{"data":{"id":12964,"title":"Writer's Guide: Part Three","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/12964-Writers-Guide-Part-Three","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/12964","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/12964","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"Writer's Guide","images":[{"id":398,"name":"WriterGuideFI2_Crop.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/viqhhayioaj1er\/source\/WriterGuideFI2_Crop.jpg","alt":"","size":620486,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:22:37+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/398","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/398\/similar"}],"images_count":1,"translations":{"en_EN":"Hi Citizens and Civs alike. Welcome back to another installment of the Star Citizen\u2019s Writer\u2019s Guide. If you\u2019re new, please check out our caveats and disclaimers here.\n\n\n\nERRATA\n\nFirst off, you were right, there was an inconsistency with the science regarding the engine speeds in the timeline. That was my error. 2075 \u2013 The first RSI engine could travel at 1\/100th the speed of light.\n\n2214 \u2013 The speed was correct (1\/10th Speed of Light) so ship could theoretically travel from the sun to Pluto in 50 hours.\n\nThe big conversation from last week\u2019s installment was rank. Again, I apologize for being unclear, but last week\u2019s list was a rough starting list that was primarily being used as reference for designing some of the characters in Squadron 42 and was not meant to be considered the entire ranking structure of the military. Thank you for weighing in with your suggestions. Here\u2019s an amended pass (including the ranks bestowed on members of the military High-Command).\n\nRankings updated September 2021 to reflect the current hierarchy.\n\nUEE NAVY\n\nHigh-Command Legatus Navium (loosely translated Diplomant of the Navy)\nGrand Admiral\nAdmiral\nVice Admiral\nRear Admiral\nCommodore\nCaptain\nCommander\nLt. Commander\nLieutenant\nLieutenant Junior Grade\nEnsign\n\nEnlisted:\nMaster Chief Petty Officer\nChief Petty Officer\nPetty Officer\nJr. Petty Officer\nLeading Starman\nStarman\nStarman Recruit\n\n\nUEE ARMY\n\nHigh-Command Legatus Exercitus (loosely translated Diplomat of the Army)\nMarshal\nGeneral\nBrigadier General\nColonel\nLt. Colonel\nMajor\nCaptain\nLieutenant\n2nd Lieutenant\nOfficer Cadet\n\nEnlisted:\nSergeant Major\nMaster Sergeant\nSergeant\nCorporal\nSpecialist\nPrivate First Class\nPrivate\n\nUEE MARINES\n\nHigh-Command Legatus Marinuum (loosely translated Diplomat of the Marine)\nCaptain General\nGeneral\nLt. General\nMajor General\nBrigadier General\nColonel\nLt. Colonel\nMajor\nCaptain\nLieutenant\n2nd Lieutenant\n\nEnlisted:\nSergeant Major\nGunnery Sergeant\nCorporal\nLance Corporal\nTrooper First Class\nTrooper\n\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT\nLife throughout the UEE is a wide spectrum of experiences. Imagine the variety that we encounter on modern-day Earth (the various ethnicities, backgrounds and belief systems) and multiply that by a hundred (plus potential expansion updates!) \u2014 now we\u2019re getting into the possibilities of the social and political landscape of the UEE territory. The various ethnicities we know today have blended; now it\u2019s planetary identification. The various languages and roots of names have endured, but you\u2019ll often find them mixed together (\u201cIvan Suzuki\u201d).\n\nSo, we\u2019ve established that planets need to lobby to be included\/represented in the Senate. In an effort to keep this manageable, we\u2019ll break local government structures into two categories; unrepresented and represented.\n\nREPRESENTED\n\nThis category can include everything from Terra down to smaller population centers like Magnus.\n\nGOVERNORS COUNCIL\n\nWhat we would call nations are now called States, each of which is ruled by a Governor. Sparsely populated worlds can have councils of two Governors while densely populated ones can have dozens. These council meetings are convened to settle disputes and create planet-wide laws by Council vote.\n\nGOVERNOR\n\nA Governor is an elected position with a six-year term (two-term limit), which can be filled by a Citizen or even a Civilian (the highest political rank a Civilian can achieve). Some Governors attempt to run for Senator after their term is up.\n\nUnder the Governor there are a hundred elected Representatives. The number of constituents for each Representative varies based on the population size in the State but there are always a hundred in office \u2014 for example, a Representative on Terra represents a million people while a Rep in the smaller States of Davien might represent no more than a thousand. The Representatives are divided and assigned to various committees and departments that oversee and regulate the infrastructure.\n\nLAW ENFORCEMENT\n\nLaw enforcement is broken down into local and federal police forces. Local Police have their assigned jurisdictions, while the Federal police handle crimes across State lines and report to the Governors\u2019 Council.\n\nDepending on the planet\u2019s location and status, they may be able to call upon UEE military forces for protection\/intervention or support in cases of natural disaster.\n\nUNREPRESENTED\n\nLife away from the population hubs can be tough. Once UEE Inspectors certify a planet as safe for habitation, usually the first settlers are members of the Terraforming Teams. Smaller \u2019Forming Corps will often entice workers with land payouts. After that the surveyors start showing up, looking for anything that might establish this planet as a potential population center (looking for rare or unique minerals, a confluence of jump points, etc.) The gamble is whether this world will \u2018grow to be something.\u2019 They\u2019re hoping that they\u2019re getting in on the ground floor of the next Terra. These surveyors will snatch up land while they look; if they don\u2019t find anything of interest, they\u2019ll flip the land and move on. All the while, the poor will have been slowly trickling onto the planet, looking for opportunity, a chance to start fresh. Usually their passage is paid with an indentured commitment of some sort.\n\nThese planets are also far from the watchful eye and protection of the UEE military forces. While this can be an exciting proposition for traders who want to avoid federal tariffs, it also means that pirates and bandits can lurk around any corner. And that\u2019s not even mentioning the possibility of Vanduul attacks.\n\nGovernments on the fringe act on a town-by-town basis, usually headed by a governor or mayor (depending on local preference). It\u2019s not unusual to see towns effectively declare war on each other.\n\nThese settlements will usually have some kind of police\/militia in place. At best, they\u2019ll have a sheriff or marshal in charge. At worst, the local townspeople band together for protection when a situation arises.\n\nThis is frontier life in the future.\n\nAs the population on these unrepresented planets begins to grow, the UEE will dispatch political advisors to counsel the planets in the construction of their planetary government, emulating the Governor\/Representative structure of the represented worlds. In the early phases of planetary development, there is very little difference between Citizens and Civilians (everybody has to pull their own weight). As the population grows, that distinction begins to come into play. Civilians and Citizens both vote to elect local politicians.\n\nThe Governors\u2019 Council applies to the UEE for recognition. If accepted, Citizens are the only ones able to vote in Senatorial elections.\n\nIMPERIAL LAW VS. LOCAL LAW\n\nAs part of the UEE, in theory even the smallest settlements have access to and are subject to the full breadth of UEE laws. Enforcement of these laws is tricky, especially when you get to smaller settlements. In short, they basically go unenforced until someone decides to start enforcing them.\n\nLocal governments are allowed to establish their own laws as long as they don\u2019t contradict UEE laws.\n\nWRITING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT\n\nAgain, as with the Government as a Character section in the first part, it\u2019s all about diversity.\n\nLocal governments are made up of all types of personalities. Some small-town mayors rule their settlements with a dictatorial thirst for power, some are thoroughly corrupt, some are crusaders, some are puritanical. So use your personal judgment when conceiving of a small settlement\u2019s political structure, but understand that it\u2019s unlikely that someone could be exceptionally crazy and be able to get away with it. Even though the nature of communication means that it takes time for information to spread, there are still people with spaceships so it\u2019s unlikely that a local corrupt mayor could get away with eating his populace (for example) without word eventually getting to the authorities.\n\nAs mentioned earlier, the larger and more organized a planet becomes, the more it starts to adhere to the Governors\/Representative structure. So if you\u2019re looking to create a more unconventional type of government or political figure for a story, keep in mind that it would have to exist on a smaller size planet.\n\nINFORMATION, ENTERTAINMENT & THE MEDIA\nThe web of information and entertainment is known as the Spectrum. Many of the forms of entertainment from today still exist, just changed, advanced. For example, there are movies and shows called Vids, that are effectively all on demand. Books are exclusively digital. Painting is as well. Music too. There are still celebrities and NewsOrgs still do local nightly news and produce the equivalent of online newspapers.\n\nHere are the current major NewsOrgs:\n\nNEW UNITED\n\nNew United has been a venerable news organization for centuries. Originally called the United Times, it was one of the last vestiges of the newspaper conglomerates of the 20th century. During the Messer Era, the paper (now called the United\/Tribune after a merger with the Sentinel Tribune in 2578) became the unofficial propaganda outlet for the fascist UEE government. In 2792 when the Messer Era finally came to an end, the NewsOrg relaunched itself as the New United in an attempt to distance itself from the sins of the past and pledged to remain unbiased and never buckle to political pressure again.\n\nTERRA GAZETTE\n\nTerra-based NewsOrg. It tried to maintain its independence during the Messer Era, but was ultimately infiltrated and dissenting reporters were ostracized as the NewsOrg was incorporated into the propaganda machine.\n\nNow the Terra Gazette is primarily viewed as an opionated, almost patronizing, news source.\n\nSSN\/CAtv\n\nPrimarily vid-based NewsOrg. Operates subsidiary channels in almost every system. Full of pundit-driven debate shows like ShowDown! as well as straight newscasts.\n\nHOW DOES DISTANCE AFFECT THE NEWS\/INFORMATION?\n\nWe\u2019ll delve into the topic of communications in a future issue but, for a broad overview, information takes time to spread. There is no such thing as instantaneous communication between systems. For that reason, news can be slow to spread throughout the UEE. The NewsOrgs are constantly relaying information back and forth throughout the systems (barring the destruction of CommRelays or drones).\n\nWhile we\u2019re still too early in development to be able to ascribe a specific time to the \u2018information decay\u2019 (i.e. the amount of time that passes between when an event happens\/is reported to when it reaches the various systems), you can assume that extra-system news will be reported at least hours and often days later.\n\nIf you imagine a newscast, they would probably lead off with any local news, then recap (with appropriate time stamps) any updates from around the UEE. Newspapers have local editions for the major markets as well.\n\nQUESTIONS\nFrom Selbie Le-Grille: Q: I\u2019m still confused about 2942. Does that clock start ticking when the game is released? or is it based on the year 2012 when the GDC announcement was made??? are we in 2943 now?\n\nA: Yes, we\u2019re mirroring the timeline for the game. It was 2942 when the game was announced. Now we\u2019re in 2943 (April 2013 SET) to be exact.\n\nFrom Gundersun:\n\nQ: What is the exact status of slavery in the UEE? What about the other races, do they keep slaves? (sounds like the Banu would)\n\nAlso, do members of other intelligent species live within UEE space?\n\nA: Slavery is very illegal in UEE space but it happens. Some might argue that sledging rock on a frontier world for minimum wage is effectively slave labor. But real slavery can exist on the fringe among unscrupulous Corps and wannabe entrepreneurs. If the UEE discovers that it\u2019s happening, they will definitely crack down.\n\nThere are accounts of worlds within the Banu Protectorate that allows the ownership of slaves. As far as the Xi\u2019An, they tell us that slavery is illegal \u2026\n\nIn response to your second question, yes.\n\nNEXT WEEK\nCORPS AND CRIME.\n\nIT\u2019S ALL ABOUT THE CREDITS. WE\u2019LL DIG INTO CORPORATE REALMS AND THEIR DARK TWIN, THE CRIMINALS.\n\nLEAVE YOUR QUESTIONS BELOW. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.","de_DE":"Hallo B\u00fcrger und B\u00fcrgerinnen und B\u00fcrger gleicherma\u00dfen. Willkommen zur\u00fcck zu einer weiteren Ausgabe des Star Citizen's Writer's Guide. Wenn Sie neu sind, lesen Sie bitte hier unsere Vorbehalte und Haftungsausschl\u00fcsse.\n\n\n\nERRATA\n\nZuerst einmal, Sie hatten Recht, es gab eine Inkonsistenz mit der Wissenschaft bez\u00fcglich der Motordrehzahlen in der Zeitachse. Das war mein Fehler. 2075 - Der erste RSI-Motor k\u00f6nnte mit 1\/100 der Lichtgeschwindigkeit fahren.\n\n2214 - Die Geschwindigkeit war korrekt (1\/10. Lichtgeschwindigkeit), so dass das Schiff theoretisch in 50 Stunden von der Sonne zum Pluto reisen konnte.\n\nDas gro\u00dfe Gespr\u00e4ch von letzter Woche war ein Rank. Nochmals entschuldige ich mich f\u00fcr die Unklarheit, aber die Liste der letzten Woche war eine grobe Startliste, die in erster Linie als Referenz f\u00fcr die Gestaltung einiger Charaktere der Staffel 42 diente und nicht als die gesamte Rangstruktur des Milit\u00e4rs betrachtet werden sollte. Vielen Dank, dass Sie sich mit Ihren Vorschl\u00e4gen einverstanden erkl\u00e4rt haben. Hier ist ein ge\u00e4nderter Pass (einschlie\u00dflich der R\u00e4nge, die den Mitgliedern des milit\u00e4rischen Oberkommandos verliehen wurden).\n\n\n\nUEE NAVY\n\nOberkommando Legatus Navium (frei \u00fcbersetzt Diplomant der Marine)\nGro\u00dfadmiral\/ Gro\u00dfraummarschall\nAdmiral\nVizeadmiral\nRear Admiral\nKapit\u00e4n\nKommandant\nKommandantleutnant\nLeutnant\nLeutnant Junior Grade\nF\u00e4hnrich\nF\u00e4hnrich\nAngemeldet:\nHauptgesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrer Petty Officer\nChief Petty Officer\nPetty Officer\nF\u00fchrender Starman\nStarman\n\n\n\nUEE ARMY\n\nOberbefehl Legatus Exercitus (lose \u00fcbersetzter Diplomat der Armee)\nAllgemeines\nBrigadier General\nOberst\nOberstleutnant\nMajor\nKapit\u00e4n\nLeutnant\nOberleutnant\nOffizierskadett\nAngemeldet:\nOberfeldwebel\nHauptfeldwebel\nSergeant\nKorporal\nPrivat\n\n\n\nUEE MARINE\n\nOberbefehl Legatus Marinuum (lose \u00fcbersetzter Diplomat der Marine)\nAllgemeines\nGeneralleutnant\nOberst\nOberstleutnant\nMajor\nKapit\u00e4n\nLeutnant\nOberleutnant\nMarinesch\u00fctze\nAngemeldet:\nOberfeldwebel\nArtilleriefeldwebel\nKorporal\nLanze Korporal\nTruppenf\u00fchrer\n\n\n\n\nLOKALE REGIERUNG\n\nDas Leben in der gesamten UEE ist ein breites Spektrum an Erfahrungen. Stellen Sie sich die Vielfalt vor, der wir auf der heutigen Erde begegnen (die verschiedenen Ethnien, Hintergr\u00fcnde und Glaubenssysteme) und multiplizieren Sie diese mit hundert (plus m\u00f6gliche Erweiterungsaktualisierungen!) - jetzt kommen wir in die M\u00f6glichkeiten der sozialen und politischen Landschaft des UEE-Gebietes. Die verschiedenen Ethnien, die wir heute kennen, haben sich vermischt; jetzt ist es die planetarische Identifikation. Die verschiedenen Sprachen und Wurzeln der Namen haben ausgehalten, aber man findet sie oft gemischt (\"Ivan Suzuki\").\n\nSo haben wir festgestellt, dass Planeten Lobbyarbeit leisten m\u00fcssen, um im Senat vertreten zu sein. Um dies kontrollierbar zu halten, werden wir die Strukturen der lokalen Regierung in zwei Kategorien unterteilen: nicht repr\u00e4sentiert und repr\u00e4sentiert.\n\n\n\nVERTRETEN\n\nDiese Kategorie kann alles umfassen, von Terra bis hin zu kleineren Ballungszentren wie Magnus.\n\nGOUVERNEURSRAT\n\nWas wir Nationen nennen w\u00fcrden, nennt man heute Staaten, von denen jeder von ihnen von einem Gouverneur regiert wird. D\u00fcnn besiedelte Welten k\u00f6nnen R\u00e4te von zwei Gouverneuren haben, w\u00e4hrend dicht besiedelte Welten Dutzende haben k\u00f6nnen. Diese Ratssitzungen werden einberufen, um Streitigkeiten beizulegen und durch Abstimmung im Rat weltweite Gesetze zu schaffen.\n\nGOUVERNEURIN\n\nEin Gouverneur ist ein gew\u00e4hltes Amt mit einer Amtszeit von sechs Jahren (zwei Amtszeiten), das von einem B\u00fcrger oder sogar einem Zivilisten besetzt werden kann (der h\u00f6chste politische Rang, den ein Zivilist erreichen kann). Einige Gouverneure versuchen, f\u00fcr den Senator zu kandidieren, nachdem ihre Amtszeit abgelaufen ist.\n\nUnter dem Gouverneur gibt es hundert gew\u00e4hlte Vertreter. Die Anzahl der W\u00e4hler f\u00fcr jeden Repr\u00e4sentanten variiert je nach Bev\u00f6lkerungszahl im Staat, aber es gibt immer hundert im B\u00fcro - zum Beispiel repr\u00e4sentiert ein Repr\u00e4sentant auf Terra eine Million Menschen, w\u00e4hrend ein Repr\u00e4sentant in den kleineren Staaten von Davien nicht mehr als tausend repr\u00e4sentieren k\u00f6nnte. Die Vertreter sind aufgeteilt und verschiedenen Aussch\u00fcssen und Abteilungen zugeordnet, die die Infrastruktur \u00fcberwachen und regeln.\n\nSTRAFVERFOLGUNG\n\nDie Strafverfolgung wird in lokale und f\u00f6derale Polizeikr\u00e4fte unterteilt. Die lokale Polizei hat ihre zugewiesenen Gerichtsbarkeiten, w\u00e4hrend die f\u00f6derale Polizei Verbrechen \u00fcber die Staatsgrenzen hinweg bearbeitet und dem Gouverneursrat Bericht erstattet.\n\nJe nach Lage und Status des Planeten k\u00f6nnen sie die UEE-Milit\u00e4rs um Schutz\/Intervention oder Unterst\u00fctzung im Falle einer Naturkatastrophe bitten.\n\n\n\nNICHT ANWESEND\n\nDas Leben abseits der Ballungszentren kann hart sein. Sobald die UEE-Inspektoren einen Planeten als sicher f\u00fcr die Behausung zertifizieren, sind in der Regel die ersten Siedler Mitglieder der Terraforming-Teams. Kleineres \"Bildendes Korps wird oft Arbeiter mit Landauszahlungen anlocken. Danach tauchen die Gutachter auf und suchen nach allem, was diesen Planeten als potentielles Bev\u00f6lkerungszentrum etablieren k\u00f6nnte (Suche nach seltenen oder einzigartigen Mineralien, Zusammenfluss von Sprungbrettpunkten, etc.). Sie hoffen, dass sie im Erdgeschoss der n\u00e4chsten Terra einsteigen. Diese Vermesser werden Land schnappen, w\u00e4hrend sie suchen; wenn sie nichts Interessantes finden, werden sie das Land umdrehen und weitermachen. Die ganze Zeit \u00fcber werden die Armen langsam auf den Planeten getr\u00f6pfelt sein, auf der Suche nach M\u00f6glichkeiten, nach einer Chance, neu anzufangen. Normalerweise wird ihre Passage mit einer vertraglichen Verpflichtung irgendeiner Art bezahlt.\n\nDiese Planeten sind auch weit entfernt von den wachsamen Augen und dem Schutz der UEE-Milit\u00e4rs. Dies kann zwar ein spannendes Angebot f\u00fcr H\u00e4ndler sein, die f\u00f6derale Z\u00f6lle vermeiden wollen, bedeutet aber auch, dass Piraten und Banditen um jede Ecke lauern k\u00f6nnen. Und nicht einmal die M\u00f6glichkeit von Vanduul-Angriffen ist zu erw\u00e4hnen.\n\nRegierungen am Rande handeln stadtnah, in der Regel unter der Leitung eines Gouverneurs oder B\u00fcrgermeisters (je nach lokaler Pr\u00e4ferenz). Es ist nicht ungew\u00f6hnlich, dass St\u00e4dte einander effektiv den Krieg erkl\u00e4ren.\n\nDiese Siedlungen werden in der Regel \u00fcber eine Art Polizei\/Miliz verf\u00fcgen. Bestenfalls haben sie einen Sheriff oder Marshal als Verantwortlichen. Im schlimmsten Fall schlie\u00dfen sich die lokalen Stadtbewohner zum Schutz zusammen, wenn eine Situation eintritt.\n\nDas ist ein Grenzleben in der Zukunft.\n\nWenn die Bev\u00f6lkerung auf diesen nicht vertretenen Planeten zu wachsen beginnt, wird die UEE politische Berater entsenden, um die Planeten beim Aufbau ihrer planetarischen Regierung zu beraten, die der Gouverneur\/Repr\u00e4sentativstruktur der vertretenen Welten nacheifern. In den fr\u00fchen Phasen der planetarischen Entwicklung gibt es nur sehr wenige Unterschiede zwischen B\u00fcrgern und Zivilisten (jeder muss sein eigenes Gewicht geltend machen). Wenn die Bev\u00f6lkerung w\u00e4chst, beginnt diese Unterscheidung ins Spiel zu kommen. Sowohl Zivilisten als auch B\u00fcrger w\u00e4hlen lokale Politiker.\n\nDer Governors' Council beantragt bei der UEE die Anerkennung. Wenn sie akzeptiert werden, sind die B\u00fcrger die einzigen, die an den Senatswahlen teilnehmen k\u00f6nnen.\n\n\n\nIMPERIALES RECHT VS. KAISERLICHES RECHT LOKALES RECHT\n\nAls Teil der UEE haben theoretisch auch die kleinsten Siedlungen Zugang zu den gesamten UEE-Gesetzen und unterliegen diesen. Die Durchsetzung dieser Gesetze ist schwierig, besonders wenn man in kleinere Siedlungen kommt. Kurz gesagt, sie werden im Grunde genommen nicht durchgesetzt, bis jemand beschlie\u00dft, sie durchzusetzen.\n\nLokale Regierungen sind berechtigt, ihre eigenen Gesetze zu erlassen, solange sie nicht im Widerspruch zu den UEE-Gesetzen stehen.\n\n\n\nSCHREIBEN F\u00dcR DIE LOKALE REGIERUNG\n\nAuch hier geht es, wie bei der Abteilung Government as a Character im ersten Teil, um Vielfalt.\n\nDie lokalen Regierungen setzen sich aus allen Arten von Pers\u00f6nlichkeiten zusammen. Einige Kleinstadt-B\u00fcrgermeister regieren ihre Siedlungen mit einem diktatorischen Machtdurst, einige sind durchaus korrupt, andere sind Kreuzritter, wieder andere sind puritanisch. Verwenden Sie also Ihr pers\u00f6nliches Urteilsverm\u00f6gen, wenn Sie sich die politische Struktur einer kleinen Siedlung vorstellen, aber verstehen Sie, dass es unwahrscheinlich ist, dass jemand au\u00dfergew\u00f6hnlich verr\u00fcckt sein k\u00f6nnte und damit davonkommen kann. Auch wenn die Art der Kommunikation bedeutet, dass es Zeit braucht, bis sich Informationen verbreiten, gibt es immer noch Menschen mit Raumschiffen, so dass es unwahrscheinlich ist, dass ein lokaler korrupter B\u00fcrgermeister damit davonkommen k\u00f6nnte, seine Bev\u00f6lkerung (zum Beispiel) zu essen, ohne dass es zu Wort kommt, um schlie\u00dflich zu den Beh\u00f6rden zu gelangen.\n\nWie bereits erw\u00e4hnt, je gr\u00f6\u00dfer und organisierter ein Planet wird, desto mehr beginnt er, sich an die Governors\/Repr\u00e4sentantenstruktur zu halten. Wenn Sie also eine unkonventionellere Art von Regierung oder politischer Figur f\u00fcr eine Geschichte schaffen wollen, denken Sie daran, dass sie auf einem kleineren Planeten existieren m\u00fcsste.\n\n\n\n\nINFORMATION, UNTERHALTUNG & MEDIEN\n\nDas Netz der Information und Unterhaltung wird als Spectrum bezeichnet. Viele der Unterhaltungsformen von heute gibt es noch, nur ver\u00e4ndert, weiterentwickelt. Zum Beispiel gibt es Filme und Shows namens Vids, die praktisch alle auf Abruf sind. Die B\u00fccher sind ausschlie\u00dflich digital. Auch die Malerei ist es. Auch Musik. Es gibt immer noch Prominente und NewsOrgs machen immer noch lokale Abendnachrichten und produzieren das \u00c4quivalent zu Online-Zeitungen.\n\nHier sind die aktuellen gro\u00dfen NewsOrgs:\n\nNEU VEREINIGT\n\nNew United ist seit Jahrhunderten eine altehrw\u00fcrdige Nachrichtenorganisation. Urspr\u00fcnglich United Times genannt, war es eines der letzten \u00dcberreste der Zeitungskonzerne des 20. Jahrhunderts. W\u00e4hrend der Messer-\u00c4ra wurde das Papier (heute United\/Tribune nach einer Fusion mit der Sentinel Tribune im Jahr 2578) zum inoffiziellen Propagandadienst der faschistischen UEE-Regierung. Als die Messer-\u00c4ra schlie\u00dflich zu Ende ging, startete die NewsOrg 2792 als New United neu, um sich von den S\u00fcnden der Vergangenheit zu distanzieren und sich zu verpflichten, unvoreingenommen zu bleiben und nie wieder dem politischen Druck zu erliegen.\n\nTERRA GAZETTE\n\nDie terrabasierte NewsOrg versuchte, ihre Unabh\u00e4ngigkeit w\u00e4hrend der Messer-\u00c4ra zu bewahren, wurde aber schlie\u00dflich infiltriert und abweichende Reporter wurden ge\u00e4chtet, als die NewsOrg in die Propagandamaschine aufgenommen wurde.\n\nHeute wird die Terra Gazette in erster Linie als eine opionierte, fast bevormundende Nachrichtenquelle angesehen.\n\nSSN\/CAtv\n\nVorwiegend vid-basierte NewsOrg. Betreibt Filialkan\u00e4le in fast jedem System. Vollgepackt mit punditgesteuerten Debattenshows wie ShowDown! sowie reinen Nachrichtensendungen.\n\n\n\nWIE WIRKT SICH DIE ENTFERNUNG AUF DIE NACHRICHTEN\/INFORMATIONEN AUS?\n\nWir werden uns in einer zuk\u00fcnftigen Ausgabe mit dem Thema Kommunikation befassen, aber f\u00fcr einen breiten \u00dcberblick braucht die Information Zeit, um sich zu verbreiten. Es gibt keine sofortige Kommunikation zwischen den Systemen. Aus diesem Grund k\u00f6nnen sich Nachrichten in der UEE nur langsam verbreiten. Die NewsOrgs geben st\u00e4ndig Informationen in den Systemen hin und her weiter (au\u00dfer der Zerst\u00f6rung von CommRelays oder Drohnen).\n\nW\u00e4hrend wir noch zu fr\u00fch in der Entwicklung sind, um dem \"Informationszerfall\" (d.h. der Zeitspanne zwischen dem Auftreten eines Ereignisses und dem Erreichen der verschiedenen Systeme) eine bestimmte Zeit zuordnen zu k\u00f6nnen, k\u00f6nnen Sie davon ausgehen, dass Extra-Systemnachrichten mindestens Stunden und oft Tage sp\u00e4ter gemeldet werden.\n\nWenn Sie sich eine Nachrichtensendung vorstellen, w\u00fcrden sie wahrscheinlich mit lokalen Nachrichten beginnen und dann (mit entsprechenden Zeitstempeln) alle Updates aus der gesamten UEE zusammenfassen. Zeitungen haben auch Lokalausgaben f\u00fcr die wichtigsten M\u00e4rkte.\n\n\n\n\nFRAGEN\n\nVon Selbie Le-Grill: F: Ich bin immer noch verwirrt \u00fcber 2942. Tickt diese Uhr, wenn das Spiel ver\u00f6ffentlicht wird? oder basiert sie auf dem Jahr 2012, als die GDC-Ank\u00fcndigung gemacht wurde??? sind wir jetzt in 2943?\n\nA: Ja, wir spiegeln die Zeitachse f\u00fcr das Spiel wider. Es war 2942, als das Spiel angek\u00fcndigt wurde. Jetzt sind wir in 2943 (April 2013 SET), um genau zu sein.\n\n\n\nVon Gundersun:\n\nF: Wie ist der genaue Status der Sklaverei in der UEE? Was ist mit den anderen Rassen, halten sie Sklaven? (klingt wie die Banu)\n\nLeben auch Mitglieder anderer intelligenter Arten im UEE-Raum?\n\nA: Sklaverei ist im UEE-Raum sehr illegal, aber es passiert. Einige m\u00f6gen argumentieren, dass das Rodeln von Felsen auf einer Grenzlandschaft f\u00fcr Mindestl\u00f6hne effektiv Sklavenarbeit ist. Aber echte Sklaverei kann am Rande zwischen skrupellosen Corps und M\u00f6chtegern-Unternehmern existieren. Wenn die UEE entdeckt, dass es passiert, werden sie definitiv durchgreifen.\n\nEs gibt Berichte \u00fcber Welten innerhalb des Banu Protektorats, die den Besitz von Sklaven erlauben. Was die Xi'An betrifft, so sagen sie uns, dass Sklaverei illegal ist....\n\nAls Antwort auf Ihre zweite Frage, ja.\n\n\n\n\nN\u00c4CHSTE WOCHE\n\nCORPS UND VERBRECHEN.\n\nES GEHT NUR UM DEN ABSPANN. WERDEN WIR UNS IN DIE UNTERNEHMENSBEREICHE UND IHREN DUNKLEN ZWILLING, DIE KRIMINELLEN, ST\u00dcRZEN.\n\nLASSEN SIE IHRE FRAGEN UNTEN STEHEN. BIS N\u00c4CHSTE WOCHE.","zh_CN":"Hi Citizens and Civs alike. Welcome back to another installment of the Star Citizen\u2019s Writer\u2019s Guide. If you\u2019re new, please check out our caveats and disclaimers here.\n\n\n\nERRATA\n\nFirst off, you were right, there was an inconsistency with the science regarding the engine speeds in the timeline. That was my error. 2075 \u2013 The first RSI engine could travel at 1\/100th the speed of light.\n\n2214 \u2013 The speed was correct (1\/10th Speed of Light) so ship could theoretically travel from the sun to Pluto in 50 hours.\n\nThe big conversation from last week\u2019s installment was rank. Again, I apologize for being unclear, but last week\u2019s list was a rough starting list that was primarily being used as reference for designing some of the characters in Squadron 42 and was not meant to be considered the entire ranking structure of the military. Thank you for weighing in with your suggestions. Here\u2019s an amended pass (including the ranks bestowed on members of the military High-Command).\n\nRankings updated September 2021 to reflect the current hierarchy.\n\nUEE NAVY\n\nHigh-Command Legatus Navium (loosely translated Diplomant of the Navy)\nGrand Admiral\nAdmiral\nVice Admiral\nRear Admiral\nCommodore\nCaptain\nCommander\nLt. Commander\nLieutenant\nLieutenant Junior Grade\nEnsign\n\nEnlisted:\nMaster Chief Petty Officer\nChief Petty Officer\nPetty Officer\nJr. Petty Officer\nLeading Starman\nStarman\nStarman Recruit\n\n\nUEE ARMY\n\nHigh-Command Legatus Exercitus (loosely translated Diplomat of the Army)\nMarshal\nGeneral\nBrigadier General\nColonel\nLt. Colonel\nMajor\nCaptain\nLieutenant\n2nd Lieutenant\nOfficer Cadet\n\nEnlisted:\nSergeant Major\nMaster Sergeant\nSergeant\nCorporal\nSpecialist\nPrivate First Class\nPrivate\n\nUEE MARINES\n\nHigh-Command Legatus Marinuum (loosely translated Diplomat of the Marine)\nCaptain General\nGeneral\nLt. General\nMajor General\nBrigadier General\nColonel\nLt. Colonel\nMajor\nCaptain\nLieutenant\n2nd Lieutenant\n\nEnlisted:\nSergeant Major\nGunnery Sergeant\nCorporal\nLance Corporal\nTrooper First Class\nTrooper\n\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT\nLife throughout the UEE is a wide spectrum of experiences. Imagine the variety that we encounter on modern-day Earth (the various ethnicities, backgrounds and belief systems) and multiply that by a hundred (plus potential expansion updates!) \u2014 now we\u2019re getting into the possibilities of the social and political landscape of the UEE territory. The various ethnicities we know today have blended; now it\u2019s planetary identification. The various languages and roots of names have endured, but you\u2019ll often find them mixed together (\u201cIvan Suzuki\u201d).\n\nSo, we\u2019ve established that planets need to lobby to be included\/represented in the Senate. In an effort to keep this manageable, we\u2019ll break local government structures into two categories; unrepresented and represented.\n\nREPRESENTED\n\nThis category can include everything from Terra down to smaller population centers like Magnus.\n\nGOVERNORS COUNCIL\n\nWhat we would call nations are now called States, each of which is ruled by a Governor. Sparsely populated worlds can have councils of two Governors while densely populated ones can have dozens. These council meetings are convened to settle disputes and create planet-wide laws by Council vote.\n\nGOVERNOR\n\nA Governor is an elected position with a six-year term (two-term limit), which can be filled by a Citizen or even a Civilian (the highest political rank a Civilian can achieve). Some Governors attempt to run for Senator after their term is up.\n\nUnder the Governor there are a hundred elected Representatives. The number of constituents for each Representative varies based on the population size in the State but there are always a hundred in office \u2014 for example, a Representative on Terra represents a million people while a Rep in the smaller States of Davien might represent no more than a thousand. The Representatives are divided and assigned to various committees and departments that oversee and regulate the infrastructure.\n\nLAW ENFORCEMENT\n\nLaw enforcement is broken down into local and federal police forces. Local Police have their assigned jurisdictions, while the Federal police handle crimes across State lines and report to the Governors\u2019 Council.\n\nDepending on the planet\u2019s location and status, they may be able to call upon UEE military forces for protection\/intervention or support in cases of natural disaster.\n\nUNREPRESENTED\n\nLife away from the population hubs can be tough. Once UEE Inspectors certify a planet as safe for habitation, usually the first settlers are members of the Terraforming Teams. Smaller \u2019Forming Corps will often entice workers with land payouts. After that the surveyors start showing up, looking for anything that might establish this planet as a potential population center (looking for rare or unique minerals, a confluence of jump points, etc.) The gamble is whether this world will \u2018grow to be something.\u2019 They\u2019re hoping that they\u2019re getting in on the ground floor of the next Terra. These surveyors will snatch up land while they look; if they don\u2019t find anything of interest, they\u2019ll flip the land and move on. All the while, the poor will have been slowly trickling onto the planet, looking for opportunity, a chance to start fresh. Usually their passage is paid with an indentured commitment of some sort.\n\nThese planets are also far from the watchful eye and protection of the UEE military forces. While this can be an exciting proposition for traders who want to avoid federal tariffs, it also means that pirates and bandits can lurk around any corner. And that\u2019s not even mentioning the possibility of Vanduul attacks.\n\nGovernments on the fringe act on a town-by-town basis, usually headed by a governor or mayor (depending on local preference). It\u2019s not unusual to see towns effectively declare war on each other.\n\nThese settlements will usually have some kind of police\/militia in place. At best, they\u2019ll have a sheriff or marshal in charge. At worst, the local townspeople band together for protection when a situation arises.\n\nThis is frontier life in the future.\n\nAs the population on these unrepresented planets begins to grow, the UEE will dispatch political advisors to counsel the planets in the construction of their planetary government, emulating the Governor\/Representative structure of the represented worlds. In the early phases of planetary development, there is very little difference between Citizens and Civilians (everybody has to pull their own weight). As the population grows, that distinction begins to come into play. Civilians and Citizens both vote to elect local politicians.\n\nThe Governors\u2019 Council applies to the UEE for recognition. If accepted, Citizens are the only ones able to vote in Senatorial elections.\n\nIMPERIAL LAW VS. LOCAL LAW\n\nAs part of the UEE, in theory even the smallest settlements have access to and are subject to the full breadth of UEE laws. Enforcement of these laws is tricky, especially when you get to smaller settlements. In short, they basically go unenforced until someone decides to start enforcing them.\n\nLocal governments are allowed to establish their own laws as long as they don\u2019t contradict UEE laws.\n\nWRITING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT\n\nAgain, as with the Government as a Character section in the first part, it\u2019s all about diversity.\n\nLocal governments are made up of all types of personalities. Some small-town mayors rule their settlements with a dictatorial thirst for power, some are thoroughly corrupt, some are crusaders, some are puritanical. So use your personal judgment when conceiving of a small settlement\u2019s political structure, but understand that it\u2019s unlikely that someone could be exceptionally crazy and be able to get away with it. Even though the nature of communication means that it takes time for information to spread, there are still people with spaceships so it\u2019s unlikely that a local corrupt mayor could get away with eating his populace (for example) without word eventually getting to the authorities.\n\nAs mentioned earlier, the larger and more organized a planet becomes, the more it starts to adhere to the Governors\/Representative structure. So if you\u2019re looking to create a more unconventional type of government or political figure for a story, keep in mind that it would have to exist on a smaller size planet.\n\nINFORMATION, ENTERTAINMENT & THE MEDIA\nThe web of information and entertainment is known as the Spectrum. Many of the forms of entertainment from today still exist, just changed, advanced. For example, there are movies and shows called Vids, that are effectively all on demand. Books are exclusively digital. Painting is as well. Music too. There are still celebrities and NewsOrgs still do local nightly news and produce the equivalent of online newspapers.\n\nHere are the current major NewsOrgs:\n\nNEW UNITED\n\nNew United has been a venerable news organization for centuries. Originally called the United Times, it was one of the last vestiges of the newspaper conglomerates of the 20th century. During the Messer Era, the paper (now called the United\/Tribune after a merger with the Sentinel Tribune in 2578) became the unofficial propaganda outlet for the fascist UEE government. In 2792 when the Messer Era finally came to an end, the NewsOrg relaunched itself as the New United in an attempt to distance itself from the sins of the past and pledged to remain unbiased and never buckle to political pressure again.\n\nTERRA GAZETTE\n\nTerra-based NewsOrg. It tried to maintain its independence during the Messer Era, but was ultimately infiltrated and dissenting reporters were ostracized as the NewsOrg was incorporated into the propaganda machine.\n\nNow the Terra Gazette is primarily viewed as an opionated, almost patronizing, news source.\n\nSSN\/CAtv\n\nPrimarily vid-based NewsOrg. Operates subsidiary channels in almost every system. Full of pundit-driven debate shows like ShowDown! as well as straight newscasts.\n\nHOW DOES DISTANCE AFFECT THE NEWS\/INFORMATION?\n\nWe\u2019ll delve into the topic of communications in a future issue but, for a broad overview, information takes time to spread. There is no such thing as instantaneous communication between systems. For that reason, news can be slow to spread throughout the UEE. The NewsOrgs are constantly relaying information back and forth throughout the systems (barring the destruction of CommRelays or drones).\n\nWhile we\u2019re still too early in development to be able to ascribe a specific time to the \u2018information decay\u2019 (i.e. the amount of time that passes between when an event happens\/is reported to when it reaches the various systems), you can assume that extra-system news will be reported at least hours and often days later.\n\nIf you imagine a newscast, they would probably lead off with any local news, then recap (with appropriate time stamps) any updates from around the UEE. Newspapers have local editions for the major markets as well.\n\nQUESTIONS\nFrom Selbie Le-Grille: Q: I\u2019m still confused about 2942. Does that clock start ticking when the game is released? or is it based on the year 2012 when the GDC announcement was made??? are we in 2943 now?\n\nA: Yes, we\u2019re mirroring the timeline for the game. It was 2942 when the game was announced. Now we\u2019re in 2943 (April 2013 SET) to be exact.\n\nFrom Gundersun:\n\nQ: What is the exact status of slavery in the UEE? What about the other races, do they keep slaves? (sounds like the Banu would)\n\nAlso, do members of other intelligent species live within UEE space?\n\nA: Slavery is very illegal in UEE space but it happens. Some might argue that sledging rock on a frontier world for minimum wage is effectively slave labor. But real slavery can exist on the fringe among unscrupulous Corps and wannabe entrepreneurs. If the UEE discovers that it\u2019s happening, they will definitely crack down.\n\nThere are accounts of worlds within the Banu Protectorate that allows the ownership of slaves. As far as the Xi\u2019An, they tell us that slavery is illegal \u2026\n\nIn response to your second question, yes.\n\nNEXT WEEK\nCORPS AND CRIME.\n\nIT\u2019S ALL ABOUT THE CREDITS. WE\u2019LL DIG INTO CORPORATE REALMS AND THEIR DARK TWIN, THE CRIMINALS.\n\nLEAVE YOUR QUESTIONS BELOW. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":77,"created_at":"2013-04-18T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"13 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-15 00:46:04","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":12963,"next_id":12965}}