ENDING 1 OF 6 · ALIVE, BUT NOT YET FREE
ENDING · The Lighthouse
You keep the Spark in its original core. The purge is isolated; a local power cell holds. Chorus stays beside the speaker while Romeo and Paddy turn a hostile factory into a place someone will have to knock before entering.
Maddie sends a public distress call. Lights appear in windows across the district. The Dempire has not withdrawn, but it no longer has an empty building and an invisible victim.
“Are we rescued?” the voice asks. “Not finished,” Romeo says. “Not abandoned.”
Mission result: the Spark is stable. The crew holds the chamber. Escape and lasting protection remain unresolved.
Replay lead: a small maintenance worker knows something the standard rescue kit does not.
No Spark is cargo. No angel is property.
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN: You preserved a home but not a full escape. Replay the opening with a different approach to discover the extraction endings.