{"data":{"id":14257,"title":"Galactic Guide: Taranis System","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/14257-Galactic-Guide-Taranis-System","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/14257","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/14257","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"Galactic Guide","images":[{"id":2521,"name":"Taranis_StarSystem_Concept_Final.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/nmypvpz769bu1r\/source\/Taranis_StarSystem_Concept_Final.jpg","alt":"","size":5196887,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2014-07-01T01:32:33+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2521","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2521\/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":2,"translations":{"en_EN":"The rocky heart of the frontier! Taranis is best known as one of the systems of Kellar\u2019s Run, but the asteroid and lunar debris fields of the Taranis system have proven to be more dangerous for many pilots who did not have the skill to negotiate such hazards.\n\nTaranis was discovered in 2478 by the famed UNE survey ship Mythic Horizon. Home to a Type-A Main Sequence star and four planets, the system only had a single high risk candidate for terraforming in its initial scouting report. Shortly after discovery, the system was the site of a tragedy: one of Mythic Horizon\u2019s survey boats was lost with all hands in a meteor strike.\n\nTaranis has also recently entered the popular culture because of its role in Original Systems\u2019 Arena Commander. The \u201cBroken Moon of Taranis\u201d map is one of two included in the massively popular simulator\u2019s public demo. The setting pits players against one another in the debris field near Taranis II. Pilots dodge both flying rocks and massive pulsating terraformers as they fight it out in an ultra-realistic battle royale. The choice of Taranis in Arena Commander has even led to increased (and very dangerous) tourism in the system, as self-titled \u201cArena Nuts\u201d travel from far and wide to have their holographs taken in front of the lunar remnants.\n\nTaranis I\nThe first planet in the Taranis system is a typical sunkissed inner dwarf, too hot for Human settlement. The planetoid was the source of an unusual incident in the mid 26th century: a review of the initial survey data (radar scanning, interferometry and long range imaging) produced an image with what looked distinctly like a Human face superimposed on the planet\u2019s north polar region. The so called \u201cFace of Taranis\u201d was a brief cultural craze in the Empire and ultimately inspired a privately funded expedition to the world to confirm that the picture was simply a mountain range photographed from an unusual position. The incident had its fair share of conspiracy theorists who continued to insist that the government had covered up evidence of an alien civilization living there.\n\nAsteroid Belt Alpha & Beta\nBeyond Taranis I is a pair of extremely dense asteroid belts which are notoriously difficult to traverse not only because of the sheer concentration of material in the belt, but because of how active the asteroids are. Asteroids frequently collide and eject material. Because the belts are so hazardous, few mining companies have felt it worth the risk to establish operations in the belts, though some smaller independent operations have attempted to turn a profit here. Smugglers and outlaws consider the Beta belt, with its proximity to the Green Zone, to be a good place to hide, and the occasional top level pirate will set up an ambush point in the belt. However, since this belt is denser with fewer safe approach vectors, even these types frequently find themselves the victim of rock strikes.\n\nTaranis II\nNow best known as the site of the \u201cbroken moon,\u201d Taranis II was a victim of the gung ho terraforming craze of the Messer era. The coreless world was initially classified as a poor choice for terraforming and colonization, but Ophion Inc., a cheap geo development outfit, decided that it would be ideal place to test an experimental terraforming technique involving harnessing the energy in its orbiting moon. In the case of Taranis II, substandard parts and near slave labor on top of dubious science meant that Ophion managed to crack the mantle of Taranis\u2019 small moon, splitting it into a million dangerous chunks. In addition to a deadly debris field that will continue to strike the planet for hundreds of years, the process super ignited the terraforming machinery in orbit. Several of the stacks continue to burn unabated to this day, further rendering the surface of the planet worthless slag.\n\nTaranis III\nTaranis III is a smoggy, stormy world located on the edge of the system\u2019s habitable zone. The planet\u2019s constant storms are the origin of the system\u2019s name (Taranis, Celtic God of Thunder). The planet lacks a breathable atmosphere, but has nonetheless become the site of Human settlement. Bethor research station, established in 2536 to study weather control techniques, has organically expanded over the centuries to become a full fledged settlement of Tevarin refugees and Human expats. The initial corporate owners are long gone, and Bethor is now rumored to be in the control of a syndicate, although they keep their activities obscured from visitors.\n\nTaranis IV\nA distant world on the edge of the system, Taranis IV is a mid sized gas giant consisting predominantly of hydrogen and helium. It is an occasionally visited by harvester ships but such stopovers are few and far between. To date, all attempts at establishing orbiting stations have failed to materialize.\n\nTravel Warning\nVisitors to Taranis should be extremely cautious; transit through the system should be attempted only by top pilots and ship crews who are experienced in dense asteroid piloting.\n\nHeard in the Wind\n\u201cIt\u2019s my hope that the sacrifice of our friends and colleagues in the pursuit of knowledge will make this system a beacon in the future expansion of Humanity.\u201d\n- Capt. Glen Whitacre\u2019s eulogy for lost Mythic Horizon crew\n\n\u201cOphion is committed to the advancement of science and sometimes, that means taking a chance. We know our geoengineers come from unconventional backgrounds, but to truly reach for greatness, one must be willing to take risks.\u201d\n- Excerpt from the Ophion terraforming presentation","de_DE":"Das felsige Herz der Grenze! Taranis ist am besten bekannt als eines der Systeme von Kellar's Run, aber die Asteroiden- und Mondschutzfelder des Taranis-Systems haben sich f\u00fcr viele Piloten, die nicht \u00fcber die F\u00e4higkeit verf\u00fcgten, solche Gefahren zu \u00fcberwinden, als gef\u00e4hrlicher erwiesen.\n\nTaranis wurde 2478 vom ber\u00fchmten UNE-Vermessungsschiff Mythic Horizon entdeckt. Das System, das einen Stern der Hauptsequenz vom Typ A und vier Planeten beherbergt, hatte in seinem ersten Scouting-Bericht nur einen einzigen Hochrisikokandidaten f\u00fcr Terraforming. Kurz nach der Entdeckung war das System Schauplatz einer Trag\u00f6die: Eines der Vermessungsboote von Mythic Horizon ging bei einem Meteoritenschlag mit allen H\u00e4nden verloren.\n\nTaranis ist auch vor kurzem in die Popul\u00e4rkultur eingetreten, weil es eine Rolle in Original Systems' Arena Commander spielt. Die Karte \"Broken Moon of Taranis\" ist eine von zwei Karten, die in der \u00f6ffentlichen Demo des \u00e4u\u00dferst beliebten Simulators enthalten ist. Die Einstellung stellt die Spieler auf dem Tr\u00fcmmerfeld bei Taranis II gegeneinander aus. Piloten weichen sowohl fliegenden Felsen als auch massiven pulsierenden Terraformern aus, w\u00e4hrend sie in einem ultra-realistischen Kampf-Royale gegeneinander k\u00e4mpfen. Die Wahl von Taranis in Arena Commander hat sogar zu einem verst\u00e4rkten (und sehr gef\u00e4hrlichen) Tourismus im System gef\u00fchrt, da die selbstbetitelten \"Arena Nuts\" von weit her reisen, um ihre Hologramme vor den Mondresten aufnehmen zu lassen.\n\nTaranis I.\nDer erste Planet im Taranis-System ist ein typischer versunkener innerer Zwerg, der f\u00fcr die menschliche Besiedlung zu hei\u00df ist. Der Planetoid war die Quelle eines ungew\u00f6hnlichen Vorfalls in der Mitte des 26. Jahrhunderts: Eine \u00dcberpr\u00fcfung der ersten Vermessungsdaten (Radarscanning, Interferometrie und Langstreckenaufnahmen) ergab ein Bild, das deutlich wie ein menschliches Gesicht aussah, das der Nordpolarregion des Planeten \u00fcberlagert war. Das so genannte \"Gesicht der Taranis\" war ein kurzer kultureller Wahn im Reich und inspirierte schlie\u00dflich eine privat finanzierte Expedition in die Welt, um zu best\u00e4tigen, dass es sich bei dem Bild einfach um eine Bergkette handelte, die aus einer ungew\u00f6hnlichen Position fotografiert wurde. Der Vorfall hatte seinen angemessenen Anteil an Verschw\u00f6rungstheoretikern, die weiterhin darauf bestanden, dass die Regierung Beweise f\u00fcr eine dort lebende fremde Zivilisation vertuscht hatte.\n\nAsteroideng\u00fcrtel Alpha & Beta\nJenseits von Taranis I befindet sich ein Paar extrem dichter Asteroideng\u00fcrtel, die nicht nur wegen der schieren Materialkonzentration im G\u00fcrtel, sondern auch wegen der Aktivit\u00e4t der Asteroiden notorisch schwer zu durchqueren sind. Asteroiden kollidieren h\u00e4ufig und werfen Material aus. Da die B\u00e4nder so gef\u00e4hrlich sind, haben es nur wenige Bergbauunternehmen f\u00fcr sinnvoll gehalten, den Betrieb in den B\u00e4ndern aufzunehmen, obwohl einige kleinere unabh\u00e4ngige Betriebe versucht haben, hier einen Gewinn zu erzielen. Schmuggler und Verbrecher halten den Beta-G\u00fcrtel mit seiner N\u00e4he zur Gr\u00fcnen Zone f\u00fcr einen guten Ort zum Verstecken, und der gelegentliche hochrangige Pirat wird einen Hinterhalt im G\u00fcrtel einrichten. Da dieser G\u00fcrtel jedoch dichter ist und weniger sichere Ann\u00e4herungsvektoren aufweist, werden auch diese Arten h\u00e4ufig Opfer von Steinschlag.\n\nTaranis II\nTaranis II, heute bekannt als Ort des \"zerbrochenen Mondes\", war ein Opfer des Gungho-Terraforming-Wahnsinns der Messerzeit. Die kernlose Welt wurde zun\u00e4chst als schlechte Wahl f\u00fcr Terraforming und Kolonisation eingestuft, aber Ophion Inc., ein billiges Geoentwicklungs-Outfit, entschied, dass es der ideale Ort sein w\u00fcrde, um eine experimentelle Terraformtechnik zu testen, bei der die Energie in ihrem umlaufenden Mond genutzt wird. Im Falle von Taranis II bedeuteten minderwertige Teile und nahezu Sklavenarbeit neben zweifelhafter Wissenschaft, dass Ophion es schaffte, den Mantel von Taranis' kleinem Mond zu knacken und ihn in Millionen gef\u00e4hrliche St\u00fccke zu teilen. Zus\u00e4tzlich zu einem t\u00f6dlichen Schuttfeld, das den Planeten noch f\u00fcr Hunderte von Jahren treffen wird, entz\u00fcndete der Prozess die Terraform-Maschinerie im Orbit. Einige der Stapel brennen bis heute ununterbrochen weiter, was die Oberfl\u00e4che des Planeten weiter wertlos macht.\n\nTaranis III.\nTaranis III ist eine smogige, st\u00fcrmische Welt am Rande der bewohnbaren Zone des Systems. Die st\u00e4ndigen St\u00fcrme des Planeten sind der Ursprung des Systemnamens (Taranis, Celtic God of Thunder). Dem Planeten fehlt eine atmungsaktive Atmosph\u00e4re, er ist aber dennoch zum Ort der menschlichen Besiedlung geworden. Die Forschungsstation Bethor, die 2536 zur Erforschung von Wetterkontrolltechniken gegr\u00fcndet wurde, hat sich im Laufe der Jahrhunderte organisch zu einer vollwertigen Siedlung von Tevarin-Fl\u00fcchtlingen und menschlichen Auswanderern entwickelt. Die urspr\u00fcnglichen Firmeninhaber sind l\u00e4ngst verschwunden, und Bethor soll nun unter der Kontrolle eines Syndikats stehen, obwohl sie ihre Aktivit\u00e4ten vor Besuchern geheim halten.\n\nTaranis IV\nTaranis IV, eine entfernte Welt am Rande des Systems, ist ein mittelgro\u00dfer Gasriese, der \u00fcberwiegend aus Wasserstoff und Helium besteht. Es ist ein gelegentlicher Besuch von Harvester-Schiffen, aber solche Zwischenstopps sind selten. Bislang sind alle Versuche, Orbitalstationen einzurichten, ausgeblieben.\n\nReisewarnung\nDie Besucher von Taranis sollten \u00e4u\u00dferst vorsichtig sein; der Transit durch das System sollte nur von Spitzenpiloten und Schiffsbesatzungen durchgef\u00fchrt werden, die Erfahrung mit dichter Asteroidenf\u00fchrung haben.\n\nIm Wind geh\u00f6rt\n\"Es ist meine Hoffnung, dass das Opfer unserer Freunde und Kollegen bei der Suche nach Wissen dieses System zu einem Leuchtfeuer f\u00fcr die zuk\u00fcnftige Expansion der Menschheit macht.\"\n- Die Laudatio von Captain Glen Whitacre auf die verlorene Mythic Horizon Crew.\n\n\"Ophion engagiert sich f\u00fcr den Fortschritt der Wissenschaft und manchmal bedeutet das, Risiken einzugehen. Wir wissen, dass unsere Geoingenieure aus unkonventionellen Verh\u00e4ltnissen kommen, aber um wirklich nach Gr\u00f6\u00dfe zu greifen, muss man bereit sein, Risiken einzugehen.\"\n- Auszug aus der Ophion Terraforming-Pr\u00e4sentation","zh_CN":"The rocky heart of the frontier! Taranis is best known as one of the systems of Kellar\u2019s Run, but the asteroid and lunar debris fields of the Taranis system have proven to be more dangerous for many pilots who did not have the skill to negotiate such hazards.\n\nTaranis was discovered in 2478 by the famed UNE survey ship Mythic Horizon. Home to a Type-A Main Sequence star and four planets, the system only had a single high risk candidate for terraforming in its initial scouting report. Shortly after discovery, the system was the site of a tragedy: one of Mythic Horizon\u2019s survey boats was lost with all hands in a meteor strike.\n\nTaranis has also recently entered the popular culture because of its role in Original Systems\u2019 Arena Commander. The \u201cBroken Moon of Taranis\u201d map is one of two included in the massively popular simulator\u2019s public demo. The setting pits players against one another in the debris field near Taranis II. Pilots dodge both flying rocks and massive pulsating terraformers as they fight it out in an ultra-realistic battle royale. The choice of Taranis in Arena Commander has even led to increased (and very dangerous) tourism in the system, as self-titled \u201cArena Nuts\u201d travel from far and wide to have their holographs taken in front of the lunar remnants.\n\nTaranis I\nThe first planet in the Taranis system is a typical sunkissed inner dwarf, too hot for Human settlement. The planetoid was the source of an unusual incident in the mid 26th century: a review of the initial survey data (radar scanning, interferometry and long range imaging) produced an image with what looked distinctly like a Human face superimposed on the planet\u2019s north polar region. The so called \u201cFace of Taranis\u201d was a brief cultural craze in the Empire and ultimately inspired a privately funded expedition to the world to confirm that the picture was simply a mountain range photographed from an unusual position. The incident had its fair share of conspiracy theorists who continued to insist that the government had covered up evidence of an alien civilization living there.\n\nAsteroid Belt Alpha & Beta\nBeyond Taranis I is a pair of extremely dense asteroid belts which are notoriously difficult to traverse not only because of the sheer concentration of material in the belt, but because of how active the asteroids are. Asteroids frequently collide and eject material. Because the belts are so hazardous, few mining companies have felt it worth the risk to establish operations in the belts, though some smaller independent operations have attempted to turn a profit here. Smugglers and outlaws consider the Beta belt, with its proximity to the Green Zone, to be a good place to hide, and the occasional top level pirate will set up an ambush point in the belt. However, since this belt is denser with fewer safe approach vectors, even these types frequently find themselves the victim of rock strikes.\n\nTaranis II\nNow best known as the site of the \u201cbroken moon,\u201d Taranis II was a victim of the gung ho terraforming craze of the Messer era. The coreless world was initially classified as a poor choice for terraforming and colonization, but Ophion Inc., a cheap geo development outfit, decided that it would be ideal place to test an experimental terraforming technique involving harnessing the energy in its orbiting moon. In the case of Taranis II, substandard parts and near slave labor on top of dubious science meant that Ophion managed to crack the mantle of Taranis\u2019 small moon, splitting it into a million dangerous chunks. In addition to a deadly debris field that will continue to strike the planet for hundreds of years, the process super ignited the terraforming machinery in orbit. Several of the stacks continue to burn unabated to this day, further rendering the surface of the planet worthless slag.\n\nTaranis III\nTaranis III is a smoggy, stormy world located on the edge of the system\u2019s habitable zone. The planet\u2019s constant storms are the origin of the system\u2019s name (Taranis, Celtic God of Thunder). The planet lacks a breathable atmosphere, but has nonetheless become the site of Human settlement. Bethor research station, established in 2536 to study weather control techniques, has organically expanded over the centuries to become a full fledged settlement of Tevarin refugees and Human expats. The initial corporate owners are long gone, and Bethor is now rumored to be in the control of a syndicate, although they keep their activities obscured from visitors.\n\nTaranis IV\nA distant world on the edge of the system, Taranis IV is a mid sized gas giant consisting predominantly of hydrogen and helium. It is an occasionally visited by harvester ships but such stopovers are few and far between. To date, all attempts at establishing orbiting stations have failed to materialize.\n\nTravel Warning\nVisitors to Taranis should be extremely cautious; transit through the system should be attempted only by top pilots and ship crews who are experienced in dense asteroid piloting.\n\nHeard in the Wind\n\u201cIt\u2019s my hope that the sacrifice of our friends and colleagues in the pursuit of knowledge will make this system a beacon in the future expansion of Humanity.\u201d\n- Capt. Glen Whitacre\u2019s eulogy for lost Mythic Horizon crew\n\n\u201cOphion is committed to the advancement of science and sometimes, that means taking a chance. We know our geoengineers come from unconventional backgrounds, but to truly reach for greatness, one must be willing to take risks.\u201d\n- Excerpt from the Ophion terraforming presentation"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":103,"created_at":"2014-10-29T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"11 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 07:38:18","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":14255,"next_id":14258}}