Buying the store
The ending the lease was pointing at.
The station’s win condition: pay the landlord off and own the shop outright, with a full run summary attached to the moment.
Ownership is the counterweight to every risky trade in the game: the same credits that fund a contraband deal fund the only exit the station offers.
Buying the store is the only ending the game treats as a win, and it is deliberately expensive: it costs more than the shop ever earned in a normal week, which forces the run through the parts of the economy that pay best.
That is the design argument the game is making — every high-margin route on the station has a consequence attached, and the player chooses which consequences to finance the purchase with.
Counter protocol
- The run summary records the most profitable sale, days survived and total worth.
- Buying out the shop ends the run rather than opening a new phase.
- Stocking the shop is the safe route to the goal; contraband is the fast one.
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Where this comes from
Owning the store is the goal the 1.0 release built its ending around.
“Where you can purchase and own the store.”
The ending screen reports the most profitable sale, days survived and total worth.
“See your most profitable sale, the days survived, total worth, perks and more numbers to compare it to your more successful friends.”
The developer warns new players off the hardest modifier for a first run.
“But do not play with Sentinel Collapse Disorder on your first run.”
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