How to get the safety override code in System Shock: Safety override location & how to use

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Kiera Mills

Posted

30th May 2023 16:00

The safety override code in System Shock is needed to stop the mining laser on the station from impacting Earth.

The code is located within the Library on the Research floor in System Shock and will require several steps to get and use on the computer system.

To find out where to get the safety override code in System Shock and how to use it, read on.

The safety override code is locked behind a Cybersecurity terminal in the Research Library. To get there you need to first restore the power to the Beta Quadrant by pulling the power lever in Alpha (first door on the right).

Once you've done this and travelled to Beta through the Central Hub, retrieve the Science Access Keycard from Admin Security and use it to enter the Library.

Now, enter the Cybersecurity console here and fight your way past the computer until you get to a central chamber containing the green light source. Destroy this to obtain the laser override.

Now, exit out of Cyberspace by following the green light trails and green glowing hexagon.

Before leaving the library, check on the monitor to the side of the Cyberspace terminal and this will display a three-digit code, this is the safety override code and will be needed later.

Travel to the Reactor floor via the elevator in the Gamma Quadrant, then follow these steps to use the safety override code: