There are levels to this. The NMS day/night cycle is geocentric. It's a sandbox game yet when it comes to its "space" premise everything is thrown out the wind

There are levels to this. The NMS day/night cycle is geocentric. It's a sandbox game yet when it comes to its "space" premise everything is thrown out the window. Dogfights carry no difficulty or skill. Flying around a system is pretty much pointless other than to stumble upon quests (100% RNG). Most of the fun you'll get at planet surface.