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For the device in the Remake, see Elevator (System Shock Remake).
For the similar device in the Remake, see Grove Tram.
For the device in System Shock 2, see Elevator (System Shock 2).


Elevators are used to reach different Levels of Citadel Station.
There are several types of normal-sized Elevators, one Executive Elevator, and a large Freight Elevator on the Station.

Some elevators have lobbies to accompany them, though not all. The areas with lobbies include the elevator connecting levels 1 and 2 as well as the executive side of each of the grove elevators.

Citadel Station's Elevators[]

  • R ⇄ 2 ⇄ 3
  • 3 ⇄ 45 (Freight)
  • 3 ⇄ 6
  • 5 ⇄ 6 (Executive)
    • 6 ⇄ G1
    • 6 ⇄ G2
    • 6 G3 [Inaccessible]
    • 6 ⇄ G4
  • 6 ⇄ 7
  • 7 ⇄ 8
  • 8 ➝ 9 [One Way]

Trivia[]

  • On Mission difficulties 1 or higher, some Levels are inaccessible until certain Mission elements are performed:
    • 3-6 and 5-6 elevators arrive at Executive Level only after completing the Laser Mission
    • 6-7 elevator takes the player to Engineering only after jettisoning Beta Grove
  • There is a chance that even when the Mission difficulty is set to 0, the player will be informed by the PA System of either "power diverted to level R." or "Elevator disabled: BioHazard emergency." after using the control Panel inside the 3-6 / 5-6 or 6-7 Elevator(s) respectively. These messages can be repeated very fast, over and over again. The same can happen in 6-G3 Elevator ("Gamma Grove already jettisoned."). The game can also partially freeze. This chance is rare and the exact causes of this are unknown.
    • It is possible that afterwards the text descriptions will stop showing (resulting in eg. online help displaying lines with no text connected to them) or the game will even crash after saving/loading. Results may vary.
    • This bug seems to be fixed in System Shock: Enhanced Edition Source Port version 1.2.15.
  • Almost all Elevators in the game (with the exception of Freight, Groves' and 5-6 ones) were originally designed to take the player to Levels: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 - as shown on their inactive, dim panel buttons.
  • MFD and fullscreen maps of Navigation and Mapping Unit display Elevators in dark brown colour.

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