# No Man's Sky lore and story
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**Category:** Atlas Rises v1.3
**Created:** [June 19, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651 "2017-06-19T18:09:25Z")
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### Author:  [@ScienceofArt](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/ScienceofArt)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651/1 "2017-06-19T18:09:25Z")
Even if No Man’s Sky is unrelated I think any sci-fi fan would be interested in the lore of No Man’s Sky. I thought I would collect some of the game’s story and lore here in one place. Big spoilers ahead. Hello games, the developer of NMS, worked with Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), and James Swallow (Star Trek, Deus Ex) to create the lore.
In No Man’s Sky you can follow the “Atlas path.” This is the main story line in the game. u/KK-DXB of reddit has compiled all lore together before, so I will just link to that page,
> **[r/NoMansSkyTheGame - \[NSFW\] (Spoilers) All Atlas Interface Encounters...](https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/50ikb0/spoilers_all_atlas_interface_encounters/)**
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> 21 votes and 10 comments so far on Reddit
There are also three races in No Man’s Sky, Korvax, Gek, and Vy’keen. Again u/KK-DXB has made these,
> **[r/NoMansSkyTheGame - \[NSFW\] (Spoilers) Testament of the Korvax](https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/5061x8/spoilers_testament_of_the_korvax/)**
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> 110 votes and 10 comments so far on Reddit
> **[r/NoMansSkyTheGame - \[NSFW\] (Spoilers) Testament Of The Gek](https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/5063cn/spoilers_testament_of_the_gek/)**
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> 89 votes and 17 comments so far on Reddit
> **[r/NoMansSkyTheGame - \[NSFW\] (Spoilers) Testament Of The Vy'keen](https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/506522/spoilers_testament_of_the_vykeen/)**
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> 169 votes and 55 comments so far on Reddit
Once in a while you come across abandoned facilities. There is a story line here as well.
> **[r/NoMansSkyTheGame - \[NSFW\] (Spoilers) Abandoned Facility - Full Story](https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4z8zcw/spoilers_abandoned_facility_full_story/)**
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> 67 votes and 23 comments so far on Reddit
There are two unique NPCs named Nada and Polo. Every time you meet them at a “space anomaly” which is similar to a space station, they provide a story line too.
> **[r/NoMansSkyTheGame - \[NSFW\] (Spoilers) Space Anomaly Transcript - Lore](https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/50idqq/spoilers_space_anomaly_transcript_lore/)**
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> 21 votes and 2 comments so far on Reddit
There is also a comic book that was made and came with pre-orders. u/ABTBenjamins of reddit provides (click top link to go to imgur album),
> **[r/NoMansSkyTheGame - Lore Porn + What a Traveler looks like. Limited Edition...](https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4yrooi/lore_porn_what_a_traveler_looks_like_limited/)**
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> 380 votes and 60 comments so far on Reddit
and here is a pastebin dumb from the game files of all the text from around time of the game’s release for a second source of all of the above texts,
> **[No Man's Sky Lore and Dialogue Full SPOILERS - Pastebin.com](https://pastebin.com/P27TgDt2)**
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Game ending spoiler ahead. When you reach the center of the galaxy you start again in a new galaxy with a new name. You keep your weapon and ship. The galaxies are named differently,
> **[Galaxy](https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Galaxy)**
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> A galaxy is the second largest named object in No Man's Sky. The universe of No Man's Sky comprises 255 unique galaxies (the max value of an 8 bit unsigned integer). In turn, these are composed of: 4.2 billion regions (the max value of a 32 bit...
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### Author:  [@MacForADay](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/MacForADay)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651/2 "2017-06-19T18:30:40Z")
Thank you so much for posting a link to the special edition book! I had no seen it yet since only people who pre-ordered NMS could get it; I had always wanted to read it.
It gives us a couple interesting insights. It explains some about the “space pirates” that attack you constantly in the game, with no real explanation other than that they want your “high value cargo”. It also shows a Korvax rejoining the “Echoes” at a monolithic site.
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### Author:  [@Emily](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Emily)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651/3 "2017-06-19T19:48:17Z")
I moved this to Knowledge Center, and renamed it. I think we ought to try and understand NMS lore better, as a group 🙂
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### Author:  [@Branflacks](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/Branflacks)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651/4 "2017-06-20T21:05:25Z")
Well hey since we’re compiling lore, I’d like to add a little tidbit.
The last major update added a new quest which adds a twist to the tale of the Vykeen. On the final leg of the quest the player must travel to an alien monolith, where they uncover the long-lost final testament of Nal.
[spoiler] Here is the message they receive from the monolith: [http://i.imgur.com/gOUIqsC.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/gOUIqsC.jpg)
[spoiler] Here is what they learn upon returning to the quest-giver: [http://i.imgur.com/EmEwPqK.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/EmEwPqK.jpg)
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### Author:  [@FrankPoole](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/FrankPoole)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651/5 "2017-06-22T19:37:01Z")
This is the lore we have had stickied in Portal sub forever now. I’d love to see this stickied here as it’s pretty much the NMS Bible.
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### Author:  [@CosmicPotato](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/CosmicPotato)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651/6 "2017-06-22T21:28:06Z")
Hey have any of you Travellers out there ever been able to make out the computer voice in the very beginning of the game? Right after the “initialize” prompt you wake up on your starting planet and your suit computer says something. I think it’s “Connecting Atlas System suit initialization”, or something like that but it’s never been clear to me.
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### Author:  [@FrankPoole](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/FrankPoole)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651/7 "2017-06-22T22:00:30Z")
Commencing Atlas systems suit initialisation
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### Author:  [@MacForADay](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/MacForADay)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651/8 "2017-06-22T22:15:30Z")
I thought it was just “Commencing Exosuit systems initialization”. That would make the most sense, but Atlas Suit sounds way cooler!
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### Author:  [@CosmicPotato](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/CosmicPotato)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651/9 "2017-06-22T22:21:00Z")
Ah, “commencing” makes a lot more sense. I always thought that the word “systems” seemed out of place so I was never sure if I was hearing it right. But now given all we know, I wonder if maybe it’s “Atlas Systems”, like a corporate name?
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### Author:  [@CosmicPotato](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/CosmicPotato)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651/10 "2017-06-22T22:41:15Z")
After another listen, “systems” definitely comes before “suit” so it can’t be “exosuit systems”, I’m pretty sure it is “atlas systems suit”
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### Author:  [@FrankPoole](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/FrankPoole)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651/11 "2017-06-22T23:46:20Z")
I pulled the file from PC and a group of us went over it. Been a while, but that was fairly unanimous iirc.
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### Author:  [@CosmicPotato](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/CosmicPotato)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651/12 "2017-06-22T23:51:04Z")
Probably more reliable than my method of YouTube and holding my phone to my ear… 😄
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### Author:  [@FrankPoole](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/FrankPoole)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651/13 "2017-06-22T23:53:26Z")
That’s what started it 🤣
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### Author:  [@DevilinPixy](https://forums.atlas-65.com/u/DevilinPixy)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.atlas-65.com/t/no-mans-sky-lore-and-story/651/14 "2025-08-21T14:38:14Z")