{"data":{"id":13640,"title":"This Day in History: The Extraterrestrial Child","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/13640-This-Day-In-History-The-Extraterrestrial-Child","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/13640","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/13640","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":727,"name":"ThisDayInHistoryFI2.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/j9vnjqd2pny04r\/source\/ThisDayInHistoryFI2.jpg","alt":"","size":1869743,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-08-19T21:16:16+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/727","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/727\/similar"},{"id":26463,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/weozjmuuh3hwh\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":843046,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2019-09-19T15:49:32+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463\/similar"},{"id":27892,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/w3o9r4zgppm77\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":900916,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2021-09-06T14:48:40+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892\/similar"}],"images_count":8,"translations":{"en_EN":"THIS DAY IN HISTORY\nMarch 18, 2157 SET\n\nThe Extraterrestrial Child\n\nHumanity had achieved adolescence and taken fledgling steps off our homeworld. The planet of Mars had finally been terraformed. Senator Stephen Nguyen had finished his speech and unveiled the Memorial.\n\nThose in attendance were simply enjoying the party as night fell across the surface of Mars. The Antidotes\u2019 \u201cWhat It Was,\u201d in the early stages of its meteoric rise in popularity, was playing over the system as the celebration continued.\n\nIt was a night of a tremendous Human accomplishment. It was about to be a night of two.\n\nA shrill cry pierced the music, instantly drawing the attention of the Senators, dignitaries and scientists. They quickly found the source: Kinah Okon, one of Port Renatus\u2019 engineering supervisors. Originally from Nigeria on Earth, she had been part of the project for several years along with her husband Madu. More importantly though, she was seven months pregnant with the couples\u2019 first child. Medical staff on the base had closely monitored the baby\u2019s progress, even going as far as recommending a transfer back to Earth, but Kinah refused to abandon what had become her passion project.\n\nOn-site medics quickly escorted Kinah and her husband to the infirmary. At 01:28 SET, Abeni Okon became the first Human born on a different planet. It was not without its complications, and Abeni had to spend several weeks under careful observation.\n\n\u201cThere was so much we didn\u2019t know. Would the basic differences between Mars and Earth affect the child? We didn\u2019t want to leave anything to chance. I felt personally connected to this child, so maybe we were a little extra careful,\u201d Dr. Michael V. Smith, head of the base\u2019s medical facilities, remarked in his memoirs. \u201cBut no one could deny the massive implications of what had happened.\u201d\n\nAbeni was eventually released from the medical station to her parents, who were finally able to take their daughter home. Something else was waiting \u2026\n\nFame.\n\nThe media orgs stalked Abeni, broadcasting every step of her life. As Mars developed and people began to escape the desperately overcrowded Earth, it became increasingly difficult for the Okon family to evade the throngs of curious and worshipful.\n\n\u201cThey all felt like they knew her,\u201d Kinah Okon remarked in a rare interview. \u201cShe was everybody\u2019s daughter or sister or friend. Sometimes it was sweet, other times \u2026 not so much. It was an unhealthy level of familiarity from strangers.\u201d\n\nIt seemed like only a matter of time before this unending scrutiny would trigger a backlash. In her late teens and early twenties, Abeni seemed to just give up and embrace the adulation and attention.\n\nShe could be found at every bar and party willing to pay for her appearance. She embarked on ridiculous business ventures and generally wasted the money that had always been around for her. Media coverage began to take a darker turn: that of a damaged ship fighting to stay aloft when everyone knew a crash was inevitable.\n\nThe crash did come, but it was not as public as people thought it would be. Abeni was leaving a launch party one night when she was confronted by the usual press of fans outside. There were no drunken fights or bottles thrown, just an exchange of words, and then Abeni was gone.\n\nAfter that night, she receded from the public spotlight without a single explanation of why and started working in local community outreach programs. She moved often, heading to areas that needed the most help and always further away from the fame that had nearly consumed her.\n\nAbeni made one final public appearance. In 2232, at the age of 75, she was the guest of honor at the launching of the Artemis. Standing at the podium, flanked by Captain Lisa Danvers, Mission Director Justin Cobb and distinguished Heads of State, Abeni had this to say:\n\n\u201cThere are moments to be proud of. By all accounts, I am the one who doesn\u2019t deserve to be at this gathering, standing beside these people like I belong. I am here simply because I existed. I achieved a fame and notoriety through no action or pursuit of my own outside of being the child of my parents. But there are people whose bravery and dedication move Humanity forward, not solely from their actions. They force us all to look at ourselves and demand that we do better. I have tried to live better, but I want to hear from the real heroes.\u201d\n\nShe then stepped away from the microphone for Lisa Danvers to address the crowd. That was the last time that she appeared in public and the closest anyone got to an explanation about her sudden change all those years ago.\n\nAbeni Okon died on 2252-09-12 SET at the age of 95.\n\nThe first extraterrestrial Human was laid to rest with a simple headstone on a hillside in Mars: the world that she helped feel like a second home for Humanity, whether she liked it or not.","de_DE":"AN DIESEM TAG IN DER GESCHICHTE\n18. M\u00e4rz 2157 SET\n\nDas au\u00dferirdische Kind\n\nDie Menschheit hatte die Pubert\u00e4t erreicht und war von unserer Heimatwelt weggetreten. Der Planet Mars war schlie\u00dflich terrestrisch geformt worden. Senator Stephen Nguyen hatte seine Rede beendet und das Denkmal enth\u00fcllt.\n\nDie Anwesenden genossen die Party einfach, als die Nacht \u00fcber die Marsoberfl\u00e4che hereinbrach. Das \"Was es war\" der Gegenmittel, in den fr\u00fchen Phasen seines rasanten Aufstiegs, spielte \u00fcber das System, w\u00e4hrend die Feier weiterging.\n\nEs war eine Nacht mit einer gewaltigen menschlichen Leistung. Es sollte eine Nacht der Zwei werden.\n\nEin schriller Schrei durchdrang die Musik und zog sofort die Aufmerksamkeit der Senatoren, W\u00fcrdentr\u00e4ger und Wissenschaftler auf sich. Sie fanden schnell die Quelle: Kinah Okon, eine der technischen Leiter von Port Renatus. Urspr\u00fcnglich aus Nigeria auf der Erde stammend, war sie zusammen mit ihrem Mann Madu seit mehreren Jahren am Projekt beteiligt. Noch wichtiger ist jedoch, dass sie im siebten Monat mit dem ersten Kind der Paare schwanger war. Das medizinische Personal auf der Basis hatte den Fortschritt des Babys genau beobachtet und sogar einen Transfer zur\u00fcck zur Erde empfohlen, aber Kinah weigerte sich, das zu ihrem Passionsprojekt gewordene zu verlassen.\n\n\u00c4rzte vor Ort begleiteten Kinah und ihren Mann schnell auf die Krankenstation. Um 01:28 Uhr SET wurde Abeni Okon der erste Mensch, der auf einem anderen Planeten geboren wurde. Es war nicht ohne Komplikationen, und Abeni musste mehrere Wochen unter genauer Beobachtung verbringen.\n\n\"Es gab so viel, was wir nicht wussten. W\u00fcrden die grundlegenden Unterschiede zwischen Mars und Erde das Kind betreffen? Wir wollten nichts dem Zufall \u00fcberlassen. Ich f\u00fchlte mich pers\u00f6nlich mit diesem Kind verbunden, also waren wir vielleicht ein wenig besonders vorsichtig\", bemerkte Dr. Michael V. Smith, Leiter der medizinischen Einrichtungen der Basis, in seinen Memoiren. \"Aber niemand konnte die massiven Auswirkungen des Geschehens leugnen.\"\n\nAbeni wurde schlie\u00dflich von der Krankenstation zu ihren Eltern entlassen, die schlie\u00dflich ihre Tochter nach Hause bringen konnten. Etwas anderes wartete darauf....\n\nRuhm.\n\nDie Medienorgs stolzierten Abeni und \u00fcbertrugen jeden Schritt ihres Lebens. Als sich der Mars entwickelte und die Menschen begannen, der verzweifelt \u00fcberf\u00fcllten Erde zu entkommen, wurde es f\u00fcr die Okon-Familie immer schwieriger, den Massen von Neugierigen und Anbetenden zu entkommen.\n\n\"Sie alle hatten das Gef\u00fchl, sie zu kennen\", bemerkte Kinah Okon in einem seltenen Interview. \"Sie war die Tochter, Schwester oder Freundin von jedem. Manchmal war es s\u00fc\u00df, manchmal.... nicht so sehr. Es war ein ungesunder Grad an Vertrautheit mit Fremden.\"\n\nEs schien nur eine Frage der Zeit zu sein, bis diese unendliche Pr\u00fcfung ein Gegenspiel ausl\u00f6sen w\u00fcrde. In ihren sp\u00e4ten Teenagern und fr\u00fchen Zwanzigern schien Abeni einfach aufzugeben und die Bewunderung und Aufmerksamkeit anzunehmen.\n\nSie war in jeder Bar und Party zu finden, die bereit war, f\u00fcr ihren Auftritt zu bezahlen. Sie begann mit l\u00e4cherlichen Unternehmungen und vergeudete im Allgemeinen das Geld, das schon immer f\u00fcr sie da war. Die Medienberichterstattung begann eine dunklere Wendung zu nehmen: die eines besch\u00e4digten Schiffes, das darum k\u00e4mpfte, in der Luft zu bleiben, obwohl jeder wusste, dass ein Unfall unvermeidlich war.\n\nDer Crash kam, aber er war nicht so \u00f6ffentlich, wie die Leute dachten. Abeni verlie\u00df eines Nachts eine Launchparty, als sie mit der \u00fcblichen Presse von Fans drau\u00dfen konfrontiert wurde. Es wurden keine betrunkenen K\u00e4mpfe oder Flaschen geworfen, nur ein Wortwechsel, und dann war Abeni weg.\n\nNach dieser Nacht zog sie sich ohne eine einzige Erkl\u00e4rung aus dem \u00f6ffentlichen Rampenlicht zur\u00fcck und begann, in lokalen \u00d6ffentlichkeitsarbeitsprogrammen zu arbeiten. Sie bewegte sich oft und ging zu den Gebieten, die die meiste Hilfe brauchten, und immer weiter weg von dem Ruhm, der sie fast verzehrt hatte.\n\nAbeni hatte einen letzten \u00f6ffentlichen Auftritt. Im Jahr 2232, im Alter von 75 Jahren, war sie Ehrengast bei der Einf\u00fchrung der Artemis. Abeni stand auf dem Podium, flankiert von Captain Lisa Danvers, Mission Director Justin Cobb und angesehenen Staatschefs, und hatte das zu sagen:\n\n\"Es gibt Momente, auf die man stolz sein kann. Nach allem, was man so h\u00f6rt, bin ich derjenige, der es nicht verdient hat, an dieser Versammlung teilzunehmen und neben diesen Leuten zu stehen, als ob ich dazugeh\u00f6re. Ich bin hier, nur weil ich existierte. Ich erlangte einen Ruhm und eine Ber\u00fchmtheit durch keine Handlung oder Verfolgung meiner eigenen, au\u00dferhalb davon, das Kind meiner Eltern zu sein. Aber es gibt Menschen, deren Mut und Hingabe die Menschheit voranbringen, nicht nur durch ihr Handeln. Sie zwingen uns alle, uns selbst zu betrachten und verlangen, dass wir es besser machen. Ich habe versucht, besser zu leben, aber ich will von den wahren Helden h\u00f6ren.\"\n\nDann trat sie vom Mikrofon weg, damit Lisa Danvers die Menge ansprechen konnte. Das war das letzte Mal, dass sie in der \u00d6ffentlichkeit auftauchte, und es war das n\u00e4chste Mal, dass jemand eine Erkl\u00e4rung f\u00fcr ihre pl\u00f6tzliche Ver\u00e4nderung vor all den Jahren bekam.\n\nAbeni Okon starb am 2252-09-12 SET im Alter von 95 Jahren.\n\nDer erste au\u00dferirdische Mensch wurde mit einem einfachen Grabstein auf einem H\u00fcgel im Mars zur Ruhe gelegt: die Welt, der sie half, sich wie eine zweite Heimat f\u00fcr die Menschheit zu f\u00fchlen, ob sie es nun wollte oder nicht.","zh_CN":"THIS DAY IN HISTORY\nMarch 18, 2157 SET\n\nThe Extraterrestrial Child\n\nHumanity had achieved adolescence and taken fledgling steps off our homeworld. The planet of Mars had finally been terraformed. Senator Stephen Nguyen had finished his speech and unveiled the Memorial.\n\nThose in attendance were simply enjoying the party as night fell across the surface of Mars. The Antidotes\u2019 \u201cWhat It Was,\u201d in the early stages of its meteoric rise in popularity, was playing over the system as the celebration continued.\n\nIt was a night of a tremendous Human accomplishment. It was about to be a night of two.\n\nA shrill cry pierced the music, instantly drawing the attention of the Senators, dignitaries and scientists. They quickly found the source: Kinah Okon, one of Port Renatus\u2019 engineering supervisors. Originally from Nigeria on Earth, she had been part of the project for several years along with her husband Madu. More importantly though, she was seven months pregnant with the couples\u2019 first child. Medical staff on the base had closely monitored the baby\u2019s progress, even going as far as recommending a transfer back to Earth, but Kinah refused to abandon what had become her passion project.\n\nOn-site medics quickly escorted Kinah and her husband to the infirmary. At 01:28 SET, Abeni Okon became the first Human born on a different planet. It was not without its complications, and Abeni had to spend several weeks under careful observation.\n\n\u201cThere was so much we didn\u2019t know. Would the basic differences between Mars and Earth affect the child? We didn\u2019t want to leave anything to chance. I felt personally connected to this child, so maybe we were a little extra careful,\u201d Dr. Michael V. Smith, head of the base\u2019s medical facilities, remarked in his memoirs. \u201cBut no one could deny the massive implications of what had happened.\u201d\n\nAbeni was eventually released from the medical station to her parents, who were finally able to take their daughter home. Something else was waiting \u2026\n\nFame.\n\nThe media orgs stalked Abeni, broadcasting every step of her life. As Mars developed and people began to escape the desperately overcrowded Earth, it became increasingly difficult for the Okon family to evade the throngs of curious and worshipful.\n\n\u201cThey all felt like they knew her,\u201d Kinah Okon remarked in a rare interview. \u201cShe was everybody\u2019s daughter or sister or friend. Sometimes it was sweet, other times \u2026 not so much. It was an unhealthy level of familiarity from strangers.\u201d\n\nIt seemed like only a matter of time before this unending scrutiny would trigger a backlash. In her late teens and early twenties, Abeni seemed to just give up and embrace the adulation and attention.\n\nShe could be found at every bar and party willing to pay for her appearance. She embarked on ridiculous business ventures and generally wasted the money that had always been around for her. Media coverage began to take a darker turn: that of a damaged ship fighting to stay aloft when everyone knew a crash was inevitable.\n\nThe crash did come, but it was not as public as people thought it would be. Abeni was leaving a launch party one night when she was confronted by the usual press of fans outside. There were no drunken fights or bottles thrown, just an exchange of words, and then Abeni was gone.\n\nAfter that night, she receded from the public spotlight without a single explanation of why and started working in local community outreach programs. She moved often, heading to areas that needed the most help and always further away from the fame that had nearly consumed her.\n\nAbeni made one final public appearance. In 2232, at the age of 75, she was the guest of honor at the launching of the Artemis. Standing at the podium, flanked by Captain Lisa Danvers, Mission Director Justin Cobb and distinguished Heads of State, Abeni had this to say:\n\n\u201cThere are moments to be proud of. By all accounts, I am the one who doesn\u2019t deserve to be at this gathering, standing beside these people like I belong. I am here simply because I existed. I achieved a fame and notoriety through no action or pursuit of my own outside of being the child of my parents. But there are people whose bravery and dedication move Humanity forward, not solely from their actions. They force us all to look at ourselves and demand that we do better. I have tried to live better, but I want to hear from the real heroes.\u201d\n\nShe then stepped away from the microphone for Lisa Danvers to address the crowd. That was the last time that she appeared in public and the closest anyone got to an explanation about her sudden change all those years ago.\n\nAbeni Okon died on 2252-09-12 SET at the age of 95.\n\nThe first extraterrestrial Human was laid to rest with a simple headstone on a hillside in Mars: the world that she helped feel like a second home for Humanity, whether she liked it or not."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":68,"created_at":"2014-03-19T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"12 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 02:37:25","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":13639,"next_id":13641}}