{"data":{"id":14045,"title":"Galactic Guide: Rihlah System","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/14045-Galactic-Guide-Rihlah-System","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/14045","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/14045","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"Galactic Guide","images":[{"id":2004,"name":"Rihlah-System-Header.png","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/4yqt6g2vmwm9tr\/source\/Rihlah-System-Header.png","alt":"","size":14950148,"mime_type":"image\/png","last_modified":"2014-07-29T20:12:37+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2004","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2004\/similar"},{"id":2007,"name":"Rihlah-System-Chart.png","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/vssm6gc6irquvr\/source\/Rihlah-System-Chart.png","alt":"","size":836372,"mime_type":"image\/png","last_modified":"2014-07-29T20:12:07+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2007","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2007\/similar"},{"id":42776,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/2lwy1mzcfk4rn\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":1485525,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2025-10-23T10:12:22+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/42776","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/42776\/similar"}],"images_count":5,"translations":{"en_EN":"For most of Humanity, the system of Rihlah was known as a former military bastion located one jump beyond the Perry Line, although it was not always that way. The Xi\u2019an are very clinical when it comes to expanding into other systems, and Rihlah\u2019s initial industrial focus is no exception. With the rise of the Human threat, Rihlah was converted into a major staging area for Xi\u2019an military forces, and the system\u2019s two worlds were redesigned with this purpose in mind. Massive barracks facilities, training yards and munitions plants came to populate the system. If the Xi\u2019an Empire had ever gone into all-out war with Earth, Rihlah would have been a key strategic launch point.\n\nToday, however, Rihlah is a star example of the thawing of relations between the Xi\u2019an and Human Empires. With the increase in trade and other relations between the powers, the ready-made invasion force has been withdrawn and Rihlah has been formally redistricted into its original purpose as an industrial zone. The conversion, and the integration of Humans on the system\u2019s planets, have had an interesting effect and resulted in a particularly unique place for Human visitors to explore (within some very specific limits).\n\nCosmologically, Rihlah is an A4 main sequence star with a thick green band capable of supporting a pair of large ecosystems. Jump points lead to both Human and Xi\u2019an worlds, although the latter are kept uncharted on all official maps shared with the UEE. While the bulk of the fighting force has been withdrawn from Rihlah, a well-trained border defense force remains, making it an inopportune point for smugglers hoping to break into Xi\u2019an space.\n\nInner Planets (I, II & III)\nThe first three planets in the system are largely unremarkable. Rihlah I is a rocky, star-swept protoplanet incapable of supporting any known form of life. Rihlah II is a gas giant with a large radius but a very low density that\u2019s unusual due to its proximity to the star. Rihlah III is an Earth-sized world with a rapid daily orbit, a very thin atmosphere and a surface of dense, jagged rock, making it an unlikely candidate for terraformation.\n\nRihlah IV (Shorvu)\nThe fourth planet in the Rihlah System, called Shorvu was terraformed to serve as a barracks world: dotted with facilities to train and house military ground forces as well as mid-range weapons factories capable of equipping them. With the drawdown of the last century, the military factories of Shorvu have been methodically dismantled and replaced with corporate industrial zones (the very sight of which is a fascinating process, as massive machines strip structures for repurposing).\n\nToday, the conversion into an industrial world is nearly complete. Although there remain scars of the former military occupation everywhere, Xi\u2019an corporations have moved to Shorvu in force. Unlike most Xi\u2019an worlds, Humans are encouraged to visit Shorvu, via a landout in the industrial complex at Yahti, a former troop-training megapolis. This was a calculated decision on the part of the Xi\u2019an governance: corporations needing to interact with Humans are given tax breaks to establish offices in Yahti, keeping Human intrusion into Xi\u2019an space to an absolute minimum. The result is a corporate \u201coffice park\u201d with outlets occupied by the big players, from shipbuilders like MISC and Aopoa all the way to food processing companies and simple import\/export barristers.\n\nShorvu also buys outside goods to fuel their industrial development. Heavy metals as well as a variety of electronics are in demand here, and the population has become acclimatized to purchasing these from Human transports where necessary.\n\nRihlah V (Xi)\nCalled Xi (\u201czee\u201d) by the natives, Rihlah V is technically classified as a Xi\u2019an Habitation World. A natural super-Earth, Xi is a temperate planet roughly 3.5 times the size of Humanity\u2019s homeworld. Like any Xi\u2019an focus planet, Xi\u2019s dedication to a single task has produced ultra-ordered results unlike anything you might find orbiting a Human star. Though Xi is densely populated, Xi\u2019an efficiently inhabit the world\u2019s dozens of massive cityscapes.\n\nThe exception is Corilla, a smaller city surrounded by dense tropical rainforests. Open to outsiders, Corilla has become a de-facto trading post where interested Xi\u2019an can interact with Human, Banu and Tevarin shipmasters. Over the years, Corilla has become home to a distinct community of UEE expatriates and political refugees, who have begun to subtly merge their distinct Human culture amidst the city\u2019s standard Xi\u2019an hab-world architecture. UEE law enforcement has no jurisdiction in Xi\u2019an space, and so it has become a popular place to \u2018hide in plain sight.\u2019\n\nVisitors are warned not to try and explore other regions of the planet, for both sociological and practical reasons. In the case of the former, Xi\u2019an culture remains extremely xenophobic, and Humans are absolutely not welcome in settlements beyond Corilla and anyone caught in another settlement will be immediately arrested. Additionally, it is generally impossible to simply walk out of Corilla: the settlement\u2019s surrounding rainforests are impassible and are stocked with a variety of toxic plants and deadly animals.\n\nRihlah VI\nFrom the surface of Rihlah VI, the system\u2019s distant dwarf worldlet, the light from Rihlah\u2019s star is barely visible. This is not, of course, something the typical traveler would ever experience due to the strict travel restrictions in place.\n\nTravel Warning\nDo not attempt to land outside of designated Human zones. While this order is not always rigidly enforced, the Xi\u2019an military has a standing shoot-on-sight order for Humans found in unauthorized areas of the system.\n\nHeard in the Wind\n\u201cThere\u2019s something liberating about living outside your culture. Especially when your home has refused to rise up against the whims of a despot. I don\u2019t know. Twenty-five years in Corilla and that sense of freedom has never waned.\u201d\n- Maximilian Desco, award-winning author of This Way to the Lost, 2752\n\n\u201cThat is the beauty of function. Although it may seem static, time changes all things. What is useful one day, might be useless the next. The trick is to recognize that nature of function and have the power to change it.\u201d\n- Excerpt from the Li\u2019toua, Edward Ciardi (translation)","de_DE":"F\u00fcr den gr\u00f6\u00dften Teil der Menschheit war das System von Rihlah als eine ehemalige Milit\u00e4rbastei bekannt, die sich einen Sprung hinter der Perry-Linie befand, obwohl es nicht immer so war. Die Xi'an sind sehr klinisch, wenn es um die Expansion in andere Systeme geht, und der anf\u00e4ngliche industrielle Fokus von Rihlah bildet da keine Ausnahme. Mit dem Aufkommen der Bedrohung durch den Menschen wurde Rihlah in ein gro\u00dfes Aufenthaltsgebiet f\u00fcr Xi'an Streitkr\u00e4fte umgewandelt, und die beiden Welten des Systems wurden zu diesem Zweck neu gestaltet. Massive Kasernenanlagen, Trainingspl\u00e4tze und Munitionswerke bev\u00f6lkerten das System. H\u00e4tte das Xi'an-Imperium jemals einen totalen Krieg mit der Erde begonnen, w\u00e4re Rihlah ein wichtiger strategischer Startpunkt gewesen.\n\nHeute ist Rihlah jedoch ein Paradebeispiel f\u00fcr das Auftauen der Beziehungen zwischen dem Xi'an und den Menschenreichen. Mit der Zunahme des Handels und anderer Beziehungen zwischen den M\u00e4chten wurde die vorgefertigte Invasionstruppe zur\u00fcckgezogen und Rihlah offiziell in seinen urspr\u00fcnglichen Zweck als Industriegebiet umgestaltet. Die Bekehrung und die Integration der Menschen auf den Planeten des Systems haben eine interessante Wirkung gehabt und zu einem besonders einzigartigen Ort gef\u00fchrt, den die Besucher der Menschheit (innerhalb ganz bestimmter Grenzen) erkunden k\u00f6nnen.\n\nKosmologisch gesehen ist Rihlah ein A4-Hauptreihenstern mit einem dicken gr\u00fcnen Band, der ein Paar gro\u00dfer \u00d6kosysteme unterst\u00fctzen kann. Sprungbretter f\u00fchren sowohl zu Menschen- als auch zu Xi'an-Welten, obwohl letztere auf allen offiziellen Karten, die mit der UEE geteilt werden, unerkannt bleiben. W\u00e4hrend der Gro\u00dfteil der Kampftruppe aus Rihlah abgezogen wurde, bleibt eine gut ausgebildete Grenzschutztruppe \u00fcbrig, was sie zu einem ung\u00fcnstigen Ort f\u00fcr Schmuggler macht, die in den Raum Xi'an eindringen wollen.\n\nInnere Planeten (I, II & III)\nDie ersten drei Planeten im System sind weitgehend unauff\u00e4llig. Rihlah I ist ein felsiger, sternf\u00f6rmiger Protoplanet, der keine bekannte Lebensform unterst\u00fctzen kann. Rihlah II ist ein Gasriese mit gro\u00dfem Radius, aber sehr geringer Dichte, was aufgrund seiner N\u00e4he zum Stern ungew\u00f6hnlich ist. Rihlah III ist eine erdumfassende Welt mit einer schnellen t\u00e4glichen Umlaufbahn, einer sehr d\u00fcnnen Atmosph\u00e4re und einer Oberfl\u00e4che aus dichtem, zerkl\u00fcftetem Gestein, was sie zu einem unwahrscheinlichen Kandidaten f\u00fcr eine Terraformation macht.\n\nRihlah IV (Shorvu)\nDer vierte Planet im Rihlah-System, Shorvu genannt, wurde terrassenf\u00f6rmig angelegt, um als Kaserne zu dienen: mit Einrichtungen zur Ausbildung und Unterbringung milit\u00e4rischer Bodentruppen sowie mit mittelgro\u00dfen Waffenfabriken, die in der Lage sind, sie auszur\u00fcsten. Mit dem Niedergang des letzten Jahrhunderts wurden die Milit\u00e4rfabriken von Shorvu methodisch demontiert und durch Industriegebiete ersetzt (deren Anblick ein faszinierender Prozess ist, da massive Maschinen Strukturen zur Umnutzung abstreifen).\n\nHeute ist die Umwandlung in eine industrielle Welt nahezu abgeschlossen. Obwohl es \u00fcberall noch Narben der ehemaligen milit\u00e4rischen Besetzung gibt, sind die Xi'an-Konzerne nach Shorvu gezogen. Im Gegensatz zu den meisten Xi'an-Welten werden die Menschen ermutigt, Shorvu zu besuchen, \u00fcber eine Landout im Industriekomplex von Yahti, einer ehemaligen Truppentrainings-Megapolis. Dies war eine kalkulierte Entscheidung seitens der Xi'an-Governance: Unternehmen, die mit Menschen interagieren m\u00fcssen, erhalten Steuererleichterungen, um B\u00fcros in Yahti zu er\u00f6ffnen und das Eindringen von Menschen in Xi'an-R\u00e4ume auf ein absolutes Minimum zu reduzieren. Das Ergebnis ist ein firmeneigener \"Office-Park\" mit Outlets, die von den Big Playern besetzt sind, von Schiffsbauern wie MISC und Aopoa bis hin zu Lebensmittelverarbeitern und einfachen Import-\/Export-Anw\u00e4lten.\n\nShorvu kauft auch Fremdwaren, um ihre industrielle Entwicklung voranzutreiben. Schwermetalle sowie eine Vielzahl von Elektronik sind hier gefragt, und die Bev\u00f6lkerung hat sich daran gew\u00f6hnt, diese bei Bedarf von Menschentransporten zu beziehen.\n\nRihlah V (Xi)\nVon den Einheimischen Xi (\"zee\") genannt, wird Rihlah V technisch als Xi'an Wohnwelt eingestuft. Xi ist eine nat\u00fcrliche Super-Erde und ein gem\u00e4\u00dfigter Planet, der etwa 3,5 mal so gro\u00df ist wie die Heimatwelt der Menschheit. Wie jeder Xi'an Fokusplanet hat Xi's Hingabe an eine einzelne Aufgabe ultra-geordnete Ergebnisse hervorgebracht, im Gegensatz zu allem, was man im Orbit eines menschlichen Sterns finden k\u00f6nnte. Sch\u00e4tzungen zufolge bev\u00f6lkern zwischen f\u00fcnfzig und hundert Milliarden Xi'an effizient die Dutzende von massiven Stadtlandschaften der Welt.\n\nDie Ausnahme ist Corilla, eine kleinere Stadt, umgeben von dichten tropischen Regenw\u00e4ldern. Corilla ist offen f\u00fcr Au\u00dfenstehende und hat sich zu einem De-facto-Handelsposten entwickelt, an dem interessierte Xi'an mit Schiffsf\u00fchrern von Human, Banu und Tevarin interagieren k\u00f6nnen. Im Laufe der Jahre ist Corilla zur Heimat einer ausgepr\u00e4gten Gemeinschaft von UEE-Expatriates und politischen Fl\u00fcchtlingen geworden, die begonnen haben, ihre eigene menschliche Kultur inmitten der Standard-Architektur Xi'an der Habitat-Welt der Stadt subtil zu verschmelzen. Die UEE-Polizei hat in Xi'an keine Zust\u00e4ndigkeit, und so ist sie zu einem beliebten Ort geworden, um sich vor den Augen der \u00d6ffentlichkeit zu verstecken.\n\nDie Besucher werden gewarnt, aus soziologischen und praktischen Gr\u00fcnden nicht zu versuchen, andere Regionen des Planeten zu erkunden. Im Falle der ersteren bleibt die Xi'an-Kultur extrem fremdenfeindlich, und Menschen sind in Siedlungen au\u00dferhalb von Corilla absolut nicht willkommen, und jeder, der in einer anderen Siedlung erwischt wird, wird sofort verhaftet. Au\u00dferdem ist es in der Regel unm\u00f6glich, Corilla einfach zu verlassen: Die umliegenden Regenw\u00e4lder der Siedlung sind unzug\u00e4nglich und mit einer Vielzahl von giftigen Pflanzen und t\u00f6dlichen Tieren bewachsen.\n\nRihlah VI.\nVon der Oberfl\u00e4che von Rihlah VI, dem fernen Zwergweltlett des Systems, ist das Licht von Rihlahs Stern kaum sichtbar. Dies ist nat\u00fcrlich nicht etwas, was der typische Reisende aufgrund der strengen Reisebeschr\u00e4nkungen jemals erleben w\u00fcrde.\n\nReisewarnung\nVersuchen Sie nicht, au\u00dferhalb der ausgewiesenen menschlichen Zonen zu landen. W\u00e4hrend diese Anordnung nicht immer rigide durchgesetzt wird, hat das Xi'an-Milit\u00e4r einen st\u00e4ndigen Schie\u00dfbefehl f\u00fcr Menschen, die in nicht autorisierten Bereichen des Systems gefunden werden.\n\nIm Wind geh\u00f6rt\n\"Es ist etwas Befreiendes daran, au\u00dferhalb deiner Kultur zu leben. Vor allem, wenn sich dein Zuhause geweigert hat, sich gegen die Launen eines Despoten zu erheben. Ich wei\u00df es nicht. 25 Jahre in Corilla und dieses Gef\u00fchl der Freiheit hat nie nachgelassen.\"\n- Maximilian Desco, preisgekr\u00f6nter Autor von This Way to the Lost, 2752\n\n\"Das ist die Sch\u00f6nheit der Funktion. Obwohl es statisch erscheinen mag, ver\u00e4ndert die Zeit alle Dinge. Was an einem Tag n\u00fctzlich ist, k\u00f6nnte am n\u00e4chsten Tag nutzlos sein. Der Trick ist, diese Natur der Funktion zu erkennen und die Macht zu haben, sie zu ver\u00e4ndern.\"\n- Auszug aus dem Li'toua, Edward Ciardi (\u00dcbersetzung)","zh_CN":"For most of Humanity, the system of Rihlah was known as a former military bastion located one jump beyond the Perry Line, although it was not always that way. The Xi\u2019an are very clinical when it comes to expanding into other systems, and Rihlah\u2019s initial industrial focus is no exception. With the rise of the Human threat, Rihlah was converted into a major staging area for Xi\u2019an military forces, and the system\u2019s two worlds were redesigned with this purpose in mind. Massive barracks facilities, training yards and munitions plants came to populate the system. If the Xi\u2019an Empire had ever gone into all-out war with Earth, Rihlah would have been a key strategic launch point.\n\nToday, however, Rihlah is a star example of the thawing of relations between the Xi\u2019an and Human Empires. With the increase in trade and other relations between the powers, the ready-made invasion force has been withdrawn and Rihlah has been formally redistricted into its original purpose as an industrial zone. The conversion, and the integration of Humans on the system\u2019s planets, have had an interesting effect and resulted in a particularly unique place for Human visitors to explore (within some very specific limits).\n\nCosmologically, Rihlah is an A4 main sequence star with a thick green band capable of supporting a pair of large ecosystems. Jump points lead to both Human and Xi\u2019an worlds, although the latter are kept uncharted on all official maps shared with the UEE. While the bulk of the fighting force has been withdrawn from Rihlah, a well-trained border defense force remains, making it an inopportune point for smugglers hoping to break into Xi\u2019an space.\n\nInner Planets (I, II & III)\nThe first three planets in the system are largely unremarkable. Rihlah I is a rocky, star-swept protoplanet incapable of supporting any known form of life. Rihlah II is a gas giant with a large radius but a very low density that\u2019s unusual due to its proximity to the star. Rihlah III is an Earth-sized world with a rapid daily orbit, a very thin atmosphere and a surface of dense, jagged rock, making it an unlikely candidate for terraformation.\n\nRihlah IV (Shorvu)\nThe fourth planet in the Rihlah System, called Shorvu was terraformed to serve as a barracks world: dotted with facilities to train and house military ground forces as well as mid-range weapons factories capable of equipping them. With the drawdown of the last century, the military factories of Shorvu have been methodically dismantled and replaced with corporate industrial zones (the very sight of which is a fascinating process, as massive machines strip structures for repurposing).\n\nToday, the conversion into an industrial world is nearly complete. Although there remain scars of the former military occupation everywhere, Xi\u2019an corporations have moved to Shorvu in force. Unlike most Xi\u2019an worlds, Humans are encouraged to visit Shorvu, via a landout in the industrial complex at Yahti, a former troop-training megapolis. This was a calculated decision on the part of the Xi\u2019an governance: corporations needing to interact with Humans are given tax breaks to establish offices in Yahti, keeping Human intrusion into Xi\u2019an space to an absolute minimum. The result is a corporate \u201coffice park\u201d with outlets occupied by the big players, from shipbuilders like MISC and Aopoa all the way to food processing companies and simple import\/export barristers.\n\nShorvu also buys outside goods to fuel their industrial development. Heavy metals as well as a variety of electronics are in demand here, and the population has become acclimatized to purchasing these from Human transports where necessary.\n\nRihlah V (Xi)\nCalled Xi (\u201czee\u201d) by the natives, Rihlah V is technically classified as a Xi\u2019an Habitation World. A natural super-Earth, Xi is a temperate planet roughly 3.5 times the size of Humanity\u2019s homeworld. Like any Xi\u2019an focus planet, Xi\u2019s dedication to a single task has produced ultra-ordered results unlike anything you might find orbiting a Human star. Though Xi is densely populated, Xi\u2019an efficiently inhabit the world\u2019s dozens of massive cityscapes.\n\nThe exception is Corilla, a smaller city surrounded by dense tropical rainforests. Open to outsiders, Corilla has become a de-facto trading post where interested Xi\u2019an can interact with Human, Banu and Tevarin shipmasters. Over the years, Corilla has become home to a distinct community of UEE expatriates and political refugees, who have begun to subtly merge their distinct Human culture amidst the city\u2019s standard Xi\u2019an hab-world architecture. UEE law enforcement has no jurisdiction in Xi\u2019an space, and so it has become a popular place to \u2018hide in plain sight.\u2019\n\nVisitors are warned not to try and explore other regions of the planet, for both sociological and practical reasons. In the case of the former, Xi\u2019an culture remains extremely xenophobic, and Humans are absolutely not welcome in settlements beyond Corilla and anyone caught in another settlement will be immediately arrested. Additionally, it is generally impossible to simply walk out of Corilla: the settlement\u2019s surrounding rainforests are impassible and are stocked with a variety of toxic plants and deadly animals.\n\nRihlah VI\nFrom the surface of Rihlah VI, the system\u2019s distant dwarf worldlet, the light from Rihlah\u2019s star is barely visible. This is not, of course, something the typical traveler would ever experience due to the strict travel restrictions in place.\n\nTravel Warning\nDo not attempt to land outside of designated Human zones. While this order is not always rigidly enforced, the Xi\u2019an military has a standing shoot-on-sight order for Humans found in unauthorized areas of the system.\n\nHeard in the Wind\n\u201cThere\u2019s something liberating about living outside your culture. Especially when your home has refused to rise up against the whims of a despot. I don\u2019t know. Twenty-five years in Corilla and that sense of freedom has never waned.\u201d\n- Maximilian Desco, award-winning author of This Way to the Lost, 2752\n\n\u201cThat is the beauty of function. Although it may seem static, time changes all things. What is useful one day, might be useless the next. The trick is to recognize that nature of function and have the power to change it.\u201d\n- Excerpt from the Li\u2019toua, Edward Ciardi (translation)"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":164,"created_at":"2014-07-29T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"11 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 00:11:05","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":14043,"next_id":14046}}