Operations Deck

"This is XERXES. Primary data loop infiltrated. Primary data loop infiltrated."

- XERXES Operations (or Ops) is the fourth Deck of the Von Braun and either the fourth or the fifth visited in System Shock 2.

Reaching it is the primary objective since waking from the cryostasis. This Deck is also the major turning point of the game.

Synopsis
On this Deck, soldier discovers that Janice Polito is dead and the entity guiding him is actually SHODAN. After the AI explains the final moments of Citadel Station and how the Many came to be, she demands that soldier hacks the three Simulation Units on this Deck to infiltrate XERXES' primary data loop and give her control of the ship. At this point soldier has a choice: he can either focus on the tasks at hand and when finished, proceed to the Recreation Deck, or go to Rec straight away and return to Ops later.

Deck Layout
This Deck features the following areas:
 * The Main Lobby
 * Bio-Reconstruction Device
 * Systems Administration and Offices
 * Conference Room
 * Crew Quarters
 * Chemical Store Room
 * Lounge
 * Operations Offices
 * Mess Hall
 * Storage
 * Simulation Units
 * Power Ops
 * Power Administration
 * Data Storage
 * System Operations
 * Fluid Ops
 * Barracks
 * Firing Range
 * Brig
 * Security
 * Command Center
 * Ops Override Station

Operations Senior Crew Members

 * Melanie Bronson
 * Janice Polito

New Weapons

 * Crystal Shard

New Armor

 * Medium Combat Armor

New Enemies

 * Red Assassins
 * Grenade Hybrids
 * Red Monkeys
 * Adult Arachnids
 * Swarm Eggs
 * Swarms
 * Security Robots
 * Cyborg Assassins

Audio Logs

 * What Gives?
 * Lame Old Me
 * Let's Do It
 * Crystal Gifts
 * Bronson
 * Turret Problems
 * Sim Unit 3
 * Sim Units
 * No Shirkers
 * My Red Friends
 * Cease and Desist
 * Resist
 * Don't Stop
 * Good Bye (Malick)
 * MedSci Armory Code
 * Civil War
 * Bad Feeling...
 * Everything Old...
 * Sabotage

E-Mails

 * Well Done
 * Fix the Sim Units
 * An Elegant Weapon
 * I Am Pleased
 * Our Alliance (SHODAN)