


After years of bickering and political maneuvering, a compromise is reached: a TriOptimum corporate starship, the Von Braun, is constructed, but on its maiden voyage, it will be accompanied by a UNN heavy destroyer, the Rickenbacker - ostensibly for protection against possibly hostile aliens.

TriOptimum scientists develop the theory for a faster-than-light starship drive, but the UNN is unwilling to allow TriOptimum sole access to the rest of the universe. The Earth is principally governed by the Unified National Nominate (UNN), an organization which took power after the fall of Citadel, but mega-corporations such as TriOptimum still wield both technological and economic clout. It is thirty-five years after the destruction by an unnamed hacker of the TriOptimum-owned Citadel Station, and SHODAN, the rogue AI controlling it. Move mouse down: move cursor down / look down Move mouse right: move cursor right / turn right Move mouse left: move cursor left / turn left All the bindings are also fully rebindable via the Options panel. Look in the Options panel for the full set of keybindings and shortcuts. Some of your default key bindings are listed below.

Left mouse button attacks with your current weapon and right mouse uses an object in the world or in your inventory. The demo includes an introductory subset of each of these - you can't have everything on the first level!īy default, the mouse controls your view in the world or the cursor position on the screen. The full game also includes over a dozen weapons which can be modified and loaded with several types of ammo each, thirty-five psionic skills, over a hundred logs left by crew members detailing the fate of the Von Braun, a host of strange creature to interact (fight!) with, and a large collection of alien and human-tech objects to research. This demo is limited to the training area and the Med/Sci deck of the Von Braun, where you start with a pre-generated UNN Navy character. The full System Shock 2 game includes a training area on Earth, a space station in which your character's skills are generated in one of three branches of the military, and over ten decks and other areas of the Von Braun and the UNN Rickenbacker. NOTE: This Demo will not work on Windows NT/2000/XP machines due to a Microsoft (tm) DirectX 6.1 limitation. Janice Polito has just arrived, telling you to come find her on Deck Four, but as you start your journey towards her, all you encounter are scenes of carnage and chaos the logs of the crew members that you find do not yet explain what has caused things to go so very wrong. Your character is one of the Rickenbacker's soldiers, and, after training, the game starts as you find yourself waking from coldsleep aboard the Von Braun with no memory of the past weeks.
