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The N.O.V.A. Wiki is a source for information for the action-adventure franchise made by Gameloft. Inspired by Halo and Crysis, N.O.V.A. is the one and only sci-fi game on the App Store. You can create and edit content to your heart's desire, so we can make this Wikia the source for Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance. This wiki is the ultimate know-it- all on N.O.V.A. Games!

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Overview

With Earth no longer able to sustain life, huge artificial satellites called near-orbitals were constructed for people to live on. Humanity now begins an aggressive campaign of colonization across the galaxy in a struggle to survive. To protect themselves, the near-orbitals banded together to form N.O.V.A., the Near-Orbital Vanguard Alliance.

Now, a strange threat has emerged from the darkness of space. A Marine ship, reported missing just a week ago, has suddenly reappeared and is headed directly for the near-orbitals, ignoring all communications. Against his will, retired Marine hero Kal Wardin is forcefully returned to active duty with N.O.V.A. to infiltrate the ship. But neither Kal nor N.O.V.A. could have anticipated the full scale of the threat that would be hiding aboard, and how far Kal would have to go to prevent the extermination of mankind.

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Yelena in N.O.V.A. 3

Throughout the N.O.V.A. games, Yelena is always there. Although in N.O.V.A, she continues to address him by rank, she quickly becomes friends with Wardin in N.O.V.A. 2. For the first two games, Kal only ever communicates with her indirectly through his helmet, however in N.O.V.A. 3 Kal and Yelena finally meet, as, by this point, though only an AI, she was given a body as "a gift from Prometheus".


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Fanon

If anybody wants to write his own story that is related to N.O.V.A. series, please go to N.O.V.A. Fanon Wiki. However, please be informed that this wiki has already been deleted by Fandom Team several years ago.

According to the information shown on its page which has been archived, this wiki had already been closed in 2015.

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Announcement

Important announcement about this wiki will be posted here:

  • January 2024: This wiki is now being adopted by User DanielSmith1967 because of the inactivity of the original admins.

History of N.O.V.A. Wiki

Pre-First Adoption

Daybreak Era

Creation of the wiki

Day Spring Era

First edits on the wiki
Dark Hour before the Sun Rises
  • Before mid 2012: Not much known about this period. The wiki community was probably extremely inactive at that time because only a few comments were found to be posted here before 2012. The reason was probably that the creators of this wiki didn't do anything to manage this wiki. Staff Sannse probably help the managers to manage this wiki at that time. According to the contribution record of a bot called WikiaBot, several users often edited some pages of this wiki; however, the community was overally inactive at that time.
  • May 2012: Wiki Specialist Wagnike2 posted a post on the wiki blog, saying that the Wikia Development Team had already decided to give this wiki a makeover. Wiki Specialist Wagnike2 created some pages of this wiki in this month. His contributions greatly helped the post-first adoption admins manage this wiki well after the latters took over this wiki.

During-First Adoption

First Great Changing Era

Users requesting to adopt the wiki
  • Mid 2012: N.O.V.A. 2 wiki was said to having been adopted by three users who were WolfSpirit42, Turreteer and Tomandjerry fannumber1 in this month. It is unknown who was the one requesting to adopt this wiki. It seemed that these three users were friends in real world. However, their relationship might not be very good because it was found out that User Turreteer and User Tomandjerry fannumber1 argued with each other several times on their message walls in the next few years.

Post-First Adoption

Sunrise Era

Being adopted by three users
  • 12/06/2012: Community Team Member Merrystar changed Tomandjerry fannumber1's membership from none to bureaucrat on this day. First Bureaucrat Tomandjerry fannumber1 changed User Turreteer and some other users' membership from none to bureaucrat on the next few days.
  • 06/07/2012: User Adrian Alfaro posted a post on the wiki blog, asking all the editors to start a All-hands Contributor meeting. However, on the comment wall of the post, the admins denied this request.
  • 13/11/2012: Bureaucrat Petera275 changed the name of N.O.V.A. 2 Wiki into N.O.V.A. Wiki on this day. However, on some pages, the name of this wiki was still shown as 'N.O.V.A 2 Wiki'.

Midday Era

Wiki Community being extremely active
  • From late 2012 to mid 2013: This period was deemed to be the golden age of the wiki community. The Generation 2 Admins created many pages during this period. A lot of pages which are deemed to be very detailed nowadays were actually created by them and many other editors at that time. Even though Gameloft had begun to decline since 2012, N.O.V.A. series was still very popular at that time. Therefore, N.O.V.A. Community was still extremely active in 2013.

Twilight Era

Admins giving up managing the wiki
  • Since late 2013: Because of losing interest in N.O.V.A. series, most of the Generation 2 Admins, including Prime Bureaucrat Turreteer, stopped managing this wiki one by one in late 2013.
  • 21/12/2014: Bureaucrat Petera275 posted a post on the wiki blog, admitting that a lot of players who edited the pages on this wiki had already left. It is seen as a sign of the wiki community starting being less active.
  • 22/07/2015: Bureaucrat Petera275 left his position on this day. In late 2015 or early 2016, Bureaucrat Petera275 closed his Fandom Wiki account.
  • 19/10/2015: Bureaucrat Prime WolfSpirit42 resigned on this day.

Sunset Era

Leaving of the Generation 2 Admins
  • From early 2016 to late 2022: The wiki community was very inactive in these years due to the retirement of almost all Generation 2 Admins. Only some editors sometimes edited some pages of this wiki. This period was deemed to be the dark times of the wiki community. Administrator TheBunnyAssasin was deemed to be last admin who gave up managing the wiki. After he had left his position on 21st May 2016, the reign of the Generation 2 Admins finally came to an end. From April 2016 to June 2016, User JadeSpectre, who was actually Bureaucrat Petera275 with another account, edited the pages of this wiki and talked with some other users several times. He told those users that they could adopt this wiki if they wanted to. However, nobody was willing to adopt this wiki at that time. After User JadeSpectre was gone, the wiki community became nearly completely inactive. One of the main reasons is that Gameloft had begun to go downhill since 2015; therefore, N.O.V.A. Series was given less attention. Furthermore, in early 2017, the release of N.O.V.A. Legacy made many fans of N.O.V.A. Series feel disappointed, which heavily hit the activity of N.O.V.A. Community. Not to mention the demise of the rumors about N.O.V.A. 4. All these incidents had negative impacts on the wiki community.

Midnight Era

Decline of N.O.V.A. Community
  • January 2021: Some sayings claimed that Gameloft had already given up developing N.O.V.A. X. Therefore, the last hope of many loyal fans of N.O.V.A. Series vanished.

Pre-Second Adoption

Dawn Era

Arrival of new editors
  • 1/1/2023: User DanielSmith1967 started editing pages of this wiki. His arrival was deemed to be the dawn of the wiki community’s new era.
  • From early 2023 to mid 2023: Overally, the wiki community was still very inactive. However, more and more users started to edit pages of this wiki. Active editors like User Elcochiloco666 began their journey on this wiki since mid 2023. One of the reasons that the wiki community became not that inactive is that the development of N.O.V.A. 3: REBORN attracted some old fans of N.O.V.A. 3 to edit the pages of this wiki.
  • Late 2023: The wiki community became more active. User Elcochiloco666 was deemed to be the most active editor at that time.

During-Second Adoption

Second Great Changing Era

Users requesting to adopt the wiki
  • 22/1/2024: User DanielSmith1967 requested to adopt this wiki on this day.
  • 29/1/2024: User DanielSmith1967 was given temporary admin rights for the first time by Wiki Representative Vector Sigma on this day. The memberships of almost all of the Generation 1 Adminis and Generation 2 Admins were changed into none by Wiki Representative Vector Sigma on this day. Therefore, this day was memorized as the Doomsday of the Old Deities, which represented the downfall of Creator 2797jake and the other pre-second adoption admins.
  • 3/3/2024: User DanielSmith1967 was given temporary admin rights for the second time by Wiki Representative Vector Sigma on this day.

Post-Second Adoption

To be continued

Admin List

Note: Please be informed that the memberships of the Generation 1 Admins and almost all Generation 2 Admins have already been changed into none since 29 January 2024. The Generation 0 Admins are completely inactive. If any user attempts to seek help from admins, please ask help from the Generation 3 Admins.

Generation 0 Admins (Never work on this wiki nor being given admin rights)

  • Founder: Toughpigs (Having never intervened this wiki's operation)

Generation 1 Admins (From early 2011 to early 2024)

  • Creator: 2797jake (Having never fulfilled duty)

Generation 2 Admins (From mid 2012 to early 2024)

Generation 3 Admins (Since early 2024)

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Wikia Staff List

The names of the Wikia Staffs whose userpages have already been created on this wiki are shown below:

  • Prime-founder: Jimbo Wales
  • Co-founder: Angela
  • Director of Community Development International: Avatar (Resigned in 2021)
  • Implementation Director: Xean
  • Community Support Team Member: Sarah Manley (Resigned in 2013)
  • Community Managment Team Member: Dopp (Resigned in 2012)
  • Staff: Sannse
  • Wiki Specialist: Wagnike2
  • Community Team Member: Merrystar (Resigned in 2008)
  • Wiki Representative: Vector Sigma

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Bot List

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Blog Posts

News

Petera275 Petera275 21 December 2014
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That time of year again

Happy holidays to all. Unfortunately over the last couple of years, a lot of the big players on the wiki have since moved on. Even so, it's nice to see that people still take an interest here, and TheBunnyAssassin is also still active. I wish everyone all the best for the new year and beyond.

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Petera275 Petera275 19 December 2013
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Happy holidays

Happy holidays everybody! 

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TheBunnyAssassin TheBunnyAssassin 9 September 2013
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Read this if you are ADMIN

Greetings to N.O.V.A. Admins. I am conducting a vote on whether we should have the wallpaper of out website as this:

http://wallpapersbq.com/nova-3/nova-3-wallpaper-1

Comment below with a YES or NO answer, and a reasonable reason.

I vote YES due to the fact that the latest N.O.V.A. game is 3, not Elit…

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TheBunnyAssassin TheBunnyAssassin 4 September 2013
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150 pages!

Heads up everyone! This wiki has reached 150 articles! Thank yous to everyone who helped reach this new record on this wiki!

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Petera275 Petera275 23 May 2013
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Article suggestions

  • N.O.V.A. Shuttle Pilot on one of the early New Ceres levels.
  • Kal Wardin - story cleanup
  • N.O.V.A. Elite armor types - cleanup
  • N.O.V.A. Elite weapons. (See images, I left a couple of concept arts somewhere in there)

Watch this space, I MAY add to it. Other suggestions are welcome in the comments, obvious…

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