Eleanor

Eleanor is a story character from the Upper Levels whose mother has been jailed, leaving her stranded on the lower decks. She first walks into your shop on day 23 and returns over the following weeks. She sells you personal belongings and later scavenged goods, and she is tied to the item Care Package for Eleanor. Her storyline does not run in endless mode.

When does Eleanor first appear?

Her storyline starts on day 23. The first three visits are fixed by calendar: day 23, day 25 and day 27. After that, the timing depends on what you do with the crate left by a stranger on day 28 (see the spoiler section).

What does Eleanor buy and sell?

Stage	What she does
Day 23	Asks for fresh, varied food
Day 25	Asks about household supplies
Day 27	Sells some of her own things
Later visits	Asks for free food (you can give it), then sells scavenged junk and materials from the Dumping Grounds
Final visit	Gives you a gift; in one ending she buys a weapon

Care Package for Eleanor (a sealed crate of Upper Levels goods; your Security feed lists it as reported stolen).
Her day 27 stock includes the Bottle of Spring Water, the Box of PAX Tampons and the SYNC Neuroactive Perfume.
Thank-you gifts: HydraTech Micro Water Purifier, L’ESSENCE Pheromone Perfume, SYNC Self-Refilling Neuroactive Perfume.

Factions involved: Upper Levels citizens, the Black Market (the stranger who leaves the crate), and later the Revolution (one ending). The corporation pastel is the antagonist.

Spoilers: storyline

Visits in order

Day 23, first visit. Eleanor is shocked at the state of the shop and says her mother, who runs the biggest hydroponic farm on the station, was jailed for embezzlement. She wants food.
Day 25. She is stuck below, has rented a small room and asks for household supplies.
Day 27. She is running out of money and sells you some of her belongings.
Day 28, the “uncle”. A Black Market thug claims to be her uncle and leaves a crate, the Care Package for Eleanor. He insists you put it in her hands, not yours, and keep Security out of it. You have a choice:
- Report the crate to Security. The man is arrested for a false theft report. Eleanor visits on day 29 or later, learns she was being set up to be arrested, and rewards you with one gift of your choice: the HydraTech Micro Water Purifier or the L’ESSENCE Pheromone Perfume. Her next visit comes 3 days after this one.
- Do not report it. Eleanor visits on day 29, out of money after a theft and a lost trial; she begs for food.
- Put the crate on the counter in front of her while it is still marked stolen: Security arrests her, and her storyline ends.
Day 29 (or 3 days after the warning). Giving her food is optional but needed to continue: if you never help her, the storyline stops here. Helping her pays double reputation for the trade.
Two days later. She has started scavenging in the Dumping Grounds and sells junk and materials. After this visit the crate loses its stolen status.
Four days later: the plan. She wants to hire an investigator for 800 credits and starts selling you scavenged goods every 4 days. Your payments count towards the 800.
About 4 days after she reaches 800: the investigator found a data drive in her mother’s lab. It holds genetic research that makes ordinary Nutrifruit produce seeds again, which would break pastel’s seed trade. The embezzlement charges were invented by pastel’s representative on the station.
The day after: the thug returns. If she gives the drive back, her mother is freed and exiled to the Lower Levels, and you get 300 credits from the Black Market for convincing her.
The day after that: Eleanor asks what you would do. You tell her about the offer, then choose.

The two endings

Choice	Result
Give the drive back and save her mother	You receive 300 credits. Two days later Eleanor returns with her mother alive, both scavenging the Dumping Ground.
Leak it to the Lower Levels paper	The next day the news “pastel’s Nutrifruit Secret Leaked!” runs, Nutrifruit seeds become available and seed prices collapse. Her mother is killed. Eleanor joins the Revolution and wants to buy a weapon (budget 350 credits).

In both endings she gives you a SYNC Self-Refilling Neuroactive Perfume as a gift (bought for her mother’s birthday). The choice is locked in by the first option you pick.

FAQ

What is the Care Package for Eleanor?

A sealed crate of Upper Levels goods that a stranger leaves on day 28. It is flagged stolen in your Security feed, so how you handle it decides how Eleanor’s storyline proceeds.

Do I have to give Eleanor food?

Not strictly, but if you never help her on her begging visit, her storyline does not continue.

Can I get Eleanor arrested?

Yes. Putting the stolen-flagged crate on your counter while she is in the shop makes Security arrest her and ends her storyline.

Are the two endings mutually exclusive?

Yes. The first choice you make is the one that counts.