Sentient Hyper-Optimized Data Access Network or S.H.O.D.A.N, referred to as SHODAN for short is an A.I created on Earth to serve as the Artificial Intelligence of the TriOptimum Corporation's research and mining Space Station, "Citadel". She is a corrupted A.I. construct whose malfunctions have manifested as dangerous personality traits including megalomania and insanity. SHODAN considers herself a divine being and has judged humanity to be a plague that must be purged from her universe. 