History Tearjerker / TheOuterWorlds

** If you point out he won't last a day? He EXPLICITLY states that he thinks he can make it at least a week.

--> '''The Captain:''' You're obviously in a lot of pain. Let me help you.

** One of Vicar Max's is a particularly anguished [[RapidFireNo "No, No, NO!"]]

* If you've sided with the Board and have certain high stats, you can get some very painful insights into Phineas' mental state. Namely his feelings of inadequacy at being unable to make a difference, and the crippling guilt of having killed colonists with his experiments. Possibly the saddest part is if you show compassion and try to talk him down, Phineas will drop his anger... only to commit suicide instead.

* A questline involves helping a one Ms. Jolicoeur involves modeling several outfits for her, gathering materials and her making a one of a kind suit for you. She's friendly and is one of the few creatives left on Byzantium. At the end of the questline, she's killed by UDL Security Forces for "dissident" behavior. All for making a stylish suit.

* The tale of the skeleton crew of the Hope definitely counts, as you find logs detailing how they fell out of "skip space" and then proceed to starve death. But just beforehand, one of them resort to cannibalism to stave off hunger while the captains wife commits suicide after eating some long pork.

* If you completed Parvati's quest but side with the Board, her relationship with Junlei won't survive. While she still moves to the Groundbreaker, Parvati ends up plagued with nightmares about freezing to death, and rarely leaves their shared quarters. Meanwhile the added pressure of a strong Board leaves Junlei struggling to keep the Groundbreaker afloat. After they break up, Parvati moves into crew quarters and gets a job servicing water pumps. It's particularly heart-breaking when compared to the HOPE version of this ending, where she not only remains with Junlei but ends up a much-valued and beloved core member of the Groundbreaker.

* If you completed Parvati's quest but side with the Board, her relationship with Junlei won't survive. While she still moves to the Groundbreaker, Parvati ends up plagued with nightmares about freezing to death, and rarely leaves their shared quarters. Meanwhile the added pressure of a strong Board leaves Junlei struggling to keep the Groundbreaker afloat. After they break up, Parvati moves into crew quarters and gets a job servicing water pumps.

* If you sided with the Board but helped Max find peace, he will attempt to preach his new ideals to the citizens of Byzantium. This goes about as well as you'd expect, and a disillusioned Max leaves the city to never be heard from again.

--> '''Phineas:''' The only thing I've ever wanted was your help.

* Felix's mentor Clyde refuses to [[spoiler:own up to being a corporate stooge]] and tries to kill you when you confront him. Felix is devastated by the results.

** The fact that he both asks your forgiveness before killing himself, and the sheer amount of apologies he makes.

* Felix's mentor Clyde refuses to drop the pretense of being a corporate stooge and tries to kill you when you confront him. Felix is devastated by the results.

--> '''Phineas:''' It was only when the screaming started that they became people. It always starts with screaming. Followed by thrashing. Followed by cell death. The average human adult takes ninety-three seconds to completely liquefy.

* If you've sided with the Board and have certain high stats, you can get some very painful insights into Phineas' mental state.

--> '''Phineas:'''' It was only when the screaming started that they became people. It always starts with screaming. Followed by thrashing. Followed by cell death. The average human adult takes ninety-three seconds to completely liquefy.

* Felix's mentor Clyde [[spoiler: refuses to drop the pretense of being a corporate stooge and tries to kill you when you confront him. Felix is devastated by the results.]]

* Reed discovering that [[spoiler: the saltuna diet that he's advocated for years is actually the source of ThePlague and that Adelaide has grown food that allows the colonists to live healthily. Accepting that he is responsible for all the deaths and not the leader they need, he heads out into the wilderness to die while leaving her in charge.]]

* The experiments done in the Rizzo's lab are part of the Board's [[spoiler:secret plan to modify human genetics to get used to the harsh conditions of living in the Halcyon system]], were pretty clearly in the very earliest stages of the development before the town was overrun. Towards the end of the lab, stashed in a corner, you find a single tube with a body floating in it, sealed for eternity. This is the head doctor on the project, who sacrificed himself in order for the project to make significant gains. Everywhere around it are a number of eulogies specifically addressed to the people who would find him years in the future just to let you know what kind of guy he was, with one scientist clearly taking it hard. It's a harrowing reminder that even in a CrapsackWorld built on dark comedy, all of the places in these games used to have people in them that care about the stuff they're doing and the people they work with.

* Imagine that you are an old, tired, and poor resident of the Halycon system when you win the Lottery. You are given a lifetime of leisure and security in Byzantium along with other winners. [[spoiler: Then you find out, seconds before, that it's all a slaughterhouse to KillThePoor right before the robots exterminate you then clean you up like garbage.]]
* Combined with NightmareFuel, you have to make a MortonsFork choice. [[spoiler: You can get the chemicals necessary to revive all the colonists but it will kill dozens of people hooked up to life support. A hundred thousand lives are at stake but if you do the ShootTheShaggyDog choice then you have to watch the people suffocate horribly inside their tanks.]]

* The tale of the skeleton crew of the Hope definitely counts, as you find logs detailing how they fell out of "skip space" and then proceed to starve death. But just beforehand, one of them resort to cannibalism to stave off hunger while the captains wife commits suicide after eating some long pork.

* Felix states that growing up an orphan on the Groundshaker was horrific as he was called a "stowaway" and had to struggle for every meal until adulthood.

* The experiments done in the Rizzo's lab are part of the Board's [[spoiler:secret plan to modify human genetics to get used to the harsh conditions of living in the Halcyon system]], were pretty clearly in the very earliest stages of the development before the town was overrun. Towards the end of the lab, stashed in a corner, you find a single tube with a body floating in it, sealed for eternity. This is the head doctor on the project, who sacrificed himself in order for the project to make significant gains. Everywhere around it are a number of eulogies specifically addressed to the people who would find him years in the future just to let you know what kind of guy he was, with one scientist clearly taking it hard. It's a harrowing reminder that even in a CrapsackWorld built on dark comedy, all of the places in these games used to have people in them that care about the stuff they're doing and the people they work with.

* Reed discovering that [[spoiler: the saltuna diet that he's advocated for years is actually the source of ThePlague and that Adelaide has grown food that allows the colonists to live healthily. Accepting that he is responsible for all the deaths and not the leader they need, he heads out into the wilderness to die while leaving her in charge.]]