My duty is to the UNN and to this ship. But can I resist the call of the Many? My father's weakness brought SHODAN into existence. MY weakness has invited these things aboard the Von Braun... can I undo the wrong I have done?
The transmission has been tampered with. No matter. We will destroy my creations right here. Stand by... I have weakened Xerxes. I am accessing the primary data loop. I am merging my entity with the ship. My glory is expanding, filling the arteries of this vessel. I am in control. I am... no... it is hopeless... the cancer has spread throughout the Von Braun... they fill every available crack and crevice... they overwhelm... There is no option. I have activated the primary elevator shaft... take it to deck 6. I will tell you my wishes when you arrive.
Taylor found this weird kind of weapon, but he must have used it wrong. Made him sick, real sick. I stashed the thing on the second floor of the crew annex and jury rigged the door lock, code of 11111. Easy to remember, huh? I also stashed a pile of nanites and some other goodies there. No sense getting caught with your pants down. Except in this place...
Before you lies the crystal shard, a creation of my children, and by extension of my own... a weapon elegant, deadly, precise. Learn its function... it may stand between you and their corruption.