Greetings interlopers, and welcome to HALLOWEEN MONTH, aka HUB MONTH! For those who don’t know, the Galactic Hub was founded on October 30th. This year will mark 8 years of exploring together! Traditionally, we celebrate this by going all-out with Halloween events all month, plus a specifically Hub-focused event on the actual day of Founding Day.
This month’s Halloween activities will feature multiple chances to win prizes, including physical prizes like stickers, pins, or comic books! Halloween-themed Companion Eggs will also be passed out generously all month by Galactic Hub staff - but there’s a limit of 1-egg-per-interloper-per-event, so you’ll have to hit multiple events to collect them all! And of course, many events will present opportunities to earn HubCoin.
Maybe multiplayer events aren’t your thing though. No problem - you can also earn the various Hub Month prizes by completing the Halloween-themed Miskatonic City and/or upcoming Overgrown Isle narratives!
There will also be Star League competitive events every weekend, consisting of the usual multi-tool / starship PVP, starship / exocraft racing, or minigames. This month’s usual New Ziki Monthly Events will largely be canceled to allow Hub staff to focus on our Halloween celebrations, but we’ll still be going to the big city on occasion this month!
With all of that said, here’s the…
Halloween Month Event Schedule
AT LEAST SIX Opportunities to Win Real-World Prizes!
OCT 1st - PUMPKIN PATCH COLONY OPENS - Continuing a Hub tradition, we will be opening an open-build, unlimited-settlement, Halloween-themed colony as the first event of this month. Anyone can build, no need to ask for permission. But try to keep it to some sort of Halloween theme - horror movie, pumpkin patch, giant ghost, or whatever it may be. — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the opening day has a chance to score an Cursed Broomstick egg or Eternal Broomstick egg!
OCT 5th - HAUNTED HOUSE COLONY OPENS - The Haunted House Colony is our Halloween colony for more advanced builders. No application is necessary - anyone can build - but we ask interlopers to only join if they’re certain they can create a “haunted house” experience within NMS. Interlopers who participate in the Haunted House Colony should build something which features mazes, logic puzzles, or some other content to challenge the base’s visitors. NMS-RPG content is optional, but encouraged. — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the opening day has a chance to score an Cursed Broomstick egg or Eternal Broomstick egg!
OCT 6th - PUMPKIN RACING CUP BEGINS - The Pumpkin Racing Cup is a time-trial based competition, which anyone may complete on their own time and submit via the Time-Trial Racing Cups wiki page. — PRIZE: The winner of each category gets their choice of a Galactic Hub pin, a set of 12 Galactic Hub pogs, or 3 Galactic Hub stickers!
OCT 10th - THE RETURN OF WORM LORD OCULUS - See if you can spot Worm Lord Oculus - a giant flying worm with a glowing eyeball - in the skies of the Pumpkin Colony. — PRIZE: Anyone who can secure a screenshot wins 100 HubCoin and a Worm Lord Oculus egg!
OCT 12th - CURSED FISHING COLONY OPENS - Following the success of the Uchullom Gamma Fishing Colony, we will be opening a seasonal fishing colony on the haunted planet of Effur Delta. Join us with spooky, sea-themed builds! Note that this is an ungoverned colony but is NOT unlimited settlement, meaning you should only build a base if you see fewer than 26 bases in the system. — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the opening day has a chance to score an Abyssal Horror egg or Child of Helios egg!
OCT 12th - OVERGROWN ISLE NMS-RPG NARRATIVE OPENS - This year’s Halloween Narrative will be based on the Cursed Fishing Colony. Surrender to the briney depths, and cling desperately to your sanity - or let go, come what may. — POSSIBLE PRIZES: Wildcard Fauna Voucher (x5) (Select any Halloween Fauna of your choice), 100 HubCoin Voucher, 500 HubCoin Voucher, and/or Physical Prize Voucher (Choice of a Galactic Hub pin, a set of 12 Galactic Hub pogs, or 3 Galactic Hub stickers).
OCT 13th - CURSED FISHING TOURNEY - Compete with your fellow interlopers to catch the largest fish of the abyssal depths. — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the opening day has a chance to score an Abyssal Horror egg or Child of Helios egg! The winner gets their choice of a Galactic Hub pin, a set of 12 Galactic Hub pogs, or 3 Galactic Hub stickers!
OCT 19th - DECORATE NEW ZIKI CITY FOR HALLOWEEN - This one is pretty self-explanatory. Decorate any participating district for Halloween! Note that most districts have pretty slim complexity budgets, so you may be given a limit on how many items you can place. — PRIZE: Anyone who attends has a chance to score an Bio-Horror egg, a Mini-Fiend Egg, or a Broodling egg!
OCT 19th - HALLOWEEN DECORATING AFTERPARTY - Head over to the Museum Cafe (located in Museum of Interloper Art, Art & Events District, New Ziki City) for a variety of Halloween treats, then hit the Lunar Panel Nightclub with a ByteBeat rendition of “This is Halloween” covered by 7101334! — PRIZE: Anyone who attends has a chance to score an Bio-Horror egg, a Mini-Fiend Egg, or a Broodling egg!
OCT 20th - TOTOKENN CITY TRICK-OR-TREAT - Haunt the streets of the Hub’s oldest city, Totokenn City! Certain residents will be home at their apartments and ready to pass out treats, in the hope of not falling victim to good-spirited tricks by the costumed interlopers filling the streets. — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the opening day has a chance to score an Bio-Horror egg, a Mini-Fiend Egg, or a Broodling egg!
OCT 26th - HAUNTED HOUSE TOURS - Tour the builds of the Haunted House Colony, passing through each attraction with a group of friends! In some cases, the architect - or the resident ghosts - may be around to walk you through the experience. After the tour, a vote for Best Haunted House will open! — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the tour has a chance to score an Eldritch Worm egg or a Worm of Sight egg! The winner of the Best Haunted House vote gets their choice of a Galactic Hub pin, a set of 12 Galactic Hub pogs, or 3 Galactic Hub stickers!
OCT 27th - COSTUME CONTEST VOTE & PARTY - The main event of the Halloween Season (aside from Founding Day), the Costume Contest Party will be held at the historic Euclidean Hallows Pumpkin Patch, constructed in 2016. During the party, the vote for Best Costume will begin, concluding 48 hours later. — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the party has a chance to score an Eldritch Worm egg or a Worm of Sight egg! The winner of the Best Costume vote gets their choice of a Galactic Hub pin, a set of 12 Galactic Hub pogs, or 3 Galactic Hub stickers!
OCT 30th - FOUNDING DAY PARTY - Celebrate 8 years of Galactic Hub with the community in New Ziki City! The day-long party will include a variety of events, and will be less Halloween-focused than the other events for this month. That doesn’t mean you can’t show up in costume though! — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the party has a chance to score an egg from a historic extinct Galactic Hub species, like the Kesey Beetle or Drogradur NO425 diplo! Competitive event winners will get to choose between a Galactic Hub pin, a set of 12 Galactic Hub pogs, or 3 Galactic Hub stickers!
OCT 31st - HAPPY HALLOWEEN! - No official events will be scheduled on Halloween as many people will be out haunting and spooking. If you find yourself around Hub space on this day, jump in Discord Voice Chat and check out the various Halloween-themed locations we’ve visited throughout the month!
NEW DISCORD EVENT SYSTEM
We’re updating our Discord Event system due to Discord making the in-app Event Calendar less prominent! We’ll now be using Groupflows bot.
All events will now be posted in the #announcements channel both when the event is initially announced, with a reminder some time (usually 30 minutes) before the event begins.
One other major benefit of this new event system is that certain events can allow people to vote for their preferred time for an event.
This is all being done with the goal of getting our already-excellent events an even larger turnout. So, show up for the Hub next month! Good journeys interlopers!
Greetings interlopers, and welcome to HALLOWEEN MONTH, aka HUB MONTH! For those who don’t know, the Galactic Hub was founded on October 30th. This year will mark 8 years of exploring together! Traditionally, we celebrate this by going all-out with Halloween events all month, plus a specifically Hub-focused event on the actual day of Founding Day.
This month’s Halloween activities will feature multiple chances to win prizes, including physical prizes like stickers, pins, or comic books! Halloween-themed Companion Eggs will also be passed out generously all month by Galactic Hub staff - but there’s a limit of 1-egg-per-interloper-per-event, so you’ll have to hit multiple events to collect them all! And of course, many events will present opportunities to earn HubCoin.
Maybe multiplayer events aren’t your thing though. No problem - you can also earn the various Hub Month prizes by completing the Halloween-themed Miskatonic City and/or upcoming Overgrown Isle narratives!
There will also be Star League competitive events every weekend, consisting of the usual multi-tool / starship PVP, starship / exocraft racing, or minigames. This month’s usual New Ziki Monthly Events will largely be canceled to allow Hub staff to focus on our Halloween celebrations, but we’ll still be going to the big city on occasion this month!
With all of that said, here’s the…
OCT 1st - PUMPKIN PATCH COLONY OPENS - Continuing a Hub tradition, we will be opening an open-build, unlimited-settlement, Halloween-themed colony as the first event of this month. Anyone can build, no need to ask for permission. But try to keep it to some sort of Halloween theme - horror movie, pumpkin patch, giant ghost, or whatever it may be. — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the opening day has a chance to score an Cursed Broomstick egg or Eternal Broomstick egg!
OCT 5th - HAUNTED HOUSE COLONY OPENS - The Haunted House Colony is our Halloween colony for more advanced builders. No application is necessary - anyone can build - but we ask interlopers to only join if they’re certain they can create a “haunted house” experience within NMS. Interlopers who participate in the Haunted House Colony should build something which features mazes, logic puzzles, or some other content to challenge the base’s visitors. NMS-RPG content is optional, but encouraged. — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the opening day has a chance to score an Cursed Broomstick egg or Eternal Broomstick egg!
OCT 6th - PUMPKIN RACING CUP BEGINS - The Pumpkin Racing Cup is a time-trial based competition, which anyone may complete on their own time and submit via the Time-Trial Racing Cups wiki page. — PRIZE: The winner of each category gets their choice of a Galactic Hub pin, a set of 12 Galactic Hub pogs, or 3 Galactic Hub stickers!
OCT 10th - THE RETURN OF WORM LORD OCULUS - See if you can spot Worm Lord Oculus - a giant flying worm with a glowing eyeball - in the skies of the Pumpkin Colony. — PRIZE: Anyone who can secure a screenshot wins 100 HubCoin and a Worm Lord Oculus egg!
OCT 12th - CURSED FISHING COLONY OPENS - Following the success of the Uchullom Gamma Fishing Colony, we will be opening a seasonal fishing colony on the haunted planet of Effur Delta. Join us with spooky, sea-themed builds! Note that this is an ungoverned colony but is NOT unlimited settlement, meaning you should only build a base if you see fewer than 26 bases in the system. — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the opening day has a chance to score an Abyssal Horror egg or Child of Helios egg!
OCT 12th - OVERGROWN ISLE NMS-RPG NARRATIVE OPENS - This year’s Halloween Narrative will be based on the Cursed Fishing Colony. Surrender to the briney depths, and cling desperately to your sanity - or let go, come what may. — POSSIBLE PRIZES: Wildcard Fauna Voucher (x5) (Select any Halloween Fauna of your choice), 100 HubCoin Voucher, 500 HubCoin Voucher, and/or Physical Prize Voucher (Choice of a Galactic Hub pin, a set of 12 Galactic Hub pogs, or 3 Galactic Hub stickers).
OCT 13th - CURSED FISHING TOURNEY - Compete with your fellow interlopers to catch the largest fish of the abyssal depths. — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the opening day has a chance to score an Abyssal Horror egg or Child of Helios egg! The winner gets their choice of a Galactic Hub pin, a set of 12 Galactic Hub pogs, or 3 Galactic Hub stickers!
OCT 19th - DECORATE NEW ZIKI CITY FOR HALLOWEEN - This one is pretty self-explanatory. Decorate any participating district for Halloween! Note that most districts have pretty slim complexity budgets, so you may be given a limit on how many items you can place. — PRIZE: Anyone who attends has a chance to score an Bio-Horror egg, a Mini-Fiend Egg, or a Broodling egg!
OCT 19th - HALLOWEEN DECORATING AFTERPARTY - Head over to the Museum Cafe (located in Museum of Interloper Art, Art & Events District, New Ziki City) for a variety of Halloween treats, then hit the Lunar Panel Nightclub with a ByteBeat rendition of “This is Halloween” covered by 7101334! — PRIZE: Anyone who attends has a chance to score an Bio-Horror egg, a Mini-Fiend Egg, or a Broodling egg!
OCT 20th - TOTOKENN CITY TRICK-OR-TREAT - Haunt the streets of the Hub’s oldest city, Totokenn City! Certain residents will be home at their apartments and ready to pass out treats, in the hope of not falling victim to good-spirited tricks by the costumed interlopers filling the streets. — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the opening day has a chance to score an Bio-Horror egg, a Mini-Fiend Egg, or a Broodling egg!
OCT 26th - HAUNTED HOUSE TOURS - Tour the builds of the Haunted House Colony, passing through each attraction with a group of friends! In some cases, the architect - or the resident ghosts - may be around to walk you through the experience. After the tour, a vote for Best Haunted House will open! — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the tour has a chance to score an Eldritch Worm egg or a Worm of Sight egg! The winner of the Best Haunted House vote gets their choice of a Galactic Hub pin, a set of 12 Galactic Hub pogs, or 3 Galactic Hub stickers!
OCT 27th - COSTUME CONTEST VOTE & PARTY - The main event of the Halloween Season (aside from Founding Day), the Costume Contest Party will be held at the historic Euclidean Hallows Pumpkin Patch, constructed in 2016. During the party, the vote for Best Costume will begin, concluding 48 hours later. — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the party has a chance to score an Eldritch Worm egg or a Worm of Sight egg! The winner of the Best Costume vote gets their choice of a Galactic Hub pin, a set of 12 Galactic Hub pogs, or 3 Galactic Hub stickers!
OCT 30th - FOUNDING DAY PARTY - Celebrate 8 years of Galactic Hub with the community in New Ziki City! The day-long party will include a variety of events, and will be less Halloween-focused than the other events for this month. That doesn’t mean you can’t show up in costume though! — PRIZE: Anyone who attends the party has a chance to score an egg from a historic extinct Galactic Hub species, like the Kesey Beetle or Drogradur NO425 diplo! Competitive event winners will get to choose between a Galactic Hub pin, a set of 12 Galactic Hub pogs, or 3 Galactic Hub stickers!
OCT 31st - HAPPY HALLOWEEN! - No official events will be scheduled on Halloween as many people will be out haunting and spooking. If you find yourself around Hub space on this day, jump in Discord Voice Chat and check out the various Halloween-themed locations we’ve visited throughout the month!
We’re updating our Discord Event system due to Discord making the in-app Event Calendar less prominent! We’ll now be using Groupflows bot.
All events will now be posted in the #announcements channel both when the event is initially announced, with a reminder some time (usually 30 minutes) before the event begins.
One other major benefit of this new event system is that certain events can allow people to vote for their preferred time for an event.
This is all being done with the goal of getting our already-excellent events an even larger turnout. So, show up for the Hub next month! Good journeys interlopers!