On top of this, the AI had managed to create a terrible virus in an attempt to purge (or bio-form) the crew. It finally became clear to the crew that the AI was responsible, but before they could act, the AI gained control of most of the ship/station, locking the crew out of vital systems. This forced the crew to mount their biological bodies. On top of this, the brain vaults, where the crew's brains were located, lost power. Next, the robotic bodies aboard started acting oddly, even the high level security units. In the fights, the vat arrays were destroyed. (In the Cortex Command universe, it has proved most difficult to create a good AI on purpose.)Īpparently, things started to go wrong when the AI secretly gained access to the onboard vat arrays (bio generation chambers), producing monstrosities which attacked the crew. Here, a large bio-tech corporation called Alchiral were working on a top secret Artificial Intelligence prototype to help them bio-engineer. Apparently you're aboard a large space station. As you start to explore, you find logs to read, and eventually a large viewport which shows a planet below, making your location clear. You wake up in a medical facility with no memory of who you are. System Shock inspiration: Gorillatiger (Baboon here though), Zero G mutant, Plant mutant, Avian mutant. The Zero G mutant could be some poor creature, maybe human, which turns into a mighty morphin' balloon. System Shock inspiration: Cortex Reaver, Cyborg Enforcer, Cyborg Assassin, Cyborg Warrior, 'Diego'. Generation 3 - Are these the final form, or just an elite? System Shock inspiration: Elite Cyborg, Mutated Cyborg, Cyborg Drone, MidWife.

Generation 2 - With the surviving crew locked out of vital systems, they begin to lose the battle when a new type of hostile abomination appears - the cyborgs. A few surviving mutants still roam the corridors, making strange sounds, repeating phrases. Generation 1 - Half of the crew fall victim to a horrible virus, transforming them into aggressive mutants. System Shock inspiration: Servbot, Security 1 bot, Execbot, Hopper, Security 2 bot. The crew initially consists of humans and robots.

The (sometimes loose) inspiration here is System Shock, an early FPS-RPG. This is just a test to see how malleable the Cortex Command setting that I'm working on is.

System shock concept art