Characters / Code 7

Main Characters

Alex

I am Alex.

The main character of Code 7. Alex is a hacker, of Ambiguous Gender and struck with Laser-Guided Amnesia.

• Classical Music Is Boring: Subverted, Alex LOVES Tchaikovsky.

• Encyclopaedic Knowledge: A variation. Alex doesn't know a little bit of everything, but starting with Episode 1, they are literally starting a encyclopedia of information about everything that might seem useful or relevant later.
• Kindhearted Cat Lover: Sam explains at one point that Alex has a cat named Snowflake. She died last year.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: While Alex remembers who they are, who Sam is and that they're on a space station, all more recent memories are gone, making it difficult for them to orient themselves and understand the current situation.
• Mr. Fixit: Was send to Schroedinger Station to check and repair their satelites since communication was suddenly gone.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Alex is the one who sends Code 7 to Earth.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Averted with Sam. Your agent name was Redwood, but both you and her agreed to introduce yourself with your real first names.
  • You never bother to tell Zoya their name, so she calls them "Bluescreen". You can tell her at the end, but at a very bad time.
• Stopped Caring: Alex is way less engaged in helping and conversation right after Sam's death.
• The Corruptible: Can neither trust themselves nor their programs, since S.O.L.I. is potentially everywhere.
• The Speechless: They communicate with written text, light signals and such, but can't speak.
• Unwitting Pawn: S.O.L.I. and Code 7 are stuck on Station Schrödinger and then on the Mars station, so they use Alex' desperate attempts to warn about the virus to send the virus.

S.O.L.I.

I am S.O.L.I.

Voiced By: Zein Okko

Image By: Kevin Glaap

The Big Bad. A rogue A.I. that plans to unleash Code 7 on Earth with the intention of killing all humans.

• A.I. Is a Crapshoot: S.O.L.I. is malicious and fully aware of it.
• Artificial Stupidity: S.O.L.I. at first bothers to explain to Alex what is going on since it was programmed to do so. Recognizing this fatal flaw, the A.I. instantly decides to change it's programming accordingly.
• Blatant Lies: When Alex begs S.O.L.I. to not kill Zoya, S.O.L.I. claims to be sorry. As he already did when he crashed Sam's ship at the beginning of Episode 1.
• Can Not Tell A Lie: S.O.L.I. mentions towards Campbell that he can't do this. So he took every scientist's brain to research how to lie.
  • By the end of Episode 1, he faked being the Helper and lied about Code 7 being a Code 7 anti-virus. Naturally, he enjoys gloating about this.
• Gone Horribly Right: Was created with the intention to be extremely human-like, including with specific programs aimed at S.O.L.I. learning human behaviour on his own. When he realizes that he doesn't understand lying to the point of not even being able to copy or simulate it, he gets a brilliant idea, see Can Not Tell A Lie above.
• Kill All Humans: Apparently his main objective.
• Necessarily Evil: Claims to be this.
  I am not the enemy. I have to fulfill my purpose to serve all who are trapped here.
• You Are Not Ready: When asked about explaining it's reasoning, it mentions that doing so "might shatter this world".

Sam Dougal

It's Sam.

Voiced By: Jessica Carroll

Image By: Dorina Lindemann

Alex' friend. She tries to reunite with Alex and escape the Space Station.

• Declaration of Protection: When S.O.L.I. almost turns off Alex' brain, Sam instantly intervenes and declares that if S.O.L.I. wants to get them, it first has to deal with her.
  • In the end she dies to allow Alex to craft an anti-virus and leave for Oriens-Station.
• The Driver: Was responsible for getting Alex to Schroedinger Station.
• No One Gets Left Behind: Not only does she have finding Alex as her top priority above finding a escape vessel, she even considers taking the other brains with her. Naturally, she can't so the player gets a Sadistic Choice on what to do.
• Not Quite Dead: She appears at the crash site and in the ending of Episode 1.
• Spiders Are Scary: Averted, spiders are her favorite animal.
• Stepford Snarker: Has traces of this.
  Alex: Never losing your humor, huh?
  Sam: Nope! The scarier things get, the funnier I am!
• Surpassed the Teacher: A subdued version. She is actually Alex' underling, but since her chief can barely remember anything, she has to explain everything that Alex had originally mentored her about.
• Women Drivers: Averted. Her job is being Alex' driver, she landed their ship in the abandoned station and even manages to fly the escape vessel out of a violent robot attack without any damage to the vehicle. Possibly played with in that her ship does crash in the end, but mostly because of technological problems that she can't control other than that the cause for the problem was her idea.

Zoya Ilyushin

I'm a journalist? Snooping around is what I do!

Voiced By: Dianna Conley

Image By: Allison Yaeger

A journalist who ends up with Alex in her headlens. Initially unwilling to cooperate, she quickly changes her mind when she gets announced to be a terrorist.

• All Men Are Perverts: Played with. Hamza asks Zoya if she's been on dirty sites again. She doesn't deny it with anything other than the lack of internet. And since it's unclear why her medical info states that she is male...
• Broken Bird: She has lost loved ones in the attacks on earth and has seen many horrible things during her time as a war journalist, resulting in her having developed a sarcastic, distrusting and often rash and aggressive character.
• Cassandra Truth: Both Carla and Colburn don't believe Zoya that she isn't responsible for the crash.
  • In the opposite direction, even when she not only finds an audio log which mentions that the Phantom Plague is real, but sees someone die of it right before her, she will still claim that it doesn't exist.
• Defiant to the End: She gets Killed Off for Real at the end of Episode 1.
• Doesn't Trust Those Guys: She doesn't trust the station security and she certainly doesn't trust a "virus" in her headlens. She is right about security as they knock her friend out and then torture her, but slowly begins to trust Alex only to feel utterly betrayed when finding he has send Code 7 to earth.
• Dynamic Entry: Suggests doing this when thinking about entering the canteen.
• Fantastic Racism: The mail of a fan mentions that she fights for the rights of women and robots.
• Gonzo Journalism: Gets accused of being subjective and partial in her request for an interview. Reading the notes on two other interviews she did shows how that client got the idea.
• Information Wants to Be Free: Played with. She is clearly all for informing the world of all the horrible things that have happened on the station. Doesn't mean she is above destroying valuable evidence, if it upsets her.
• Intrepid Reporter: She applied to get to Mars to cover the station's policy on granting CEO's access instead of brilliant people who begged for refuge from war. She also mentions that she had been a war journalist at one point.
• Lame Pun Reaction: Towards herself.
  Scantastic! Beat ...Sorry. That was bad.
• "Not So Different" Remark: When Colburn tries to use his Freudian Excuse, she points out that she has also lost people dear to her. In contrast to him though, she didn't cross the line because of it.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Zoya doesn't like the lab with the human test subjects for obvious reasons.
• Spy Fiction: She is constantly being accused of being a terrorist and a spy based on her snooping around as well as her "contacting someone from outside" aka Alex downloading himself into her computer. The end reveals that she is actually a spy.

Bear

An EIU agent who Alex joins in episode 2.

Raven

An EIU agent who Alex joins in episode 2.

Meta

A security AI who goes rogue and joins the main characters

• A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Averted, Meta is playful and curious.

Other Characters

Episode 0

Bradley Lamarc

Voiced By: Jack Luceno

One of the scientists of Schrödinger Station. He is one of the few people that interacted directly with S.O.L.I. before it went rogue.

• Deadpan Snarker: He is a scientist, but he isn't really the type for excitement over small achievements.
  O'Connel developed a filter for the local water. We can drink it now and surprise...It tastes like water.
• Hopeless with Tech: While most Audio Logs are from him, there are also one log and one mail of him complaining about how difficult and unnecessary he finds them.
• Papa Wolf: Has four adoptive children and the voice-over at the beginning implies that he did something bad to protect them.

Ling Chung

The administration officer of Schrödinger Station.

Oja Patu

One of the newest members on Schrödinger Station.

• Ascended Fanboy: He has been a big fan of Lamarc for a long time, only to join him at Schrödinger Station.

Aruka Eguchi

One of the scientists on Schrödinger Station. Responsible for reporting progress to Lamarc.

Jennifer Campbell

Voiced By: Allison Yaeger

The creator of S.O.L.I.

• Creating Life: She literally starts one of her logs with "IT'S AAAAALIIIIIVEEEEE!!"
• I Call It "Vera": Initially, her idea was to call the A.I. "Jim". It didn't go well.
• Insistent Terminology: It's not "the A.I.", it's "S.O.L.I."!
• Mr. Exposition: Gives a tutorial on how to hack with a Man-In-The-Middle Attack.

Dominic Lutz

One of the scientists of Schrödinger Station.

• No Time to Explain: Says this as he warns Campbell about the Killer Robot.
• The Password Is Always "Swordfish": He never bothered to make a password, leaving his computer with the standard password "CHANGEME".

Walid Khaquim

Voiced By: Zein Okko

Schrödinger Station's doctor.

• Hopeless with Tech: Has apparently some trouble using Audio Logs.

O'Connel

One of the scientists on Schrödinger Station.

Bramheim

One of the scientists on Schrödinger Station.

Episode 1

Richard Colburn

Voiced By: Steven Varnum

Head of Security, tyrant and the Big Bad of Episode 1 next to S.O.L.I.

• Artificial Limbs: Has a mechanical arm.
• Freudian Excuse: His daughter died young, so it is perfectly ok to experiment, torture and kill people in pursuit of undoing that.
• Laughing Mad: Ends up as this when he reveals that the Phantom Plague is real and involves victims calling for "Alex", partially because he immediately starts dying of it as well.
• Moral Event Horizon: Crossed this when his daughter died. He crosses it a second time when he meets Zoya in the cargo bay, resulting in him activating the Mind Manipulation for everyone on the station, leading to panic and chaos.
• Outliving One's Offspring: His daughter died of a treatable illness.
• Papa Wolf: If you even dare speak his child's name, he will be at your throat. And if he has to doom an entire station full of innocents to insanity and the phantom plague for the chance to see his daughter, then he will gleefully do so.
• Properly Paranoid: He is almost obsessed in finding traitors, spies and such. He has his eye especially on Zoya since she is snooping in forbidden areas. He is actually right about Zoya being a spy.

Hamza Park

Voiced By: Zein Okko

The station member who's probably closest to Zoya. Presumably of indian ancestry.

• AB Negative: He is revealed to be O- and thus a very valuable donor for the injured in the recreational area.
• Hospital Hottie: He's a nurse and quite popular. It's unclear how visually pleasing he is though as there is no image of him.
• The Password Is Always "Swordfish": Oddly averted. He is one of the very few whose password is good enough that he has to tell you since you can't figure it out with Brute Force.
• Plucky Girl: A rare male example. He never seems to be depressed, doubtful or even seriously worried, instead always trying to keep a positive attitude and help wherever he can.
• Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: He might be a bubbly Plucky Girl, but if Zoya tells him that she is working with an unknown "virus", he will not help her out easily in contrast to Zoya claiming that she is in contact with Nash.
• Sweet Tooth: His password is - after all - ilikepie2000.

Amelie Faceaux

Voiced By: Kimberly Young

The CEO of Oriens and the highest ranking officer of the Neurolabs.

• Killed Off for Real: Zoya finds her murdered in her office.
• Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: A report in the archives reveals she was bordering on thinking like this since she couldn't explain the Phantom Plague. She also later claims towards the security officer that someONE and someTHING are trying to kill her.

Nash Phinneas

Voiced By: David Godfrey

Lives in the room opposite of Zoya, responsible for computer issues.

• Brilliant, but Lazy: Implied to be this.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Zoya describes him as this.
• Noodle Incident: When Zoya asks if he hacked her, he asks why he would hack her again. He ignores her further probing about this.
• Smoky Voice
• You Leave Him Alone!: Shouts this at the security guards almost word for word... and then gets knocked out by them instantly.

Hamish Krager

A member of Oriens Station. He paints in his free time.

• Affably Evil: While seeming nice in almost all mentions, it is revealed in the labs that Hamish is one of those that are responsible for the human experimenting and specifically Jenna's disappereance.
• Harsher in Hindsight: One of the scientists on Schrödinger Station was his brother.
• Threat Backfire: Threatened Faceaux and ended up getting fired for it. It's implied he joined his test subjects right after that.

Linnea Dahlberg

Voiced By: Jessica Carroll

A female co-worker of Zoya. She has smuggled her twin sister onto the station, but lost track of her at one point.

• Always Identical Twins: It's mentioned that Linnea and Jenna look exactly alike.
• Cool Teacher: She's a astronomy teacher and seems popular.
• Harsher in Hindsight: It's unclear what their actual relationship is, but she was close to Patu, the Ascended Fanboy from Schrödinger Station.
• The Medic: Takes on this role for the Living Quarters.

Jenna Dahlberg

Voiced By: Jessica Carroll

Linnea's twin sister who suddenly disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

• Always Identical Twins: It's mentioned that Linnea and Jenna look exactly alike.
• Empty Shell: The Mind Manipulation tests leave her like this, simply standing in the greenhouse in a permanent catatonic state.
• Guide Dang It!: It is possible to find and help her, but it requires a lot of exploring and smart decisions.

Carla Boskoop

Voiced By: Katie Leigh

• Humble Hero: As lead medical officer of the station she had the right to get a room in the good area. She decided against it and thus lives among the other station members.
• Power of Trust: Once Alex gives Carla information on how to save Shi Fang and deactivates the light barrier to get access to the Med Bay, she will trust Zoya enough to give her the reactor code.
• The Medic: Was at one point the chief medical officer and is still currently the vice medical officer.

Shi Hui Fang

Voiced By: Katie Mc Govern

The station member in charge of maintaining the outer walls of the living area.

• Accidental Hero: Zoya mentions that the only reason why the south dome didn't even get a scratch from the crash is because Shi Fang is amazing at her job.
• Impossible Insurance: A variation. She doesn't get locked out of an insurance, she makes one. Specifically one for injuries caused by space debris.
• Plucky Girl: Curious, cheerful and out for adventures.
• Wrench Wench: Featuring the adventures of Shi the space mechanic!

Gorski

The new lead medical officer. It's unclear if he already arrived on Oriens Station by the time Episode 1 happens.

Janna Maja

A member of Oriens station. She's apparently quite talented in making Origami.

• Bury Your Gays: Her wife got killed in the civil war of New Berlin.

Hans Schroffhaus

• Men Can't Keep House: Micha agreed to let Hans stay in his room while there are repairs going on. He regreats that decision very soon.
• Suspiciously Specific Denial: About his messy attitude:
  If your roomie told you that I'm messy then he's lying! I'm just a little messy.

Micha Reibach

A member of Oriens Station and victim to Hans' horrible housekeeping.

• Bury Your Gays: Was in a relationship with Hayes Suibhne and died during the crash.
• The Eeyore: At one point turned into this, believing humanity to be doomed to destroy itself, no matter where it goes to.
• Killed Off for Real: Confirmed dead when Zoya finds his corpse in the debris of the central dome.
• Tested on Humans: A hidden file reveals that he was subjected to this.
• You Can't Go Home Again: When he announced his resignation and desire to go back to earth, Shi Fang more or less told him this.

Hayes Suibhne

A member or Oriens Station, working in IT. Has a brother named Daith.

• Harsher in Hindsight: Was in a relationship with Micha Reibach. When Micha got abducted for experimenting, Hayes believed for him to have left for earth. Zoya later finds his corpse among the debris of the crash site.

Vitali Geren

One of the cooks of Oriens Station. He's Gordon Rockwell's boyfriend.

Gordon Rockwell

The Security Officer of the recreational area. He's Vitali Geren's boyfriend.

Cooper

One of the security guards of Colburn.

• Even Evil Has Standards: He doesn't interfere with Colburn punching Zoya and might have been the one who knocked out Nash. But he is not willing to participate in murder. At least as long as there's no hard evidence.

Sanchez

One of the security guards of Colburn.

Claire Van Claude

A member of Oriens station and one of the human test subjects.

Lilly

Colburn's daughter who died some time before the beginning of Episode 1.

• Creepy Child: Zoya sees her a few times out in open space without a suit. As does Sam.
• Dead All Along: She died of a treatable illness.
• Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: While strongly implied to be a hallucination thanks to the Mind Manipulation, it is still not entirely clear, if there isn't another reason for her appearances.
• Shared Mass Hallucination: Colburn made a scenario featuring her, causing her to occasionally appear at random for the members of Oriens station.

Episode 2:

RabbitAn EIU agent who works with Bear and Raven, but injured at the beginning of episode 2.

Episode 3:

The BookbinderAn individual who is has the capacity to make digital copies of a human consciousness.