I just finished the game, and i have a few questions.
I finished outer wilds yesterday, and even got the platinum trophy (curse you, hotshot)! it was an incredible experience and i would say my favourite parts about it was everything to do with the quantum moon and the music. However, after i finished it, i realised i had 3 questions that i didn't quite get answers to, whether that be because im a little dumb, or because the game didn't have a clear explanation as to why. If anyone could help me get the answers to them, i would be eternally grateful!
Why are the hatchling and gabbro the only ones to experience the loop? Why did the nomai sculpture choose us two specifically? At first, i thought the answer to this was because i was secretly a nomai, but i quickly realised that not only would that not make any sense, but everyone on timber hearth referred to me as "hatchling" which i assumed meant a younger hearthian. Also, when meeting the nomai on the quantum moon, she said that she had never met someone like me before, so that further solidified that.
How did the ghost matter fully wipe out the nomai species? When i got on the interloper, learning the fate of the nomai was extremely saddening, and i quickly realised that was the reason they had no writings on the ghost matter and what it was. In fact, the only time you learn about ghost matter is in the start of the game or when you speak with slate after dying to it. To make my question more specific, what exactly happened to make the ghost matter travel through the solar system and kill them? How did it get off the interloper? Especially because the majority of it is inside the interloper, how did it spread to other planets? I dont know if my question makes sense, but i hope one of you could help me with this specifically.
Before the hearthians came to be, the nomai lived on the solar system for multiple years. This is more of a logistics question, but how did the planets evolve through those years? For example, in the 22 minutes we have, the ash twin shares its sand with the ember twin, and when its done, we dont observe the ember twin give it back, and we know the nomai managed to build a city in the caves of ember twin. So before the supernova and before the end of the universe, how were they able to live in there for so long? Another example could be brittle hollow. What happened after the entire planet was sucked into the black hole? How did it stay intact all that time, or did it only start to collapse when the loop began? Did it eventually gather itself outside of the white hole and somehow manage to restructure and get back into orbit?
I dont know, these questions really bug me and i wish to know more. Maybe i missed a big part of the lore. I would appreciate any answers!