Unification Day

The subject of this article is from the Omega update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 26 March, 2024.

This section is Fan Fiction. The information found here is not an actual part of the released game, but a user-invented addition to the wiki.

Unification Day is a fan-fiction event.

Summary[ | ]

Unification Day is a player-created gathering of civilized space zones scheduled for December.

All alliances, civilizations, companies and lone travellers are called to participate.

Organization[ | ]

The Empire of Jatriwil organized the festival with great success from 2018-2020.

The Galactic Hub Eissentam took over the main hosting role in 2021 and expanded the tradition of excellently organized Unification Days.

The Galactic Hub Project assumed responsibility for organizing the holiday in 2023. Under their guidance, the holiday was planned more as a tour of highlights from various civilizations, as opposed to a single-location gathering space for multiple civilizations.

The event has been supported and coordinated by the Federation since 2017. The Federation makes its resources and infrastructure for the UD available to the NMS community.

Background[ | ]

Although essentially a player-created event in its final incarnation, the concept of Unification Day does come directly from Hello Games itself. Former Federation Ambassador Galactic_Glory was inspired by an excerpt from a crashed ship's distress beacon, who suggested applying the concept to the United Federation of Travelers as a large-scale gathering. The Federation then worked to involve as many civilizations as possible, regardless of whether or not they are Federation-allied. The Federation has consistently organized the event year after year since then.

Excerpt from a Distress Beacon at a Crashed Ship:

The logs reveal that the pilot was celebrating a festival known as 'Unification Day'. Groups of similar minds, unable to meet but attempting to find one another, to claim worlds across time and space. Once a year their various alliances, federations, hubs, and empires united to remember all that they were, and could become in time...

Time & Location[ | ]

The location and the exact time of the event are determined every year in a general vote in the Federation Subreddit. Anyone can submit suggestions about the location. The Unification Day always takes place at the end of December.