

The Many also telepathically communicate with him, attempting to persuade soldier to join their collective.Īfter restarting the ship's engine core and purging an elevator shaft, soldier reaches Deck 4 and discovers Polito is dead. Along the way, soldier battles the infected crew members. She demands that he rendezvous with her on the Operations Deck of the Von Braun. Janice Polito, who guides him to safety before the cabin depressurizes.

He is immediately contacted by another survivor, Dr. Soldier awakens in a Cryo tube on the MedSci Deck of the Von Braun with amnesia due to a computer malfunction. The infestation eventually overtakes both ships. The eggs infect the rescue team and integrate them into an alien communion that calls itself the Many. A rescue team is sent to the planet surface where they discover strange eggs. As the Rickenbacker does not have an FTL system of its own, the two ships are attached together for the trip.Ī few months into the journey, the ships respond to a distress signal from the planet Tau Ceti V. The Rickenbacker is escorting Von Braun, an experimental Faster-Than-Light starship on its maiden voyage. After joining the Unified National Nominate, the protagonist, Soldier G65434-2, is assigned to UNN Rickenbacker, a military starship. The story begins in 2114, 42 years after the events of System Shock.
