{"data":{"id":14525,"title":"Galactic Guide: Helios System","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/14525-Galactic-Guide-Helios-System","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/14525","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/14525","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"Galactic Guide","images":[{"id":3065,"name":"Tangora1.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/077bhrx1czicur\/source\/Tangora1.jpg","alt":"","size":612667,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2015-02-23T20:55:48+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/3065","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/3065\/similar"},{"id":3067,"name":"Tangora2.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/6luegb4kz4lntr\/source\/Tangora2.jpg","alt":"","size":310733,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2015-02-23T20:55:48+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/3067","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/3067\/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":3,"translations":{"en_EN":"Helios is the rare place in the settled galaxy where natural beauty can stand directly beside junkyards and military fortifications, with seemingly no overlap.\n\nThe star itself is partly to blame for this unusual variety of purposes. Helios is a Helium Strong type B star that produces powerful solar winds that wreak a peculiar type of havoc with ship sensors: even large capital ships are capable of \u2018hiding\u2019 in the star\u2019s solar winds. Helios\u2019 unusual photosphere also attracts countless scientists from around the Empire who have built a series of platforms close to the star to serve as labs and observation posts.\n\nHelios\u2019 discovery in 2529 certainly ranks as one of the livelier origin stories for a system and is the only one ever discovered by the Advocacy. An outlaw pack colorfully known as Daybreak Marauders had made a name for itself knocking over convoys in the Ellis System. As quickly and efficiently as the Marauders would attack and rob their prey, they would flee into the Taranis System then disappear without a trace. This went on for months. One business, Uros Shipping Concern, lost so much of their cargo that they went into debt hiring merc groups to safely escort their ships through the Ellis System \u2014 a debt that would ultimately drive the company into bankruptcy.\n\nThe Advocacy agents assigned to the case, Special Agents Avon Dorville and Gia Trask, were determined to hunt down this elusive pack. For months, the special agents tracked the Daybreak Marauders into Taranis only for them to escape again and again. When the Advocacy agents finally found their quarry, they were stunned to realize that the group hadn\u2019t discovered a particularly effective route through Taranis\u2019 asteroid belts. Instead, they had been using a previously unknown jump point to leave Taranis and hide out in what would come to be known as Helios.\n\nHelios I\nHelios I is a dead planet that has no atmosphere, with only limited minerals that are difficult to access due to the world\u2019s proximity to the star. Helios I was the site of a brief flurry of activity in 2937, when a scientific survey station actually crashed onto the planet\u2019s surface. A daring rescue by members of the local garrison (modifying their fighters for high heat protection) saved six lives from a horrific death.\n\nHelios II (Tangaroa)\nHelios II is an oceanic world with a greater circumference than Earth (though a lower overall gravity). It has a single \u2018fast orbiting\u2019 moon with a dense nickel\/iron core. The low density of the ocean planet combined with the moon\u2019s unusual orbit give rise to frequent and unpredictable volcanic activity, ultimately causing terrestrial islands to quickly form and then be reclaimed by the sea. Originally classified as mineral-rich, the planet was quickly inhabited and deep-sea mining rights sold to a variety of mining outfits. It wasn\u2019t until decades later that the planet began to see an influx of the rich and famous who showed up for the beautiful oceanic vistas.\n\nDespite the rapidly changing and erratic tidal and volcanic activity, it has become vogue to construct elaborate temporary housing on Tangaroa\u2019s short-lived islands. More permanent housing is often established on or under the sea. For those who want to enjoy the planet without the risk, hospitality magnate Tyler Newman recently unveiled plans for a permanent undersea hotel.\n\nOnly the polar regions sustain standard populations. To the north, scientists and engineers typically call the planet home, supporting the cottage industry that has grown up around Helios\u2019 odd star. In the south, the limited amount of land belongs to R&D facilities that support the nearby military forces. The planet\u2019s capital and prime landing zone, located in the north, is officially named Mariana, although it is called Shorebreak by the natives as the city extends well past the land into the surrounding sea.\n\nNot everybody lives in fear of the planet\u2019s unique tidal nature. Native sub-surfers celebrate it as they pilot streamlined and maneuverable submarines in rides on thousand-foot waves.\n\nINS Hephaestus Station\nPerched in orbit above Helios II, Hephaestus Station is the most accessible military outpost in the system. Landing on the station\u2019s main landing pad requires special permission, but a planetside outlet station allows traders to sell to the military forces assigned there.\n\nThe station acts as a general launching area for system security, but traveling battle groups will occasionally also use the station as an operational headquarters to stage wargaming scenarios and training exercises.\n\nHelios III\nThe third planet in the Helios system is a large gas giant. Helios III is a source of readily accessible hydrogen with minimal impurities. Helios III does approach the upper bound for gas giants in terms of size, a fact that has attracted the occasional scientific survey. The planet itself lacks the distinct bands of color and the complicated lunar systems found on many Jovian planets.\n\nHelios IV\nHelios IV is a common ice planet, much like those found in the outer systems of most stars. Its most notable feature is a massive military complex built into the planet\u2019s glacial surface. Criticized as a notorious example of military waste, the military has never officially commented on the reasoning behind the huge amount of credits spent on the construction of such a remote outpost. While many in active duty see assignment to Helios IV as a sure sign of a stalled career, there are some who suspect that officials are not revealing the complex\u2019s true strategic importance to the public and that it may be housing black-ops training facilities or top-secret research labs.\n\nTravel Warning\nBeware of the high-intensity solar winds. What can hide you from other ships can also hide lurking ships from you and can distort or even disable your sensors, leaving you blind.\n\nHeard in the Wind\n\u201cWith the great distances that separate Humanity as we expand through the stars, it is a great comfort to know you can still count on your neighbors for help.\u201d\n\n- Dr. Ariel Thario, survivor of the 2937 Helios I Disaster\n\n\u201cAmazingly that wasn\u2019t even the most expensive item of the night. That distinction went to a package offered by interstellar hellraiser Ellroy Cass, who auctioned off his infamous private party pad in Tangaroa! This private paradise includes an estate that sleeps 16, two private beaches and a massive indoor pool connected to the famous grotto by a number of elaborate waterslides. If only those walls could talk, we would have enough StarWatch material for a millennium.\u201d\n\n- Callie C, StarWatch, 2945.11.04","de_DE":"Helios ist der seltene Ort in der besiedelten Galaxie, wo die nat\u00fcrliche Sch\u00f6nheit direkt neben Schrottpl\u00e4tzen und milit\u00e4rischen Befestigungen stehen kann, ohne scheinbar \u00dcberschneidungen.\n\nDer Stern selbst ist mitverantwortlich f\u00fcr diese ungew\u00f6hnliche Vielfalt von Zwecken. Helios ist ein Helium Strong Typ B Stern, der starke Sonnenwinde erzeugt, die eine eigent\u00fcmliche Art von Chaos mit Schiffssensoren anrichten: Selbst gro\u00dfe Gro\u00dfkampfschiffe sind in der Lage, sich in den Sonnenwinden des Sterns zu \"verstecken\". Helios' ungew\u00f6hnliche Fotosph\u00e4re zieht auch unz\u00e4hlige Wissenschaftler aus dem ganzen Reich an, die eine Reihe von Plattformen in der N\u00e4he des Sterns gebaut haben, um als Labore und Beobachtungsposten zu dienen.\n\nHelios' Entdeckung im Jahr 2509 gilt sicherlich als eine der lebendigeren Entstehungsgeschichten eines Systems und ist die einzige, die jemals von der Advocacy entdeckt wurde. Ein Gesetzloser, bunt bekannt als Daybreak Marauders, hatte sich mit dem Umkippen von Konvois im Ellis-System einen Namen gemacht. So schnell und effizient die Marodeure angreifen und ihre Beute berauben w\u00fcrden, sie w\u00fcrden in das Taranis-System fliehen und spurlos verschwinden. Das ging monatelang so weiter. Ein Unternehmen, Uros Shipping Concern, verlor so viel von seiner Ladung, dass sie in Schulden gerieten und S\u00f6ldnergruppen einstellten, um ihre Schiffe sicher durch das Ellis-System zu begleiten - eine Schuld, die das Unternehmen letztendlich in den Konkurs treiben w\u00fcrde.\n\nDie dem Fall zugewiesenen Advocacy-Agenten, die Special Agents Avon Dorville und Gia Trask, wurden entschlossen, dieses schwer fassbare Paket zu jagen. Monatelang verfolgten die Spezialagenten die Daybreak Marauders in Taranis, nur damit sie immer wieder entkommen konnten. Als die Advocacy-Agenten schlie\u00dflich ihren Steinbruch fanden, waren sie fassungslos, als sie feststellten, dass die Gruppe keinen besonders effektiven Weg durch Taranis' Asteroideng\u00fcrtel gefunden hatte. Stattdessen hatten sie einen bisher unbekannten Sprungpunkt benutzt, um Taranis zu verlassen und sich in dem zu verstecken, was sp\u00e4ter als Helios bekannt wurde.\n\nHelios I\nHelios I ist ein toter Planet ohne Atmosph\u00e4re, mit nur wenigen Mineralien, die aufgrund der N\u00e4he der Welt zum Stern schwer zug\u00e4nglich sind. Helios I. war der Schauplatz eines kurzen Aktivit\u00e4tsschubs im Jahr 2937, als eine wissenschaftliche Vermessungsstation tats\u00e4chlich auf die Oberfl\u00e4che des Planeten st\u00fcrzte. Eine gewagte Rettung durch Mitglieder der \u00f6rtlichen Garnison (die ihre K\u00e4mpfer auf hohen Hitzeschutz umr\u00fcsten) rettete sechs Leben vor einem schrecklichen Tod.\n\nHelios II (Tangaroa)\nHelios II ist eine ozeanische Welt mit einem gr\u00f6\u00dferen Umfang als die Erde (allerdings mit einer geringeren Gesamtschwere). Er hat einen einzigen \"schnell umkreisenden\" Mond mit einem dichten Nickel-Eisen-Kern. Die geringe Dichte des Ozeanplaneten in Verbindung mit der ungew\u00f6hnlichen Umlaufbahn des Mondes f\u00fchrt zu h\u00e4ufigen und unvorhersehbaren vulkanischen Aktivit\u00e4ten, die letztlich dazu f\u00fchren, dass sich Landinseln schnell bilden und vom Meer zur\u00fcckgewonnen werden. Urspr\u00fcnglich als mineralreich eingestuft, war der Planet schnell bewohnt und die Tiefseeminenrechte wurden an eine Vielzahl von Bergbaueinrichtungen verkauft. Erst Jahrzehnte sp\u00e4ter begann der Planet einen Zustrom von Reichen und Ber\u00fchmten zu sehen, die zu den sch\u00f6nen ozeanischen Aussichten auftauchten.\n\nTrotz der sich schnell ver\u00e4ndernden und unregelm\u00e4\u00dfigen Gezeiten- und Vulkant\u00e4tigkeit ist es in Mode gekommen, auf Tangaroa's kurzlebigen Inseln aufw\u00e4ndige tempor\u00e4re Wohnungen zu bauen. H\u00e4ufig werden dauerhaftere Wohnungen auf oder unter dem Meer errichtet. F\u00fcr diejenigen, die den Planeten ohne Risiko genie\u00dfen wollen, hat der Hospitality-Magnat Tyler Newman k\u00fcrzlich Pl\u00e4ne f\u00fcr ein permanentes Unterwasserhotel vorgestellt.\n\nNur die Polargebiete halten die Standardbev\u00f6lkerung aufrecht. Im Norden nennen Wissenschaftler und Ingenieure den Planeten typischerweise ihr Zuhause und unterst\u00fctzen die H\u00fcttenindustrie, die um Helios' seltsamen Stern herum entstanden ist. Im S\u00fcden geh\u00f6rt die begrenzte Landfl\u00e4che zu den Forschungs- und Entwicklungseinrichtungen, die die nahegelegenen Streitkr\u00e4fte unterst\u00fctzen. Die Hauptstadt und Hauptanlandezone des Planeten, die sich im Norden befindet, tr\u00e4gt offiziell den Namen Mariana, obwohl sie von den Einheimischen als Shorebreak bezeichnet wird, da sich die Stadt weit \u00fcber das Land hinaus ins umliegende Meer erstreckt.\n\nNicht jeder lebt in Angst vor der einzigartigen Gezeiten-Natur des Planeten. Einheimische Sub-Surfer feiern es, w\u00e4hrend sie stromlinienf\u00f6rmige und wendbare U-Boote in Fahrten auf Tausend-Fu\u00df-Wellen steuern.\n\nINS Hephaestus Station\nDie Hephaestus-Station befindet sich im Orbit \u00fcber Helios II und ist der am besten zug\u00e4ngliche milit\u00e4rische Au\u00dfenposten des Systems. Die Landung auf dem Hauptanleger der Station bedarf einer besonderen Genehmigung, aber eine planetenseitige Auslassstation erm\u00f6glicht es H\u00e4ndlern, an die dort eingesetzten Streitkr\u00e4fte zu verkaufen.\n\nDie Station fungiert als allgemeiner Startplatz f\u00fcr die Systemsicherheit, aber reisende Kampfgruppen werden die Station gelegentlich auch als Operationszentrale f\u00fcr Wargaming-Szenarien und Trainings\u00fcbungen nutzen.\n\nHelios III.\nDer dritte Planet im Helios-System ist ein gro\u00dfer Gasriese. Helios III ist eine Quelle f\u00fcr leicht zug\u00e4nglichen Wasserstoff mit minimalen Verunreinigungen. Helios III. n\u00e4hert sich in Bezug auf die Gr\u00f6\u00dfe der oberen Grenze f\u00fcr Gasriesen, was gelegentlich wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen hervorgerufen hat. Dem Planeten selbst fehlen die ausgepr\u00e4gten Farbb\u00e4nder und die komplizierten Mondsysteme vieler jovianischer Planeten.\n\nHelios IV\nHelios IV ist ein gew\u00f6hnlicher Eisplanet, \u00e4hnlich wie die in den Au\u00dfensystemen der meisten Sterne. Sein bemerkenswertestes Merkmal ist ein massiver Milit\u00e4rkomplex, der in die Gletscheroberfl\u00e4che des Planeten integriert ist. Das Milit\u00e4r, das als ber\u00fcchtigtes Beispiel f\u00fcr milit\u00e4rische Abf\u00e4lle kritisiert wurde, hat sich nie offiziell zur Begr\u00fcndung der enormen Menge an Krediten ge\u00e4u\u00dfert, die f\u00fcr den Bau eines so abgelegenen Au\u00dfenpostens ausgegeben wurden. W\u00e4hrend viele im aktiven Dienst die Zuordnung zu Helios IV als sicheres Zeichen f\u00fcr eine festgefahrene Karriere sehen, gibt es einige, die vermuten, dass die Beamten die wahre strategische Bedeutung des Komplexes der \u00d6ffentlichkeit nicht offenbaren und dass er m\u00f6glicherweise schwarze Trainingseinrichtungen oder streng geheime Forschungslabore beherbergt.\n\nReisewarnung\nAchten Sie auf die hochintensiven Sonnenwinde. Was dich vor anderen Schiffen verstecken kann, kann auch lauernde Schiffe vor dir verstecken und deine Sensoren verzerren oder sogar deaktivieren, so dass du blind wirst.\n\nIm Wind geh\u00f6rt\n\"Bei den gro\u00dfen Entfernungen, die die Menschheit trennen, w\u00e4hrend wir uns durch die Sterne ausdehnen, ist es ein gro\u00dfer Trost zu wissen, dass man sich immer noch auf seine Nachbarn verlassen kann.\"\n\n- Dr. Ariel Thario, \u00dcberlebender der Katastrophe von 2937 Helios I.\n\n\"Erstaunlicherweise war das nicht einmal das teuerste Teil der Nacht. Diese Auszeichnung ging an ein Paket, das von der interstellaren Hellraiser Ellroy Cass angeboten wurde, die seinen ber\u00fcchtigten privaten Partyblock in Tangaroa versteigerte! Dieses private Paradies umfasst ein Anwesen mit 16 Schlafpl\u00e4tzen, zwei Privatstr\u00e4nde und ein riesiges Hallenbad, das durch eine Reihe von aufw\u00e4ndigen Wasserrutschen mit der ber\u00fchmten Grotte verbunden ist. Wenn nur diese W\u00e4nde sprechen k\u00f6nnten, h\u00e4tten wir genug StarWatch-Material f\u00fcr ein Jahrtausend.\"\n\n- Callie C, StarWatch, 2945.11.04.04","zh_CN":"Helios is the rare place in the settled galaxy where natural beauty can stand directly beside junkyards and military fortifications, with seemingly no overlap.\n\nThe star itself is partly to blame for this unusual variety of purposes. Helios is a Helium Strong type B star that produces powerful solar winds that wreak a peculiar type of havoc with ship sensors: even large capital ships are capable of \u2018hiding\u2019 in the star\u2019s solar winds. Helios\u2019 unusual photosphere also attracts countless scientists from around the Empire who have built a series of platforms close to the star to serve as labs and observation posts.\n\nHelios\u2019 discovery in 2529 certainly ranks as one of the livelier origin stories for a system and is the only one ever discovered by the Advocacy. An outlaw pack colorfully known as Daybreak Marauders had made a name for itself knocking over convoys in the Ellis System. As quickly and efficiently as the Marauders would attack and rob their prey, they would flee into the Taranis System then disappear without a trace. This went on for months. One business, Uros Shipping Concern, lost so much of their cargo that they went into debt hiring merc groups to safely escort their ships through the Ellis System \u2014 a debt that would ultimately drive the company into bankruptcy.\n\nThe Advocacy agents assigned to the case, Special Agents Avon Dorville and Gia Trask, were determined to hunt down this elusive pack. For months, the special agents tracked the Daybreak Marauders into Taranis only for them to escape again and again. When the Advocacy agents finally found their quarry, they were stunned to realize that the group hadn\u2019t discovered a particularly effective route through Taranis\u2019 asteroid belts. Instead, they had been using a previously unknown jump point to leave Taranis and hide out in what would come to be known as Helios.\n\nHelios I\nHelios I is a dead planet that has no atmosphere, with only limited minerals that are difficult to access due to the world\u2019s proximity to the star. Helios I was the site of a brief flurry of activity in 2937, when a scientific survey station actually crashed onto the planet\u2019s surface. A daring rescue by members of the local garrison (modifying their fighters for high heat protection) saved six lives from a horrific death.\n\nHelios II (Tangaroa)\nHelios II is an oceanic world with a greater circumference than Earth (though a lower overall gravity). It has a single \u2018fast orbiting\u2019 moon with a dense nickel\/iron core. The low density of the ocean planet combined with the moon\u2019s unusual orbit give rise to frequent and unpredictable volcanic activity, ultimately causing terrestrial islands to quickly form and then be reclaimed by the sea. Originally classified as mineral-rich, the planet was quickly inhabited and deep-sea mining rights sold to a variety of mining outfits. It wasn\u2019t until decades later that the planet began to see an influx of the rich and famous who showed up for the beautiful oceanic vistas.\n\nDespite the rapidly changing and erratic tidal and volcanic activity, it has become vogue to construct elaborate temporary housing on Tangaroa\u2019s short-lived islands. More permanent housing is often established on or under the sea. For those who want to enjoy the planet without the risk, hospitality magnate Tyler Newman recently unveiled plans for a permanent undersea hotel.\n\nOnly the polar regions sustain standard populations. To the north, scientists and engineers typically call the planet home, supporting the cottage industry that has grown up around Helios\u2019 odd star. In the south, the limited amount of land belongs to R&D facilities that support the nearby military forces. The planet\u2019s capital and prime landing zone, located in the north, is officially named Mariana, although it is called Shorebreak by the natives as the city extends well past the land into the surrounding sea.\n\nNot everybody lives in fear of the planet\u2019s unique tidal nature. Native sub-surfers celebrate it as they pilot streamlined and maneuverable submarines in rides on thousand-foot waves.\n\nINS Hephaestus Station\nPerched in orbit above Helios II, Hephaestus Station is the most accessible military outpost in the system. Landing on the station\u2019s main landing pad requires special permission, but a planetside outlet station allows traders to sell to the military forces assigned there.\n\nThe station acts as a general launching area for system security, but traveling battle groups will occasionally also use the station as an operational headquarters to stage wargaming scenarios and training exercises.\n\nHelios III\nThe third planet in the Helios system is a large gas giant. Helios III is a source of readily accessible hydrogen with minimal impurities. Helios III does approach the upper bound for gas giants in terms of size, a fact that has attracted the occasional scientific survey. The planet itself lacks the distinct bands of color and the complicated lunar systems found on many Jovian planets.\n\nHelios IV\nHelios IV is a common ice planet, much like those found in the outer systems of most stars. Its most notable feature is a massive military complex built into the planet\u2019s glacial surface. Criticized as a notorious example of military waste, the military has never officially commented on the reasoning behind the huge amount of credits spent on the construction of such a remote outpost. While many in active duty see assignment to Helios IV as a sure sign of a stalled career, there are some who suspect that officials are not revealing the complex\u2019s true strategic importance to the public and that it may be housing black-ops training facilities or top-secret research labs.\n\nTravel Warning\nBeware of the high-intensity solar winds. What can hide you from other ships can also hide lurking ships from you and can distort or even disable your sensors, leaving you blind.\n\nHeard in the Wind\n\u201cWith the great distances that separate Humanity as we expand through the stars, it is a great comfort to know you can still count on your neighbors for help.\u201d\n\n- Dr. Ariel Thario, survivor of the 2937 Helios I Disaster\n\n\u201cAmazingly that wasn\u2019t even the most expensive item of the night. That distinction went to a package offered by interstellar hellraiser Ellroy Cass, who auctioned off his infamous private party pad in Tangaroa! This private paradise includes an estate that sleeps 16, two private beaches and a massive indoor pool connected to the famous grotto by a number of elaborate waterslides. If only those walls could talk, we would have enough StarWatch material for a millennium.\u201d\n\n- Callie C, StarWatch, 2945.11.04"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":87,"created_at":"2015-03-15T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"11 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 07:40:04","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":14524,"next_id":14526}}