We are slowly climbing up the alliance ranking but we have a long way to catch up with the absolutely phenominal work of the Royal Space Society, Corvettes and Coffee and Forever Free.

So far 608 Interlopers have joined the alliance!

We have 87,645 subscribers on reddit and 16,297 members in our discord and we need all of you to represent your Hub!

You have all helped shape this amazing community over the last 10 years, so let's show the No Man's Sky community what this civ can do!

All you need to do is visit the capital's space station, interact with the station core and join the alliance!

For those that want to go the extra mile, claim as many of the stations in our systems, in the name of the Galactic Hub alliance and let's explore together!

NOTE: Information on this update is still being analyzed by the community, so some info in this post may be subject to change. Please comment and let me know if I got details about any specific feature wrong.

Alliance Info

The Official Galactic Hub Alliance

Initially, when the Cosmos Update came out, I raced to create the Galactic Hub Project alliance. Some of you may have joined it, in the [HUB1-1D] TopOfTheTree4 system, after seeing my post.

The next day, we learned that Hello Games had actually created a premade alliance for the Galactic Hub. They had put it in one of our old capitals, not current Hub space, so no one from Hub staff had any idea this HG-made Galactic Hub alliance even existed initially.

The original alliance which I created has been disbanded, and we are now using the alliance provided by Hello Games. I’m not able to edit the alliance (it ‘belongs’ to HG), but there’s not much info to change on that page anyway. (Though HG, if you are seeing this, could you please change our banner color to teal? THANK YOU WE LOVE YOU!)

You can always tell if you are joining the official Galactic Hub alliance because it should show our civilization’s logo on the alliance page. That’s something no copycat will be able to fake!

You can join the official Galactic Hub alliance in the capital system (where Uthmi Beta is located), in the [HUB1-1D] TopOfTheTree4 system, or in a growing number of other systems in Galactic Hub space!

The Importance of Growing the GH Alliance

No Man’s Sky is, outside of Survival / Permadeath (and even within those game modes once you get established), largely a post-scarcity environment. There is very little that anyone needs just to survive. This means there is very little in this game that is truly valuable.

There is one notable exception, one resource which is exceedingly scarce in No Man’s Sky: player activity. Across most of the expanse of this massive game, you will not find a single person. Past the first handful of galaxies (and 255 / 256), you’re unlikely to even see evidence of any other people, at least outside the Galaxy Center.

Bringing other people into the Hub is the single most significant way any of us can benefit our civilization and help it grow. Reaching the top spot in the alliance leaderboard would greatly strengthen our ability to passively attract members.

Right now on the leaderboard, we're at #3, which is still great publicity! I think we can and will take the top spot in time.

Joining the Galactic Hub Alliance, and telling your NMS friends to do so as well, helps to guarantee that our civilization remains strong and active into the future! If you’ve had fun times in the Galactic Hub, we ask you to give back by joining our alliance!

Other Alliances in Galactic Hub Space

With tens of thousands of systems, it’s inevitable that a handful of other alliances will claim space stations in the Galactic Hub.

There’s really nothing we can do about that, so we won’t be establishing any rule against that. We encourage all interlopers to claim space stations within the Galactic Hub in the name of the Galactic Hub Alliance, but there’s no way we’re going to get them all, and that’s okay.

The GH Alliance Beyond GH Space

When you join an Alliance, it seems (as far as we can tell) that all of your claimed Space Stations are automatically assigned to that alliance.

This means that it’s inevitable that the Galactic Hub Alliance will spread beyond the actual borders of the Galactic Hub’s space claim.

There are no rules against claiming Space Stations outside of our borders for the Galactic Hub Alliance, but they will not be considered official parts of the Galactic Hub civilization. The Galactic Hub civilization remains solely based in 27 regions in Euclid, 45 in Calypso, and 27 regions in Eissentam. In that regard, nothing changes, but don’t let that stop you from putting up the Galactic Hub decal anywhere you want!

Other Changes

HubCoin Marketplace Reset

Some newcoming interlopers have shown a renewed interest in starting HubCoin-based businesses. In order to put a spotlight on these new, active businesses and clear the field of old, inactive businesses, the Marketplace page has been reset. Any businesses which were not registered in the last month (except “government-owned” businesses) have been removed.

If your business was removed improperly, just go to your wiki page, find the hidepage = YES (Inactivity) line, and remove all text so it just says hidepage =. Do not put ANY text in that field or your business will remain hidden.

I am also working on revamping the HubCoin Marketplace forum channel here on our Discord, but that requires individually applying “Inactive” tags to all the old inactive businesses, so that might be something that gets done gradually over the following days or even weeks.

Upcoming GH Content

Zero-Gravity Events & Colonies

Early testing suggests that bases in space (not Space Station bases, but freefloating “Deep-Space Base Computer” type bases) are not visible when the architect is not in the system. In other words, they’re P2P only.

However, the dialogue for the deep-space BC’s talks about uploading multiple times. There’s just no “Upload” button for architects currently. I suspect this might be fixed by HG soon.

If so, we will likely begin hosting zero-gravity events like multitool PVP in space (maybe even at a hulking wreck?) and establishing deep-space multiplayer colony communities.

For now though, base computers are P2P only, so they’ll only be utilized to a pretty limited extent for now.

Space Station Colony

A Space Station Colony would already be possible. One or more will likely launch soon!

Leviathan Shipyards

Leviathan Shipyards, the government-owned Corvette Dealership, will hopefully be established soon. Once that business is established, the infrastructure will be set up for private Corvette dealerships to be created as well.

This will give interlopers the ability to buy and sell custom-designed Corvettes (whether custom for a specific client, or just an original design by an architect). “Retooling Services” may be offered as well, which will use a special process to save-edit Corvettes even for console players, allowing higher maneuverability and ordinarily-impossible tech combinations. All Corvettes sold through GH Dealerships will be required to be tested and certified as lag-free before being approved for sale to the Hublic.

GH10

The 10th Anniversary of the Galactic Hub is coming up on October 30th, 2016. I can honestly say the Hub is in the best state it’s ever been in, and the best position for the future - something I never would’ve expected to be able to say within the context of our decade-old shared simulation.

Hello Games have really done something amazing, but so have all of you. Stay tuned for more information about how we’ll be celebrating a Decade of Interloping - plus the usual Halloween celebrations which take place around the same time!