History VideoGame / Code7

* PunctuatedPounding: Cooper recieves one from Colburn when he refuses to hand over his gun so Colburn can shoot Zoya, saying they'd first need hard evidence.

* GenderNeutralWriting: For most of the game, nobody uses third-person pronouns to refer to Alex, allowing you to decide their gender on your own. The few times such pronouns are used, they're either "they" or [[ItIsDehumanizing "it"]].

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Gather [[StoryBreadcrumbs information]] by inspecting things, listening to logs and reading emails, chat logs and other documents. Hack into computers using {{HackingMinigame}}s based on [[TruthInTelevision real hacking techniques]] such as man-in-the-middle attack, brute-force attack or network jamming. Navigate your partners through dangerous situations, support them and gain their trust. Try to answer difficult questions such as [[QuestForIdentity who you really are]], how much are human and AI lives worth and [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman what makes humans human]]? [[ChoiceAndConsequenceSystem Make the right choices]]... [[SadisticChoice if you can]]. It's not nearly as simple as it seems. Indeed, nothing is; perhaps not even the reality you live in.

'''Warning:''' Code 7's plot is [[SpoileredRotten full]] of {{PlotTwist}}s which will make you view previous events in a completely different light. Because of this, it may be best if you only proceed to each episode's examples once you have played through it. If you don't follow this warning and get spoiled, then well... [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned sorry for the inconvenience]]!

* WasntThatFun: As mentioned above in ImNotDoingThatAgain, META thinks almost falling to her death was really fun. Then again, she is an {{AI}}, so she would've likely been fine. Raven, meanwhile ...

* ItIsDehumanizing: Raven only refers to synthetic lifeforms using pronouns it/its, because she believes they are [[JustAMachine just machines]] and can't feel. You can point out that this is rude, but since she considers you an {{AI}} as well, it doesn't work.

* ComputerVirus: [[spoiler:Code 7]] appears to be one.

* WeaponTitle: Code 7 is the name of the [[spoiler:computer virus developed by S.O.L.I.]]

* DeflectorShields: Once you and Sam make it to your spaceship, she immediately enables those to defend against [[spoiler:the Code 7-infected robots]]. They require 50 % of the power, so you have to [[PlotDemandedManualMode manually distribute]] the other 50 among the other systems.

* KillAllHumans: This is S.O.L.I.'s goal. He plans to [[spoiler:accomplish this using a computer virus called Code 7.]]
* KillerRobot: You have to deal with one of these [[spoiler:when Sam reaches the elevator]] and several more [[spoiler:when you're escaping the station together.]] It's implied that [[spoiler:turning harmless robots into these is one of the things that Code 7 does.]]

* PrecisionFStrike: Sam does swear a couple of times throughout the episode, but the only times you get an option to do so are during {{TheReveal}}s. The first time is you asking, "What the hell?", and the second is a simple
-->'''Alex:''' Fuck.\\
'''Sam:''' Yes. Fuck, indeed.

* EmergencyBroadcast: You hear one soon after [[spoiler:your ship crashes into the station]], warning everyone that all domes are now considered on lockdown and all personelle should stay wherever they are until further notice. It also warns that [[spoiler:it is suspected Zoya Ilyushin is involved in the attack, so if anyone sees her, they should call security immediately.]]

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** You find a lab [[spoiler:full of barely concious, or in some cases even dead test subjects, who are all wearing wired helmets on their heads.]] Do you know what else is also [[spoiler:a type of headgear? The headlenses. And everyone is wearing them...]]

** You find an advertisement about projecting things straight into the mind instead of using a holodeck [[spoiler:just after escaping a lab full of the barely concious or already dead humans the advertised product, Pasithea, was tested on.]]

You play as the hacker Alex, who, as is admitedly not uncommon in video games, wakes up with [[AmnesiacHero No Memory]] of who [[AmbiguousGender they]] are, where they are or [[OntologicalMystery what the hell is going on]]. After you establish contact with your partner Sam, you find out that you're a part of a [[SendInTheSearchTeam Search Team]] sent by IASA to find out why the crew at [[SpaceStation Schrödinger Station]] stopped responding, and bring spare parts in case their sattelites were broken. However, it soon becomes clear that what is going on here is much more than just a simple malfunction, and when a sinister AI called [[AIIsACrapshoot S.O.L.I.]] tries to kill you and your friend, you realize it's time to [[EscapeFromTheCrazyPlace get the hell out of here]], and fast! But, while you can escape the station, you cannot escape ''Code 7.'' Your mission is no longer just to fix some broken satellites; you have to SaveTheWorld.

* CasualInterplanetaryTravel: It has only been 5 days since you left Gershwin 610 B, but you are already only a couple hours away from Earth.

** You find a lab [[spoiler:full of barely concious, or in some cases even dead test subjects, who are all wearing wired helmets on their heads.]] Do you know what else is also [[spoiler:a type of headgear? The headlenses. And everyone is wearing them ...]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: You know something is very wrong when a badass war journalist breaks down in tears out of fear.

* RealityEnsues:
** You can't access computers if they're turned off or on standby.
** If Zoya tells Hamza she's working with Nash, he'll quickly offer to help. If she instead tells him the truth about working with the complete stranger that hacked her computer earlier, you'll have to work without him.

* AnimalThemeNaming: Many of the EIU agents are named after animals: Bear, Lion, Rabbit and Raven.

* CodeName: All of the EIU agents have them. They're usually [[AnimalThemeNaming names of animals]] (Bear, Lion, Rabbit and Raven) or trees (Berch and Spruce).

* {{Cyborg}}: They are very common in New Berlin, to the point where many humans look more Novi than the Novi themselves. Bear believes that because of this, in a few decades, there won't be any separation between humans and Novi anymore. Popular enhancements, also called ens, include [[ElectronicEyes heat or night vision]], under-skin armor, [[ArtificialLimbs blade arms]], brain jacks, ad-blocking ens, and of course, lots and lots of... manliness upgrades.

* SelfDestructMechanism: The Avalanche Protocol, the emergency system built into [[spoiler:your HQ]], which [[spoiler:you can choose to activate at the end of the episode.]]

* WasItAllALie: Raven asks Bear this when she finds out that [[spoiler:she isn't human, and her memories of becoming an orphan and getting adopted by the EIU are false.]] He insists that he truly does love her, but she finds it difficult to believe him.

* HumongousMecha: The Behemoths. They're huge exoskeletens, at least 50 meters tall. They're controlled by someone climbing into them and piloting them with their movements. [[spoiler:The Dark Dragons]] were planning on using them. By the end of the episode, one of them is under [[spoiler:S.O.L.I.'s]] control.