History Awesome / TheOuterWorlds

* In "The Board Ending" his fate is sealed, possibly including DrivenToSuicide, but at least [[KickTheSonOfABitch he got to kill Chairman Rockwell.]]

* It is entirely possible to use Persuasion to get the biometric data necessary to skip the ''Hope'' and Tartarus levels completely. You just assume the holographic image of a Corporate Commander and then walk through each of the levels, occasionally telling people off, and reach the endgame without firing a shot.
** This becomes unintentionally hilarious with a StopHelpingMe moment where despite not intending to fight, you can have your allies from Stellar Bay/the Iconoclasts/the ''Groundbreaker'' launch a massive off-screen military assault to rescue you. Which is, in itself, an awesome moment in its own way.
*** Played straight if you're shooting it out with the corporate goons present.

* The Unplanned Variable pretty much comes out of a mediocre blue collar background and being frozen for decades, only to become CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth for the Halycon System (or the dreaded scourge of it).
* If you play your cards right, you can reunite the town of Edgewater with the Deserters and give Adelaide leadership of both. This will allow her to grow fruits and vegetables to replace the hideous saltuna diet that was causing ThePlague in the region. It weakens the control of the Board over the region and makes the colony one step closer to self-sufficiency.
* On the Groundshaker, you can pretty much preserve the last remaining neutral party in the system by getting some vital spare parts from a group of bandits as well as cleaning out a lower deck of hostile robots as well as ravenous critters. [[RomanceSidequest However, it is setting up Parvati and Junlei that proves to be the ultimate test of the Unplanned Variable's skill.]]

* On Roseway, you will answer a distress beacon and discover that a laboratory experiment has gone horribly wrong and terrible critters have been released into the wild. You will also note that it was done by a gang of outlaws trying to steal the scientists' research. Surprisingly, you can end up peacefully resolving the issue by putting the animals to sleep (not a euphemism here), getting the Outlaws to leave peacefully, and talking the guards down from revenge. It's even more satisfying than just gunning everyone down.
** You can also do a massive amount of industrial espionage against Auntie Cleo while you're there. You can steal plans for an experimental gun, you can steal the musk scent of rapid beasts for perfume, and also a formula for diet toothpaste. [[GuileHero Oh, and you can also pass off said toothpaste formula as rocket fuel for a higher price.]]

* It is entirely possible to use Persuasion to get the bio-metric data necessary to skip the ''Hope'' and Tartarus levels completely. You just assume the holographic image of a Corporate Commander and then walk through each of the levels, occasionally telling people off, and then reach the endgame without firing a shot.
** This becomes unintentionally hilarious with a StopHelpingMe moment where despite not intending to fight, you can have your allies in Stellar Bay/The Iconoclasts/The Groundbreaker launch a massive off-screen military assault to rescue you. Which is, in itself, an awesome moment in its own way.

* Parvati's date is one of epic proportions with the most expensive casserole ever made, a luxury dress by the system's greatest designer, and possibly her smelling of new engines. Either way, the real secret to her success was just being herself.

* Ellie managing to punish her neglectful parents by stealing their fortune gained through InsuranceFraud. It's a nonviolent but very LaserGuidedKarma moment since they made it by collecting on her death.
* Felix's best moment in the game is actually not during his quest as you discover he's Chairman Rockwell's son and can then confront him. He won't let the man leave alive but, really, its entirely understandable if he doesn't.
* When Rockwell [[BreakThemByTalking tries to get under your companions skins]], [[ShutUpHannibal they all soundly rebuke him.]]

* In the "Welles Ending", he manages to finally atone for his human experimentation by saving the entire population of the Hope if you got him enough chemicals to wake them all up (and some of them if you got him a third of them). He dies shortly thereafter but the influx of scientists and geniuses results in them being able to solve the food crisis over the course of a decade. He saved the system even if he never got to see it.

* Sanjar Nandi has one of the most subdued moments in the game as he's successfully managed to make one of the few thriving settlements in Halycon. As smelly and isolated as it may be, Stellar Bay is a place that is not starving or on the verge of collapse. It also has citizens who are happy and relatively free. This is also all happening under an embargo as well. It's an ironic twist of fate given everyone treats him as the ButtMonkey. It's also possible for him to manage to survive the Board's victory and Phineas' ending both.

* If you're a GuileHero, playing along with the Board and offering to turn Phineas in, then turning right around and working with Phineas to send a corrupted signal, so Phineas has warning of when they'll come, letting him prepare a trap. It's one thing to screw over the Board. It's another for them to ''pay you'' to do it.

* The final boss fight itself against a giant combat automechanical is one colossal CMOA for your character and you, as it puts you to the test with every single thing you learned about combat in the game. It is a really tough fight, but after you take the robot down, you can feel The Board shuddering as they realize just how much they underestimated you. When you get to Sophia's office right after? She freaks out and angrily exclaims "WhyWontYouDie"

* They are a complete bunch of scumbags but the simple fact is that they managed to conquer Halcyon and keep themselves in luxury in Byzantium when the rest of the colony was falling apart. This is their fault, mind you, but their entire plan can end up with them becoming an enormous KarmaHoudini, [[spoiler: except for Chairman Rockwell, who Phineas puts down]].

* Felix's best moment in the game is actually not during his quest as you discover he's [[spoiler: Chairman Rockwell's son]] and can then confront him. He won't let the man leave alive but, really, its entirely understandable if he doesn't.

* In the "Welles Ending", he manages to finally spoiler: atone for his human experimentation by saving the entire population of the Hope if you got him enough chemicals to wake them all up (and some of them if you got him a third of them). He dies shortly thereafter but the influx of scientists and geniuses results in them being able to solve the food crisis over the course of a decade. He saved the system even if he never got to see it.
* In "The Board Ending" his fate is sealed spoiler: possibly including DrivenToSuicide but at least [[KickTheSonOfABitch he got to kill Chairman Rockwell.]]

* They are a complete bunch of scumbags but the simple fact is that they managed to conquer Halcyon and keep themselves in luxury in Byzantium when the rest of the colony was falling apart. This is their fault, mind you, but their entire plan can end up with them becoming an enormous KarmaHoudini. spoiler: Except for Chairman Rockwell, who Phineas puts down.

* Felix's best moment in the game is actually not during his quest as you discover he's spoiler: Chairman Rockwell's son and can then confront him. He won't let the man leave alive but, really, its entirely understandable if he doesn't.