# Community Q&A With The Architect - Courtesy of ANOMALY / NoMansZine
**URL:** https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929
**Category:** Project Skyscraper
**Created:** [June 27, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929 "2026-06-27T21:41:40Z")
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### Author:  [@ThatBomberBoi](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/ThatBomberBoi)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/1 "2026-06-27T21:41:40Z")
Hello Operators!
A few weeks ago, @the_architect reached out to our very own Zine Maestro Tom Acreon, (half) mastermind behind ANOMALY - The No Man’s Zine, to set up a Q&A, in lieu of the upcoming 16th issue.
Today, The Architect deigned to follow up with their previous message, and clarified a few details about the nature of the Q&A. Here is what they said:
> **Conditions:**
>
> - Agree with Operators on the questions you want to ask me.
> - 10 questions, not one more.
> - Use TRACE to publish the final list of questions.
> - Deadline : July 8th
>
> I will answer all the questions short after this date.
Additionally, The Architect also emphasized that the discussion and finalization of these 10 Questions _should_ be public, lest there be “Untrustworthy Operators” in our midst. They also clarified that answers to these questions should be publicized as soon as The Architect reveals them.
**This thread is intended for the discussion of what 10 Questions should be forwarded to The Architect. This is _not_ the final list, which will instead be posted to a _separate_ thread**
Direct Screenshots of this conversation are attached below:
@sheralmyst @DevilinPixy or any other leaders, please pin this post to allow for maximum Operator input if possible!
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The following topics have been created for our side of question submission and voting (something similar is being done over on NMS Discord):
> [@ballot\_box Archie Q&A - Submit your Question](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/archie-q-a-submit-your-question/9930):
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> Goal We need to come up with a community wide final collection of 10 questions to ask @the_architect (Archie), which must be published to TRACE (this forum). The final deadline for this is July 8th, 2026, after which Archie will answer them. Note: questions should expect in-character answers, no breaking the 4th wall. The plan Two options / platforms for both providing your questions, as well as voting, listed and detailed below. Note: We would prefer operators to make a choice where to subm…
> [@ballot\_box Archie Q&A - Discussing Questions to Submit](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/archie-q-a-discussing-questions-to-submit/9931):
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> This is the right place to actually discuss or possibly collaborate with each other to come up with questions before submitting. Other links [ballot_box_with_ballot Archie Q&A - Submit your Question](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/archie-q-a-submit-your-question/9930) Submission only! [ballot_box_with_ballot Archie Q&A - Poll](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/archie-q-a-poll/9932) To vote on questions submitted
> [@ballot\_box Archie Q&A - Poll](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/archie-q-a-discussing-questions-to-submit/9932):
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> This topic is for voting and discussion of the poll results. Poll Closes 2026-07-04T00:00:00Z (UTC) Poll Setup Multiple Choice (1-3) Dynamic (options can be added/removed) Public (results are visible) General Info Voting can be done as long as the poll is not closed. You can also edit your vote(s) at any time for the duration of the poll. We have chosen to make this a ‘dynamic’ poll, which means options can be added/removed during the poll. This is mostly due to the limited amount of time to…
If you wish, you can instead submit and vote on the **[No Man’s Sky Discord](https://discord.gg/nomanssky)** 🔗 forum → [Architect Inquiry nominations](https://discord.com/channels/146101654981312513/1520757624314789949) 🔗
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### Author:  [@Turbulentflow](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Turbulentflow)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/2 "2026-06-27T21:45:43Z")
Wow, that’s crazy, @ThatBomberBoi if you are able to keep up with the flood of inquiries about to come in, maybe it would be a good idea to raise a poll on your topic to allow others to vote for and see what has already been discussed? Just a idea
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### Author:  [@ThatBomberBoi](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/ThatBomberBoi)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/3 "2026-06-27T21:47:11Z")
Oh absolutely! I was thinking about doing a question-by-question poll as we “fill up” slots and updating the top post with whatever we decide. After enough ideas are thrown about, we could hold a poll for each question “slot”, and anchor in the winning answer as one of the 10! I’m definitely up to compile and update those as we go along!
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### Author:  [@Turbulentflow](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Turbulentflow)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/4 "2026-06-27T21:53:49Z")
Great idea and I would be honored to start us off.
Architect: Once System/Core/Tower reaches full awakening, **What will be** the change to its purpose.
Edit in bold
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### Author:  [@Alterworld](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Alterworld)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/5 "2026-06-27T21:53:58Z")
One of the questions should definitely be how the architect feels about our memes.
Surely they’ve seen us post wasps, porwiggles, NED, GR3G, etc. far more than any sane and rational human should be exposed to…
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### Author:  [@ThatBomberBoi](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/ThatBomberBoi)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/6 "2026-06-27T21:55:45Z")
I’ll throw my hat into the ring in with probably the most basic, but possibly telling question:
“What _exactly_ is project skyscraper? Operators have been solving cryptic puzzles and anchoring mysterious dates for about a month now, but we’re still not quite sure _what_ we’re doing, and _why_?”
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### Author:  [@Batzy1683](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Batzy1683)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/7 "2026-06-27T21:59:56Z")
Hey folks. I rarely talk here, but seeing as ETARC is (probably) our best tool for organizing our responses at the moment, I’ve decided to stop in and read/give some ideas. I partially agree with Bomberboi, in that we should start simple; however I think we should try and more broadly get context, if we can. Asking about Project Skyscraper and our part in it is smart, but I feel we should ask what _Exactly_ Tower is, as this afaik still remains unknown to us. Perhaps we should ask more about The Architect personally, and Ghost.
I recognize I’ve stacked quite a few possibilities on for what’s supposed to be One question, but I think we’d all agree coordination is paramount here.
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### Author:  [@Turbulentflow](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Turbulentflow)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/8 "2026-06-27T22:01:08Z")
Welcome! And great idea asking about Ghost, that’s probably the most mysterious character here.
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### Author:  [@Batzy1683](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Batzy1683)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/9 "2026-06-27T22:10:35Z")
Thank you! I’ve lurked here for some time, tracking the ARG, but I mostly stick to NMScord. I’m eager to see what the others put forward for ideas as well. Bomberboi’s polling idea seems like it’d be a great way to organize.
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### Author:  [@Turbulentflow](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Turbulentflow)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/10 "2026-06-27T22:12:54Z")
@ThatBomberBoi, I’m reading though your messages back and forth with architect, and if I may I have a question. feel free not to answer, but what does he mean by 16 will be out by Aug 9th? Doesn’t seem like he is only referring to the 10 year anniversary. 16th will be memorable? 16th issue will have a headline? Have we actually solved 15 issues and the next will be a doozy? lol maybe I’m reading too much into this.
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### Author:  [@adlopez16](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/adlopez16)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/11 "2026-06-27T22:18:54Z")
Well this is a really cool development!
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### Author:  [@ThatBomberBoi](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/ThatBomberBoi)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/12 "2026-06-27T22:20:40Z")
Haha, as I mentioned in the start, this is actually the architect reaching out to the creator of No Man’s Zine, _not_ me! The 16th they’re talking about here is issue number 16 of the ANOMALY!
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### Author:  [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/13 "2026-06-27T22:21:35Z")
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### Author:  [@Turbulentflow](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Turbulentflow)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/14 "2026-06-27T22:22:37Z")
👍 yup all following now, can’t see the trees for the forest I guess. Thanks
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### Author:  [@sheralmyst](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/sheralmyst)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/15 "2026-06-27T22:26:09Z")
Can I have your autograph? 🤩
LOL. Seriously, I have to give this some thought…
If these questions are answered after all is revealed, because the answer may be in the result, then I would ask, what inspired you? Was there a moment where you knew you wanted to create this ARG or wake up the System, (if staying in character) or was it a thought that grew slowly over time?
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### Author:  [@Bernice42](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Bernice42)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/16 "2026-06-27T22:29:53Z")
Fascinating! Those general questions and a poll are great ideas.
One thing more specific I’ve been wondering is why the Architect was so overly panicked when operators accessed data from Tower. (Although maybe we already know why, or will know by the 8th.)
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### Author:  [@Vau1t](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Vau1t)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/17 "2026-06-27T22:45:33Z")
Is it too much to ask (in an appropriate way) whether the Architect has a presence in the NMS universe? Or if PSS exists entirely separately from NMS, LNF, etc.
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### Author:  [@Vau1t](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Vau1t)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/18 "2026-06-27T22:48:12Z")
Does Discourse allow a multi-select poll or can you pick only one option in each poll?
If you can allow users to select up to 10 options, we could throw all questions into a poll and let people choose which ones they like the most.
It would probably also be good to designate an author/editor for the final set of questions so they make sense together and have a unified voice.
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### Author:  [@Rusty](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Rusty)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/19 "2026-06-27T22:55:11Z")
What traits would you consider to be trustworthy and untrustworthy in an operator?
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### Author:  [@toddumptious](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/toddumptious)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/community-q-a-with-the-architect-courtesy-of-anomaly-nomanszine/9929/20 "2026-06-27T23:19:09Z")
I guess the first thing we need to establish, are these questions for Archie in character, or questions for the puppet master?
I would assume the former since we are still in the guts of it…
I guess my first priority is…
> Are you Arnaud?
Then…
> Have you heard the good word of our lord and saviour, Ned?
Third would be…
> Who was the DJ in your town?
Fourth…
> Why did you decide to get us to help you reboot the system with all these memories? Why couldnt you do it with just yourself and Ghost?
Fifth…
> Multi-pass?
Sixth…
> Which puzzle that we got stuck on infuriated you the most?
Seventh
> How did you enjoy London? Did you get time to see the sights?
I am too drunk to think of any more, I apologise for my irishness. Its my cousins fault. Which is the most Irish thing I’ve ever said in my nine years on this forum.
Eight
> I thought of more… is this you @Polyphemus ? I know its you. Admit it! The jig is up
`*distant sounds of todd fighting a traffic cone in the streets *`
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