{"data":{"id":16661,"title":"Portfolio: Imperial Cartography Center","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/16661-Portfolio-Imperial-Cartography-Center","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/16661","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/16661","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"Portfolio","images":[{"id":22585,"name":"ICC-Logo.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/d0u2n5c2bo7jgr\/source\/ICC-Logo.jpg","alt":"","size":1701174,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2018-07-10T15:23:06+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/22585","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/22585\/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"}],"images_count":7,"translations":{"en_EN":"Humanity\u2019s first maps were of the stars. Created millennia ago, they were dots charting the night sky painted upon cavern walls on Earth. One wonders if those original mapmakers ever imagined that one day their descendants would get to visit those stars?\n\nThough the methods have drastically changed, the Imperial Cartography Center (ICC) carries on that proud tradition of charting celestial objects. This UEE government agency is best known for their Deep Space Scanning & AstroGraphical Stations that search for jump points, and for the elite Stellar Surveyors unit that assesses newly discovered systems. Yet, the responsibilities and reach of the ICC extend far beyond those two departments. From working with the Ark to keeping the Starmap current, to tracking the Baer comet as it crosses the Stanton System, the Imperial Cartography Center is essential to modern space travel.\n\nExpanding Space\nOnce Nick Croshaw successfully piloted his ship through the first jump point, aspiring explorers flooded the stars, obsessed with helping Humanity expand its reach ever farther. However, the nascent days of space exploration were fraught with danger. Experimental and unreliable equipment paired with a vast, uncharted expanse led to the tragic disappearances of many.\n\nHumanity grappled with how to govern their growing domain. The various national institutions had not yet unified, so there were few protocols in place to deal with the discovery of new systems. That led to Nemo\u2019s 2364 discovery date coming into question during a famous legal case where two companies argued over who owned the coordinates for the jump into the system from Fora. Meanwhile, the government hid the discovery of Banshee, in 2317, from the public for years out of fear that its powerful pulsar was a safety concern.\n\nAfter the United Nations of Earth finally formed in 2380, they incentivized explorers to report their discoveries to the government, but left the private sector to chart new systems. This occurred because a contingent of prominent and powerful politicians was dedicated to keeping the new UNE government as lean and efficient as possible. They believed an industry within the private sector would rise to fill the gap, and they were right.\n\nFor a few centuries, this arrangement worked relatively well. Initially, there were numerous cartography companies with the ships and technology to chart systems. However, it wasn\u2019t long before conglomerates acquired the most promising firms and slowly pushed out the rest. A few non-profit and academic institutions survived the culling and continued to provide detailed maps to the public for free or at a nominal cost. But due to a lack of funding, their products often took years to reach the market after a new system was discovered.\n\nFor the Public Good\nOver the years, the government received an increasing number of complaints against cartography companies for egregious inaccuracies or tiered pricing schemes that made detailed maps unaffordable to many consumers. One particular heinous example was when the Monroe Mapping Concern left a whole asteroid field off a map of Hadrian since they had promised exclusivity to a mining company. This led a number of politicians to lobby for increased oversight. It finally reached a tipping point with the Pallas incident. After discovering Pallas, Gaia Planet Services failed to properly scan the system before attempting to terraform Pallas III. Only then did they discover it was already occupied by the Xi\u2019An, an unknown species at the time. Realizing regulations were needed to govern the charting of new systems, the Government Cartography Agency (GCA) was created in 2531.\n\nInitially, the GCA was tasked with charting and scanning all new systems and ensuring that the most current geospatial information was available to the public. When Ivar Messer empowered himself as Imperator in 2546, he realized that the GCA was in a key position to control the knowledge of the known universe. Not long after he was sworn in, private mapmakers got word to shutter their operations. Mapmaking was nationalized, and the GCA renamed the Imperial Cartography Center.\n\nUnder Ivar Messer, an astronomical amount of credits was poured into the ICC. Companies with strong ties to the Messer regime received massive orders for top-of-the-line scanning equipment and were granted no-bid contracts to construct deep-space scanning stations. The ICC quickly embedded itself into a number of government agencies and organizations including, most importantly, the military. Deep-space scanning stations kept an eye on Perry Line systems and, eventually, helped monitor Vanduul clans on the western front. Without any private sector competition, the ICC became an essential agency and earned a degree of autonomy not afforded to other agencies under Messers\u2019 rule.\n\nEventually, the ICC put that political independence to use. In 2715, three years after the fall of Orion to the Vanduul, Messer VIII ordered the system and all jumps to it removed from the UEE\u2019s non-military maps for the public good. ICC Director Loretta De Biasio refused, claiming that it would be more dangerous for people in systems connected to Orion not to know exactly where a clan of Vanduul might suddenly appear.\n\nThe Imperator was infuriated by the ICC\u2019s defiance and threatened to drastically slash the agency\u2019s budget. But making matters worse for the Imperator, prominent members of the military came to De Biasio\u2019s defense. Some even threatened to resign if she was fired or the agency\u2019s budget struck with draconian cuts. There\u2019s evidence that retaliatory measures were planned against De Biasio for her disobedience, but Messer VIII was stabbed to death in his bed before they were enacted.\n\nAnd so, even though the ICC was long associated with the Messers, it survived their downfall. The agency had ingrained themselves too deeply into the fabric of the Empire to be discarded. It had also displayed enough independence to avoid the name change many other agencies received to erase associations with a darker time. Today, the ICC scans for jump points from their numerous stations, provides data to The Ark to keep the Starmap current, and much more.\n\nStellar Surveyors\nThe ICC is also home to one of the most prestigious scientific organizations \u2013 the Stellar Surveyors. This elite unit, composed of multi-talented individuals from both the public and private sector, are the first to visit and chart new systems after they are discovered. In the 29th century, their assessment of Stanton convinced politicians that it would be perfect for a system-wide business park. Recently, they discovered the Kabal System only to find abandoned Tevarin cities on Kabal III. They\u2019ve also been up against their most difficult challenge ever \u2013 exploring and mapping the Tamsa System and the black hole at its center.\n\n\u2018Charting the Way Ahead\u2019 may be the motto of the Stellar Surveyors, but it\u2019s also an appropriate maxim for the entire ICC. Whether standing up to the Messers or finding jump points that introduce the UEE to new worlds, the ICC clearly has its sights set on the future.\n\n$window.resize(function () { windowHeight = $window.height(); }); $.fn.parallax = function(xpos, speedFactor, outerHeight) { var $this = $(this); var getHeight; var firstTop; var paddingTop = 0; \/\/get the starting position of each element to have parallax applied to it $this.each(function(){ firstTop = $this.offset().top; }); if (outerHeight) { getHeight = function(jqo) { return jqo.outerHeight(true); }; } else { getHeight = function(jqo) { return jqo.height(); }; } \/\/ setup defaults if arguments aren\u2019t specified if (arguments.length < 1 || xpos = null) xpos = \"50%\"; if (arguments.length < 2 || speedFactor = null) speedFactor = 0.1; if (arguments.length < 3 || outerHeight === null) outerHeight = true; \/\/ function to be called whenever the window is scrolled or resized function update(){ var pos = $window.scrollTop(); $this.each(function(){ var $element = $(this); var top = $element.offset().top; var height = getHeight($element); \/\/ Check if totally above or totally below viewport if (top + height < pos || top > pos + windowHeight) { return; } $this.css(\u2018backgroundPosition\u2019, xpos + \u201c \u201c + Math.round((firstTop \u2013 pos) * speedFactor) + \u201cpx\u201d); }); } $window.bind(\u2018scroll\u2019, update).resize(update); update(); }; $(\u2018.parallax-1\u2019).parallax(\u201c50%\u201d, 0.1, true); $(\u2018.parallax-2\u2019).parallax(\u201c50%\u201d, 0.1, true); $(\u2018.parallax-3\u2019).parallax(\u201c50%\u201d, 0.1, true); $(\u2018.parallax-4\u2019).parallax(\u201c50%\u201d, 0.1, true); $(\u2018.parallax-5\u2019).parallax(\u201c50%\u201d, 0.1, true); $(\u2018.parallax-6\u2019).parallax(\u201c50%\u201d, 0.1, true); $(\u2018.parallax-7\u2019).parallax(\u201c50%\u201d, 0.1, true); })(jQuery);","de_DE":"Die ersten Karten der Menschheit waren von den Sternen. Sie wurden vor Jahrtausenden geschaffen und waren Punkte, die den Nachthimmel auf die H\u00f6hlenw\u00e4nde der Erde zeichneten. Man fragt sich, ob sich diese urspr\u00fcnglichen Kartenmacher jemals vorgestellt haben, dass ihre Nachkommen eines Tages diese Sterne besuchen w\u00fcrden?\n\nObwohl sich die Methoden drastisch ge\u00e4ndert haben, setzt das Imperial Cartography Center (ICC) diese stolze Tradition der Darstellung von Himmelsobjekten fort. Diese UEE-Regierungsbeh\u00f6rde ist vor allem bekannt f\u00fcr ihre Deep Space Scanning & AstroGraphical Stations, die nach Sprungbrettpunkten suchen, und f\u00fcr die Eliteeinheit Stellar Surveyors, die neu entdeckte Systeme bewertet. Doch die Verantwortlichkeiten und die Reichweite des ICC gehen weit \u00fcber diese beiden Abteilungen hinaus. Von der Arbeit mit der Arche \u00fcber die Aktualisierung der Sternkarte bis hin zur Verfolgung des Baer-Kometen beim Durchqueren des Stanton-Systems ist das Imperial Cartography Center f\u00fcr die moderne Raumfahrt unverzichtbar.\n\nErweiterter Raum\nNachdem Nick Croshaw sein Schiff erfolgreich durch den ersten Sprungpunkt gesteuert hatte, \u00fcberfluteten angehende Entdecker die Sterne und waren besessen davon, der Menschheit zu helfen, ihre Reichweite immer weiter auszudehnen. Die aufkeimenden Tage der Weltraumforschung waren jedoch mit Gefahren behaftet. Experimentelle und unzuverl\u00e4ssige Ausr\u00fcstung gepaart mit einer riesigen, unerforschten Fl\u00e4che f\u00fchrten zum tragischen Verschwinden vieler.\n\nDie Menschheit hat sich damit besch\u00e4ftigt, wie sie ihr wachsendes Reich regieren kann. Die verschiedenen nationalen Institutionen waren noch nicht vereinheitlicht, so dass es nur wenige Protokolle gab, um die Entdeckung neuer Systeme zu behandeln. Dies f\u00fchrte dazu, dass Nemos Entdeckungsdatum 2364 w\u00e4hrend eines ber\u00fchmten Rechtsstreits in Frage gestellt wurde, in dem zwei Unternehmen dar\u00fcber stritten, wem die Koordinaten f\u00fcr den Sprung ins System von Fora aus geh\u00f6rten. Unterdessen verbarg die Regierung die Entdeckung von Banshee im Jahr 2317 jahrelang vor der \u00d6ffentlichkeit, aus Angst, dass sein m\u00e4chtiger Pulsar ein Sicherheitsproblem sei.\n\nNachdem sich die Vereinten Nationen der Erde 2380 schlie\u00dflich gegr\u00fcndet hatten, gaben sie den Forschern Anreize, ihre Entdeckungen der Regierung zu melden, verlie\u00dfen aber den Privatsektor, um neue Systeme zu entwickeln. Dies geschah, weil ein Kontingent prominenter und m\u00e4chtiger Politiker sich daf\u00fcr einsetzte, die neue UNE-Regierung so schlank und effizient wie m\u00f6glich zu halten. Sie glaubten, dass eine Industrie innerhalb des Privatsektors aufsteigen w\u00fcrde, um die L\u00fccke zu schlie\u00dfen, und sie hatten Recht.\n\nEinige Jahrhunderte lang funktionierte diese Anordnung relativ gut. Urspr\u00fcnglich gab es zahlreiche Kartographieunternehmen mit den Schiffen und der Technologie zur Kartenerstellung. Es dauerte jedoch nicht lange, bis Konglomerate die vielversprechendsten Unternehmen \u00fcbernahmen und den Rest langsam verdr\u00e4ngten. Einige wenige gemeinn\u00fctzige und akademische Einrichtungen \u00fcberlebten die Keulung und stellten der \u00d6ffentlichkeit weiterhin detaillierte Karten kostenlos oder zu einem geringen Preis zur Verf\u00fcgung. Doch mangels Finanzierung dauerte es oft Jahre, bis ihre Produkte auf den Markt kamen, nachdem ein neues System entdeckt wurde.\n\nF\u00fcr das Gemeinwohl\nIm Laufe der Jahre erhielt die Regierung immer mehr Beschwerden gegen Kartographieunternehmen wegen gravierender Ungenauigkeiten oder gestaffelter Preisgestaltung, die detaillierte Karten f\u00fcr viele Verbraucher unerschwinglich machten. Ein besonders abscheuliches Beispiel war, als der Monroe Mapping Concern ein ganzes Asteroidenfeld von einer Hadrian-Karte verlie\u00df, da sie einer Minengesellschaft Exklusivit\u00e4t versprochen hatten. Dies veranlasste eine Reihe von Politikern, sich f\u00fcr eine verst\u00e4rkte Aufsicht einzusetzen. Mit dem Vorfall in Pallas erreichte sie schlie\u00dflich einen Wendepunkt. Nach der Entdeckung von Pallas konnte Gaia Planet Services das System nicht richtig scannen, bevor er versuchte, Pallas III zu terraformen. Erst dann entdeckten sie, dass es bereits von den Xi'An besetzt war, einer damals unbekannten Art. Die Government Cartography Agency (GCA) wurde 2531 gegr\u00fcndet, um die Abbildung neuer Systeme zu regeln.\n\nZun\u00e4chst war der GCA damit beauftragt, alle neuen Systeme zu kartieren und zu scannen und sicherzustellen, dass die aktuellsten Geoinformationen der \u00d6ffentlichkeit zur Verf\u00fcgung stehen. Als Ivar Messer sich 2546 als Imperator erm\u00e4chtigte, erkannte er, dass die GCA in einer Schl\u00fcsselposition war, um das Wissen \u00fcber das bekannte Universum zu kontrollieren. Nicht lange nachdem er vereidigt wurde, erhielten private Kartenmacher die Nachricht, dass sie ihren Betrieb einstellen sollen. Der Kartenbau wurde verstaatlicht und der GCA benannte das Imperial Cartography Center um.\n\nUnter Ivar Messer wurde ein astronomischer Betrag an Credits in das ICC gegossen. Unternehmen mit starker Verbundenheit zum Messer-Regime erhielten massive Auftr\u00e4ge f\u00fcr Spitzenscananlagen und erhielten Ausschreibungen f\u00fcr den Bau von Tiefseescanning- Stationen. Der IStGH f\u00fcgte sich schnell in eine Reihe von Regierungsbeh\u00f6rden und Organisationen ein, darunter vor allem das Milit\u00e4r. Tiefraum-Scanstationen beobachteten die Systeme von Perry Line und halfen schlie\u00dflich bei der \u00dcberwachung der Vanduul-Clans an der Westfront. Ohne jeglichen Wettbewerb im Privatsektor wurde der IStGH zu einer unverzichtbaren Agentur und erhielt ein gewisses Ma\u00df an Autonomie, das anderen Agenturen nach der Messerschen Regel nicht gew\u00e4hrt wurde.\n\nSchlie\u00dflich nutzte der IStGH diese politische Unabh\u00e4ngigkeit. Im Jahr 2715, drei Jahre nach dem Fall von Orion an die Vanduul, ordnete Messer VIII das System an und alle Spr\u00fcnge zu ihm wurden aus den nichtmilit\u00e4rischen Karten der UEE f\u00fcr das \u00f6ffentliche Interesse entfernt. ICC-Direktorin Loretta De Biasio weigerte sich und behauptete, dass es f\u00fcr Menschen in mit Orion verbundenen Systemen gef\u00e4hrlicher w\u00e4re, nicht genau zu wissen, wo ein Clan von Vanduul pl\u00f6tzlich auftauchen k\u00f6nnte.\n\nDer Imperator war w\u00fctend \u00fcber die Missachtung des ICC und drohte, den Haushalt der Agentur drastisch zu k\u00fcrzen. Aber was die Situation f\u00fcr den Imperator noch verschlimmerte, kamen prominente Mitglieder des Milit\u00e4rs zur Verteidigung von De Biasio. Einige drohten sogar mit dem R\u00fccktritt, wenn sie entlassen wurde oder der Haushalt der Agentur von drastischen K\u00fcrzungen betroffen war. Es gibt Hinweise darauf, dass Vergeltungsma\u00dfnahmen gegen De Biasio wegen ihres Ungehorsams geplant waren, aber Messer VIII wurde in seinem Bett erstochen, bevor sie verh\u00e4ngt wurden.\n\nUnd so, obwohl der ICC lange Zeit mit den Messers verbunden war, \u00fcberlebte er ihren Untergang. Die Agentur hatte sich zu tief in das Gef\u00fcge des Imperiums eingegraben, um es zu verwerfen. Sie hatte auch gen\u00fcgend Unabh\u00e4ngigkeit bewiesen, um die Namens\u00e4nderung zu vermeiden, die viele andere Agenturen erhalten hatten, um Assoziationen mit einer dunkleren Zeit zu l\u00f6schen. Heute scannt das ICC nach Sprungbrettpunkten von seinen zahlreichen Stationen, liefert Daten an The Ark, um die Starmap aktuell zu halten, und vieles mehr.\n\nStellare Vermessungsingenieure\nDas ICC beherbergt auch eine der renommiertesten wissenschaftlichen Organisationen - die Stellar Surveyors. Diese Eliteeinheit, die sich aus Multitalenten aus dem \u00f6ffentlichen und privaten Sektor zusammensetzt, ist die erste, die neue Systeme besucht und kartiert, nachdem sie entdeckt wurden. Anfang des 30. Jahrhunderts \u00fcberzeugte ihre Einsch\u00e4tzung von Stanton die Politiker, dass es f\u00fcr einen systemweiten Gewerbepark perfekt w\u00e4re. Vor kurzem entdeckten sie das Kabalsystem, nur um verlassene Tevarin-St\u00e4dte auf Kabal III zu finden. Sie standen auch vor ihrer schwierigsten Herausforderung aller Zeiten - der Erforschung und Kartierung des Tamsa-Systems und des Schwarzen Lochs in seiner Mitte.\n\nCharting the Way Ahead' mag das Motto der Stellar Surveyors sein, aber es ist auch eine passende Maxime f\u00fcr das gesamte ICC. Ob es darum geht, sich gegen die Messers zu behaupten oder Sprungbretter zu finden, die die UEE in neue Welten f\u00fchren, das ICC hat klar den Blick auf die Zukunft gerichtet.\n\n$window.resize(function () { windowHeight = $window.height(); }); $.fn.parallax = function(xpos, speedFactor, outerHeight) { var $this = $(this); var getHeight; var firstTop; var paddingTop = 0; \/\/Gehen Sie die Startposition jedes Elements, um Parallaxe darauf anzuwenden $this.each(function(){ firstTop = $this.offset().top; }); if (outerHeight) { getHeight = function(jqo) { return jqo.outerHeight(true); }; }; } else { getHeight = function(jqo) { return jqo.height(); }; }; } setup standardm\u00e4\u00dfig, wenn Argumente nicht angegeben sind if (arguments.length < 1 ||| xpos = null) xpos = \"50%\"; if (arguments.length","zh_CN":"Humanity\u2019s first maps were of the stars. Created millennia ago, they were dots charting the night sky painted upon cavern walls on Earth. One wonders if those original mapmakers ever imagined that one day their descendants would get to visit those stars?\n\nThough the methods have drastically changed, the Imperial Cartography Center (ICC) carries on that proud tradition of charting celestial objects. This UEE government agency is best known for their Deep Space Scanning & AstroGraphical Stations that search for jump points, and for the elite Stellar Surveyors unit that assesses newly discovered systems. Yet, the responsibilities and reach of the ICC extend far beyond those two departments. From working with the Ark to keeping the Starmap current, to tracking the Baer comet as it crosses the Stanton System, the Imperial Cartography Center is essential to modern space travel.\n\nExpanding Space\nOnce Nick Croshaw successfully piloted his ship through the first jump point, aspiring explorers flooded the stars, obsessed with helping Humanity expand its reach ever farther. However, the nascent days of space exploration were fraught with danger. Experimental and unreliable equipment paired with a vast, uncharted expanse led to the tragic disappearances of many.\n\nHumanity grappled with how to govern their growing domain. The various national institutions had not yet unified, so there were few protocols in place to deal with the discovery of new systems. That led to Nemo\u2019s 2364 discovery date coming into question during a famous legal case where two companies argued over who owned the coordinates for the jump into the system from Fora. Meanwhile, the government hid the discovery of Banshee, in 2317, from the public for years out of fear that its powerful pulsar was a safety concern.\n\nAfter the United Nations of Earth finally formed in 2380, they incentivized explorers to report their discoveries to the government, but left the private sector to chart new systems. This occurred because a contingent of prominent and powerful politicians was dedicated to keeping the new UNE government as lean and efficient as possible. They believed an industry within the private sector would rise to fill the gap, and they were right.\n\nFor a few centuries, this arrangement worked relatively well. Initially, there were numerous cartography companies with the ships and technology to chart systems. However, it wasn\u2019t long before conglomerates acquired the most promising firms and slowly pushed out the rest. A few non-profit and academic institutions survived the culling and continued to provide detailed maps to the public for free or at a nominal cost. But due to a lack of funding, their products often took years to reach the market after a new system was discovered.\n\nFor the Public Good\nOver the years, the government received an increasing number of complaints against cartography companies for egregious inaccuracies or tiered pricing schemes that made detailed maps unaffordable to many consumers. One particular heinous example was when the Monroe Mapping Concern left a whole asteroid field off a map of Hadrian since they had promised exclusivity to a mining company. This led a number of politicians to lobby for increased oversight. It finally reached a tipping point with the Pallas incident. After discovering Pallas, Gaia Planet Services failed to properly scan the system before attempting to terraform Pallas III. Only then did they discover it was already occupied by the Xi\u2019An, an unknown species at the time. Realizing regulations were needed to govern the charting of new systems, the Government Cartography Agency (GCA) was created in 2531.\n\nInitially, the GCA was tasked with charting and scanning all new systems and ensuring that the most current geospatial information was available to the public. When Ivar Messer empowered himself as Imperator in 2546, he realized that the GCA was in a key position to control the knowledge of the known universe. Not long after he was sworn in, private mapmakers got word to shutter their operations. Mapmaking was nationalized, and the GCA renamed the Imperial Cartography Center.\n\nUnder Ivar Messer, an astronomical amount of credits was poured into the ICC. Companies with strong ties to the Messer regime received massive orders for top-of-the-line scanning equipment and were granted no-bid contracts to construct deep-space scanning stations. The ICC quickly embedded itself into a number of government agencies and organizations including, most importantly, the military. Deep-space scanning stations kept an eye on Perry Line systems and, eventually, helped monitor Vanduul clans on the western front. Without any private sector competition, the ICC became an essential agency and earned a degree of autonomy not afforded to other agencies under Messers\u2019 rule.\n\nEventually, the ICC put that political independence to use. In 2715, three years after the fall of Orion to the Vanduul, Messer VIII ordered the system and all jumps to it removed from the UEE\u2019s non-military maps for the public good. ICC Director Loretta De Biasio refused, claiming that it would be more dangerous for people in systems connected to Orion not to know exactly where a clan of Vanduul might suddenly appear.\n\nThe Imperator was infuriated by the ICC\u2019s defiance and threatened to drastically slash the agency\u2019s budget. But making matters worse for the Imperator, prominent members of the military came to De Biasio\u2019s defense. Some even threatened to resign if she was fired or the agency\u2019s budget struck with draconian cuts. There\u2019s evidence that retaliatory measures were planned against De Biasio for her disobedience, but Messer VIII was stabbed to death in his bed before they were enacted.\n\nAnd so, even though the ICC was long associated with the Messers, it survived their downfall. The agency had ingrained themselves too deeply into the fabric of the Empire to be discarded. It had also displayed enough independence to avoid the name change many other agencies received to erase associations with a darker time. Today, the ICC scans for jump points from their numerous stations, provides data to The Ark to keep the Starmap current, and much more.\n\nStellar Surveyors\nThe ICC is also home to one of the most prestigious scientific organizations \u2013 the Stellar Surveyors. This elite unit, composed of multi-talented individuals from both the public and private sector, are the first to visit and chart new systems after they are discovered. In the 29th century, their assessment of Stanton convinced politicians that it would be perfect for a system-wide business park. Recently, they discovered the Kabal System only to find abandoned Tevarin cities on Kabal III. They\u2019ve also been up against their most difficult challenge ever \u2013 exploring and mapping the Tamsa System and the black hole at its center.\n\n\u2018Charting the Way Ahead\u2019 may be the motto of the Stellar Surveyors, but it\u2019s also an appropriate maxim for the entire ICC. Whether standing up to the Messers or finding jump points that introduce the UEE to new worlds, the ICC clearly has its sights set on the future.\n\n$window.resize(function () { windowHeight = $window.height(); }); $.fn.parallax = function(xpos, speedFactor, outerHeight) { var $this = $(this); var getHeight; var firstTop; var paddingTop = 0; \/\/get the starting position of each element to have parallax applied to it $this.each(function(){ firstTop = $this.offset().top; }); if (outerHeight) { getHeight = function(jqo) { return jqo.outerHeight(true); }; } else { getHeight = function(jqo) { return jqo.height(); }; } \/\/ setup defaults if arguments aren\u2019t specified if (arguments.length < 1 || xpos = null) xpos = \"50%\"; if (arguments.length < 2 || speedFactor = null) speedFactor = 0.1; if (arguments.length < 3 || outerHeight === null) outerHeight = true; \/\/ function to be called whenever the window is scrolled or resized function update(){ var pos = $window.scrollTop(); $this.each(function(){ var $element = $(this); var top = $element.offset().top; var height = getHeight($element); \/\/ Check if totally above or totally below viewport if (top + height < pos || top > pos + windowHeight) { return; } $this.css(\u2018backgroundPosition\u2019, xpos + \u201c \u201c + Math.round((firstTop \u2013 pos) * speedFactor) + \u201cpx\u201d); }); } $window.bind(\u2018scroll\u2019, update).resize(update); update(); }; $(\u2018.parallax-1\u2019).parallax(\u201c50%\u201d, 0.1, true); $(\u2018.parallax-2\u2019).parallax(\u201c50%\u201d, 0.1, true); $(\u2018.parallax-3\u2019).parallax(\u201c50%\u201d, 0.1, true); $(\u2018.parallax-4\u2019).parallax(\u201c50%\u201d, 0.1, true); $(\u2018.parallax-5\u2019).parallax(\u201c50%\u201d, 0.1, true); $(\u2018.parallax-6\u2019).parallax(\u201c50%\u201d, 0.1, true); $(\u2018.parallax-7\u2019).parallax(\u201c50%\u201d, 0.1, true); })(jQuery);"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":28,"created_at":"2018-07-11T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"7 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-07 23:06:38","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":16655,"next_id":16662}}