{"data":{"id":15647,"title":"Untold Tales: The Unexpected Guest","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/15647-Untold-Tales-The-Unexpected-Guest","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/15647","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/15647","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":4588,"name":"UntoldTales_Title.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/lvtmyzw0gyvnzr\/source\/UntoldTales_Title.jpg","alt":"","size":716840,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2016-01-27T01:21:56+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/4588","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/4588\/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":"Looking into the vastness of space it\u2019s easy to feel small and insignificant, yet our ingenuity, inventiveness and imagination have made that extensive expanse of nothingness manageable. Today, we frequently travel great distances without giving it so much as a second thought. That is until, every once and awhile, something happens that\u2019s so unbelievable it makes you realize we\u2019re all connected by space and time in ways we\u2019ll never fully understand. This is Untold Tales.\n\nToday, we visit the city of Tram in the Ferron System, which has struggled to find its footing since mining companies left en masse during the mid-29th century. As the good paying jobs fled, so did the system\u2019s population. For the last century, Ferron has had only a few permanent residents, but that makes this untold story of an unexpected guest arriving at Octavia Watt\u2019s door that much more incredible.\n\nIt was a late December day in 2945 when the 127-year-old Octavia Watt decided to spend the afternoon getting her house ready for Traveler\u2019s Day. Each year, her three children and their families celebrated the holiday at her modest house on the outskirts of Tram. Gang fights over water and poor public services had driven most of the other residents away, yet Octavia stayed despite repeated attempts by her children to get her to move someplace less dangerous.\n\nOCTAVIA WATT: I wasn\u2019t havin\u2019 none of it. There\u2019s not much there \u2019cept my memories, but that\u2019s part of why I liked it. It also reminded me of the homestead in Charon where I grew up. There\u2019s a special kind of peace that comes with simple livin\u2019.\n\nOctavia\u2019s children had resigned themselves to their mother spending the rest of her days in a house she loved, situated within an increasingly hostile landscape. That is until an unexpected guest arrived and changed everything.\n\nOCTAVIA WATT: I\u2019d wandered down to Merle\u2019s to borrow an extra set of towels, \u2019cause there never seems to be enough when the kids are home. I was about halfway back to my place when the sky just lit up.\n\nOctavia looked up as a sonic boom erupted around her. Then a piercing scream cut across the sky, slicing through the thick layer of clouds and pollution permanently plastered above. A moment later, a second boom and a flash knocked her down. When she regained her footing, Octavia saw with horror that her house was in ruins. Amidst the dust and debris sat an improbable and unexpected guest.\n\nOCTAVIA WATT: I just \u2026 I mean, I had no idea what in the world had happened. When I got closer all I saw was this burnt up metal tube covered in UEE and Marine logos right where my good recliner used to be.\n\nThe sudden and surprising impact roused Octavia\u2019s remaining neighbors from their homes. One by one they gathered near the impact crater. They were baffled by what was before them until neighbor Merle Ramic, who had done a brief stint in the UEE Navy, arrived on the scene. He immediately identified the metal object as an individual rapid-entry assault pod used by the Marines for space-to-surface operations, more commonly known as a \u201cNail.\u201d\n\nWorried someone was trapped inside, Merle carefully made his way into the wreckage and opened the emergency hatch. After easing the body to the ground, Merle removed the Marine\u2019s helmet, hoping there was still a chance to save the poor soul. Only to discover that it was too late \u2026 way too late. The Marine had been dead for a while.\n\nLocal officials were on the scene in record time. The area was cordoned off and witness statements taken, but no one could answer the only question that mattered: how could Octavia\u2019s house have been destroyed by a dead Marine?\n\nThough many outside of the Marines have heard of the Nail, few have seen it in action. UPARQ scientists are believed to have reverse engineered the tech from the feared Vanduul boarding \u201cSpikes\u201d used in ship-to-ship combat, modifying the design to make it viable for a Human occupant. The current Nail can safely deploy a Marine from a ship in space to a planet surface in ninety seconds. The device is a technological marvel, if correctly deployed, and a metal coffin if not.\n\nThe UEE has never publicly commented on the incident, or even given Octavia an explanation about why her house was destroyed. They did pay her a generous resettlement fee and she now lives with her daughter in Cestulus. However, Octavia still finds herself wishing she called Tram home.\n\nOCTAVIA WATT: Oh boy, do I miss the peace and quiet. There\u2019s just too many people around here for my tastes, but what other options do I got? At least I can still take care of myself, so I\u2019m not too much trouble for Elena.\n\nOctavia still wonders exactly how a Marine Nail found its way into her house. When Untold Tales returns we talk to the person who might hold the answer \u2014 her former neighbor, Merle Ramic.\n\nMERLE RAMIC: I did my tour in the Navy, but was around enough Marines to know that uniform he was wearing was old, like real old. Based on some research I\u2019ve done, I\u2019d say about 200 years or so.\n\nAfter the break, Merle shares with us exactly what he saw that day. And we ask the question, what is the UEE hiding? Was this Nail deployed during a covert action in the Ferron System, or stranger yet, could it have somehow possibly come from an entirely different system centuries ago?\n\nThose questions and more when Untold Tales returns.","de_DE":"Wenn man in die Weiten des Raumes blickt, ist es leicht, sich klein und unbedeutend zu f\u00fchlen, aber unser Einfallsreichtum, unser Erfindergeist und unsere Vorstellungskraft haben diese gro\u00dfe Weite des Nichts beherrschbar gemacht. Heute legen wir h\u00e4ufig gro\u00dfe Entfernungen zur\u00fcck, ohne auch nur einen Gedanken daran zu verschwenden. Das ist, bis, ab und zu, etwas passiert, das so unglaublich ist, dass man merkt, dass wir alle durch Raum und Zeit auf eine Weise verbunden sind, die wir nie ganz verstehen werden. Hier ist Untold Tales.\n\nHeute besuchen wir die Stadt Tram im Ferron-System, die seit der massiven Verlagerung von Minengesellschaften in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts Schwierigkeiten hatte, ihren Halt zu finden. Mit der Flucht der gut bezahlten Arbeitspl\u00e4tze floh auch die Bev\u00f6lkerung des Systems. Im letzten Jahrhundert hatte Ferron nur wenige st\u00e4ndige Bewohner, aber das macht diese ungez\u00e4hlte Geschichte von einem unerwarteten Gast, der vor Octavia Watts T\u00fcr ankam, umso unglaublicher.\n\nEs war ein sp\u00e4terer Dezembertag im Jahr 2945, als die 127-j\u00e4hrige Octavia Watt beschloss, den Nachmittag damit zu verbringen, ihr Haus f\u00fcr den Traveler's Day vorzubereiten. Jedes Jahr feierten ihre drei Kinder und ihre Familien den Urlaub in ihrem bescheidenen Haus am Stadtrand von Tram. Bandenk\u00e4mpfe um Wasser und schlechte \u00f6ffentliche Dienste hatten die meisten anderen Bewohner vertrieben, doch Octavia blieb trotz wiederholter Versuche ihrer Kinder, sie dazu zu bringen, an einen weniger gef\u00e4hrlichen Ort zu ziehen.\n\nOCTAVIA WATT: Ich hatte nichts davon. Es gibt nicht viel, au\u00dfer meinen Erinnerungen, aber das ist ein Teil davon, warum ich es mochte. Es erinnerte mich auch an das Geh\u00f6ft in Charon, wo ich aufgewachsen bin. Es gibt eine besondere Art von Frieden, die mit einfachem Leben einhergeht.\n\nOctavias Kinder hatten sich damit abgefunden, dass ihre Mutter den Rest ihrer Tage in einem Haus verbrachte, das sie liebte, das in einer zunehmend feindlichen Landschaft lag. Das hei\u00dft, bis ein unerwarteter Gast kam und alles \u00e4nderte.\n\nOCTAVIA WATT: Ich war zu Merle's gegangen, um mir ein zus\u00e4tzliches Set Handt\u00fccher zu leihen, denn es scheint nie genug zu geben, wenn die Kinder zu Hause sind. Ich war ungef\u00e4hr auf halbem Weg zur\u00fcck zu meiner Wohnung, als der Himmel gerade erst erleuchtet war.\n\nOctavia blickte auf, als ein Schallboom um sie herum ausbrach. Dann schlug ein durchdringender Schrei \u00fcber den Himmel und schnitt durch die dicke Wolkenschicht und die Verschmutzung, die dauerhaft dar\u00fcber verputzt war. Einen Moment sp\u00e4ter wurde sie von einem zweiten Boom und einem Blitz niedergeschlagen. Als sie wieder Fu\u00df fassen konnte, sah Octavia mit Entsetzen, dass ihr Haus in Tr\u00fcmmern lag. Inmitten von Staub und Tr\u00fcmmern sa\u00df ein unwahrscheinlicher und unerwarteter Gast.\n\nOCTAVIA WATT: Ich habe nur... Ich meine, ich hatte keine Ahnung, was um alles in der Welt passiert ist. Als ich n\u00e4her kam, sah ich nur noch dieses verbrannte Metallrohr, das mit UEE- und Marine-Logos bedeckt war, genau dort, wo mein guter Liegestuhl fr\u00fcher war.\n\nDie pl\u00f6tzlichen und \u00fcberraschenden Auswirkungen weckten Octavias verbliebene Nachbarn aus ihren H\u00e4usern. Einer nach dem anderen versammelten sie sich in der N\u00e4he des Einschlagkraters. Sie waren verbl\u00fcfft \u00fcber das, was vor ihnen war, bis der Nachbar Merle Ramic, der einen kurzen Aufenthalt in der UEE Navy gemacht hatte, am Tatort eintraf. Er identifizierte das Metallobjekt sofort als eine individuelle, schnell einsetzbare Angriffskapsel, die von den Marines f\u00fcr Raumfahrteins\u00e4tze verwendet wurde, besser bekannt als \"Nagel\".\n\nAus Sorge, dass jemand darin gefangen war, machte sich Merle vorsichtig auf den Weg in das Wrack und \u00f6ffnete die Notluke. Nachdem sie den K\u00f6rper zu Boden gelassen hatte, entfernte Merle den Helm der Marine und hoffte, dass es noch eine Chance gab, die arme Seele zu retten. Nur um zu entdecken, dass es zu sp\u00e4t war... viel zu sp\u00e4t. Der Marine war schon eine Weile tot.\n\nLokale Beamte waren in Rekordzeit vor Ort. Das Gebiet wurde abgesperrt und Zeugenaussagen gemacht, aber niemand konnte die einzige wichtige Frage beantworten: Wie konnte Octavias Haus von einem toten Marine zerst\u00f6rt werden?\n\nObwohl viele au\u00dferhalb der Marines vom Nagel geh\u00f6rt haben, haben nur wenige ihn in Aktion gesehen. Es wird angenommen, dass UPARQ-Wissenschaftler die Technologie des gef\u00fcrchteten Vanduul Boarding \"Spikes\", die im Schiff-Schiff-Kampf verwendet wird, r\u00fcckw\u00e4rts entwickelt haben und das Design modifiziert haben, um es f\u00fcr einen menschlichen Insassen lebensf\u00e4hig zu machen. Der aktuelle Nagel kann einen Marine in neunzig Sekunden sicher von einem Schiff im All auf eine Planetenoberfl\u00e4che bringen. Das Ger\u00e4t ist ein technologisches Wunderwerk, wenn es richtig eingesetzt wird, und ein Metallsarg, wenn nicht.\n\nDie UEE hat den Vorfall nie \u00f6ffentlich kommentiert oder Octavia sogar eine Erkl\u00e4rung gegeben, warum ihr Haus zerst\u00f6rt wurde. Sie bezahlten ihr eine gro\u00dfz\u00fcgige Umsiedlungsgeb\u00fchr und sie lebt jetzt mit ihrer Tochter in Cestulus. Octavia w\u00fcnscht sich jedoch immer noch, dass sie Tram nach Hause ruft.\n\nOCTAVIA WATT: Oh Junge, ich vermisse die Ruhe. Es gibt hier einfach zu viele Leute f\u00fcr meinen Geschmack, aber welche anderen M\u00f6glichkeiten habe ich? Wenigstens kann ich mich noch um mich selbst k\u00fcmmern, also bin ich nicht zu viel \u00c4rger f\u00fcr Elena.\n\nOctavia fragt sich immer noch, wie genau ein Marine Nail den Weg in ihr Haus gefunden hat. Als Untold Tales zur\u00fcckkehrt, sprechen wir mit der Person, die die Antwort halten k\u00f6nnte - ihrer ehemaligen Nachbarin Merle Ramic.\n\nMERLE RAMIC: Ich habe meine Tour in der Navy gemacht, aber ich war bei genug Marines, um zu wissen, dass die Uniform, die er trug, alt war, wie wirklich alt. Basierend auf einigen Recherchen, die ich durchgef\u00fchrt habe, w\u00fcrde ich sagen, etwa 200 Jahre oder so.\n\nNach der Pause teilt Merle uns genau mit, was er an diesem Tag gesehen hat. Und wir stellen die Frage, was verbirgt die UEE? Wurde dieser Nagel w\u00e4hrend einer verdeckten Aktion im Ferron-System eingesetzt, oder noch fremder, k\u00f6nnte er irgendwie vor Jahrhunderten aus einem ganz anderen System stammen?\n\nDiese und weitere Fragen, wenn Untold Tales zur\u00fcckkehrt.","zh_CN":"Looking into the vastness of space it\u2019s easy to feel small and insignificant, yet our ingenuity, inventiveness and imagination have made that extensive expanse of nothingness manageable. Today, we frequently travel great distances without giving it so much as a second thought. That is until, every once and awhile, something happens that\u2019s so unbelievable it makes you realize we\u2019re all connected by space and time in ways we\u2019ll never fully understand. This is Untold Tales.\n\nToday, we visit the city of Tram in the Ferron System, which has struggled to find its footing since mining companies left en masse during the mid-29th century. As the good paying jobs fled, so did the system\u2019s population. For the last century, Ferron has had only a few permanent residents, but that makes this untold story of an unexpected guest arriving at Octavia Watt\u2019s door that much more incredible.\n\nIt was a late December day in 2945 when the 127-year-old Octavia Watt decided to spend the afternoon getting her house ready for Traveler\u2019s Day. Each year, her three children and their families celebrated the holiday at her modest house on the outskirts of Tram. Gang fights over water and poor public services had driven most of the other residents away, yet Octavia stayed despite repeated attempts by her children to get her to move someplace less dangerous.\n\nOCTAVIA WATT: I wasn\u2019t havin\u2019 none of it. There\u2019s not much there \u2019cept my memories, but that\u2019s part of why I liked it. It also reminded me of the homestead in Charon where I grew up. There\u2019s a special kind of peace that comes with simple livin\u2019.\n\nOctavia\u2019s children had resigned themselves to their mother spending the rest of her days in a house she loved, situated within an increasingly hostile landscape. That is until an unexpected guest arrived and changed everything.\n\nOCTAVIA WATT: I\u2019d wandered down to Merle\u2019s to borrow an extra set of towels, \u2019cause there never seems to be enough when the kids are home. I was about halfway back to my place when the sky just lit up.\n\nOctavia looked up as a sonic boom erupted around her. Then a piercing scream cut across the sky, slicing through the thick layer of clouds and pollution permanently plastered above. A moment later, a second boom and a flash knocked her down. When she regained her footing, Octavia saw with horror that her house was in ruins. Amidst the dust and debris sat an improbable and unexpected guest.\n\nOCTAVIA WATT: I just \u2026 I mean, I had no idea what in the world had happened. When I got closer all I saw was this burnt up metal tube covered in UEE and Marine logos right where my good recliner used to be.\n\nThe sudden and surprising impact roused Octavia\u2019s remaining neighbors from their homes. One by one they gathered near the impact crater. They were baffled by what was before them until neighbor Merle Ramic, who had done a brief stint in the UEE Navy, arrived on the scene. He immediately identified the metal object as an individual rapid-entry assault pod used by the Marines for space-to-surface operations, more commonly known as a \u201cNail.\u201d\n\nWorried someone was trapped inside, Merle carefully made his way into the wreckage and opened the emergency hatch. After easing the body to the ground, Merle removed the Marine\u2019s helmet, hoping there was still a chance to save the poor soul. Only to discover that it was too late \u2026 way too late. The Marine had been dead for a while.\n\nLocal officials were on the scene in record time. The area was cordoned off and witness statements taken, but no one could answer the only question that mattered: how could Octavia\u2019s house have been destroyed by a dead Marine?\n\nThough many outside of the Marines have heard of the Nail, few have seen it in action. UPARQ scientists are believed to have reverse engineered the tech from the feared Vanduul boarding \u201cSpikes\u201d used in ship-to-ship combat, modifying the design to make it viable for a Human occupant. The current Nail can safely deploy a Marine from a ship in space to a planet surface in ninety seconds. The device is a technological marvel, if correctly deployed, and a metal coffin if not.\n\nThe UEE has never publicly commented on the incident, or even given Octavia an explanation about why her house was destroyed. They did pay her a generous resettlement fee and she now lives with her daughter in Cestulus. However, Octavia still finds herself wishing she called Tram home.\n\nOCTAVIA WATT: Oh boy, do I miss the peace and quiet. There\u2019s just too many people around here for my tastes, but what other options do I got? At least I can still take care of myself, so I\u2019m not too much trouble for Elena.\n\nOctavia still wonders exactly how a Marine Nail found its way into her house. When Untold Tales returns we talk to the person who might hold the answer \u2014 her former neighbor, Merle Ramic.\n\nMERLE RAMIC: I did my tour in the Navy, but was around enough Marines to know that uniform he was wearing was old, like real old. Based on some research I\u2019ve done, I\u2019d say about 200 years or so.\n\nAfter the break, Merle shares with us exactly what he saw that day. And we ask the question, what is the UEE hiding? Was this Nail deployed during a covert action in the Ferron System, or stranger yet, could it have somehow possibly come from an entirely different system centuries ago?\n\nThose questions and more when Untold Tales returns."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":72,"created_at":"2016-12-21T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"9 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-14 05:16:10","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":15646,"next_id":15650}}