

The ship was fitted with approximately 1.8 billion flight, scientific and security systems, nearly all of which were developed and manufactured by TriOptimum and its subsidiary holdings. Marie Delacroix while working under grant from TriOptimum. Construction began in 2111 shortly after the first successful prototype FTL drive was developed by Dr. Named after the famous 20th-century rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, she was built by the TriOptimum Corporation as a commercial research vessel and is humanity's first ship capable of faster-than-light speeds, reducing travel times between star systems to a matter of weeks instead of years.

The Von Braun is a starship that serves as the main setting for System Shock 2.
