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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted. Charlie ends up badly banged up over the course of the game, with nasty-looking bruises visible on her, followed by some unpleasant skin lacerations [[spoiler:when the Veles parasites are shocked out of her]].
* FaceDeathWithDignity:
** A few of the ApocalypticLog entries end with the author recognizing their impending demise calmly.
** [[spoiler:Mac does this at the very end, knowing that he will be saving his wife]].
** A few of the ApocalypticLog entries end with the author recognizing their impending demise calmly.
** [[spoiler:Mac does this at the very end, knowing that he will be saving his wife]].
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* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler:Charlie]] makes mention of the Alpha Base by name, prompting a question of how they know what it is called. [[spoiler:She claims that she read it on a previous terminal, which mollifies Mac, but the truth is that she knew all along where she was going.]]
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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Charlie]] makes mention of the Alpha Base by name, prompting a question of how they know what it is called. [[spoiler:She claims that she read it on a previous terminal, which mollifies Mac, but the truth is that she knew all along where she was going.]]
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Calaban will always mention the probability of accuracy when it speculates.
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** Calaban will always mention the probability of accuracy when itspeculates.speculates.
** Moses has quite a lot, including "I am a very smart bear." and "My Mac" or "My Charlie".
** Calaban will always mention the probability of accuracy when it
** Moses has quite a lot, including "I am a very smart bear." and "My Mac" or "My Charlie".
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* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: [[spoiler:Mac]] has this reaction to [[spoiler:a recording of a clone (complete with restored memories) of his deceased daughter. Just before his [[HeroicSacrifice death]] he asks to see the recording again, having changed his opinion]].
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* BodyOfBodies: A pillar of these is encountered, with limbs extended and flailing distrubingly, in the facility -- accompanied by a cacophony of screams that implies that those who make it up are [[AndIMustScream still conscious]].
* BodyHorror: Many of those who "survive" Veles infection end up becoming this, with varying but always very disturbing results.
* BodyHorror: Many of those who "survive" Veles infection end up becoming this, with varying but always very disturbing results.
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* BrainUploading:
** While never directly experienced in-game, the Nexus is supposedly an ArtificalAfterlife accessible for those with a special implant. [[spoiler:Caliban implies that the Nexus is not really what is promised, but whether it is a straight-up subversion or just something different than the promised paradise is not revealed]].
** A variant occurs with an AI based on OrganicTechnology, as it must be transferred from its current dying unit to a healthy one.
** While never directly experienced in-game, the Nexus is supposedly an ArtificalAfterlife accessible for those with a special implant. [[spoiler:Caliban implies that the Nexus is not really what is promised, but whether it is a straight-up subversion or just something different than the promised paradise is not revealed]].
** A variant occurs with an AI based on OrganicTechnology, as it must be transferred from its current dying unit to a healthy one.
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler:Caliban, an AI]] has turned against Cayne after being abandoned.
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* ArtificialLimbs: Mac has a cybernetic prosthetic for his right arm.
* ArtificialLimbsAreStronger: Mac's cybernetic arm gives him the brute strength needed to physically restructure bent or twisted metal, serving as the basis for his unique skill.
* ArtificialLimbsAreStronger: Mac's cybernetic arm gives him the brute strength needed to physically restructure bent or twisted metal, serving as the basis for his unique skill.
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* ArtificialLimbs: ArtificialAfterlife: The Nexus is stated to be an afterlife for those with a [[BrainUploading Transcendance implant]], presumably created by the Church of Cayne. [[spoiler:Calaban states that it is ''not'' what the church claims it to be, though Mac refuses to hear any further details leaving the truth unrevealed.]]
* ArtificialLimbs:
** Mac has a cybernetic prosthetic for his right arm.
** A disembodied cybernetic arm is found within the facility. It ends up being used to solve multiple puzzles.
*ArtificialLimbsAreStronger: ArtificialLimbsAreStronger:
** Mac's cybernetic arm gives him the brute strength needed to physically restructure bent or twisted metal, serving as the basis for his uniqueskill.skill.
** The ''skin'' of a detached cybernetic arm proves to be extremely durable, which makes it come in handy in a few situations.
* ArtificialLimbs:
** Mac has a cybernetic prosthetic for his right arm.
** A disembodied cybernetic arm is found within the facility. It ends up being used to solve multiple puzzles.
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** The ''skin'' of a detached cybernetic arm proves to be extremely durable, which makes it come in handy in a few situations.
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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Death is only possible in specific defined scenarios, and experiencing it just resets the game back to just before the action that resulted in death, with that action no longer available (along with awarding an achievement for seeing that particular death).
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* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler:Charlie]] makes mention of the Alpha Base by name, prompting a question of how they know what it is called. [[spoiler:She claims that she read it on a previous terminal, which mollifies Mac, but the truth is that she knew all along where she was going.]]
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* MachineBlood: The death animations always end with a messy blood splatter on the screen. In Moses's case, the "blood" splatter is [[Franchise/{{Aliens}} milky white]].
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Each way to die is accompanied by a unique and typically very graphic scene.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Each way to die is accompanied by a unique and typically very graphic scene.
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** A terminal holding photos of strange deep sea life includes a picture of what is very obviously a [[Franchise/{{Aliens}} facehugger]].
** In another Aliens reference, Moses's "blood" (likely lubricant or hydraulic fluid) is milky white.
** In another Aliens reference, Moses's "blood" (likely lubricant or hydraulic fluid) is milky white.
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* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: One of the game's three playable characters is forced to use an automated transport in an attempt to find the others. Once in the transport, they will be essentially unplayable as they will be stuck in the transport as it moves. The transport will never actually reach its destination until the other two characters have advanced the plot sufficiently.
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* SchizoTech: For a game set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, [=DEEPSEA 15=] still uses cathode-ray tube monitors, as seen in the room with the sentry gun.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Mac's rule when a potential salvage claim has unexpected bodies. He wants to drop [=DEEPSEA 15=] but Charlie convinces him to stay.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Mac's rule when a potential salvage claim has unexpected bodies. He wants to drop [=DEEPSEA 15=] but Charlie convinces him to stay.
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* SchizoTech: For a game set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, [=DEEPSEA 15=] still uses cathode-ray tube monitors, [[spoiler:as seen in the self-destruct sequence cutscene]].
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* AuthoritySoundsDeep: [[spoiler:Calaban, the intellectual authority of the group, has a commanding voice to match.]]
* AwesomeMcCoolName: The titular [=DEEPSEA 15=]. Lampshaded and parodied early in the exploration, when Charlie notes that she's never heard of an oceanic rig with the "Deepsea" designation before, whilst Mac sarcastically notes that there must be at least 14 others out there.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: The titular [=DEEPSEA 15=]. Lampshaded and parodied early in the exploration, when Charlie notes that she's never heard of an oceanic rig with the "Deepsea" designation before, whilst Mac sarcastically notes that there must be at least 14 others out there.
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* AuthoritySoundsDeep: [[spoiler:Calaban, Calaban, the intellectual authority of the group, has a commanding voice to match.]]
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: The titular [=DEEPSEA 15=]. Lampshaded and parodied early in theexploration, when exploration of the demo version. When Charlie notes that she's never heard of an oceanic rig with the "Deepsea" designation before, whilst Mac sarcastically notes that there must be at least 14 others out there.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: The titular [=DEEPSEA 15=]. Lampshaded and parodied early in the
* BaldHeadOfToughness: When Mac was a newly promoted salvage operator and Hope was alive, he was previously bald. Since then, he's let his hair grow out.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: [[spoiler: Calaban will always mention the probability of accuracy when it speculates.]]
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* {{Catchphrase}}: [[spoiler: Calaban will always mention the probability of accuracy when it speculates.]]
* FeatheredFiend: When Charlie makes a jab at Mac for losing their crowbar, Mac explains he threw it at a seagull for eating his sandwich.
* GlassesOfAging: A subtle example. Charlie in the present day has NerdGlasses while a photo and flashback to when Hope was alive shows she didn't wear any.
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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler: Moses has to tear itself free of its lower half when it becomes pinned and damaged by falling items. In TheStinger, the top half of Moses washes up on a beach.]]
** [[spoiler: When Mac and Charlie are separated shortly after arriving at M.U.L.E., Charlie comes across a diver that was cut in half at the waist. The game notes the person was trying to climb up a diving portal when it closed.]]
** [[spoiler: When Mac and Charlie are separated shortly after arriving at M.U.L.E., Charlie comes across a diver that was cut in half at the waist. The game notes the person was trying to climb up a diving portal when it closed.]]
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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Charlie comes across a diver that was cut in half at the waist. The game notes the person was trying to climb up a diving portal when it closed.
** [[spoiler: Moses has to tear itself free of its lower half when it becomes pinned and damaged by falling items. In TheStinger, the top half of Moses washes up on a beach.]]
** [[spoiler: When Mac and Charlie are separated shortly after arriving at M.U.L.E., Charlie comes across a diver that was cut in half at the waist. The game notes the person was trying to climb up a diving portal when it closed.]]
** [[spoiler: Moses has to tear itself free of its lower half when it becomes pinned and damaged by falling items. In TheStinger, the top half of Moses washes up on a beach.
** [[spoiler: When Mac and Charlie are separated shortly after arriving at M.U.L.E., Charlie comes across a diver that was cut in half at the waist. The game notes the person was trying to climb up a diving portal when it closed.
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* InsistentTerminology: Mac is adamant that Moses refer to him as "Mac" or "Captain", never "Dad".
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* InsistentTerminology: In the demo version, Mac is adamant that Moses refer to him as "Mac" or "Captain", never "Dad".
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* LateToTheTragedy: Mac and Charlie arrive on [=DEEPSEA 15=] long after the initial slaughter that left everybody dead. [[spoiler: If the [=DocMate=] in the M.U.L.E is any indication, it has been roughly 4329 hours (180 days or 6 months) since the incident.]]
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* LateToTheTragedy: Mac and Charlie arrive on [=DEEPSEA 15=] long after the initial slaughter that left everybody dead. [[spoiler: If the [=DocMate=] in the M.U.L.E is any indication, it has been roughly 4329 hours (180 days or 6 months) since the incident.]]
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* MessianicArchetype: Mac refers to Cayne and "The Nexus" as if it were a god and an afterlife respectively. [[spoiler: During a boat ride into the Xiib'hanal's temple, Mac recites a prayer to Cayne and in a conversation with Captain Boynya, he mentions that God has been disproven.]]
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* MessianicArchetype: Mac refers to Cayne and "The Nexus" as if it were a god and an afterlife respectively. [[spoiler: During a boat ride into the Xiib'hanal's temple, Mac recites a prayer to Cayne and in a conversation with Captain Boynya, he mentions that God has been disproven.]]
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: As befits her skill of fixing items for the group, Charlie has a pair of glasses.
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* VirtualSidekick: [[spoiler: Each character gets one with Calaban for Charlie, Captain Boynya for Mac, and Faran for Moses.]]
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* VirtualSidekick: [[spoiler: Each character gets one with Calaban for Charlie, Captain Boynya for Mac, and Faran for Moses.]]
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* SkeletonMotif: Artifacts being studied in the rig's labs show intricate craftsmanship centered around death, with a preference towards [[EvilIsAngular strong lines and edges]]. To drive the point home, the lights on the diving bell reveal the skull and [[MyBrainIsBig enlarged cranium]] of a gigantic statue during its descent.
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* SkeletonMotif: Artifacts being studied in the rig's labs show intricate craftsmanship centered around death, with a preference towards [[EvilIsAngular strong lines and edges]]. To drive the point home, the lights on the diving bell reveal the skull and [[MyBrainIsBig enlarged cranium]] of a gigantic statue during its descent.
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* SkeletonMotif: Artifacts being studied in the rig's labs show intricate craftsmanship centered around death, with a preference towards [[EvilIsAngular strong lines and edges]]. To drive the point home, the lights on the diving bell reveal the skull of a gigantic statue during its descent.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Unlike John from ''Stasis'', Mac successfully manages to save his wife, returning her to the surface uninfected (at least according to the genius A.I.) The Calaban A.I. she carries also represents the best chance at overthrowing the Cayne Corporation and their depraved evil. However, Mac, Moses, and Faran had to sacrifice their own lives to make this happen (though Moses' fate is ambigious given that his remains appear to have also made it to the surface and still appear semi-active), and given what happened with Ta'an in ''Stasis'' and how ultra-grim the setting is, it's pretty much a coin flip as to whether or not Charlie will [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlive her usefulness]] once LaResistance extracts the A.I. from her.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Unlike John from ''Stasis'', Mac successfully manages to save his wife, returning her to the surface uninfected (at least according to the genius A.I.) The Calaban A.I. she carries also represents the best chance at overthrowing the Cayne Corporation and their depraved evil. However, Mac, Moses, and Faran had to sacrifice their own lives to make this happen (though Moses' fate is ambigious given that his remains appear to have also made it to the surface and still appear semi-active), and given what happened with Ta'an in ''Stasis'' and how ultra-grim the setting is, it's pretty much a coin flip as to whether or not Charlie will [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlive her usefulness]] once the Yellow Leaf LaResistance extracts will honor their deal with her and if the Cayne Corporation will come after her for integrating with their A.I. from her.]]
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* MilesToGoBeforeISleep: [[spoiler:After hearing Faran despair about being reduced to mostly his nervous system, Moses relates a story about how when Hope was around, they'd never consider a story complete until they actually reached the end. Faran makes the decision to continue going, for as long as his life support can.]]
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* MilesToGoBeforeISleep: [[spoiler:After hearing Faran despair about being reduced to mostly his nervous system, Moses relates a story about how when Hope was around, they'd never consider a story complete until they actually reached the end. Faran makes the decision to continue keep going, for as long as his life support can.]]
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* MilesToGoBeforeISleep: [[spoiler:After hearing Faran despair about being reduced to mostly his nervous system, Moses relates a story about how when Hope was around, they'd never consider a story complete until they actually reached the end. Faran makes the decision to continue going, for as long as his life support can.]]
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A gameplay demo, covering the initial arrival on the [=DEEPSEA 15=] rig until the player descends to the M.U.L.E is currently available on Steam as a free download, and can be found [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1426010/STASIS_BONE_TOTEM here].
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A gameplay demo, covering the initial arrival on the [=DEEPSEA 15=] rig until the player descends to the M.U.L.E is currently available on Steam as a free download, and can be found here:
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* GutturalGrowler: While Mac's accent in the release version is still gruff, his accent in the demo version is noticeably thicker.
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* IronicNurseryTune: A variant in which a traditional children's prayer is used to creep players out. [[spoiler:When the trio descend from the surface rig to the undersea lab, Moses recites the prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep; I pray the Lord my soul to keep, and if I should die before I wake; I pray the lord my soul to take". For added creepiness, the second half of the prayer switches from Moses' voice to that of a little girl.]]
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* IronicNurseryTune: A variant in which a traditional children's prayer is used to creep players out.out in the demo version. [[spoiler:When the trio descend from the surface rig to the undersea lab, Moses recites the prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep; I pray the Lord my soul to keep, and if I should die before I wake; I pray the lord my soul to take". For added creepiness, the second half of the prayer switches from Moses' voice to that of a little girl.]]
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* CrapsackWorld: A journal from a "Colin Frickk" mentions his parents were planning to sign him up for a "suicide lottery" where he would've died in exchange for the amount it would cost the state to support his welfare.
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* CrapsackWorld: A journal from a "Colin Frickk" mentions his parents were planning to sign previously planned on signing him up for a "suicide lottery" where he would've died in exchange for the amount it would cost the state to support his welfare.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler: Calaban deliberately avoids warning Mac and Charlie about the risks of his plan to escape, frequently putting them in life-threatening situations in order to proceed. When Charlie finally confronts him about it, Calaban retorts that she is in this situation to begin with because she lied to Mac and Moses in order to convince them to go to [=DEEPSEA 15=], putting both of their lives in danger in the process, for the sake of getting her daughter back. Mac bitterly responds that Calaban has a point.]]
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* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler: Calaban deliberately avoids warning Mac and Charlie about the risks of his its plan to escape, frequently putting them in life-threatening situations in order to proceed. When Charlie finally confronts him Calaban about it, Calaban retorts that she is in this situation to begin with because she lied to Mac and Moses in order to convince them to go to [=DEEPSEA 15=], putting both of their lives in danger in the process, for the sake of getting her daughter back. Mac bitterly responds that Calaban has a point.]]
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* CrapsackWorld: A journal from a "Colin Frickk" mentions his parents were planning to sign him up for a "suicide lottery" where he would die would've died in exchange for the amount it would cost the state to support his welfare.
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* LateToTheTragedy: Mac and Charlie arrive on [=DEEPSEA 15=] long after the initial slaughter that left everybody dead.
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* LateToTheTragedy: Mac and Charlie arrive on [=DEEPSEA 15=] long after the initial slaughter that left everybody dead. [[spoiler: If the [=DocMate=] in the M.U.L.E is any indication, it has been roughly 4329 hours (180 days or 6 months) since the incident.]]
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* CargoCult: [[spoiler:When Charlie lets Calaban integrate with her, Mac points out that members of a church willingly give up everything they have just for the opportunity to do the same.]]
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* {{Flashback}}: [[spoiler: Charlie, Mac, and Moses each have one in the apartment they were living in when Hope was alive. Charlie's segment is when they first moved in and Mac got a promotion, Mac's segment is when Hope was starting the fifth grade, and Moses' segment is right after Hope's drowning with Charlie and Mac at her funeral.]]
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* {{Flashback}}: [[spoiler: Charlie, Mac, and Moses each have one in the apartment they were living in when Hope was alive. Charlie's segment is when they first moved in and Mac got a promotion, Mac's segment is when Hope was starting the fifth grade, and Moses' segment is right after Hope's drowning death with Charlie and Mac at her funeral.]]
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** [[spoiler: When Mac has to break a venom globule into two separate balls, the description for one of the balls mentions Charlie doing it even though he did it and she has been infected and in pain.]]
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** [[spoiler: When Mac has to break a venom globule into two separate balls, the description for one of the balls mentions Charlie doing it even though he did it and she has been infected and in pain.]]it.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: [[spoiler: Calaban will always mention the probability of accuracy when it speculates.]]
* {{Flashback}}: [[spoiler: Charlie, Mac, and Moses each have one in the apartment they were living in when Hope was alive. Charlie's segment is when they first moved in and Mac got a promotion, Mac's segment is when Hope was starting the fifth grade, and Moses' segment is right after Hope's drowning with Charlie and Mac at her funeral.]]
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* MessianicArchetype: Mac refers to Cayne and "The Nexus" as if it were a god and an afterlife respectively. [[spoiler: During a boat ride into the Xiib'hanal's temple, Mac recites a prayer to Cayne. In a conversation with Captain Boynya, he mentions that God has been disproven.]]
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** [[spoiler: The submarine's distress signal. If it weren't for it, the Cayne Corp wouldn't have discovered the existence of the Xiib'hanal race that wants to return to the surface.]]
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**[[spoiler: When Mac has to break a venom globule into two separate balls, the description for one of the balls mentions Charlie doing it even though he did it and she has been infected and in pain.]]
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* {{Telepathy}}: [[spoiler: Captain Boynya communicates with Mac in this way after he is exposed to a mild version of the Veles. Since Charlie and Calaban didn't get the same infection, they are unable to hear what Mac does. Calaban does eventually figure out the who and how of it.]]
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* VirtualSidekick: [[spoiler: Each character gets one with Calaban for Charlie, Captain Boynya for Mac, and Faran for Moses.]]
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** [[spoiler:In fact, it was Calaban that took the first step - broadcasting for help through different frequencies after being abandoned, and being okay when Yellow Leaf responded to one of them.]]
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** [[spoiler:In fact, it was seems to have been Calaban that took the first step - broadcasting for help through different frequencies after being abandoned, and being okay when making contact with Yellow Leaf responded to one through a rogue frequency of them.theirs.]]
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* AuthoritySoundsDeep: [[spoiler:Calaban, the intellectual authority of the group, has a commanding voice to match.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: As revenge for being abandoned at [=DEEPSEA 15=], Calaban is willing to work with the Yellow Leaf to take down Cayne Corp.]]
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: [[spoiler: When Mac meets Captain Boynya, he takes on the appearance of a crucified Jesus. His actual form is much more grotesque.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Captain Boynya has Mac give him the nuclear warhead so that its detonation will stop the Xiib'hanal from reaching the surface and wiping out humanity. The warhead is detonated right after Mac sacrifices himself in a grenade detonation for Charlie to escape.]]
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler: When Mac forgives Charlie for bringing them to [=DEEPSEA 15=] and gives his blessing at having Hope back, the grenade he uses to blow open the lighthouse goes off.]]
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** [[spoiler: The submarine's distress signal. If it weren't for it, the Cayne Corp wouldn't have discovered the existence of the Xiib'hanal race that wants to return to the surface.]]
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* ViralTransformation: [[spoiler: Captain Boynya's exposure to the Veles has mutated him into a being that resembles a fetus with a disproportionately large head and no face.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: A journal mentions that Cayne employees who experience the same dream end up killing themselves with one bashing their head on rocks while another threw themselves off a cliff while singing.
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* CrapsackWorld: A journal from a "Colin Frickk" mentions his parents planning to sign him up for a "suicide lottery" where he would die in exchange for the amount it would cost the state to support his welfare.
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* CargoCult: [[spoiler:When Charlie lets Calaban integrate with her, Mac points out that members of a church willingly give up everything they have just for the opportunity to do the same.]]
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** [[spoiler: When Mac and Charlie are separated shortly after arriving at MULE, Charlie comes across a diver that was cut in half at the waist. The game notes the person was trying to climb up a diving portal when it closed.]]
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** [[spoiler: When Mac and Charlie are separated shortly after arriving at MULE, M.U.L.E., Charlie comes across a diver that was cut in half at the waist. The game notes the person was trying to climb up a diving portal when it closed.]]
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* MessianicArchetype: Mac refers to Cayne and "The Nexus" as if it were a god and an afterlife respectively. [[spoiler: During a boat ride into the Xiib'hanal's temple, Mac recites a prayer to Cayne.]]
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: [[spoiler:In a conversation with Captain Boynya, Mac mentions that it has been centuries since the collapse of the Soviet Union.]]
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* UnexpectedlyAbandoned: The rig still has large amounts of personal items onboard, and systems like power generation can still run. This clues the group in that something terrible likely happened here.
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* UnexpectedlyAbandoned: The Even from just external observation, the rig still has large amounts of personal items cargo onboard, and systems like power generation can still run. This clues there are no obvious signs of damage - cluing the group in early that something terrible likely happened went wrong here.
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** [[spoiler:They also send in a CleanupCrew to execute the undersea staff, cut crew access to the Net, and mark DEEPSEA 15 as 'LOST'.]]
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** [[spoiler:They also send in a CleanupCrew to execute the undersea staff, cut crew rig access to the Net, and mark DEEPSEA 15 as 'LOST'.]]
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** [[spoiler:They also send in a CleanupCrew to execute the undersea staff, cut crew access to the Net, and mark DEEPSEA 15 as 'LOST'.]]
