Walkthrough (Warning, spoilers!)

I started writing this story a long time ago, and replaying through it again recently made me realise that this story may need a walkthrough, as progressing requires the reader to do some things that may not be intuitive to most readers who are used to less interactive stories on this site. While the fact that this story needs a walkthrough might mean that as a game it's a failure, nevertheless I think some of the variable tricks used here can be useful to others who might want to do something similar.

Currently, there are only two available endings, a neutral and a bad ending. Maybe in the future when I work some more on this story I'll expand this page.

REMEMBER TO PRESS THE START GAME BUTTON TO YOUR RIGHT FOR THE FULL EXPERIENCE!

Bad Ending

The bad ending can be reached in various ways and can be considered a GAME OVER.

1. Leave the Cryoroom.
2. Enter the Maintainance locker in the AB Corridor, the Dockmasters Office in Sector B, or Unit 536 in the Residential area, and then look at the PDA or monitor. Each one gives a different short description of what happens, but they all take you to the same place in the end- VEGA.

Or

1. Leave the Cryoroom.
2. Wander around the station until the hidden timer hits 10. Some locations, mostly secondary places, won't count towards the timer.
3. Once A.M.Y. starts chasing you around the maintainance shafts, run the hidden timer again to 10. This will lead to a unique interaction with A.M.Y., before taking you to VEGA.

Neutral Ending

The other available ending takes a little bit of effort.

1. Exit the Cryoroom. Make sure NOT to thaw the person in the cryopod, otherwise the ending will be impossible to get.
2. Head towards Sector B.
3. Enter the Dockmasters Office and search the room; you will find some whiskey. Careful not to look at the monitor.
4. Now you will have to run the hidden timer to 10, which ticks each time you move from place to place. Explore the station if you want, picking up clues about what might have happened to the station- in the future there will be hints scattered around that will help with the next couple of steps, as well as maps in each main section that will help with orienteering yourself.
5. Once chased by A.M.Y. into the maintainence tunnels, you will have to activate three buttons to escape. You only have 10 turns to activate all three and reach the exit, so it's a bit tight. In the future there will be a hidden map on the station that will show you the optimal path. If you imagine the map as a keypad from 1 to 9, the buttons are located in room 2, 7 and 9. The exit is to the right of room 6. The best path is; 1>2>5>8>7>8>9>6>Exit
6. Remember to flip the switch in room 5 on the way as well.
7. Now back on the station, head to the Promenade. All the shops will now be open because of the switch you flipped earlier, most of them being fluff or incomplete- explore them for the story if you want, they don't count towards the timer.
8. Head into the "See you space cowboy!" Saloon. Go to the piano and pick up the key. You can talk to the robot Annie-loo for some dialogue, but the sex scene is mostly unfinished.
9. Head back to the cryoroom. You can now safely thaw the person in the cryopod without turning them into a disgusting meat slurry by accident. The person introduces themselves as Fax Panther. You can either talk to her about reaching the station AI core (which is unfinished), or if you picked up the whiskey earlier you can have sex with her in a cryopod.
10. Congratulations! You're now frozen in a cryopod with a stranger, your future fate unknown.

Other Endings

Other endings are WIP, unless I forget to in which case whoops!