{"data":{"id":14031,"title":"AREMIS POST: Stop Blading","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/14031-AREMIS-POST-Stop-Blading","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/14031","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/14031","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":1989,"name":"AremisPost_StopBlading.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/45twj6dgf0suyr\/source\/AremisPost_StopBlading.jpg","alt":"","size":160890,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2014-07-22T22:25:29+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/1989","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/1989\/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":"STOP BLADING\nOp-Ed\nBy Calesta Kiang\n\n\nIT HAS BEEN a little over a year since my son, Tarek, was killed. I chose to write this letter to the Aremis Post because it was this very NewsOrg that first reported on his senseless death, and yet in that time, the popularity of \u201cblading\u201d continues to grow unabated amongst the youth of our planet. As a mother who has seen this pointless trend rip her world apart, I implore you, let us put an end to this practice once and for all.\n\nFor those of you who are still unaware of this plight that is affecting the younger generation of our planet, blading is what many teens call the idiotic act of actively seeking out an encounter with the Vanduul. The threat of constant attack not enough for our children, they have begun to purposely fly into Vanduul hunting grounds and goad those ruthless creatures into attacking. To \u201cearn your blade\u201d or to be \u201cbladed,\u201d a pilot\u2019s sensors have to detect target-lock from a Vanduul ship. Then it\u2019s up to the blade-hopeful to evade and escape back home, where presumably they are congratulated by their peers and told how \u201cblast\u201d they are. One weekend, my son and two of his friends, Kyle Allens and Li Con, left the system to attempt just that. None of them survived.\n\nWhen you look at the way the Vanduul conflict has been glamorized all over the Spectrum, is it any wonder that being able to boast about an encounter has become the height of popularity? Just a few weeks ago the Arena Commander tournament was held and billions of young people from around the Empire gathered to watch simulation jockeys repeatedly fight Vanduul with absolutely no consequences. This so-called \u201cgame\u201d is lauded for its realism, and the players who won the tournament were awarded an embarrassing amount of credits. How are impressionable teens not supposed to think that the real life counterpart to this experience would not be as fun and exciting? Arena Commander is basically a training course on how to blade.\n\nThen of course, there are the vids and stories they are bombarded with every day. The Flight of 42 is one of the highest rated vids out there, and, even though it came out years ago, I can\u2019t think of a child today that hasn\u2019t read the Burning Skies series at least once. While these tales are based on history, they present conflict with Vanduul as daring adventure rather than the tragedy it so often is in real life.\n\nNow, this piece is not about placing blame, it is about finding solutions. It\u2019s not my goal to get Arena Commander or anything else banned or censored, I just point these examples out so people can understand better what their children are being exposed to and how it might be warping their view of the way the universe actually works. It becomes clear how blading came to be such a temptation when you realize that the Vanduul are being presented as easily defeated villainous caricatures of themselves, instead of the reality, which is that they are vicious creatures who will kill without a second thought.\n\nIt is up to all of us as parents and mentors to talk to our children, and get them to see the truth of the matter. Please, tell them of my son, his friends, and the dozens like them who have lost their lives. Tell them how deadly the Vanduul truly are.\n\nThat first step is what all of us can do at home to make a difference, but there is something the UEE can do as well. I propose an age limit on Jump Point use. Unaccompanied minors should be restricted to flying in-system. Though our planet is unrecognized, if we stand together, Citizens or not, the UEE would not be able to ignore our voices. United, we could make a real change and save countless lives.\n\nI promise that this is something I will continue to fight for in Tarek\u2019s memory, and I hope you will all join me in putting a stop to blading once and for all.\n_______________________\n\nCalesta Kiang resides in New Corvo, Aremis. This is her first contribution to the Aremis Post.","de_DE":"BLADEN STOPPEN\nOp-Ed\nVon Calesta Kiang\n\nEs ist etwas mehr als ein Jahr her, seit mein Sohn Tarek get\u00f6tet wurde. Ich habe mich entschieden, diesen Brief an die Aremis Post zu schreiben, weil es genau diese NewsOrg war, die zuerst \u00fcber seinen sinnlosen Tod berichtete, und doch w\u00e4chst die Popularit\u00e4t von \"Blading\" in dieser Zeit ungebrochen unter der Jugend unseres Planeten. Als Mutter, die gesehen hat, wie dieser sinnlose Trend ihre Welt zerrei\u00dft, flehe ich dich an, lass uns dieser Praxis ein f\u00fcr alle Mal ein Ende setzen.\n\nF\u00fcr diejenigen von euch, die sich dieser Notlage, die die j\u00fcngere Generation unseres Planeten betrifft, noch nicht bewusst sind, ist Blading das, was viele Jugendliche den idiotischen Akt nennen, aktiv nach einer Begegnung mit der Vanduul zu suchen. Die Drohung eines st\u00e4ndigen Angriffs reicht unseren Kindern nicht aus, sie haben begonnen, absichtlich in die Jagdgr\u00fcnde von Vanduul zu fliegen und diese r\u00fccksichtslosen Kreaturen zum Angriff zu zwingen. Um \"Ihre Klinge zu verdienen\" oder \"beschaufelt\" zu werden, m\u00fcssen die Sensoren eines Piloten den Zielvorgabe von einem Vanduul-Schiff aus erkennen. Dann liegt es an der Klingen-Hoffnung, zu entkommen und nach Hause zu fliehen, wo sie vermutlich von ihren Kollegen begl\u00fcckw\u00fcnscht werden und sagen, wie \"explodiert\" sie sind. Eines Wochenendes verlie\u00dfen mein Sohn und zwei seiner Freunde, Kyle Allens und Li Con, das System, um genau das zu versuchen. Keiner von ihnen \u00fcberlebte.\n\nWenn man bedenkt, wie der Vanduul-Konflikt im ganzen Spektrum verherrlicht wurde, ist es dann verwunderlich, dass die F\u00e4higkeit, sich mit einer Begegnung zu r\u00fchmen, zur H\u00f6he der Popularit\u00e4t geworden ist? Erst vor wenigen Wochen fand das Arena Commander-Turnier statt, und Milliarden junger Menschen aus dem ganzen Reich versammelten sich, um zu sehen, wie Simulationsjockeys immer wieder gegen Vanduul k\u00e4mpfen, ohne jegliche Folgen. Dieses so genannte \"Spiel\" wird f\u00fcr seinen Realismus gelobt, und die Spieler, die das Turnier gewonnen haben, erhielten eine peinliche Menge an Credits. Wie sollen beeindruckbare Jugendliche nicht denken, dass das wirkliche Gegenst\u00fcck zu dieser Erfahrung nicht so lustig und aufregend w\u00e4re? Arena Commander ist im Grunde genommen ein Trainingskurs zum Thema Klingen.\n\nDann gibt es nat\u00fcrlich noch die Videos und Geschichten, mit denen sie jeden Tag bombardiert werden. Der Flug von 42 ist eines der am h\u00f6chsten bewerteten Videos da drau\u00dfen, und obwohl er vor Jahren herauskam, kann ich mir heute kein Kind vorstellen, das die Burning Skies-Serie nicht mindestens einmal gelesen hat. W\u00e4hrend diese Geschichten auf der Geschichte basieren, stellen sie den Konflikt mit Vanduul als gewagtes Abenteuer dar und nicht als die Trag\u00f6die, die es so oft im wirklichen Leben gibt.\n\nBei diesem St\u00fcck geht es nicht darum, Schuldzuweisungen zu machen, sondern darum, L\u00f6sungen zu finden. Es ist nicht mein Ziel, Arena Commander oder etwas anderes zu verbieten oder zu zensieren, ich weise nur auf diese Beispiele hin, damit die Menschen besser verstehen k\u00f6nnen, was ihren Kindern ausgesetzt ist und wie es ihre Sicht auf die Funktionsweise des Universums verzerren k\u00f6nnte. Es wird deutlich, wie die Beschaufelung zu einer solchen Versuchung wurde, wenn man bedenkt, dass die Vanduul als leicht zu besiegende schurkische Karikaturen von sich selbst dargestellt werden, anstatt als die Realit\u00e4t, dass sie b\u00f6sartige Kreaturen sind, die ohne einen zweiten Gedanken t\u00f6ten werden.\n\nEs liegt an uns allen als Eltern und Mentoren, mit unseren Kindern zu sprechen und sie dazu zu bringen, die Wahrheit der Sache zu erkennen. Bitte erz\u00e4hle ihnen von meinem Sohn, seinen Freunden und den Dutzenden wie ihnen, die ihr Leben verloren haben. Sage ihnen, wie t\u00f6dlich die Vanduul wirklich sind.\n\nDieser erste Schritt ist das, was wir alle zu Hause tun k\u00f6nnen, um einen Unterschied zu machen, aber es gibt auch etwas, was die UEE tun kann. Ich schlage eine Altersgrenze f\u00fcr die Verwendung von Sprungpunkten vor. Unbegleitete Minderj\u00e4hrige sollten auf das Fliegen im System beschr\u00e4nkt sein. Obwohl unser Planet unerkannt ist, ob wir nun zusammenstehen, B\u00fcrger oder nicht, w\u00e4re die UEE nicht in der Lage, unsere Stimmen zu ignorieren. Vereint k\u00f6nnten wir eine echte Ver\u00e4nderung bewirken und unz\u00e4hlige Leben retten.\n\nIch verspreche, dass ich weiterhin f\u00fcr diesen Punkt im Ged\u00e4chtnis von Tarek k\u00e4mpfen werde, und ich hoffe, dass ihr euch mir alle anschlie\u00dft und ein f\u00fcr allemal dem Beschaufeln ein Ende setzt.\n_______________________\n\nCalesta Kiang lebt in New Corvo, Aremis. Dies ist ihr erster Beitrag f\u00fcr die Aremis Post.","zh_CN":"STOP BLADING\nOp-Ed\nBy Calesta Kiang\n\n\nIT HAS BEEN a little over a year since my son, Tarek, was killed. I chose to write this letter to the Aremis Post because it was this very NewsOrg that first reported on his senseless death, and yet in that time, the popularity of \u201cblading\u201d continues to grow unabated amongst the youth of our planet. As a mother who has seen this pointless trend rip her world apart, I implore you, let us put an end to this practice once and for all.\n\nFor those of you who are still unaware of this plight that is affecting the younger generation of our planet, blading is what many teens call the idiotic act of actively seeking out an encounter with the Vanduul. The threat of constant attack not enough for our children, they have begun to purposely fly into Vanduul hunting grounds and goad those ruthless creatures into attacking. To \u201cearn your blade\u201d or to be \u201cbladed,\u201d a pilot\u2019s sensors have to detect target-lock from a Vanduul ship. Then it\u2019s up to the blade-hopeful to evade and escape back home, where presumably they are congratulated by their peers and told how \u201cblast\u201d they are. One weekend, my son and two of his friends, Kyle Allens and Li Con, left the system to attempt just that. None of them survived.\n\nWhen you look at the way the Vanduul conflict has been glamorized all over the Spectrum, is it any wonder that being able to boast about an encounter has become the height of popularity? Just a few weeks ago the Arena Commander tournament was held and billions of young people from around the Empire gathered to watch simulation jockeys repeatedly fight Vanduul with absolutely no consequences. This so-called \u201cgame\u201d is lauded for its realism, and the players who won the tournament were awarded an embarrassing amount of credits. How are impressionable teens not supposed to think that the real life counterpart to this experience would not be as fun and exciting? Arena Commander is basically a training course on how to blade.\n\nThen of course, there are the vids and stories they are bombarded with every day. The Flight of 42 is one of the highest rated vids out there, and, even though it came out years ago, I can\u2019t think of a child today that hasn\u2019t read the Burning Skies series at least once. While these tales are based on history, they present conflict with Vanduul as daring adventure rather than the tragedy it so often is in real life.\n\nNow, this piece is not about placing blame, it is about finding solutions. It\u2019s not my goal to get Arena Commander or anything else banned or censored, I just point these examples out so people can understand better what their children are being exposed to and how it might be warping their view of the way the universe actually works. It becomes clear how blading came to be such a temptation when you realize that the Vanduul are being presented as easily defeated villainous caricatures of themselves, instead of the reality, which is that they are vicious creatures who will kill without a second thought.\n\nIt is up to all of us as parents and mentors to talk to our children, and get them to see the truth of the matter. Please, tell them of my son, his friends, and the dozens like them who have lost their lives. Tell them how deadly the Vanduul truly are.\n\nThat first step is what all of us can do at home to make a difference, but there is something the UEE can do as well. I propose an age limit on Jump Point use. Unaccompanied minors should be restricted to flying in-system. Though our planet is unrecognized, if we stand together, Citizens or not, the UEE would not be able to ignore our voices. United, we could make a real change and save countless lives.\n\nI promise that this is something I will continue to fight for in Tarek\u2019s memory, and I hope you will all join me in putting a stop to blading once and for all.\n_______________________\n\nCalesta Kiang resides in New Corvo, Aremis. This is her first contribution to the Aremis Post."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":178,"created_at":"2014-07-23T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"11 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 02:37:26","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":14029,"next_id":14032}}