{"data":{"id":12996,"title":"Writer's Guide: Part Seven","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/12996-Writers-Guide-Part-Seven","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/12996","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/12996","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":"Hello again, Citizens. Welcome to another installment of the Star Citizen\u2019sWriter\u2019s Guide. Here are links to the previous installments and if you are new to this segment, please consult the caveats at the beginning of Issue #1.\nIssue 1 \u2013 UEE Structure\n\nIssue 2 \u2013 Timeline & Citizens\/Civilians\n\nIssue 3 \u2013 Local Government & Media\n\nIssue 4 \u2013 Corps\n\nIssue 5 \u2013 Criminals\n\n\nIssue 6 \u2013 Alien Civs (Banu & Xi\u2019An)\n\nERRATA\nOne change from Issue 2 that we wanted to update you on, as you will find out below. But the sentence: Convicted criminals and assimilated cultures defeated in war (such as the Tevarin) are never allowed to become Citizens and a long history of behavior deemed counter to the purposes and dictates of the UEE can cause your Citizenship to be revoked.\n\nNow will read:\n\nConvicted criminals are never allowed to become Citizens and a long history of behavior deemed counter to the purposes and dictates of the UEE can cause your Citizenship to be revoked. All right, we\u2019re going to roll right along with our second section of:\n\nALIEN CIVILIZATIONS\n\nAgain, I\u2019ll invoke Caveats A & B before proceeding. To repeat, we are still building up the races, designing their appearances and their backstories, so this will be a collection of the knowledge that we\u2019ve already released. That being said, since it\u2019s not being told in-fiction, you\u2019ll get a slightly better understanding (i.e. a non-dramatic explanation) of the species in question.\nTHE VANDUUL\npronounced : \/ Van-DOOL \/ HISTORY\n\nVery little is actually known about the Vanduul as a species. They first \u2018introduced\u2019 themselves to Humanity by attacking a colony in Orion system about two hundred and fifty years ago, and things haven\u2019t really improved since then. The UEE\u2019s entire interaction with the Vanduul has been through combat. After the end of the Messer Era, the new Imperator attempted to stop the violence and open diplomatic relations with the Vanduul. The disparate structure of the Vanduul civilization makes it nearly impossible to negotiate with the species as a whole, but none of the individual clans offered anything but hostility \u2014 the diplomatic emissaries were exclusively met with laser fire.\n\nOne result is that we don\u2019t know why they hate us so much. While it\u2019s very easy to see why the UEE refers to them as barbaric, the Vanduul are not stupid or merely savages.\n\nHOMEWORLD\n\nIf the Vanduul have a homeworld, it is unknown to Humans. Some scientists posit that the planet may have been destroyed or abandoned, which scattered the Vanduul clans into a life on the drift.\n\nPOLITICAL SYSTEM\n\nMeritocracy. You are what you obtain. There is little to no communication between the different roaming clans. Each fleet operates as its own society with its own independent set of rules, laws and customs as decreed by that clan\u2019s CHIEFTAIN.\n\nAs such, it is probably impossible to make peace or establish diplomatic relations with the Vanduul as a whole since there is no cohesive civilization.\n\nSOCIETY\n\nThe Vanduul\u2019s family structure is also very distinct from Humanity. There is one tradition that exists throughout all of the Vanduul; once a child reaches adulthood (usually around the Human equivalency of 13-14), they are banished from their family. Before they go, the parents will fashion a knife for their child. This knife will be the child\u2019s only possession as he\/she sets out into adulthood. They will receive no money, housing, or support of any kind from their former family. Everything that the newly recognized adult achieves starts with the knife and grows from there.\n\nTherefore, there is no hereditary transfer of money or influence. You get nothing for being the child of a Chieftain. You are judged by your own accomplishments, not who you were born to.\n\nConsequently, these knives are treasured possessions that they keep for the rest of their lives. While it is possible to legitimately gain one through personal combat, if the Vanduul discover that someone has obtained a knife through theft or sale, they will take it back in the most excruciating way possible.\n\nDIPLOMATIC STATUS\n\nHumans: None.\n\nBanu: Some clans will trade with Banu planet-states.\n\nXi\u2019An: While distance plays a factor (there are a lot of unfriendly systems between the Vanduul and the Xi\u2019An), their limited contact has not been particularly fruitful. Some clans have established tentative trading relations but the majority of Vanduul regard the Xi\u2019An as manipulators and cowards, while the Xi\u2019An view the Vanduul as short-sighted barbaric thugs.\n\nRELIGION\n\nDue to the cultural emphasis on \u2018self,\u2019 the idea of higher powers aiding or affecting your life has never really caught on with the society. Therefore, the individual is held in high regard, so the closest thing to a Vanduul religion is the admiration of a specific person and what he or she was able to achieve.\n\nTheir youth are educated in the lives of exemplary Vanduul of the past: specifically the choices they made, and how they overcame their environment and distinguished themselves.\n\nPERSONALITY TRAITS\n\nFrom a purely anthropological perspective, the Vanduul behave like classic hunter-gatherers. They are a very insular species. They rarely interact with those outside of their clan, even other Vanduul. If you should find yourself engaged in a conversation (trade) with a Vanduul, they will be all business. They find engaging in pleasantries to be inefficient and insulting.\n\nIn combat, the Vanduul are relentless and merciless. In a textbook raid, they will hit hard and fast and never (intentionally) leave survivors. Over the decades, they\u2019ve adapted their tactics as they\u2019ve learned the purpose of Human structures, so most clans will hit the CommStations first, then target landing yards to minimize the potential resistance in the air before sweeping through on foot.\n\nIs it possible for a singular human to establish trade with the Vanduul? Yes. We haven\u2019t figured out the exact details yet, but it will be very difficult.\n\nTHE TEVARIN\npronunciation : \/ TEV-are-inn \/ HISTORY\n\nHumanity\u2019s first interstellar enemy \u2026 and second.\n\nThe UPE first established contact with the space-faring civilization in 2541. While not as technologically advanced as us, the Tevarin were beginning to strike out into the universe. A proud, martial society, the Tevarin wanted what we had and struck first. While the battlegrounds never threatened Earth or Terra, what the Tevarin lacked technologically, they more than made up for in strategic brilliance and endurance, causing the war to last over four years. The turning point was the infamous Battle of Idris IV, which introduced a young officer, Ivar Messer, to the populace of the UPE.\n\nAfter their defeat, the remaining Tevarin were either absorbed into the UPE or fled to the Banu or Xi\u2019An systems.\n\nIn 2603, a new Tevarin Warlord, Corath\u2019Thal, emerged from the corners of the cosmos with a rebuilt Tevarin battle-fleet and launched his first attack against the UPE systems. Their sole mission was to reclaim Elysium IV, their former homeworld. While it was a sympathetic cause that some Humans could support, the UPE wasn\u2019t about to give up territory. This war lasted seven years and touched almost every corner of the UPE.\n\nOn June 24, 2610 SET, Corath\u2019Thal suffered a catastrophic defeat at the hands of Squadron 42 at the Battle of Centauri. With his fleet rapidly falling to either destruction or surrender, Corath\u2019Thal mustered his remaining loyal pilots to make a desperate charge for Elysium IV. Though they suffered an additional 70% casualty, his fleet finally reached the atmosphere of their old homeworld. Corath\u2019Thal and his pilots lowered their thermal shields and dove for the planet.\n\nWith this second defeat, the spirit of the Tevarin race was irrevocably broken. Imperator Messer II used the victory to cement his place as ruler of the newly christened United Empire of Earth.\n\nHOMEWORLD\n\nFormerly Kaleeth (terraformed and colonized by Humans, renamed to Elysium IV).\n\nPOLITICAL SYSTEM (Former)\n\nThe Tevarin were somewhere between a feudalistic society and an oligarchy. The military ran everything. The only way to upgrade your station in life was to distinguish yourself in combat. That being said, those not in the military weren\u2019t ignored \u2014 since everybody contributed to the system, everybody was cared for. Some fought, others farmed.\n\nThe highest title was Warlord. It sounds much more violent than it is. The Tevarin were not a bloodthirsty race. They simply honored the art of war.\n\nDIPLOMATIC STATUS\n\nThere isn\u2019t an official Tevarin civilization or government, as the race has been defeated and assimilated into the UEE.\n\nA few showcase Tevarin have been given Citizenship to display the UEE\u2019s tolerance, but total Tevarin Citizens might be measured in triple (or even double) digits. The rest couldn\u2019t care less.\n\nMILITARY\n\nEven though the Second Tevarin War ended over three hundred years ago (2610), there is a nearly culture-wide resentment of the UEE military that resonates to this day, so the number of volunteers in the UEE military is very low. The majority of Tevarin in the military arrive via the UEE judicial system where certain Tevarin criminals are offered a choice: serve your time or do mandated tours of service. It\u2019s possible, though rare, for Tevarin to elevate in rank from these squads into more \u2018legitimate\u2019 branches of the UEE military.\n\nRELIGION\n\nOriginally the Tevarin followed Rijora (\/REE-jorr-ah\/), a warrior-code similar to Bushid\u014d on ancient Earth. The Tevarin believed in honor, fealty and duty above all else. Breaking their strict code meant excommunication or even execution in extreme cases.\n\nAfter their defeat in the first war and the loss of their homeworld, the code began to lose popularity. The Second Tevarin War was an attempt to reclaim Tevarin\u2019s previous glory. When it failed miserably, the last believers of Rijora flung themselves toward Kaleeth, burning up in the atmosphere and crashing into the planet. The rest abandoned the beliefs for good. This climactic period was known among the Tevarin as the Purge, during which time most of the Tevarin destroyed their Codices (the holy writ of Rijora).\n\nPERSONALITY TRAITS\n\nThere is a sadness and anger through most of the Tevarin; a melancholy that their species is on the decline. After their planet was lost, many Tevarin channeled their aggressive nature into addictions and violence. Tevarin mercs are noted for their ruthlessness and utter lack of fear. Gone are the honor-bound spiritual warriors of old; the killers are all that remain.\n\nThe average Tevarin finds little joy in life these days. When interacting with them, most Humans find them to be terse and cynical.\n\nWRITING FOR ALIENS\nIt\u2019s tough, especially at this point. We\u2019re in a zone of development where we\u2019re juggling all sorts of considerations to work out the gameplay, balance and other mechanics. In short, we\u2019re still building and exploring this stuff for ourselves so there isn\u2019t the usual list of hard\/established facts for you to work from. We\u2019re hoping that you\u2019re getting enough information to start making educated guesses as to how we would handle the questions that you might have but, at the end of the day, it comes down to character. If you construct a believable character with thought-out motivations, clear needs and backstory, the facts about the society become less important. Remember that no one person represents every facet of the culture they come from. QUESTIONS\nQ: \u201cThe various ethnicities we know today have blended; now it\u2019s planetary identification.\u201d\n\nDoes that mean (for example) that we can\u2019t have a character who identifies himself as Apache or French or Indonesian? (Or just that, in general, most characters don\u2019t retain that detailed an identity?)\n\nA: Not necessarily. Humanity has been expanding for quite some time and while there are certainly enclaves of people trying to preserve their ancestral\/cultural heritage, whether it\u2019s French or Indonesian, those are essentially Earth-bound cultures in their origin. The bulk of the populace associates more with their system and planet than with the \u2018old cultures.\u2019 As you could probably tell throughout the Dispatches and Time Capsules, we have been blending a lot of culturally specific names to illustrate the fact that twentieth century divisions of ethnicity are shifting and merging. For example, Dr. Yusef Phan from the AI Pilots Dispatch has an Arabic first name and a Vietnamese last name.\n\nAgain, this isn\u2019t a prohibition, if you envision your character being an Apache, just come up with a reasonable explanation in the backstory and run with it. Or, to put it another way, it would be like writing a character that takes place in modern day America or Europe who\u2019s still maintaining Viking or Norman culture. It can be done, it just needs a little explanation to justify it.\n\nWe\u2019re deciding what next week\u2019s topic will be but please leave your comments and questions below. Have a great week and get writing. Until next time \u2026","de_DE":"Nochmals Hallo, B\u00fcrger. Willkommen zu einer weiteren Ausgabe des Star Citizen'sWriter's Guide. Hier sind Links zu den vorherigen Raten und wenn Sie neu in diesem Segment sind, lesen Sie bitte die Hinweise zu Beginn von Ausgabe #1.\nAusgabe 1 - UEE-Struktur\n\nAusgabe 2 - Zeitleiste & B\u00fcrger\/Zivilisten\n\nAusgabe 3 - Kommunalverwaltung & Medien\n\nAusgabe 4 - Korps\n\nAusgabe 5 - Kriminelle\n\n\nAusgabe 6 - Alien Civs (Banu & Xi'An)\n\nERRATA\n\nEine \u00c4nderung gegen\u00fcber Ausgabe 2, die wir Ihnen mitteilen wollten, wie Sie unten erfahren werden. Aber der Satz: Verurteilte Kriminelle und assimilierte Kulturen, die im Krieg besiegt wurden (wie die Tevarin), d\u00fcrfen niemals B\u00fcrger werden, und eine lange Geschichte des Verhaltens, die als gegen die Ziele und Diktate der UEE gerichtet gilt, kann dazu f\u00fchren, dass Ihre Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft entzogen wird.\n\nJetzt wird gelesen:\n\nVerurteilten Kriminellen ist es nie erlaubt, B\u00fcrger zu werden, und eine lange Geschichte des Verhaltens, die als gegen die Ziele und Vorschriften der UEE verst\u00f6\u00dft, kann dazu f\u00fchren, dass Ihre Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft entzogen wird.\n\n\nAlles klar, wir werden zusammen mit unserem zweiten Abschnitt von:\n\nFREMDE ZIVILISATIONEN\n\nNochmals, ich werde Caveats A & B aufrufen, bevor ich weitermache. Um es noch einmal zu wiederholen, wir bauen die Rennen noch auf, entwerfen ihre Auftritte und ihre Hintergrundgeschichten, also wird dies eine Sammlung des Wissens sein, das wir bereits ver\u00f6ffentlicht haben. Da es jedoch nicht in der Fiktion erz\u00e4hlt wird, erhalten Sie ein etwas besseres Verst\u00e4ndnis (d.h. eine nicht-dramatische Erkl\u00e4rung) f\u00fcr die betreffende Art.\n\n\nDAS VANDUELLE\n\nausgesprochen: \/ Van-Dool \/ Geschichte\n\n\u00dcber die Vanduul als Art ist eigentlich nur sehr wenig bekannt. Vor etwa zweihundertf\u00fcnfzig Jahren haben sie sich zum ersten Mal der Menschheit \"vorgestellt\", indem sie eine Kolonie im Orion-System angegriffen haben, und seitdem haben sich die Dinge nicht wirklich verbessert. Die gesamte Interaktion der UEE mit den Vanduul wurde im Kampf gef\u00fchrt. Nach dem Ende der Messer-\u00c4ra versuchte der neue Imperator, die Gewalt zu stoppen und diplomatische Beziehungen mit der Vanduul aufzunehmen. Die uneinheitliche Struktur der Vanduul-Zivilisation macht es fast unm\u00f6glich, mit der Spezies als Ganzes zu verhandeln, aber keiner der einzelnen Clans bot etwas anderes als Feindseligkeit - die diplomatischen Abgesandten wurden ausschlie\u00dflich mit Laserfeuer getroffen.\n\nEin Ergebnis ist, dass wir nicht wissen, warum sie uns so sehr hassen. W\u00e4hrend es sehr leicht zu verstehen ist, warum die UEE sie als barbarisch bezeichnet, sind die Vanduul nicht dumm oder nur Wilde.\n\nHOMEWORLD\n\nWenn die Vanduul eine Heimatwelt haben, ist sie den Menschen unbekannt. Einige Wissenschaftler gehen davon aus, dass der Planet zerst\u00f6rt oder verlassen worden sein k\u00f6nnte, was die Vanduul-Clans in ein Leben auf der Drift verstreut hat.\n\nPOLITISCHES SYSTEM\n\nMeritokratie. Ihr seid, was ihr bekommt. Es gibt wenig bis gar keine Kommunikation zwischen den verschiedenen Roaming-Clans. Jede Flotte operiert als ihre eigene Gesellschaft mit einem eigenen unabh\u00e4ngigen Regelwerk, Gesetzen und Br\u00e4uchen, wie es vom CHIEFTAIN dieses Clans festgelegt wurde.\n\nDaher ist es wahrscheinlich unm\u00f6glich, Frieden zu schlie\u00dfen oder diplomatische Beziehungen mit der Vanduul als Ganzes aufzunehmen, da es keine koh\u00e4rente Zivilisation gibt.\n\nGESELLSCHAFT\n\nDie Familienstruktur der Vanduul ist ebenfalls sehr unterschiedlich von der Menschheit. Es gibt eine Tradition, die im ganzen Vanduul existiert; sobald ein Kind das Erwachsenenalter erreicht hat (normalerweise um die menschliche Gleichwertigkeit von 13-14), werden sie aus ihrer Familie verbannt. Bevor sie gehen, werden die Eltern ein Messer f\u00fcr ihr Kind anfertigen. Dieses Messer wird der einzige Besitz des Kindes sein, wenn es sich auf den Weg ins Erwachsenenalter macht. Sie erhalten von ihrer ehemaligen Familie kein Geld, keine Unterkunft oder Unterst\u00fctzung jeglicher Art. Alles, was der neu erkannte Erwachsene erreicht, beginnt mit dem Messer und w\u00e4chst von dort aus.\n\nDaher gibt es keine erbliche \u00dcbertragung von Geld oder Einfluss. Du bekommst nichts, wenn du das Kind eines H\u00e4uptlings bist. Du wirst nach deinen eigenen Leistungen beurteilt, nicht nach dem, f\u00fcr den du geboren wurdest.\n\nFolglich sind diese Messer ein wertvoller Besitz, den sie f\u00fcr den Rest ihres Lebens aufbewahren. W\u00e4hrend es m\u00f6glich ist, einen durch pers\u00f6nlichen Kampf legitim zu gewinnen, werden die Vanduul, wenn sie entdecken, dass jemand durch Diebstahl oder Verkauf ein Messer erhalten hat, es auf die grausamste Weise zur\u00fccknehmen.\n\nDIPLOMATISCHER STATUS\n\nMenschen: Keine.\n\nBanu: Einige Clans werden mit den Banu-Planetenstaaten handeln.\n\nXi'An: W\u00e4hrend die Entfernung ein Faktor ist (es gibt viele unfreundliche Systeme zwischen Vanduul und Xi'An), war ihr begrenzter Kontakt nicht besonders fruchtbar. Einige Clans haben zaghafte Handelsbeziehungen aufgebaut, aber die Mehrheit von Vanduul betrachtet die Xi'An als Manipulanten und Feiglinge, w\u00e4hrend die Xi'An die Vanduul als kurzsichtige barbarische Schl\u00e4ger ansehen.\n\nZUVERL\u00c4SSIGKEIT\n\nAufgrund der kulturellen Betonung des \"Selbst\" hat sich die Idee, dass h\u00f6here M\u00e4chte dein Leben unterst\u00fctzen oder beeinflussen, nie wirklich mit der Gesellschaft durchgesetzt. Daher wird das Individuum hoch gesch\u00e4tzt, so dass die Bewunderung f\u00fcr eine bestimmte Person und das, was sie erreichen konnte, einer Vanduul-Religion am n\u00e4chsten kommt.\n\nIhre Jugend wird im Leben des vorbildlichen Vanduul der Vergangenheit erzogen: insbesondere die Entscheidungen, die sie getroffen haben, und wie sie ihre Umgebung \u00fcberwunden und sich ausgezeichnet haben.\n\nPERS\u00d6NLICHKEITSMERKMALE\n\nAus rein anthropologischer Sicht verhalten sich die Vanduul wie klassische J\u00e4ger und Sammler. Sie sind eine sehr isolierte Art. Sie interagieren selten mit denen au\u00dferhalb ihres Clans, nicht einmal mit anderen Vanduul. Wenn du dich in einem Gespr\u00e4ch (Handel) mit einem Vanduul befindest, sind sie alle gesch\u00e4ftlich. Sie empfinden die Teilnahme an H\u00f6flichkeiten als ineffizient und beleidigend.\n\nIm Kampf sind die Vanduul unerbittlich und gnadenlos. Bei einer Razzia in einem Lehrbuch werden sie hart und schnell zuschlagen und nie (absichtlich) \u00dcberlebende zur\u00fccklassen. Im Laufe der Jahrzehnte haben sie ihre Taktik angepasst, indem sie den Zweck menschlicher Strukturen gelernt haben, so dass die meisten Clans zuerst die CommStations treffen und dann Landepl\u00e4tze anvisieren werden, um den m\u00f6glichen Widerstand in der Luft zu minimieren, bevor sie zu Fu\u00df durchfegen.\n\nIst es m\u00f6glich, dass ein einziger Mensch den Handel mit der Vanduul aufnimmt? Ja. Wir haben die genauen Details noch nicht gekl\u00e4rt, aber es wird sehr schwierig werden.\n\n\n\n\nDER TEVARIN\n\nAussprache: \/ TEV-are-inn \/ HISTORY\n\nDer erste interstellare Feind der Menschheit.... und der zweite.\n\nDie UPE nahm 2541 erstmals Kontakt mit der raumfahrtierenden Zivilisation auf. Obwohl die Tevarin nicht so technologisch fortschrittlich waren wie wir, begannen sie, in das Universum vorzudringen. Als stolze, kriegerische Gesellschaft wollten die Tevarin, was wir hatten, und schlugen zuerst zu. W\u00e4hrend die Schlachtfelder die Erde oder das Terra nie bedrohten, was den Tevarin technologisch fehlte, glichen sie dies durch strategische Brillanz und Ausdauer mehr als aus, so dass der Krieg \u00fcber vier Jahre andauerte. Der Wendepunkt war die ber\u00fcchtigte Schlacht von Idris IV., die einen jungen Offizier, Ivar Messer, in die Bev\u00f6lkerung der UPE brachte.\n\nNach ihrer Niederlage wurden die verbleibenden Tevarin entweder in die UPE aufgenommen oder flohen in das Banu- oder Xi'An-System.\n\n2603 tauchte ein neuer Tevarin-Kriegsherr, Corath'Thal, mit einer wiederaufgebauten Tevarin-Kampfflotte aus den Ecken des Kosmos auf und startete seinen ersten Angriff auf die UPE-Systeme. Ihre einzige Mission war es, Elysium IV, ihre ehemalige Heimatwelt, zur\u00fcckzugewinnen. W\u00e4hrend es eine sympathische Sache war, die einige Menschen unterst\u00fctzen konnten, war die UPE nicht im Begriff, das Territorium aufzugeben. Dieser Krieg dauerte sieben Jahre und betraf fast jede Ecke der UPE.\n\nAm 24. Juni 2610 SET erlitt Corath'Thal in der Schlacht von Centauri eine katastrophale Niederlage gegen die Staffel 42. Da seine Flotte schnell entweder der Zerst\u00f6rung oder der Kapitulation zum Opfer fiel, versammelte Corath'Thal seine verbleibenden treuen Piloten, um eine verzweifelte Anklage gegen Elysium IV zu erheben. Obwohl sie zus\u00e4tzlich 70% Verluste erlitten, erreichte seine Flotte schlie\u00dflich die Atmosph\u00e4re ihrer alten Heimatwelt. Corath'Thal und seine Piloten senkten ihre W\u00e4rmeschilde und tauchten f\u00fcr den Planeten.\n\nMit dieser zweiten Niederlage wurde der Geist der Tevarin-Rasse unwiderruflich gebrochen. Imperator Messer II nutzte den Sieg, um seinen Platz als Herrscher des neu getauften Vereinigten Reiches der Erde zu festigen.\n\nHOMEWORLD\n\nEhemals Kaleeth (terraformed und kolonisiert von Menschen, umbenannt in Elysium IV).\n\nPOLITISCHES SYSTEM (ehemals)\n\nDie Tevarin befanden sich irgendwo zwischen einer feudalistischen Gesellschaft und einer Oligarchie. Das Milit\u00e4r leitete alles. Der einzige Weg, deine Station im Leben zu verbessern, war, dich im Kampf zu unterscheiden. Allerdings wurden die Nichtmilit\u00e4rs nicht ignoriert - da jeder zum System beigetragen hat, wurden alle versorgt. Einige haben gek\u00e4mpft, andere haben gez\u00fcchtet.\n\nDer h\u00f6chste Titel war Kriegsherr. Es klingt viel gewaltt\u00e4tiger als es ist. Die Tevarin waren keine blutr\u00fcnstige Rasse. Sie ehrten einfach die Kunst des Krieges.\n\nDIPLOMATISCHER STATUS\n\nEs gibt keine offizielle Tevarin-Zivilisation oder Regierung, da die Rasse besiegt und in die UEE aufgenommen wurde.\n\nEinige wenige Vorzeige-Tevarin haben die Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft erhalten, um die Toleranz der UEE anzuzeigen, aber die gesamten Tevarin-B\u00fcrger k\u00f6nnen mit drei (oder sogar zweistelligen) Ziffern gemessen werden. Dem Rest ist das v\u00f6llig egal.\n\nMILIT\u00c4RISCH\n\nObwohl der Zweite Tevarin-Krieg vor \u00fcber dreihundert Jahren (2610) endete, gibt es einen fast kulturweiten Groll gegen das UEE-Milit\u00e4r, der bis heute nachklingt, so dass die Zahl der Freiwilligen im UEE-Milit\u00e4r sehr gering ist. Die Mehrheit der Tevarin im Milit\u00e4r kommt \u00fcber das UEE-Justizsystem an. Bestimmten Tevarin-Kriminellen wird die Wahl angeboten: Verdienen Sie Ihre Zeit auf QuarterDeck oder machen Sie eine vorgeschriebene Anzahl von Touren in einer Frontlinie (bez\u00fcglich: Kanonenfutter\/Das schmutzige Dutzend) Trupp, die normalerweise von Tevarin und menschlichen H\u00e4ftlingen zusammengesetzt wird. Es ist m\u00f6glich, wenn auch selten, f\u00fcr Tevarin, sich im Rang von diesen Trupps in \"legitimere\" Zweige des UEE-Milit\u00e4rs zu erheben.\n\nZUVERL\u00c4SSIGKEIT\n\nUrspr\u00fcnglich folgten die Tevarin Rijora (\/REE-jorr-ah\/), einem Krieger-Code \u00e4hnlich Bushid\u014d auf der alten Erde. Die Tevarin glaubten an Ehre, Treue und Pflicht \u00fcber alles andere. Das Brechen ihres strengen Codes bedeutete im Extremfall Exkommunikation oder sogar Ausf\u00fchrung.\n\nNach ihrer Niederlage im ersten Krieg und dem Verlust ihrer Heimatwelt begann der Kodex an Popularit\u00e4t zu verlieren. Der Zweite Tevarinkrieg war ein Versuch, Tevarins fr\u00fcheren Ruhm zur\u00fcckzugewinnen. Als es kl\u00e4glich scheiterte, warfen sich die letzten Gl\u00e4ubigen von Rijora auf Kaleeth zu, verbrannten in der Atmosph\u00e4re und st\u00fcrzten auf den Planeten. Der Rest gab den Glauben f\u00fcr immer auf. Diese kulminierende Zeit war bei den Tevarin als die S\u00e4uberung bekannt, w\u00e4hrend der die meisten Tevarin ihre Kodizes (die heilige Schrift von Rijora) zerst\u00f6rten.\n\nPERS\u00d6NLICHKEITSMERKMALE\n\nEs gibt eine Traurigkeit und Wut durch den gr\u00f6\u00dften Teil der Tevarin; eine Melancholie, dass ihre Art auf dem R\u00fcckzug ist. Nachdem ihr Planet verloren war, kanalisierten viele Tevarin ihre aggressive Natur in Abh\u00e4ngigkeiten und Gewalt. Die S\u00f6ldner von Tevarin sind bekannt f\u00fcr ihre R\u00fccksichtslosigkeit und ihren v\u00f6lligen Mangel an Angst. Vorbei sind die ehrenhaften spirituellen Krieger von einst; die M\u00f6rder sind alles, was bleibt.\n\nDer durchschnittliche Tevarin findet heutzutage wenig Freude am Leben. Wenn man mit ihnen interagiert, empfinden die meisten Menschen sie als kurz und zynisch.\n\n\n\n\nSCHREIBEN F\u00dcR AU\u00dfERIRDISCHE\n\nEs ist hart, besonders an diesem Punkt. Wir befinden uns in einer Entwicklungszone, in der wir alle m\u00f6glichen \u00dcberlegungen anstellen, um das Gameplay, die Balance und andere Mechaniken zu entwickeln. Kurz gesagt, wir bauen und erforschen dieses Zeug immer noch f\u00fcr uns selbst, so dass es nicht die \u00fcbliche Liste von harten\/erprobten Fakten gibt, aus denen Sie arbeiten k\u00f6nnen. Wir hoffen, dass Sie gen\u00fcgend Informationen erhalten, um fundierte Vermutungen dar\u00fcber anzustellen, wie wir mit den Fragen umgehen w\u00fcrden, die Sie vielleicht haben, aber am Ende des Tages kommt es auf den Charakter an. Wenn man einen glaubw\u00fcrdigen Charakter mit durchdachten Motivationen, klaren Bed\u00fcrfnissen und Hintergrundgeschichten konstruiert, verlieren die Fakten \u00fcber die Gesellschaft an Bedeutung. Denke daran, dass niemand alle Facetten der Kultur repr\u00e4sentiert, aus der sie kommen.\n\n\n\n\nFRAGEN\n\nF: \"Die verschiedenen Ethnien, die wir heute kennen, haben sich vermischt, jetzt ist es die planetarische Identifikation.\"\n\nBedeutet das (zum Beispiel), dass wir keinen Charakter haben k\u00f6nnen, der sich als Apache, Franzose oder Indonesier ausgibt (oder nur, dass die meisten Charaktere im Allgemeinen keine so detaillierte Identit\u00e4t behalten?).\n\nA: Nicht unbedingt. Die Menschheit expandiert seit geraumer Zeit und w\u00e4hrend es sicherlich Enklaven von Menschen gibt, die versuchen, ihr angestammtes\/kulturelles Erbe zu bewahren, sei es franz\u00f6sisch oder indonesisch, handelt es sich im Wesentlichen um erdgebundene Kulturen in ihrem Ursprung. Der Gro\u00dfteil der Bev\u00f6lkerung verbindet mehr mit ihrem System und ihrem Planeten als mit den \"alten Kulturen\". Wie Sie wahrscheinlich in den Botschaften und Zeitkapseln feststellen konnten, haben wir viele kulturell spezifische Namen zusammengef\u00fcgt, um die Tatsache zu veranschaulichen, dass sich die ethnischen Spaltungen des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts verschieben und verschmelzen. Zum Beispiel hat Dr. Yusef Phan vom KI Pilots Dispatch einen arabischen Vornamen und einen vietnamesischen Nachnamen.\n\nNochmals, dies ist kein Verbot, wenn du dir vorstellst, dass dein Charakter ein Apache ist, dann komm einfach mit einer vern\u00fcnftigen Erkl\u00e4rung in der Hintergrundgeschichte auf die Idee und laufe damit. Oder, anders ausgedr\u00fcckt, es w\u00e4re wie das Schreiben eines Charakters, der im heutigen Amerika oder Europa spielt, das immer noch die wikingerische oder normannische Kultur pflegt. Es ist machbar, es braucht nur eine kleine Erkl\u00e4rung, um es zu rechtfertigen.\n\n\n\n\nWir entscheiden, was das Thema der n\u00e4chsten Woche sein wird, aber bitte hinterlassen Sie Ihre Kommentare und Fragen unten. Ich w\u00fcnsche dir eine sch\u00f6ne Woche und du kannst schreiben. Bis zum n\u00e4chsten Mal.....","zh_CN":"Hello again, Citizens. Welcome to another installment of the Star Citizen\u2019sWriter\u2019s Guide. Here are links to the previous installments and if you are new to this segment, please consult the caveats at the beginning of Issue #1.\nIssue 1 \u2013 UEE Structure\n\nIssue 2 \u2013 Timeline & Citizens\/Civilians\n\nIssue 3 \u2013 Local Government & Media\n\nIssue 4 \u2013 Corps\n\nIssue 5 \u2013 Criminals\n\n\nIssue 6 \u2013 Alien Civs (Banu & Xi\u2019An)\n\nERRATA\nOne change from Issue 2 that we wanted to update you on, as you will find out below. But the sentence: Convicted criminals and assimilated cultures defeated in war (such as the Tevarin) are never allowed to become Citizens and a long history of behavior deemed counter to the purposes and dictates of the UEE can cause your Citizenship to be revoked.\n\nNow will read:\n\nConvicted criminals are never allowed to become Citizens and a long history of behavior deemed counter to the purposes and dictates of the UEE can cause your Citizenship to be revoked. All right, we\u2019re going to roll right along with our second section of:\n\nALIEN CIVILIZATIONS\n\nAgain, I\u2019ll invoke Caveats A & B before proceeding. To repeat, we are still building up the races, designing their appearances and their backstories, so this will be a collection of the knowledge that we\u2019ve already released. That being said, since it\u2019s not being told in-fiction, you\u2019ll get a slightly better understanding (i.e. a non-dramatic explanation) of the species in question.\nTHE VANDUUL\npronounced : \/ Van-DOOL \/ HISTORY\n\nVery little is actually known about the Vanduul as a species. They first \u2018introduced\u2019 themselves to Humanity by attacking a colony in Orion system about two hundred and fifty years ago, and things haven\u2019t really improved since then. The UEE\u2019s entire interaction with the Vanduul has been through combat. After the end of the Messer Era, the new Imperator attempted to stop the violence and open diplomatic relations with the Vanduul. The disparate structure of the Vanduul civilization makes it nearly impossible to negotiate with the species as a whole, but none of the individual clans offered anything but hostility \u2014 the diplomatic emissaries were exclusively met with laser fire.\n\nOne result is that we don\u2019t know why they hate us so much. While it\u2019s very easy to see why the UEE refers to them as barbaric, the Vanduul are not stupid or merely savages.\n\nHOMEWORLD\n\nIf the Vanduul have a homeworld, it is unknown to Humans. Some scientists posit that the planet may have been destroyed or abandoned, which scattered the Vanduul clans into a life on the drift.\n\nPOLITICAL SYSTEM\n\nMeritocracy. You are what you obtain. There is little to no communication between the different roaming clans. Each fleet operates as its own society with its own independent set of rules, laws and customs as decreed by that clan\u2019s CHIEFTAIN.\n\nAs such, it is probably impossible to make peace or establish diplomatic relations with the Vanduul as a whole since there is no cohesive civilization.\n\nSOCIETY\n\nThe Vanduul\u2019s family structure is also very distinct from Humanity. There is one tradition that exists throughout all of the Vanduul; once a child reaches adulthood (usually around the Human equivalency of 13-14), they are banished from their family. Before they go, the parents will fashion a knife for their child. This knife will be the child\u2019s only possession as he\/she sets out into adulthood. They will receive no money, housing, or support of any kind from their former family. Everything that the newly recognized adult achieves starts with the knife and grows from there.\n\nTherefore, there is no hereditary transfer of money or influence. You get nothing for being the child of a Chieftain. You are judged by your own accomplishments, not who you were born to.\n\nConsequently, these knives are treasured possessions that they keep for the rest of their lives. While it is possible to legitimately gain one through personal combat, if the Vanduul discover that someone has obtained a knife through theft or sale, they will take it back in the most excruciating way possible.\n\nDIPLOMATIC STATUS\n\nHumans: None.\n\nBanu: Some clans will trade with Banu planet-states.\n\nXi\u2019An: While distance plays a factor (there are a lot of unfriendly systems between the Vanduul and the Xi\u2019An), their limited contact has not been particularly fruitful. Some clans have established tentative trading relations but the majority of Vanduul regard the Xi\u2019An as manipulators and cowards, while the Xi\u2019An view the Vanduul as short-sighted barbaric thugs.\n\nRELIGION\n\nDue to the cultural emphasis on \u2018self,\u2019 the idea of higher powers aiding or affecting your life has never really caught on with the society. Therefore, the individual is held in high regard, so the closest thing to a Vanduul religion is the admiration of a specific person and what he or she was able to achieve.\n\nTheir youth are educated in the lives of exemplary Vanduul of the past: specifically the choices they made, and how they overcame their environment and distinguished themselves.\n\nPERSONALITY TRAITS\n\nFrom a purely anthropological perspective, the Vanduul behave like classic hunter-gatherers. They are a very insular species. They rarely interact with those outside of their clan, even other Vanduul. If you should find yourself engaged in a conversation (trade) with a Vanduul, they will be all business. They find engaging in pleasantries to be inefficient and insulting.\n\nIn combat, the Vanduul are relentless and merciless. In a textbook raid, they will hit hard and fast and never (intentionally) leave survivors. Over the decades, they\u2019ve adapted their tactics as they\u2019ve learned the purpose of Human structures, so most clans will hit the CommStations first, then target landing yards to minimize the potential resistance in the air before sweeping through on foot.\n\nIs it possible for a singular human to establish trade with the Vanduul? Yes. We haven\u2019t figured out the exact details yet, but it will be very difficult.\n\nTHE TEVARIN\npronunciation : \/ TEV-are-inn \/ HISTORY\n\nHumanity\u2019s first interstellar enemy \u2026 and second.\n\nThe UPE first established contact with the space-faring civilization in 2541. While not as technologically advanced as us, the Tevarin were beginning to strike out into the universe. A proud, martial society, the Tevarin wanted what we had and struck first. While the battlegrounds never threatened Earth or Terra, what the Tevarin lacked technologically, they more than made up for in strategic brilliance and endurance, causing the war to last over four years. The turning point was the infamous Battle of Idris IV, which introduced a young officer, Ivar Messer, to the populace of the UPE.\n\nAfter their defeat, the remaining Tevarin were either absorbed into the UPE or fled to the Banu or Xi\u2019An systems.\n\nIn 2603, a new Tevarin Warlord, Corath\u2019Thal, emerged from the corners of the cosmos with a rebuilt Tevarin battle-fleet and launched his first attack against the UPE systems. Their sole mission was to reclaim Elysium IV, their former homeworld. While it was a sympathetic cause that some Humans could support, the UPE wasn\u2019t about to give up territory. This war lasted seven years and touched almost every corner of the UPE.\n\nOn June 24, 2610 SET, Corath\u2019Thal suffered a catastrophic defeat at the hands of Squadron 42 at the Battle of Centauri. With his fleet rapidly falling to either destruction or surrender, Corath\u2019Thal mustered his remaining loyal pilots to make a desperate charge for Elysium IV. Though they suffered an additional 70% casualty, his fleet finally reached the atmosphere of their old homeworld. Corath\u2019Thal and his pilots lowered their thermal shields and dove for the planet.\n\nWith this second defeat, the spirit of the Tevarin race was irrevocably broken. Imperator Messer II used the victory to cement his place as ruler of the newly christened United Empire of Earth.\n\nHOMEWORLD\n\nFormerly Kaleeth (terraformed and colonized by Humans, renamed to Elysium IV).\n\nPOLITICAL SYSTEM (Former)\n\nThe Tevarin were somewhere between a feudalistic society and an oligarchy. The military ran everything. The only way to upgrade your station in life was to distinguish yourself in combat. That being said, those not in the military weren\u2019t ignored \u2014 since everybody contributed to the system, everybody was cared for. Some fought, others farmed.\n\nThe highest title was Warlord. It sounds much more violent than it is. The Tevarin were not a bloodthirsty race. They simply honored the art of war.\n\nDIPLOMATIC STATUS\n\nThere isn\u2019t an official Tevarin civilization or government, as the race has been defeated and assimilated into the UEE.\n\nA few showcase Tevarin have been given Citizenship to display the UEE\u2019s tolerance, but total Tevarin Citizens might be measured in triple (or even double) digits. The rest couldn\u2019t care less.\n\nMILITARY\n\nEven though the Second Tevarin War ended over three hundred years ago (2610), there is a nearly culture-wide resentment of the UEE military that resonates to this day, so the number of volunteers in the UEE military is very low. The majority of Tevarin in the military arrive via the UEE judicial system where certain Tevarin criminals are offered a choice: serve your time or do mandated tours of service. It\u2019s possible, though rare, for Tevarin to elevate in rank from these squads into more \u2018legitimate\u2019 branches of the UEE military.\n\nRELIGION\n\nOriginally the Tevarin followed Rijora (\/REE-jorr-ah\/), a warrior-code similar to Bushid\u014d on ancient Earth. The Tevarin believed in honor, fealty and duty above all else. Breaking their strict code meant excommunication or even execution in extreme cases.\n\nAfter their defeat in the first war and the loss of their homeworld, the code began to lose popularity. The Second Tevarin War was an attempt to reclaim Tevarin\u2019s previous glory. When it failed miserably, the last believers of Rijora flung themselves toward Kaleeth, burning up in the atmosphere and crashing into the planet. The rest abandoned the beliefs for good. This climactic period was known among the Tevarin as the Purge, during which time most of the Tevarin destroyed their Codices (the holy writ of Rijora).\n\nPERSONALITY TRAITS\n\nThere is a sadness and anger through most of the Tevarin; a melancholy that their species is on the decline. After their planet was lost, many Tevarin channeled their aggressive nature into addictions and violence. Tevarin mercs are noted for their ruthlessness and utter lack of fear. Gone are the honor-bound spiritual warriors of old; the killers are all that remain.\n\nThe average Tevarin finds little joy in life these days. When interacting with them, most Humans find them to be terse and cynical.\n\nWRITING FOR ALIENS\nIt\u2019s tough, especially at this point. We\u2019re in a zone of development where we\u2019re juggling all sorts of considerations to work out the gameplay, balance and other mechanics. In short, we\u2019re still building and exploring this stuff for ourselves so there isn\u2019t the usual list of hard\/established facts for you to work from. We\u2019re hoping that you\u2019re getting enough information to start making educated guesses as to how we would handle the questions that you might have but, at the end of the day, it comes down to character. If you construct a believable character with thought-out motivations, clear needs and backstory, the facts about the society become less important. Remember that no one person represents every facet of the culture they come from. QUESTIONS\nQ: \u201cThe various ethnicities we know today have blended; now it\u2019s planetary identification.\u201d\n\nDoes that mean (for example) that we can\u2019t have a character who identifies himself as Apache or French or Indonesian? (Or just that, in general, most characters don\u2019t retain that detailed an identity?)\n\nA: Not necessarily. Humanity has been expanding for quite some time and while there are certainly enclaves of people trying to preserve their ancestral\/cultural heritage, whether it\u2019s French or Indonesian, those are essentially Earth-bound cultures in their origin. The bulk of the populace associates more with their system and planet than with the \u2018old cultures.\u2019 As you could probably tell throughout the Dispatches and Time Capsules, we have been blending a lot of culturally specific names to illustrate the fact that twentieth century divisions of ethnicity are shifting and merging. For example, Dr. Yusef Phan from the AI Pilots Dispatch has an Arabic first name and a Vietnamese last name.\n\nAgain, this isn\u2019t a prohibition, if you envision your character being an Apache, just come up with a reasonable explanation in the backstory and run with it. Or, to put it another way, it would be like writing a character that takes place in modern day America or Europe who\u2019s still maintaining Viking or Norman culture. It can be done, it just needs a little explanation to justify it.\n\nWe\u2019re deciding what next week\u2019s topic will be but please leave your comments and questions below. Have a great week and get writing. Until next time \u2026"},"links_count":1,"comment_count":81,"created_at":"2013-05-16T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"13 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-16 09:21:00","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":12995,"next_id":12997}}