{"data":{"id":13550,"title":"Letter from the Chairman: $38 Million","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/transmission\/13550-Letter-From-The-Chairman-38-Million","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/13550","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/13550","channel":"Transmission","category":"General","series":"From the Chairman","images":[{"id":8,"name":"ChrisRobertsDirecting-300x201.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/1voadjmwj49znr\/source\/ChrisRobertsDirecting-300x201.jpg","alt":"","size":14938,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:30:42+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/8","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/8\/similar"},{"id":42316,"name":"Banu_merchantman_side_Version_A.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/p8mamafd4fstqr\/source\/Banu_merchantman_side_Version_A.jpg","alt":"","size":0,"mime_type":"undefined","last_modified":"1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/42316","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/42316\/similar"},{"id":42317,"name":"Banu_merchantman_side_Version_A_callout.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/t95qr0owcvk33r\/source\/Banu_merchantman_side_Version_A_callout.jpg","alt":"","size":0,"mime_type":"undefined","last_modified":"1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/42317","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/42317\/similar"}],"images_count":3,"translations":{"en_EN":"Greetings Citizens,\nWe\u2019ve hit the incredible $38 million mark in our crowd funding campaign. It\u2019s exciting seeing the Organizations feature flourish: backers are inviting more and more people into this world, and in the process they\u2019re making even more possible for Star Citizen\u2019s development. The $38 million unlock is the Cano System, home to a fully aquatic planet:\n\nCano System is home to a G-Type Main Sequence Star that\u2019s almost identical to Earth\u2019s. Of the four planets in the system, only one is inhabited: Carteyna. Located on the edge of habitable zone, Carteyna is a classic waterworld. Fortunately, its planetary axis constantly keeps the northern hemisphere away from the sun, which allowed for the water to freeze into the landmasses used as the initial landing zones in 2587. Multiple attempts have been made to try to convert the thick atmosphere into something breathable, but the process never seemed to stick. In fact, over the years, every time there\u2019s a new technological development in geo-engineering, they test it out here on Carteyna only to yield the same result. Almost fifty years ago, scientists discovered microscopic organisms in the very early phases of life in the depths of the oceans. This caused a massive uproar throughout the UEE at the prospect that they had been attempting to terraform a developing world. Carteyna was immediately placed under the Fair Chance Act. Unfortunately, Humans had been living here for almost over three hundred years and the families that had been here for generations felt that they had earned rights as residents. After years of debate in the political and scientific community, the population was allowed to stay, but only under certain conditions: future terraforming attempts have been outlawed and the Human population has been consolidated to a single arcology to minimize their impact on their environment and the development of whatever species is growing in the deep.\n\nOur final star system poll was the closest we\u2019ve ever run, with only a few votes separating the Tevarin Ghost World and the Lost Human Colony. Since it sounds like Star Citizen\u2019s backers are equally excited about both concepts, we\u2019ve decided to break the rules and include both concepts!\n\nKabal System \u2013 The discovery of a new system is always an exciting time. Even the most jaded NavJumpers can\u2019t help entertaining the possibilities for scientific understanding or new species or even a new home that could await them on the other side of a new jump point. The discovery of Kabal was certainly something new. By all outward appearances, the system seemed empty. It was only during when a UEE Surveying team began to assess Kabal III, did they find something disturbing; old uninhabited Tevarin cities. How could an entire Tevarin system escape detection all these years? Did the Tevarin that were assimilated into the UEE know about it? How was it kept a secret? The questions multiplied when a detachment of Marines, sent to secure the planet ended up discovering a cache of old Tevarin war machines. Among the rows and rows of weapons, they made an even more disturbing discovery; some of the technology was made in the last ten years\u2026\n\nOretani System \u2013 Oretani was just one of many systems that were being discovered during the rapid Expansion era of the 25th century. The surveyors noticed nothing in the system\u2019s six worlds of immediate importance. Only one planet seemed to be a viable candidate for terraforming. The terraforming Corp that won the bid sent a mid-level team (and their families) into the system to start processing when the only jump point into the system collapsed. Scientists scrambled to figure out a solution, but it was the first time an incident like this had occurred. As years stretched into decades, people studied the area around the former jump point, hoping for a sign that it had reopened, but after time they gave up. After all this time, Oretani is only ever debated among select number of historians. Most believe that without support, the initial terraformers probably died out, but no one really knows what to expect on the other side if that jump point ever reopens.\n\nThat\u2019s it for the additional star system stretch goals. At $39 million, we\u2019ll announce a new goal that will help chart the course for the future of Star Citizen in a different way\u2026 and it\u2019s one I\u2019m personally very excited about, so be sure to check back then and learn more!\n\nAs always, thank you for your continued support of Star Citizen. It\u2019s hard to properly express how grateful we are to the community for letting us pursue this dream. I know that everyone is eager to see more of Star Citizen as quickly as possible\u2014more ships, more systems, more gameplay\u2014and I promise you that we\u2019re just as eager to get that out there. Stay tuned: big things are happening in the \u2018verse!\n\n\u2014 Chris Roberts\n\nP.S. \u2013 Everyone curious about how the Banu Merchantman will land should check out the attached concept art. Please remember that this is an early WIP and shape, form and function can change as we drill down on the inner workings of the Banu Merchantman!","de_DE":"Gr\u00fc\u00dfe B\u00fcrger,\nWir haben die unglaubliche 38-Millionen-Dollar-Marke in unserer Massenfinanzierungskampagne erreicht. Es ist aufregend zu sehen, wie die Funktionen der Organisationen gedeihen: Die Geldgeber laden immer mehr Menschen in diese Welt ein, und dabei erm\u00f6glichen sie noch mehr f\u00fcr die Entwicklung von Star Citizen. Die 38 Millionen Dollar, die freigesetzt werden, sind das Cano-System, das einen vollst\u00e4ndig aquatischen Planeten beherbergt:\n\nDas Cano-System beherbergt einen G-f\u00f6rmigen Hauptsequenzstern, der fast identisch mit dem der Erde ist. Von den vier Planeten im System ist nur einer bewohnt: Carteyna. Am Rande der bewohnbaren Zone gelegen, ist Carteyna eine klassische Wasserwelt. Gl\u00fccklicherweise h\u00e4lt seine Planetenachse die Nordhalbkugel st\u00e4ndig von der Sonne fern, so dass das Wasser in die Landmassen einfrieren konnte, die 2587 als erste Landezonen dienten. Es wurden mehrere Versuche unternommen, die dicke Atmosph\u00e4re in etwas atmungsaktives zu verwandeln, aber der Prozess schien nie zu halten. In der Tat, im Laufe der Jahre, jedes Mal, wenn es eine neue technologische Entwicklung im Geo-Engineering gibt, testen sie es hier auf Carteyna, nur um das gleiche Ergebnis zu erzielen. Vor fast f\u00fcnfzig Jahren entdeckten Wissenschaftler mikroskopische Organismen in den allerersten Lebensphasen in den Tiefen der Ozeane. Dies f\u00fchrte zu einem massiven Aufruhr in der gesamten UEE mit der Aussicht, dass sie versucht hatten, eine Entwicklungswelt zu errichten. Carteyna wurde sofort unter den Fair Chance Act gestellt. Leider lebten hier die Menschen seit fast dreihundert Jahren und die Familien, die seit Generationen hier waren, f\u00fchlten, dass sie sich als Bewohner Rechte erworben hatten. Nach jahrelanger Debatte in Politik und Wissenschaft durfte die Bev\u00f6lkerung bleiben, aber nur unter bestimmten Bedingungen: Zuk\u00fcnftige Terraforming-Versuche wurden verboten und die menschliche Population zu einer einzigen Archologie zusammengefasst, um ihre Auswirkungen auf die Umwelt und die Entwicklung der in der Tiefe wachsenden Arten zu minimieren. Unsere letzte Umfrage zum Sternsystem war die n\u00e4chste, die wir je durchgef\u00fchrt haben, mit nur wenigen Stimmen zwischen der Tevarin Ghost World und der Lost Human Colony. Da es sich so anh\u00f6rt, als w\u00e4ren die Geldgeber von Star Citizen von beiden Konzepten gleicherma\u00dfen begeistert, haben wir uns entschieden, die Regeln zu brechen und beide Konzepte einzubeziehen!\n\nKabal System - Die Entdeckung eines neuen Systems ist immer eine spannende Zeit. Selbst die ersch\u00f6pftesten Navjumper k\u00f6nnen nicht umhin, die M\u00f6glichkeiten des wissenschaftlichen Verst\u00e4ndnisses oder neue Arten oder sogar ein neues Zuhause zu unterhalten, das sie auf der anderen Seite eines neuen Sprungplatzes erwarten k\u00f6nnte. Die Entdeckung von Kabal war sicherlich etwas Neues. Nach au\u00dfen hin schien das System leer zu sein. Es war nur w\u00e4hrend, als ein UEE Vermessungsteam anfing, Kabal III zu beurteilen, fanden sie etwas Beunruhigendes; alte unbewohnte Tevarin-St\u00e4dte. Wie konnte ein ganzes Tevarin-System all die Jahre der Erkennung entkommen? Wussten die Tevarin, die in die UEE aufgenommen wurden, davon? Wie wurde es geheim gehalten? Die Fragen vervielfachten sich, als eine Abteilung von Marines, die zur Sicherung des Planeten geschickt wurde, am Ende einen Vorrat an alten Tevarin-Kriegsmaschinen entdeckte. Unter den Reihen und Reihen von Waffen machten sie eine noch beunruhigendere Entdeckung; einige der Technologien wurden in den letzten zehn Jahren entwickelt.... Das Oretani-System - Oretani war nur eines von vielen Systemen, die in der Zeit der schnellen Expansion im 25. Jahrhundert entdeckt wurden. Die Gutachter bemerkten nichts in den sechs unmittelbar wichtigen Welten des Systems. Nur ein Planet schien ein geeigneter Kandidat f\u00fcr das Terraforming zu sein. Die Terraforming Corp, die die Ausschreibung gewann, schickte ein mittleres Team (und ihre Familien) in das System, um mit der Verarbeitung zu beginnen, wenn der einzige Sprungpunkt im System zusammenbrach. Wissenschaftler krabbelten, um eine L\u00f6sung zu finden, aber es war das erste Mal, dass ein solcher Vorfall stattgefunden hatte. Als sich die Jahre in Jahrzehnte erstreckten, untersuchten die Leute das Gebiet um den ehemaligen Sprungplatz und hofften auf ein Zeichen, dass er wieder ge\u00f6ffnet worden war, aber nach einiger Zeit gaben sie auf. Nach all dieser Zeit wird Oretani immer nur unter einer ausgew\u00e4hlten Anzahl von Historikern diskutiert. Die meisten glauben, dass ohne Unterst\u00fctzung die ersten Terraformer wahrscheinlich ausgestorben sind, aber niemand wei\u00df wirklich, was sie auf der anderen Seite erwartet, wenn sich dieser Sprungpunkt jemals wieder \u00f6ffnet. Das war's mit den zus\u00e4tzlichen Sternsystem-Streckzielen. Mit 39 Millionen Dollar werden wir ein neues Ziel ank\u00fcndigen, das uns helfen wird, die Weichen f\u00fcr die Zukunft von Star Citizen auf eine andere Art und Weise zu stellen.... und es ist eines, wor\u00fcber ich pers\u00f6nlich sehr begeistert bin, also schau doch einfach mal vorbei und lerne mehr!\n\nWie immer vielen Dank f\u00fcr Ihre kontinuierliche Unterst\u00fctzung von Star Citizen. Es ist schwer, richtig auszudr\u00fccken, wie dankbar wir der Gemeinschaft sind, dass wir diesen Traum verfolgen durften. Ich wei\u00df, dass jeder begierig darauf ist, so schnell wie m\u00f6glich mehr von Star Citizen zu sehen - mehr Schiffe, mehr Systeme, mehr Gameplay - und ich verspreche dir, dass wir genauso begierig darauf sind, das herauszubringen. Bleiben Sie dran: Im Vers geschehen gro\u00dfe Dinge!\n\n- Chris Roberts\n\nP.S. - Alle sind neugierig darauf, wie der Banu Merchantman landen wird, und sollten sich die beigef\u00fcgte Konzeptkunst ansehen. Bitte denken Sie daran, dass es sich um ein fr\u00fches WIP handelt und Form, Form und Funktion k\u00f6nnen sich \u00e4ndern, wenn wir auf das Innenleben des Banu Merchantman eingehen!","zh_CN":"Greetings Citizens,\nWe\u2019ve hit the incredible $38 million mark in our crowd funding campaign. It\u2019s exciting seeing the Organizations feature flourish: backers are inviting more and more people into this world, and in the process they\u2019re making even more possible for Star Citizen\u2019s development. The $38 million unlock is the Cano System, home to a fully aquatic planet:\n\nCano System is home to a G-Type Main Sequence Star that\u2019s almost identical to Earth\u2019s. Of the four planets in the system, only one is inhabited: Carteyna. Located on the edge of habitable zone, Carteyna is a classic waterworld. Fortunately, its planetary axis constantly keeps the northern hemisphere away from the sun, which allowed for the water to freeze into the landmasses used as the initial landing zones in 2587. Multiple attempts have been made to try to convert the thick atmosphere into something breathable, but the process never seemed to stick. In fact, over the years, every time there\u2019s a new technological development in geo-engineering, they test it out here on Carteyna only to yield the same result. Almost fifty years ago, scientists discovered microscopic organisms in the very early phases of life in the depths of the oceans. This caused a massive uproar throughout the UEE at the prospect that they had been attempting to terraform a developing world. Carteyna was immediately placed under the Fair Chance Act. Unfortunately, Humans had been living here for almost over three hundred years and the families that had been here for generations felt that they had earned rights as residents. After years of debate in the political and scientific community, the population was allowed to stay, but only under certain conditions: future terraforming attempts have been outlawed and the Human population has been consolidated to a single arcology to minimize their impact on their environment and the development of whatever species is growing in the deep.\n\nOur final star system poll was the closest we\u2019ve ever run, with only a few votes separating the Tevarin Ghost World and the Lost Human Colony. Since it sounds like Star Citizen\u2019s backers are equally excited about both concepts, we\u2019ve decided to break the rules and include both concepts!\n\nKabal System \u2013 The discovery of a new system is always an exciting time. Even the most jaded NavJumpers can\u2019t help entertaining the possibilities for scientific understanding or new species or even a new home that could await them on the other side of a new jump point. The discovery of Kabal was certainly something new. By all outward appearances, the system seemed empty. It was only during when a UEE Surveying team began to assess Kabal III, did they find something disturbing; old uninhabited Tevarin cities. How could an entire Tevarin system escape detection all these years? Did the Tevarin that were assimilated into the UEE know about it? How was it kept a secret? The questions multiplied when a detachment of Marines, sent to secure the planet ended up discovering a cache of old Tevarin war machines. Among the rows and rows of weapons, they made an even more disturbing discovery; some of the technology was made in the last ten years\u2026\n\nOretani System \u2013 Oretani was just one of many systems that were being discovered during the rapid Expansion era of the 25th century. The surveyors noticed nothing in the system\u2019s six worlds of immediate importance. Only one planet seemed to be a viable candidate for terraforming. The terraforming Corp that won the bid sent a mid-level team (and their families) into the system to start processing when the only jump point into the system collapsed. Scientists scrambled to figure out a solution, but it was the first time an incident like this had occurred. As years stretched into decades, people studied the area around the former jump point, hoping for a sign that it had reopened, but after time they gave up. After all this time, Oretani is only ever debated among select number of historians. Most believe that without support, the initial terraformers probably died out, but no one really knows what to expect on the other side if that jump point ever reopens.\n\nThat\u2019s it for the additional star system stretch goals. At $39 million, we\u2019ll announce a new goal that will help chart the course for the future of Star Citizen in a different way\u2026 and it\u2019s one I\u2019m personally very excited about, so be sure to check back then and learn more!\n\nAs always, thank you for your continued support of Star Citizen. It\u2019s hard to properly express how grateful we are to the community for letting us pursue this dream. I know that everyone is eager to see more of Star Citizen as quickly as possible\u2014more ships, more systems, more gameplay\u2014and I promise you that we\u2019re just as eager to get that out there. Stay tuned: big things are happening in the \u2018verse!\n\n\u2014 Chris Roberts\n\nP.S. \u2013 Everyone curious about how the Banu Merchantman will land should check out the attached concept art. Please remember that this is an early WIP and shape, form and function can change as we drill down on the inner workings of the Banu Merchantman!"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":417,"created_at":"2014-02-04T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"12 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-09 10:03:51","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":13549,"next_id":13551}}