



He wakes up months later with a new neural implant, but something is terribly wrong. The Hacker accomplishes his task, but is drugged directly after. If he can hack into and disable the ethical restraints of Citadel Station's hyper-powerful AI, Shodan, then he'll drop the charges and throw in the implant the Hacker tried to steal for free. There, he meets Edward Diego, a shady TriOptimum executive and the Vice President of Citadel Station. While attempting to steal a cybernetic implant from an infamous megacorp named TriOptimum, the Hacker is caught red-handed and taken to a space vessel known as Citadel Station. Our protagonist is a nameless hacker living in a crowded futuristic city, attempting to get by stealing tech from powerful companies. Before we dive into the actual ending, let's quickly recap the plot of the game leading up to that point to give you a better idea of the story as a whole.Īs the beginning of the game quickly establishes, System Shock's story takes place in 2072.
