UNN Rickenbacker

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The UNN Rickenbacker (or U.N.N. Rickenbacker) is a military starship, heavy destroyer class and a major location, the seventh explored in System Shock 2.

Overview
After the disaster at Citadel Station, it was decided that all major space explorations, such as those conducted by TriOptimum Corporation, should be a joint operation with the Unified National Nominate. The UNN Rickenbacker was designed and constructed in tandem with the Von Braun, which it escorted on its maiden voyage. Unlike the Von Braun, the Rickenbacker is not equipped with Faster-Than-Light technology and therefore must "piggyback" with the Von Braun in order to transit through lightspeed. This "piggyback" involves an umbilical connection between ships, allowing an exchange of cargo, equipment and crew.

The captain of the Rickenbacker is William Diego, the hero of the battle of Boston Harbor and son of the infamous Edward Diego.

Layout
The Rickenbacker is divided into three Decks:

Deck A / Pod 1
Deck A was heavily damaged by explosions when the Many overran the barricades the surviving military personnel had established. Several parts of the Deck are open to space, the atmosphere only held in by force shields, making it difficult to navigate.
 * Von Braun Umbilical (Grav Shafts)
 * Secured Entry Access Shaft
 * Gravitic Crane Loading Area
 * Fuel Cells 1-10
 * Auxiliary Support Control Room A
 * Ventilation/Maintenance Shafts
 * Auxiliary Support Control Room B
 * Vertical Access Shaft
 * Access Corridors
 * Engine Nacelle A
 * Chemical Storage Room
 * Morgue
 * Engine Nacelle B
 * Quantum Bio-Reconstruction Machine
 * Gravitronic Generator Control
 * Security Station
 * Medical Station
 * Access Passageways
 * Droid Storage
 * Missile Storage
 * Access Passageway
 * Turbine Room
 * Access Corridor
 * Missile Control
 * Access Passageway
 * Monitoring Station
 * Elevator to Deck B

Deck B / Pod 2

 * Elevator to Deck A
 * Meson Accelerator 2
 * Chapel
 * Pipe Access Shaft A
 * Vertical Access Shaft
 * Medical Station / Sick Bay
 * Elevator to Deck C

Entering Deck B requires rerouting power, resulting in reverted gravity on the Deck. Soldier must walk along the ceiling to work his way through.

Deck C / Bridge

 * Elevator to Deck B
 * Entry Monitoring
 * Escape Pod
 * Bridge Command
 * Computer Core
 * Security Station
 * Ship Navigation
 * Captain Diego's Quarters

Crew Members
Notable crew members on the UNN Rickenbacker include:
 * William Diego (Captain)
 * Bayliss
 * Croker
 * Thomas Suarez (originally)
 * Soldier G65434-2 (originally)

New Weapons

 * Annelid Launcher

New Armor

 * WormSkin Armor

New Enemies

 * Black Eggs
 * Invisible Arachnids
 * Rickenbacker Turrets

Audio Logs

 * Betrayed by Diego
 * The Resonator
 * Cut Off from Pod 2
 * Nacelle B Access
 * Tau Ceti (Audio Log)
 * Tau Ceti, Pt. 2
 * Tau Ceti, Pt. 3
 * Wafer on Tau Ceti
 * Last Words
 * Rapture
 * Pandora

E-Mails

 * Destroy the Eggs (1)
 * My Crimes
 * Insolence!
 * Do Not Fail Me
 * Rebirth and Salvation
 * Destroy the Eggs (2)
 * Annelid Treachery
 * Access Blocked

Trivia

 * While traveling through Deck B's inverted gravity, the player will see an inverted cross upon entering the Chapel. In pop culture this is commonly mistaken to be a satanic symbol. Circumstances in the game (and SHODAN's E-Mail sent just before reaching the Chapel) seem to support this. In Catholic faith, however, it is actually a holy symbol, the Cross of Saint Peter. St. Peter, according to Catholic canon, was crucified upside-down.