{"data":{"id":12961,"title":"NEWS UPDATE: SINS OF THE FATHER","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/12961-NEWS-UPDATE-SINS-OF-THE-FATHER","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/12961","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/12961","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":447,"name":"NewUnited_SinsFI_Crop.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/kau3wbcw8zzarr\/source\/NewUnited_SinsFI_Crop.jpg","alt":"","size":370361,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:21:48+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/447","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/447\/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":"NEW UNITED NewsOrg\n\n>>\nSINS OF THE FATHER\nBy Illeana Moreno Staff Writer Life is an uphill battle for Victor Heller. Born in a small settlement in the Tyrol system, his father and mother are both members of the notorious Screaming Galsons pack. As a child, all he knew of the universe was violence and anarchy.\n\nThe opposite is true for Len Weeng. Born to a life of privilege and security, his parents are long-standing Citizens and entrepreneurs in Croshaw.\n\nThese two young men, both seventeen now, have one thing in common. They are both on the road to Citizenship, but they will have two very different experiences.\n\nCurrent laws stipulate that each case for Citizenship is to be reviewed independently of the applicant\u2019s background, focusing instead on whether the Civilian is actively contributing to the good of the society. However, the disparity these two young men will face highlights the flaws in the system, because we all know the truth:\n\nWhere you come from absolutely matters.\n\nVictor assumed this. His parents had over sixty counts of piracy, theft, assault and robbery between them. He knew that the UEE would regard his desire to become a Citizen with skepticism.\n\n\u201cI get it, I do. I mean I\u2019d be leery too,\u201d Victor said at a small caf\u00e9 outside of his university. \u201cSo when I decided that this was something I wanted to do, I knew I would need to make sacrifices.\u201d\n\nSacrifice is putting it lightly. Victor severed all ties with his parents and enrolled himself in an outreach education program. He worked three jobs to pay the rent on his tiny share. When he wasn\u2019t working, he was studying or volunteering. For years he struggled to avoid anything that might adversely affect his case.\n\nBut that might not be enough. Marjorie Lowe is a lobbyist for the United Civil Liberties Organization.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s worse than you think. The government has intentionally created arbitrary obstacles and an atmosphere of dense language and cryptic bureaucracy to give itself plausible credibility whenever it chooses to deny Citizenship.\u201d Lowe believes that there\u2019s something more nefarious at play. \u201cThese methods are really a thinly veiled attempt to keep down the number of independently minded Citizens.\u201d\n\nLowe believes that there\u2019s a powerful elite on Earth that wants to keep the number of Citizens down in an effort to minimize the number of people who can elect Senators and participate in imperial elections.\n\n\u201cIf more people vote, there\u2019s more of a chance that the established power-base will be replaced by more politically independent thinkers. Over time, enough of these outsiders might tip the balance toward reform.\u201d\n\nConversely, Len\u2019s path to Citizenship is going to be more of an afterthought. When we met at his home in Croshaw, he seemed to be a well-spoken and polite young man, but compare if you will his preparations for his Citizenship hearing.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve been studying a bit. I took a prep course a few weeks ago and they gave me a breakdown of the process and a list of the likely questions.\u201d\n\nLen has also volunteered at a shelter once a month. I asked him if he thinks that this is enough to obtain his Citizenship.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he said with a smile and a shrug. \u201cI think so.\u201d\n\nEach side of Len\u2019s family have been Citizens going back almost a hundred years. Again, the review board isn\u2019t supposed to take that into consideration.\n\nFor this story, I attempted to contact the supervising committee for Citizenship at the UEE, but was met with deflection and silence. I finally found a public Solicitor, familiar with the process, who was willing to speak on condition of anonymity.\n\n\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say that coming from a family of Citizens in good standing necessarily guarantees Citizenship. I\u2019ve seen situations where it hasn\u2019t helped the candidate. They just take it into consideration and are more likely to overlook \u2026 less admirable \u2026 qualities.\u201d\n\nWith the potential obstacles standing in Victor\u2019s way, it seems that fate has just dealt him another. Relays indicate that two weeks ago, Arina Heller, Victor\u2019s mother, was killed in an ambush by local bounty hunters.\n\nWhile the story has been making its way around the Spectrum that yet another brutal pirate has been killed, thrusting the sins of his parents back into the public consciousness, Victor tries to remain optimistic.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ll do all I can. If it doesn\u2019t happen, I won\u2019t give up. Just keep my head down, keep working and try again.\u201d","de_DE":"NEU VEREINIGTE NachrichtenOrganisation\n\n>>\n\nS\u00dcNDEN DES VATERS\n\nVon Illeana Moreno\nStaff Writer Life ist ein harter Kampf f\u00fcr Victor Heller. Geboren in einer kleinen Siedlung im Tiroler System, sind sein Vater und seine Mutter beide Mitglieder des ber\u00fcchtigten Screaming Galsons Packs. Als Kind wusste er nur von Gewalt und Anarchie.\n\nF\u00fcr Len Weeng gilt das Gegenteil. Seine Eltern sind in ein Leben voller Privilegien und Sicherheit geboren und sind langj\u00e4hrige B\u00fcrger und Unternehmer in Croshaw.\n\nDiese beiden jungen M\u00e4nner, beide jetzt siebzehn, haben eines gemeinsam. Sie sind beide auf dem Weg zur Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft, aber sie werden zwei sehr unterschiedliche Erfahrungen machen.\n\nDie geltenden Gesetze sehen vor, dass jeder Fall von Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft unabh\u00e4ngig vom Hintergrund des Antragstellers zu pr\u00fcfen ist und sich stattdessen darauf konzentriert, ob der Zivilist aktiv zum Wohle der Gesellschaft beitr\u00e4gt. Die Diskrepanz, mit der diese beiden jungen M\u00e4nner konfrontiert sein werden, zeigt jedoch die M\u00e4ngel des Systems, denn wir alle kennen die Wahrheit:\n\nWo man herkommt, ist absolut wichtig.\n\nVictor nahm das an. Seine Eltern hatten \u00fcber sechzig Z\u00e4hlungen von Piraterie, Diebstahl, K\u00f6rperverletzung und Raub zwischen ihnen. Er wusste, dass die UEE seinen Wunsch, B\u00fcrger zu werden, mit Skepsis betrachten w\u00fcrde.\n\n\"Ich verstehe es, das tue ich. Ich meine, ich w\u00e4re auch misstrauisch\", sagte Victor in einem kleinen Caf\u00e9 au\u00dferhalb seiner Universit\u00e4t. \"Als ich dann entschied, dass ich das tun wollte, wusste ich, dass ich Opfer bringen musste.\"\n\nOpfer bedeutet, es auf die leichte Schulter zu nehmen. Victor trennte sich von allen Beziehungen zu seinen Eltern und schrieb sich f\u00fcr ein Outreach Education Programm ein. Er arbeitete drei Jobs, um die Miete f\u00fcr seinen winzigen Anteil zu bezahlen. Als er nicht arbeitete, studierte er oder arbeitete freiwillig. Jahrelang k\u00e4mpfte er darum, alles zu vermeiden, was seinen Fall negativ beeinflussen k\u00f6nnte.\n\nAber das ist vielleicht nicht genug. Marjorie Lowe ist Lobbyistin f\u00fcr die United Civil Liberties Organization.\n\n\"Es ist schlimmer, als du denkst. Die Regierung hat bewusst willk\u00fcrliche Hindernisse und eine Atmosph\u00e4re dichter Sprache und kryptischer B\u00fcrokratie geschaffen, um sich selbst eine glaubw\u00fcrdige Glaubw\u00fcrdigkeit zu verschaffen, wenn sie sich entscheidet, die Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft zu verweigern\". Lowe glaubt, dass da etwas Sch\u00e4ndlicheres im Spiel ist. \"Diese Methoden sind wirklich ein d\u00fcnn verschleierter Versuch, die Zahl der unabh\u00e4ngig denkenden B\u00fcrger niedrig zu halten.\"\n\nLowe glaubt, dass es eine m\u00e4chtige Elite auf der Erde gibt, die die Zahl der B\u00fcrger niedrig halten will, um die Zahl der Menschen zu minimieren, die Senatoren w\u00e4hlen und an imperialen Wahlen teilnehmen k\u00f6nnen.\n\n\"Wenn mehr Menschen w\u00e4hlen, besteht die Chance, dass die etablierte Machtbasis durch politisch unabh\u00e4ngigere Denker ersetzt wird. Mit der Zeit k\u00f6nnten gen\u00fcgend dieser Au\u00dfenstehenden das Gleichgewicht in Richtung Reform beeinflussen.\"\n\nUmgekehrt wird Lens Weg zur Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft eher ein nachtr\u00e4glicher sein. Als wir uns in seinem Haus in Croshaw trafen, schien er ein gut gesprochener und h\u00f6flicher junger Mann zu sein, aber vergleichen Sie, ob Sie seine Vorbereitungen f\u00fcr seine B\u00fcrgeranh\u00f6rung treffen werden.\n\n\"Ich habe ein wenig gelernt. Ich habe vor ein paar Wochen einen Vorbereitungskurs besucht und sie gaben mir einen \u00dcberblick \u00fcber den Prozess und eine Liste der wahrscheinlichen Fragen.\"\n\nLen hat sich auch einmal im Monat freiwillig in einem Tierheim gemeldet. Ich fragte ihn, ob er der Meinung sei, dass dies ausreicht, um seine Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft zu erlangen.\n\n\"Ich wei\u00df nicht\", sagte er mit einem L\u00e4cheln und einem Achselzucken. \"Ich glaube schon.\"\n\nJede Seite von Len's Familie ist ein B\u00fcrger, der fast hundert Jahre zur\u00fcckreicht. Auch hier soll der Pr\u00fcfungsausschuss das nicht ber\u00fccksichtigen.\n\nF\u00fcr diese Geschichte habe ich versucht, den \u00dcberwachungsausschuss f\u00fcr Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft an der UEE zu kontaktieren, wurde aber mit Ablenkung und Schweigen konfrontiert. Ich fand schlie\u00dflich einen \u00f6ffentlichen Anwalt, der mit dem Prozess vertraut war und bereit war, unter der Bedingung der Anonymit\u00e4t zu sprechen.\n\n\"Ich w\u00fcrde nicht sagen, dass die Herkunft aus einer Familie von B\u00fcrgern mit gutem Ansehen zwangsl\u00e4ufig die Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft garantiert. Ich habe Situationen gesehen, in denen es dem Kandidaten nicht geholfen hat. Sie ber\u00fccksichtigen es einfach und \u00fcbersehen eher.... weniger bewundernswerte... Qualit\u00e4ten.\"\n\nMit den m\u00f6glichen Hindernissen, die Victor im Weg stehen, scheint es, dass das Schicksal ihm gerade einen anderen zugeteilt hat. Relais zeigen, dass Arina Heller, die Mutter von Victor, vor zwei Wochen bei einem Hinterhalt von lokalen Kopfgeldj\u00e4gern get\u00f6tet wurde.\n\nW\u00e4hrend sich die Geschichte im Spectrum herumgesprochen hat, dass wieder ein brutaler Pirat get\u00f6tet wurde, der die S\u00fcnden seiner Eltern wieder ins \u00f6ffentliche Bewusstsein r\u00fcckt, versucht Victor, optimistisch zu bleiben.\n\n\"Ich werde alles tun, was ich kann. Wenn es nicht passiert, werde ich nicht aufgeben. Lass einfach meinen Kopf unten, arbeite weiter und versuche es noch einmal.\"","zh_CN":"NEW UNITED NewsOrg\n\n>>\nSINS OF THE FATHER\nBy Illeana Moreno Staff Writer Life is an uphill battle for Victor Heller. Born in a small settlement in the Tyrol system, his father and mother are both members of the notorious Screaming Galsons pack. As a child, all he knew of the universe was violence and anarchy.\n\nThe opposite is true for Len Weeng. Born to a life of privilege and security, his parents are long-standing Citizens and entrepreneurs in Croshaw.\n\nThese two young men, both seventeen now, have one thing in common. They are both on the road to Citizenship, but they will have two very different experiences.\n\nCurrent laws stipulate that each case for Citizenship is to be reviewed independently of the applicant\u2019s background, focusing instead on whether the Civilian is actively contributing to the good of the society. However, the disparity these two young men will face highlights the flaws in the system, because we all know the truth:\n\nWhere you come from absolutely matters.\n\nVictor assumed this. His parents had over sixty counts of piracy, theft, assault and robbery between them. He knew that the UEE would regard his desire to become a Citizen with skepticism.\n\n\u201cI get it, I do. I mean I\u2019d be leery too,\u201d Victor said at a small caf\u00e9 outside of his university. \u201cSo when I decided that this was something I wanted to do, I knew I would need to make sacrifices.\u201d\n\nSacrifice is putting it lightly. Victor severed all ties with his parents and enrolled himself in an outreach education program. He worked three jobs to pay the rent on his tiny share. When he wasn\u2019t working, he was studying or volunteering. For years he struggled to avoid anything that might adversely affect his case.\n\nBut that might not be enough. Marjorie Lowe is a lobbyist for the United Civil Liberties Organization.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s worse than you think. The government has intentionally created arbitrary obstacles and an atmosphere of dense language and cryptic bureaucracy to give itself plausible credibility whenever it chooses to deny Citizenship.\u201d Lowe believes that there\u2019s something more nefarious at play. \u201cThese methods are really a thinly veiled attempt to keep down the number of independently minded Citizens.\u201d\n\nLowe believes that there\u2019s a powerful elite on Earth that wants to keep the number of Citizens down in an effort to minimize the number of people who can elect Senators and participate in imperial elections.\n\n\u201cIf more people vote, there\u2019s more of a chance that the established power-base will be replaced by more politically independent thinkers. Over time, enough of these outsiders might tip the balance toward reform.\u201d\n\nConversely, Len\u2019s path to Citizenship is going to be more of an afterthought. When we met at his home in Croshaw, he seemed to be a well-spoken and polite young man, but compare if you will his preparations for his Citizenship hearing.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve been studying a bit. I took a prep course a few weeks ago and they gave me a breakdown of the process and a list of the likely questions.\u201d\n\nLen has also volunteered at a shelter once a month. I asked him if he thinks that this is enough to obtain his Citizenship.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he said with a smile and a shrug. \u201cI think so.\u201d\n\nEach side of Len\u2019s family have been Citizens going back almost a hundred years. Again, the review board isn\u2019t supposed to take that into consideration.\n\nFor this story, I attempted to contact the supervising committee for Citizenship at the UEE, but was met with deflection and silence. I finally found a public Solicitor, familiar with the process, who was willing to speak on condition of anonymity.\n\n\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say that coming from a family of Citizens in good standing necessarily guarantees Citizenship. I\u2019ve seen situations where it hasn\u2019t helped the candidate. They just take it into consideration and are more likely to overlook \u2026 less admirable \u2026 qualities.\u201d\n\nWith the potential obstacles standing in Victor\u2019s way, it seems that fate has just dealt him another. Relays indicate that two weeks ago, Arina Heller, Victor\u2019s mother, was killed in an ambush by local bounty hunters.\n\nWhile the story has been making its way around the Spectrum that yet another brutal pirate has been killed, thrusting the sins of his parents back into the public consciousness, Victor tries to remain optimistic.\n\n\u201cI\u2019ll do all I can. If it doesn\u2019t happen, I won\u2019t give up. Just keep my head down, keep working and try again.\u201d"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":71,"created_at":"2013-04-16T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"13 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-15 03:43:42","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":12960,"next_id":12962}}