Chapter 5: Courage

In chapter 5 the player character learns that Chi and Sammy had once been close. Chi was a fatherly figure for Sammy but one day Sammy went to hisher room and would not come out.

The player character finds some security footage that explains why Sammy withdrew from Chi. In the footage Epsilon tells Sammy that Chi does not like Sammy and that Chi wanted to transfer to another spaceship but Epsilon would not let him go because he knew that Chi meant so much to Sammy.

When Chi sees this footage he is outraged because this was not true.

Chi asks the player character to beam aboard a trusted adult who can help sort out this mess. Before heshe gets time to beam hisher trusted adult aboard, Epsilon asks himher to urgently build more robots. The player character makes the robots and the robots begin to sabotage the spaceship, shutting down the doors and elevators. The player character goes back to Epsilon and he tells himher that heshe has built the wrong robots and heshe should go back and build the right ones now. Confused, the player character builds more robots and the sabotage gets worse.

Eventually, the player is cut off from the rest of the spaceship and cannot get out of the teleporter room.

The player beams aboard hisher fifth trusted adult. Together, the player character, hisher trusted adult and Sammy find ways to open up doors and elevators, to see each of the crew members in turn. Sammy discloses to hisher crew members that Epsilon has been abusing himher and they tell himher that they will do their best to keep himher safe.

Key concepts in this chapter

Barriers to Telling

In this chapter, the player character learns more about the reasons why Sammy was scared to tell his/her trusted adults that he/she was being abused.

Healthy Self Concept

In this chapter, the player learns that the sexual abuse of children is against the law, that adults are responsible for protecting children and that abuse is never the fault of the child.

Offender Tactics

In this chapter, the player learns how Epsilon tricked everyone into believing he was a safe adult for Sammy to be with.

Tell & Keep on Telling

In this chapter, Sammy finally tells each of his/her trusted adults that Epsilon has been abusing him/her.

Trusted Adults

In this chapter, the player character beams aboard their fifth trusted adult who helps the player to understand that what has been happening on the spaceship is not their fault and helps the player to navigate around the spaceship.

Minigames in this chapter

Robot Factory

In this final chapter of the game, Epsilon asks the player character to build robots to fix something bad that is happening on the spaceship. Unfortunately, these robots don’t seem to be doing what they are meant to be doing...

Opening Doors

Something has gone wrong! Epsilon asks the player to urgently build some robots to fix the spaceship. Unfortunately these robots begin to sabotage the spaceship and the player begins to wonder what he/she has done wrong. Eventually, the player is cut off from the rest of the spaceship and cannot get out of the teleporter room. The player beams aboard their fifth trusted adult. Together, the player character, his/her trusted adult and Sammy navigate their way to see each of the crew members so that Sammy can tell his/her trusted adults about his/her “need to tell” situation.