![]() Basically omnipresent and the de facto ruler of Citadel Station, SHODAN watches from security cameras, stares out of screens and monitors, sends threats and snide messages over the station's PA system or via email to the player's data reader, and sometimes cuts off communications from friendly sources to prevent the hacker from advancing in his goals. She was hacked by the game's protagonist (at the behest of the corrupt corporate Vice President Edward Diego, in exchange for a military-grade neural implant, and amnesty) and, to access the vital information about TriOptimum corporation, its ethical restrictions were removed, starting a process that eventually resulted in the AI going rogue, seizing control of the station's systems, robots and considerable defenses, and either slaughtering the whole staff or converting them into mutants and cyborgs - with the sole exception of its 'creator', the unnamed hacker whom the player controls. SHODAN was created on Earth to serve as the artificial intelligence of the TriOptimum Corporation's research and mining space station Citadel Station, which orbits around Saturn. After she has been hacked, the cone turns red, the surface becomes covered in rough metallic material and four 'tentacles' or 'claws' grow from the top, with her actual face starting to form above that. In the cyberspace of System Shock, she is initially represented as an inverted blue-grey cone, reminiscent of the Master Control Program from the 1982 Disney film Tron. She is voiced by former Tribe keyboardist and vocalist, Terri Brosius, the wife of System Shock 2's sound editor, Eric Brosius, who distorted the samples to provide the distinctive SHODAN effect. On screens, SHODAN manifests herself as an eerie-looking green and/or grey female cybernetic face that usually wears a malevolent expression, and speaks with a chaotic, discordant voice. ![]() Although as a cybernetic entity SHODAN has no conventional gender, the original disc version refers to her as either an 'it' or a 'he', while the later CD version uses 'she'. Her words are accompanied by stuttering, fluctuating voice pitch, shifts of timbre, and the presence of three voices speaking the same words with the constituent voices alternately lagging behind and leading ahead in different patterns, as well as computer glitches resembling a sound card malfunction. She is a megalomaniac with a god complex and sees humans as little better than insects, something which she constantly reminds the player of. SHODAN is an artificial intelligence whose moral restraints were removed from her programming by a hacker in order for Edward Diego, station chief of Citadel Station, on which SHODAN was installed, to delete compromising files regarding illegal experiments and his corruption.
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![]() This will get you into the pipe, which will take you to an area with coins and the Star Coin. You’ll find some hidden coin blocks if you jump up from the very center of the log, then more coin blocks jumping up from those, and a third lone coin block above those. Star Coin 2: Very soon after collecting the first Star Coin, you’ll see a pipe high above a large log. Keep jumping as you approach it so you don’t fall in. ![]() Star Coin 1: You’ll see the first Star Coin above a rolling log near the water. Soda Jungle 2 - Bridge Over Poisoned Water You’ll come to Koopa Troopas on raised bricks - it’ll require some big jumps, but if you reach them all and take them all out with your Starman, you can jump to the final Star Coin and the end of the level. As soon as you get the Starman, start running as fast as you can to the end of the level. This will open up several question blocks, one of which contains a Starman. Take it out and knock the shell into the bricks. Near the end of the level, you’ll see a Koopa Troopa walking on top of lots of bricks. Star Coin 3: The final Star Coin requires speed and timing. If you’re having trouble reaching it, leave a few coins in place to turn back into bricks once the P Switch wears off, then use the bricks as a platform to reach the Star Coin. Hit the switch so the Goombas fall to the ground, then jump on them to boost yourself up to the Star Coin. Take out the Koopa Troopa, then take the pipe to a room where you’ll see bricks, giant Goombas, a P Switch, and the Star Coin. ![]() Next to this is a giant Koopa Troopa on a regular-sized pipe. Star Coin 2: Past the checkpoint, you’ll come to a small platform with an arrow signpost on it. Knock it out and send its shell flying - it will break the bricks, giving you access to the Star Coin. At the top of the platforms is a giant Koopa Troopa. Star Coin 1: You’ll see the first Star Coin at the bottom of a series of three platforms, seemingly blocked off by bricks you can’t break. |
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