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Considered old because of its place in the history of Human expansion, Rhetor was first visited in 2287, making it one of the earliest systems that Humanity discovered. Still, most consider Rhetor youthful because it is the heart of the UEE\u2019s public and private university system. Regardless of how it is perceived, Rhetor is an important part of Humanity\u2019s past and a key contributor to its future.\n\nRhetor was discovered by Leona Sono and Neil Nyemeto, two ambitious PhD students from the Martian Institute of Space and Technology (MIST). Sono, an engineering student and an accomplished pilot, wanted to test the accuracy of her ship\u2019s atomic navigational clock while traversing the Sol-Croshaw jump point. Nyemeto, a student in astrophysics, accompanied Sono, so he could collect data on Croshaw\u2019s plasma. While preparing to make the trip back home, one of Nyemeto\u2019s research drones returned a strange string of data. The pair investigated the location where the data was recorded, never expecting that the coordinates would led them directly to the Croshaw-Rhetor jump point.\n\nUpon Sono and Nyemeto\u2019s arrival at MIST, they shared their discovery with the school\u2019s president, Adrianne Zemlock, a former politician who had been highly critical of how Humanity had expanded into the Croshaw System. Zemlock worried that if private companies were given too much involvement in planetary development, then worlds would be built with corporate profits in mind first and Humanity\u2019s needs second. As Zemlock famously said, \u201cHumanity has realized that reaching the stars was easy. The hard part is figuring out what to do with them. So I ask you this \u2014 what kind of universe should we build?\u201d\n\nWith that question in mind, Zemlock, Sono and Nyemeto approached the government with news of the jump point. However, they refused to disclose its coordinates without assurances that a quarter of the land on all habitable and terraformed planets in the system would be preserved for educational purposes. Pushback from corporate interests was severe, but the education community rallied to the cause. Zemlock became a fixture on the Spectrum where she passionately defended the need for \u201cresponsible expansion.\u201d Public pressure to balance private and public interests grew, and the government eventually agreed to their terms. They even decided to name the system Rhetor, the word for a master and teacher of oratory and Zemlock\u2019s popular nickname, as a reminder that \u201cwords have the power to shape worlds.\u201d Once the government surveyed the system they discovered five planets, three of which were terrestrial worlds located in the star\u2019s wide habitable zone and worthy of terraforming. Vast deposits of neodymium, erbium, samarium and other rare elements were discovered on Rhetor II (Persei).\n\nThe government auctioned off mining rights to the entire planet, then used the profits to pay for the terraforming of Reisse (Rhetor III) and Mentor (Rhetor IV). To stay true to the initial agreement, land was set aside on Persei to establish a state-run university, while offering incentives for corporations to consider the planet for their research institutes and think tanks. Though not quite the educational oasis Zemlock envisioned, Persei has become an incubator for influential ideas and technological advancements. Rhetor\u2019s other two habitable planets have grown into bastions of higher education for the UEE. Students and related staff make up the majority of the population on both Reisse and Mentor. As a degree from one of its universities is considered a fast track to a job on Earth or Terra, the application process to attend any school in the system is fiercely competitive.\n\nMany historians have wondered what fate would have befallen Rhetor if Zemlock, Sono and Nyemeto had not insisted on placing education at the forefront. Persei\u2019s rare minerals brought prosperity to the system for only a few hundred years, but Rhetor\u2019s education infrastructure continues to infuse Humanity with new perspectives, ideas and technologies. For this reason, many consider Rhetor one of the most vital systems in the Empire.\n\nRhetor I\nA small, rocky dwarf planet with no terraforming prospects and an inhospitable climate.\n\nRhetor II (Persei)\nAccording to Werner Fricke, a former member of the UNE Planetary Expansion Committee, \u201cThe promise of Persei is what makes Rhetor possible.\u201d The planet\u2019s vast deposits of rare elements were the economic engine that drove development in the system. At first they brought in mining consortiums and technology companies, then top-tier scientists followed because of the expedited access to rare elements in their research.\n\nAs the planet\u2019s resources were mined away, Persei gained renown in intellectual and scientific communities. Numerous corporate research institutions and privately funded think tanks are headquartered here. Yet, it was the work done at the state-sponsored University of Persei Analytical Research and Quantification (UPARQ) that became known for pushing scientific boundaries. Though the work done at UPARQ is mostly classified, energy-efficient quantum drives and improved thermal-resistant spacesuit fabric are just some of the advances believed to have originated there. Due to the sensitive nature of UPARQ\u2019s work, access to the planet has become highly restricted.\n\nRhetor III (Reisse)\nReisse is home to a great number of prestigious institutions of higher learning that offer a variety of education options to people of all walks of life. Despite its growing reputation as a party planet, experts in a wide range of fields, from universal economic theory to the history of Banu oral tradition and everything in between, can be found in Reisse. With many of these experts appearing on Spectrum shows, and the high volume of comms traffic from students, Reisse is believed to have more comms relays near it than any other planet in the \u2019verse. The planet\u2019s youthful population has kept it on the cusp of cultural and political movements for centuries. It has also made it a constant thorn in the side of the UEE. Even the Messer regime struggled to stifle dissent on the planet.\n\nRecently declassified documents show that the Messers secretly encouraged state-run universities on Reisse to embed operatives into the administration and student population to act as radical and outspoken opponents to their regime, believing that by making these more extreme views front and center, it would help discredit all dissenters on the planet.\n\nInitially the plan worked and Rhetor was considered out of step with the rest of the UEE. Yet, the resistance to Rhetor\u2019s radical ideas only taught Messer\u2019s opponents how to soften their message for public consumption. Some historians credit the system\u2019s outspoken opposition as having a significant influence in helping the public accept Terran Senator Akari\u2019s justifications for negotiating a peace treaty with the Xi\u2019An independent of the Messers, as well as laying the foundation for what would come to be considered Transitionalist ideals.\n\nRegardless of the era, Reisse has always been and will continue to be a haven for youthful exuberance and the free exchange of ideas.\n\nRhetor IV (Mentor)\nLocated on the far edge of the habitable zone, Mentor has a harsh boreal climate that keeps most people indoors. Its highly rated universities have a reputation for being more studious than those on Reisse. Some students say the challenging climate helps them focus on their studies, while others struggle with the constant cold both physically and psychologically. For this reason, Mentor\u2019s institutions have a higher dropout rate than those on Reisse.\n\nMentor is also home to one of the UEE\u2019s universal seed vaults. This secure location reportedly contains seeds for every plant in the UEE. The vault\u2019s specific location is a closely guarded secret. There is a heightened military presence on the planet, but they usually keep their distance from the universities.\n\nRhetor V\nThe atmosphere of this beautiful chromatic gas giant constantly swirls with storms. It is a hypnotic view adored by tourists, passing pilots, and students with a predilection for hallucinogenic substances.\n\n\nTravel Warning\nEven though Persei has public universities, there are still extensive landing restrictions that the UEE military strictly enforces. To avoid incident, make sure that you have appropriate clearance before approaching any landing zone.\n\n\nHeard in the Wind\n\u201cAfter exiting the jump, I looked at Neil and asked what happened. He smiled and replied, \u2018History.\u2019\u201d\n\n\u2013 Leona Sono, The Accidental Explorer, 2364\n\n\u201cEducation. Honor. Empathy. Those are the core values Reisse\u2019s universities claim to instill in their students. Yet, after four years attending URL, these three words best describe my experience: politics, protests and parties. What can I say? It was the best time of my life.\u201d\n\n\u2013 Alex Boboltz, Diary of a Reisse Revolutionary, 2731","de_DE":"Das Rhetorensystem ist sowohl eines der \u00e4ltesten als auch eines der j\u00fcngsten in der UEE. Rhetor wurde wegen seines Platzes in der Geschichte der menschlichen Expansion als alt angesehen und wurde erstmals 2287 besucht, was es zu einem der ersten Systeme macht, die die Menschheit entdeckte. Dennoch halten die meisten Rhetor f\u00fcr jung, weil es das Herzst\u00fcck des \u00f6ffentlichen und privaten Universit\u00e4tssystems der UEE ist. Unabh\u00e4ngig davon, wie es wahrgenommen wird, ist Rhetor ein wichtiger Teil der Vergangenheit der Menschheit und ein wichtiger Faktor f\u00fcr ihre Zukunft.\n\nRhetor wurde von Leona Sono und Neil Nyemeto entdeckt, zwei ambitionierten Doktoranden des Martian Institute of Space and Technology (MIST). Sono, ein Ingenieurstudent und versierter Lotse, wollte die Genauigkeit der atomaren Navigationsuhr ihres Schiffes testen, w\u00e4hrend er den Sol-Croshaw-Sprungpunkt durchquert. Nyemeto, ein Student der Astrophysik, begleitete Sono, damit er Daten \u00fcber Croshaws Plasma sammeln konnte. W\u00e4hrend der Vorbereitung auf die Heimreise lieferte eine von Nyemetos Forschungsdrohnen eine seltsame Datenkette zur\u00fcck. Das Paar untersuchte den Ort, an dem die Daten aufgezeichnet wurden, und erwartete nie, dass die Koordinaten sie direkt zum Croshaw-Rhetor-Sprungpunkt f\u00fchren w\u00fcrden.\n\nAls Sono und Nyemeto bei MIST ankamen, teilten sie ihre Entdeckung mit der Pr\u00e4sidentin der Schule, Adrianne Zemlock, einer ehemaligen Politikerin, die sich sehr kritisch dar\u00fcber ge\u00e4u\u00dfert hatte, wie sich die Menschheit zum Croshaw-System entwickelt hatte. Zemlock bef\u00fcrchtete, dass, wenn private Unternehmen zu sehr in die planetarische Entwicklung einbezogen w\u00fcrden, Welten mit Unternehmensgewinnen im Hinblick auf die Bed\u00fcrfnisse der Menschheit gebaut w\u00fcrden. Wie Zemlock ber\u00fchmt sagte: \"Die Menschheit hat erkannt, dass es einfach ist, die Sterne zu erreichen. Der schwierige Teil ist es, herauszufinden, was man mit ihnen machen soll. Also frage ich dich: Welche Art von Universum sollen wir bauen?\"\n\nMit dieser Frage vor Augen, wandten sich Zemlock, Sono und Nyemeto mit Nachrichten \u00fcber den Sprungpunkt an die Regierung. Sie weigerten sich jedoch, ihre Koordinaten ohne Zusicherung offen zu legen, dass ein Viertel des Landes auf allen bewohnbaren und terrassenf\u00f6rmigen Planeten des Systems f\u00fcr Bildungszwecke erhalten bleiben w\u00fcrde. Der R\u00fccksto\u00df von Unternehmensinteressen war hart, aber die Bildungsgemeinschaft setzte sich f\u00fcr die Sache ein. Zemlock wurde zum festen Bestandteil des Spectrum, wo sie mit Leidenschaft die Notwendigkeit einer \"verantwortungsvollen Expansion\" verteidigte. Der \u00f6ffentliche Druck, private und \u00f6ffentliche Interessen in Einklang zu bringen, wuchs, und die Regierung stimmte schlie\u00dflich ihren Bedingungen zu. Sie beschlossen sogar, das System Rhetor zu nennen, das Wort f\u00fcr einen Meister und Lehrer des Oratoriums und Zemlocks popul\u00e4ren Spitznamen, um daran zu erinnern, dass \"Worte die Macht haben, Welten zu gestalten\". Nachdem die Regierung das System untersucht hatte, entdeckten sie f\u00fcnf Planeten, von denen drei irdische Welten waren, die sich in der weiten bewohnbaren Zone des Sterns befinden und terraforming-f\u00e4hig sind. Riesige Ablagerungen von Neodym, Erbium, Samarium und anderen seltenen Elementen wurden auf Rhetor II (Persei) entdeckt.\n\nDie Regierung versteigerte Bergbaurechte f\u00fcr den gesamten Planeten und bezahlte dann mit dem Gewinn das Terraforming von Reisse (Rhetor III) und Mentor (Rhetor IV). Um dem urspr\u00fcnglichen Abkommen treu zu bleiben, wurde Persei Land zur Verf\u00fcgung gestellt, um eine staatliche Universit\u00e4t zu gr\u00fcnden, und gleichzeitig Anreize f\u00fcr Unternehmen geschaffen, den Planeten f\u00fcr ihre Forschungsinstitute und Think Tanks zu ber\u00fccksichtigen. Obwohl nicht ganz die Bildungsoase, die Zemlock sich vorgestellt hat, ist Persei zu einem Inkubator f\u00fcr einflussreiche Ideen und technologische Fortschritte geworden. Die beiden anderen bewohnbaren Planeten von Rhetor sind zu Bastionen der h\u00f6heren Bildung f\u00fcr die UEE geworden. Studierende und verwandte Mitarbeiter machen die Mehrheit der Bev\u00f6lkerung in Reisse und Mentor aus. Da ein Abschluss von einer seiner Universit\u00e4ten als schneller Weg zu einem Job auf der Erde oder Terra angesehen wird, ist das Bewerbungsverfahren f\u00fcr den Besuch einer beliebigen Schule im System hart umk\u00e4mpft.\n\nViele Historiker haben sich gefragt, welches Schicksal Rhetor widerfahren w\u00e4re, wenn Zemlock, Sono und Nyemeto nicht darauf bestanden h\u00e4tten, die Bildung in den Vordergrund zu stellen. Persei's seltene Mineralien brachten dem System nur f\u00fcr ein paar hundert Jahre Wohlstand, aber die Bildungsinfrastruktur von Rhetor f\u00fcllt die Menschheit weiterhin mit neuen Perspektiven, Ideen und Technologien. Aus diesem Grund betrachten viele Rhetor als eines der wichtigsten Systeme im Imperium.\n\nRhetor I\nEin kleiner, felsiger Zwergplanet ohne Terraforming-Perspektiven und mit einem unwirtlichen Klima.\n\nRhetor II (Persei)\nLaut Werner Fricke, einem ehemaligen Mitglied des UNE-Planetenexpansionskomitees, \"macht das Versprechen von Persei Rhetor m\u00f6glich\". Die riesigen Vorkommen an seltenen Elementen auf dem Planeten waren der wirtschaftliche Motor, der die Entwicklung des Systems vorantrieb. Zuerst holten sie sich Bergbaukonsortien und Technologieunternehmen, dann folgten hochrangige Wissenschaftler, weil der Zugang zu seltenen Elementen in ihrer Forschung beschleunigt wurde.\n\nAls die Ressourcen des Planeten abgebaut wurden, erlangte Persei in intellektuellen und wissenschaftlichen Kreisen Anerkennung. Zahlreiche Forschungseinrichtungen der Unternehmen und privat finanzierte Think Tanks haben hier ihren Sitz. Doch es war die Arbeit an der staatlich gef\u00f6rderten University of Persei Analytical Research and Quantification (UPARQ), die daf\u00fcr bekannt wurde, wissenschaftliche Grenzen zu \u00fcberschreiten. Obwohl die Arbeit bei UPARQ gr\u00f6\u00dftenteils klassifiziert ist, sind energieeffiziente Quantenantriebe und ein verbessertes w\u00e4rmebest\u00e4ndiges Raumanzuggewebe nur einige der Fortschritte, von denen man annimmt, dass sie ihren Ursprung dort haben. Aufgrund der sensiblen Natur der Arbeit von UPARQ ist der Zugang zum Planeten stark eingeschr\u00e4nkt.\n\nRhetor III (Reisse)\nIn Reisse gibt es eine Vielzahl renommierter Hochschulen, die Menschen aus allen Lebensbereichen eine Vielzahl von Bildungsm\u00f6glichkeiten bieten. Trotz des wachsenden Rufs als Partyplanet finden sich in Reisse Experten aus den verschiedensten Bereichen, von der universellen Wirtschaftstheorie \u00fcber die Geschichte der m\u00fcndlichen Tradition Banus bis hin zu allem dazwischen. Mit vielen dieser Experten, die auf Spectrum-Shows erscheinen, und dem hohen Volumen des Kommunikationsverkehrs von Studenten, wird angenommen, dass Reisse mehr Kommunikationsrelais in der N\u00e4he hat als jeder andere Planet im Vers. Die junge Bev\u00f6lkerung des Planeten steht seit Jahrhunderten an der Schwelle zu kulturellen und politischen Bewegungen. Es hat es auch zu einem st\u00e4ndigen Dorn in der Seite der UEE gemacht. Selbst das Messer-Regime k\u00e4mpfte darum, den Dissens auf dem Planeten zu ersticken.\n\nK\u00fcrzlich freigegebene Dokumente zeigen, dass die Messers heimlich staatliche Universit\u00e4ten auf Reisse ermutigten, Arbeiter in die Verwaltung einzubetten und die Studentenpopulation als radikale und unverbl\u00fcmte Gegner ihres Regimes zu fungieren, da sie glaubten, dass es helfen w\u00fcrde, alle Andersdenkenden auf dem Planeten zu diskreditieren, indem es diese extremeren Ansichten nach vorne und in die Mitte brachte.\n\nZuerst funktionierte der Plan und Rhetor wurde als nicht im Einklang mit dem Rest der UEE betrachtet. Doch der Widerstand gegen die radikalen Ideen von Rhetor lehrte die Gegner von Messer nur, ihre Botschaft f\u00fcr den \u00f6ffentlichen Konsum zu erweichen. Einige Historiker f\u00fchren an, dass die unverbl\u00fcmte Opposition des Systems einen wesentlichen Einfluss darauf hat, der \u00d6ffentlichkeit zu helfen, die Rechtfertigungen von Terran Senator Akari f\u00fcr die Aushandlung eines Friedensvertrags mit dem Xi'An unabh\u00e4ngig von den Messern zu akzeptieren und den Grundstein f\u00fcr das zu legen, was als transitionalistische Ideale gelten w\u00fcrde.\n\nUnabh\u00e4ngig von der Zeit war und ist Reisse immer ein Ort f\u00fcr jugendlichen \u00dcberschwang und freien Gedankenaustausch.\n\nRhetor IV (Mentor)\nMentor liegt am \u00e4u\u00dfersten Rand der bewohnbaren Zone und hat ein raues boreales Klima, das die meisten Menschen im Haus h\u00e4lt. Die hoch bewerteten Universit\u00e4ten gelten als lernbegieriger als die auf der Reisse. Einige Sch\u00fcler sagen, dass das herausfordernde Klima ihnen hilft, sich auf ihr Studium zu konzentrieren, w\u00e4hrend andere mit der st\u00e4ndigen K\u00e4lte sowohl physisch als auch psychisch k\u00e4mpfen. Aus diesem Grund haben die Institute von Mentor eine h\u00f6here Abbrecherquote als die von Reisse.\n\nMentor ist auch die Heimat eines der universellen Saatguttresore der UEE. Dieser sichere Ort soll Samen f\u00fcr jede Pflanze in der UEE enthalten. Der spezifische Standort des Tresors ist ein streng bewachtes Geheimnis. Es gibt eine verst\u00e4rkte milit\u00e4rische Pr\u00e4senz auf dem Planeten, aber sie halten in der Regel Abstand zu den Universit\u00e4ten.\n\nRhetor V\nDie Atmosph\u00e4re dieses wundersch\u00f6nen chromatischen Gasriesen wirbelt st\u00e4ndig mit St\u00fcrmen. Es ist eine hypnotische Sichtweise, die von Touristen, vorbeikommenden Piloten und Studenten mit einer Vorliebe f\u00fcr halluzinogene Substanzen verehrt wird.\n\n\nReisewarnung\nObwohl Persei \u00fcber \u00f6ffentliche Universit\u00e4ten verf\u00fcgt, gibt es immer noch weitreichende Landebeschr\u00e4nkungen, die das UEE-Milit\u00e4r streng durchsetzt. Um Vorf\u00e4lle zu vermeiden, vergewissern Sie sich, dass Sie \u00fcber eine ausreichende Freigabe verf\u00fcgen, bevor Sie sich einer Landezone n\u00e4hern.\n\n\nIm Wind geh\u00f6rt\n\"Nachdem ich den Sprung verlassen hatte, sah ich Neil an und fragte, was passiert sei. Er l\u00e4chelte und antwortete: \"Geschichte\".\n\n- Leona Sono, The Accidental Explorer, 2364\n\n\"Bildung. Ehre. Empathie. Das sind die Kernwerte, die die Universit\u00e4ten von Reisse ihren Studenten vermitteln wollen. Doch nach vier Jahren Teilnahme an der URL beschreiben diese drei W\u00f6rter am besten meine Erfahrungen: Politik, Proteste und Parteien. Was soll ich sagen? Es war die beste Zeit meines Lebens.\"\n\n- Alex Boboltz, Tagebuch eines Reisse-Revolution\u00e4rs, 2731","zh_CN":"The Rhetor System is both one of the oldest and one of the youngest in the UEE. Considered old because of its place in the history of Human expansion, Rhetor was first visited in 2287, making it one of the earliest systems that Humanity discovered. Still, most consider Rhetor youthful because it is the heart of the UEE\u2019s public and private university system. Regardless of how it is perceived, Rhetor is an important part of Humanity\u2019s past and a key contributor to its future.\n\nRhetor was discovered by Leona Sono and Neil Nyemeto, two ambitious PhD students from the Martian Institute of Space and Technology (MIST). Sono, an engineering student and an accomplished pilot, wanted to test the accuracy of her ship\u2019s atomic navigational clock while traversing the Sol-Croshaw jump point. Nyemeto, a student in astrophysics, accompanied Sono, so he could collect data on Croshaw\u2019s plasma. While preparing to make the trip back home, one of Nyemeto\u2019s research drones returned a strange string of data. The pair investigated the location where the data was recorded, never expecting that the coordinates would led them directly to the Croshaw-Rhetor jump point.\n\nUpon Sono and Nyemeto\u2019s arrival at MIST, they shared their discovery with the school\u2019s president, Adrianne Zemlock, a former politician who had been highly critical of how Humanity had expanded into the Croshaw System. Zemlock worried that if private companies were given too much involvement in planetary development, then worlds would be built with corporate profits in mind first and Humanity\u2019s needs second. As Zemlock famously said, \u201cHumanity has realized that reaching the stars was easy. The hard part is figuring out what to do with them. So I ask you this \u2014 what kind of universe should we build?\u201d\n\nWith that question in mind, Zemlock, Sono and Nyemeto approached the government with news of the jump point. However, they refused to disclose its coordinates without assurances that a quarter of the land on all habitable and terraformed planets in the system would be preserved for educational purposes. Pushback from corporate interests was severe, but the education community rallied to the cause. Zemlock became a fixture on the Spectrum where she passionately defended the need for \u201cresponsible expansion.\u201d Public pressure to balance private and public interests grew, and the government eventually agreed to their terms. They even decided to name the system Rhetor, the word for a master and teacher of oratory and Zemlock\u2019s popular nickname, as a reminder that \u201cwords have the power to shape worlds.\u201d Once the government surveyed the system they discovered five planets, three of which were terrestrial worlds located in the star\u2019s wide habitable zone and worthy of terraforming. Vast deposits of neodymium, erbium, samarium and other rare elements were discovered on Rhetor II (Persei).\n\nThe government auctioned off mining rights to the entire planet, then used the profits to pay for the terraforming of Reisse (Rhetor III) and Mentor (Rhetor IV). To stay true to the initial agreement, land was set aside on Persei to establish a state-run university, while offering incentives for corporations to consider the planet for their research institutes and think tanks. Though not quite the educational oasis Zemlock envisioned, Persei has become an incubator for influential ideas and technological advancements. Rhetor\u2019s other two habitable planets have grown into bastions of higher education for the UEE. Students and related staff make up the majority of the population on both Reisse and Mentor. As a degree from one of its universities is considered a fast track to a job on Earth or Terra, the application process to attend any school in the system is fiercely competitive.\n\nMany historians have wondered what fate would have befallen Rhetor if Zemlock, Sono and Nyemeto had not insisted on placing education at the forefront. Persei\u2019s rare minerals brought prosperity to the system for only a few hundred years, but Rhetor\u2019s education infrastructure continues to infuse Humanity with new perspectives, ideas and technologies. For this reason, many consider Rhetor one of the most vital systems in the Empire.\n\nRhetor I\nA small, rocky dwarf planet with no terraforming prospects and an inhospitable climate.\n\nRhetor II (Persei)\nAccording to Werner Fricke, a former member of the UNE Planetary Expansion Committee, \u201cThe promise of Persei is what makes Rhetor possible.\u201d The planet\u2019s vast deposits of rare elements were the economic engine that drove development in the system. At first they brought in mining consortiums and technology companies, then top-tier scientists followed because of the expedited access to rare elements in their research.\n\nAs the planet\u2019s resources were mined away, Persei gained renown in intellectual and scientific communities. Numerous corporate research institutions and privately funded think tanks are headquartered here. Yet, it was the work done at the state-sponsored University of Persei Analytical Research and Quantification (UPARQ) that became known for pushing scientific boundaries. Though the work done at UPARQ is mostly classified, energy-efficient quantum drives and improved thermal-resistant spacesuit fabric are just some of the advances believed to have originated there. Due to the sensitive nature of UPARQ\u2019s work, access to the planet has become highly restricted.\n\nRhetor III (Reisse)\nReisse is home to a great number of prestigious institutions of higher learning that offer a variety of education options to people of all walks of life. Despite its growing reputation as a party planet, experts in a wide range of fields, from universal economic theory to the history of Banu oral tradition and everything in between, can be found in Reisse. With many of these experts appearing on Spectrum shows, and the high volume of comms traffic from students, Reisse is believed to have more comms relays near it than any other planet in the \u2019verse. The planet\u2019s youthful population has kept it on the cusp of cultural and political movements for centuries. It has also made it a constant thorn in the side of the UEE. Even the Messer regime struggled to stifle dissent on the planet.\n\nRecently declassified documents show that the Messers secretly encouraged state-run universities on Reisse to embed operatives into the administration and student population to act as radical and outspoken opponents to their regime, believing that by making these more extreme views front and center, it would help discredit all dissenters on the planet.\n\nInitially the plan worked and Rhetor was considered out of step with the rest of the UEE. Yet, the resistance to Rhetor\u2019s radical ideas only taught Messer\u2019s opponents how to soften their message for public consumption. Some historians credit the system\u2019s outspoken opposition as having a significant influence in helping the public accept Terran Senator Akari\u2019s justifications for negotiating a peace treaty with the Xi\u2019An independent of the Messers, as well as laying the foundation for what would come to be considered Transitionalist ideals.\n\nRegardless of the era, Reisse has always been and will continue to be a haven for youthful exuberance and the free exchange of ideas.\n\nRhetor IV (Mentor)\nLocated on the far edge of the habitable zone, Mentor has a harsh boreal climate that keeps most people indoors. Its highly rated universities have a reputation for being more studious than those on Reisse. Some students say the challenging climate helps them focus on their studies, while others struggle with the constant cold both physically and psychologically. For this reason, Mentor\u2019s institutions have a higher dropout rate than those on Reisse.\n\nMentor is also home to one of the UEE\u2019s universal seed vaults. This secure location reportedly contains seeds for every plant in the UEE. The vault\u2019s specific location is a closely guarded secret. There is a heightened military presence on the planet, but they usually keep their distance from the universities.\n\nRhetor V\nThe atmosphere of this beautiful chromatic gas giant constantly swirls with storms. It is a hypnotic view adored by tourists, passing pilots, and students with a predilection for hallucinogenic substances.\n\n\nTravel Warning\nEven though Persei has public universities, there are still extensive landing restrictions that the UEE military strictly enforces. To avoid incident, make sure that you have appropriate clearance before approaching any landing zone.\n\n\nHeard in the Wind\n\u201cAfter exiting the jump, I looked at Neil and asked what happened. He smiled and replied, \u2018History.\u2019\u201d\n\n\u2013 Leona Sono, The Accidental Explorer, 2364\n\n\u201cEducation. Honor. Empathy. Those are the core values Reisse\u2019s universities claim to instill in their students. Yet, after four years attending URL, these three words best describe my experience: politics, protests and parties. What can I say? It was the best time of my life.\u201d\n\n\u2013 Alex Boboltz, Diary of a Reisse Revolutionary, 2731"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":72,"created_at":"2015-11-10T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"10 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-04-27 09:30:14","valid_relations":["images","links","translations"],"prev_id":15049,"next_id":15052}}