Where there were once lively crew members, there are now only corpses and viscera. Since SHODAN's ethical restraints were disabled, pure hell has been unleashed here. To say things have gone wrong here on the Citadel would be an understatement. I then opened up a supply closet, grabbed a steel pipe plus a few other supplies, and walked out into the station. Seeing this room updated to a more modern style while also retaining a lot of the details exactly how I remembered them really made me happy. I have to say that immediately after the hacker gets off of the medical table and stands up, I cracked a huge grin. When they finally awaken they are on the Medical floor level within Citadel Station this is where the game truly begins.

After the deed is done and they receive the implant that was promised, they are in a medical coma for six months. Since the hacker doesn't really have a choice, they comply. After they wake up they are given a deal by a TriOptimum executive named Edward Diego that if they will hack into the network of a place called Citadel Station and disable the ethical restraints on the AI controlling the station (called SHODAN), then he will give them the neural implant that they were searching for.

The hack doesn't go too well because almost immediately TriOptimum Corp guards bust in and knock the hacker out. The hack they are attempting to pull off is into the files of a company called TriOptimum Corporation, who happen to have details on a neural implant that the hacker seems interested in. The intro starts with the game's protagonist (an unnamed character simply known throughout the game as Hacker) sitting in their apartment and doing what any hacker worth their salt would be doing during a nice dark night: hacking.

System shock 2 The Hacker