System Shock 2 Short Story[1] was written by lead designer of System Shock 2, Ken Levine, in December 1999. A prologue of sorts, some characters and events in the System Shock universe are slightly expanded upon in the story.
Plot
Part I
(to be added)
Part II
(to be added)
Part III
(to be added)
Characters
Main/Major Characters
Minor Characters
- Janice Polito
- XERXES
- Cal McGill, the elected Chairman for the UNN Senate Sub-committee
Mentioned Characters
- SHODAN
- The Hacker
- Edward Diego
- Jared Lucash
- Veronika Red, a hacker working under Korenchkin who was executed after breaking into a UNN official's financial records.
- Sarah, an A.I. created by Delacroix, intended to control the first Faster-Than-Light starship.