Deck | Near a body in the upper training area. | |
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Deck 2 Crew's Quarters Access Card (crew card) |
MedSci Deck | On a body in the lower biopsy lab. | |
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Research and Development Access Card (r and d card) |
MedSci Deck | In the desk within Dr. Watts Quarters. | |
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Security Access Card (security card) |
Engineering Deck | On a corpse outside the Security Station | |
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Cargo Bay 2A/2B Access Card (cargo bay 2a/2b) |
Engineering Deck | On a body in Cargo Bay 1A, west side of the first level. | |
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Hydroponics Sector B Access Card (hydro card b) |
Hydroponics Deck | On a body in Sector B near some Monkeys. | |
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Hydroponics Sector A Access Card (hydro card a) |
Hydroponics Deck | On a body in Sector B maintenance. | |
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Hydroponics Sector D Access Card (hydro card d) |
Hydroponics Deck | On a body in the first cultivation area in Sector A. | |
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Deck 5 Crew's Quarters Access Card (rec crew key) |
Recreation Deck | On a body in the garden tunnel. | |
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Athletic Sector Access Card (crew card2) |
Recreation Deck | In the Upper Crew Quarters, in the middle room on northern wall, on the body of a female crew member. | In the original game no working Summon Code exists in the game due to an error in an internal object category tree ; code should be "crew card2", but it doesn't work. |
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Bridge Access Card (bridge card) |
Command Deck | In the escape pod area. | |
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Shuttle Bay Access Card (shuttle access key) |
Command Deck | Inside the desk within the security station in the officer's quarters. | |
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Operations Override Access Card (ops override key) |
Command Deck | In the upper bridge area. | |
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Rickenbacker Access Card (rickenbacker card) |
UNN Rickenbacker | On the first level of UNN Rickenbacker, beyond the hull breach, on the body of a male UNN soldier. | In the original game no working Summon Code exists in the game due to an error in an internal object category tree ; code should be "rickenbacker card", but it summons a non-working card. |
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Diego's Quarters Access Card (rick room key) |
UNN Rickenbacker | On a body in the medical bay. |
Unused Access Cards[]
These 6 cards (or codes) are unused in the game:
- Cargo Bay 1A/1B Access Card (cargo bay 1a/1b): shows up as a blank entry in your Keycard-Access Recorder
- "Deck 5 Crew's Quarters Access Card" (crew 2 card): does not appear in your K-AR
- Engineering Override Access Card (eng override key): does not appear in your K-AR
- Medical Access Card (med card): shows up as a blank entry in your K-AR
- Medical Annex Access Card (med annex key): shows up as a blank entry in your K-AR
- "Rickenbacker Access Card" (rickenbacker card): does not appear in your K-AR
Trivia[]
- All Access Cards found in the game bear the image of Marc Miller with vertical word ACCESS written across.
- Some summoned cards have a different appearance than all the others. They have a thicker stripe with Von Braun logo on it, and a thinner stripe marked with big VB letters. This is the list of these cards:
- "rec crew key" (Deck 5 Crew's Quarters Access Card): white thicker/light blue thinner stripes, grey borders
- "med card" (Medical Access Card): white thicker/light yellow thinner stripes, grey borders
- "med annex key" (Medical Annex Access Card): yellow thicker/grey thinner stripes, red borders