And here I was thinking it’s a companions revamp (ball of yarn for cats, bones for dogs kinda thing).
proper animal keeping and husbandry.
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I really hate to burst this bubble, but…
The weekend special mission at the Nexus is gathering bones, and it seems pretty likely that the bone emoji referred to that.
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I have never seen SM emote about a weekend mission.
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Would be nice if it could tie into planets that have “extinct” discoveries in their lists leftover from previous iterations.
I’ve built a museum on both platforms and they always welcome more trash to put in em.
I’m going to casually lower my expectations to themed expedition teasing a future mechanic, like they’ve done a few times now and thenmaybe a content update to match its rewards in a month 
Self hypnosis makes the surprises more surprise-ier
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Maybe Misson: Bone Collector and the emoji are both pointing at the same thing.
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Maybe its medical (Dr. Bones McCoy) not sure if SM is an OG Star trek fan.
Dammit Jim. I’m a doctor not a game developer. XD
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Could be. Like we need extra hype. 
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That would fit with the LNF bone guys. A Skelly avatar would be cool. The crew of the downed Freighter back for another run.
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Im a bit late to the party here…
Finally getting the nudity update? 
Sean must have been disappointed that no one did a nude mod for NMS yet so he had to do it himself.
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“Bones” is the common term for a ships doctor, so it doesn’t necessarily need to relate to star trek.
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It comes from “saw bones” - because that’s what they did.
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And often their primary duty onboard was cook or carpenter… Not that many actual surgeons on ships those days…
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So what you’re saying is The Carpenters and The Saw Doctors are the same band? 
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I don’t think so, but Karen would’ve eaten most of their drum parts for breakfast and could have thrown in lead vocals while she was at it, so I guess they could have been?
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Hmmm…so.you know all this sawing of bones actually fits well with the Korvax and sentinel lore…
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༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
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Obviously three bones would be a boneyard and point to Fritz Leiber’s Gonna Roll the Bones. Don’t know what that would mean though.
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Throwing a dog a bone… Ooo… 3 Dog Night!
Special enhancements to NMS Under the Stars.
'cause the night can look ebony.
Actually, the emojis just mean that they only have a skeleton of what the next update will be. So… Lots more time to go. 
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