{"data":{"id":14596,"title":"OP.NET: 'Manned' Turrets","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/14596-OPNET-Manned-Turrets","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/14596","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/14596","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":955,"name":"OpNetFI_2.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/1ejml2ei2zs60r\/source\/OpNetFI_2.jpg","alt":"","size":1508642,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-10-16T02:22:57+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/955","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/955\/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":"< TRANSMISSION CONTINUES >\nBreaching the Spectrum with some well-placed info charges, OP.NET is back from commercial, with me, your host, Conva Maynard. Thanks again to our sponsors CDS and their fine quality personal armor systems. When things get hot, CDS takes the heat.\n\nI don\u2019t know about you all, but I got to say, I am still thinking about those beauties Skiv showed off in today\u2019s tech look. Seriously, that Gallenson Tarantula? Major want. I was asking Skiv about it more during the break, and he didn\u2019t mention this in his review, but apparently the 870 features some really impressive tweak options. Full board swaps, venting on the barrel, easy access to adjust the compressor. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019d be a good idea to max out the ROF, but hell if it wouldn\u2019t be fun to try. Talk about laying down a web of death. Looking at this thing, you can tell that the smiths at Gallenson are a bunch of firearm enthusiasts themselves.\n\nYou know, people keep trying to sell me on the convenience of energy weapons \u2014 no ammo boxes or refilling and all that. And I get it. I really do. But when a job gets sticky, I always feel better hurling some old fashioned boom. That chunk chunk of the recoil lets me know that everything\u2019s going to be all right in the \u2019verse.\n\nSorry. Little bit of a tangent, but let\u2019s move on to our special guest, who, I should add, has been waiting patiently while I gush about guns. Please welcome the chair of the Non-Human Mercenary Alliance, T\u2019ral Falrant.\n\nT\u2019ral Falrant: Pleased to be here. No worries about the gun talk. I\u2019m with you, Conva. That Tarantula. Damn.\n\nLet\u2019s start off with basics. I\u2019m sure there are some in the Guild who are unaware of what it is that your organization does.\n\nT\u2019ral Falrant: NohMa was founded 15 years ago with a pretty simple goal. We want to ensure that non-Human members of the Guild are treated with the same respect and courtesy as Human members, and to provide a resource where Tevarin, Banu and Xi\u2019An mercenaries can turn when they feel they are being treated unfairly. There\u2019s still a lot of work to be done, but I think NohMa has taken some important strides in changing the way the Guild thinks about non-Humans.\n\nLike the petition regarding manned turrets.\n\nT\u2019ral Falrant: Sure. Of course that is just one of many initiatives we have ongoing right now. Another would be our inter-species leadership training workshop that is coming up again in a few weeks.\n\nBut let\u2019s be fair, the turret petition is the one that is probably getting the most attention right now. A lot of Guild members are pretty upset with what they see as an attack on Humans.\n\nT\u2019ral Falrant: This is something that NohMa comes across all the time. When we start talking about rights for other species, immediately we start being accused of wanting to remove Human rights. Nothing could be farther from the truth. This isn\u2019t an either-or proposition. Rights for non-Humans doesn\u2019t take away rights for Humans, and vice versa. What we want is equality.\n\nAnd how does changing the name of manned turrets do that?\n\nT\u2019ral Falrant: Words carry weight. By calling it a manned turret, the implication, whether intentional or not, is one of exclusion. If you look up the definition of \u201cmanned\u201d it literally means having a Human crew. Our petition simply requests that the official Guild term for them to be called physically operated turrets.\n\nWhat about the argument that this is a term that\u2019s been used for millennia, well before Humans even knew of the existence of other sentient species.\n\nT\u2019ral Falrant: That is an argument for how the term came into existence, not one for why we must continue to use it. The change, while small in the grand scheme of things, goes a long way in firmly showing that not only are other species a part of the Guild, we are a fundamental part. Tevarin, Banu, Xi\u2019An. We fight by your side. We take the same risks. Yet again and again we are treated as different, as separate. Look at the Guild\u2019s 2944 Black List. Of all the mercenary deaths to happen during jobs, a disproportionately high number were Tevarin. Numerous polls have shown that Humans still believe the stereotype that the ferocity of Tevarin make them better for first wave assaults, that by their nature Tevarin are more willing to die, that they are disposable. This perception is costing lives. That\u2019s what I want Guild members to understand; speciesism isn\u2019t just about hurt feelings. Not in this job.\n\nAn important point. We have to take a quick break, but I want to talk more about how Guild members can help usher in change.\n\nT\u2019ral Falrant: Of course. I\u2019m not going anywhere.\n\nFantastic. When we come back, we will continue our discussion with T\u2019ral and be joined by Shari Novalla, captain of the JLA sataball team. She\u2019s coming by to discuss her most recent win last Sunday at Astro Arena and how having a team composed entirely of ex-mercs has given her an advantage that could see them all the way to the finals.\n\nAll that and more, in just a moment, on OP.NET.\n\n< TRANSMISSION BREAK >","de_DE":"< \u00dcBERTRAGUNG GEHT WEITER >\nOP.NET bricht das Spektrum mit einigen gut platzierten Info-Geb\u00fchren und ist zur\u00fcck von der Werbung, mit mir, Ihrem Gastgeber, Conva Maynard. Nochmals vielen Dank an unsere Sponsoren CDS und ihre hochwertigen pers\u00f6nlichen R\u00fcstungssysteme. Wenn es hei\u00df wird, \u00fcbernimmt CDS die Verantwortung.\n\nIch wei\u00df nicht, wie es euch allen geht, aber ich muss sagen, ich denke immer noch an die Sch\u00f6nheiten, die Skiv im heutigen technischen Look gezeigt hat. Im Ernst, diese Gallenson-Tarantelnadel? Major will. Ich habe Skiv in der Pause mehr danach gefragt, und er hat das in seiner Rezension nicht erw\u00e4hnt, aber anscheinend bietet der 870 einige wirklich beeindruckende Optimierungsoptionen. Vollpensionstausch, Entl\u00fcftung des Fasses, einfacher Zugang zur Einstellung des Kompressors. Ich sage nicht, dass es eine gute Idee w\u00e4re, die ROF zu maximieren, aber zur H\u00f6lle, wenn es nicht Spa\u00df machen w\u00fcrde, es auszuprobieren. Man spricht davon, ein Netz des Todes zu legen. Wenn man sich diese Sache ansieht, kann man erkennen, dass die Schmiede von Gallenson selbst ein Haufen Schusswaffenliebhaber sind.\n\nWei\u00dft du, die Leute versuchen immer wieder, mich mit Hilfe von Energiewaffen zu verkaufen - keine Munitionskisten oder Nachf\u00fcllungen und all das. Und ich verstehe es. Das tue ich wirklich. Aber wenn ein Job klebrig wird, f\u00fchle ich mich immer besser, wenn ich einen altmodischen Boom schleudere. Dieser Klumpen des R\u00fccksto\u00dfes l\u00e4sst mich wissen, dass im Vers alles in Ordnung sein wird.\n\nEntschuldigung. Ein wenig tangential, aber lassen Sie uns zu unserem besonderen Gast kommen, der, wie ich hinzuf\u00fcgen sollte, geduldig gewartet hat, w\u00e4hrend ich \u00fcber Waffen schw\u00e4rme. Bitte begr\u00fc\u00dfen Sie den Vorsitzenden der Non-Human Mercenary Alliance, T'ral Falrant.\n\nT'ral Falrant: Sch\u00f6n, hier zu sein. Keine Sorge wegen des Waffengeschw\u00e4tzes. Ich bin bei dir, Conva. Diese Tarantel. Verdammt.\n\nBeginnen wir mit den Grundlagen. Ich bin sicher, dass es einige in der Gilde gibt, die nicht wissen, was es ist, was Ihre Organisation tut.\n\nT'ral Falrant: NohMa wurde vor 15 Jahren mit einem ziemlich einfachen Ziel gegr\u00fcndet. Wir wollen sicherstellen, dass nicht-menschliche Mitglieder der Gilde mit dem gleichen Respekt und der gleichen H\u00f6flichkeit behandelt werden wie menschliche Mitglieder, und eine Ressource bereitstellen, die Tevarin-, Banu- und Xi'An-S\u00f6ldner nutzen k\u00f6nnen, wenn sie das Gef\u00fchl haben, dass sie ungerecht behandelt werden. Es gibt noch viel zu tun, aber ich denke, NohMa hat einige wichtige Schritte unternommen, um die Art und Weise zu \u00e4ndern, wie die Gilde \u00fcber Nicht-Menschen denkt.\n\nWie die Petition zu bemannten T\u00fcrmen.\n\nT'ral Falrant: Sicher. Das ist nat\u00fcrlich nur eine von vielen Initiativen, die wir derzeit durchf\u00fchren. Ein weiterer w\u00e4re unser art\u00fcbergreifender Leadership Training Workshop, der in wenigen Wochen wieder auftaucht.\n\nAber seien wir ehrlich, die Turm-Petition ist diejenige, die im Moment wahrscheinlich die gr\u00f6\u00dfte Aufmerksamkeit erf\u00e4hrt. Viele Gildenmitglieder sind ziemlich ver\u00e4rgert \u00fcber das, was sie als Angriff auf Menschen sehen.\n\nT'ral Falrant: Das ist etwas, auf das NohMa immer wieder st\u00f6\u00dft. Wenn wir anfangen, \u00fcber die Rechte anderer Arten zu sprechen, werden wir sofort beschuldigt, die Menschenrechte beseitigen zu wollen. Nichts k\u00f6nnte weiter von der Wahrheit entfernt sein. Das ist kein Entweder-Oder-Vorschlag. Rechte f\u00fcr Nicht-Menschen nehmen den Menschen keine Rechte weg und umgekehrt. Was wir wollen, ist Gleichheit.\n\nUnd wie funktioniert die \u00c4nderung des Namens von bemannten Gesch\u00fctzt\u00fcrmen?\n\nT'ral Falrant: Worte haben Gewicht. Indem man es einen bemannten Turm nennt, ist die Implikation, ob absichtlich oder nicht, eine der Ausgrenzung. Wenn man die Definition von \"bemannt\" nachschl\u00e4gt, bedeutet das w\u00f6rtlich, eine menschliche Crew zu haben. Unsere Petition fordert einfach, dass der offizielle Gildenbegriff f\u00fcr sie als physisch betriebene T\u00fcrme bezeichnet wird.\n\nWas ist mit dem Argument, dass dies ein Begriff ist, der seit Jahrtausenden verwendet wird, lange bevor die Menschen \u00fcberhaupt von der Existenz anderer empfindlicher Arten wussten?\n\nT'ral Falrant: Das ist ein Argument daf\u00fcr, wie der Begriff entstanden ist, und nicht, warum wir ihn weiter verwenden m\u00fcssen. Die Ver\u00e4nderung, auch wenn sie im Gro\u00dfen und Ganzen klein ist, geht einen langen Weg, um zu zeigen, dass nicht nur andere Arten ein Teil der Gilde sind, sondern wir ein grundlegender Teil. Tevarin, Banu, Xi'An. Wir k\u00e4mpfen an deiner Seite. Wir gehen die gleichen Risiken ein. Immer wieder werden wir als verschieden, als getrennt behandelt. Schaut euch die Schwarze Liste 2944 der Gilde an. Von allen S\u00f6ldner-Todesf\u00e4llen, die w\u00e4hrend der Arbeit auftreten, waren Tevarin \u00fcberproportional viele. Zahlreiche Umfragen haben gezeigt, dass die Menschen immer noch an das Stereotyp glauben, dass die Grausamkeit von Tevarin sie f\u00fcr Angriffe der ersten Welle besser macht, dass Tevarin von Natur aus eher bereit sind zu sterben, dass sie verf\u00fcgbar sind. Diese Wahrnehmung kostet Leben. Das ist es, was ich m\u00f6chte, dass die Gildenmitglieder verstehen; bei Speziesismus geht es nicht nur um verletzte Gef\u00fchle. Nicht in diesem Job.\n\nEin wichtiger Punkt. Wir m\u00fcssen eine kurze Pause einlegen, aber ich m\u00f6chte mehr dar\u00fcber sprechen, wie Gildenmitglieder helfen k\u00f6nnen, Ver\u00e4nderungen einzuleiten.\n\nT'ral Falrant: Nat\u00fcrlich. Ich gehe nirgendwo hin.\n\nFantastisch. Wenn wir zur\u00fcckkommen, werden wir unsere Diskussion mit T'ral fortsetzen und uns Shari Novalla, Kapit\u00e4n des JLA-Sataballteams, anschlie\u00dfen. Sie kommt vorbei, um \u00fcber ihren letzten Sieg am vergangenen Sonntag in der Astro Arena zu sprechen und dar\u00fcber, wie ein Team, das ausschlie\u00dflich aus Ex-Mercs besteht, ihr einen Vorteil verschafft hat, der sie bis ins Finale begleiten k\u00f6nnte.\n\nAll das und mehr, in nur einem Moment, auf OP.NET.\n\nGETRIEBEUNTERBRECHUNG >","zh_CN":"< TRANSMISSION CONTINUES >\nBreaching the Spectrum with some well-placed info charges, OP.NET is back from commercial, with me, your host, Conva Maynard. Thanks again to our sponsors CDS and their fine quality personal armor systems. When things get hot, CDS takes the heat.\n\nI don\u2019t know about you all, but I got to say, I am still thinking about those beauties Skiv showed off in today\u2019s tech look. Seriously, that Gallenson Tarantula? Major want. I was asking Skiv about it more during the break, and he didn\u2019t mention this in his review, but apparently the 870 features some really impressive tweak options. Full board swaps, venting on the barrel, easy access to adjust the compressor. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019d be a good idea to max out the ROF, but hell if it wouldn\u2019t be fun to try. Talk about laying down a web of death. Looking at this thing, you can tell that the smiths at Gallenson are a bunch of firearm enthusiasts themselves.\n\nYou know, people keep trying to sell me on the convenience of energy weapons \u2014 no ammo boxes or refilling and all that. And I get it. I really do. But when a job gets sticky, I always feel better hurling some old fashioned boom. That chunk chunk of the recoil lets me know that everything\u2019s going to be all right in the \u2019verse.\n\nSorry. Little bit of a tangent, but let\u2019s move on to our special guest, who, I should add, has been waiting patiently while I gush about guns. Please welcome the chair of the Non-Human Mercenary Alliance, T\u2019ral Falrant.\n\nT\u2019ral Falrant: Pleased to be here. No worries about the gun talk. I\u2019m with you, Conva. That Tarantula. Damn.\n\nLet\u2019s start off with basics. I\u2019m sure there are some in the Guild who are unaware of what it is that your organization does.\n\nT\u2019ral Falrant: NohMa was founded 15 years ago with a pretty simple goal. We want to ensure that non-Human members of the Guild are treated with the same respect and courtesy as Human members, and to provide a resource where Tevarin, Banu and Xi\u2019An mercenaries can turn when they feel they are being treated unfairly. There\u2019s still a lot of work to be done, but I think NohMa has taken some important strides in changing the way the Guild thinks about non-Humans.\n\nLike the petition regarding manned turrets.\n\nT\u2019ral Falrant: Sure. Of course that is just one of many initiatives we have ongoing right now. Another would be our inter-species leadership training workshop that is coming up again in a few weeks.\n\nBut let\u2019s be fair, the turret petition is the one that is probably getting the most attention right now. A lot of Guild members are pretty upset with what they see as an attack on Humans.\n\nT\u2019ral Falrant: This is something that NohMa comes across all the time. When we start talking about rights for other species, immediately we start being accused of wanting to remove Human rights. Nothing could be farther from the truth. This isn\u2019t an either-or proposition. Rights for non-Humans doesn\u2019t take away rights for Humans, and vice versa. What we want is equality.\n\nAnd how does changing the name of manned turrets do that?\n\nT\u2019ral Falrant: Words carry weight. By calling it a manned turret, the implication, whether intentional or not, is one of exclusion. If you look up the definition of \u201cmanned\u201d it literally means having a Human crew. Our petition simply requests that the official Guild term for them to be called physically operated turrets.\n\nWhat about the argument that this is a term that\u2019s been used for millennia, well before Humans even knew of the existence of other sentient species.\n\nT\u2019ral Falrant: That is an argument for how the term came into existence, not one for why we must continue to use it. The change, while small in the grand scheme of things, goes a long way in firmly showing that not only are other species a part of the Guild, we are a fundamental part. Tevarin, Banu, Xi\u2019An. We fight by your side. We take the same risks. Yet again and again we are treated as different, as separate. Look at the Guild\u2019s 2944 Black List. Of all the mercenary deaths to happen during jobs, a disproportionately high number were Tevarin. Numerous polls have shown that Humans still believe the stereotype that the ferocity of Tevarin make them better for first wave assaults, that by their nature Tevarin are more willing to die, that they are disposable. This perception is costing lives. That\u2019s what I want Guild members to understand; speciesism isn\u2019t just about hurt feelings. Not in this job.\n\nAn important point. We have to take a quick break, but I want to talk more about how Guild members can help usher in change.\n\nT\u2019ral Falrant: Of course. I\u2019m not going anywhere.\n\nFantastic. When we come back, we will continue our discussion with T\u2019ral and be joined by Shari Novalla, captain of the JLA sataball team. She\u2019s coming by to discuss her most recent win last Sunday at Astro Arena and how having a team composed entirely of ex-mercs has given her an advantage that could see them all the way to the finals.\n\nAll that and more, in just a moment, on OP.NET.\n\n< TRANSMISSION BREAK >"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":227,"created_at":"2015-03-18T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"11 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 02:37:25","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":14595,"next_id":14597}}