SHODAN’s preoccupation with becoming a machine-god is so complete that, at first, the Hacker’s reawakening goes unnoticed – only when you start tearing your way through the station, destroying security cameras and control nodes, do you suddenly find yourself becoming the AI’s number one enemy. Rogue AIs are a common trope in science fiction, but a mix of truly unnerving dialogue, delusions of godhood, a dark sense of humor, and a superb vocal performance by voice actress Terri Brosius cement SHODAN as one of the all-time greats. SHODAN is widely remembered as one of gaming’s best antagonists. Upon waking, he finds the station in disarray and almost everyone dead, SHODAN having gone berserk and laid waste to most of the staff and residents. The Hacker - the unnamed hero of the story - disables SHODAN’s ethical subroutines at the behest of a corrupt corporate executive, and is subsequently placed into a long medical coma to receive military-grade cyborg implants. At the center of the story was SHODAN, the AI that oversees Citadel Station.
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