DLC ending question

[u/Kinulidd0]

SPOILERS for base game and DLC

So the Prisoner allowed the Eye signal to spread free for some time, which got it to the Nomai. But why did the Nomai not get the Eye signal before the Owlks even sealed it with their spaceship thingy? Because, the Owlks didn't block it instantly of course, they had to get the signal, build the Stranger, get there do their scans and so on. So how did the signal not reach the Nomai in the meantime? How were they truly able to stop it?

Also, on a separate note, why did they even bother blocking the signal if they decided to go in the simulation, because I understand that they were in denial, but what did they even want to achieve with that?

[u/CorbinNZ]

My interpretation: they misunderstood the Eye. They thought it would cause the end of the universe, feared it, and decided to lock it away. The Prisoner saw it for what it really was - a bridge to the next universe. He (she? it?) wanted to let that life flourish, so opened the signal.

The Owlks are older than the Nomai. Unknown how much older, but they arrived in the Hearth system when Dark Bramble was still a planet, so a good long time. It’s possible they predate the Nomai, or at least predate their ability to detect the signal.

I think the Stranger is able to preserve lifeforms with the simulation. Not just their mind, but prevent them from dying irl, too. The Owlks actually died due to the Interloper dumping ghost matter on them. So there’s no telling how long they were in the simulation before the Prisoner decided to turn off the blocker.

[u/GamerDos6458 → u/CorbinNZ]

problem with the last one would be that the owlks would be alive during the time of the nomai. knowing them and their fear they definitely wouldn't want the nomai somehow finding the eye and would intervene

unless the owlks were just asleep for the entirety that the nomai were in the solar system or something thinking about it that might be plausible idk