{"data":{"id":12886,"title":"News Update: The Kr'Thak","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/12886-News-Update-The-KrThak","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/12886","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/12886","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":320,"name":"ShowdownLogo2.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/m9xvzqkdncu88r\/source\/ShowdownLogo2.jpg","alt":"","size":687711,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:24:41+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/320","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/320\/similar"},{"id":26463,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/weozjmuuh3hwh\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":843046,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2019-09-19T15:49:32+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463\/similar"},{"id":27892,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/w3o9r4zgppm77\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":900916,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2021-09-06T14:48:40+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892\/similar"}],"images_count":8,"translations":{"en_EN":"Auto-Transcript for S&P and NFSC Submission\nEP: 54:12 : \u201cThe Enemy of My Enemy\u201d\nERIA QUINT: Welcome to this episode of Showdown! Tonight we\u2019re joined by Mark Ko, SSN\u2019s foreign policy consultant.\n\nMARK KO: Glad to be here.\n\nERIA QUINT: At the start of this quarter\u2019s session, the Senate officially opened discussions as to whether the UEE should attempt to establish relations with the Kr\u2019Thak. They\u2019ve been a hot topic since their existence was revealed late last year. Due to their tumultuous history with the Xi\u2019An Empire, the issue has been a political and logistical minefield. So Mark, we\u2019ll start out with the basic question: should the UEE attempt to contact the Kr\u2019Thak?\n\nMARK KO: Absolutely. Frankly, I\u2019m stunned that the government\u2019s just getting around to discussing this now. The Kr\u2019Thak are a sentient, space-faring race and we know next to nothing about them. We should, at the very least, attempt diplomatic relations.\n\nERIA QUINT: Unfortunately, it\u2019s not that simple. We\u2019re not talking about the Banu or even the Vanduul. The Kr\u2019Thak systems are on the other side of the Xi\u2019An Empire. What are we going to tell the Xi\u2019An? Hey, don\u2019t mind us, we\u2019re just passing through to try and broker a trade deal with your sworn enemy? I\u2019m sure that\u2019ll go over well.\n\nMARK KO: They aren\u2019t at war now. Why should they care? I think you\u2019re being too dismissive of the Xi\u2019An. Yeah, they have a long lifespan so there are still veterans of the Spirit Wars, but I think we can all agree that the Xi\u2019An don\u2019t run on emotion.\n\nERIA QUINT: Fine. So they won\u2019t overreact, but won\u2019t they absolutely see it as a strategic disadvantage to have two civilizations, one civil but tense and the other hostile, surrounding them?\n\nMARK KO: Again, I think you\u2019re underestimating the Xi\u2019An. Sure, we aren\u2019t the best of friends, but you\u2019re treating them like it was the height of the Messer Era. I think it\u2019s silly not to open up a channel of communication with another species with the hope of exchanging ideas, history, and culture simply because it might annoy the Xi\u2019An.\n\nERIA QUINT: Well, sorry, but this is diplomacy. There aren\u2019t a lot of opportunities for take-backs-\n\nMARK KO: Are you serious?\n\nERIA QUINT: I\u2019m not done.\n\nMARK KO: Diplomacy is all about \u2018take-backs,\u2019 what are \u2014\n\nERIA QUINT: Please let me finish. The Xi\u2019An Emperor has repeatedly stated that the Kr\u2019Thak are an enemy of the Xi\u2019An. If we attempt to contact them, they are going to factor that into their relations with us, which will ratchet up their military presence along our border, even as a precaution, which will cause us to match them. Next thing we know, we\u2019re back in a Mirror-State. And I\u2019m still not hearing a solution, outside of sheer espionage, regarding crossing Xi\u2019An territory to even get to the Kr\u2019Thak.\n\nMARK KO: So you\u2019re suggesting that we just ignore them.\n\nERIA QUINT: Not at all. I think we should go through the Xi\u2019An.\n\nMARK KO: What do you mean?\n\nERIA QUINT: We let the Xi\u2019An know our intention to contact the Kr\u2019Thak. Make them part of the process.\n\nMARK KO: You said yourself that Emperor Kr.\u0113 regards the Kr\u2019Thak as enemies of the Xi\u2019An Empire. You really think they\u2019d go for that?\n\nERIA QUINT: Maybe. Maybe not. But it\u2019s one way to communicate without alienating them. Who knows, maybe it\u2019ll help smooth relations between the two of them.\n\nMARK KO: I don\u2019t know. It sounds like you\u2019re opening a large window of opportunity for the Xi\u2019An to compromise diplomacy.\n\nERIA QUINT: Who\u2019s underestimating them now?\n\nMARK KO: Well, if you\u2019re using them as middlemen and it\u2019s in their best interest to keep us from establishing a beneficial relationship with the Kr\u2019Thak, why wouldn\u2019t they manipulate the situation to their advantage? Hell, I\u2019d be shocked if they didn\u2019t do that.\n\nERIA QUINT: But it\u2019s a solution to the astrographic issue of their location.\n\nMARK KO: I suppose, but it\u2019s na\u00efve to think that the Xi\u2019An will forget centuries of war and animosity and suddenly play nice.\n\nERIA QUINT: It\u2019s better than no contact at all. [PAUSE] We\u2019re going to take a break. When we come back, controversial lobbyist Cornell Mars will join us. Mars made headlines recently with his \u2018unique\u2019 perspective on the Kr\u2019Thak situation. So join us as we reload for another Showdown!\n\n. . . TRANSCRIPT BREAK","de_DE":"Automatische \u00dcbertragung f\u00fcr S&P- und NFSC-Einreichungen\n\nEP: 54:12 : \"Der Feind meines Feindes\".\n\nERIA QUINT: Willkommen zu dieser Episode von Showdown! Heute Abend schlie\u00dft sich uns Mark Ko, der Au\u00dfenpolitikberater der SSN, an.\n\nMARK KO: Sch\u00f6n, hier zu sein.\n\nERIA QUINT: Zu Beginn der Sitzung dieses Quartals er\u00f6ffnete der Senat offiziell Gespr\u00e4che dar\u00fcber, ob die UEE versuchen sollte, Beziehungen zu den Kr'Thak herzustellen. Sie sind ein hei\u00dfes Thema, seit ihre Existenz Ende letzten Jahres bekannt wurde. Aufgrund ihrer turbulenten Geschichte mit dem Xi'An Imperium war das Thema ein politisches und logistisches Minenfeld. Also Mark, wir beginnen mit der grundlegenden Frage: Sollte die UEE versuchen, die Kr'Thak zu kontaktieren?\n\nMARK KO: Auf jeden Fall. Ehrlich gesagt, bin ich verbl\u00fcfft, dass die Regierung gerade dabei ist, das jetzt zu diskutieren. Die Kr'Thak sind ein empfindliches, raumfahrendes Rennen, und wir wissen fast nichts \u00fcber sie. Wir sollten zumindest versuchen, diplomatische Beziehungen aufzubauen.\n\nERIA QUINT: Leider ist es nicht so einfach. Wir sprechen nicht \u00fcber die Banu oder gar die Vanduul. Die Kr'Thak-Systeme befinden sich auf der anderen Seite des Xi'An-Reiches. Was werden wir dem Xi'an sagen? Hey, k\u00fcmmern Sie sich nicht um uns, wir sind nur auf der Durchreise, um zu versuchen, ein Handelsgesch\u00e4ft mit Ihrem geschworenen Feind zu vermitteln? Ich bin sicher, das wird gut ankommen.\n\nMARK KO: Sie befinden sich jetzt nicht im Krieg. Warum sollten sie sich sorgen? Ich denke, du bist zu abweisend gegen\u00fcber dem Xi'An. Ja, sie haben eine lange Lebensdauer, also gibt es immer noch Veteranen der Geisterkriege, aber ich denke, wir k\u00f6nnen uns alle darauf einigen, dass die Xi'An nicht mit Emotionen laufen.\n\nERIA QUINT: Gut. Sie werden also nicht \u00fcberreagieren, aber werden sie es nicht unbedingt als strategischen Nachteil ansehen, wenn zwei Zivilisationen, eine zivil, aber angespannt und die andere feindlich, sie umgeben?\n\nMARK KO: Nochmals, ich denke, du untersch\u00e4tzt den Xi'An. Sicher, wir sind nicht die besten Freunde, aber du behandelst sie, als w\u00e4re es die H\u00f6he der Messer-\u00c4ra. Ich denke, es ist albern, nicht einen Kanal der Kommunikation mit einer anderen Spezies zu \u00f6ffnen, in der Hoffnung, Ideen, Geschichte und Kultur auszutauschen, nur weil es die Xi'An \u00e4rgern k\u00f6nnte.\n\nERIA QUINT: Nun, sorry, aber das ist Diplomatie. Es gibt nicht viele M\u00f6glichkeiten f\u00fcr R\u00fccknahmen.\n\nMARK KO: Ist das dein Ernst?\n\nERIA QUINT: Ich bin noch nicht fertig.\n\nMARK KO: Bei Diplomatie geht es nur um R\u00fccknahmen, was sind -\n\nERIA QUINT: Bitte lassen Sie mich ausreden. Der Xi'An Kaiser hat wiederholt erkl\u00e4rt, dass die Kr'Thak ein Feind der Xi'An sind. Wenn wir versuchen, sie zu kontaktieren, werden sie das in ihre Beziehungen zu uns einbeziehen, was ihre milit\u00e4rische Pr\u00e4senz entlang unserer Grenze verst\u00e4rken wird, auch vorsorglich, was dazu f\u00fchren wird, dass wir sie mit ihnen vergleichen. Das n\u00e4chste, was wir wissen, ist, dass wir wieder in einem Spiegelstaat sind. Und ich h\u00f6re immer noch keine L\u00f6sung, au\u00dferhalb der reinen Spionage, bez\u00fcglich der Durchquerung von Xi'An-Gebiet, um \u00fcberhaupt zum Kr'Thak zu gelangen.\n\nMARK KO: Also schl\u00e4gst du vor, dass wir sie einfach ignorieren.\n\nERIA QUINT: \u00dcberhaupt nicht. Ich denke, wir sollten durch den Xi'An gehen.\n\nMARK KO: Was meinst du damit?\n\nERIA QUINT: Wir lassen die Xi'An wissen, dass wir beabsichtigen, die Kr'Thak zu kontaktieren. Machen Sie sie Teil des Prozesses.\n\nMARK KO: Du hast selbst gesagt, dass Kaiser Kr.\u0113 die Kr'Thak als Feinde des Xi'An-Reiches betrachtet. Glaubst du wirklich, dass sie das tun w\u00fcrden?\n\nERIA QUINT: Vielleicht. Vielleicht auch nicht. Aber es ist eine M\u00f6glichkeit, zu kommunizieren, ohne sie zu entfremden. Wer wei\u00df, vielleicht hilft es, die Beziehungen zwischen den beiden zu verbessern.\n\nMARK KO: Ich wei\u00df nicht. Es klingt, als \u00f6ffnest du dem Xi'An ein gro\u00dfes Fenster der Gelegenheit, die Diplomatie zu kompromittieren.\n\nERIA QUINT: Wer untersch\u00e4tzt sie jetzt?\n\nMARK KO: Nun, wenn Sie sie als Zwischenh\u00e4ndler einsetzen und es in ihrem besten Interesse ist, uns davon abzuhalten, eine vorteilhafte Beziehung zu den Kr'Thak aufzubauen, warum sollten sie die Situation nicht zu ihrem Vorteil manipulieren? Verdammt, ich w\u00e4re schockiert, wenn sie das nicht tun w\u00fcrden.\n\nERIA QUINT: Aber es ist eine L\u00f6sung f\u00fcr das astrographische Problem ihres Standorts.\n\nMARK KO: Ich nehme an, aber es ist naiv zu denken, dass die Xi'An Jahrhunderte des Krieges und der Feindseligkeit vergessen werden und pl\u00f6tzlich nett spielen.\n\nERIA QUINT: Es ist besser als gar kein Kontakt. Wir machen eine Pause. Wenn wir zur\u00fcckkommen, wird sich uns der umstrittene Lobbyist Cornell Mars anschlie\u00dfen. Mars machte k\u00fcrzlich Schlagzeilen mit seiner \"einzigartigen\" Perspektive auf die Kr'Thak-Situation. Also schlie\u00dft euch uns an, wenn wir f\u00fcr einen weiteren Showdown nachladen!\n\n. . . TRANSKRIPTUMBRUCH","zh_CN":"Auto-Transcript for S&P and NFSC Submission\nEP: 54:12 : \u201cThe Enemy of My Enemy\u201d\nERIA QUINT: Welcome to this episode of Showdown! Tonight we\u2019re joined by Mark Ko, SSN\u2019s foreign policy consultant.\n\nMARK KO: Glad to be here.\n\nERIA QUINT: At the start of this quarter\u2019s session, the Senate officially opened discussions as to whether the UEE should attempt to establish relations with the Kr\u2019Thak. They\u2019ve been a hot topic since their existence was revealed late last year. Due to their tumultuous history with the Xi\u2019An Empire, the issue has been a political and logistical minefield. So Mark, we\u2019ll start out with the basic question: should the UEE attempt to contact the Kr\u2019Thak?\n\nMARK KO: Absolutely. Frankly, I\u2019m stunned that the government\u2019s just getting around to discussing this now. The Kr\u2019Thak are a sentient, space-faring race and we know next to nothing about them. We should, at the very least, attempt diplomatic relations.\n\nERIA QUINT: Unfortunately, it\u2019s not that simple. We\u2019re not talking about the Banu or even the Vanduul. The Kr\u2019Thak systems are on the other side of the Xi\u2019An Empire. What are we going to tell the Xi\u2019An? Hey, don\u2019t mind us, we\u2019re just passing through to try and broker a trade deal with your sworn enemy? I\u2019m sure that\u2019ll go over well.\n\nMARK KO: They aren\u2019t at war now. Why should they care? I think you\u2019re being too dismissive of the Xi\u2019An. Yeah, they have a long lifespan so there are still veterans of the Spirit Wars, but I think we can all agree that the Xi\u2019An don\u2019t run on emotion.\n\nERIA QUINT: Fine. So they won\u2019t overreact, but won\u2019t they absolutely see it as a strategic disadvantage to have two civilizations, one civil but tense and the other hostile, surrounding them?\n\nMARK KO: Again, I think you\u2019re underestimating the Xi\u2019An. Sure, we aren\u2019t the best of friends, but you\u2019re treating them like it was the height of the Messer Era. I think it\u2019s silly not to open up a channel of communication with another species with the hope of exchanging ideas, history, and culture simply because it might annoy the Xi\u2019An.\n\nERIA QUINT: Well, sorry, but this is diplomacy. There aren\u2019t a lot of opportunities for take-backs-\n\nMARK KO: Are you serious?\n\nERIA QUINT: I\u2019m not done.\n\nMARK KO: Diplomacy is all about \u2018take-backs,\u2019 what are \u2014\n\nERIA QUINT: Please let me finish. The Xi\u2019An Emperor has repeatedly stated that the Kr\u2019Thak are an enemy of the Xi\u2019An. If we attempt to contact them, they are going to factor that into their relations with us, which will ratchet up their military presence along our border, even as a precaution, which will cause us to match them. Next thing we know, we\u2019re back in a Mirror-State. And I\u2019m still not hearing a solution, outside of sheer espionage, regarding crossing Xi\u2019An territory to even get to the Kr\u2019Thak.\n\nMARK KO: So you\u2019re suggesting that we just ignore them.\n\nERIA QUINT: Not at all. I think we should go through the Xi\u2019An.\n\nMARK KO: What do you mean?\n\nERIA QUINT: We let the Xi\u2019An know our intention to contact the Kr\u2019Thak. Make them part of the process.\n\nMARK KO: You said yourself that Emperor Kr.\u0113 regards the Kr\u2019Thak as enemies of the Xi\u2019An Empire. You really think they\u2019d go for that?\n\nERIA QUINT: Maybe. Maybe not. But it\u2019s one way to communicate without alienating them. Who knows, maybe it\u2019ll help smooth relations between the two of them.\n\nMARK KO: I don\u2019t know. It sounds like you\u2019re opening a large window of opportunity for the Xi\u2019An to compromise diplomacy.\n\nERIA QUINT: Who\u2019s underestimating them now?\n\nMARK KO: Well, if you\u2019re using them as middlemen and it\u2019s in their best interest to keep us from establishing a beneficial relationship with the Kr\u2019Thak, why wouldn\u2019t they manipulate the situation to their advantage? Hell, I\u2019d be shocked if they didn\u2019t do that.\n\nERIA QUINT: But it\u2019s a solution to the astrographic issue of their location.\n\nMARK KO: I suppose, but it\u2019s na\u00efve to think that the Xi\u2019An will forget centuries of war and animosity and suddenly play nice.\n\nERIA QUINT: It\u2019s better than no contact at all. [PAUSE] We\u2019re going to take a break. When we come back, controversial lobbyist Cornell Mars will join us. Mars made headlines recently with his \u2018unique\u2019 perspective on the Kr\u2019Thak situation. So join us as we reload for another Showdown!\n\n. . . TRANSCRIPT BREAK"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":66,"created_at":"2013-02-12T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"13 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 09:57:18","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":12885,"next_id":12887}}