The Entire Outer Wilds Timeline EXPLAINED!

since finishing outer Wilds I wanted to do nothing more than find ways to make videos about this game this not only gives me a reason to jump back into the game but also creat something of value for well you this thought process eventually manifested into the outer Wilds Iceberg video which I had a lot of fun making but it still felt like something was missing then one day it dawned on me I didn't just want to make a video about outer Wilds I wanted to make a video that also made you feel what it's like to play the game one that reflects the beauty of outer Wilds from the stunning visuals to the incredible music I wanted to make something that showcased it all but all of that would mean nothing if the video didn't have a larger purpose a reason to exist it needed to be a valuable asset to the viewer so I simply searched outer Wilds on YouTube and quickly found my calling out of the hundreds of videos about the game none of them attempted to take the mostly nonlinear tight-knit story of outer wilds and piece it all together giving you a complete view of the beginning middle and end of the wonderful story that I can only describe as lifechanging but before we begin I'd like to not a few things first is that this video will contain spoilers for the entirety of the main game as well as the DLC Echoes of the eye if you haven't played the DLC I cannot recommend it enough as it not only plays a much bigger part in the overall story than you may assume but it also has some of the best content even when compared to the base game now if you do plan on playing the DLC or you're in the middle of it but you still want to watch the video without any Major Spoilers just skip this portion of the video or if you want more visual instructions when you see the chapter titled Seeds of Life pause the video and skip a few chapters ahead to the section titled the nomads of the universe there are a handful of small spoilers you may see after that point and later on when we near the end of the video but honestly without context they're probably going to go right over your head so don't worry too much about it now if for some reason you don't want to play the DLC or you don't plan on playing it but you still want to know the full story I've worked hard to make sure that this video provides enough context that the story makes sense regardless of whether or not you have played it although again I would highly suggest playing it for yourself I cannot stress that enough now when it comes to the base game I have to say that there are some points in the story where things run mostly parallel to each other especially when it comes to the ash twin project with those specific events it's hard to tell what exactly came first as progress for one part of the project would influence another and vice versa so to keep things simple I tried to segment and streamline the events with the thought that you would understand that some things just ran parallel last but definitely not least is that I would like to ask that you refrain from liking the video or subscribing to the channel instead just enjoy the video like normal and at the end you can decide if the quality of my content is enough for you to like subscribe or possibly do more but without any more Interruption I introduce to you the entirety of the outer Wilds timeline the story of outer Wilds doesn't begin with an aspiring astronaut waking up to a distant explosion nor does it begin with the Nomi picking up on a mysterious signal from deep space no this Story begins long before all of that before space before time before anything there was the eye of the universe [Music] it it would be a massive understatement to say that not much is known about the eye of the universe there are theories yes ranging from it being a Quantum black hole to being the consciousness of the Multiverse itself however these theories are just that theories because nobody actually knows what the eye is and even if it were possible to learn it's unlikely that its full purpose would be understood by any being with such a limited scope of their own Universe let a alone others despite this one thing is known about the eye something that it seems to want to indiscriminately share with others it's a scream from the depths of space a possible Cry for Help evidence of its presence in not just one universe but every Universe a signal that would not only Mark the end of one universe but the beginning of another every universe is Born the same way from a point smaller than anything you can possibly imagine an entire universe lies dormant the contents of everything every atom of every planet of every Star of every Galaxy and in a time span shorter than it can be measured or described described everything comes into existence an extraordinary Cascade of energy and matter expands out from nothing to nothing and while everything may be contained in This brilliant light one thing is always seen potential because while all universes may start and end the same way each of them are vastly different not just in how they appear but also in how they function in this Universe things are a bit less strict than what you may be used to gravity is not as unforgiving atmospheres aren't violently ripped from where they lie when introduced to the vacuum of space with these initial guidelines the universe begins to take shape particles such as protons and neutrons begin to form with those the lighter elements like hydrogen and helium come into existence this cycle continues in the Dark Void of space for Millions upon on millions of years until eventually Stars Are Born these Stars exist in yet another cycle of birth and death one that would stay consistent for billions of years however for reasons unknown this cycle would begin to change the once linear rate of death would slowly rise at first this was impossible to notice but as events compounded the fate of the universe would eventually become clear to anyone who's curious enough to look thanks to the less than strict rules of the universe life was not only a possibility but a seemingly common occurrence and while there are possibly hundreds if not thousands of civilizations in the known universe there are only two that are of importance as of right now those being the Nomi and the unnamed name species I will be referring to as the alks it's not entirely clear which of these two species first emerged you can make inferences based on certain events but it's never clearly stated regardless on the cosmic timeline they both just so happen to evolve at around the same time however it's the alks who just so happened to be close enough to the eye to be the first to receive its ancient signal from deep space the story of the alks is one of how curiosity can turn to ignorance at first the alks are shown to be a humble species living on a little Moon orbiting a ringed gas giant on this Moon that they called home there were seemingly no reason to leave because while humble their lives were prosperous beyond belief they had resources advanced technology and generations of progress all invested in this one place what could be so important that it would make them want to leave everything [Music] [Music] behind the discovery of the eye of the universe was the most important event in Al history not only because they would quickly discover its pre- Universal existence but also because it gave them something they never previously had a reason to leave it's presumed that the most curious and ambitious among them were the first to propose this idea one that not everyone may have agreed with but they captivated enough to to Warrant the biggest project in Al history a project that would not only mean abandoning their moon but also harvesting it to the point of uninhabitability their plan was to pull resources from the Moon to construct a large ringed space station visibly similar to that of their home world and after years possibly Decades of development the station was complete it's unknown what they called this station but eventually it would be known as The Stranger every single ALK was to abandon the Moon that they called home because now they had a new home that they would use to embark on a lengthy journey to uncover the prime mystery of the universe decades pass as the ALK species had now been a space fairing civilization for what feels like Generations in this time they would document their Journey to the eye by embedding their story on slide reels these were used to document their past for future Generations as well as possibly help other life forms make the journey themselves it was also at this time when the alks would conceive Grand ideas of what the Signal's origin was some may have thought that it was a pathway Through Time meant specifically for their species others hoped that it was home to answers about the meaning of the universe and their place in it these Seeds of Hope took root in their culture so much so that they began to worship the signal itself self a temple was constructed as a way to show their Everlasting commitment to their species great Gambit however this would all change when they arrived at their [Music] destination [Music] their hopes were shattered they had risked everything to get to this point but in the end they were wrong their signal didn't offer them answers or special treatment it gave them the harsh reality that they along with the universe were destined to die and there was no way of saving them but it was in this moment that we see an entire civilization Ren out something as seemingly fundamental as curiosity after all it was curiosity that got them here it was curiosity that gave them hope and it was curiosity that ripped it all away revealing the harsh truth the alks would destroy their Temple and not only that we would also begin construction on a device that would keep any anyone else from being deceived like they were they would even go so far as to cloak the stranger to keep unsuspecting visitors away years pass and the alks being a stubborn species continue to cling on to their resentment in fact they have grown even more bitter as they have now fully realized the weight of their decisions they will never be able to go back home and this place that they have built has only been a constant reminder of what they lost this gives a few select alks an idea they see the place they live in as a reminder of what they lost not because it's too similar but because it's too different it's an artificial facade of a better place they can no longer go but what if they flip that idea on its head what if instead of trying to go back they bring their home here a prospect that while far-fetched isn't impossible considering their technology with this idea a new plan is born one that they believed would Mark the end of their suffering a final project that once again would have them abandoning their home to build a new one the idea was simple using their advanced technology they would construct a virtual world nearly identical to that of their home world this would not only allow them to fix their current situation but also as they would soon learn live far longer than their physical bodies would allow them to there were two devices crucial for this Project's development the first were the fires that glowed a brilliant emerald green these were spread around the stranger as hubs for the simulation itself a sort of server that would host the bulk of the data required for the simulation however another device was required if this simulation were to feel real a handheld device that would have to calculate the detailed Graphics to make it look real this was what the bulk of the research was dedicated to as each iteration of the device would constantly bring up new challenges or sometimes even discoveries one of the many discoveries revealed that this device would continue to work even after the host physically died this meant that they could go into the simulation and stay there for eternity even if every star in the universe were to explode they would live on forever one of the many things that they may have even thought the eye would do for them soon enough the project was complete and every ALK made their way into the simulation they were not to wake up each of them fully content to live out the rest of their Eternal lives in complete ignorance all except one once again years passed and the alks while happier in the simulation at first quickly reverted back to their previous state of despair maybe this was because they were truly homesick both for a time and a place long gone or maybe this was the result of guilt a self-inflicted punishment they felt they deserved regardless this feeling would stagnate progress for the species as a whole a dangerous Act of group think that would only loosen its grip on the alks if one of them were curious and brave enough to think differently this would happen but it would not result in the AL salvation in fact it would lead to the exact opposite on one faithful day an elk with a vivid imagination and curious mind had a revelation sparked by a simple flower he foresaw that the eye of the universe was not at all what his species had envisioned like nature he realized that the Universe he lived in as well as the others he didn't were in an everlasting Las in cycle of death and birth they would all be born grow and eventually succumb to entropy therefore the eye was not just fores seeing the end of them and their Universe it was presenting the opportunity to birth a new one with new life but this could never happen if they were to stay in the simulation forever eventually their true bodies would die therefore ending the opportunity to continue the cycle the only problem the rest of the alks would never agree with him they may even see it as a betrayal of everything they had fought to accomplish he wasn't sure if he could make it to the eye without them noticing but what he could try is disabling the signal blocking probe with that he attempted to write all the wrongs of the past Alex upon disabling the probe the signal was free to alert anyone who is capable of receiving it unfortunately this act came at a great cost as the other alks were quick to catch on the probe was immediately activated once more and the AL who had disabled it was to be imprisoned for this they built a special structure both in the real world as well as in the simulation to act as his prison he would forever be alone trapped in purgatory Forever The Prisoner of the Alex but in a cruel twist of fate his true punishment was not that he could no longer live it was that he couldn't die after dealing with the prisoner the Alex were not only afraid of what he had done but also of what he had thought they saw his vision of the eye as a dangerous slippery slope that may bring everything they work to build a crumbling down outwardly this manifested in nothing short of total ideological cleansing they were afraid of sympathizers who may appear and attempt to continue what the prisoner started so they did what they had to do the probe controls were permanently disabled meaning the eye signal was never going to be broadcast again most of the film reels were destroyed and those that weren't left out large pieces of their story those that they were ashamed to share the prisoner's house was burned down and further safeguarded by alarm Bells all of this was to stop anyone from doing or learning anything about the eye in hopes that they themselves would eventually forget because in reality they weren't afraid of what may happen if somebody continued what the prisoner had started they weren't even afraid of someone reaching the eye no they they were afraid to have hope again because the last time they had hope they lost everything and it's that very fear that would lead them to seclude themselves in their simulated world for the rest of time little did they know this would not be the end of their influence because unknown to them what the prisoner did was not only free the signal but change the course of the universe itself not much is known about the origins of the Nomi what we can infer is that similar to most life the Nomi had humbled Beginnings starting their Journey on an unknown planet it's there that the Assumption can be made that they lived a nomadic lifestyle whether that was out of necessity at first is unclear but as they were to progress it's likely that it had less to do with necessity and more to do with ambition as well as curiosity this is what likely drove them from their home world not a planetary catastrophe nor an outward signal beckoning them to follow it they left because something inside of them was never content with staying in the same place they had grandiose questions about the universe and their place in it that could not be answered if they were to stay so as soon as they had the technology to do so they left and as far as anyone can tell they never looked back it's unknown how long the Nomi had been venturing through space before they made their biggest Discovery yet a technological advancement so groundbreaking that the Nomi would go from being an Interstellar species to an Intergalactic one this discovery by a Nomi named anona would quickly become known as the advanced warp core a way to instantaneously travel through space using the power of black and white holes this advancement was not only their solution for longdistance travel but also a breakthrough when it came to Communications because unlike the alks the Nomi did not stick together when they furthered their Venture into space instead they were split into different Clans each with their own vessel to call home whether these clans were formed before or after they left their home world is yet another mystery what isn't is that these Clans while separated by space were always connected by curiosity this shared connection as well as the Breakthrough of the advanced warb core gave New Life to a Nomi tradition that had become increasingly difficult to sustain as these Clans grew further apart this tradition would have one Envoy from each Clan travel to a central location every 10 years to share their Clan's findings this would ensure that the findings of the Nomi whether technological or otherwise would always be in the interest of curiosity not competition or political advancement this would continue for an unknown amount of time until one day one of the Clan's envoys would fail to show up and after further investigation the other Nomi Clans would find that the vessel captained by a skull simply vanished this story would grow to become the single greatest mystery of the Nomi so much so that it would become Legend a story Nomi children would grow up hearing about but of course a legend is only that nothing could simply vanish Without a Trace surely there was more to the story surely a skull and his vessel couldn't just disappear right I'm recording now I've never encountered anything like this the signal the vessel's receiving appears to be older than the universe itself this is our first contact with anything of this nature everyone prepare to warp immediately es call wait I I need more time to an outgoing message shouldn't we tell another clan where we're going we can send a message upon our arrival this extraordinary signal appeared suddenly it may disappear just as quickly and we can't lose a discovery this incredible focus on preparing for the warp instead anona is the vessel ready to warp to the signals approximate coordinates the warp core is powered but this will be a significant jump afterward we'll need time to recharge the core that shouldn't create a problem provided we arrive at or near the signal Source everyone we're ready to [Music] warp this is ESC Call's vessel something went badly wrong during our war and our vessel is mortally wounded we need help as quickly as possible our vessel appears to have has it fused with the local environment somehow there are vines that are part of the vessel it's been torn apart from the inside itself we we are abandoning our vessel any know my clans were space flight capable species receiving this message I implore you we need your help is this broken can anyone hear me our vessel is dying we need immediate [Music] assistance during during the chaos the Nomi would continue to pour into the emergency escape pods es scull being a noble leader was the last to board you could imagine what he felt in the final seconds before the Escape pods launched as he looked back at what had become of the vessel he had brought his clan here out of haste and his fellow Nomi may very well pay the ultimate price for it three Escape pods were hastily launched from The Vessel of these two would find their way to safety the other however would be met with a fate not dissimilar to that of the vessel itself stranded and alone in the depths of what would become known as the dark Bramble the Nomi of Escape poot 3 would soon perish a skull being among them however their lives would not be forgotten as Escape pods 1 and two would safely land on the planets that would eventually be known as brle Hollow and the Ember twin these remaining Nomi would continue to push forward despite their circumstances because even with all that had happened with losing their vessel their leader and their way out of the system they knew that they came here with a purpose one that they would see through to the very end even if it would cost them [Music] everything upon landing on the equator of brittle Hollow the scanners of Escape Pod 1 indicated that the planet while mostly Barren was habitable the Nomi were thrilled to learn this however their thoughts still remained focused on prior events they questioned what exactly happened to The Vessel and if other Nomi had landed unharmed were they lucky enough to find a hospitable environment these thoughts were quickly interrupted by a new threat because while hospitable the planet's volcanic moon made the surface of the planets far too dangerous to inhabit this pushed the Nomi to construct platforms that would help them with their goal to build an entire settlement below the crust of the planet it's here in a hastily constructed settlement suspended above a gluttonous black hole where they were finally able to grieve for some this manifested into deep thought about what exactly had happened with the warp and the destruction of the vessel others sought to further progression potentially seen in their work with the early prototypes avoid becom known as the gravity crystals but for the ones who had lost those closest to them they were unable to do anything but Wonder as they stared at the mysterious disappearing Moon they wondered if their loved ones had perished and if they hadn't they wondered if they could sometimes see the very Moon they were looking at as well upon landing on the Amber twin the scanners of Escape pod 2 concluded that the surface of the planet was far too hot and therefore in hospital able initially this was extremely bad news for the Nomi aboard but they would soon learn that the cave systems below the Escape pod's crater were far cooler than the surface above before their Trek into the darkness these Nomi same as the others questioned the safety of their counterparts hoping that they had been as lucky as themselves The Journey below the surface was a treacherous one but after some time they had found the perfect spot a large caves safe from the harsh environment brought on by the sun fit with a Grove of trees for oxygen as well as interconnected cave systems for ease of access it's here where they would set up their permanent home that they would fittingly call the sunless City similarly to the Nomi of Escape Pod 1 the Nomi of pod 2 were grief stricken those who took action began working on a way to harness their greatest threat the sun to power the city while the those who had lost someone dear to them could find some solace in the thought that the strange Moon orbiting their world was in some way connected to their lost friends and family this thought is what kept both groups progressing knowing that one day they would find a way to reunite and when they did they would continue their Clan search for the origin of the elusive signal that they had fittingly named the eye of the universe after landing on their respective Worlds the independent n groups began advancing rapidly for those on the Ember twin this was quickly seen after the development of the high energy lab a solar powered facility that was the Crown Jewel of the sunless City those on brittle Hollow on the other hand had discovered a massive problem they had realized that setting up camp on the equator of the planet proved to be ultimately dangerous as the crust above them could collapse at any moment luckily for them they had developed a way to Traverse the planet from the the inside using the strange gravitational properties of the ground itself they had developed gravity crystals that would produce an exaggerated gravitational field this meant they could line a portion of the inside of the planet's crust with crystals therefore creating a path that they could walk to the planet's poles the only portions of the planet that were nearly completely stable it's there that they would construct a new home that they would dub the hanging City their next venture would be that of energy thankfully they were able to construct the black hole Forge to utilize the power of the black hole itself to produce plenty of energy to power the city combine this abundance of energy with the strange gravitational properties of the planet and it was only a matter of time before the Nomi on brittle Hollow would develop space travel once more and indeed they did using the gravity crystals or perhaps an advanced version of them the Nomi developed the gravity Cannon a device used to launch ships into orbit without consuming fuel it's at that point presumably years or even decades after the vessel's crash that the Nomi were finally able to reunite families were made whole friends were reconnected and those lost were properly grieved in the Decades of past the Nomi would shift their focus from that of survival to that of advancement in this time some would set their sights on the teleporting Moon others would begin their work on recreating warp travel but the first of these Ventures was to pin down the very thing that brought them here in the first place in the time after the vessel's crash many Nomi would attempt to rationalize the eye of the universe more specifically the fact that the signal was older than the universe itself this spawned many theories yet none of them would ever be conclusive enough to satisfy their curiosity the only way they could truly understand it would be to somehow find it once more the first of many attempts was to Simply build the device that would track the eyes origin signal this device was constructed on the moon of Timber Hearth as it was the perfect place to view the plane of the system but unfortunately after its construction it was found that the device didn't work as intended as when they attempted to focus on the I signal they were met with wildly inaccurate information the Nomi involved concluded that this was a result of faulty equipment but after various tests the device would always give them the same results their conclusion was that the I signal was somehow no longer calling out to them but even after coming to that conclusion they still believed it possible to pinpoint the eye though it would require a much larger far more accurate locator they would begin construction of this locator on the southern pole of brittle Hollow as the southern Observatory was being constructed the Nomi had become aware of many strange properties some areas of the planets possessed these included a Grove on Timber Hearth the northernmost island of giants deep a cave on Ember twin and a section of crust near brittle Hollows equator each of these areas were home to a large rock formation that similar to the teleporting Moon possessed strange Quantum properties and these properties didn't simply affect the rock but the objects around it as well this gave birth to a theory that these were not simply rocks but shards of the Moon itself with that the Nomi used these sharts to experiment with how Quantum objects worked the one on Giants deep allowed them to test their theories of quantum observation and with it they learned that they could tie the moon to a single location by capturing a photo of it they they could now finally explore the surface of the Moon but this was not their final goal they had come to understand that the moon didn't only visit the planets of the system but it would also travel to a secret sixth location outside of the system reaching this sixth location became the Nom's Collective goal as they believed that it may even be the eye of the universe itself and by traveling with the moon they could possibly finally make it to the eye however this required them to learn two more lessons about Quantum objects that by standing on one and shrouding yourself in darkness you can entangle with it and that the secret to accessing the sixth location is tied to the northern pole of the Moon with these three rules as they would be called the Nomi were able to venture to the moon's sixth location and upon arrival their theory was proven to be correct the I was the sixth location and most likely the original home of the quantum Moon sadly they're planed to use it to travel to the eye was simply not possible as when they tried to leave the Moon from its sixth location they would end up right back where they began and while this was upsetting the journey to get here proved to be satisfying in its own right which started a tradition that had each Nomi who were of age learn the three rules of the quantum Moon and travel to its sixth location this would prove to be a sort of right of passage proof that you understood the importance of the two Nom my tenants those being identify and explain the basis of the Nomi philosophy and their way of life and while this tradition was instrumental for the preservation of Nomi culture it was also instrumental in spawning a culture of desperation for the Nomi they had thought that this journey might lead them to the eye but they were sorely mistaken now they knew that they had to go to much greater lengths to find what they were looking for using their knowledge gained on the quantum Moon as well as their recently con constructed Southern Observatory the Nomi were able to learn much more about the eye of the universe they knew thanks to their past Ventures to the six location what the eye looked like as well as the knowledge that it was in loose orbit around the sun however it was the Nomi stationed within the observatory who were able to take this information and provide the Nomi with a plan they knew that for reasons unknown the eye was no longer emitting its ancient signal but with the knowledge that the eye was in orbit around the sun they knew that there was still one possible way to find it because while enormous the range in which the eye orbits is still finite meaning that theoretically they could still physically find it if they were to use something like a probe but it would be a vast understatement to say that finding the eye using this method would be like finding a needle in a Hy stack the sheer odds of finding something as elusive as the eye given the range in which it orbits would mean that at the current age of the universe entropy would have run its course far before the probe could find it however it's noted that there's a few Nomi working on solving this exact problem by using the power of brittle hollow's black hole the Nomi stationed within the black hole Forge were able to recreate a more primitive form of the advanced warp core these being the white and black hole warp cores unlike their Advanced counterpart these warp cores didn't allow for for free travel across the universe but they did make travel between astral bodies much easier this became a near necessity for those living in the hanging city as the prospect of somebody falling into the black hole and being stranded on the edge of the system was ever growing with their increasing population however with the warp core's development they can now construct a space station near the white hole to transport the Nomi back to brittle Hollow upon testing this technology a Nomi by the name of poke inadvertedly ly made the biggest Discovery in N my history one that was even more groundbreaking than her Mentor an Nona's Advanced warp core shortly after successfully warping to brittle Hollow surface she observed what she believed to be a simple inconsistency with the warp pad's timer the time of her arrival seemed to suggest that she actually arrived on brittle Hollow slightly before warping from the white hole station a prospect that defied all logical reasoning how could someone physically arrive somewhere before they left their original location her immediate thought was that of mechanical failure in the timer itself but after countless checks by multiple Nomi there didn't seem to be anything wrong with it in fact the device was shockingly accurate which only led to further confusion however as testing continued the consistency eventually convinced them that this was no mistake they simply assumed that time was nothing but linear but this proved otherwise completely changing their view of space time and causality craving more knowledge they continue to follow proper scientific practice and send their observations to the high energy lab seeking a second opinion as well as further controlled testing what was revealed only cemented with those of the white hole station had found if given enough power Black and White Hole warp cores can be used to create what they call a negative time in interval meaning that any object or information sent through the black hole would exit the white hole slightly before it had originally entered the black hole granted this is only an initial difference of a 100,000th of a second far too quick for it to be of use to anyone that is until they made their second Breakthrough by continuing their tests they found that if the war cores were to be supplied with additional power this negative time interval could be extended for as long as you would like provided you supply it with enough power after sharing these findings with those at the southern Observatory the N mind the high energy lab were asked a seemingly random question they were asked how practical it would be for them to extend this time interval to a lengthy 22 minutes the approximate maximum time it would take for a probe to reach the eye of the universe given that with every moment that is added to the negative time interval there's an exponential amount of energy needed to extend it then getting a 22-minute interval would mean that they would need an energy source far greater than the one they are currently using they would also need a place to house the development of this quickly forming project somewhere with enough room for whatever they may need and in close enough proximity to the Sun that they could maximize energy input given those criteria there was one place that stood Out Among the rest the plan to deliberately cause a supernova in order to find the eye of the universe was not one that was accepted unanimously because while some saw as a necessary evil required to answer their Clans greatest question others saw as evidence that their obsession with the eye had gone too far that there were simply too much to risk to even attempt such a task regardless of whether or not safeguards were put in place despite these concerns the project would continue as it still remained their best hope of finding the eye but before they could begin working on a way to accelerate the sun's life cycle there were a few more problems that needed solving first was a device capable of harnessing the entirety of the sun's energy at one time the only device they knew of that was capable of doing this was the advanced warp core this may have been an easier task to complete if it had not been for the loss of anona long ago however poke was sure that with with enough time she could develop it once more they would also need a way to protect the project itself from the power of the Supernova after much research they found that there were ores on Timber Hearth some of which may be capable of withstanding extremely high temperatures another key piece of the project required them to construct a cannon capable of launching a probe to the outskirts of the system in any given Direction in just 22 minutes this meant they would have to build it an orbit of Planet Giants deep became the obvious candidate as it's far from the sun's gravitational pole and the Cyclones on the planet's surface could assist them in sending parts of the cannon into orbit but all of this would mean nothing if they couldn't find a way to send the information the probe obtained to the ash twin then send that data back in time all the while keeping the Nite unaware of the loop until the eye was found luckily a team on Giants deep was positive that they could find a way lastly each each of these projects would need to be in close communication so a large warp tower for each part of the project would need to be constructed on the asht twin if each of these pieces were fully realized the Nomi would have successfully completed the most ambitious project in their species history a way to run a real world simulation to find something that seemingly defied existence the passing years were home to some of the most challenging yet rewarding times the Nomi of this system had ever ever faced with each team of the project knowing full well that all of their hard work would amount to nothing if just one thing were to go wrong despite this their curiosity and ambition pushed them forward for if they did fail they could at least be content with the fact that they had given it their all and give it their all they did each team would find major success with their specific projects starting with the home of the project itself using the extreme temperatures of hollow's lantern the the Nomi were able to test various ores found on Timber Hearth one of these an or that resembles a glistening night sky was able to withstand the temperatures long enough to become the preferred ore for the shell surrounding the ash twin project of course it wouldn't protect it forever but it would keep it intact long enough for the project to transmit all data to the past as per the statue Workshop specifications the necessary design flaw however was that it couldn't have any physical access points or it would risk compromising the Shell's strength this was circumvented by the next step in the project which was the construction of the warp Towers on the ash twin this would serve to uphold all tight-knit Communications between each of the various teams spread across the vast system two of which were headquartered on the Monstrous Giants deep the first of these teams were given the task of constructing a massive cannon in orbit of the planet they were successful in this endeavor but it didn't come without its fair share of problems during the construction process one of the Cannon's components was pushed beneath the current something thought Impossible by the Cannon's Engineers this observation was sent to the southern Observatory for further research where they found that while most Cyclones on the planet sent things upward a quirk that the engineers took advantage of to build the cannon some Cyclones spun in the opposite direction pushing things downward below the current another problem the engineers ran into was that of their fellow Nomi the engineers in the construction yard of giants deep knew full well that the Nomi aboard the orbital probe Cannon would attempt to raise the power level of the cannon to ensure the probe is launched at maximum speed this would be fine if it weren't for the risk of the Cannon's destruction upon launching the probe to prevent this from happening they decided to lower the power level of the cannon so even if it were raised the cannon would at most simply break apart upon sending the final module to orbit the their prediction would come true as the Nomi aboard the cannon would set the power level to maximum ensuring the probe would reach its destination in a minimal amount of time the second team home to Giants deep was tasked with developing a way to record and transmit information memories or otherwise to the ash twin project what they developed were the statues and The Masks the statues are a device used to pair with a specific Nomi and send their memories to the ash twin there each statue would have a corresponding mask that they would use to record the host's information and send it back in time as a project is powered by the Supernova of course the Nomi aren't planning on pairing with the Statue the entire time as the whole point is that the project would allow them to find the eye in what they perceive to be a matter of minutes while the probe that would always be tied to a mask could search for the eye millions of times with each attempt being recorded and sent back to the project for Readjustment in the next Loop until it eventually finds the eye the final steps of the ash twin project were the completion of the advanced warp core and the sun station the first of these to be completed was the advanced warp core which while it did have a lengthy development period was a fairly uneventful process the completion of the sun station however was the furthest thing anything could get from being uneventful [Music] if everything went according to plan the Ashwin project would function as follows the sun station would successfully jumpstart the sun's natural life cycle causing a supernova this energy would in turn send enough power to the Ashwin project and in turn the advanced warp core to power the 22-minute loop at the beginning of this Loop the orbital probe Cannon would launch a probe at a random coordinate in hopes of finding the ey of the universe the statue and mask paired to this probe would be used to keep all the information the probe learned at the end of the loop so if the eye was not found then no other statues in the system would activate and it would be like the loop never happened to the conscious Observer this would effectively have the probe in a real world simulation that nobody would have to suffer through because the loop for the Nomi would only be activated via the statues after the probe is successful in finding the eyes cool ordinates then the Nomi could simply deactivate the sun station therefore stopping the Supernova and travel to the eye of the universe however there was a major problem after every part of the project was completed the Nomi began their tests with the sun station and even after all their hard work after overcoming the impossible to get to this point the sun station was incapable of accelerating the sun's life cycle this was a devastating blow to the Nomi to know that after all this time after literally rewriting their laws of physics they couldn't overcome this single challenge luckily there was a cosmic interloper soon to enter the system and after all this time of exploring the same planets the gomar were excited to explore something new growing up on the Ember twin sanum had never experienced life outside the system she of course knew of the other Nomi and that her clan was unique in the fact that they were stranded here after following the I signal but she did not see this in the same way that others did others saw it as the mistake it was something that could not have been avoided given a skull's knowledge sanum saw it in another light she saw as a potentially deliberate attack a malicious attempt from the eye to destroy their clan for years she sustained the thought that this may be the case that is until she matured and started to question why she had thought this her conclusion was that she wanted to believe her clan was special that the Universe had either chosen or condemned them but now she believes that the universe is not something that chooses anything it simply exists and their circumstances are exactly that circumstances this maturity would help her in her next Endeavor a tradition that had been ongoing for Generations at this point the journey to the Quantum Moon's sixth location upon Coming of Age sanan would learn each of the quantum rules and in turn gain a new found respect for her culture she would then prepare for her final Venture where she would land on the moon entangle with the quantum Tower and travel to the northern pole finally entering the sixth location unbeknownst to her after just a few moments she would meet an unlikely visitor who would inform her that the Universe she once knew was all but gone upon Landing their shuttle on the surface of the interloper the three Nomi aboard immediately picked up on a strange anomaly coming from deep below the comet's icy surface wanting to explore more yet fearful that the ice main danger their shuttle one Nomi stayed behind while the other two investigated the anomaly the two who left found that the sunward side of the Comet had a small fissure allowing them to travel inside where the energy reading steadily increased as they traversed deeper at the core the energy reading spiked when faced with an emerald colored spherical Crystal after investigating further they found that the energy readings weren't coming from the Crystal but from what was inside of it their heart rates climbed as they began to realize the situation they were in this was no Crystal it was a time bomb just waiting to blow and the only thing keeping it from doing so was quickly fading away without warning the Crystal erupted sending out a powerful shock wave of exotic matter that killed anything it touched within seconds the entire system was enveloped in a green cloud of matter any place it could reach it did just one crack is all it needed to infest an entire volume of a planet building or ship the entire system was a desolate Wasteland a shell of its former Lively self and while life had nearly been completely wiped out there was still one place this ghostly matter couldn't touch the place that was home to the next generation of cosmic explorers those who would root their curiosity in the mystery of the N mind and someday continue their [Music] legacy hundreds of thousands of years pass as the once Lively atmosphere brought on by the Nomi was replaced replaced by an eerie Stillness or so it seemed from afar as if you simply focused on Timber Hearth the system was not as stagnant as first presumed the once aquatic creatures living in the flooded caves of the planet had been gradually evolving at first they made their transition to the land where they would eventually evolve to walk upright this would free their hands for the use of tools which they would put to use in various ways such as fishing or building a shelter these activities required advanced communication which would be the final evolutionary stepping stone for this species as it's at this point that they would become actively curious about the universe around them they would begin to wonder who they were and what role they played in the universe and as they can now voice these Curiosities they would soon begin their Collective search for those answers before this they would need a name for both them and their home their home world would be dubbed Timber Heth and so it's only fitting that they themselves would be known as hearthians as the hearthians advanced they would only become more curious about the universe around them unlike most species the hearthians had never assumed that they were alone in the universe after all there was evidence everywhere that there had been some other species that caught the system home long before they did but this only spawned even more questions such as where they originated from what all the technology they built was for and why they seem to have collectively passed away and what seemed like a single instant these questions were their main drive for the development of the next step in heian advancement an ambitious organization that would help them discover more about themselves the greater universe and the prehistoric species that they called the Nomi this organization would be known as outer Wilds Ventures feldspar slate hornfels esker and gosen these were the founders of outer Wilds Ventures the original idea was that each of them could bring their own unique strengths to the table such as felspar being a Fearless pilot gosen being talented at repairs especially in a zero environment slate being a genius yet Reckless engineer and hornfels who acted as their Ground Control as well as a hearthians primary astronomer with this group outer Wilds Ventures was able to successfully land a ship on the ad Rock making feldspar the first ever hearon to be intentionally launched into space feldspar would attribute some of his success to his good night sleep under the stars an act that would become tradition for any space venturing hethon this began a new era of exploration for the hearthians as each launch would bring about new Innovations and discoveries many of these would be brought back to Timber Hearth where hornfels would put them on display in the observatory in turn in inspiring new generations of venturers such as gabro CH and Rybeck other discoveries however would be of more practical significance most of which would be age Nomi technology that slate would regularly put to good use but of all the things left behind by the Nomi there was none more significant than a single piece of stone found on the surface of brittle Hollow found by feldspar and put on display at the observatory by hornfels these few lines of not my text would do much more than anyone could have imagined when you were hatched into this world there was nothing more intriguing than what lay Beyond Timber Hearth you weren't sure why but you had always felt an inherent pull to the Stars like there was something out there beckoning you to find it and it was only when you saw that no my writing that it became clear what you were meant to do over the next few years you with the assistance of your friend Hal attempted to translate the no n my language this was tedious work especially when compared to your Astronaut training but with the help of the Nomi writing in the observatory you and Hal eventually cracked it you could now learn how the Nomi got here what they were doing and what happened to them but deciphering each word was a lengthy process from what you had been told by other venturers there were hundreds of places that the Nomi left messages and deciphering each one of them would be completely impractical this was when you and had an idea what if you could make a device to translate the Nomi text in real time this would allow you to learn so much more about the Nomi in just a fraction of the time with this you and Hal got to work developing it and after what felt like years you finally finished it with no time to waste your first launch is scheduled as soon as possible tomorrow you plan to discover everything there is to know about the Nomi all that's left is to get a good night's sleep under the stars as is tradition before venturing into the outer Wilds you wake up to see Giants deep in your immediate view like every other time you've seen it you wonder what the purpose of the strange space station orbiting it truly is but unlike the other times you viewed it you know that today you could actually figure it out so without hesitation you go to the Launchpad elevator forgetting that you don't have the launch codes slate is eager to remind you to go talk to hornfels in the observatory to obtain them which you hastily do at the observatory you notice a new Statue you've never quite seen before Hal notes that Gabriel recently brought it back from Giants deep as it's the first Nomi statue he's found that's in near perfect shape after pressing forward you take a look at the observatory once more reminding yourself that this may be the last time you'll get to look at this place before you know the know my story once and for all after talking to hornfels you begin to make your way back to the observatory's entrance exiting it completely uninterrupted at the Launchpad you ride the lift upward remembering all the training you've gone through to get to this point and as you Buckle yourself into your seat you say to yourself that you would gladly go through it all again if it meant learning just one thing about the Nomi just one piece piece of what you can only imagine is a rich history you say that to yourself as you journey into space for the first time unbeknownst to you while this was happening the sun was going on a journey of its very own as the Supernova expands past the ash twin the advanced warp core at its Center kicks into gear it's been lying dormant for who knows how long but now it's ready to fulfill its purpose it sends a signal to the orbital probe Cannon 22 minutes in the past to begin its search for the eye of the universe you wake up to see Giants deep in your immediate view except this time something has happened that you've never seen before the strange space station orbiting it breaks apart as you see a glowing foreign object zip past Timber Hearth you questioned the nature of this for a moment before remembering that whatever that was today you could possibly figure it out like before you attempt to go to your ship before being directed by slate to go to the observatory you then travel through the village talk to Hal explore the observatory grab the codes and launch into space for what you think is your first first time ever little did you know that this cycle would repeat another 9,318 53 times before you would even begin to understand what was happening but once you did you finally got what you were looking for you finally understood how the Nomi got here what they were building and how they met their end you met people like the prisoner and sanum giving them hope that what they and their species had accomplished was not for nothing you would continue their Legacy by doing what you were born to do you would follow that pull to the Stars which you now understood had nothing to do with the gome mind or the eye of the universe in fact it was not a pull at all but a drive a drive that you learned would never be satisfied for as long as you to live but that's the beauty of curiosity it's not about what it leads to it's the journey itself and what you learn that gives you purpose so next time you follow your curiosity remember why you did it and what you learned along the way because when you reach the end you may just regret not taking the time to savor the journey [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] for

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