{"data":{"id":14437,"title":"Galactic Guide: Virgil System","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/14437-Galactic-Guide-Virgil-System","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/14437","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/14437","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"Galactic Guide","images":[{"id":2871,"name":"Virgil-System.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/oqh7xc195a3anr\/source\/Virgil-System.jpg","alt":"","size":175590,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2015-01-19T19:41:10+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2871","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2871\/similar"},{"id":2872,"name":"Virgil-S1.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/nlvsoqhpiljh5r\/source\/Virgil-S1.jpg","alt":"","size":48108,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2015-01-19T19:43:51+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2872","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2872\/similar"},{"id":2873,"name":"Virgil-S2.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/ostqgdjlko8z3r\/source\/Virgil-S2.jpg","alt":"","size":48568,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2015-01-19T19:45:17+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2873","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2873\/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":4,"translations":{"en_EN":"The Virgil System was discovered entirely by chance in 2412. Famed astrophotographer Alaine Viktus was conducting a deep field survey roughly half an astronomical unit past the Vega system\u2019s cometary cloud. Viktus had powered down his survey runabout\u2019s thrusters to capture a maximum scan resolution. Upon attempting to activate his highly specialized stellar camera, he found it unable to lock. After running a diagnostic, he discovered that his ship was suffering from subtle gravitational shifts that were preventing the camera from focusing. Viktus turned on his scanners to look for the source of the disturbance and discovered that he was almost right on top of an uncharted jump point.\n\nGeneral amazement over Viktus\u2019 incredible luck quickly turned to an unequaled passion for expanded space exploration. The K-type main sequence star was named Virgil after Viktus\u2019 love of the ancient poet and the system\u2019s discovery inspired further exploration of the Vega system as well as prospecting this new one. Within ten years, Virgil became a verdant, thriving Human colony and inside of a century it was considered a surefire choice for formal UNE representation. The rapid colonization of Virgil lead to Project: Far Star, the government-funded march \u2018outward\u2019 into the area of space now unlocked with Virgil\u2019s discovery.\n\nThen, as rapidly as it began, the situation reversed. The discovery of the Vanduul in 2681 and the onslaught of their increasingly devastating raids brought Far Star and westward galactic expansion to a full stop. Humanity was shocked by the complete fall (and subsequent UEE abandonment) of Orion. Virgil changed into a military outpost overnight, with entire fleets now operating out of the formerly quiet colony to reinforce the front line in Tiber.\n\nAfter the prolonged and bloody Siege of Tiber, the Navy collapsed in full retreat and was unable to organize a secondary line as the Vanduul pushed relentlessly forward. Whereas the Vanduul had not pursued UEE forces after Orion fell, this Clan refused to let up the attack and chased the routed fleet. The Vanduul showed no mercy to the system, slaughtering military personnel and civilians wholesale. Virgil I\u2019s idyllic biosphere was reduced to permanent clouds of ash, and some two hundred years of Human expansion were erased from history. Several transports escaped the carnage, protected by interceptors from the famed Squadron 214. Given the chance to escape the system with the transports they had saved, every member of the squadron chose to return to Virgil I and attempt rescue of more civilians.\n\nIn the ensuing years, Virgil had been visited by a number of Reconnaissance in Force missions until a network of surveillance buoys were covertly established by the Empire in 2790 to provide early warning of Vanduul clans entering the system.\n\nVirgil I\nThere is a famous photograph taken on Virgil I. It shows the charred remnants of an Imperial customs house, wrecked white pillars framing a smoking, coal-black sky. A cracked signboard lies to the right of the image, its original proclamation of \u201cEXPORTS\u201d having had the word DEATH crudely scrawled under it. This image, along with various artists\u2019 interpretations thereof, has appeared on UEE recruiting posters decrying the Vanduul threat for over a century.\n\nYears earlier, the first planet in the Virgil system was the United Nations of Earth\u2019s poster child for terraformation. If ever a world seemed custom-designed to support any easy transition to Human habitation, it was Virgil. The planet\u2019s soil was found to contain super nutrients that would allow imported Human vegetation to thrive quickly. In a matter of years, the planet\u2019s atmosphere had been equalized to Earth standards. Initially covered in swathes of lush tropical forest and seemingly endless plains, Virgil I quickly became both a high-productive ag-world and an exotic tourist destination. With the military buildup, the tenor of Virgil I\u2019s society changed but the natural beauty remained. Antimatter stockpiles and spacecraft repair facilities stood naturally beside the massive trees that largely encircled the planet\u2019s tropical and temperate regions.\n\nApparently viewing the target as a reward for their hard-fought victory in the Tiber system, the Vanduul ransacked Virgil I with a ferocity previously unseen. Despite the lack of fortifications (few of the Empire\u2019s units had dug in, expecting the fleet at Tiber would be enough to keep the enemy away), the Vanduul pulverized the planet with catastrophic bombing raids that seemed intended more to establish their cruelty than to accomplish any particular strategic goal. Hundreds of thousands of Humans died in the attack, either killed in the bombing raids or churned apart by Harvesters launched onto the still-populated planet.\n\nToday, Virgil is visited rarely. The atmosphere is poisonous, with enough ash kicked up in the bombings to leave the world in a state of permanent nuclear winter. Published reports of UEE spy expeditions have detailed the state of the planet: a harvested wasteland occasionally interspersed with the haunted skeletons of the titanic trees that once inspired awe and wonder. Those who have observed this unique hellscape are forced to ask themselves whether the Vanduul intentionally left them as reminders of the planet\u2019s past.\n\nVirgil II & III\nThe Virgil System contains two other worlds and an asteroid field, none of which has been significantly exploited. Virgil II is an uninhabitable smog planet with few worthwhile natural resources. Like Virgil I today, Virgil II\u2019s surface is completely blocked by the natural layer of smog. Military reports have noted that the Vanduul pay Virgil II an especially wide berth, although the reasoning for this is unknown.\n\nA moderate resolution asteroid field separates the second and third planet. Deposits of iron and titanium have been identified here, but never in sufficient quantities to establish mining operations during the system\u2019s Human habitation. The final planet in the system, Virgil III, is an ice giant. This churning ball of water, ammonia and methane would have ultimately been used as a source of all three should the system have been further developed.\n\nTravel Warning\nThe Virgil System is classified by the United Empire of Earth as a Vanduul system. Travelling to this system is seriously discouraged.\n\nHeard in the Wind\n\u201cWhile the rest of the planets go all crazy for these Banu or whatever you call them, I\u2019m reassured that I\u2019m here, with my own kind, far away from whatever alien shenanigans they got going on.\u201d\n- Governor Jack Koch, served as Governor of Meyer from 2440-2446\n\n\u201cWe won\u2019t forget.\u201d\n- Tam Thackston, (Commander, UEEN) Squadron 214, Bravo Flight leader","de_DE":"Das Virgil-System wurde 2412 ganz zuf\u00e4llig entdeckt. Die ber\u00fchmte Astrofotografin Alaine Viktus f\u00fchrte eine Tiefenfelduntersuchung durch, die etwa eine halbe astronomische Einheit an der Kometenwolke des Vega-Systems vorbeif\u00fchrte. Viktus hatte die Triebwerke seines Vermessungsflugs abgeschaltet, um eine maximale Scanaufl\u00f6sung zu erreichen. Als er versuchte, seine hochspezialisierte Sternenkamera zu aktivieren, konnte er sie nicht fixieren. Nach der Durchf\u00fchrung einer Diagnose stellte er fest, dass sein Schiff unter subtilen Gravitationsverschiebungen litt, die die Fokussierung der Kamera verhinderten. Viktus schaltete seine Scanner ein, um nach der Ursache der St\u00f6rung zu suchen, und entdeckte, dass er fast direkt auf einem unbekannten Sprungpunkt lag.\n\nDas allgemeine Erstaunen \u00fcber Viktus' unglaubliches Gl\u00fcck verwandelte sich schnell in eine beispiellose Leidenschaft f\u00fcr erweiterte Weltraumforschung. Der Hauptreihenstern vom Typ K wurde nach Viktus' Liebe zum alten Dichter Virgil benannt, und die Entdeckung des Systems inspirierte zur weiteren Erforschung des Vega-Systems und zur Erforschung dieses neuen. Innerhalb von zehn Jahren wurde Virgil zu einer gr\u00fcnen, bl\u00fchenden menschlichen Kolonie und innerhalb eines Jahrhunderts galt sie als todsichere Wahl f\u00fcr die formelle Vertretung der UNE. Die schnelle Kolonisation von Virgil f\u00fchrte zu Project: Far Star, der von der Regierung finanzierte Marsch \"nach au\u00dfen\" in das Gebiet des Weltraums, der nun mit Virgils Entdeckung freigeschaltet wurde.\n\nDann, so schnell wie es begann, kehrte sich die Situation um. Die Entdeckung der Vanduul im Jahr 2681 und der Ansturm ihrer immer verheerenderen \u00dcberf\u00e4lle brachten Far Star und die galaktische Expansion nach Westen zum Stillstand. Die Menschheit war schockiert \u00fcber den vollst\u00e4ndigen Fall (und die anschlie\u00dfende Aufgabe der UEE) von Orion. Virgil verwandelte sich \u00fcber Nacht in einen milit\u00e4rischen Au\u00dfenposten, wobei ganze Flotten nun aus der ehemals ruhigen Kolonie operieren, um die Frontlinie im Tiber zu verst\u00e4rken.\n\nNach der langen und blutigen Belagerung von Tiber brach die Marine in vollem R\u00fcckzug zusammen und konnte keine Nebenlinie organisieren, da die Vanduul unerbittlich vorankam. W\u00e4hrend die Vanduul nach dem Fall Orions den UEE-Truppen nicht gefolgt waren, weigerte sich dieser Clan, den Angriff aufzugeben und verfolgte die geroutete Flotte. Die Vanduul zeigten keine Gnade gegen\u00fcber dem System und schlachteten Milit\u00e4rpersonal und Zivilisten im Gro\u00dfhandel. Die idyllische Biosph\u00e4re von Virgil I. wurde auf permanente Aschewolken reduziert, und etwa zweihundert Jahre der menschlichen Expansion wurden aus der Geschichte gel\u00f6scht. Mehrere Transporte entkamen dem Blutbad, gesch\u00fctzt durch Abfangj\u00e4ger der ber\u00fchmten Staffel 214. Angesichts der M\u00f6glichkeit, mit den gesparten Transporten aus dem System zu entkommen, entschied sich jedes Mitglied der Staffel, zu Virgil I zur\u00fcckzukehren und die Rettung weiterer Zivilisten zu versuchen.\n\nIn den folgenden Jahren war Virgil von einer Reihe von Aufkl\u00e4rungsmissionen besucht worden, bis 2790 vom Imperium heimlich ein Netzwerk von \u00dcberwachungsbojen eingerichtet wurde, um fr\u00fchzeitig vor dem Eintritt von Vanduul-Clans in das System zu warnen.\n\nJungfrau I.\nEs gibt ein ber\u00fchmtes Foto, das auf Virgil I. aufgenommen wurde. Es zeigt die verkohlten \u00dcberreste eines kaiserlichen Zollhauses, zerst\u00f6rte wei\u00dfe S\u00e4ulen, die einen rauchenden, kohlschwarzen Himmel einrahmen. Rechts neben dem Bild befindet sich ein zerbrochenes Schild, dessen urspr\u00fcngliche Proklamation von \"EXPORTS\" das Wort TOD grob darunter gekritzelt hatte. Dieses Bild, zusammen mit den Interpretationen verschiedener K\u00fcnstler, ist seit \u00fcber einem Jahrhundert auf Plakaten der UEE zu sehen, die die Vanduul-Bedrohung ablehnen.\n\nJahre zuvor war der erste Planet im Virgil-System das Plakatkind der Vereinten Nationen f\u00fcr die Terraformation. Wenn jemals eine Welt ma\u00dfgeschneidert schien, um einen einfachen \u00dcbergang zu menschlicher Behausung zu unterst\u00fctzen, dann war es Virgil. Es wurde festgestellt, dass der Boden des Planeten Supern\u00e4hrstoffe enth\u00e4lt, die es der importierten menschlichen Vegetation erm\u00f6glichen w\u00fcrden, schnell zu gedeihen. In wenigen Jahren war die Atmosph\u00e4re des Planeten auf Erdniveau ausgeglichen. Urspr\u00fcnglich von \u00fcppigen tropischen W\u00e4ldern und scheinbar endlosen Ebenen bedeckt, wurde Virgil I schnell zu einer hochproduktiven Ag-Welt und einem exotischen Reiseziel. Mit dem milit\u00e4rischen Aufbau \u00e4nderte sich der Tenor der Gesellschaft von Virgil I., aber die nat\u00fcrliche Sch\u00f6nheit blieb erhalten. Antimaterievorr\u00e4te und Reparaturanlagen f\u00fcr Raumfahrzeuge standen nat\u00fcrlich neben den massiven B\u00e4umen, die die tropischen und gem\u00e4\u00dfigten Regionen des Planeten weitgehend umgaben.\n\nAnscheinend betrachtete die Vanduul das Ziel als Belohnung f\u00fcr ihren hart umk\u00e4mpften Sieg im Tiber-System und pl\u00fcnderte Virgil I mit einer bisher nicht gekannten Grausamkeit. Trotz des Fehlens von Befestigungen (einige der Einheiten des Imperiums hatten sich eingegraben, in der Erwartung, dass die Flotte am Tiber ausreichen w\u00fcrde, um den Feind fernzuhalten), pulverisierten die Vanduul den Planeten mit katastrophalen Bombenangriffen, die mehr dazu bestimmt schienen, ihre Grausamkeit zu etablieren als ein bestimmtes strategisches Ziel zu erreichen. Hunderttausende von Menschen starben bei dem Angriff, entweder get\u00f6tet bei den Bombenangriffen oder auseinander gerissen von Erntehelfern, die auf dem immer noch bev\u00f6lkerten Planeten gestartet wurden.\n\nHeute wird Virgil nur noch selten besucht. Die Atmosph\u00e4re ist giftig, mit genug Asche, die bei den Bombenanschl\u00e4gen aufgewirbelt wurde, um die Welt in einen Zustand des permanenten nuklearen Winters zu versetzen. Ver\u00f6ffentlichte Berichte \u00fcber UEE-Spionageexpeditionen haben den Zustand des Planeten detailliert beschrieben: eine geerntete \u00d6dnis, die gelegentlich mit den gespenstischen Skeletten der Titanenb\u00e4ume durchsetzt ist, die einst Ehrfurcht und Staunen hervorriefen. Diejenigen, die diese einzigartige H\u00f6llenlandschaft beobachtet haben, sind gezwungen, sich zu fragen, ob die Vandule sie absichtlich als Erinnerung an die Vergangenheit des Planeten zur\u00fcckgelassen haben.\n\nVirgil II & III\nDas Virgil-System enth\u00e4lt zwei weitere Welten und ein Asteroidenfeld, von denen keine wesentlich genutzt wurde. Virgil II ist ein unbewohnbarer Smogplanet mit wenigen wertvollen nat\u00fcrlichen Ressourcen. Wie Virgil I. wird die Oberfl\u00e4che von Virgil II durch die nat\u00fcrliche Smogschicht vollst\u00e4ndig blockiert. Milit\u00e4rberichte haben festgestellt, dass die Vanduul Virgil II. einen besonders weiten Liegeplatz zahlen, obwohl die Gr\u00fcnde daf\u00fcr unbekannt sind.\n\nEin Asteroidenfeld mit mittlerer Aufl\u00f6sung trennt den zweiten und dritten Planeten. Hier wurden Eisen- und Titanvorkommen identifiziert, jedoch nie in ausreichender Menge, um w\u00e4hrend der menschlichen Besiedlung des Systems Minen zu betreiben. Der letzte Planet im System, Virgil III, ist ein Eisriese. Dieser wirbelnde Ball aus Wasser, Ammoniak und Methan w\u00e4re letztlich als Quelle f\u00fcr alle drei verwendet worden, wenn das System weiterentwickelt worden w\u00e4re.\n\nReisewarnung\nDas Virgil-System wird vom Vereinigten Reich der Erde als Vanduul-System eingestuft. Das Reisen zu diesem System wird ernsthaft abgeraten.\n\nIm Wind geh\u00f6rt\n\"W\u00e4hrend der Rest der Planeten verr\u00fcckt nach diesen Banu oder wie auch immer du sie nennst, bin ich beruhigt, dass ich hier bin, mit meiner eigenen Art, weit weg von jeglichem au\u00dferirdischen Schwindel, den sie veranstaltet haben.\"\n- Gouverneur Jack Koch, diente von 2440-2446 als Gouverneur von Meyer.\n\n\"Wir werden es nicht vergessen.\"\n- Tam Thackston, (Kommandant, UEEN) Staffel 214, Bravo-Flugleiterin","zh_CN":"The Virgil System was discovered entirely by chance in 2412. Famed astrophotographer Alaine Viktus was conducting a deep field survey roughly half an astronomical unit past the Vega system\u2019s cometary cloud. Viktus had powered down his survey runabout\u2019s thrusters to capture a maximum scan resolution. Upon attempting to activate his highly specialized stellar camera, he found it unable to lock. After running a diagnostic, he discovered that his ship was suffering from subtle gravitational shifts that were preventing the camera from focusing. Viktus turned on his scanners to look for the source of the disturbance and discovered that he was almost right on top of an uncharted jump point.\n\nGeneral amazement over Viktus\u2019 incredible luck quickly turned to an unequaled passion for expanded space exploration. The K-type main sequence star was named Virgil after Viktus\u2019 love of the ancient poet and the system\u2019s discovery inspired further exploration of the Vega system as well as prospecting this new one. Within ten years, Virgil became a verdant, thriving Human colony and inside of a century it was considered a surefire choice for formal UNE representation. The rapid colonization of Virgil lead to Project: Far Star, the government-funded march \u2018outward\u2019 into the area of space now unlocked with Virgil\u2019s discovery.\n\nThen, as rapidly as it began, the situation reversed. The discovery of the Vanduul in 2681 and the onslaught of their increasingly devastating raids brought Far Star and westward galactic expansion to a full stop. Humanity was shocked by the complete fall (and subsequent UEE abandonment) of Orion. Virgil changed into a military outpost overnight, with entire fleets now operating out of the formerly quiet colony to reinforce the front line in Tiber.\n\nAfter the prolonged and bloody Siege of Tiber, the Navy collapsed in full retreat and was unable to organize a secondary line as the Vanduul pushed relentlessly forward. Whereas the Vanduul had not pursued UEE forces after Orion fell, this Clan refused to let up the attack and chased the routed fleet. The Vanduul showed no mercy to the system, slaughtering military personnel and civilians wholesale. Virgil I\u2019s idyllic biosphere was reduced to permanent clouds of ash, and some two hundred years of Human expansion were erased from history. Several transports escaped the carnage, protected by interceptors from the famed Squadron 214. Given the chance to escape the system with the transports they had saved, every member of the squadron chose to return to Virgil I and attempt rescue of more civilians.\n\nIn the ensuing years, Virgil had been visited by a number of Reconnaissance in Force missions until a network of surveillance buoys were covertly established by the Empire in 2790 to provide early warning of Vanduul clans entering the system.\n\nVirgil I\nThere is a famous photograph taken on Virgil I. It shows the charred remnants of an Imperial customs house, wrecked white pillars framing a smoking, coal-black sky. A cracked signboard lies to the right of the image, its original proclamation of \u201cEXPORTS\u201d having had the word DEATH crudely scrawled under it. This image, along with various artists\u2019 interpretations thereof, has appeared on UEE recruiting posters decrying the Vanduul threat for over a century.\n\nYears earlier, the first planet in the Virgil system was the United Nations of Earth\u2019s poster child for terraformation. If ever a world seemed custom-designed to support any easy transition to Human habitation, it was Virgil. The planet\u2019s soil was found to contain super nutrients that would allow imported Human vegetation to thrive quickly. In a matter of years, the planet\u2019s atmosphere had been equalized to Earth standards. Initially covered in swathes of lush tropical forest and seemingly endless plains, Virgil I quickly became both a high-productive ag-world and an exotic tourist destination. With the military buildup, the tenor of Virgil I\u2019s society changed but the natural beauty remained. Antimatter stockpiles and spacecraft repair facilities stood naturally beside the massive trees that largely encircled the planet\u2019s tropical and temperate regions.\n\nApparently viewing the target as a reward for their hard-fought victory in the Tiber system, the Vanduul ransacked Virgil I with a ferocity previously unseen. Despite the lack of fortifications (few of the Empire\u2019s units had dug in, expecting the fleet at Tiber would be enough to keep the enemy away), the Vanduul pulverized the planet with catastrophic bombing raids that seemed intended more to establish their cruelty than to accomplish any particular strategic goal. Hundreds of thousands of Humans died in the attack, either killed in the bombing raids or churned apart by Harvesters launched onto the still-populated planet.\n\nToday, Virgil is visited rarely. The atmosphere is poisonous, with enough ash kicked up in the bombings to leave the world in a state of permanent nuclear winter. Published reports of UEE spy expeditions have detailed the state of the planet: a harvested wasteland occasionally interspersed with the haunted skeletons of the titanic trees that once inspired awe and wonder. Those who have observed this unique hellscape are forced to ask themselves whether the Vanduul intentionally left them as reminders of the planet\u2019s past.\n\nVirgil II & III\nThe Virgil System contains two other worlds and an asteroid field, none of which has been significantly exploited. Virgil II is an uninhabitable smog planet with few worthwhile natural resources. Like Virgil I today, Virgil II\u2019s surface is completely blocked by the natural layer of smog. Military reports have noted that the Vanduul pay Virgil II an especially wide berth, although the reasoning for this is unknown.\n\nA moderate resolution asteroid field separates the second and third planet. Deposits of iron and titanium have been identified here, but never in sufficient quantities to establish mining operations during the system\u2019s Human habitation. The final planet in the system, Virgil III, is an ice giant. This churning ball of water, ammonia and methane would have ultimately been used as a source of all three should the system have been further developed.\n\nTravel Warning\nThe Virgil System is classified by the United Empire of Earth as a Vanduul system. Travelling to this system is seriously discouraged.\n\nHeard in the Wind\n\u201cWhile the rest of the planets go all crazy for these Banu or whatever you call them, I\u2019m reassured that I\u2019m here, with my own kind, far away from whatever alien shenanigans they got going on.\u201d\n- Governor Jack Koch, served as Governor of Meyer from 2440-2446\n\n\u201cWe won\u2019t forget.\u201d\n- Tam Thackston, (Commander, UEEN) Squadron 214, Bravo Flight leader"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":76,"created_at":"2015-02-19T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"11 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 06:39:30","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":14436,"next_id":14438}}