SHODAN explained that she was responsible for creating the Many, them being the results of her bio-engineering experiments on Citadel Station's Beta Grove. In reality, Polito had committed suicide days before, and the AI assumed her identity in a misguided attempt to establish trust between the soldier and herself. When soldier reached Ops, SHODAN dropped her facade and began taunting him. After a further detour through Hydroponics, which the Many have transformed into a hatchery for their Annelids, soldier used a chemical to push back the Many's growing biomass and unclog the elevator shaft. Advised by Polito, soldier restored the elevator to working condition, only to discover that the elevator shaft above the Hydroponics Deck was blocked by the Many's growing biomass.
However, the Von Braun was crippled by the Many, the ship was on security lockdown, the main power was off and the elevator shaft was shut down by a series of malfunctions on the Engineering Deck. After his awakening, soldier's main imperative was to meet with Polito on the Operations Deck two floors above.
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