{"data":{"id":13024,"title":"Writer's Guide: Part Ten","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/13024-Writers-Guide-Part-Ten","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/13024","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/13024","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":"Welcome back, Citizens and Civs. Welcome to another installment of the Star Citizen Writer\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\nIssue 7 \u2013 Alien Civs (Vanduul & Tevarin)\n\nIssue 8 \u2013 Technology\n\nIssue 9 \u2013 Transportation\n\nIn the previous issues, we\u2019ve discussed the political structures, the legal, illegal and economic institutions, as well as the alien civilizations that exist around the universe and the technology that connects us all. For this issue, we\u2019re going to go smaller, more personal, we\u2019re going to look at:\nPEOPLE\nThis is going to be more of a fiction-centric entry, to help you understand the everyday people that populate the vast Star Citizen universe. EDUCATION\n\nThe integration of technology into society has giben almost everyone access to basic education should they want it. As the following paragraphs demonstrate, the sliding scale of education in the UEE dictates how much personalized instruction the student receives.\n\nEquivalency\n\nThe baseline of schooling is done through the Glas or computer systems. A variety of companies, through imperial subsidies, have created learning programs capable of educating children to achieve Equivalency (high school education). These programs tend to be used on frontier planets and other rural environments that lack ready access an actual school. The problem is that there is little customized learning for the student. It\u2019s basically multiple-choice quizzes, so there\u2019s very little opportunity to develop interpretative thought. It\u2019s essentially just teaching the facts. There\u2019s also very little repercussion if the student fails a sequence or stops altogether, which is often the case.\n\nThe next step is a public school which offers teachers but in which, depending on the population, the class sizes can easily spiral out of control. Some public schools in the megacities, for example, can have upwards of five hundred students in an elementary classroom. In this kind of environment, most of the teaching is done through Glas, but there is a teacher who will handle the occasional question and grade essays.\n\nThe third step is a private academy which, while expensive, offers the finest educational services from qualified teaching professionals. These academies will offer scholarships to exceptional students, but many argue that this is simply to access increased budgetary support from the UEE.\n\nPost-Equivalency\n\nAfter achieving Equivalency, a student has several options: enter the workforce, join the military or pursue higher education. While the first option generally doesn\u2019t require a certificate of Equivalency, the military and universities do. The military offers Equivalency courses to committed applicants and can waive its Equivalency requirement if the recruit possesses \u2018desirable skills.\u2019\n\nSince higher education alone does not qualify someone for Citizenship, a large number of college graduates will still join the military.\n\nTHE MILITARY\n\nWhile there is a blanket of security throughout many of the UEE systems, particularly the more populated ones, the persistent dangers of space have helped create a culture of military service.\n\nSome view the military service as a matter of duty, others as simply a faster (albeit potentially dangerous) way to attain Citizenship, and still others see the military as enforcers of an authoritarian government that tries to hide behind a friendly, progressive facade but will still authorize bombings on Cathcart and covert strikes into Xi\u2019An space. In other words, the public\u2019s reaction to the military is varied.\n\nAgain, due to the prevalence of military service, a lot of the population has either served in the military or known someone who has.\n\nRELIGION\n\nAlthough there is no official religion recognized by the UEE, and the cosmic landscape is dominated by science, there is still a need for the divine in Humanity.\n\nWithout getting into specifics, it\u2019s safe to say that the predominant religions of modernity exist in the future in some form. So there are patches of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc. existing throughout the Universe. Many of the religions have adapted with the times (incorporating alien species into doctrine, for example) and those that haven\u2019t are slowly withering. The millennia-long grudges and intolerance between the religions has cooled, partially due to distance between worlds (if you don\u2019t like someone you can move millions of miles away from them) but also because exposure to the Xi\u2019An, Banu, Tevarin and Vanduul has strengthened the commonality between Humans and created a Humans-first, theology-second mentality.\n\nA handful of new religions have sprung up as well. Some are crossovers from alien species (there are Human traders who keep trinkets of Cassa, the Banu patron of luck) and some are new.\n\nThe newest belief systems tend to be humanist in nature rather than overtly religious. One of the more popular new beliefs is:\n\nChurch of the Journey: Celebrates the experiences gained over the destination. Life is what happens along the way. Missionaries are called Journeymen and often spend their time wandering throughout the systems in the pursuit of knowledge through experience.\n\nTraveller\u2019s Day (Holiday): Sundown on the first day of a new orbit (New Year\u2019s basically). Due the variety of orbital periods, it\u2019s different for every planet and not a single standardized day. It\u2019s a metaphorical celebration of the beginning of a new journey. The devout usually meet at a church or gathering place and go on a symbolic pilgrimage through the night to a new destination.\n\nThere was a previous Dispatch describing this religion if you\u2019d like an in-universe explanation.\n\nALIENS\/NON-HUMAN CIVILIZATIONS\n\nEven though Humanity may not interact with alien life as part of their everyday existence, aliens are a part of life. Are there still people who support a strictly (and even violent) pro-Human agenda? Sure. Are there cases of discrimination based on species? Yes. But first contact was over five hundred years ago, so the majority of Humanity has gotten used to aliens.\n\nTherefore, while it\u2019s considered socially unacceptable to launch into a vicious rant in public, there are still people (even groups) that view aliens as either inferior or mortal enemies.\n\nWRITING FOR THE MASSES\n\nMost people simply want to live their lives in peace, avoiding conflict if they can help it, but helping others or fighting when the time calls for it.\n\nLike we\u2019ve said since the beginning, we love variety and moving away from black and white archetypes makes the universe feel more vivid and real. Again it comes down to character and backstory so ask yourself questions to make their beliefs and situation believable for you. Want to write about pro-Humanist on Prime? Do they keep their anti-alien sentiments quiet in public or hold rallies in the Quad? If they\u2019re uncompromising, that would affect their perception by other people, therefore do they only really interact with like-minded individuals?\n\nQUESTIONS\nEmu says:\n\nI was hoping planetside transportation would explain this: What are the rings on top of the skyscrapers in Beijing (left)? How will they be used for transportation?\nhttp:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/aerialshot_beijing_refined2-740\u00d7399.jpg\n\nA: We\u2019re still deciding on whether they are functional or strictly aesthetic in nature.\n\nWildfire says:\n\nWould you be willing to nail down the principles by which \u201chovers\u201d work planet-side? I mean, is anti-gravity technology something that exists in Star Citizen, or is it a more down-to-earth (pun intended) sort of technology like VTOL, using things we\u2019d recognize as engines, rotors, etc.\n\nMainly asking from a visualization stand-point rather than a nuts-and-bolts of the tech (although I wouldn\u2019t throw stones at a nuts-and-bolts expose either).\n\nA: Since we have artificial gravity established as available in ships, some sort of anti-gravity hover vehicles would make sense. The top-end hovers are clean, quiet anti-gravity technology, while the more common ones, particularly on frontier worlds, are the older, noisier hover fans and\/or thrusters similar to the maneuvering thrusters on ships.\n\nThat\u2019s it for this week. As always, please leave comments and questions below and keep writing. Until next time\u2026","de_DE":"Willkommen zur\u00fcck, B\u00fcrger und B\u00fcrger. Willkommen zu einer weiteren Ausgabe des Star Citizen Writer'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\nAusgabe 7 - Alien Civs (Vanduul & Tevarin)\n\nAusgabe 8 - Technologie\n\nAusgabe 9 - Transportwesen\n\nIn den vorangegangenen Ausgaben haben wir die politischen Strukturen, die rechtlichen, illegalen und wirtschaftlichen Institutionen sowie die au\u00dferirdischen Zivilisationen, die im Universum existieren, und die Technologie, die uns alle verbindet, diskutiert. F\u00fcr dieses Thema werden wir kleiner, pers\u00f6nlicher, wir werden es uns ansehen:\n\nMENSCHEN\n\nDies wird eher ein fiktionszentrierter Eintrag sein, um Ihnen zu helfen, die allt\u00e4glichen Menschen zu verstehen, die das riesige Star Citizen-Universum bev\u00f6lkern. AUSBILDUNG\n\nDie Integration der Technologie in die Gesellschaft hat fast jedem den Zugang zur Grundbildung erm\u00f6glicht, wenn er sie w\u00fcnscht. Wie die folgenden Abs\u00e4tze zeigen, bestimmt die abgestufte Skala der Ausbildung in der UEE, wie viel personalisierten Unterricht der Sch\u00fcler erh\u00e4lt.\n\n\u00c4quivalenz\n\nDie Grundlinie der Ausbildung erfolgt \u00fcber das Glas oder Computersysteme. Eine Vielzahl von Unternehmen hat durch imperiale Subventionen Lernprogramme geschaffen, die in der Lage sind, Kinder zur Erreichung der Gleichwertigkeit (High School Education) zu erziehen. Diese Programme werden in der Regel auf Grenzplaneten und anderen l\u00e4ndlichen Gebieten eingesetzt, die keinen direkten Zugang zu einer Schule haben. Das Problem ist, dass es wenig ma\u00dfgeschneidertes Lernen f\u00fcr den Sch\u00fcler gibt. Es handelt sich im Grunde genommen um Multiple-Choice-Quiz, so dass es sehr wenig M\u00f6glichkeiten gibt, interpretatives Denken zu entwickeln. Es geht im Grunde genommen nur darum, die Fakten zu vermitteln. Es hat auch sehr wenig Auswirkungen, wenn der Sch\u00fcler eine Sequenz nicht oder gar nicht besteht, was oft der Fall ist.\n\nDer n\u00e4chste Schritt ist eine \u00f6ffentliche Schule, die Lehrer anbietet, in der aber je nach Bev\u00f6lkerung die Klassengr\u00f6\u00dfen leicht au\u00dfer Kontrolle geraten k\u00f6nnen. Einige \u00f6ffentliche Schulen in den Megacitys zum Beispiel k\u00f6nnen bis zu f\u00fcnfhundert Sch\u00fcler in einem einfachen Klassenzimmer haben. In dieser Art von Umgebung wird der gr\u00f6\u00dfte Teil des Unterrichts durch Glas durchgef\u00fchrt, aber es gibt einen Lehrer, der sich um die gelegentlichen Fragen k\u00fcmmert und Essays bewertet.\n\nDer dritte Schritt ist eine private Akademie, die zwar teuer ist, aber die besten Bildungsdienstleistungen von qualifizierten Lehrern anbietet. Diese Akademien werden Stipendien f\u00fcr au\u00dfergew\u00f6hnliche Studenten anbieten, aber viele argumentieren, dass dies nur dazu dient, Zugang zu erh\u00f6hter Budgethilfe aus der UEE zu erhalten.\n\nNach\u00e4quivalenz\n\nNach Erreichen der \u00c4quivalenz hat ein Student mehrere M\u00f6glichkeiten: Eintritt ins Berufsleben, Eintritt ins Milit\u00e4r oder Hochschulbildung. W\u00e4hrend die erste Option in der Regel keinen Gleichwertigkeitsnachweis erfordert, tun es das Milit\u00e4r und die Universit\u00e4ten. Das Milit\u00e4r bietet engagierten Bewerbern \u00c4quivalenzkurse an und kann auf seine \u00c4quivalenzanforderung verzichten, wenn der Rekrut \u00fcber \"w\u00fcnschenswerte F\u00e4higkeiten\" verf\u00fcgt.\n\nDa die Hochschulbildung allein nicht f\u00fcr die Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft qualifiziert, wird eine gro\u00dfe Zahl von Hochschulabsolventen weiterhin dem Milit\u00e4r beitreten.\n\n\n\nDER MILIT\u00c4R\n\nW\u00e4hrend es in vielen der UEE-Systeme, insbesondere in den bev\u00f6lkerungsreicheren, eine umfassende Sicherheit gibt, haben die anhaltenden Gefahren des Weltraums dazu beigetragen, eine Kultur des Milit\u00e4rdienstes zu schaffen.\n\nEinige sehen den Milit\u00e4rdienst als Pflicht\u00fcbung, andere als einfach einen schnelleren (wenn auch potenziell gef\u00e4hrlichen) Weg, die Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft zu erlangen, und wieder andere sehen das Milit\u00e4r als Vollstrecker einer autorit\u00e4ren Regierung, die versucht, sich hinter einer freundlichen, fortschrittlichen Fassade zu verstecken, aber dennoch Bombenanschl\u00e4ge auf Cathcart und verdeckte Streiks in den Raum Xi'An zulassen wird. Mit anderen Worten, die Reaktion der \u00d6ffentlichkeit auf das Milit\u00e4r ist unterschiedlich.\n\nWiederum, aufgrund der Pr\u00e4valenz des Milit\u00e4rdienstes, hat ein gro\u00dfer Teil der Bev\u00f6lkerung entweder beim Milit\u00e4r gedient oder jemanden gekannt, der es getan hat.\n\n\n\nZUVERL\u00c4SSIGKEIT\n\nObwohl es keine offizielle Religion gibt, die von der UEE anerkannt wird, und die kosmische Landschaft von der Wissenschaft dominiert wird, gibt es in der Menschheit immer noch einen Bedarf an dem G\u00f6ttlichen.\n\nOhne ins Detail zu gehen, kann man mit Sicherheit sagen, dass die vorherrschenden Religionen der Moderne in irgendeiner Form in der Zukunft existieren. So gibt es im ganzen Universum Patches von Christentum, Judentum, Islam, Hinduismus, Buddhismus, etc. die existieren. Viele der Religionen haben sich mit der Zeit angepasst (z.B. durch die Einbeziehung fremder Arten in die Lehre) und diejenigen, die nicht langsam verwelken. Der jahrtausendelange Groll und die Intoleranz zwischen den Religionen hat sich abgek\u00fchlt, teilweise aufgrund der Distanz zwischen den Welten (wenn man jemanden nicht mag, kann man sich Millionen von Kilometern von ihm entfernen), aber auch, weil die Exposition gegen\u00fcber dem Xi'An, Banu, Tevarin und Vanduul die Gemeinsamkeit zwischen den Menschen gest\u00e4rkt und eine Mentalit\u00e4t des Menschen - die erste, die theologisch zweite - geschaffen hat.\n\nEine Handvoll neuer Religionen sind ebenfalls entstanden. Einige sind Crossover von fremden Arten (es gibt menschliche H\u00e4ndler, die Schmuckst\u00fccke von Cassa, dem Banu-Gl\u00fcckspatron, aufbewahren) und andere sind neu.\n\nDie neuesten Glaubenssysteme neigen dazu, eher humanistisch als offen religi\u00f6s zu sein. Einer der beliebtesten neuen \u00dcberzeugungen ist:\n\nChurch of the Journey: Feiert die Erfahrungen, die \u00fcber das Ziel hinaus gesammelt wurden. Das Leben ist das, was auf dem Weg passiert. Missionare werden Journeymen genannt und verbringen oft ihre Zeit damit, durch die Systeme zu wandern, um Wissen durch Erfahrung zu erlangen.\n\nReisetag (Urlaub): Sonnenuntergang am ersten Tag einer neuen Umlaufbahn (grunds\u00e4tzlich Neujahr). Aufgrund der Vielfalt der Umlaufzeiten ist es f\u00fcr jeden Planeten anders und nicht f\u00fcr einen einzigen standardisierten Tag. Es ist eine metaphorische Feier des Beginns einer neuen Reise. Die Gl\u00e4ubigen treffen sich in der Regel in einer Kirche oder einem Versammlungsort und gehen auf eine symbolische Pilgerreise durch die Nacht zu einem neuen Ziel.\n\nEs gab eine fr\u00fchere Botschaft, die diese Religion beschrieb, wenn Sie eine Erkl\u00e4rung im Universum w\u00fcnschen.\n\n\n\nAU\u00dfERIRDISCHE \/ NICHT-MENSCHLICHE ZIVILISATIONEN\n\nAuch wenn die Menschheit nicht mit dem au\u00dferirdischen Leben als Teil ihrer t\u00e4glichen Existenz interagiert, sind Au\u00dferirdische ein Teil des Lebens. Gibt es noch Menschen, die eine strenge (und sogar gewaltt\u00e4tige) pro-menschliche Agenda unterst\u00fctzen? Sicher. Gibt es F\u00e4lle von Diskriminierung aufgrund von Arten? Ja. Aber der erste Kontakt war vor \u00fcber f\u00fcnfhundert Jahren, so dass sich die Mehrheit der Menschheit an Au\u00dferirdische gew\u00f6hnt hat.\n\nObwohl es sozial inakzeptabel ist, in der \u00d6ffentlichkeit in ein b\u00f6sartiges Geschw\u00e4tz zu st\u00fcrzen, gibt es immer noch Menschen (sogar Gruppen), die Au\u00dferirdische entweder als minderwertige oder t\u00f6dliche Feinde betrachten.\n\n\n\nSCHREIBEN F\u00dcR DIE MASSEN\n\nDie meisten Menschen wollen einfach nur in Frieden leben und Konflikte vermeiden, wenn sie es k\u00f6nnen, aber anderen helfen oder k\u00e4mpfen, wenn die Zeit es erfordert.\n\nWie wir von Anfang an gesagt haben, lieben wir die Vielfalt und die Abkehr von den schwarz-wei\u00dfen Archetypen l\u00e4sst das Universum lebendiger und realer erscheinen. Wieder kommt es auf Charakter und Hintergrundgeschichte an, also stellen Sie sich Fragen, um ihre \u00dcberzeugungen und Situationen f\u00fcr Sie glaubhaft zu machen. M\u00f6chten Sie \u00fcber Pro-Humanist auf Prime schreiben? Halten sie ihre Anti-Ausl\u00e4nder-Stimmung in der \u00d6ffentlichkeit geheim oder veranstalten sie Kundgebungen im Quad? Wenn sie kompromisslos sind, w\u00fcrde das ihre Wahrnehmung durch andere Menschen beeintr\u00e4chtigen, also interagieren sie nur wirklich mit Gleichgesinnten?\n\n\n\n\nFRAGEN\nsagt Emu:\n\nIch hatte gehofft, dass der Transport auf dem Planeten das erkl\u00e4ren w\u00fcrde: Welche Ringe befinden sich auf den Wolkenkratzern in Peking (links)? Wie werden sie f\u00fcr den Transport verwendet?\nhttp:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/aerialshot_beijing_refined2-740\u00d7399.jpg\n\nA: Wir entscheiden noch, ob sie funktional oder streng \u00e4sthetisch sind.\n\n\n\nWildfire sagt:\n\nW\u00e4ren Sie bereit, die Prinzipien, nach denen \"schweben\" auf der Planetenseite arbeiten, festzulegen? Ich meine, ist Anti-Schwerkraft-Technologie etwas, das es in Star Citizen gibt, oder ist es eine bodenst\u00e4ndigere (Wortspiel beabsichtigt) Art von Technologie wie VTOL, die Dinge verwendet, die wir als Motoren, Rotoren, etc. erkennen w\u00fcrden.\n\nHaupts\u00e4chlich von einem Visualisierungsstandpunkt aus fragend, anstatt von einem Nuts-and-Bolts der Technologie (obwohl ich auch keine Steine auf ein Nuts-and-Bolts-Exponat werfen w\u00fcrde).\n\nA: Da wir die k\u00fcnstliche Schwerkraft als verf\u00fcgbar auf Schiffen etabliert haben, w\u00e4re eine Art Anti-Schwerkraft-Schwebefahrzeug sinnvoll. Die oberen Schwebek\u00f6rper sind saubere, leise Antigravitationstechnologie, w\u00e4hrend die h\u00e4ufigeren, insbesondere auf Grenzwelten, die \u00e4lteren, lauteren Schwebeventilatoren und\/oder Thruster sind, die den Man\u00f6vriertriebwerken auf Schiffen \u00e4hnlich sind.\n\n\n\n\nDas war's f\u00fcr diese Woche. Wie immer, lassen Sie bitte Kommentare und Fragen unten und schreiben Sie weiter. Bis zum n\u00e4chsten Mal......","zh_CN":"Welcome back, Citizens and Civs. Welcome to another installment of the Star Citizen Writer\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\nIssue 7 \u2013 Alien Civs (Vanduul & Tevarin)\n\nIssue 8 \u2013 Technology\n\nIssue 9 \u2013 Transportation\n\nIn the previous issues, we\u2019ve discussed the political structures, the legal, illegal and economic institutions, as well as the alien civilizations that exist around the universe and the technology that connects us all. For this issue, we\u2019re going to go smaller, more personal, we\u2019re going to look at:\nPEOPLE\nThis is going to be more of a fiction-centric entry, to help you understand the everyday people that populate the vast Star Citizen universe. EDUCATION\n\nThe integration of technology into society has giben almost everyone access to basic education should they want it. As the following paragraphs demonstrate, the sliding scale of education in the UEE dictates how much personalized instruction the student receives.\n\nEquivalency\n\nThe baseline of schooling is done through the Glas or computer systems. A variety of companies, through imperial subsidies, have created learning programs capable of educating children to achieve Equivalency (high school education). These programs tend to be used on frontier planets and other rural environments that lack ready access an actual school. The problem is that there is little customized learning for the student. It\u2019s basically multiple-choice quizzes, so there\u2019s very little opportunity to develop interpretative thought. It\u2019s essentially just teaching the facts. There\u2019s also very little repercussion if the student fails a sequence or stops altogether, which is often the case.\n\nThe next step is a public school which offers teachers but in which, depending on the population, the class sizes can easily spiral out of control. Some public schools in the megacities, for example, can have upwards of five hundred students in an elementary classroom. In this kind of environment, most of the teaching is done through Glas, but there is a teacher who will handle the occasional question and grade essays.\n\nThe third step is a private academy which, while expensive, offers the finest educational services from qualified teaching professionals. These academies will offer scholarships to exceptional students, but many argue that this is simply to access increased budgetary support from the UEE.\n\nPost-Equivalency\n\nAfter achieving Equivalency, a student has several options: enter the workforce, join the military or pursue higher education. While the first option generally doesn\u2019t require a certificate of Equivalency, the military and universities do. The military offers Equivalency courses to committed applicants and can waive its Equivalency requirement if the recruit possesses \u2018desirable skills.\u2019\n\nSince higher education alone does not qualify someone for Citizenship, a large number of college graduates will still join the military.\n\nTHE MILITARY\n\nWhile there is a blanket of security throughout many of the UEE systems, particularly the more populated ones, the persistent dangers of space have helped create a culture of military service.\n\nSome view the military service as a matter of duty, others as simply a faster (albeit potentially dangerous) way to attain Citizenship, and still others see the military as enforcers of an authoritarian government that tries to hide behind a friendly, progressive facade but will still authorize bombings on Cathcart and covert strikes into Xi\u2019An space. In other words, the public\u2019s reaction to the military is varied.\n\nAgain, due to the prevalence of military service, a lot of the population has either served in the military or known someone who has.\n\nRELIGION\n\nAlthough there is no official religion recognized by the UEE, and the cosmic landscape is dominated by science, there is still a need for the divine in Humanity.\n\nWithout getting into specifics, it\u2019s safe to say that the predominant religions of modernity exist in the future in some form. So there are patches of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc. existing throughout the Universe. Many of the religions have adapted with the times (incorporating alien species into doctrine, for example) and those that haven\u2019t are slowly withering. The millennia-long grudges and intolerance between the religions has cooled, partially due to distance between worlds (if you don\u2019t like someone you can move millions of miles away from them) but also because exposure to the Xi\u2019An, Banu, Tevarin and Vanduul has strengthened the commonality between Humans and created a Humans-first, theology-second mentality.\n\nA handful of new religions have sprung up as well. Some are crossovers from alien species (there are Human traders who keep trinkets of Cassa, the Banu patron of luck) and some are new.\n\nThe newest belief systems tend to be humanist in nature rather than overtly religious. One of the more popular new beliefs is:\n\nChurch of the Journey: Celebrates the experiences gained over the destination. Life is what happens along the way. Missionaries are called Journeymen and often spend their time wandering throughout the systems in the pursuit of knowledge through experience.\n\nTraveller\u2019s Day (Holiday): Sundown on the first day of a new orbit (New Year\u2019s basically). Due the variety of orbital periods, it\u2019s different for every planet and not a single standardized day. It\u2019s a metaphorical celebration of the beginning of a new journey. The devout usually meet at a church or gathering place and go on a symbolic pilgrimage through the night to a new destination.\n\nThere was a previous Dispatch describing this religion if you\u2019d like an in-universe explanation.\n\nALIENS\/NON-HUMAN CIVILIZATIONS\n\nEven though Humanity may not interact with alien life as part of their everyday existence, aliens are a part of life. Are there still people who support a strictly (and even violent) pro-Human agenda? Sure. Are there cases of discrimination based on species? Yes. But first contact was over five hundred years ago, so the majority of Humanity has gotten used to aliens.\n\nTherefore, while it\u2019s considered socially unacceptable to launch into a vicious rant in public, there are still people (even groups) that view aliens as either inferior or mortal enemies.\n\nWRITING FOR THE MASSES\n\nMost people simply want to live their lives in peace, avoiding conflict if they can help it, but helping others or fighting when the time calls for it.\n\nLike we\u2019ve said since the beginning, we love variety and moving away from black and white archetypes makes the universe feel more vivid and real. Again it comes down to character and backstory so ask yourself questions to make their beliefs and situation believable for you. Want to write about pro-Humanist on Prime? Do they keep their anti-alien sentiments quiet in public or hold rallies in the Quad? If they\u2019re uncompromising, that would affect their perception by other people, therefore do they only really interact with like-minded individuals?\n\nQUESTIONS\nEmu says:\n\nI was hoping planetside transportation would explain this: What are the rings on top of the skyscrapers in Beijing (left)? How will they be used for transportation?\nhttp:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/aerialshot_beijing_refined2-740\u00d7399.jpg\n\nA: We\u2019re still deciding on whether they are functional or strictly aesthetic in nature.\n\nWildfire says:\n\nWould you be willing to nail down the principles by which \u201chovers\u201d work planet-side? I mean, is anti-gravity technology something that exists in Star Citizen, or is it a more down-to-earth (pun intended) sort of technology like VTOL, using things we\u2019d recognize as engines, rotors, etc.\n\nMainly asking from a visualization stand-point rather than a nuts-and-bolts of the tech (although I wouldn\u2019t throw stones at a nuts-and-bolts expose either).\n\nA: Since we have artificial gravity established as available in ships, some sort of anti-gravity hover vehicles would make sense. The top-end hovers are clean, quiet anti-gravity technology, while the more common ones, particularly on frontier worlds, are the older, noisier hover fans and\/or thrusters similar to the maneuvering thrusters on ships.\n\nThat\u2019s it for this week. As always, please leave comments and questions below and keep writing. 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