NoA directions/story arc confusion

I tend to lose track of the narative when I pause to farm resources. It would be most helpful if there was a straight forward way to “brush up” on current events. Perhaps a dedicated tab in the databank for NoA Directives, or some such. Maybe thread colonist logs into a narative branch, some logs may appear in more than one branch.

Issue is the story is basically you looking at files, sites, and other evidence trying to piece together what happened. It’s a mystery. So not sure if the goal is to have all that info be organized and categorize. I think the purpose is to let players try to figure out out a la Dark Souls or Elden Ring.

Yeah I prefer the other two games because there was a more straight forward order of places to go.

I think piecing together a mystery and organizing / categorizing the information you gather would go hand in hand. I agree with OP’s sentiment.