

The crew of the Von Braun first assumed that the Many were some form of extra-terrestrial, alien life form which originated on Tau Ceti V. Twelve years after Beta Grove crash landed on Tau Ceti V, humanity's first faster-than-light ship, the Von Braun, was launched on its maiden voyage as a joint venture between TriOptimum Corporation and the Unified National Nominate. The annelids developed a hive mind, becoming a monolithic entity which called itself "The Many". After thirty years of traveling through space, Beta Grove crashed on the fifth world of the Tau Ceti system, where the creatures thrived and evolved further. During the events of the Citadel Station incident, the Hacker jettisoned Beta Grove, one of the four wildlife groves aboard Citadel Station, which SHODAN had been using for experiments with bio-engineered viruses.Īs the grove hurtled through space, the mutagenic virus and mutated creatures stored aboard Beta Grove evolved at an accelerated rate, eventually becoming a species of parasitic annelids with distinct personality, telepathic mind control, and genetic modification abilities. Soldier also encounters the "ghosts" of Bloome and Miller in Hydroponics Sector B, reliving Bloome's conversion.The Many are a creation of the malevolent artificial intelligence SHODAN. When she is killed, the protagonist can find her only Audio Log on her body. Nurse Bloome, as a Cyborg Midwife, ambushes the soldier in the Chemical Store Room in Hydroponics.


Miller about this or was captured by him is unknown, but she was converted into a Cyborg Midwife. There, Bloome discovered Miller's schematics, detailing the illegal cybernetics modifications he was planning to perform on her. Miller, under the control of the Many, requested that nurse Loesser send nurse Bloome and fifteen of her other nurses to the Hydroponics deck. Nurse Bloome was one of the sixteen nurses who was sent to the Hydroponics Deck by Angela Loesser on Dr. Nurse Erin Bloome is a character in System Shock 2.
