Body of the Many

The Body of the Many is the eighth and penultimate level explored in System Shock 2. Once soldier enters the Body using UNN Rickenbacker 's Escape Pod, there is no going back.

It is a huge alien organism, complete with internal organs and digestive system. The Body is shown on ship sensors as having wrapped itself around the two vessels. It is also partially present inside them, such as in the Hydroponics Deck. Numerous creatures of the Many live within it, acting as defensive organisms akin to white blood cells.

In order to annihilate the Body of the Many, you'll have to destroy several nerve clusters (which allow you to pass through the sphincters which divide one portion of the Body from another). Once you arrive at the Brain chamber, you'll first have to destroy the floating defense nodes which psionically protect the Brain, and then eradicate the Brain itself and escape.

Level Layout
The level is largely linear with a few rooms and side passages along the way. At some point there is a point of no return. The Brain of the Many is at the end.

New Enemies

 * Brain of the Many
 * Greater Psi Reaver

Audio Logs

 * Stuck in Here
 * Annelid Life Cycle
 * The Many and Us
 * Many's Evolution
 * Opening the Sphincter
 * The Many (Audio Log)
 * Grinding Noises
 * Central Control?
 * Poor Claudette
 * ---

E-Mails

 * On Your Own

Trivia

 * Many of the textures in the Body of the Many were derived from the colon of Josh Randall, a producer at Looking Glass Studios. He had to have a colonoscopy performed, and asked the doctor for a copy of the film.
 * There's no map data available, but many System Shock 2 fans have made their own maps. An example of one of these can be found here.