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None. As evidenced in the [[Project YoRHa|Project YoRHa story]], YoRHa gets created “by androids, for androids”. Additionally, according to YoRHa Stage Play <ref name="YoRHa Stage Play">[[YoRHa Stage Play]]</ref>, N2 breaks into YoRHa servers during or shortly before Pearl Harbor, and only then discovers the truth about the project - if they didn’t know about it earlier, they couldn’t take any part in creating it.
  
 
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NieR Automata has a very complex, multilayered plot and it is normal to have questions after finishing the game. Yoko Taro is known to present things vaguely so that players could find answers themselves.

However, Yoko Taro also likes to publish a lot of various Side Materials after the game to shed some light and comment on different topics as well as extend the lore.

On this page, you can find a list of answers to frequently asked questions and explanations of popular topics.

While everything here is still a subjective opinion, it is a result of months worth of discussions and analysis heavily based on official sources rahter than personal speculations.

That said, you are highly encouraged to read everything yourself and make you own conclusions.

Why does 2Bs skirt explode when she self destructs ?

What happens to A2 after ending [E]

Are №9/№2/A2 and 2B/9S the same?

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YoRHa Cycle

Short answer - there was no cycle.

Longer answer - according to the Project YoRHa story about it’s creation, YoRHa gets created with only one goal in mind - giving hope to androids. There are no plans for loops or cycles - as No 9, the person responsible for putting the project in motion says:

No.9: It was all just a ruse, telling everyone humans are still alive on the moon, just to give androids the will to fight!

No.9: But that little plan of his was incomplete.

No.9: There was a risk of information leaking out from that satellite base that was meant to manage the human server on the moon.

No.9: That's why I decided to rewrite his plan.

No.9: I rigged the thirteenth base to have a back door that'll open at a certain time.

No.9: The base'll be destroyed by an attack from machine lifeforms, at which point only the server on the moon will be left with transmission capabilities.

(No.9 slowly turns back, his tone sounding like he's just giving a speech.)

No.9: And so, I'll create a "god" on the face of the moon for us androids.”

—Project YoRHa [1]

This is further reinforced by the Timeline, which shows that the Bunker starts operating in 11940, and gets destroyed in 11945 - and that’s the one and only time this happens. The Project also ends that year, with all data about it erased by the pods.

While it’s not completely unplausible that a new batch of android models could be created from YoRHa combat data over time, it doesn’t happen for at least 500 years after the game, and even if it would happen, it wouldn’t be a YoRHa cycle - since all the data about the project is long gone.

Machines/N2 role in YoRHa creation

None. As evidenced in the Project YoRHa story, YoRHa gets created “by androids, for androids”. Additionally, according to YoRHa Stage Play [2], N2 breaks into YoRHa servers during or shortly before Pearl Harbor, and only then discovers the truth about the project - if they didn’t know about it earlier, they couldn’t take any part in creating it.

Red Girl A: By hacking into your server, there is something interesting we’ve discovered.

Red Girl B: This is incredibly important, so be sure to listen well.

Red Girl A: The YoRHa squadron were created as experimental weapons.

Red Girl B: Everything was pre-planned by your headquarters, even your unplanned battles and dire circumstances.”

—YoRHa Stage Play [2]

What A2 does at the end of C?

She transfers 9S’s virus to herself to cure him, and destroys all of the Ark data.

After many, many battles, 9S’s core data has been corrupted by the virus. “Alert: Severe virus corruption. Probability of successful deletion extremely low.” “...I think I know a way.” “...the idea under consideration is not recommended.” Though the pod’s words were stiff as always, they had a tinge of gentleness to them for the first time. A2 felt something funny bubbling up inside of her and gave the pod a mellow smile. “You’re not so bad, Pod. You know that?”

It felt like ages since the last time she truly smiled. How long has it been?

After transferring the virus from 9S’s core data, she approached the machine lifeform’s server. She heard the voice of children. The data that the machine lifeforms put into the ark with hopes for the future. Just who has the right to kill them? Who has the right to destroy their futures? A2 whispered words of apology.

“I’m sorry…”

Having lost everything, the tower crumbled away.

The sky is close from the top.

“I never quite realized...how beautiful this world is.”

The floor beneath her feet fell apart, and she felt her own consciousness fading.


“I’m coming, everyone...I’m...coming…”

Even to eyes that were stained crimson from the virus, the sky appeared endlessly blue and beautiful.'

—Game Chapters Comments, Ending C [3]

2B and 9S relationship

Read: 2B and 9S Relationship

At which point in the game 9S learned the truth about 2E?

Which ending is canon?

Why 9S wanted to kill A2

When 9S got corrupted in Route C?

How 9S learns the truth about 2E

Weapon Stories

Song for a Broken World

Quicktravel and/or Death - What happens with Memory/Body?

Notes