No Man’s Sky is a game with an incredible level of depth. While it eases players in with a few missions and objectives to help get them used to the basic mechanics, it’s open for anyone to specialize in becoming whatever sort of spacefarer they can imagine.
One of the meatiest career paths players can venture into is as the owner of a colossal fleet of Frigates. Players can send their Frigates out to complete missions around the galaxy. Until today, most fans thought this was nothing more than a flavor text mini-game, but a new discovery shows that it’s just as deep as players should have known it would be.
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In No Man’s Sky, players are able to acquire and collect massive ships called Frigates. These ships all fall under the player’s fleet, which they can send out on expeditions or fleet missions from the command room of their Capital Ship.
These missions were thought to be nothing more than flavor text with timers to give players just another menu task to prolong their game time. However, a discovery shared by one player on the No Man’s Sky Subreddit in the last 24 hours shows this isn’t the case, shocking the community.
This player was exploring space, minding their own business, when they encountered a set of Frigates orbiting a planet. When they investigated them, they realized they owned these Frigates and were witnessing them completing a fleet expedition mission the player had sent them on a few minutes prior.
No Man’s Sky players know that developer Hello Games puts a lot of effort into making the game as deep as possible for those who want to dive in and see the cogs turning in
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