{"data":{"id":16620,"title":"Observist Dark: Grim HEX","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/16620-Observist-Dark-Grim-HEX","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/16620","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/16620","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":2090,"name":"ObservistNewLofo_Dark.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/vd91izk9v0z0ur\/source\/ObservistNewLofo_Dark.jpg","alt":"","size":1173728,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2015-09-16T00:33:22+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2090","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/2090\/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":"Greetings, traveler! There are many exciting and different places to explore in the universe, and we here at THE OBSERVIST are honored to act as your guides. However, this is no ordinary guide. This is a guide for the traveler who is looking to visit locales that are a little more off the beaten path, a little more wild and unpredictable. This is OBSERVIST DARK, your trusted chronicler of the systems, planets and stations where safety is not guaranteed.\n\nYela\nToday we travel deep into the heart of the Stanton system, where near a moon of Crusader (Stanton II) drifts a station formerly known as Green Imperial. A Housing Exchange (HEX) built by Everline Structures Incorporated soon after the system\u2019s discovery, it was intended to house the influx of miners coming to work the asteroid belt surrounding Yela (Stanton 2c). Like other HEXs, it was economically built into a hollowed asteroid using the signature honeycombed, prefabricated housing pods, providing a clean and affordable, if not exactly comfortable, living option to the scores of workers arriving everyday. Unfortunately, when the mining opportunities in the belt began to dry up a few decades later, the station began to take a turn for the worse.\n\nAs the jobs in the area went away, the station began declining, and so did the clientele, slowly transforming Green Imperial from a temporary housing unit into a market for contraband, drugs and petty crime. There was no real economic incentive to maintain it, and it was too much of an insurance nightmare to try and clean out the unsavory element that had taken root. So, stating that it had become a liability, the Housing Exchange officially closed the station in 2938, and the few remaining legitimate residents and stores hastily cleared out. Abandoned, the station quickly fell into decay.\n\nGrim HEX\nThat however, is not where the story ends. Squatters, transients and people with nowhere else to go began to take up residence in the abandoned station. A new economy began to emerge as folks brought scavenged and black market items to sell, so it wasn\u2019t long until word spread that there was a place in Stanton away from the watchful eyes of the authorities, where people could go to enjoy themselves or do some more illicit shopping. This influx of visitors has given the station a new life in recent years and along with it has come a new name.\n\nDuring its years of disuse, many of the signs around Green Imperial became damaged, including a prominent central screen that overlooks that main atrium. The display glitched in such a way that it displayed only some of the letters in the station\u2019s name: GR___ IM______ HEX. Someone must have noticed that the accidental title fit well with the station\u2019s current appearance, and the name stuck. Today, pretty much everyone in the know refers to the outpost as Grim HEX, and even all the rest of the signs have been hacked, scratched and spray painted to match. You\u2019ll want to make sure you use the right name when you\u2019re asking for directions.\n\nAnd if you\u2019re looking to meet some colorful people with varied and interesting life experiences, go shopping for products that are hard to find anywhere else in Stanton, and watch a dangerous bareknuckle race, then you\u2019re definitely going to want to learn the coordinates for this out-of-the-way stop.\n\nProbably one of the most difficult things about any trip to Grim HEX for most law-abiding people is finding it. Nestled into a nondescript section of Yela\u2019s asteroid ring, the station can be hard to spot until your ship draws close. Don\u2019t worry about finding authorized parking, as it is pretty much a free for all, just grab any spot you can find. The system\u2019s antiquated auto-storage system should take care of the rest. Once you touch down, it\u2019s a good idea to activate your ship\u2019s security protocols. While the local gang who currently controls the area, the Nine Tails, enforces some semblance of a truce among those who frequent Grim HEX, if you dangle yourself out as easy pickings, anything that happens to you is considered fair game. Same goes for personal security. It would not be out of place to carry a firearm while visiting. But all that said, if you keep your wits about you and don\u2019t wander into some of the station\u2019s cordoned off and disused cargo areas alone, you can reasonably expect to have a safe and successful visit. After all, too many of their customers dying is bad for business.\n\nYour Home Away From Home\nFrom the landing area, you will go through the airlocks to a large lounge area. And while you may see a few strung out patrons hanging out up here, I would recommend heading straight for the elevators so you can go directly to the lower levels where most of the real action is happening. Once you travel down to the main atrium level, you\u2019ll find rooms for rent, various substances to purchase and imbibe, and a rotating selection of sellers looking to unload their goods. Since it\u2019s hard to say who might be selling what by the time you visit, I am going to stick to highlighting a few of the more long-lasting sellers of interest.\n\nIf you\u2019re on the hunt for a new look or maybe a severe discount on whatever cargo an unfortunate hauler was moving through the area, make your way to the small hallway off to the right of the elevators. There, past the dumpsters, you\u2019ll find a clothing stall called KC TRENDING, a name that\u2019s stuck with the store from back when the station was still legit. A mismatched collection of offensive band shirts, leather coats, and stolen Casaba cast-offs \u2014 there are some good finds waiting to be discovered if you\u2019re willing to dig around. Be sure to check clothes for tears and blood stains before making any purchases, and be careful not to trip over REEDY who can often be found sleeping in a small nook in the back. The KC Trending Employee of the Month photo on the wall indicates that he\u2019s been working there a while, but during my brief visit, it wasn\u2019t quite clear if he was running the place or just living there.\n\nFrom there, if you head back into the atrium and up near the large display you\u2019ll find a back area that is home to ARMOR AND WEAPON DEALERS. A shifty guy named SKUTTER was eager to show me the assortment of weapons he had on hand for sale. Beyond the impressive and deadly array on display, there were a few locked crates around that he promised held \u201csome real serious s**t.\u201d\n\nIf shopping isn\u2019t your thing, there is plenty of entertainment to be found if you know where to look. The original HEX bar is still up and running, serving honest drinks to a less so clientele. Named the OLD \u201938 after the first owner\u2019s prized 2838 Origin racer, the place is run by TREVOR \u2018GUS\u2019 WHEATLEY, who\u2019s been here since nearly the beginning. He\u2019s weathered the highs and lows of Green Imperial and seems dead set on sticking out this low and keeping the place going. As he often reminds his patrons, \u201cI don\u2019t care who\u2019s buying the drinks, as long as they\u2019re buying.\u201d\n\nAnd while Gus may not be willing to chat with you, there are plenty of others willing to share if you\u2019re buying. For the price of a few bottles of beer, I learned how to tell the good WiDoW from the bad, how to load a P4-AR with one hand, and where in Grim HEX I should go if I wanted a decent grilled cheese. I also bought a drink for an elderly man who apparently runs the local used computer parts kiosk. He didn\u2019t say much, and spilled his beer from the shake in his hand, but a lot of the other patrons were buying him drinks, so I figured I would follow my own frequent advice and \u2018do what the locals do.\u2019 I\u2019ll admit that it warmed my heart a bit that even out here in the darker parts of space, you can still find kindness.\n\nMy last stop, and probably the biggest draw on Grim Hex, was to the RACING PIT. Here (self-proclaimed) numbers whiz LUCA BRUNT runs the book and organizes the races through the \u2018clutches\u2019 that drift close to the station. These large stability rings are left over from the Yela mining operation that used them to anchor drifting asteroids while they were being drilled out. Today, they\u2019ve become a makeshift course that offers some real thrills to watch, and for those brave enough, to fly. If you do intend to make a wager while visiting, be aware that the Nine Tails take paying off debts very seriously.\n\nLet\u2019s just say that even losing a bet at Grim HEX was a pretty thrilling experience, something that\u2019s really worth traveling to observe for yourself.","de_DE":"Seid gegr\u00fc\u00dft, Reisender! Es gibt viele aufregende und verschiedene Orte im Universum zu erkunden, und wir hier bei THE OBSERVIST f\u00fchlen uns geehrt, als Ihre Reiseleiter zu fungieren. Dies ist jedoch kein gew\u00f6hnlicher Leitfaden. Dies ist ein Leitfaden f\u00fcr den Reisenden, der Orte besuchen m\u00f6chte, die etwas abseits der ausgetretenen Pfade liegen, etwas wilder und unberechenbarer. Dies ist OBSERVIST DARK, Ihr zuverl\u00e4ssiger Chronist der Systeme, Planeten und Stationen, bei denen die Sicherheit nicht gew\u00e4hrleistet ist.\n\nYela\nHeute fahren wir tief in das Herz des Stanton-Systems, wo in der N\u00e4he eines Kreuzrittermondes (Stanton II) eine Station verlagert wird, die fr\u00fcher als Green Imperial bekannt war. Eine Wohnungsb\u00f6rse (HEX), die von Everline Structures Incorporated kurz nach der Entdeckung des Systems gebaut wurde, sollte den Zustrom von Bergleuten aufnehmen, die zum Asteroideng\u00fcrtel um Yela (Stanton 2c) kommen. Wie andere HEXs wurde er wirtschaftlich in einen ausgeh\u00f6hlten Asteroiden mit Hilfe der charakteristischen wabenf\u00f6rmigen, vorgefertigten Geh\u00e4usekapseln eingebaut, die eine saubere und erschwingliche, wenn nicht sogar genau komfortable Wohnoption f\u00fcr die vielen Arbeiter bieten, die jeden Tag ankamen. Als die Minenm\u00f6glichkeiten im G\u00fcrtel einige Jahrzehnte sp\u00e4ter zu versiegen begannen, begann sich die Station leider zum Schlechten zu wenden.\n\nAls die Arbeitspl\u00e4tze in der Gegend weggingen, begann der Sender zu sinken, ebenso wie die Kundschaft, die Green Imperial langsam von einer tempor\u00e4ren Wohneinheit in einen Markt f\u00fcr Schmuggel, Drogen und Kleinkriminalit\u00e4t umwandelte. Es gab keinen wirklichen wirtschaftlichen Anreiz, ihn aufrechtzuerhalten, und es war ein zu gro\u00dfer Albtraum f\u00fcr die Versicherung, um zu versuchen, das widerw\u00e4rtige Element, das sich etabliert hatte, zu beseitigen. So, indem sie angab, dass es eine Verbindlichkeit geworden war, schloss die Wohnungsb\u00f6rse offiziell die Station in 2938, und die wenigen verbleibenden legitimen Bewohner und Gesch\u00e4fte r\u00e4umten hastig aus. Verlassen, fiel die Station schnell in Verfall.\n\nGrimmiger HEX\nDas ist jedoch nicht das Ende der Geschichte. Hausbesetzer, Transienten und Menschen, die sonst nirgendwo hingehen konnten, begannen, sich in der verlassenen Station niederzulassen. Eine neue Wirtschaft begann sich zu entwickeln, als die Leute gepl\u00fcnderte und auf dem Schwarzmarkt verkaufte Gegenst\u00e4nde mitbrachten, so dass es nicht lange dauerte, bis sich die Nachricht verbreitete, dass es in Stanton einen Ort gab, der sich von den wachsamen Augen der Beh\u00f6rden abwandte, wo die Menschen sich am\u00fcsieren oder etwas mehr illegale Eink\u00e4ufe t\u00e4tigen konnten. Dieser Besucherandrang hat der Station in den letzten Jahren ein neues Leben eingehaucht und damit auch einen neuen Namen gegeben.\n\nW\u00e4hrend der Jahre der Nichtnutzung wurden viele der Schilder um Green Imperial besch\u00e4digt, darunter ein markanter zentraler Bildschirm, der auf das Hauptatrium blickt. Die Anzeige war so gest\u00f6rt, dass nur einige der Buchstaben im Namen der Station angezeigt wurden: GR___ IM______ HEX. Jemand muss bemerkt haben, dass der zuf\u00e4llige Titel gut zum aktuellen Erscheinungsbild der Station passt und der Name blieb h\u00e4ngen. Heute bezeichnet so ziemlich jeder in der \u00d6ffentlichkeit den Au\u00dfenposten als Grim HEX, und selbst der Rest der Schilder wurde gehackt, zerkratzt und passend gespritzt. Sie werden sicherstellen wollen, dass Sie den richtigen Namen verwenden, wenn Sie nach dem Weg fragen.\n\nUnd wenn Sie auf der Suche nach bunten Menschen mit abwechslungsreichen und interessanten Lebenserfahrungen sind, nach Produkten einkaufen gehen, die es sonst nirgendwo in Stanton gibt, und ein gef\u00e4hrliches Rennen ohne Fingerkn\u00f6chel beobachten wollen, dann werden Sie definitiv die Koordinaten f\u00fcr diese abgelegene Haltestelle lernen wollen.\n\nWahrscheinlich eines der schwierigsten Dinge bei jeder Reise nach Grim HEX f\u00fcr die meisten gesetzestreuen Menschen ist es, es zu finden. Eingebettet in einen unscheinbaren Abschnitt von Yelas Asteroidenring, kann die Station schwer zu erkennen sein, bis sich Ihr Schiff n\u00e4hert. Machen Sie sich keine Sorgen um das Finden von autorisierten Parkpl\u00e4tzen, da es so ziemlich ein kostenloses f\u00fcr alle ist, schnappen Sie sich einfach jeden Platz, den Sie finden k\u00f6nnen. Das veraltete Auto-Speichersystem des Systems sollte sich um den Rest k\u00fcmmern. Sobald Sie landen, ist es eine gute Idee, die Sicherheitsprotokolle Ihres Schiffes zu aktivieren. W\u00e4hrend die lokale Bande, die derzeit das Gebiet kontrolliert, die Nine Tails, den Anschein eines Waffenstillstands unter denjenigen durchsetzt, die Grim HEX besuchen, wird alles, was mit einem passiert, als faires Spiel betrachtet, wenn man sich als leichte Beute ausgibt. Gleiches gilt f\u00fcr die Personensicherheit. Es w\u00e4re nicht unangebracht, eine Schusswaffe beim Besuch zu tragen. Aber all das sagte, wenn Sie Ihren Verstand \u00fcber sich behalten und nicht allein in einige der abgesperrten und stillgelegten Lader\u00e4ume der Station gehen, k\u00f6nnen Sie vern\u00fcnftigerweise einen sicheren und erfolgreichen Besuch erwarten. Denn zu viele ihrer Kunden sterben, ist schlecht f\u00fcr das Gesch\u00e4ft.\n\nIhr Zuhause weg vom Zuhause\nVon der Landezone aus gehen Sie durch die Luftschleusen zu einem gro\u00dfen Lounge-Bereich. Und w\u00e4hrend Sie vielleicht ein paar gestresste G\u00e4ste sehen, die hier oben h\u00e4ngen, w\u00fcrde ich empfehlen, direkt zu den Aufz\u00fcgen zu gehen, damit Sie direkt zu den unteren Ebenen gehen k\u00f6nnen, wo das meiste der eigentlichen Aktion stattfindet. Sobald Sie zur Hauptatriumsebene heruntergefahren sind, finden Sie Mietr\u00e4ume, verschiedene Substanzen zum Kaufen und Trinken sowie eine wechselnde Auswahl von Verk\u00e4ufern, die ihre Waren entladen m\u00f6chten. Da es schwer zu sagen ist, wer was bis zu dem Zeitpunkt, an dem Sie uns besuchen, verkaufen k\u00f6nnte, werde ich mich daran halten, einige der langlebigeren Verk\u00e4ufer von Interesse hervorzuheben.\n\nWenn Sie auf der Suche nach einem neuen Look sind oder vielleicht einen starken Rabatt auf die Ladung, die ein ungl\u00fccklicher Schlepper durch das Gebiet bewegt hat, gehen Sie zum kleinen Flur rechts neben den Aufz\u00fcgen. Dort, an den M\u00fcllcontainern vorbei, finden Sie einen Kleiderstand namens KC TRENDING, ein Name, der mit dem Laden von hinten zu tun hat, als der Bahnhof noch legitim war. Eine ungleiche Sammlung von offensiven Bandhemden, Ledermanteln und gestohlenen Casaba-Abw\u00fcrfen - es gibt einige gute Funde, die darauf warten, entdeckt zu werden, wenn Sie bereit sind, herumzugraben. Achten Sie darauf, die Kleidung vor dem Kauf auf Tr\u00e4nen und Blutflecken zu \u00fcberpr\u00fcfen, und stolpern Sie nicht \u00fcber REEDY, die oft in einem kleinen Winkel auf der R\u00fcckseite schl\u00e4ft. Das Foto des KC Trending Employee of the Month an der Wand zeigt, dass er dort schon eine Weile arbeitet, aber w\u00e4hrend meines kurzen Besuchs war nicht ganz klar, ob er den Ort leitet oder nur dort lebt.\n\nVon dort aus, wenn Sie zur\u00fcck in das Atrium und in die N\u00e4he des gro\u00dfen Displays gehen, finden Sie einen hinteren Bereich, in dem sich die ARMOR AND WEAPON DEALERS befinden. Ein scharfsinniger Typ namens SKUTTER war begierig darauf, mir das Sortiment der Waffen zu zeigen, die er zum Verkauf hatte. Abgesehen von der beeindruckenden und t\u00f6dlichen Anordnung, die ausgestellt war, gab es ein paar verschlossene Kisten, die er versprach, \"einige wirklich ernsthafte s**t\" zu halten.\n\nWenn Einkaufen nicht Ihr Ding ist, gibt es viel Unterhaltung zu finden, wenn Sie wissen, wo Sie suchen m\u00fcssen. Die urspr\u00fcngliche HEX-Bar ist immer noch in Betrieb und serviert ehrliche Getr\u00e4nke f\u00fcr eine weniger anspruchsvolle Kundschaft. Benannt nach dem preisgekr\u00f6nten 2838 Origin Racer des ersten Besitzers, wird der Ort von TREVOR'GUS' WHEATLEY betrieben, der seit fast zwei Jahren hier ist. Er hat die H\u00f6hen und Tiefen von Green Imperial \u00fcberstanden und scheint fest entschlossen zu sein, dieses Tief auszustechen und den Ort am Leben zu erhalten. Wie er seine G\u00e4ste oft daran erinnert: \"Es ist mir egal, wer die Getr\u00e4nke kauft, solange sie kaufen.\"\n\nUnd w\u00e4hrend Gus vielleicht nicht bereit ist, mit dir zu chatten, gibt es viele andere, die bereit sind zu teilen, wenn du kaufst. Zum Preis von ein paar Flaschen Bier lernte ich, wie man das gute WiDoW von dem schlechten unterscheidet, wie man ein P4-AR mit einer Hand bel\u00e4dt, und wohin ich in Grim HEX gehen sollte, wenn ich einen anst\u00e4ndigen gegrillten K\u00e4se wollte. Ich kaufte auch einen Drink f\u00fcr einen \u00e4lteren Mann, der anscheinend den lokalen gebrauchten Computer-Teilekiosk betreibt. Er sagte nicht viel und versch\u00fcttete sein Bier aus dem Shake in seiner Hand, aber viele der anderen G\u00e4ste kauften ihm Getr\u00e4nke, also dachte ich, ich w\u00fcrde meinem eigenen h\u00e4ufigen Rat folgen und \"tun, was die Einheimischen tun\". Ich gebe zu, dass es mein Herz ein wenig erw\u00e4rmt hat, dass man auch hier drau\u00dfen in den dunkleren Teilen des Weltraums noch Freundlichkeit finden kann.\n\nMein letzter Halt, und wahrscheinlich der gr\u00f6\u00dfte Zug auf Grim Hex, war der zum RACING PIT. LUCA BRUNT f\u00fchrt das Buch und organisiert die Rennen durch die \"Kupplungen\", die nahe am Bahnhof treiben. Diese gro\u00dfen Stabilit\u00e4tsringe stammen noch von der Yela-Mine, die sie zum Verankern von driftenden Asteroiden w\u00e4hrend des Ausbohrens verwendete. Heute sind sie zu einem provisorischen Kurs geworden, der einige echte Nervenkitzel bietet, die man beobachten und f\u00fcr diejenigen, die mutig genug sind, um zu fliegen. Wenn Sie beabsichtigen, w\u00e4hrend Ihres Besuchs eine Wette einzugehen, beachten Sie, dass die Nine Tails die Schulden sehr ernst nehmen.\n\nSagen wir einfach, dass selbst der Verlust einer Wette bei Grim HEX eine ziemlich aufregende Erfahrung war, etwas, das es wirklich wert ist, zu reisen, um es selbst zu beobachten.","zh_CN":"Greetings, traveler! There are many exciting and different places to explore in the universe, and we here at THE OBSERVIST are honored to act as your guides. However, this is no ordinary guide. This is a guide for the traveler who is looking to visit locales that are a little more off the beaten path, a little more wild and unpredictable. This is OBSERVIST DARK, your trusted chronicler of the systems, planets and stations where safety is not guaranteed.\n\nYela\nToday we travel deep into the heart of the Stanton system, where near a moon of Crusader (Stanton II) drifts a station formerly known as Green Imperial. A Housing Exchange (HEX) built by Everline Structures Incorporated soon after the system\u2019s discovery, it was intended to house the influx of miners coming to work the asteroid belt surrounding Yela (Stanton 2c). Like other HEXs, it was economically built into a hollowed asteroid using the signature honeycombed, prefabricated housing pods, providing a clean and affordable, if not exactly comfortable, living option to the scores of workers arriving everyday. Unfortunately, when the mining opportunities in the belt began to dry up a few decades later, the station began to take a turn for the worse.\n\nAs the jobs in the area went away, the station began declining, and so did the clientele, slowly transforming Green Imperial from a temporary housing unit into a market for contraband, drugs and petty crime. There was no real economic incentive to maintain it, and it was too much of an insurance nightmare to try and clean out the unsavory element that had taken root. So, stating that it had become a liability, the Housing Exchange officially closed the station in 2938, and the few remaining legitimate residents and stores hastily cleared out. Abandoned, the station quickly fell into decay.\n\nGrim HEX\nThat however, is not where the story ends. Squatters, transients and people with nowhere else to go began to take up residence in the abandoned station. A new economy began to emerge as folks brought scavenged and black market items to sell, so it wasn\u2019t long until word spread that there was a place in Stanton away from the watchful eyes of the authorities, where people could go to enjoy themselves or do some more illicit shopping. This influx of visitors has given the station a new life in recent years and along with it has come a new name.\n\nDuring its years of disuse, many of the signs around Green Imperial became damaged, including a prominent central screen that overlooks that main atrium. The display glitched in such a way that it displayed only some of the letters in the station\u2019s name: GR___ IM______ HEX. Someone must have noticed that the accidental title fit well with the station\u2019s current appearance, and the name stuck. Today, pretty much everyone in the know refers to the outpost as Grim HEX, and even all the rest of the signs have been hacked, scratched and spray painted to match. You\u2019ll want to make sure you use the right name when you\u2019re asking for directions.\n\nAnd if you\u2019re looking to meet some colorful people with varied and interesting life experiences, go shopping for products that are hard to find anywhere else in Stanton, and watch a dangerous bareknuckle race, then you\u2019re definitely going to want to learn the coordinates for this out-of-the-way stop.\n\nProbably one of the most difficult things about any trip to Grim HEX for most law-abiding people is finding it. Nestled into a nondescript section of Yela\u2019s asteroid ring, the station can be hard to spot until your ship draws close. Don\u2019t worry about finding authorized parking, as it is pretty much a free for all, just grab any spot you can find. The system\u2019s antiquated auto-storage system should take care of the rest. Once you touch down, it\u2019s a good idea to activate your ship\u2019s security protocols. While the local gang who currently controls the area, the Nine Tails, enforces some semblance of a truce among those who frequent Grim HEX, if you dangle yourself out as easy pickings, anything that happens to you is considered fair game. Same goes for personal security. It would not be out of place to carry a firearm while visiting. But all that said, if you keep your wits about you and don\u2019t wander into some of the station\u2019s cordoned off and disused cargo areas alone, you can reasonably expect to have a safe and successful visit. After all, too many of their customers dying is bad for business.\n\nYour Home Away From Home\nFrom the landing area, you will go through the airlocks to a large lounge area. And while you may see a few strung out patrons hanging out up here, I would recommend heading straight for the elevators so you can go directly to the lower levels where most of the real action is happening. Once you travel down to the main atrium level, you\u2019ll find rooms for rent, various substances to purchase and imbibe, and a rotating selection of sellers looking to unload their goods. Since it\u2019s hard to say who might be selling what by the time you visit, I am going to stick to highlighting a few of the more long-lasting sellers of interest.\n\nIf you\u2019re on the hunt for a new look or maybe a severe discount on whatever cargo an unfortunate hauler was moving through the area, make your way to the small hallway off to the right of the elevators. There, past the dumpsters, you\u2019ll find a clothing stall called KC TRENDING, a name that\u2019s stuck with the store from back when the station was still legit. A mismatched collection of offensive band shirts, leather coats, and stolen Casaba cast-offs \u2014 there are some good finds waiting to be discovered if you\u2019re willing to dig around. Be sure to check clothes for tears and blood stains before making any purchases, and be careful not to trip over REEDY who can often be found sleeping in a small nook in the back. The KC Trending Employee of the Month photo on the wall indicates that he\u2019s been working there a while, but during my brief visit, it wasn\u2019t quite clear if he was running the place or just living there.\n\nFrom there, if you head back into the atrium and up near the large display you\u2019ll find a back area that is home to ARMOR AND WEAPON DEALERS. A shifty guy named SKUTTER was eager to show me the assortment of weapons he had on hand for sale. Beyond the impressive and deadly array on display, there were a few locked crates around that he promised held \u201csome real serious s**t.\u201d\n\nIf shopping isn\u2019t your thing, there is plenty of entertainment to be found if you know where to look. The original HEX bar is still up and running, serving honest drinks to a less so clientele. Named the OLD \u201938 after the first owner\u2019s prized 2838 Origin racer, the place is run by TREVOR \u2018GUS\u2019 WHEATLEY, who\u2019s been here since nearly the beginning. He\u2019s weathered the highs and lows of Green Imperial and seems dead set on sticking out this low and keeping the place going. As he often reminds his patrons, \u201cI don\u2019t care who\u2019s buying the drinks, as long as they\u2019re buying.\u201d\n\nAnd while Gus may not be willing to chat with you, there are plenty of others willing to share if you\u2019re buying. For the price of a few bottles of beer, I learned how to tell the good WiDoW from the bad, how to load a P4-AR with one hand, and where in Grim HEX I should go if I wanted a decent grilled cheese. I also bought a drink for an elderly man who apparently runs the local used computer parts kiosk. He didn\u2019t say much, and spilled his beer from the shake in his hand, but a lot of the other patrons were buying him drinks, so I figured I would follow my own frequent advice and \u2018do what the locals do.\u2019 I\u2019ll admit that it warmed my heart a bit that even out here in the darker parts of space, you can still find kindness.\n\nMy last stop, and probably the biggest draw on Grim Hex, was to the RACING PIT. Here (self-proclaimed) numbers whiz LUCA BRUNT runs the book and organizes the races through the \u2018clutches\u2019 that drift close to the station. These large stability rings are left over from the Yela mining operation that used them to anchor drifting asteroids while they were being drilled out. Today, they\u2019ve become a makeshift course that offers some real thrills to watch, and for those brave enough, to fly. If you do intend to make a wager while visiting, be aware that the Nine Tails take paying off debts very seriously.\n\nLet\u2019s just say that even losing a bet at Grim HEX was a pretty thrilling experience, something that\u2019s really worth traveling to observe for yourself."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":23,"created_at":"2018-06-13T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"7 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-07 23:11:29","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":16618,"next_id":16621}}