{"data":{"id":15117,"title":"This Day in History: The Path to Prime Citizen","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/15117-This-Day-In-History-The-Path-To-Prime-Citizen","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/15117","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/15117","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":727,"name":"ThisDayInHistoryFI2.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/j9vnjqd2pny04r\/source\/ThisDayInHistoryFI2.jpg","alt":"","size":1869743,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-08-19T21:16:16+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/727","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/727\/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":"THIS DAY IN HISTORY\nDecember 15, 2546 SET\n\nThe Path to Prime Citizen\nThe initial explosion occurred on August 23rd, 2546 at 12:00 SET. The corresponding echo carried through the biodome in Jata, alerting everyone that something was terribly wrong. Stunned Citizens and civilians gathered to gawk as first responders scanned the rubble for survivors. Shortly after the Spectrum began to broadcast live footage to the rest of Davien System, a second and third explosion shook the enclosure. The strategically placed charges inflicted critical damage to the biodome\u2019s structural integrity, causing it to collapse and kill thousands below.\n\nThe explosions shocked the UPE, which had just survived the First Tevarin War. The public was terrified that a Tevarin sleeper cell was responsible for the attack, but it was not long before Advocacy investigators declared otherwise. Analysis revealed the bomb components were Xi\u2019An in origin.\n\nOn the day of the \u201cAtrocity at Jata,\u201d Ivar Messer, at the time the High-General, was actively campaigning for an initiative to eliminate the UPE\u2019s governing triumvirate and consolidate power into a single office. He claimed the Tribunal system was a toothless, outdated, ineffectual system where every issue was obsessively discussed without any clear direction or resolution. He believed that ultimately the decision needed to come down to one person, a Prime Citizen who would be able to guide Humanity out from the mire of bureaucracy.\n\nWhen news of the bombings finally reached the Sol System, instead of immediately meeting with the Tribunal, Messer met with the press instead. Standing before reporters, Messer declared, \u201cI have drafted a plan that will hunt down those responsible for the atrocity at Jata and ensure this never happens again. If we had a Prime Citizen in place, these measures would already be in motion. Instead, the Empire must wait for the Tribunal to convene and debate. Who knows how many more systems will suffer similar attacks by then?\u201d\n\nOver the ensuing weeks, the Advocacy failed to find those responsible for the attacks. While Messer stopped short of accusing the Xi\u2019an government of orchestrating the explosions, his intensifying rhetoric left little doubt as to who he blamed. Meanwhile, the Tribunal\u2019s two other members, High-Secretary Janis Rezaian and High-Advocate Mauricio Tusk, publicly chastised Messer for \u201cinflammatory speech and an unwillingness to discuss strategies other than his own.\u201d The intra-Tribunal bickering ground the government to a halt and angered an Empire that yearned for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.\n\nTwo months after the Atrocity at Jata, an explosion ripped through Tram\u2019s bustling TDD building and killed close to 700 people. The Advocacy determined the bombs featured the same Xi\u2019an technology used in Jata. Over the following weeks, fear festered in the UPE as four more terrorist bombings occurred, killing hundreds more. Convinced only a strong leader could curb the attacks, Citizens voted in favor of replacing the Tribunal with a single Prime Citizen, then in an emergency election on December 15th, promptly selected Ivar Messer for the position. The rest, as they say, is history.\n\nOne of Messer\u2019s first actions as Prime Citizen was to increase the military\u2019s presence near highly populated areas as a deterrent against further attacks. The plan seemingly worked, as no more bombings occurred. History books even credited the end of the terrorist campaign to Messer\u2019s strong leadership.\n\nThen, in 2806, the UEE sanctioned a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to atone for the outrages of the Messer era, releasing a trove of previously classified data to the Ark. Sydney Kamarck, a Rhetor-based historian and professor of Human Political Systems, spent years scouring the information. Fascinated by the sociopsychology behind Humanity\u2019s transition from the Tribunal to Messer\u2019s fascist rule, she dedicated weeks each term teaching students the significance of each attack, but always struggled to answer why the perpetrators had chosen Jata\u2019s dome as a target.\n\nWhile digging through the now-unclassified documents, Kamarck came across an arrest record from the Jata police that contained a familiar name, Cyrus Ishitaka. Days before the attack on the city, Ishitaka got caught in a police dragnet of local SLAM dealers. He was arrested and booked before being released without charges. There was no reason given for his release \u2014 only a name: Pat Mora. A search for Pat Mora turned up a surprising answer. It was a military alias used by Adam Corr, another name familiar to Kamarck. Both Corr and Ishitaka had fought alongside Ivar Messer in the battle of Idris IV. Adam Corr led an infiltration team and Cyrus Ishitaka was a demolition expert.\n\nSensing a possible connection, Kamarck searched for evidence of Corr and Ishitaka in the other systems that experienced attacks. Traced through the regularly maintained contact he kept with his son, Ishitaka was placed in four of the five systems in the days leading up to each explosion. Meanwhile, neither Adam Corr nor his alias Pat Mora could be found anywhere. Other than springing Ishitaka from jail, Corr was essentially a ghost. That is until Messer was elected Prime Citizen and Corr was given a prominent position in the military.\n\nFate would not be so kind to Ishitaka. Days after the last terrorist attack occurred, Ishitaka was found dead in a New York City alley with a laser blast to the back of the head. The local police ruled it a SLAM deal gone wrong, but no suspects or witnesses were ever found. The only information on the case Kamarck could find was Ishitaka\u2019s autopsy, which was sealed at the time. After reading it, she discovered her most damning piece of evidence. The coroner had found something under Ishitaka\u2019s nail: traces of a rare chemical compound used in Xi\u2019An explosives.\n\nKamarck unveiled her discoveries and chronicled her interpretation of events in the 2812 best-seller The Path to Prime Citizen. The book blamed Ishitaka and Corr for the bombing campaign, but ultimately accused Ivar Messer of masterminding the plan as a way to ascend to Prime Citizen. While some critics complained that the theory was heavily predicated on circumstantial evidence, the court of public opinion accepted Kamarck\u2019s version of events.\n\nTo this day, the truth behind the Atrocity at Jata may never be fully known, but what cannot be disputed is that it was a crucial step down the dark path to dictatorship.","de_DE":"AN DIESEM TAG IN DER GESCHICHTE\n15. Dezember 2545 SET\n\nDer Weg zum Spitzenb\u00fcrger\nDie erste Explosion erfolgte um 12:00 Uhr SET. Das entsprechende Echo durchdrang den Biodom in Jata und warnte alle, dass etwas nicht stimmte. Bet\u00e4ubte B\u00fcrger und Zivilisten versammelten sich, um zu gaffen, als die Ersthelfer die Tr\u00fcmmer nach \u00dcberlebenden durchsuchten. Kurz nachdem das Spectrum begann, Live-Material an den Rest des Davien Systems zu senden, ersch\u00fctterte eine zweite und dritte Explosion das Geh\u00e4use. Die strategisch platzierten Ladungen verursachten einen kritischen Schaden an der strukturellen Integrit\u00e4t des Biodoms, so dass dieser zusammenbrach und Tausende von Menschen unter ihm t\u00f6tete.\n\nDie Explosionen ersch\u00fctterten die UPE, die gerade den Ersten Tevarinkrieg \u00fcberlebt hatte. Die \u00d6ffentlichkeit war ver\u00e4ngstigt, dass eine Tevarin-Schwellenzelle f\u00fcr den Angriff verantwortlich war, aber es dauerte nicht lange, bis die Ermittler von Advocacy das Gegenteil erkl\u00e4rten. Die Analyse ergab, dass die Bombenkomponenten aus Xi'An stammen.\n\nAm Tag der \"Gr\u00e4ueltat in Jata\" setzte sich Ivar Messer, damals Generaloberer, aktiv f\u00fcr eine Initiative ein, um das Regierungsdreigestirn der UPE zu beseitigen und die Macht in einem einzigen Amt zu b\u00fcndeln. Er behauptete, das Tribunalsystem sei ein zahnloses, veraltetes, ineffektives System, bei dem jedes Problem obsessiv diskutiert wurde, ohne eine klare Richtung oder L\u00f6sung. Er glaubte, dass die Entscheidung letztendlich auf eine Person fallen m\u00fcsse, einen Prime Citizen, der in der Lage sein w\u00fcrde, die Menschheit aus dem Sumpf der B\u00fcrokratie herauszuf\u00fchren.\n\nAls die Nachricht von den Bombenanschl\u00e4gen schlie\u00dflich das Sol-System erreichte, traf Messer statt sofort mit dem Tribunal zusammen, stattdessen mit der Presse. Messer erkl\u00e4rte vor Reportern: \"Ich habe einen Plan entworfen, der die Verantwortlichen f\u00fcr die Gr\u00e4ueltaten in Jata jagen und sicherstellen wird, dass sich das nie wieder wiederholt. Wenn wir einen B\u00fcrgermeister h\u00e4tten, w\u00e4ren diese Ma\u00dfnahmen bereits in Kraft. Stattdessen muss das Imperium warten, bis das Tribunal zusammentritt und debattiert. Wer wei\u00df, wie viele weitere Systeme bis dahin unter \u00e4hnlichen Angriffen leiden werden?\"\n\nIn den folgenden Wochen gelang es der Advocacy nicht, die f\u00fcr die Angriffe Verantwortlichen zu finden. W\u00e4hrend Messer nicht damit aufh\u00f6rte, die Regierung von Xi'An zu beschuldigen, die Explosionen zu orchestrieren, lie\u00df seine intensivierende Rhetorik wenig Zweifel daran, wen er beschuldigte. In der Zwischenzeit haben die beiden anderen Mitglieder des Tribunals, der Hohe Sekret\u00e4r Janis Rezaian und der Hohe Vertreter Mauricio Tusk, Messer \u00f6ffentlich wegen \"aufr\u00fchrerischer Rede und mangelnder Bereitschaft, andere Strategien als seine eigenen zu diskutieren\" gez\u00fcchtigt. Der Streit innerhalb des Tribunals brachte die Regierung zum Stillstand und erz\u00fcrnte ein Imperium, das sich danach sehnte, die T\u00e4ter vor Gericht zu bringen.\n\nZwei Monate nach der Gr\u00e4ueltat in Jata brach eine Explosion durch das gesch\u00e4ftige TDD-Geb\u00e4ude von Tram aus und t\u00f6tete fast 700 Menschen. Die Advocacy stellte fest, dass die Bomben mit der gleichen Xi'An-Technologie ausgestattet waren, die auch in Jata verwendet wurde. In den folgenden Monaten schwelte in der UPE die Angst, als vier weitere terroristische Bombenanschl\u00e4ge stattfanden und Hunderte weitere t\u00f6teten. \u00dcberzeugt, dass nur ein starker F\u00fchrer die Angriffe eind\u00e4mmen konnte, stimmten die B\u00fcrger f\u00fcr die Ersetzung des Tribunals durch einen einzigen Hauptb\u00fcrger und w\u00e4hlten Ivar Messer prompt in die Position. Der Rest, wie man so sch\u00f6n sagt, ist Geschichte.\n\nEine der ersten Aktionen von Messer als Prime Citizen bestand darin, die Pr\u00e4senz des Milit\u00e4rs in der N\u00e4he von Ballungszentren zu verst\u00e4rken, um vor weiteren Angriffen abzuschrecken. Der Plan schien zu funktionieren, da es keine weiteren Bombenangriffe mehr gab. In den Geschichtsb\u00fcchern wurde das Ende der Terrorkampagne sogar der starken F\u00fchrung von Messer zugeschrieben.\n\nDann, 2806, sanktionierte die UEE eine Wahrheits- und Vers\u00f6hnungskommission, um f\u00fcr die Gr\u00e4ueltaten der Messer-\u00c4ra zu b\u00fc\u00dfen und eine Fundgrube von zuvor geheimen Daten an die Arche weiterzugeben. Sydney Kamarck, ein in Rhetor lebender Historiker und Professor f\u00fcr menschliche politische Systeme, verbrachte Jahre damit, die Informationen zu durchsuchen. Fasziniert von der Sozialpsychologie hinter dem \u00dcbergang der Menschheit vom Tribunal zur faschistischen Herrschaft von Messer, widmete sie jedes Semester Wochen, um den Studenten die Bedeutung jedes Angriffs zu vermitteln, k\u00e4mpfte aber immer wieder darum, warum die T\u00e4ter die Kuppel von Jata als Ziel gew\u00e4hlt hatten.\n\nBeim Durchsuchen der jetzt nicht klassifizierten Dokumente stie\u00df Kamarck auf eine Verhaftungsakte der Polizei von Jata, die einen bekannten Namen, Cyrus Ishitaka, enthielt. Tage vor dem Angriff auf die Stadt wurde Ishitaka in ein Polizei-Dragnet von lokalen SLAM-H\u00e4ndlern verwickelt. Er wurde verhaftet und verhaftet, bevor er ohne Anklage freigelassen wurde. Es wurde kein Grund f\u00fcr seine Freilassung genannt - nur ein Name: Pat Mora. Eine Suche nach Pat Mora ergab eine \u00fcberraschende Antwort. Es war ein milit\u00e4rischer Deckname, der von Adam Corr benutzt wurde, ein weiterer Name, der Kamarck bekannt ist. Sowohl Corr als auch Ishitaka hatten neben Ivar Messer in der Schlacht von Idris IV gek\u00e4mpft. Adam Corr leitete ein Infiltrationsteam und Cyrus Ishitaka war ein Abbruchexperte.\n\nKamarck erkannte eine m\u00f6gliche Verbindung und suchte nach Beweisen f\u00fcr Corr und Ishitaka in den anderen Systemen, die Angriffe erlebten. Verfolgt durch den regelm\u00e4\u00dfig gepflegten Kontakt, den er mit seinem Sohn hielt, wurde Ishitaka in den Tagen vor jeder Explosion in vier der f\u00fcnf Systeme platziert. Inzwischen waren weder Adam Corr noch sein Deckname Pat Mora irgendwo zu finden. Anders als Ishitaka aus dem Gef\u00e4ngnis zu holen, war Corr im Wesentlichen ein Geist. Das war bis zur Wahl von Messer zum Prime Citizen und Corr erhielt eine herausragende Position im Milit\u00e4r.\n\nDas Schicksal w\u00e4re nicht so freundlich zu Ishitaka. Tage nachdem der letzte Terroranschlag stattgefunden hatte, wurde Ishitaka tot in einer New Yorker Gasse mit einer Laserexplosion in den Hinterkopf gefunden. Die \u00f6rtliche Polizei entschied, dass es sich um einen SLAM-Deal handelte, aber es wurden nie Verd\u00e4chtige oder Zeugen gefunden. Die einzige Information \u00fcber den Fall, den Kamarck finden konnte, war Ishitakas Autopsie, die zu diesem Zeitpunkt versiegelt war. Nachdem sie es gelesen hatte, entdeckte sie ihr verdammtestes Beweisst\u00fcck. Der Gerichtsmediziner hatte unter Ishitakas Nagel etwas gefunden: Spuren einer seltenen chemischen Verbindung, die in Xi'An Sprengstoff verwendet wurde.\n\nKamarck enth\u00fcllte ihre Entdeckungen und schrieb ihre Interpretation der Ereignisse in dem 2812 erschienenen Bestseller The Path to Prime Citizen. Das Buch beschuldigte Ishitaka und Corr f\u00fcr die Bombenangriffe, beschuldigte Ivar Messer aber schlie\u00dflich, den Plan als Weg zum Ersten B\u00fcrger zu leiten. W\u00e4hrend sich einige Kritiker dar\u00fcber beschwerten, dass die Theorie stark auf Indizienbeweisen beruhte, akzeptierte das Gericht die Version der Ereignisse von Kamarck.\n\nBis heute ist die Wahrheit hinter der Grausamkeit in Jata vielleicht nie vollst\u00e4ndig bekannt, aber was nicht bestritten werden kann, ist, dass es ein entscheidender Schritt auf dem dunklen Weg zur Diktatur war.","zh_CN":"THIS DAY IN HISTORY\nDecember 15, 2546 SET\n\nThe Path to Prime Citizen\nThe initial explosion occurred on August 23rd, 2546 at 12:00 SET. The corresponding echo carried through the biodome in Jata, alerting everyone that something was terribly wrong. Stunned Citizens and civilians gathered to gawk as first responders scanned the rubble for survivors. Shortly after the Spectrum began to broadcast live footage to the rest of Davien System, a second and third explosion shook the enclosure. The strategically placed charges inflicted critical damage to the biodome\u2019s structural integrity, causing it to collapse and kill thousands below.\n\nThe explosions shocked the UPE, which had just survived the First Tevarin War. The public was terrified that a Tevarin sleeper cell was responsible for the attack, but it was not long before Advocacy investigators declared otherwise. Analysis revealed the bomb components were Xi\u2019An in origin.\n\nOn the day of the \u201cAtrocity at Jata,\u201d Ivar Messer, at the time the High-General, was actively campaigning for an initiative to eliminate the UPE\u2019s governing triumvirate and consolidate power into a single office. He claimed the Tribunal system was a toothless, outdated, ineffectual system where every issue was obsessively discussed without any clear direction or resolution. He believed that ultimately the decision needed to come down to one person, a Prime Citizen who would be able to guide Humanity out from the mire of bureaucracy.\n\nWhen news of the bombings finally reached the Sol System, instead of immediately meeting with the Tribunal, Messer met with the press instead. Standing before reporters, Messer declared, \u201cI have drafted a plan that will hunt down those responsible for the atrocity at Jata and ensure this never happens again. If we had a Prime Citizen in place, these measures would already be in motion. Instead, the Empire must wait for the Tribunal to convene and debate. Who knows how many more systems will suffer similar attacks by then?\u201d\n\nOver the ensuing weeks, the Advocacy failed to find those responsible for the attacks. While Messer stopped short of accusing the Xi\u2019an government of orchestrating the explosions, his intensifying rhetoric left little doubt as to who he blamed. Meanwhile, the Tribunal\u2019s two other members, High-Secretary Janis Rezaian and High-Advocate Mauricio Tusk, publicly chastised Messer for \u201cinflammatory speech and an unwillingness to discuss strategies other than his own.\u201d The intra-Tribunal bickering ground the government to a halt and angered an Empire that yearned for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.\n\nTwo months after the Atrocity at Jata, an explosion ripped through Tram\u2019s bustling TDD building and killed close to 700 people. The Advocacy determined the bombs featured the same Xi\u2019an technology used in Jata. Over the following weeks, fear festered in the UPE as four more terrorist bombings occurred, killing hundreds more. Convinced only a strong leader could curb the attacks, Citizens voted in favor of replacing the Tribunal with a single Prime Citizen, then in an emergency election on December 15th, promptly selected Ivar Messer for the position. The rest, as they say, is history.\n\nOne of Messer\u2019s first actions as Prime Citizen was to increase the military\u2019s presence near highly populated areas as a deterrent against further attacks. The plan seemingly worked, as no more bombings occurred. History books even credited the end of the terrorist campaign to Messer\u2019s strong leadership.\n\nThen, in 2806, the UEE sanctioned a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to atone for the outrages of the Messer era, releasing a trove of previously classified data to the Ark. Sydney Kamarck, a Rhetor-based historian and professor of Human Political Systems, spent years scouring the information. Fascinated by the sociopsychology behind Humanity\u2019s transition from the Tribunal to Messer\u2019s fascist rule, she dedicated weeks each term teaching students the significance of each attack, but always struggled to answer why the perpetrators had chosen Jata\u2019s dome as a target.\n\nWhile digging through the now-unclassified documents, Kamarck came across an arrest record from the Jata police that contained a familiar name, Cyrus Ishitaka. Days before the attack on the city, Ishitaka got caught in a police dragnet of local SLAM dealers. He was arrested and booked before being released without charges. There was no reason given for his release \u2014 only a name: Pat Mora. A search for Pat Mora turned up a surprising answer. It was a military alias used by Adam Corr, another name familiar to Kamarck. Both Corr and Ishitaka had fought alongside Ivar Messer in the battle of Idris IV. Adam Corr led an infiltration team and Cyrus Ishitaka was a demolition expert.\n\nSensing a possible connection, Kamarck searched for evidence of Corr and Ishitaka in the other systems that experienced attacks. Traced through the regularly maintained contact he kept with his son, Ishitaka was placed in four of the five systems in the days leading up to each explosion. Meanwhile, neither Adam Corr nor his alias Pat Mora could be found anywhere. Other than springing Ishitaka from jail, Corr was essentially a ghost. That is until Messer was elected Prime Citizen and Corr was given a prominent position in the military.\n\nFate would not be so kind to Ishitaka. Days after the last terrorist attack occurred, Ishitaka was found dead in a New York City alley with a laser blast to the back of the head. The local police ruled it a SLAM deal gone wrong, but no suspects or witnesses were ever found. The only information on the case Kamarck could find was Ishitaka\u2019s autopsy, which was sealed at the time. After reading it, she discovered her most damning piece of evidence. The coroner had found something under Ishitaka\u2019s nail: traces of a rare chemical compound used in Xi\u2019An explosives.\n\nKamarck unveiled her discoveries and chronicled her interpretation of events in the 2812 best-seller The Path to Prime Citizen. The book blamed Ishitaka and Corr for the bombing campaign, but ultimately accused Ivar Messer of masterminding the plan as a way to ascend to Prime Citizen. While some critics complained that the theory was heavily predicated on circumstantial evidence, the court of public opinion accepted Kamarck\u2019s version of events.\n\nTo this day, the truth behind the Atrocity at Jata may never be fully known, but what cannot be disputed is that it was a crucial step down the dark path to dictatorship."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":91,"created_at":"2015-12-16T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"10 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 21:03:11","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":15116,"next_id":15121}}