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Discovered during the halcyon days of our expansion into the stars, the system shocked Humanity after the only jump point connecting it to the known universe collapsed and never reformed. This tragic incident marooned thousands of settlers. To this day, despite many hypotheses, the truth of their fate has yet to be learned.\n\nThough currently impossible to visit, we here at Galactic Guide deem it worthy of coverage. Both as a way to honor those tragically lost and to help distinguish the fact from the wild fiction surrounding the system.\n\nEXPANSIONIST ERA\nHumanity\u2019s optimism over settling space peaked in the 25th century. A confluence of social factors and political pressures made space the millennium\u2019s \u2018manifest destiny\u2019. In fact, many deemed it not only natural but necessary to move into the stars. Earth\u2019s diminishing natural resources and massive overpopulation powered the development of space exploration and ultimately terraforming technology. Nick Croshaw\u2019s discovery of jump points opened a doorway into unimaginable scores of potential resources.\n\nAmidst this unbridled optimism, Micah Zahir found himself out of work in the Ferron system. He earned his living as a mining scan operator on Asura, but bureaucratic red tape and a brewing controversy over the distribution of mining rights stifled opportunities for contractors. Recent upgrades to his ship\u2019s scanner and radar had left his funds depleted, so Zahir picked up lower paying gigs as an escort for supply convoys. One such run ventured off the traditional shipping lanes after the convoy leader received intel that outlaws were targeting their usual route. Working the radar with extra care, Zahir picked up a strange ping. A series of scans quickly eliminated the possibility that it was another ship before the anomaly vanished. The convoy proceeded to its destination, but the strange signature peaked Zahir\u2019s curiosity. Later, he returned alone and undertook a thorough investigation that uncovered the fateful jump point into Oretani.\n\nIn 2481, Zahir made multiple trips to Oretani to thoroughly scan it. When he eventually reported his discovery, Zahir named the system after his favorite ship from the 2464 blockbuster vid, Blast Caster. He used the windfall from the sale to the UNE to purchase real estate on Selene. When Zahir died in 2577, he had become one of the largest landowners in the Vega system. His obituary in the Selene Sentinel praised his business acumen, philanthropy, and described him as a \u2018truly modern self-made man whose legacy to the community outlives the system he discovered\u2019.\n\nTERRA REFORMERS\nOretani\u2019s discovery sparked excitement. It contained six planets, two of which had been cleared as potentially habitable, and a mineral-rich asteroid belt. Thanks to the UNE\u2019s expansion initiative and numerous technological advances, an oversaturation of terraforming corporations flocked for government contracts. The UNE awarded Turiya Terraforming the opportunity to make Oretani II habitable. Commentators deemed it a politically safe and progressive choice. Though the company had never terraformed a planet, CEO Adriana Bratanek stacked Turiya\u2019s executive ranks with experienced industry insiders and gained the backing of enough prominent investors to immediately put their plans in motion.\n\nBratanek embodied the ambition and optimism of the era. She believed that terraforming should not be the precursor to planetary habitation, but its initial stage. Besides paying a premium for experienced terraformers, she offered workers and their families free housing on space stations within the system on the condition that they move to the planet once it was habitable. Bratanek argued that the initiative would increase worker morale and the quality of their work, since they were literally creating their future home.\n\nAided by a series of UNE job fairs and an expansive marketing campaign, thousands of workers and their families jumped at the opportunity to help terraform the system. The promise of being the first settlers on a pristine, new homeworld made the years living aboard a space station worth it. Industry analysts watched with great interest as many were concerned that it would create added costs to attract workers and dramatically cut into their bottom line. Others believed that if the changes lead to happier employees and fewer accidents, then it was a positive step.\n\nThe first terraforming machines above Oretani II became active in 2483. Nearly one year later, the operation was firing on all cylinders and the initial results were better than expected. Bratanek appeared before a UNE terraforming commission to brag about Turiya being ahead of schedule and under budget. The public heard nothing but positive news about Oretani thanks to an aggressive media strategy employed by Turiya, but industry insiders were bothered by reports trickling out of the system. There were stories of occasional food rationing at some space stations due to delayed shipments, which then created a burgeoning black market. Other families felt swindled when they learned that Oretani II was an ocean world \u2013 a fact that certain Turiya recruiters failed to make clear in economically depressed areas of the Empire. Suddenly, the dream of homesteading was replaced by the reality of living on a platform amidst a vast ocean.\n\nIn an effort to undercut the growing negative press, Bratanek invited a handful of journalists to tour the system and Turiya\u2019s operations with her. On April 11, 2485, two days after they entered the system, the jump point connecting Oretani to Ferron suddenly collapsed, cutting off all connection to the rest of civilization.\n\nNO WAY HOME\nThe loss of Oretani struck a heavy blow to Humanity\u2019s psyche. The idea of easy, confident expansion across the stars was damaged. When news first broke of Oretani\u2019s loss, many didn\u2019t know such a thing was possible. Jump points were known to be unstable but not disappear completely.\n\nThe UNE dispatched a massive fleet of scanning and scientific ships into Ferron hoping to reopen the lost jump point or discover a new one. Humanity\u2019s best and brightest minds offered their help, and companies throughout the universe donated credits and supplies to the cause. The most brilliant minds in the UNE grappled with a cosmic question: can you open a collapsed jump point? Yet, all of their efforts were in vain, as the frantic search settled into a systematic exploration of options. Days turned to weeks, then months, and though the story still sat on everyone\u2019s mind, the realization that the system might be gone for good slowly sank in. Eventually, the UNE reluctantly reduced the resources dedicated to rediscovering Oretani and installed an extensive array of sensor beacons near the former jump point. A fleet of military pathfinders was also deployed to the system and assigned to patrol the region on a regular basis.\n\nThe fear that this would happen again kept settlers from venturing further into the stars, and systems began to stockpile supplies to make sure that they could self-sustain should the unthinkable happen. The population was shaken by this development too. Systems with multiple jump points saw a noticeable increase in population, and there was increased immigration back to Earth \u2013 the exact opposite of what the UNE hoped to accomplish.\n\nTo this day, the UEE government maintains an array of sensors and has pathfinders patrolling that sector of Ferron in the hopes that the jump point will reopen. Centuries later there is still no good news to report. In fact, all accounts of people escaping the system or even transmitting messages from it have been confirmed as hoaxes. The most famous of these being the so-called \u2018Oretani Beacon\u2019, claimed to have been found by Erling Bradford in 2506. The recording of a shaky voice proclaiming that she was an Oretani survivor was later proven to be made by Erling and his niece. Regardless, there are some who still believe that the plea is genuine evidence that contact with the system is possible.\n\nDespite the desire to know what happened to the inhabitants of Oretani, the best any of us can do is guess. Many hope that if the original jump point doesn\u2019t reappear, then another will be found back into the system, so that we may finally discover the fate of those cut off so long ago.\n\nTRAVEL WARNING\nWhile it is impossible to travel to Oretani, it has taught Humanity the dangers of journeying to a system with only one known jump point connection. We at Galactic Guide hold hope that such a tragedy will never again occur, but it is important to be aware of such risks while traveling.\n\nORETANI I\nScans placed this mesoplanet around 0.27 AU away from the K5 main sequence star at the system\u2019s center. Even if Oretani I possesses valuable resources, extracting them would have been difficult considering its proximity to the star.\n\nORETANI II\nA large ocean world that sat comfortably in the system\u2019s habitable zone. Though lacking major land masses, it was a strong terraforming candidate, and the vast water resource was considered essential to supporting life in the system. Looking at the records, many have claimed that if discovered today, the oceanic inhabitants of the world would have qualified it for Fair Chance Act protection, but at the time, little consideration was paid to indigenous life. Expansion and terraforming were the priorities.\n\nOnce terraformed, Turiya planned to build massive platforms around water harvesters that could support the adjacent community and still ship half its output to other locations. Terraforming workers would transition to permanent jobs dealing with the water harvesters, while their families would be allowed to start their own businesses or provide other essential services for the platform. If anyone still inhabits Oretani, most assume this planet plays a major role in their survival.\n\nORETANI III\nThough in orbit beyond the green band, Turiya believed that this ice planet could still potentially serve as a habitable planet. The company did extensive surveys, and though they didn\u2019t publicly share their findings, they strongly suggested that terraforming Oretani III would be a worthwhile endeavor. At the time, experts speculated that the company might have found vast swaths of resources under the ice, and potentially had a plan to build settlements deep within the planet surface once the resources were removed. Meanwhile, skeptics suggested that it might be nothing more than a ploy to drive up interest from investors about the company\u2019s future potential. Unfortunately, the jump point collapsed before Turiya could expound upon what they found so appealing about this ball of ice.\n\nORETANI BELT ALPHA\nWith numerous asteroids rich in nitrogen, the belt quickly became home to numerous agricultural stations built to help feed the massive influx of settlers. Until the planets were ready to be farmed, the belt could help provide a cheaper food source than intrastellar shipments. When the jump point collapsed, many were hopeful that these farms could help the stranded survive.\n\nORETANI IV\nA gas dwarf with a thick, expansive atmosphere. A single harvesting station had been built in orbit before the collapse. In computer simulated survival scenarios, the gasses collected here have been used in numerous ways for the industrial manufacturing that the settlers would need to make habitable surface outposts.\n\nORETANI V\nHydrogen and helium swirl together to form this gas giant sitting well beyond the system\u2019s frost line.\n\nORETANI VI\nA distant dwarf planet caught in a 103,390 standard day orbit around the edge of the system.\n\nHEARD IN THE WIND\n\u2018Be a part of Humanity\u2019s future! Oretani needs settlers to transform the system into tomorrow\u2019s paradise!\u2019\n- Excerpt from \u201cTerraforming Oretani\u201d recruitment brochure, 03.21.2482\n\n\u201cToday we are shocked and saddened to learn that those brave souls who ventured to Oretani have been lost. While the government and people of the UNE struggle to find a solution to this horrific tragedy, we all must realize that perhaps we dared to venture too far. We may have believed too much in our dominance of the universe. We have flown too close to the sun and have been reminded of the dangers out there.\u201d\n- Kerri Moloney, announcing the jump point collapse, Universal News Service, 04.11.2485","de_DE":"Galaktischer Leitfaden: Oretani-System\n\nHeute wird das Oretani-System mehr als Legende als als Realit\u00e4t in Erinnerung behalten. Entdeckt w\u00e4hrend der halkyonischen Tage unserer Expansion in die Sterne, schockierte das System die Menschheit, nachdem der einzige Sprungpunkt, der sie mit dem bekannten Universum verband, zusammenbrach und sich nie reformierte. Dieser tragische Vorfall hat Tausende von Siedlern heimgesucht. Bis heute ist die Wahrheit ihres Schicksals trotz vieler Hypothesen noch nicht erforscht.\n\nObwohl derzeit nicht zu besuchen, halten wir hier bei Galactic Guide es f\u00fcr angemessen, dar\u00fcber zu berichten. Sowohl als eine M\u00f6glichkeit, die tragisch Verlorenen zu ehren als auch, um die Tatsache von der wilden Fiktion um das System zu unterscheiden.\n\nEXPANSIONISTISCHE \u00c4RA\nDer Optimismus der Menschheit \u00fcber die Besiedlung des Raumes erreichte seinen H\u00f6hepunkt im 25. Jahrhundert. Ein Zusammenfluss von sozialen Faktoren und politischem Druck machte den Raum zum \"manifesten Schicksal\" des Jahrtausends. Tats\u00e4chlich hielten es viele f\u00fcr nicht nur nat\u00fcrlich, sondern auch notwendig, sich in die Sterne zu begeben. Die schwindenden nat\u00fcrlichen Ressourcen der Erde und die massive \u00dcberbev\u00f6lkerung trieben die Entwicklung der Weltraumforschung und letztlich der Terraforming-Technologie voran. Nick Croshaws Entdeckung von Sprungbrettpunkten \u00f6ffnete eine T\u00fcr zu unvorstellbaren Mengen an potenziellen Ressourcen.\n\nInmitten dieses ungez\u00fcgelten Optimismus fand sich Micah Zahir im Ferron-System arbeitslos wieder. Er verdiente seinen Lebensunterhalt als Mining Scan Operator auf Asura, aber b\u00fcrokratische B\u00fcrokratie und eine sich anbahnende Kontroverse \u00fcber die Verteilung von Minenrechten erstickten die Chancen f\u00fcr Auftragnehmer. J\u00fcngste Upgrades des Schiffsscanners und des Radars hatten seine Gelder aufgebraucht, so dass Zahir als Eskorte f\u00fcr Versorgungskonvois niedrigere bezahlte Gigs aufnahm. Ein solcher Lauf wagte sich von den traditionellen Schifffahrtsrouten ab, nachdem der Konvoif\u00fchrer Informationen erhielt, dass Gesetzlose auf ihre \u00fcbliche Route abzielten. Zahir arbeitete mit besonderer Sorgfalt auf dem Radar und empfing einen seltsamen Ping. Eine Reihe von Scans eliminierte schnell die M\u00f6glichkeit, dass es sich um ein anderes Schiff handelte, bevor die Anomalie verschwand. Der Konvoi fuhr zu seinem Ziel, aber die seltsame Signatur machte Zahirs Neugierde wett. Sp\u00e4ter kehrte er allein zur\u00fcck und unternahm eine gr\u00fcndliche Untersuchung, die den schicksalhaften Sprungpunkt nach Oretani aufdeckte.\n\nIm Jahr 2481 unternahm Zahir mehrere Reisen nach Oretani, um es gr\u00fcndlich zu scannen. Als er schlie\u00dflich \u00fcber seine Entdeckung berichtete, benannte Zahir das System nach seinem Lieblingsschiff aus dem 2464er Blockbuster-Vid, Blast Caster. Er nutzte den Zufall aus dem Verkauf an die UNE, um Immobilien auf Selene zu kaufen. Als Zahir 2577 starb, war er einer der gr\u00f6\u00dften Grundbesitzer im Vega-System geworden. Sein Nachruf im Selene Sentinel lobte seinen Gesch\u00e4ftssinn, seine Philanthropie und beschrieb ihn als \"wirklich modernen, selbst gemachten Menschen, dessen Verm\u00e4chtnis an die Gemeinschaft das von ihm entdeckte System \u00fcberdauert\".\n\nTERRA-REFORMER\nOretanis Entdeckung l\u00f6ste Begeisterung aus. Es enthielt sechs Planeten, von denen zwei als potentiell bewohnbar erkl\u00e4rt worden waren, und einen mineralreichen Asteroideng\u00fcrtel. Dank der Expansionsinitiative der UNE und zahlreicher technologischer Fortschritte str\u00f6mte eine \u00dcbers\u00e4ttigung der Terraformingunternehmen f\u00fcr Regierungsauftr\u00e4ge. Die UNE hat Turiya Terraforming die M\u00f6glichkeit gegeben, Oretani II bewohnbar zu machen. Kommentatoren hielten es f\u00fcr eine politisch sichere und progressive Entscheidung. Obwohl das Unternehmen noch nie einen Planeten erobert hatte, stapelte CEO Adriana Bratanek die F\u00fchrungsetagen von Turiya mit erfahrenen Brancheninsidern und gewann die Unterst\u00fctzung von gen\u00fcgend prominenten Investoren, um ihre Pl\u00e4ne sofort in die Tat umzusetzen.\n\nBratanek verk\u00f6rperte den Ehrgeiz und Optimismus der damaligen Zeit. Sie glaubte, dass Terraforming nicht der Vorl\u00e4ufer der planetarischen Besiedlung sein sollte, sondern ihre Anfangsphase. Neben der Zahlung einer Pr\u00e4mie f\u00fcr erfahrene Terraformer bot sie Arbeitern und ihren Familien kostenlose Wohnungen auf Raumstationen innerhalb des Systems an, unter der Bedingung, dass sie auf den Planeten ziehen, sobald er bewohnbar war. Bratanek argumentierte, dass die Initiative die Arbeitsmoral und die Qualit\u00e4t ihrer Arbeit verbessern w\u00fcrde, da sie buchst\u00e4blich ihr zuk\u00fcnftiges Zuhause schaffen w\u00fcrden.\n\nUnterst\u00fctzt von einer Reihe von UNE-Jobmessen und einer umfangreichen Marketingkampagne nutzten Tausende von Arbeitnehmern und ihre Familien die Gelegenheit, das System zu verbessern. Das Versprechen, die ersten Siedler auf einer unber\u00fchrten, neuen Heimatwelt zu sein, machte das jahrelange Leben an Bord einer Raumstation wertvoll. Branchenanalysten beobachteten mit gro\u00dfem Interesse, da viele bef\u00fcrchteten, dass dies zus\u00e4tzliche Kosten verursachen w\u00fcrde, um Arbeitskr\u00e4fte anzuziehen und ihr Ergebnis drastisch zu senken. Andere glaubten, dass, wenn die Ver\u00e4nderungen zu gl\u00fccklicheren Mitarbeitern und weniger Unf\u00e4llen f\u00fchren, es ein positiver Schritt war.\n\nDie ersten Terraforming-Maschinen \u00fcber Oretani II wurden 2483 in Betrieb genommen. Fast ein Jahr sp\u00e4ter feuerte die Operation auf alle Zylinder und die ersten Ergebnisse waren besser als erwartet. Bratanek erschien vor einer UNE-Terraforming-Kommission, um damit zu prahlen, dass Turiya dem Zeitplan und dem Budget voraus ist. Die \u00d6ffentlichkeit h\u00f6rte dank einer aggressiven Medienstrategie von Turiya nur positive Nachrichten \u00fcber Oretani, aber Brancheninsider waren von Berichten gest\u00f6rt, die aus dem System sickerten. Es gab Geschichten \u00fcber gelegentliche Nahrungsrationierungen an einigen Raumstationen aufgrund versp\u00e4teter Lieferungen, die dann zu einem florierenden Schwarzmarkt f\u00fchrten. Andere Familien f\u00fchlten sich betrogen, als sie erfuhren, dass Oretani II eine Meereswelt sei - eine Tatsache, die einige Turiya-Rekrutierer in wirtschaftlich angeschlagenen Gebieten des Imperiums nicht deutlich machten. Pl\u00f6tzlich wurde der Traum vom Homesteading durch die Realit\u00e4t ersetzt, auf einer Plattform inmitten eines riesigen Ozeans zu leben.\n\nUm die wachsende negative Presse zu unterbinden, lud Bratanek eine Handvoll Journalisten ein, mit ihr das System und die Operationen von Turiya zu besichtigen. Am 11. April 2485, zwei Tage nach ihrem Eintritt in das System, brach der Sprungpunkt, der Oretani mit Ferron verband, pl\u00f6tzlich zusammen und unterbrach alle Verbindungen zum Rest der Zivilisation.\n\nKEIN WEG NACH HAUSE\nDer Verlust von Oretani traf die Psyche der Menschheit schwer. Die Idee einer einfachen und sicheren Expansion \u00fcber die Sterne hinweg wurde besch\u00e4digt. Als die ersten Nachrichten \u00fcber Oretanis Verlust kamen, wussten viele nicht, dass so etwas m\u00f6glich war. Es war bekannt, dass Sprungbretter instabil sind, aber nicht vollst\u00e4ndig verschwinden.\n\nDie UNE schickte eine riesige Flotte von Scan- und Wissenschaftsschiffen nach Ferron, in der Hoffnung, den verlorenen Sprungpunkt wieder zu \u00f6ffnen oder einen neuen zu entdecken. Die besten und kl\u00fcgsten K\u00f6pfe der Menschheit boten ihre Hilfe an, und Unternehmen im ganzen Universum spendeten Kredite und Vorr\u00e4te f\u00fcr die Sache. Die brillantesten K\u00f6pfe der UNE k\u00e4mpften mit einer kosmischen Frage: Kannst du einen zusammengebrochenen Sprungpunkt \u00f6ffnen? Doch alle ihre Bem\u00fchungen waren vergeblich, als sich die hektische Suche in einer systematischen Erforschung von Optionen niederschlug. Aus Tagen wurden Wochen, dann Monate, und obwohl die Geschichte immer noch in aller Munde war, sank die Erkenntnis, dass das System f\u00fcr immer weg sein k\u00f6nnte, langsam. Schlie\u00dflich reduzierte die UNE widerwillig die Ressourcen f\u00fcr die Wiederentdeckung von Oretani und installierte eine umfangreiche Palette von Sensorkennleuchten in der N\u00e4he des ehemaligen Sprungpunktes. Eine Flotte von milit\u00e4rischen Pfadfindern wurde ebenfalls in das System eingesetzt und mit der regelm\u00e4\u00dfigen \u00dcberwachung der Region beauftragt.\n\nDie Angst, dass dies wieder geschehen w\u00fcrde, hielt die Siedler davon ab, sich weiter in die Sterne zu wagen, und die Systeme begannen, Vorr\u00e4te zu lagern, um sicherzustellen, dass sie sich selbst versorgen konnten, wenn das Undenkbare geschah. Auch die Bev\u00f6lkerung war von dieser Entwicklung ersch\u00fcttert. Systeme mit mehreren Sprungbrettpunkten verzeichneten einen sp\u00fcrbaren Bev\u00f6lkerungszuwachs, und es gab eine verst\u00e4rkte Einwanderung zur\u00fcck zur Erde - genau das Gegenteil von dem, was die UNE zu erreichen hoffte.\n\nBis heute unterh\u00e4lt die UEE-Regierung eine Reihe von Sensoren und hat Pfadfinder, die diesen Sektor von Ferron patrouillieren, in der Hoffnung, dass sich der Sprungpunkt wieder \u00f6ffnen wird. Jahrhunderte sp\u00e4ter gibt es immer noch keine guten Nachrichten zu berichten. Tats\u00e4chlich wurden alle Berichte \u00fcber Personen, die dem System entkommen sind oder sogar Nachrichten von ihm senden, als Schwindel best\u00e4tigt. Der ber\u00fchmteste davon ist der so genannte Oretani Beacon\", der angeblich 2506 von Erling Bradford gefunden wurde. Die Aufnahme einer wackeligen Stimme, die verk\u00fcndete, dass sie eine \u00dcberlebende der Oretani sei, wurde sp\u00e4ter von Erling und seiner Nichte gemacht. Unabh\u00e4ngig davon gibt es einige, die immer noch glauben, dass der Appell ein echter Beweis daf\u00fcr ist, dass ein Kontakt mit dem System m\u00f6glich ist.\n\nTrotz des Wunsches, zu wissen, was mit den Bewohnern von Oretani passiert ist, ist das Beste, was jeder von uns tun kann, zu erraten. Viele hoffen, dass, wenn der urspr\u00fcngliche Sprungpunkt nicht wieder auftaucht, ein anderer wieder in das System zur\u00fcckgefunden wird, so dass wir endlich das Schicksal derjenigen entdecken k\u00f6nnen, die vor so langer Zeit abgeschnitten wurden.\n\nREISEWARNUNG\nObwohl es unm\u00f6glich ist, nach Oretani zu reisen, hat es die Menschheit die Gefahren der Reise zu einem System mit nur einer bekannten Sprungbuchverbindung gelehrt. Wir vom Galactic Guide hoffen, dass sich eine solche Trag\u00f6die nie wieder ereignen wird, aber es ist wichtig, sich solcher Risiken auf Reisen bewusst zu sein.\n\nORETANI I\nScans platzierten diesen Mesoplaneten etwa 0,27 AE vom K5-Hauptreihenstern entfernt in der Mitte des Systems. Selbst wenn Oretani I \u00fcber wertvolle Ressourcen verf\u00fcgt, w\u00e4re es schwierig gewesen, diese zu gewinnen, wenn man die N\u00e4he zum Stern bedenkt.\n\nORETANI II\nEine gro\u00dfe Meereswelt, die bequem in der bewohnbaren Zone des Systems sa\u00df. Obwohl es keine gro\u00dfen Landmassen gab, war es ein starker Terraforming-Kandidat, und die riesige Wasserressource galt als wesentlich f\u00fcr die Unterst\u00fctzung des Lebens im System. In den Aufzeichnungen haben viele behauptet, dass, wenn sie heute entdeckt w\u00fcrden, die ozeanischen Bewohner der Welt es f\u00fcr den Schutz durch das Fair Chance Act qualifiziert h\u00e4tten, aber damals wurde dem indigenen Leben wenig Beachtung geschenkt. Expansion und Terraforming standen im Vordergrund.\n\nEinmal terraformiert, plante Turiya den Bau massiver Plattformen um Wassergewinnungsanlagen herum, die die angrenzende Gemeinde unterst\u00fctzen und dennoch die H\u00e4lfte ihrer Produktion an andere Standorte liefern k\u00f6nnten. Terraforming-Arbeiter w\u00fcrden auf Dauerarbeitspl\u00e4tze f\u00fcr die Wasseraufbereitungsanlagen umsteigen, w\u00e4hrend ihre Familien ihr eigenes Unternehmen gr\u00fcnden oder andere wesentliche Dienstleistungen f\u00fcr die Plattform erbringen k\u00f6nnten. Wenn noch jemand in Oretani lebt, gehen die meisten davon aus, dass dieser Planet eine wichtige Rolle f\u00fcr ihr \u00dcberleben spielt.\n\nORETANI III\nObwohl er sich im Orbit jenseits der Frostgrenze befand, glaubte Turiya, dass dieser Eisplanet immer noch potenziell als bewohnbarer Planet dienen k\u00f6nnte. Das Unternehmen f\u00fchrte umfangreiche Umfragen durch, und obwohl sie ihre Ergebnisse nicht \u00f6ffentlich bekannt gaben, schlugen sie fest vor, dass das Terraforming von Oretani III ein lohnendes Unterfangen w\u00e4re. Damals spekulierten Experten, dass das Unternehmen m\u00f6glicherweise riesige Mengen an Ressourcen unter dem Eis gefunden haben k\u00f6nnte und m\u00f6glicherweise einen Plan hatte, Siedlungen tief in der Planetenoberfl\u00e4che zu bauen, sobald die Ressourcen entfernt wurden. Unterdessen schlugen Skeptiker vor, dass es nichts anderes als ein Trick sein k\u00f6nnte, das Interesse der Investoren an den Zukunftspotenzialen des Unternehmens zu steigern. Leider brach der Sprungpunkt zusammen, bevor Turiya erkl\u00e4ren konnte, was sie an diesem Eisball so attraktiv fanden.\n\nORETANI G\u00dcRTEL ALPHA\nMit zahlreichen stickstoffreichen Asteroiden wurde der G\u00fcrtel schnell zur Heimat zahlreicher landwirtschaftlicher Stationen, die gebaut wurden, um den massiven Zustrom von Siedlern zu f\u00f6rdern. Bis die Planeten f\u00fcr die Zucht bereit waren, k\u00f6nnte der G\u00fcrtel helfen, eine billigere Nahrungsquelle zu bieten als intrastellare Sendungen. Als der Sprungpunkt zusammenbrach, hofften viele, dass diese Farmen den Gestrandeten beim \u00dcberleben helfen k\u00f6nnten.\n\nORETANI IV\nEin Gaszwerg mit einer dicken, ausladenden Atmosph\u00e4re. Vor dem Einsturz war eine einzige Ernte-Station im Orbit gebaut worden. In computer-simulierten \u00dcberlebensszenarien wurden die hier gesammelten Gase auf vielf\u00e4ltige Weise f\u00fcr die industrielle Fertigung genutzt, die die Siedler ben\u00f6tigen w\u00fcrden, um bewohnbare Oberfl\u00e4chenau\u00dfenposten zu bauen.\n\nORETANI V\nWasserstoff und Helium verwirbeln sich zu diesem Gasriesen, der weit \u00fcber die Frostgrenze des Systems hinaus sitzt.\n\nORETANI VI\nEin entfernter Zwergplanet, der in einer 103.390 Standard-Tagesorbit um den Rand des Systems gefangen wurde.\n\nIM WIND GEH\u00d6RT\nSei ein Teil der Zukunft der Menschheit! Oretani braucht Siedler, um das System in das Paradies von morgen zu verwandeln!\n- Auszug aus der Rekrutierungsbrosch\u00fcre \"Terraforming Oretani\", 03.21.2482\n\n\"Heute sind wir schockiert und traurig zu erfahren, dass jene tapferen Seelen, die sich an Oretani gewagt haben, verloren gegangen sind. W\u00e4hrend die Regierung und das Volk der UNE darum k\u00e4mpfen, eine L\u00f6sung f\u00fcr diese schreckliche Trag\u00f6die zu finden, m\u00fcssen wir alle erkennen, dass wir es vielleicht gewagt haben, zu weit zu gehen. Wir haben vielleicht zu viel an unsere Dominanz des Universums geglaubt. Wir sind zu nah an die Sonne geflogen und wurden an die Gefahren da drau\u00dfen erinnert.\"\n- Kerri Moloney, k\u00fcndigt den Zusammenbruch des Sprungbrettes an, Universal News Service, 04.11.2485","zh_CN":"Galactic Guide: Oretani System\n\nWriter\u2019s Note: Galactic Guide: Oretani System was published originally as a Subscriber Exclusive on July 11, 2018.\nToday, the Oretani system is remembered more as a legend than a reality. Discovered during the halcyon days of our expansion into the stars, the system shocked Humanity after the only jump point connecting it to the known universe collapsed and never reformed. This tragic incident marooned thousands of settlers. To this day, despite many hypotheses, the truth of their fate has yet to be learned.\n\nThough currently impossible to visit, we here at Galactic Guide deem it worthy of coverage. Both as a way to honor those tragically lost and to help distinguish the fact from the wild fiction surrounding the system.\n\nEXPANSIONIST ERA\nHumanity\u2019s optimism over settling space peaked in the 25th century. A confluence of social factors and political pressures made space the millennium\u2019s \u2018manifest destiny\u2019. In fact, many deemed it not only natural but necessary to move into the stars. Earth\u2019s diminishing natural resources and massive overpopulation powered the development of space exploration and ultimately terraforming technology. Nick Croshaw\u2019s discovery of jump points opened a doorway into unimaginable scores of potential resources.\n\nAmidst this unbridled optimism, Micah Zahir found himself out of work in the Ferron system. He earned his living as a mining scan operator on Asura, but bureaucratic red tape and a brewing controversy over the distribution of mining rights stifled opportunities for contractors. Recent upgrades to his ship\u2019s scanner and radar had left his funds depleted, so Zahir picked up lower paying gigs as an escort for supply convoys. One such run ventured off the traditional shipping lanes after the convoy leader received intel that outlaws were targeting their usual route. Working the radar with extra care, Zahir picked up a strange ping. A series of scans quickly eliminated the possibility that it was another ship before the anomaly vanished. The convoy proceeded to its destination, but the strange signature peaked Zahir\u2019s curiosity. Later, he returned alone and undertook a thorough investigation that uncovered the fateful jump point into Oretani.\n\nIn 2481, Zahir made multiple trips to Oretani to thoroughly scan it. When he eventually reported his discovery, Zahir named the system after his favorite ship from the 2464 blockbuster vid, Blast Caster. He used the windfall from the sale to the UNE to purchase real estate on Selene. When Zahir died in 2577, he had become one of the largest landowners in the Vega system. His obituary in the Selene Sentinel praised his business acumen, philanthropy, and described him as a \u2018truly modern self-made man whose legacy to the community outlives the system he discovered\u2019.\n\nTERRA REFORMERS\nOretani\u2019s discovery sparked excitement. It contained six planets, two of which had been cleared as potentially habitable, and a mineral-rich asteroid belt. Thanks to the UNE\u2019s expansion initiative and numerous technological advances, an oversaturation of terraforming corporations flocked for government contracts. The UNE awarded Turiya Terraforming the opportunity to make Oretani II habitable. Commentators deemed it a politically safe and progressive choice. Though the company had never terraformed a planet, CEO Adriana Bratanek stacked Turiya\u2019s executive ranks with experienced industry insiders and gained the backing of enough prominent investors to immediately put their plans in motion.\n\nBratanek embodied the ambition and optimism of the era. She believed that terraforming should not be the precursor to planetary habitation, but its initial stage. Besides paying a premium for experienced terraformers, she offered workers and their families free housing on space stations within the system on the condition that they move to the planet once it was habitable. Bratanek argued that the initiative would increase worker morale and the quality of their work, since they were literally creating their future home.\n\nAided by a series of UNE job fairs and an expansive marketing campaign, thousands of workers and their families jumped at the opportunity to help terraform the system. The promise of being the first settlers on a pristine, new homeworld made the years living aboard a space station worth it. Industry analysts watched with great interest as many were concerned that it would create added costs to attract workers and dramatically cut into their bottom line. Others believed that if the changes lead to happier employees and fewer accidents, then it was a positive step.\n\nThe first terraforming machines above Oretani II became active in 2483. Nearly one year later, the operation was firing on all cylinders and the initial results were better than expected. Bratanek appeared before a UNE terraforming commission to brag about Turiya being ahead of schedule and under budget. The public heard nothing but positive news about Oretani thanks to an aggressive media strategy employed by Turiya, but industry insiders were bothered by reports trickling out of the system. There were stories of occasional food rationing at some space stations due to delayed shipments, which then created a burgeoning black market. Other families felt swindled when they learned that Oretani II was an ocean world \u2013 a fact that certain Turiya recruiters failed to make clear in economically depressed areas of the Empire. Suddenly, the dream of homesteading was replaced by the reality of living on a platform amidst a vast ocean.\n\nIn an effort to undercut the growing negative press, Bratanek invited a handful of journalists to tour the system and Turiya\u2019s operations with her. On April 11, 2485, two days after they entered the system, the jump point connecting Oretani to Ferron suddenly collapsed, cutting off all connection to the rest of civilization.\n\nNO WAY HOME\nThe loss of Oretani struck a heavy blow to Humanity\u2019s psyche. The idea of easy, confident expansion across the stars was damaged. When news first broke of Oretani\u2019s loss, many didn\u2019t know such a thing was possible. Jump points were known to be unstable but not disappear completely.\n\nThe UNE dispatched a massive fleet of scanning and scientific ships into Ferron hoping to reopen the lost jump point or discover a new one. Humanity\u2019s best and brightest minds offered their help, and companies throughout the universe donated credits and supplies to the cause. The most brilliant minds in the UNE grappled with a cosmic question: can you open a collapsed jump point? Yet, all of their efforts were in vain, as the frantic search settled into a systematic exploration of options. Days turned to weeks, then months, and though the story still sat on everyone\u2019s mind, the realization that the system might be gone for good slowly sank in. Eventually, the UNE reluctantly reduced the resources dedicated to rediscovering Oretani and installed an extensive array of sensor beacons near the former jump point. A fleet of military pathfinders was also deployed to the system and assigned to patrol the region on a regular basis.\n\nThe fear that this would happen again kept settlers from venturing further into the stars, and systems began to stockpile supplies to make sure that they could self-sustain should the unthinkable happen. The population was shaken by this development too. Systems with multiple jump points saw a noticeable increase in population, and there was increased immigration back to Earth \u2013 the exact opposite of what the UNE hoped to accomplish.\n\nTo this day, the UEE government maintains an array of sensors and has pathfinders patrolling that sector of Ferron in the hopes that the jump point will reopen. Centuries later there is still no good news to report. In fact, all accounts of people escaping the system or even transmitting messages from it have been confirmed as hoaxes. The most famous of these being the so-called \u2018Oretani Beacon\u2019, claimed to have been found by Erling Bradford in 2506. The recording of a shaky voice proclaiming that she was an Oretani survivor was later proven to be made by Erling and his niece. Regardless, there are some who still believe that the plea is genuine evidence that contact with the system is possible.\n\nDespite the desire to know what happened to the inhabitants of Oretani, the best any of us can do is guess. Many hope that if the original jump point doesn\u2019t reappear, then another will be found back into the system, so that we may finally discover the fate of those cut off so long ago.\n\nTRAVEL WARNING\nWhile it is impossible to travel to Oretani, it has taught Humanity the dangers of journeying to a system with only one known jump point connection. We at Galactic Guide hold hope that such a tragedy will never again occur, but it is important to be aware of such risks while traveling.\n\nORETANI I\nScans placed this mesoplanet around 0.27 AU away from the K5 main sequence star at the system\u2019s center. Even if Oretani I possesses valuable resources, extracting them would have been difficult considering its proximity to the star.\n\nORETANI II\nA large ocean world that sat comfortably in the system\u2019s habitable zone. Though lacking major land masses, it was a strong terraforming candidate, and the vast water resource was considered essential to supporting life in the system. Looking at the records, many have claimed that if discovered today, the oceanic inhabitants of the world would have qualified it for Fair Chance Act protection, but at the time, little consideration was paid to indigenous life. Expansion and terraforming were the priorities.\n\nOnce terraformed, Turiya planned to build massive platforms around water harvesters that could support the adjacent community and still ship half its output to other locations. Terraforming workers would transition to permanent jobs dealing with the water harvesters, while their families would be allowed to start their own businesses or provide other essential services for the platform. If anyone still inhabits Oretani, most assume this planet plays a major role in their survival.\n\nORETANI III\nThough in orbit beyond the green band, Turiya believed that this ice planet could still potentially serve as a habitable planet. The company did extensive surveys, and though they didn\u2019t publicly share their findings, they strongly suggested that terraforming Oretani III would be a worthwhile endeavor. At the time, experts speculated that the company might have found vast swaths of resources under the ice, and potentially had a plan to build settlements deep within the planet surface once the resources were removed. Meanwhile, skeptics suggested that it might be nothing more than a ploy to drive up interest from investors about the company\u2019s future potential. Unfortunately, the jump point collapsed before Turiya could expound upon what they found so appealing about this ball of ice.\n\nORETANI BELT ALPHA\nWith numerous asteroids rich in nitrogen, the belt quickly became home to numerous agricultural stations built to help feed the massive influx of settlers. Until the planets were ready to be farmed, the belt could help provide a cheaper food source than intrastellar shipments. When the jump point collapsed, many were hopeful that these farms could help the stranded survive.\n\nORETANI IV\nA gas dwarf with a thick, expansive atmosphere. A single harvesting station had been built in orbit before the collapse. In computer simulated survival scenarios, the gasses collected here have been used in numerous ways for the industrial manufacturing that the settlers would need to make habitable surface outposts.\n\nORETANI V\nHydrogen and helium swirl together to form this gas giant sitting well beyond the system\u2019s frost line.\n\nORETANI VI\nA distant dwarf planet caught in a 103,390 standard day orbit around the edge of the system.\n\nHEARD IN THE WIND\n\u2018Be a part of Humanity\u2019s future! Oretani needs settlers to transform the system into tomorrow\u2019s paradise!\u2019\n- Excerpt from \u201cTerraforming Oretani\u201d recruitment brochure, 03.21.2482\n\n\u201cToday we are shocked and saddened to learn that those brave souls who ventured to Oretani have been lost. While the government and people of the UNE struggle to find a solution to this horrific tragedy, we all must realize that perhaps we dared to venture too far. We may have believed too much in our dominance of the universe. We have flown too close to the sun and have been reminded of the dangers out there.\u201d\n- Kerri Moloney, announcing the jump point collapse, Universal News Service, 04.11.2485"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":55,"created_at":"2020-05-06T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"6 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-07 23:06:29","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":16663,"next_id":16666}}