{"data":{"id":12697,"title":"2530: The Galaxy Gets Bigger","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/12697-2530-The-Galaxy-Gets-Bigger","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/12697","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/12697","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"Time Capsule","images":[{"id":54,"name":"SubCommittee_FI_2_Crop.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/dsw8613apxkqrr\/source\/SubCommittee_FI_2_Crop.jpg","alt":"","size":789523,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:29:55+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/54","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/54\/similar"}],"images_count":1,"translations":{"en_EN":"It was like the Gold Rush, planetary prospectors were desperate to stake their claim on \u2018unformed\u2019 worlds. Most followed the Federal protocols, others don\u2019t.\n\nGaia Planet Services attempted to terraform a planet without authorization. Turns out the planet wasn\u2019t uninhabited. A new race, later discovered to be the Xi\u2019An Empire, showed up while the terraformers were building the equipment. Needless to say, they were a little perturbed. The Xi\u2019An captured the entire crew and kept them under guard. They released one, the foreman Charles Baxter, as a gesture of good faith.\n\nBack on Earth, High-Secretary Cho, High-General Volder, and High-Advocate Machado along with a select sub-committee of Senators gathered to get a clear assessment of what happened from Baxter and what to do about the Xi\u2019An.\nHIGH-SECRETARY CHO: If everyone\u2019s set, Mr. Baxter, please begin. Tell us about the events of that day. BAXTER: I\u2019ve been advised by the Company\u2019s attorney-\n\nHIGH-ADVOCATE MACHADO: Mr. Baxter, this is not a criminal hearing. We are simply trying to get a clear picture of what happened. There are still two hundred seventy-five of your colleagues held by an alien civilization. Any help you provide us today will be taken into account when this crisis is resolved.\n\n[Baxter confers with Attorney]\nBAXTER: We were surveying, looking for plant-points to set up the equipment. There were three transports scheduled to land so we were expecting to hear ships. I was up on a ridge when the first one came into view. I knew immediately it wasn\u2019t ours. Human, I mean. It didn\u2019t look like any Banu ship I\u2019d ever seen, but you know how they are\u2026\n\nHIGH-SECRETARY CHO: Please stay on topic.\n\nBAXTER: Well, next thing we knew, they were all over us. Ships coming from all sorts of directions.\n\nHIGH-GENERAL VOLDER: Didn\u2019t you run scans before landing?\n\nBAXTER: Not really. I mean, I don\u2019t think so.\n\nHIGH-GENERAL VOLDER: Don\u2019t you think it would be wise before attempting to terraform a planet?\n\nBAXTER: You don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like out there. You wait around too long, some other Corp will swoop in and process that rock faster than you can blink.\n\nHIGH-GENERAL VOLDER: While we appreciate your sociological insight, Mr. Baxter, we need facts, not hyperbole if we\u2019re going to free the hostages.\n\nHIGH-SECRETARY CHO: General, we have not concluded that a military action is necessary.\n\nHIGH-GENERAL VOLDER: I understand but we need to have a plan on the table to enact should the diplomatic solutions go sour.\n\nHIGH-SECRETARY CHO: Agreed. Please continue, Mr. Baxter. . . .END EXCERPT\n\nUPE Military forces maintained a perimeter at the jump-point entrance. It took fifteen days to work out a communication system to speak with the Xi\u2019An. That started a tense negotiation period. The Xi\u2019An were meticulous with their demands.\n\nBy the time the hostages were released, over fifty-seven days had passed. Though the UPE had managed to avoid war, relations with the Xi\u2019An were tense.","de_DE":"Es war wie beim Goldrausch, die Planetensucher waren verzweifelt, ihren Anspruch auf \"ungeformte\" Welten zu setzen. Die meisten folgten den Bundesprotokollen, andere nicht.\n\nGaia Planet Services versuchte, einen Planeten ohne Genehmigung zu terraformen. Es stellte sich heraus, dass der Planet nicht unbewohnt war. Eine neue Rasse, die sp\u00e4ter als das Xi'An-Reich entdeckt wurde, tauchte auf, w\u00e4hrend die Terraformer die Ausr\u00fcstung bauten. Unn\u00f6tig zu sagen, dass sie ein wenig beunruhigt waren. Die Xi'An nahmen die gesamte Besatzung gefangen und hielten sie unter Bewachung. Sie lie\u00dfen einen, den Polier Charles Baxter, als eine Geste des guten Willens frei.\n\nZur\u00fcck auf der Erde versammelten sich High-Secretary Cho, High-General Volder und High-Advocate Machado zusammen mit einem ausgew\u00e4hlten Unterausschuss von Senatoren, um eine klare Einsch\u00e4tzung dessen zu erhalten, was von Baxter passiert ist und was mit dem Xi'An geschehen soll.\n\nHIGH-SECRETARY CHO: Wenn alle bereit sind, Mr. Baxter, fangen Sie bitte an. Erz\u00e4hlen Sie uns von den Ereignissen dieses Tages. BAXTER: Ich wurde vom Anwalt der Firma beraten.\n\nHIGH-ADVOCATE MACHADO: Herr Baxter, dies ist keine Strafverhandlung. Wir versuchen nur, ein klares Bild davon zu bekommen, was passiert ist. Es gibt immer noch zweihundertf\u00fcnfundsiebzig Ihrer Kollegen, die von einer fremden Zivilisation gehalten werden. Jede Hilfe, die Sie uns heute leisten, wird bei der L\u00f6sung dieser Krise ber\u00fccksichtigt.\n\n[Baxter spricht mit dem Anwalt]\nBAXTER: Wir haben Vermessungen durchgef\u00fchrt und nach Anlagenpunkten gesucht, um die Ausr\u00fcstung aufzustellen. Es waren drei Transporte geplant, die landen sollten, so dass wir erwarteten, Schiffe zu h\u00f6ren. Ich war oben auf einem H\u00fcgel, als der erste in Sicht kam. Ich wusste sofort, dass es nicht uns geh\u00f6rte. Menschlich, meine ich. Es sah nicht aus wie ein Banu-Schiff, das ich je gesehen hatte, aber du wei\u00dft, wie sie sind.....\n\nHIGH-SECRETARY CHO: Bitte bleiben Sie beim Thema.\n\nBAXTER: Nun, das n\u00e4chste, was wir wussten, war, dass sie \u00fcberall auf uns waren. Schiffe, die aus allen m\u00f6glichen Richtungen kommen.\n\nHIGH-GENERAL VOLDER: Hast du keine Scans vor der Landung durchgef\u00fchrt?\n\nBAXTER: Nicht wirklich. Ich meine, ich glaube nicht.\n\nHIGH-GENERAL VOLDER: Denkst du nicht, dass es klug w\u00e4re, bevor du versuchst, einen Planeten zu terraformen?\n\nBAXTER: Du wei\u00dft nicht, wie es da drau\u00dfen ist. Du wartest zu lange herum, ein anderes Corp wird hereinkommen und dieses Gestein schneller verarbeiten, als du blinzeln kannst.\n\nHIGH-GENERAL VOLDER: Obwohl wir Ihre soziologischen Erkenntnisse zu sch\u00e4tzen wissen, Herr Baxter, brauchen wir Fakten, nicht \u00dcbertreibungen, wenn wir die Geiseln befreien wollen.\n\nHIGH-SECRETARY CHO: General, wir haben nicht den Schluss gezogen, dass eine milit\u00e4rische Aktion notwendig ist.\n\nHIGH-GENERAL VOLDER: Ich verstehe, aber wir brauchen einen Plan, der auf dem Tisch liegt, um zu handeln, wenn die diplomatischen L\u00f6sungen sauer werden.\n\nHIGH-SECRETARY CHO: Einverstanden. Bitte fahren Sie fort, Herr Baxter.\n\n\n. ..ENDE AUSZUG\n\nDie UPE-Milit\u00e4rs hielten einen Umfang am Eingang des Sprungbrettes aufrecht. Es dauerte f\u00fcnfzehn Tage, um ein Kommunikationssystem zu entwickeln, um mit den Xi'An zu sprechen. Damit begann eine angespannte Verhandlungsphase. Die Xi'An waren mit ihren Anforderungen sehr sorgf\u00e4ltig.\n\nAls die Geiseln freigelassen wurden, waren \u00fcber siebenundf\u00fcnfzig Tage vergangen. Obwohl es der UPE gelungen war, Krieg zu vermeiden, waren die Beziehungen zu den Xi'An angespannt.","zh_CN":"It was like the Gold Rush, planetary prospectors were desperate to stake their claim on \u2018unformed\u2019 worlds. Most followed the Federal protocols, others don\u2019t.\n\nGaia Planet Services attempted to terraform a planet without authorization. Turns out the planet wasn\u2019t uninhabited. A new race, later discovered to be the Xi\u2019An Empire, showed up while the terraformers were building the equipment. Needless to say, they were a little perturbed. The Xi\u2019An captured the entire crew and kept them under guard. They released one, the foreman Charles Baxter, as a gesture of good faith.\n\nBack on Earth, High-Secretary Cho, High-General Volder, and High-Advocate Machado along with a select sub-committee of Senators gathered to get a clear assessment of what happened from Baxter and what to do about the Xi\u2019An.\nHIGH-SECRETARY CHO: If everyone\u2019s set, Mr. Baxter, please begin. Tell us about the events of that day. BAXTER: I\u2019ve been advised by the Company\u2019s attorney-\n\nHIGH-ADVOCATE MACHADO: Mr. Baxter, this is not a criminal hearing. We are simply trying to get a clear picture of what happened. There are still two hundred seventy-five of your colleagues held by an alien civilization. Any help you provide us today will be taken into account when this crisis is resolved.\n\n[Baxter confers with Attorney]\nBAXTER: We were surveying, looking for plant-points to set up the equipment. There were three transports scheduled to land so we were expecting to hear ships. I was up on a ridge when the first one came into view. I knew immediately it wasn\u2019t ours. Human, I mean. It didn\u2019t look like any Banu ship I\u2019d ever seen, but you know how they are\u2026\n\nHIGH-SECRETARY CHO: Please stay on topic.\n\nBAXTER: Well, next thing we knew, they were all over us. Ships coming from all sorts of directions.\n\nHIGH-GENERAL VOLDER: Didn\u2019t you run scans before landing?\n\nBAXTER: Not really. I mean, I don\u2019t think so.\n\nHIGH-GENERAL VOLDER: Don\u2019t you think it would be wise before attempting to terraform a planet?\n\nBAXTER: You don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like out there. You wait around too long, some other Corp will swoop in and process that rock faster than you can blink.\n\nHIGH-GENERAL VOLDER: While we appreciate your sociological insight, Mr. Baxter, we need facts, not hyperbole if we\u2019re going to free the hostages.\n\nHIGH-SECRETARY CHO: General, we have not concluded that a military action is necessary.\n\nHIGH-GENERAL VOLDER: I understand but we need to have a plan on the table to enact should the diplomatic solutions go sour.\n\nHIGH-SECRETARY CHO: Agreed. Please continue, Mr. Baxter. . . .END EXCERPT\n\nUPE Military forces maintained a perimeter at the jump-point entrance. It took fifteen days to work out a communication system to speak with the Xi\u2019An. That started a tense negotiation period. The Xi\u2019An were meticulous with their demands.\n\nBy the time the hostages were released, over fifty-seven days had passed. Though the UPE had managed to avoid war, relations with the Xi\u2019An were tense."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":38,"created_at":"2012-09-25T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"13 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-04-30 00:36:05","valid_relations":["images","links","translations"],"prev_id":12696,"next_id":12698}}