There are many NPCs you can meet. No Man’s Sky Nothing like Nada and Polo. This time-traveling pair is known to all travelers, and they’re always happy to help from within their giant multiverse hopping machine.
They provide their own currency known as quicksilver, a haven to socialize for a while, and a place to pick up work or sell goods. Only accessible after passing the questline. There’s also a fair amount of lore that you can easily miss as you progress through the story.
What is Nada?
First under the magnifying glass is Nada, or as he is more formally known, the Priest Entity Nada. Numerous NPCs in Anomalies And a member of Korvax.
Like Polo, he met As part of the Atlas Pass quest. Unlike other Korvax, Nada refuse to participate in the Korvax Convergence, The process by which a Korvax connects to a Nexus and fades over time, being replaced by another Korvax. He had previously been banished for exhibiting non-Corvax behavior, such as independent thinking and curiosity.
But thanks to his experience with the Anomaly, Korvax’s hive mind as a whole Trying to reconnect with Nada to get him back into the foldabsorbs his information, wipe him out of existence You can replace it with your own in the machine.As a result, Nada remains Separated and unconnected from other Korvax to prevent this.
Unlike other Korvax, Nada i think atlas is a liar And being a machine of life and death, he doesn’t like his race’s “gods” and their unknown trickery.
Provided by Nada quicksilver currency Other rewards such as Atlas locations and Nano Knights.
What is Polo?
Specialist Polo Member of the Gek species Like Nada, they A friendly NPC that lives within a space anomaly. Poro’s backstory is told through quests.”“First Traveler”.
Here we learn that Poro worked at an isolated salvage station. As punishment for previous behaviorAfter investigating a crashed freighter, Polo Encounter Nada and an interesting series of logs at a shipwreckand while it may seem insignificant on the outside, what was inside the log would have life-changing consequences for Poro.
After reading the datasheet, it became clear that Nada was recovered from the freighter It was from another universe where all life was wiped out by the Sentinels Seemingly for no reason.Nada and his space version of Poro I fled to the center of the galaxy to escape By crossing them over to another universe.
Unfortunately, Otherworldly Poro dies in Sentinel attackbut Nada manages to TRANSITION TO SAFETY ACROSS SPACE A battle-damaged freighter, Eventually found and rescued by the current Polo.
Polo offers rewards such as: Data on black hole locations and blueprints as you go Way of Artemis.
What is an anomaly?
A station standing outside the space-time drifting in the void, The Anomaly is a summonable public player HUB. displayed when reached “First Time Traveler” Artemis Path questline missions.
Since it’s fourth on the list, it’s often Please take a moment to explore this super-massive social venueconsidering how long some missions take and the size of the galaxy.
Appearing as a huge floating sphere from the outside, its interior is Large enough to accommodate several spacecraftand is also home to numerous vendors and more throughout its depths.
Although originally it was just nada and polo About anomalies as the game got more updates This area has been greatly expanded.
Its origin is currently unknown, but the station itself very advanced and immeasurably oldYou can easily traverse the oceans of time and space. A summonable haven for travelers who want to stop by.
how they are connected
It’s not immediately obvious as we spend our days in Anomaly, but there’s quite a bit of lore going on behind the scenes with Nada, Polo, and Anomaly. According to various data logs, nada and polo Part of the original set of Universal Simulation.
These simulations now number in the millions, but in the early days Entire universes removed, rebuilt and tweaked again and again.It was a quiet, lonely time in the Anomaly, but Because they were the only ones who could find this safe placeNada and Poro were able to escape from Atlas’ influence.
It is not certain when the two arrived at the station, could remain active outside the constraints of the simulation Seemingly forever.
Their ability to jump between simulations manifests itself in the program as if they were traveling through time and space, which is a perfect fit for the two. for they are both expelled from their species. Why live in one universe you don’t want when there’s a multiverse out there to mess with?
Additionally, given that they share no goodwill towards Atlas, being able to stay out of that range is beneficial to both, but Nada eventually left the station and rejoined the Korvax Convergence towards the end of the game’s story.
Since the anomaly is linked to other universes, was there many other creatures known as iterations, could make a similar journey. Eventually, the Travelers began to show up, and the entire station became quite crowded with anomalies. It has become a bustling hub of activity and merchant-based industry.