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They don\u2019t remember it as home to millions of Humans, but only as a place where Vanduul harvesters chew through worlds we were forced to abandon. Still, everyone has heard the stories of the Fall of Caliban in 2884. The frantic planet-wide evacuation. The panic-stricken public making matters only worse. Events that so shocked the Empire, many will always remember where they were when they first heard the news of the system\u2019s loss.\n\nAlmost overnight, 500 years of Human history was gone. Now, the lives of those who occupied Crion exist only in historical records and the memories of those few who survived. For many today, this one tragic moment defines the system, yet Caliban is so much more. Its vibrant and tumultuous history dates all the way back to . . . well, we don\u2019t precisely know.\n\n\n\nUncertain Beginnings\n\nIn 2341, hauler Ashley Ghan sold the location of the Caliban System to the government. Ghan was on a supply run in Nul when an outlaw pack sprang a trap. Overmatched and under fire, Ghan quickly spooled her quantum drive and jumped. While running scans to make sure she wasn\u2019t being pursued, she discovered an anomaly that ultimately turned out to be the jump point that took her to a new system.\n\nIn an instant, Ghan became an Empire-wide hero. Caliban, named after Ghan\u2019s father, was only the sixth system discovered by Humanity. Yet despite offers to discuss her discovery with luminaries from the scientific community and capitalize on endorsement deals, Ghan quietly collected her reward and then disappeared.\n\nWhen government pathfinders charted the system a shocking discovery was made. A Human structure already existed on Caliban 4f, a moon of Caliban IV. Even though the building was poorly constructed, its location was expertly selected. Inside were crates of precious ores that would have required painstaking excavation, along with other clues leading experts to believe that it had been there for years.\n\nNews of previous Human activity in the system incited skeptics to call Ghan\u2019s story into question. Dozens of people came forward to claim it was their shack, and thus their names should be added to the history books and money added to their accounts. Yet none had the jump data to prove it. Conflicting rumors swirled, with some claiming Ghan betrayed her former pirate crew, while others believed she was an elite infoagent cashing out and changing careers.\n\nEventually, Ghan came forward for an exclusive interview with Lynn Gale. Viewer traffic to watch the live event was so intense it crashed a number of older networks around the Empire. Though demand was high, the interview did little to resolve the controversy. Awkward in an obviously rehearsed way, Ghan stuck to her story and denied being anything but lucky. For her, the discovery was apparently a blessing that had become a curse.\n\nPublic interest gradually abated, and attempts to uncover the shack\u2019s history were unsuccessful. Still, Humanity\u2019s first mysterious imprint on the system was not forgotten. All official government paperwork lists 2341 as the first recorded jump into Caliban, and \u201cUnknown\u201d appears next to its discovery date.\n\n\n\nProgress & Peril\n\nFollowing the system\u2019s (re)discovery, the government immediately set to terraforming Crion (Caliban II). The public interest in the system was overwhelming, so once the planet was cleared for habitation, it wasn\u2019t long before millions called it home. Life was normal in Caliban until February 18, 2617, when the large jump point connecting it to Nul collapsed. Thankfully the system still had a stable connection to Oberon and wasn\u2019t isolated from the universe. Eventually, a small jump point reformed between Caliban and Nul, and has been there ever since.\n\n\n\nStill, the incident shocked and scared many residents. Crion\u2019s population steadily decreased for decades as some worried the system would suffer the same fate as Oretani. The ominous event cast a pall over the system, but no one could have imagined the horrors to come. In 2739, the Vanduul arrived on Caliban\u2019s doorstep.\n\nThe attacks initially began as small raiding parties, but as time went on, skirmish after skirmish built to a final battle of a scale unseen again till the recent Battle of Vega. On July 7, 2884, a Vanduul clan lead by a massive Kingship slipped by sensor beacons and entered the system. The attack was swift and ruthless. Despite the Navy\u2019s best efforts to defend the system from the ruthless invaders and the brave heroics of the men and women of the fabled \u2018Lost Squad,\u2019 in the end, Humanity had no choice but to retreat in the face of overwhelming force. The system has been under Vanduul control ever since.\n\nCALIBAN I\nHumanity ripped out the resources of this small, coreless world to help construct Crion. Now, even the Vanduul pay it no mind.\n\nCALIBAN II (Crion)\nCrion is a small, rocky world ideally situated in the green band of Caliban\u2019s G-type, main sequence star. It was quickly terraformed and populated by adventurous souls looking to live on the edge of the known universe. Boro, its capital, became a haven for explorers probing the Empire\u2019s western front. In 2599, travel writer Shasta Wagner described Boro as having \u201ca cosmopolitan appearance, but a strong frontier spirit.\u201d\n\nPolitical activism within the system increased with the Vanduul threat. Many residents believed the Messer regime was intentionally withholding military resources from the system, as the occasional attack only reinforced the UEE\u2019s need for a strong, militaristic leader. Yet even after the Messers were deposed, Navy presence and sensor beacons seemed woefully lacking, which some claim set the stage for the horrific attack on the system.\n\nNow, Crion stands as a shattered skeleton of its former self. Vast swaths of land have been harvested by passing Vanduul Clans, who enter the system and drop their horrific machines to the surface. As they continue to consume former cities and the land itself to rebuild their fleet, experts say it will only be a matter of time till all traces of Humanity are wiped clean.\n\nCALIBAN III\nCaliban III is a desert planet that was initially deemed unworthy of terraforming. However, by the mid-29th century, technology had advanced enough to make it possible. The planet was in the process of becoming Human habitable when the Vanduul attacked.\n\nToday, the terraforming machinery has crashed into the planet\u2019s surface, and the world is reverting to its original state. With a little hindsight, many wish the credits spent terraforming this world would have instead gone to defending the system.\n\nCALIBAN BELT ALPHA\nResources abounded in this asteroid belt before the Vanduul overran the system. Now, experts fear the Vanduul may have picked it clean for their own purposes.\n\nCALIBAN IV\nSilicate and iron swirl through the atmosphere of this gas giant, providing the planet its stunning grey-green color.\n\nCALIBAN V\nThis protoplanet lacks an atmosphere, but must contain resources the Vanduul value. Recent scan drones have spotted them strip mining this craggy rock.\n\nHEARD IN THE WIND\n\u201cI have studied Hell. I have exhaustively researched every manifestation of the place as depicted throughout Humanity\u2019s history and I would rather live in any of those than see Caliban.\u201d\n- Malcolm Wallace, Theologian\/Philosopher, 2914\n\n\n\n\u201cWith the amount of drama this whole thing has caused me, I\u2019m starting to think I might\u2019ve been better off if I\u2019d gone and lived in a shed.\u201d\n- Ashley Ghan, interview excerpt from One and All with Lynn Gale, 2343\n\nTRAVEL WARNING\nWith the constant threat of Vanduul attack, Galactic Guide does not recommend anyone travel to the Caliban system and intends this guide for entertainment purposes only.","de_DE":"F\u00fcr die Jugend von heute war Caliban immer ein Vanduul-System. Sie erinnern sich nicht an die Heimat von Millionen von Menschen, sondern nur an einen Ort, an dem Vanduul-Erntemaschinen durch Welten kauen, die wir verlassen mussten. Dennoch hat jeder die Geschichten vom Fall des Kaliban im Jahr 2884 geh\u00f6rt. Die hektische, planetweite Evakuierung. Die in Panik geratene \u00d6ffentlichkeit verschlimmert die Situation nur noch. Ereignisse, die das Imperium so schockiert haben, dass sich viele immer daran erinnern werden, wo sie waren, als sie zum ersten Mal die Nachricht vom Verlust des Systems h\u00f6rten.\n\nFast \u00fcber Nacht waren 500 Jahre Menschheitsgeschichte vergangen. Nun, das Leben derer, die Crion besetzten, existiert nur noch in historischen Aufzeichnungen und die Erinnerungen an die wenigen \u00dcberlebenden. F\u00fcr viele heute definiert dieser eine tragische Moment das System, aber Caliban ist so viel mehr. Seine pulsierende und turbulente Geschichte reicht bis in die Zeit zur\u00fcck.... naja, wir wissen es nicht genau.\n\n\nUngewisse Anf\u00e4nge\n\nIm Jahr 2341 verkaufte der Spediteur Ashley Ghan den Standort des Kaliban-Systems an die UNE. Ghan war auf einem Versorgungslauf in Nul, als ein Gesetzloser Pack eine Falle stellte. \u00dcberw\u00e4ltigt und unter Beschuss, spulte Ghan schnell ihren Quantenantrieb und sprang. W\u00e4hrend sie Scans durchf\u00fchrte, um sicherzustellen, dass sie nicht verfolgt wurde, entdeckte sie eine Anomalie, die sich letztendlich als der Sprungpunkt herausstellte, der sie zu einem neuen System f\u00fchrte.\n\nIn einem Augenblick wurde Ghan zu einem empireweiten Helden. Caliban, benannt nach Ghans Vater, war nur das sechste System, das von der Menschheit entdeckt wurde. Doch trotz der Angebote, ihre Entdeckung mit Koryph\u00e4en aus der wissenschaftlichen Gemeinschaft zu diskutieren und von den Deals zu profitieren, sammelte Ghan leise ihre Belohnung ein und verschwand dann.\n\nAls die UNE-Pfadfinder das System kartierten, wurde eine schockierende Entdeckung gemacht. Eine menschliche Struktur existierte bereits auf Kaliban 4f, einem Mond von Kaliban IV. Obwohl das Geb\u00e4ude schlecht gebaut war, wurde sein Standort sorgf\u00e4ltig ausgew\u00e4hlt. Darin befanden sich Kisten mit wertvollen Erzen, die eine sorgf\u00e4ltige Ausgrabung erfordert h\u00e4tten, zusammen mit anderen Hinweisen, die Experten glauben lie\u00dfen, dass sie schon seit Jahren dort waren.\n\nNachrichten \u00fcber fr\u00fchere menschliche Aktivit\u00e4ten im System veranlassten Skeptiker, Ghans Geschichte in Frage zu stellen. Dutzende von Menschen kamen vor, um zu behaupten, es sei ihre H\u00fctte, und so sollten ihre Namen in die Geschichtsb\u00fccher aufgenommen werden und Geld auf ihre Konten. Doch keiner hatte die Sprungdaten, um es zu beweisen. Widerspr\u00fcchliche Ger\u00fcchte brodelten, wobei einige behaupteten, Ghan habe ihre ehemalige Piratencrew verraten, w\u00e4hrend andere glaubten, sie sei eine Elite-Infoagentur, die Geld auszahlte und die Karriere \u00e4nderte.\n\nSchlie\u00dflich kam Ghan zu einem exklusiven Interview mit Lynn Gale. Der Besucherverkehr, um das Live-Ereignis zu verfolgen, war so intensiv, dass er eine Reihe \u00e4lterer Netzwerke im ganzen Reich zum Einsturz brachte. Obwohl die Nachfrage hoch war, tat das Interview wenig, um die Kontroverse zu l\u00f6sen. Auf offensichtlich einstudierte Weise unbeholfen, hielt sich Ghan an ihre Geschichte und leugnete, alles andere als Gl\u00fcck zu sein. F\u00fcr sie war die Entdeckung anscheinend ein Segen, der zum Fluch geworden war.\n\nDas \u00f6ffentliche Interesse nahm allm\u00e4hlich ab, und Versuche, die Geschichte der H\u00fctte aufzudecken, waren erfolglos. Dennoch wurde der erste mysteri\u00f6se Abdruck der Menschheit auf dem System nicht vergessen. Alle offiziellen Regierungspapiere f\u00fchren 2341 als ersten dokumentierten Sprung in Caliban auf, und \"Unbekannt\" erscheint neben dem Datum der Entdeckung.\n\n\nFortschritt & Gefahr\n\nNach der (Wieder-)Entdeckung des Systems setzte die UNE sofort auf terraforming Crion (Caliban II). Das \u00f6ffentliche Interesse an dem System war \u00fcberw\u00e4ltigend, so dass es nicht lange dauerte, bis Millionen Menschen es als ihr Zuhause bezeichneten, sobald der Planet f\u00fcr die Besiedlung freigegeben war. Das Leben in Caliban war bis zum 18. Februar 2617 normal, als der gro\u00dfe Sprungpunkt, der ihn mit Nul verband, zusammenbrach. Gl\u00fccklicherweise hatte das System noch eine stabile Verbindung zu Oberon und war nicht vom Universum isoliert. Schlie\u00dflich wurde ein kleiner Sprungpunkt zwischen Kaliban und Nul reformiert, der seither besteht.\n\n\nDennoch schockierte und erschreckte der Vorfall viele Bewohner. Die Bev\u00f6lkerung von Crion nahm jahrzehntelang stetig ab, da einige bef\u00fcrchteten, dass das System das gleiche Schicksal erleiden w\u00fcrde wie Oretani. Das omin\u00f6se Ereignis warf einen Schatten auf das System, aber niemand h\u00e4tte sich die kommenden Schrecken vorstellen k\u00f6nnen. Im Jahr 2681 kamen die Vanduul vor Calibans Haust\u00fcr an.\n\nDie Angriffe begannen zun\u00e4chst als kleine Raubz\u00fcge, aber im Laufe der Zeit folgte ein Scharm\u00fctzel nach dem anderen, das zu einer Endschlacht in einem Ausma\u00df aufgebaut wurde, das bis zur j\u00fcngsten Schlacht von Vega wieder ungesehen war. Am 7. Juli 2884 rutschte ein Vanduul-Clan, der von einem massiven K\u00f6nigsschiff angef\u00fchrt wurde, durch Sensorkennleuchten aus und trat in das System ein. Der Angriff war schnell und r\u00fccksichtslos. Trotz der Bem\u00fchungen der Marine, das System vor den r\u00fccksichtslosen Invasoren und den mutigen Heldentaten der M\u00e4nner und Frauen der sagenumwobenen \"Verlorenen Truppe\" zu verteidigen, hatte die Menschheit am Ende keine andere Wahl, als sich angesichts der \u00fcberw\u00e4ltigenden Macht zur\u00fcckzuziehen. Seitdem steht das System unter der Kontrolle von Vanduul.\n\nKALIBAN I\nDie Menschheit riss die Ressourcen dieser kleinen, kernlosen Welt aus, um beim Aufbau von Crion zu helfen. Nun, selbst die Vanduul schenken es nicht.\n\nKALIBRIAN II (Crion)\nCrion ist eine kleine, felsige Welt, die ideal im gr\u00fcnen Band von Calibans G-Typ, dem Hauptreihenstern, liegt. Es war schnell terrassiert und von abenteuerlustigen Seelen bev\u00f6lkert, die am Rande des bekannten Universums leben wollten. Boro, seine Hauptstadt, wurde zu einem Paradies f\u00fcr Entdecker, die die Westfront des Imperiums erkunden. Im Jahr 2599 beschrieb die Reiseschriftstellerin Shasta Wagner Boro als \"weltoffen, aber mit starkem Grenzgeist\".\n\nDer politische Aktivismus innerhalb des Systems nahm mit der Bedrohung durch Vanduul zu. Viele Bewohner glaubten, dass das Messer-Regime dem System absichtlich milit\u00e4rische Ressourcen vorenthielt, da der gelegentliche Angriff die Notwendigkeit der UEE nach einem starken, militaristischen F\u00fchrer nur verst\u00e4rkte. Doch selbst nach der Absetzung der Messers schien es der Marine an Pr\u00e4senz- und Sensorbaken zu mangeln, was einige behaupten, die den Rahmen f\u00fcr den schrecklichen Angriff auf das System bildeten.\n\nNun steht Crion als zerbrochenes Skelett seines fr\u00fcheren Selbst. Weite Teile des Landes wurden abgeerntet, indem man an Vanduul Clans vorbeikam, die in das System eindringen und ihre schrecklichen Maschinen an die Oberfl\u00e4che werfen. W\u00e4hrend sie weiterhin ehemalige St\u00e4dte und das Land selbst zerst\u00f6ren, um ihre Flotte wieder aufzubauen, sagen Experten, dass es nur eine Frage der Zeit sein wird, bis alle Spuren der Menschheit sauber gewischt sind.\n\nKALIBAN III\nCaliban III ist ein W\u00fcstenplanet, der zun\u00e4chst als unw\u00fcrdig f\u00fcr das Terraforming galt. Doch bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts war die Technologie so weit fortgeschritten, dass sie es m\u00f6glich machte. Der Planet war dabei, menschlich zu werden, als die Vandule angriffen.\n\nHeute ist die Terraform-Maschinerie gegen die Oberfl\u00e4che des Planeten geprallt, und die Welt kehrt in ihren urspr\u00fcnglichen Zustand zur\u00fcck. Im Nachhinein w\u00fcnschen sich viele, dass die Credits, die diese Welt erforscht haben, stattdessen zur Verteidigung des Systems \u00fcbergegangen w\u00e4ren.\n\nKALIBANG\u00dcRTEL ALPHA\nIn diesem Asteroideng\u00fcrtel waren viele Ressourcen vorhanden, bevor die Vanduul das System \u00fcberrannten. Nun bef\u00fcrchten Experten, dass die Vanduul sie f\u00fcr ihre eigenen Zwecke sauber gepfl\u00fcckt haben k\u00f6nnte.\n\nKALIBAN IV\nSilikat und Eisen wirbeln durch die Atmosph\u00e4re dieses Gasriesen und verleihen dem Planeten seine atemberaubende graugr\u00fcne Farbe.\n\nKALIBAN V\nDieser Protoplanet hat keine Atmosph\u00e4re, muss aber Ressourcen im Vanduul-Wert enthalten. J\u00fcngste Scan-Drohnen haben sie beim Tagebau dieses zerkl\u00fcfteten Gesteins entdeckt.\n\nIM WIND GEH\u00d6RT\n\"Ich habe die H\u00f6lle studiert. Ich habe jede Manifestation des Ortes, wie sie in der Geschichte der Menschheit dargestellt wird, gr\u00fcndlich recherchiert und w\u00fcrde lieber in einer von diesen leben, als Caliban zu sehen.\"\n- Malcolm Wallace, Theologe\/Philosoph, 2914\n\n\n\"Bei dem Ausma\u00df an Drama, das diese ganze Sache bei mir verursacht hat, fange ich an zu denken, dass es mir besser gegangen w\u00e4re, wenn ich in einem Schuppen gelebt h\u00e4tte.\"\n- Ashley Ghan, Interview-Auszug aus One and All mit Lynn Gale, 2343\n\nREISEWARNUNG\nMit der st\u00e4ndigen Gefahr eines Vanduul-Angriffs empfiehlt Galactic Guide niemandem, zum Caliban-System zu reisen, und beabsichtigt, diesen Leitfaden nur zu Unterhaltungszwecken zu verwenden.","zh_CN":"To the youth of today, Caliban has always been a Vanduul system. They don\u2019t remember it as home to millions of Humans, but only as a place where Vanduul harvesters chew through worlds we were forced to abandon. Still, everyone has heard the stories of the Fall of Caliban in 2884. The frantic planet-wide evacuation. The panic-stricken public making matters only worse. Events that so shocked the Empire, many will always remember where they were when they first heard the news of the system\u2019s loss.\n\nAlmost overnight, 500 years of Human history was gone. Now, the lives of those who occupied Crion exist only in historical records and the memories of those few who survived. For many today, this one tragic moment defines the system, yet Caliban is so much more. Its vibrant and tumultuous history dates all the way back to . . . well, we don\u2019t precisely know.\n\n\n\nUncertain Beginnings\n\nIn 2341, hauler Ashley Ghan sold the location of the Caliban System to the government. Ghan was on a supply run in Nul when an outlaw pack sprang a trap. Overmatched and under fire, Ghan quickly spooled her quantum drive and jumped. While running scans to make sure she wasn\u2019t being pursued, she discovered an anomaly that ultimately turned out to be the jump point that took her to a new system.\n\nIn an instant, Ghan became an Empire-wide hero. Caliban, named after Ghan\u2019s father, was only the sixth system discovered by Humanity. Yet despite offers to discuss her discovery with luminaries from the scientific community and capitalize on endorsement deals, Ghan quietly collected her reward and then disappeared.\n\nWhen government pathfinders charted the system a shocking discovery was made. A Human structure already existed on Caliban 4f, a moon of Caliban IV. Even though the building was poorly constructed, its location was expertly selected. Inside were crates of precious ores that would have required painstaking excavation, along with other clues leading experts to believe that it had been there for years.\n\nNews of previous Human activity in the system incited skeptics to call Ghan\u2019s story into question. Dozens of people came forward to claim it was their shack, and thus their names should be added to the history books and money added to their accounts. Yet none had the jump data to prove it. Conflicting rumors swirled, with some claiming Ghan betrayed her former pirate crew, while others believed she was an elite infoagent cashing out and changing careers.\n\nEventually, Ghan came forward for an exclusive interview with Lynn Gale. Viewer traffic to watch the live event was so intense it crashed a number of older networks around the Empire. Though demand was high, the interview did little to resolve the controversy. Awkward in an obviously rehearsed way, Ghan stuck to her story and denied being anything but lucky. For her, the discovery was apparently a blessing that had become a curse.\n\nPublic interest gradually abated, and attempts to uncover the shack\u2019s history were unsuccessful. Still, Humanity\u2019s first mysterious imprint on the system was not forgotten. All official government paperwork lists 2341 as the first recorded jump into Caliban, and \u201cUnknown\u201d appears next to its discovery date.\n\n\n\nProgress & Peril\n\nFollowing the system\u2019s (re)discovery, the government immediately set to terraforming Crion (Caliban II). The public interest in the system was overwhelming, so once the planet was cleared for habitation, it wasn\u2019t long before millions called it home. Life was normal in Caliban until February 18, 2617, when the large jump point connecting it to Nul collapsed. Thankfully the system still had a stable connection to Oberon and wasn\u2019t isolated from the universe. Eventually, a small jump point reformed between Caliban and Nul, and has been there ever since.\n\n\n\nStill, the incident shocked and scared many residents. Crion\u2019s population steadily decreased for decades as some worried the system would suffer the same fate as Oretani. The ominous event cast a pall over the system, but no one could have imagined the horrors to come. In 2739, the Vanduul arrived on Caliban\u2019s doorstep.\n\nThe attacks initially began as small raiding parties, but as time went on, skirmish after skirmish built to a final battle of a scale unseen again till the recent Battle of Vega. On July 7, 2884, a Vanduul clan lead by a massive Kingship slipped by sensor beacons and entered the system. The attack was swift and ruthless. Despite the Navy\u2019s best efforts to defend the system from the ruthless invaders and the brave heroics of the men and women of the fabled \u2018Lost Squad,\u2019 in the end, Humanity had no choice but to retreat in the face of overwhelming force. The system has been under Vanduul control ever since.\n\nCALIBAN I\nHumanity ripped out the resources of this small, coreless world to help construct Crion. Now, even the Vanduul pay it no mind.\n\nCALIBAN II (Crion)\nCrion is a small, rocky world ideally situated in the green band of Caliban\u2019s G-type, main sequence star. It was quickly terraformed and populated by adventurous souls looking to live on the edge of the known universe. Boro, its capital, became a haven for explorers probing the Empire\u2019s western front. In 2599, travel writer Shasta Wagner described Boro as having \u201ca cosmopolitan appearance, but a strong frontier spirit.\u201d\n\nPolitical activism within the system increased with the Vanduul threat. Many residents believed the Messer regime was intentionally withholding military resources from the system, as the occasional attack only reinforced the UEE\u2019s need for a strong, militaristic leader. Yet even after the Messers were deposed, Navy presence and sensor beacons seemed woefully lacking, which some claim set the stage for the horrific attack on the system.\n\nNow, Crion stands as a shattered skeleton of its former self. Vast swaths of land have been harvested by passing Vanduul Clans, who enter the system and drop their horrific machines to the surface. As they continue to consume former cities and the land itself to rebuild their fleet, experts say it will only be a matter of time till all traces of Humanity are wiped clean.\n\nCALIBAN III\nCaliban III is a desert planet that was initially deemed unworthy of terraforming. However, by the mid-29th century, technology had advanced enough to make it possible. The planet was in the process of becoming Human habitable when the Vanduul attacked.\n\nToday, the terraforming machinery has crashed into the planet\u2019s surface, and the world is reverting to its original state. With a little hindsight, many wish the credits spent terraforming this world would have instead gone to defending the system.\n\nCALIBAN BELT ALPHA\nResources abounded in this asteroid belt before the Vanduul overran the system. Now, experts fear the Vanduul may have picked it clean for their own purposes.\n\nCALIBAN IV\nSilicate and iron swirl through the atmosphere of this gas giant, providing the planet its stunning grey-green color.\n\nCALIBAN V\nThis protoplanet lacks an atmosphere, but must contain resources the Vanduul value. Recent scan drones have spotted them strip mining this craggy rock.\n\nHEARD IN THE WIND\n\u201cI have studied Hell. I have exhaustively researched every manifestation of the place as depicted throughout Humanity\u2019s history and I would rather live in any of those than see Caliban.\u201d\n- Malcolm Wallace, Theologian\/Philosopher, 2914\n\n\n\n\u201cWith the amount of drama this whole thing has caused me, I\u2019m starting to think I might\u2019ve been better off if I\u2019d gone and lived in a shed.\u201d\n- Ashley Ghan, interview excerpt from One and All with Lynn Gale, 2343\n\nTRAVEL WARNING\nWith the constant threat of Vanduul attack, Galactic Guide does not recommend anyone travel to the Caliban system and intends this guide for entertainment purposes only."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":24,"created_at":"2018-04-11T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"8 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-07 23:20:39","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":16509,"next_id":16512}}