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A {{Crossover}} FanFiction in the vein of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, the '''''"Not Your Sky" Chronology''''' details the adventures of various characters from different works waking up in the Galaxy of ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' (which serves as the Chronology's main setting) after experiencing a bizarre DreamSequence. These characters have been "Picked" by the setting's BigGood, The Atlas, to serve as extradimensional members of [[TheEmpire The Cartographer's Empire]], which is seeking to explore and map out the Galaxy once again following the disappearance of [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians and their allies]], whom had led it into a cultural, scientific, and technological GoldenAge 250,000 years earlier.

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A {{Crossover}} FanFiction in the vein of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, the '''''"Not Your Sky" Chronology''''' details the adventures of various characters from different works waking up in the Galaxy of ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' (which serves as the Chronology's main setting) after experiencing a bizarre DreamSequence. These characters have been "Picked" by the setting's BigGood, The Atlas, to serve as extradimensional members of [[TheEmpire The Cartographer's Empire]], which is seeking to explore and map out the Galaxy once again following the disappearance of [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians and their allies]], whom had led it into a cultural, scientific, and technological GoldenAge golden age 250,000 years earlier.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are a ''ton'' of characters, primary, secondary, and otherwise that have some significance to the story. The main ones, organized by debut story and excluding their "Helper" Drones, are:
** Nami Hotaro, Maria Ramirez, [[LittleBitBeastly Kendall Williams, Masuna Takyoto,]] Octavian Khylis, and Oswald Laindras (''Not Your Sky'')
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Spike, Discord, Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna]] (''No Mare's Sky'')
** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Captain James Tiberius Kirk, Commander Spock, and Leonard "Bones" McCoy]] (''No Man's Trek'')
** [[Franchise/MassEffect Garrus Vakarian, Tali'Zorah vas Neema, Urdnot Grunt, and Liara T'Soni]] (''No Man's Effect'')
** [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin, Hobbes, and Susie]] (''No Boy's Sky'')
** [[VideoGame/PajamaSam "Pajama" Sam and Mark]] (''No Man's Sam'')
** [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing The Villager and Isabelle]] (''No Man's Crossing'')

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** Nami Hotaro, Maria Ramirez, [[LittleBitBeastly Kendall Williams, Masuna Takyoto,]] [[PettingZooPeople Octavian Khylis, and Oswald Laindras]] (''Not Your Sky'')

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** Nami Hotaro, Maria Ramirez, [[LittleBitBeastly Kendall Williams, Masuna Takyoto,]] [[PettingZooPeople Octavian Khylis, and Oswald Laindras]] Laindras (''Not Your Sky'')



* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces: A ''ton'' of them show up. Among them are [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians, the Eloki, the Zekerat, the Khinstra'as,]] those races' descendants, [[SpaceElves the Miletans,]] [[ProudWarriorRace the Elosha,]] [[HiveMind the Zekarri,]] and [[ProudMerchantRace the Khishal'anti,]] as well as Humanity, [[LittleBitBeastly Human Hybrids]], [[PettingZooPeople the Hykerians,]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the Equestrians,]] [[Franchise/MassEffect the Turians, the Asari, the Salarians, the Batarians, the Quarians, the Krogan, the Hanar, the Volus, the Elcor,]] [[Franchise/StarTrek the Vulcans, the Tellarites, the Andorians, the Klingons, the Romulans, the Cardassians, the Ferengi, and the Bajorans.]]

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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces: A ''ton'' of them show up. Among them are [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians, the Eloki, the Zekerat, the Khinstra'as,]] those races' descendants, [[SpaceElves the Miletans,]] [[ProudWarriorRace the Elosha,]] [[HiveMind the Zekarri,]] and [[ProudMerchantRace the Khishal'anti,]] as well as Humanity, [[LittleBitBeastly Human Hybrids]], [[PettingZooPeople the Hykerians,]] Hykerians, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the Equestrians,]] [[Franchise/MassEffect the Turians, the Asari, the Salarians, the Batarians, the Quarians, the Krogan, the Hanar, the Volus, the Elcor,]] [[Franchise/StarTrek the Vulcans, the Tellarites, the Andorians, the Klingons, the Romulans, the Cardassians, the Ferengi, and the Bajorans.]]



* PettingZooPeople: Hykerians are these, most resembling wolves, foxes, tigers, and lions. The main Hykerian protagonists, Octavian and Oswald, resemble a tiger-chipmunk (a result of his parents being a tiger and a chipmunk) and a skunk, respectively.
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The Chronology is an {{Unpublished Work|s}}, something that is unlikely to change in the near-future.

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The Overture and The Symphony both have seven stories contained in them, while The Symphony, which contains the Chronology's GrandFinale, has ten; resulting in twenty-four stories overall.

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The Overture and The Symphony Chorus both have seven stories contained in them, while The Symphony, which contains the Chronology's GrandFinale, has ten; resulting in twenty-four stories overall.

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* TheMultiverse: Mentioned a few times, specifically in that The Atlas will often reach out to people in other universes that would be able to comfortably house life from its home.


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* TheMultiverse: Mentioned a few times, specifically in that The Atlas will often reach out to people in other universes that would be able to comfortably house life from its home.
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* CouchGag: Each story has a different title card that does something to The Atlas, mostly replacing its orb with something else, though there are other variations. For example:
** Replacing the orb with a Pony's Cutie Mark (''No Mare's Sky''), the Starfleet insignia (''No Man's Trek''), a chunk of Element Zero (''No Man's Effect''), Spaceman Spiff's head (''No Boy's Sky''), an S (''No Man's Sam''), or the Animal Crossing leaf (''No Man's Crossing'')
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces: A ''ton'' of them show up. Among them are [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians, the Eloki, the Zekerat, the Khinstra'as,]] those races' descendants, [[SpaceElves the Miletans,]] [[ProudWarriorRace the Elosha,]] [[HiveMind the Zekarri,]] and [[ProudMerchantRace the Khishal'anti,]] Humanity, [[LittleBitBeastly Human]] [[HalfHumanHybrid Hybrids]], [[PettingZooPeople the Hykerians,]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the Equestrians,]] [[Franchise/MassEffect the Turians, the Asari, the Salarians, the Batarians, the Quarians, the Krogan, the Hanar, the Volus, the Elcor,]] [[Franchise/StarTrek the Vulcans, the Tellarites, the Andorians, the Klingons, the Romulans, the Cardassians, the Ferengi, and the Bajorans.]]

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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces: A ''ton'' of them show up. Among them are [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians, the Eloki, the Zekerat, the Khinstra'as,]] those races' descendants, [[SpaceElves the Miletans,]] [[ProudWarriorRace the Elosha,]] [[HiveMind the Zekarri,]] and [[ProudMerchantRace the Khishal'anti,]] as well as Humanity, [[LittleBitBeastly Human]] [[HalfHumanHybrid Human Hybrids]], [[PettingZooPeople the Hykerians,]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the Equestrians,]] [[Franchise/MassEffect the Turians, the Asari, the Salarians, the Batarians, the Quarians, the Krogan, the Hanar, the Volus, the Elcor,]] [[Franchise/StarTrek the Vulcans, the Tellarites, the Andorians, the Klingons, the Romulans, the Cardassians, the Ferengi, and the Bajorans.]]



* PortalNetwork: Midecadian, Eloki, Zavani, and Khinsha'a Temples all have these. Many of the Cartographers speculate that, due to the fact that the races never created Portals for use beyond their Temples, they got the technology from aliens who came before them, and never fully understood Portal technology.

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* PortalNetwork: Midecadian, Eloki, Zavani, Zekerat, and Khinsha'a Khinstra'a Temples all have these. Many of the Cartographers speculate that, due to the fact that the races never created Portals for use beyond their Temples, they got the technology from aliens who came before them, and never fully understood Portal technology.



* SigilSpam: Anyone from The Atlas' home dimension that have been "Picked" to become members of the Cartographer's Empire, as well as people who volunteer to become Cartographers, have The Cartographer's Empire's symbol (The Atlas) show up on the backs of their right hands. The symbol also shows up on Cartographer bases and relics once used by the Midecadian Empire's Guild of Cartographers.

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* SigilSpam: Anyone from The Atlas' home dimension that have been "Picked" to become members of the Cartographer's Empire, as well as people who volunteer to become Cartographers, have The Cartographer's Empire's symbol (The Atlas) show up on the backs of their right hands[[note]]Extradimensional Cartographers, on the other hand, don't have the symbol show up on their hands.[[/note]]. The symbol also shows up on Cartographer bases and relics once used by the Midecadian Empire's Guild of Cartographers.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces: A ''ton'' of them show up. Among them are [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians, the Eloki, the Zavani, the Khinsha'as,]] those races' descendants, [[SpaceElves the Miletans,]] [[ProudWarriorRace the Elosha,]] [[HiveMind the Zaverri,]] and [[ProudMerchantRace the Khishal'anti,]] Humanity, [[LittleBitBeastly Human]] [[HalfHumanHybrid Hybrids]], [[PettingZooPeople the Hykerians,]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the Equestrians,]] [[Franchise/MassEffect the Turians, the Asari, the Salarians, the Batarians, the Quarians, the Krogan, the Hanar, the Volus, and the Elcor,]] and [[Franchise/StarTrek the Vulcans, the Tellarites, the Andorians, the Klingons, the Romulans, the Cardassians, the Ferengi, and the Bajorans.]]

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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces: A ''ton'' of them show up. Among them are [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians, the Eloki, the Zavani, Zekerat, the Khinsha'as,]] Khinstra'as,]] those races' descendants, [[SpaceElves the Miletans,]] [[ProudWarriorRace the Elosha,]] [[HiveMind the Zaverri,]] Zekarri,]] and [[ProudMerchantRace the Khishal'anti,]] Humanity, [[LittleBitBeastly Human]] [[HalfHumanHybrid Hybrids]], [[PettingZooPeople the Hykerians,]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the Equestrians,]] [[Franchise/MassEffect the Turians, the Asari, the Salarians, the Batarians, the Quarians, the Krogan, the Hanar, the Volus, and the Elcor,]] and [[Franchise/StarTrek the Vulcans, the Tellarites, the Andorians, the Klingons, the Romulans, the Cardassians, the Ferengi, and the Bajorans.]]



* {{Precursors}}: The Midecadians, as well as their allies the [[ProudWarriorRace Eloki]], the [[HiveMind Zavani]], and the [[ProudMerchantRace Khinsha'as]], who had their own (unnamed) Precursors who left the technology behind needed for them to build a PortalNetwork.

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* {{Precursors}}: The Midecadians, as well as their allies the [[ProudWarriorRace Eloki]], the [[HiveMind Zavani]], Zekerat]], and the [[ProudMerchantRace Khinsha'as]], Khinstra'as]], who had their own (unnamed) Precursors who left the technology behind needed for them to build a PortalNetwork.
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* LEGOGenetics: {{Lampshaded|Trope}} with [[LittleBitBeastly Human Hybrids.]] The fact that they exist is "a miracle", due to the fact that animal DNA put into Humans doesn't normally do much more than [[RealityEnsues give those infused with it cancer.]]

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* LEGOGenetics: {{Lampshaded|Trope}} with [[LittleBitBeastly Human Hybrids.]] The fact that they exist is "a miracle", due to the fact that animal DNA put into Humans doesn't normally do much more than [[RealityEnsues give those infused with it cancer.]]change the proteins produced by that DNA.
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* LEGOGenetics: {{Lampshaded|Trope}} with [[LittleBitBeastly Human Hybrids.]] The fact that they exist is "a miracle", due to the fact that animal DNA put into Humans and Hykerians doesn't normally do much more than [[RealityEnsues give those infused with it cancer.]]

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* LEGOGenetics: {{Lampshaded|Trope}} with [[LittleBitBeastly Human Hybrids.]] The fact that they exist is "a miracle", due to the fact that animal DNA put into Humans and Hykerians doesn't normally do much more than [[RealityEnsues give those infused with it cancer.]]
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Each of the stories focus on one particular theme on top of the overall theme of exploration and discovery, including those of materialistic desires vs. metaphorical needs, the "short-end-of-the-stick" mentality, the needs of the many versus the needs of the few, and the concept of friendship across generations, among others.

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Each of the stories focus focuses on one particular theme on top of the overall theme of exploration and discovery, including those of materialistic desires vs. metaphorical needs, the "short-end-of-the-stick" mentality, the needs of the many versus the needs of the few, and the concept of friendship across generations, among others.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces: A ''ton'' of them show up. Among them are [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians, the Eloki, the Zavani, the Khinsha'as,]] those races' descendants, [[SpaceElves the Miletans,]] [[ProudWarriorRace the Elosha,]] [[HiveMind the Zaverri,]] and [[ProudMerchantRace the Khishal'anti,]] Humanity, [[LittleBitBeastly Human]] [[HalfHumanHybrid Hybrids]], [[PettingZooPeople the Hykerians,]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFrienshipIsMagic the Equestrians,]] [[Franchise/MassEffect the Turians, the Asari, the Salarians, the Batarians, the Quarians, the Krogan, the Hanar, the Volus, and the Elcor,]] and [[Franchise/StarTrek the Vulcans, the Tellarites, the Andorians, the Klingons, the Romulans, the Cardassians, the Ferengi, and the Bajorans.]]

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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces: A ''ton'' of them show up. Among them are [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians, the Eloki, the Zavani, the Khinsha'as,]] those races' descendants, [[SpaceElves the Miletans,]] [[ProudWarriorRace the Elosha,]] [[HiveMind the Zaverri,]] and [[ProudMerchantRace the Khishal'anti,]] Humanity, [[LittleBitBeastly Human]] [[HalfHumanHybrid Hybrids]], [[PettingZooPeople the Hykerians,]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFrienshipIsMagic [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the Equestrians,]] [[Franchise/MassEffect the Turians, the Asari, the Salarians, the Batarians, the Quarians, the Krogan, the Hanar, the Volus, and the Elcor,]] and [[Franchise/StarTrek the Vulcans, the Tellarites, the Andorians, the Klingons, the Romulans, the Cardassians, the Ferengi, and the Bajorans.]]
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A {{Crossover}} FanFiction in the vein of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, the '''''"Not Your Sky" Chronology''''' details the adventures of various characters from different works waking up in the Galaxy of ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' (which serves as the Chronology's main setting) after experiencing a bizarre DreamSequence. These characters have been "Picked" by the game's ArcSymbol and BigGood, The Atlas, to serve as extradimensional members of [[TheEmpire The Cartographer's Empire]], which is seeking to explore and map out the Galaxy once again following the disappearance of [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians and their allies]], whom had led it into a cultural, scientific, and technological GoldenAge 250,000 years earlier.

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A {{Crossover}} FanFiction in the vein of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, the '''''"Not Your Sky" Chronology''''' details the adventures of various characters from different works waking up in the Galaxy of ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' (which serves as the Chronology's main setting) after experiencing a bizarre DreamSequence. These characters have been "Picked" by the game's ArcSymbol and setting's BigGood, The Atlas, to serve as extradimensional members of [[TheEmpire The Cartographer's Empire]], which is seeking to explore and map out the Galaxy once again following the disappearance of [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians and their allies]], whom had led it into a cultural, scientific, and technological GoldenAge 250,000 years earlier.
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A {{Crossover}} FanFiction in the vein of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, the '''''"Not Your Sky" Chronology''''' details the adventures of various characters from all sorts of different works, starting with when they go to bed one night only to wake up in the Galaxy of ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' (which serves as the Chronology's main setting) after experiencing a bizarre DreamSequence. These characters have been "Picked" by the game's ArcSymbol and BigGood, The Atlas, to serve as extradimensional members of [[TheEmpire The Cartographer's Empire]], which is seeking to explore and map out the Galaxy once again following the disappearance of [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians and their allies]], whom had led it into a cultural, scientific, and technological GoldenAge 250,000 years earlier.

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A {{Crossover}} FanFiction in the vein of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, the '''''"Not Your Sky" Chronology''''' details the adventures of various characters from all sorts of different works, starting with when they go to bed one night only to wake works waking up in the Galaxy of ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' (which serves as the Chronology's main setting) after experiencing a bizarre DreamSequence. These characters have been "Picked" by the game's ArcSymbol and BigGood, The Atlas, to serve as extradimensional members of [[TheEmpire The Cartographer's Empire]], which is seeking to explore and map out the Galaxy once again following the disappearance of [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians and their allies]], whom had led it into a cultural, scientific, and technological GoldenAge 250,000 years earlier.
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->''"Every Story Procedural. Every Story Unique. Every Story Unusual."''\\
--'''The Chronology's TagLine'''

A {{Crossover}} FanFiction in the vein of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, the '''''"Not Your Sky" Chronology''''' details the adventures of various characters from all sorts of different works, starting with when they go to bed one night only to wake up in the Galaxy of ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'' (which serves as the Chronology's main setting) after experiencing a bizarre DreamSequence. These characters have been "Picked" by the game's ArcSymbol and BigGood, The Atlas, to serve as extradimensional members of [[TheEmpire The Cartographer's Empire]], which is seeking to explore and map out the Galaxy once again following the disappearance of [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians and their allies]], whom had led it into a cultural, scientific, and technological GoldenAge 250,000 years earlier.

The Chronology is divided into three different parts called "The Overture", "The Chorus", and "The Symphony", each with their own set of different stories, as follows:

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[[folder:The Overture]]
* ''Not Your Sky'' (The first story)
* ''No Mare's Sky'' (Crossover with ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'')
* ''No Man's Trek'' (Crossover with ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'')
* ''No Man's Effect'' (Crossover with ''Franchise/MassEffect'')
* ''No Boy's Sky'' (Crossover with ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'')
* ''No Man's Sam'' (Crossover with ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'')
* ''No Man's Crossing'' (Crossover with ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing: New Leaf'')
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[[folder:The Chorus]]
* ''Not Your Sky: Debutante'' (Sequel to ''Not Your Sky'')
* ''No Man's Trek: The Next Generation'' (Sequel to ''No Man's Trek'')
* ''No Man's Sam: An Impossible Day for Those on the Way'' (Sequel to ''No Man's Sam'')
* ''No Man's Crossing: City People'' (Sequel to ''No Man's Crossing'')
* ''No Man's Effect 2: The Overlord'' (Sequel to ''No Man's Effect'')
* ''No Mare's Sky: Appaloosa'' (Sequel to ''No Mare's Sky'')
* ''No Boy's Sky: Weirdos From Another Universe!'' (Sequel to ''No Boy's Sky'')
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[[folder:The Symphony]]
* ''Not Your Sky: Pacify'' (Sequel to ''Not Your Sky: Debutante'')
* ''No Man's Crossing: Country Folk'' (Sequel to ''No Man's Crossing: City People'')
* ''No Man's Trek: Enterprise'' (Sequel to ''No Man's Trek: The Next Generation'')
* ''No Mare's Sky: Clydesdale'' (Sequel to ''No Mare's Sky: Appaloosa'')
* ''No Boy's Sky: Scientific Progress goes '''WOOSH!''''' (Sequel to ''No Boy's Sky: Weirdos from another Universe!'')
* ''No Man's Sam: A Wonderful Night For a Wonderful Fight'' (Sequel to ''No Man's Sam: An Impossible Day for Those on the Way'')
* ''No Man's Effect 3: The Citadel'' (Sequel to ''No Man's Effect 2: The Overlord'')
* ''Not Your Sky: Finale, Part 1'' (Subtitle: "Prisms", sequel to ''Not Your Sky: Pacify'')
* ''Not Your Sky: Finale, Part 2'' (Subtitle: "Radio Protector", sequel to ''Not Your Sky: Finale, Part 1'')
* ''Not Your Sky: Finale, Part 3'' (Subtitle: "Retreat! RETREAT!", sequel to ''Not Your Sky: Finale, Part 2'')
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The Overture and The Symphony both have seven stories contained in them, while The Symphony, which contains the Chronology's GrandFinale, has ten; resulting in twenty-four stories overall.

Each of the stories focus on one particular theme on top of the overall theme of exploration and discovery, including those of materialistic desires vs. metaphorical needs, the "short-end-of-the-stick" mentality, the needs of the many versus the needs of the few, and the concept of friendship across generations, among others.

The Chronology is an {{Unpublished Work|s}}, something that is unlikely to change in the near-future.

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!!Tropes found in the "Not Your Sky" Chronology include:
* AIIsACrapshoot: The Preserver robots, due to not receiving any new information from the [[NeglectfulPrecursors Midecadians]] after their disappearance, eventually developed their own Artificial Intelligence and determined that the best way to preserve the planets they were on would be to violently kill anyone who screwed around with them, leading to them becoming The Malevolent Force.
* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike: A sort of RunningGag throughout the series is for [[RobotBuddy Cartographer "Helper" Drones]] to explain the trope's {{aver|tedTrope}}sion and {{discuss|edTrope}} why it's not viable in RealLife.
* BigGood: The Atlas. [[GoodIsNotNice It's not exactly nice to the extradimensional aliens it "Picks"]] (after all, [[SinkOrSwimMentor would a nice guy let its extradimensional trainees end up alone and stranded on the surface of a hostile alien planet, possibly light-years away from a nearby Cartographer base?]]), and it doesn't exactly speak, but it's the one that wants things to be how they were back when the Midecadians and their allies were around and gives The Cartographer's Empire, as well as the protagonists, the means to do so.
* DreamSequence: The Atlas uses these to "Pick" potential Cartographers. Part of the sequence involves touching The Atlas--according to the Cartographers, if a candidate touches it then they're accepted into the Empire and if they don't they forget they ever had the dream. Of course, the protagonists, who are extradimensional aliens to The Atlas, all touched it and had to be brought in. To them, that involves experiencing a DisneyAcidSequence on par with Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey's famous one. What happens when someone from The Atlas' home dimension touches it during their dream isn't elaborated on.
* TheEmpire: The Midecadian Empire in the backstory and The Cartographer's Empire in the modern day. Unlike most examples, they're both examples of good guys.
* GotVolunteered: Being "Picked" by The Atlas is essentially this. Those who are "Picked" can reject it simply by refusing to touch The Atlas during the DreamSequence that accompanies The Atlas' "Picking" procedure and some people volunteer (assuming they haven't rejected being "Picked" beforehand) to join The Cartographer's Empire to avoid being "Picked".
* HalfHumanHybrid: Human Hybrids, despite the name, {{subvert|edTrope}} this, instead being the descendants of the survivors of experiments that infused otherwise normal Humans with animal DNA.
* TheMultiverse: Mentioned a few times, specifically in that The Atlas will often reach out to people in other universes that would be able to comfortably house life from its home.
* LEGOGenetics: {{Lampshaded|Trope}} with [[LittleBitBeastly Human Hybrids.]] The fact that they exist is "a miracle", due to the fact that animal DNA put into Humans and Hykerians doesn't normally do much more than [[RealityEnsues give those infused with it cancer.]]
* LittleBitBeastly: Human Hybrids generally are these, due to the fact that they are descended from lab experiments that hybridized Human and Animal DNA. The main Hybrid characters, Kendall and Masuna, have the ears and tails of a fox and a squirrel, respectively.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are a ''ton'' of characters, primary, secondary, and otherwise that have some significance to the story. The main ones, organized by debut story and excluding their "Helper" Drones, are:
** Nami Hotaro, Maria Ramirez, [[LittleBitBeastly Kendall Williams, Masuna Takyoto,]] [[PettingZooPeople Octavian Khylis, and Oswald Laindras]] (''Not Your Sky'')
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Spike, Discord, Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna]] (''No Mare's Sky'')
** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Captain James Tiberius Kirk, Commander Spock, and Leonard "Bones" McCoy]] (''No Man's Trek'')
** [[Franchise/MassEffect Garrus Vakarian, Tali'Zorah vas Neema, Urdnot Grunt, and Liara T'Soni]] (''No Man's Effect'')
** [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin, Hobbes, and Susie]] (''No Boy's Sky'')
** [[VideoGame/PajamaSam "Pajama" Sam and Mark]] (''No Man's Sam'')
** [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing The Villager and Isabelle]] (''No Man's Crossing'')
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces: A ''ton'' of them show up. Among them are [[{{Precursors}} the Midecadians, the Eloki, the Zavani, the Khinsha'as,]] those races' descendants, [[SpaceElves the Miletans,]] [[ProudWarriorRace the Elosha,]] [[HiveMind the Zaverri,]] and [[ProudMerchantRace the Khishal'anti,]] Humanity, [[LittleBitBeastly Human]] [[HalfHumanHybrid Hybrids]], [[PettingZooPeople the Hykerians,]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFrienshipIsMagic the Equestrians,]] [[Franchise/MassEffect the Turians, the Asari, the Salarians, the Batarians, the Quarians, the Krogan, the Hanar, the Volus, and the Elcor,]] and [[Franchise/StarTrek the Vulcans, the Tellarites, the Andorians, the Klingons, the Romulans, the Cardassians, the Ferengi, and the Bajorans.]]
* NeglectfulPrecursors: The Midecadians' failure to automate their Preserver robots is what eventually led to the bots becoming The Malevolent Force.
* PettingZooPeople: Hykerians are these, most resembling wolves, foxes, tigers, and lions. The main Hykerian protagonists, Octavian and Oswald, resemble a tiger-chipmunk (a result of his parents being a tiger and a chipmunk) and a skunk, respectively.
* {{Precursors}}: The Midecadians, as well as their allies the [[ProudWarriorRace Eloki]], the [[HiveMind Zavani]], and the [[ProudMerchantRace Khinsha'as]], who had their own (unnamed) Precursors who left the technology behind needed for them to build a PortalNetwork.
* PortalNetwork: Midecadian, Eloki, Zavani, and Khinsha'a Temples all have these. Many of the Cartographers speculate that, due to the fact that the races never created Portals for use beyond their Temples, they got the technology from aliens who came before them, and never fully understood Portal technology.
* SchmuckBait: The Atlas {{exploit|edTrope}}s this by convincing those it "Picks" to touch it.
* SigilSpam: Anyone from The Atlas' home dimension that have been "Picked" to become members of the Cartographer's Empire, as well as people who volunteer to become Cartographers, have The Cartographer's Empire's symbol (The Atlas) show up on the backs of their right hands. The symbol also shows up on Cartographer bases and relics once used by the Midecadian Empire's Guild of Cartographers.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Nami, Kendall, Octavian, and Oswald are all ''toddlers'' when they're "Picked" by The Atlas. This is due to them having had some serious gene therapy to enhance their intelligence and learning abilities.

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