{"data":{"id":17220,"title":"Galactic Guide: Pallas System (Hui sen Th.us\u2019\u016bng)","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/17220-Galactic-Guide-Pallas-System-Hui-Sen-Thus-ng","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/17220","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/17220","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":4865,"name":"Tsb.png","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/u4rylvz9xyeosr\/source\/Tsb.png","alt":"","size":41842,"mime_type":"image\/png","last_modified":"2016-05-05T04:15:26+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/4865","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/4865\/similar"},{"id":22318,"name":"TRAVEL_WARNING.png","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/xoh0h57yqhmror\/source\/TRAVEL_WARNING.png","alt":"","size":18693,"mime_type":"image\/png","last_modified":"2016-05-05T03:15:45+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/22318","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/22318\/similar"},{"id":22610,"name":"Pallas-Galactic-Guide.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/c5vii36d5kekrr\/source\/Pallas-Galactic-Guide.jpg","alt":"","size":960630,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2019-09-03T16:00:19+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/22610","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/22610\/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":10,"translations":{"en_EN":"This Galactic Guide originally appeared in Jump Point 5.7.\nThe Pallas System (Hui sen Th.us\u2019\u016bng) is best known as the location of first contact between Humans and the Xi\u2019an. This unusual first encounter, which resulted in 276 Humans being taken captive by the Xi\u2019an, is well known, but its aftermath much less understood. The crisis also set the stage for the cold war and sowed the seeds of distrust between the species for centuries to come.\n\nUnhinged Expansion\nIn the early 26th century, Humanity was consumed with the prospect of discovery and expansion. Advances in scanning technology made its components much more accessible while innovators worked to refine terraforming processes, both of which led to an explosion of would-be explorers looking for the next undiscovered territory.\n\nHumanity\u2019s rapid expansion into numerous new systems created a problem of governance. The United Nations of Earth (UNE) realized that it wasn\u2019t built to govern a multi-system expanse. This realization ultimately led to the formation of a new government to reflect the new landscape of Humanity\u2019s territory: the United Planets of Earth (UPE).\n\nA myriad reforms accompanied this name change. A governing tribunal consisting of a High-Secretary, High-General, and High-Advocate was created, plus new rules and regulations were implemented to manage Humanity\u2019s further expansion out to the stars. While many companies recognized and respected these new laws, others ignored them, particularly when lucrative terraforming rights hung in the balance. One such company, Gaia Planet Services, became the most infamous example of the latter.\n\nIn 2530, a navjumper named Kathryn Segovia discovered the Pallas System through Baker and decided to auction off the nav point. She cared nothing for the fame, but craved the fortune. Her preliminary scans indicated the system had mineral-rich locations and one potentially habitable planet, so she lined up bids from those who would pay the most for access \u2014 mining and terraforming conglomerates.\n\nCorporate Malfeasance\nGaia Planet Services won the bid and raced a terraforming team into Pallas. Comms would later reveal that company executives were eager to cut any corner to offset the exorbitant price paid.\n\nThis included not officially registering the system with the UPE, or seeking the appropriate terraforming permits. Instead, they decided to get their operation up and running and then tackle the bureaucratic hurdles later. As company CEO Joseph Jules Jr. wrote in one comm, \u201cWe\u2019d rather pay the fine than waste the time.\u201d\n\nForeman Charles Baxter lead a team into the system and straight to Pallas III, where they began surveying the best locations for terraforming equipment. It wasn\u2019t long before strange ships swooped over the horizon and surrounded the survey teams. All 276 Humans were quickly captured and placed under guard.\n\nThis was Humanity\u2019s first encounter with the Xi\u2019an.\n\nThough a language barrier separated the two species, the Xi\u2019an quickly determined that Baxter oversaw the operation. The Xi\u2019an surprised their prisoners by releasing Baxter as a sign of good faith. He fled to the Baker System and immediately contacted his superiors at Gaia Planet Services rather than the authorities.\n\nSupposedly, CEO Joseph Jules Jr. argued that they should try and cut a deal with the Xi\u2019an themselves. He was desperate to find a way to spin this debacle into a positive for the company. A handful of sycophantic executives agreed with him, but Baxter and others pushed back. The plan was a pipe dream unless the company had xeno-linguists on staff who could decipher this unknown language. Reluctantly, company executives contacted the UPE and revealed the terrible situation in which they had placed Humanity.\n\nStrategic Advantage\nThe UPE\u2019s best xeno-linguist took 15 days to devise a rudimentary form of communication with the Xi\u2019an, after which official discussions over the release of the remaining workers began. Many within the government grumbled at the terrible negotiating position Gaia Planet Services had left them in, while others fumed at the horrible first impression Humanity had given the Xi\u2019an.\n\nThe ensuing few weeks were a high-wire act of diplomacy for the UPE. The Xi\u2019an had two primary points of contention that they required to be met before releasing the hostages. The first point was quickly agreed upon; the UPE would vacate the Pallas System immediately. It was the Xi\u2019an\u2019s second stipulation that caused great controversy. They insisted that the UPE reveal the extent of their Empire and the location of all currently known systems. UPE negotiators pushed hard not to have that last detail included, but the Xi\u2019an were adamant about it.\n\nAs political pressure built at home to return the captives to their families, the UPE learned more about these strange new aliens. When it was revealed that they lived for hundreds of standard Earth years, negotiators grew concerned with how long the Xi\u2019an were willing to carry on the negotiation. Many concluded that they had no other choice but to acquiesce to the Xi\u2019an terms.\n\nAfter 57 days, a deal was reached, the ordeal ended, and all hostages were eventually released unharmed, but what Humanity gave up in exchange came to define the relationship between the two species. The disparity between what the Xi\u2019an knew about our systems versus what we knew about theirs was a major source of paranoia for Humanity following the Pallas incident. The actions taken had sown the seeds of distrust on both sides and the two species slowly backed away from the negotiating table, unsure when and where their next encounter would occur.\n\nDespite Humanity learning the Xi\u2019an name for the system, Hui sen Th.us\u2019\u016bng, during negotiations, it was not commonly used due to the difficulty many had pronouncing it. The escalating cold war pushed the UEE to give it a different name. Eventually, the UEE military assigned it the name Pallas to correlate with other Perry Line systems named after gods of war. The name has stuck ever since.\n\nAlthough the Xi\u2019an ultimately abandoned the Pallas system during the height of tension with the Messer regime, the Perry Line Pact ensured that the Pallas System would remain in Xi\u2019an hands after the Messers were toppled. As is their custom to assign each system a specific purpose, the Xi\u2019an now use Pallas (which they re-named Th.us\u2019\u016bng) as a scientific system to conduct research, much of which remains a mystery to the UEE as Human access to the system is highly regulated.\n\nTh.us\u2019\u016bng I\nClosest to Pallas\u2019 yellow-white G1 main-sequence star sits an iron planet. The Xi\u2019an have mined parts of Pallas I, but vast swathes of deposits remain. Since the rest of the system has been assigned to some scientific endeavor, it\u2019s believed that the same goes for Pallas I. As far as we know, no commercial mining occurs on the planet.\n\nK.yuy\u2019a\u2019than (Th.us\u2019\u016bng II)\nThis smog planet appears to be untouched by the Xi\u2019an. However, the UEE can\u2019t be certain that research projects aren\u2019t going on beneath the planet\u2019s thick atmosphere.\n\nSe\u2019kith (Th.us\u2019\u016bng III)\nThe infamous moment of first contact between Humanity and the Xi\u2019an took place on this terrestrial world. At the time, the Xi\u2019an were already using it as a testbed for various geohacking and terraforming technologies. Such scientific endeavors were abandoned when the Xi\u2019an fled the system during the cold war, only to be resumed after tensions eased.\n\nThe specifics of these experiments are unclear. What\u2019s apparent is that several parts of the planet are filled with smoke, supposedly due to a massive underground fire. Whether this raging fire is part of a Xi\u2019an experiment or merely a side effect is unknown.\n\nHuichuaihyao y.ath\u2019o se Th.us\u2019\u016bng (Huichuai\u2019yath)\n\nWhen Kathryn Segovia discovered this system, she believed mining companies would kill for access to this mineral rich asteroid belt. Surprisingly, the Xi\u2019an have deemed it illegal to mine, so it remains relatively untouched. Some are still tempted by its vast resources, and mine it at great personal risk.\n\nHua\u2019nam (Th.us\u2019\u016bng IV)\nTh.us\u2019\u016bng IV is a notable gas giant not for any particular astronomical properties but because the Xi\u2019an have constructed a pressurized research station within its atmosphere. Human scientists know very little about the station, but it obviously features technology beyond what the UEE currently has.\n\nK.au\u2019u (Th.us\u2019\u016bng V)\nLacking an atmosphere or any resources of note, this small dwarf planet orbits the system\u2019s outer reaches all by its lonesome.\n\nTRAVEL WARNING\nWith Th.us\u2019\u016bng designated by the Xi\u2019an as a scientific research system, visitors must take care to avoid areas deemed off-limits. Xi\u2019an authorities will not hesitate to interdict or even destroy your ship if it ventures into a prohibited part of the system.\n\nHEARD IN THE WIND\n\u201cHonestly, it was the most incredible and embarrassing moment in my life. Seeing those strange ships swoop down nearby just froze me, I was so in awe. I\u2019d never seen anything quite like it. Then I remembered what we were doing there and realized we were in big trouble.\u201d\n\u2013 Charles Baxter, transcript of testimony before the UPE tribunal, 2530\n\n\u201cTo me, Pallas is the perfect example for how the Xi\u2019an handle Humanity. We\u2019re allowed to visit the system, but they really don\u2019t want us poking around too much. Sort of like that neighbor who\u2019ll answer the door when you knock but never invite you in.\u201d\n\u2013 Harry Tenny, A Complainer\u2019s Guide to the \u2018Verse, 2939","de_DE":"Dieser Galaktische F\u00fchrer erschien urspr\u00fcnglich in Jump Point 5.7.\nDas Pallas-System (Hui sen Th.us'\u016bng) ist am bekanntesten als Ort des ersten Kontakts zwischen Mensch und Xi'an. Diese ungew\u00f6hnliche erste Begegnung, die dazu f\u00fchrte, dass 276 Menschen von den Xi'an gefangen genommen wurden, ist bekannt, aber ihre Folgen viel weniger verstanden. Die Krise bereitete auch den Weg f\u00fcr den Kalten Krieg und s\u00e4te den Samen des Misstrauens zwischen den Arten f\u00fcr die kommenden Jahrhunderte.\n\nUngehinderte Expansion\nIm fr\u00fchen 26. Jahrhundert wurde die Menschheit mit der Aussicht auf Entdeckung und Expansion konsumiert. Fortschritte in der Scantechnologie machten ihre Komponenten viel zug\u00e4nglicher, w\u00e4hrend Innovatoren daran arbeiteten, Terraforming-Prozesse zu verfeinern, was zu einer Explosion von M\u00f6chtegern-Forschern f\u00fchrte, die nach dem n\u00e4chsten unbekannten Gebiet suchten.\n\nDie rasante Expansion der Menschheit in zahlreiche neue Systeme stellte ein Problem der Governance dar. Die Vereinten Nationen der Erde (UNE) erkannten, dass sie nicht gebaut wurde, um eine multisystematische Fl\u00e4che zu verwalten. Diese Erkenntnis f\u00fchrte schlie\u00dflich zur Bildung einer neuen Regierung, die die neue Landschaft des Territoriums der Menschheit widerspiegelt: die Vereinigten Planeten der Erde (UPE).\n\nEine Vielzahl von Reformen begleiteten diese Namens\u00e4nderung. Ein Regierungsgericht, bestehend aus einem Generalsekret\u00e4r, einem Generalsekret\u00e4r und einem Hohen Vertreter, wurde geschaffen, und es wurden neue Regeln und Vorschriften eingef\u00fchrt, um die weitere Expansion der Menschheit bis zu den Sternen zu steuern. W\u00e4hrend viele Unternehmen diese neuen Gesetze anerkannten und respektierten, ignorierten andere sie, insbesondere wenn lukrative Terraformrechte in der Schwebe waren. Ein solches Unternehmen, Gaia Planet Services, wurde zum ber\u00fcchtigsten Beispiel f\u00fcr letzteres.\n\nIm Jahr 2530 entdeckte eine Springerin namens Kathryn Segovia das Pallas-System durch Baker und beschloss, den Navigationspunkt zu versteigern. Sie k\u00fcmmerte sich nicht um den Ruhm, sondern sehnte sich nach dem Verm\u00f6gen. Ihre vorl\u00e4ufigen Scans zeigten, dass das System mineralreiche Standorte und einen potenziell bewohnbaren Planeten hatte, also reihte sie sich in die Gebote derjenigen ein, die f\u00fcr den Zugang am meisten bezahlen w\u00fcrden - Bergbau und terraforming Konglomerate.\n\nFirmen\u00fcbertretungen\nGaia Planet Services gewann die Ausschreibung und fuhr mit einem Terraforming-Team nach Pallas. Comms w\u00fcrde sp\u00e4ter enth\u00fcllen, dass die F\u00fchrungskr\u00e4fte des Unternehmens begierig darauf waren, jede Ecke zu durchbrechen, um den exorbitanten Preis auszugleichen.\n\nDazu geh\u00f6rte auch, dass das System nicht offiziell bei der UPE registriert oder die entsprechenden Terraforming-Genehmigungen eingeholt wurden. Stattdessen beschlossen sie, ihren Betrieb aufzunehmen und sp\u00e4ter die b\u00fcrokratischen H\u00fcrden zu nehmen. Wie Firmenchef Joseph Jules Jr. in einem Bericht schrieb: \"Wir zahlen lieber die Strafe, als die Zeit zu verschwenden.\"\n\nPolier Charles Baxter f\u00fchrte ein Team in das System und direkt zu Pallas III, wo sie begannen, die besten Standorte f\u00fcr Terraforming-Ger\u00e4te zu vermessen. Es dauerte nicht lange, bis seltsame Schiffe \u00fcber den Horizont schossen und die Vermessungsteams umgaben. Alle 276 Menschen wurden schnell gefangen genommen und unter Bewachung gestellt.\n\nDies war die erste Begegnung der Menschheit mit dem Xi'an.\n\nObwohl eine Sprachbarriere die beiden Arten trennte, stellten die Xi'an schnell fest, dass Baxter die Operation leitete. Die Xi'an \u00fcberraschten ihre Gefangenen, indem sie Baxter als Zeichen des guten Willens freilassen. Er floh zum Baker System und kontaktierte sofort seine Vorgesetzten bei Gaia Planet Services und nicht die Beh\u00f6rden.\n\nAngeblich argumentierte CEO Joseph Jules Jr., dass sie versuchen sollten, selbst einen Deal mit den Xi'an abzuschlie\u00dfen. Er war verzweifelt darauf bedacht, einen Weg zu finden, dieses Debakel in ein Positiv f\u00fcr das Unternehmen zu verwandeln. Eine Handvoll kriecherischer F\u00fchrungskr\u00e4fte stimmte ihm zu, aber Baxter und andere schoben sich zur\u00fcck. Der Plan war ein Hirngespinst, es sei denn, das Unternehmen hatte Xenolinguisten im Einsatz, die diese unbekannte Sprache entschl\u00fcsseln konnten. Widerwillig kontaktierten die F\u00fchrungskr\u00e4fte des Unternehmens die UPE und enth\u00fcllten die schreckliche Situation, in die sie die Menschheit gebracht hatten.\n\nStrategischer Vorteil\nDer beste Xenolinguist der UPE brauchte 15 Tage, um eine rudiment\u00e4re Form der Kommunikation mit den Xi'an zu entwickeln, woraufhin offizielle Diskussionen \u00fcber die Freilassung der verbleibenden Arbeiter begannen. Viele innerhalb der Regierung meckerten \u00fcber die schreckliche Verhandlungsposition, die Gaia Planet Services ihnen hinterlassen hatte, w\u00e4hrend andere \u00fcber den schrecklichen ersten Eindruck nachgingen, den die Menschheit dem Xi'an gegeben hatte.\n\nDie darauffolgenden Wochen waren ein diplomatischer Akt f\u00fcr die UPE. Die Xi'an hatten zwei prim\u00e4re Streitpunkte, die sie vor der Freilassung der Geiseln erf\u00fcllen mussten. Der erste Punkt war schnell gekl\u00e4rt; die UPE w\u00fcrde das Pallas-System sofort verlassen. Es war die zweite Bestimmung des Xi'an, die f\u00fcr gro\u00dfe Kontroversen sorgte. Sie bestanden darauf, dass die UPE die Ausdehnung ihres Reiches und die Lage aller derzeit bekannten Systeme offenbart. Die UPE-Unterh\u00e4ndler dr\u00e4ngten darauf, dieses letzte Detail nicht aufzunehmen, aber die Xi'an waren unnachgiebig.\n\nAls der politische Druck zu Hause zunahm, um die Gefangenen in ihre Familien zur\u00fcckzubringen, erfuhr die UPE mehr \u00fcber diese seltsamen neuen Au\u00dferirdischen. Als sich herausstellte, dass sie Hunderte von Standardjahren auf der Erde lebten, wurden die Unterh\u00e4ndler besorgt dar\u00fcber, wie lange die Xi'an bereit waren, die Verhandlungen fortzusetzen. Viele kamen zu dem Schluss, dass sie keine andere Wahl hatten, als sich den Xi'an-Bedingungen zu unterwerfen.\n\nNach 57 Tagen wurde ein Abkommen geschlossen, die Tortur endete, und alle Geiseln wurden schlie\u00dflich unversehrt freigelassen, aber was die Menschheit im Gegenzug aufgab, kam, um die Beziehung zwischen den beiden Arten zu definieren. Die Diskrepanz zwischen dem, was die Xi'an \u00fcber unsere Systeme wussten, und dem, was wir \u00fcber ihre Systeme wussten, war eine wichtige Quelle der Paranoia f\u00fcr die Menschheit nach dem Vorfall von Pallas. Die ergriffenen Ma\u00dfnahmen hatten auf beiden Seiten den Samen des Misstrauens ges\u00e4t, und die beiden Arten wichen langsam vom Verhandlungstisch zur\u00fcck, unsicher, wann und wo ihre n\u00e4chste Begegnung stattfinden w\u00fcrde.\n\nObwohl die Menschheit den Xi'an-Namen f\u00fcr das System, Hui sen Th.us'\u016bng, lernte, wurde es w\u00e4hrend der Verhandlungen nicht h\u00e4ufig verwendet, da es f\u00fcr viele schwierig war, es auszusprechen. Der eskalierende Kalte Krieg dr\u00e4ngte die UEE, ihr einen anderen Namen zu geben. Schlie\u00dflich wies das UEE-Milit\u00e4r ihm den Namen Pallas zu, um mit anderen Perry-Line-Systemen zu korrelieren, die nach Kriegsg\u00f6ttern benannt waren. Der Name ist seither nicht mehr wegzudenken.\n\nObwohl die Xi'an das Pallas-System w\u00e4hrend des Spannungsherdes mit dem Messer-Regime schlie\u00dflich aufgegeben haben, sorgte der Perry-Line-Pakt daf\u00fcr, dass das Pallas-System nach dem Sturz der Messers in Xi'an H\u00e4nden bleiben w\u00fcrde. Wie es ihr Brauch ist, jedem System einen bestimmten Zweck zuzuweisen, verwenden die Xi'an nun Pallas (die sie in Th.us'\u016bng umbenannten) als wissenschaftliches System, um Forschung zu betreiben, von denen vieles f\u00fcr die UEE ein Geheimnis bleibt, da der menschliche Zugang zum System stark reguliert ist.\n\nTh.us'\u016bng I I\nAm n\u00e4chsten an Pallas' gelb-wei\u00dfem G1-Hauptreihenstern liegt ein eiserner Planet. Die Xi'an haben Teile von Pallas I abgebaut, aber es gibt noch gro\u00dfe Teile von Ablagerungen. Da der Rest des Systems irgendeinem wissenschaftlichen Unterfangen zugeordnet wurde, wird angenommen, dass dasselbe f\u00fcr Pallas I. gilt. Soweit wir wissen, findet auf dem Planeten kein kommerzieller Abbau statt.\n\nK.yuy'a'than (Th.us'\u016bng II)\nDieser Smogplanet scheint von den Xi'an unber\u00fchrt zu sein. Die UEE kann jedoch nicht sicher sein, dass Forschungsprojekte nicht unter der dicken Atmosph\u00e4re des Planeten stattfinden.\n\nSe'kith (Th.us'\u016bng III)\nDer ber\u00fcchtigte Moment des ersten Kontakts zwischen der Menschheit und dem Xi'an fand auf dieser irdischen Welt statt. Damals benutzten die Xi'an es bereits als Testbett f\u00fcr verschiedene Geohacking- und Terraforming-Technologien. Solche wissenschaftlichen Bem\u00fchungen wurden aufgegeben, als die Xi'an w\u00e4hrend des Kalten Krieges aus dem System flohen, nur um nach einer Entspannung der Spannungen wieder aufgenommen zu werden.\n\nDie Besonderheiten dieser Experimente sind unklar. Es ist offensichtlich, dass mehrere Teile des Planeten mit Rauch gef\u00fcllt sind, angeblich aufgrund eines massiven Untergrundbruchs. Ob dieses w\u00fctende Feuer Teil eines Xi'an-Experiments oder nur eine Nebenwirkung ist, ist unbekannt.\n\nHuichuaihyao y.ath'o se Th.us'\u016bng (Huichuai'yath)\n\nAls Kathryn Segovia dieses System entdeckte, glaubte sie, dass Bergbauunternehmen f\u00fcr den Zugang zu diesem mineralreichen Asteroideng\u00fcrtel t\u00f6ten w\u00fcrden. \u00dcberraschenderweise haben die Xi'an es f\u00fcr illegal gehalten, Minen zu bauen, so dass sie relativ unber\u00fchrt bleiben. Einige sind immer noch versucht, sich von den enormen Ressourcen zu verf\u00fchren zu lassen, und bergen sie unter gro\u00dfem pers\u00f6nlichen Risiko.\n\nHua'nam (Th.us'\u016bng IV)\nTh.us'\u016bng IV ist ein bemerkenswerter Gasriese, nicht wegen seiner besonderen astronomischen Eigenschaften, sondern weil die Xi'an eine Druckforschungsstation in seiner Atmosph\u00e4re gebaut haben. Humanwissenschaftler wissen sehr wenig \u00fcber die Station, aber sie verf\u00fcgt offensichtlich \u00fcber Technologien, die \u00fcber das hinausgehen, was die UEE derzeit hat.\n\nK.au'u (Th.us'\u016bng V)\nOhne Atmosph\u00e4re und ohne nennenswerte Ressourcen umkreist dieser kleine Zwergplanet die \u00e4u\u00dferen Reichweiten des Systems durch seine Einsamkeit.\n\n\n\n\n\nREISEWARNUNG\n\nDa Th.us'\u016bng vom Xi'an als wissenschaftliches Forschungssystem ausgewiesen wurde, m\u00fcssen die Besucher darauf achten, Bereiche zu vermeiden, die als tabu gelten. Die Beh\u00f6rden von Xi'an werden nicht z\u00f6gern, Ihr Schiff zu verbieten oder sogar zu zerst\u00f6ren, wenn es sich in einen verbotenen Teil des Systems begibt.\n\n\n\n\nIM WIND GEH\u00d6RT\n\"Ehrlich gesagt, es war der unglaublichste und peinlichste Moment in meinem Leben. Als ich sah, wie diese seltsamen Schiffe in der N\u00e4he herabst\u00fcrzten, erstarrte ich einfach, ich war so in Ehrfurcht. Ich hatte noch nie so etwas wie das gesehen. Dann erinnerte ich mich daran, was wir dort taten, und erkannte, dass wir in gro\u00dfen Schwierigkeiten waren.\"\n- Charles Baxter, Abschrift der Aussage vor dem UPE-Tribunal, 2530\n\n\"F\u00fcr mich ist Pallas das perfekte Beispiel daf\u00fcr, wie die Xi'an mit der Menschheit umgehen. Wir d\u00fcrfen das System besuchen, aber sie wollen wirklich nicht, dass wir zu viel herumstochern. So \u00e4hnlich wie der Nachbar, der die T\u00fcr \u00f6ffnet, wenn du klopfst, aber dich nie hereinbittest.\"\n- Harry Tenny, ein Beschwerdef\u00fchrer f\u00fcr den Vers, 2939","zh_CN":"This Galactic Guide originally appeared in Jump Point 5.7.\nThe Pallas System (Hui sen Th.us\u2019\u016bng) is best known as the location of first contact between Humans and the Xi\u2019an. This unusual first encounter, which resulted in 276 Humans being taken captive by the Xi\u2019an, is well known, but its aftermath much less understood. The crisis also set the stage for the cold war and sowed the seeds of distrust between the species for centuries to come.\n\nUnhinged Expansion\nIn the early 26th century, Humanity was consumed with the prospect of discovery and expansion. Advances in scanning technology made its components much more accessible while innovators worked to refine terraforming processes, both of which led to an explosion of would-be explorers looking for the next undiscovered territory.\n\nHumanity\u2019s rapid expansion into numerous new systems created a problem of governance. The United Nations of Earth (UNE) realized that it wasn\u2019t built to govern a multi-system expanse. This realization ultimately led to the formation of a new government to reflect the new landscape of Humanity\u2019s territory: the United Planets of Earth (UPE).\n\nA myriad reforms accompanied this name change. A governing tribunal consisting of a High-Secretary, High-General, and High-Advocate was created, plus new rules and regulations were implemented to manage Humanity\u2019s further expansion out to the stars. While many companies recognized and respected these new laws, others ignored them, particularly when lucrative terraforming rights hung in the balance. One such company, Gaia Planet Services, became the most infamous example of the latter.\n\nIn 2530, a navjumper named Kathryn Segovia discovered the Pallas System through Baker and decided to auction off the nav point. She cared nothing for the fame, but craved the fortune. Her preliminary scans indicated the system had mineral-rich locations and one potentially habitable planet, so she lined up bids from those who would pay the most for access \u2014 mining and terraforming conglomerates.\n\nCorporate Malfeasance\nGaia Planet Services won the bid and raced a terraforming team into Pallas. Comms would later reveal that company executives were eager to cut any corner to offset the exorbitant price paid.\n\nThis included not officially registering the system with the UPE, or seeking the appropriate terraforming permits. Instead, they decided to get their operation up and running and then tackle the bureaucratic hurdles later. As company CEO Joseph Jules Jr. wrote in one comm, \u201cWe\u2019d rather pay the fine than waste the time.\u201d\n\nForeman Charles Baxter lead a team into the system and straight to Pallas III, where they began surveying the best locations for terraforming equipment. It wasn\u2019t long before strange ships swooped over the horizon and surrounded the survey teams. All 276 Humans were quickly captured and placed under guard.\n\nThis was Humanity\u2019s first encounter with the Xi\u2019an.\n\nThough a language barrier separated the two species, the Xi\u2019an quickly determined that Baxter oversaw the operation. The Xi\u2019an surprised their prisoners by releasing Baxter as a sign of good faith. He fled to the Baker System and immediately contacted his superiors at Gaia Planet Services rather than the authorities.\n\nSupposedly, CEO Joseph Jules Jr. argued that they should try and cut a deal with the Xi\u2019an themselves. He was desperate to find a way to spin this debacle into a positive for the company. A handful of sycophantic executives agreed with him, but Baxter and others pushed back. The plan was a pipe dream unless the company had xeno-linguists on staff who could decipher this unknown language. Reluctantly, company executives contacted the UPE and revealed the terrible situation in which they had placed Humanity.\n\nStrategic Advantage\nThe UPE\u2019s best xeno-linguist took 15 days to devise a rudimentary form of communication with the Xi\u2019an, after which official discussions over the release of the remaining workers began. Many within the government grumbled at the terrible negotiating position Gaia Planet Services had left them in, while others fumed at the horrible first impression Humanity had given the Xi\u2019an.\n\nThe ensuing few weeks were a high-wire act of diplomacy for the UPE. The Xi\u2019an had two primary points of contention that they required to be met before releasing the hostages. The first point was quickly agreed upon; the UPE would vacate the Pallas System immediately. It was the Xi\u2019an\u2019s second stipulation that caused great controversy. They insisted that the UPE reveal the extent of their Empire and the location of all currently known systems. UPE negotiators pushed hard not to have that last detail included, but the Xi\u2019an were adamant about it.\n\nAs political pressure built at home to return the captives to their families, the UPE learned more about these strange new aliens. When it was revealed that they lived for hundreds of standard Earth years, negotiators grew concerned with how long the Xi\u2019an were willing to carry on the negotiation. Many concluded that they had no other choice but to acquiesce to the Xi\u2019an terms.\n\nAfter 57 days, a deal was reached, the ordeal ended, and all hostages were eventually released unharmed, but what Humanity gave up in exchange came to define the relationship between the two species. The disparity between what the Xi\u2019an knew about our systems versus what we knew about theirs was a major source of paranoia for Humanity following the Pallas incident. The actions taken had sown the seeds of distrust on both sides and the two species slowly backed away from the negotiating table, unsure when and where their next encounter would occur.\n\nDespite Humanity learning the Xi\u2019an name for the system, Hui sen Th.us\u2019\u016bng, during negotiations, it was not commonly used due to the difficulty many had pronouncing it. The escalating cold war pushed the UEE to give it a different name. Eventually, the UEE military assigned it the name Pallas to correlate with other Perry Line systems named after gods of war. The name has stuck ever since.\n\nAlthough the Xi\u2019an ultimately abandoned the Pallas system during the height of tension with the Messer regime, the Perry Line Pact ensured that the Pallas System would remain in Xi\u2019an hands after the Messers were toppled. As is their custom to assign each system a specific purpose, the Xi\u2019an now use Pallas (which they re-named Th.us\u2019\u016bng) as a scientific system to conduct research, much of which remains a mystery to the UEE as Human access to the system is highly regulated.\n\nTh.us\u2019\u016bng I\nClosest to Pallas\u2019 yellow-white G1 main-sequence star sits an iron planet. The Xi\u2019an have mined parts of Pallas I, but vast swathes of deposits remain. Since the rest of the system has been assigned to some scientific endeavor, it\u2019s believed that the same goes for Pallas I. As far as we know, no commercial mining occurs on the planet.\n\nK.yuy\u2019a\u2019than (Th.us\u2019\u016bng II)\nThis smog planet appears to be untouched by the Xi\u2019an. However, the UEE can\u2019t be certain that research projects aren\u2019t going on beneath the planet\u2019s thick atmosphere.\n\nSe\u2019kith (Th.us\u2019\u016bng III)\nThe infamous moment of first contact between Humanity and the Xi\u2019an took place on this terrestrial world. At the time, the Xi\u2019an were already using it as a testbed for various geohacking and terraforming technologies. Such scientific endeavors were abandoned when the Xi\u2019an fled the system during the cold war, only to be resumed after tensions eased.\n\nThe specifics of these experiments are unclear. What\u2019s apparent is that several parts of the planet are filled with smoke, supposedly due to a massive underground fire. Whether this raging fire is part of a Xi\u2019an experiment or merely a side effect is unknown.\n\nHuichuaihyao y.ath\u2019o se Th.us\u2019\u016bng (Huichuai\u2019yath)\n\nWhen Kathryn Segovia discovered this system, she believed mining companies would kill for access to this mineral rich asteroid belt. Surprisingly, the Xi\u2019an have deemed it illegal to mine, so it remains relatively untouched. Some are still tempted by its vast resources, and mine it at great personal risk.\n\nHua\u2019nam (Th.us\u2019\u016bng IV)\nTh.us\u2019\u016bng IV is a notable gas giant not for any particular astronomical properties but because the Xi\u2019an have constructed a pressurized research station within its atmosphere. Human scientists know very little about the station, but it obviously features technology beyond what the UEE currently has.\n\nK.au\u2019u (Th.us\u2019\u016bng V)\nLacking an atmosphere or any resources of note, this small dwarf planet orbits the system\u2019s outer reaches all by its lonesome.\n\nTRAVEL WARNING\nWith Th.us\u2019\u016bng designated by the Xi\u2019an as a scientific research system, visitors must take care to avoid areas deemed off-limits. Xi\u2019an authorities will not hesitate to interdict or even destroy your ship if it ventures into a prohibited part of the system.\n\nHEARD IN THE WIND\n\u201cHonestly, it was the most incredible and embarrassing moment in my life. Seeing those strange ships swoop down nearby just froze me, I was so in awe. I\u2019d never seen anything quite like it. Then I remembered what we were doing there and realized we were in big trouble.\u201d\n\u2013 Charles Baxter, transcript of testimony before the UPE tribunal, 2530\n\n\u201cTo me, Pallas is the perfect example for how the Xi\u2019an handle Humanity. We\u2019re allowed to visit the system, but they really don\u2019t want us poking around too much. Sort of like that neighbor who\u2019ll answer the door when you knock but never invite you in.\u201d\n\u2013 Harry Tenny, A Complainer\u2019s Guide to the \u2018Verse, 2939"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":12,"created_at":"2019-09-04T23:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"6 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-07 21:59:09","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":17219,"next_id":17221}}