{"data":{"id":17521,"title":"Aremis Post: Fading Fortuna","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/17521-Aremis-Post-Fading-Fortuna","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/17521","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/17521","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":23997,"name":"AremisPost_FadingFortuna_1.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/955ep89nrjv9pr\/source\/AremisPost_FadingFortuna_1.jpg","alt":"","size":355613,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2020-03-13T16:48:40+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/23997","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/23997\/similar"},{"id":26463,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/weozjmuuh3hwh\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":843046,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2019-09-19T15:49:32+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463\/similar"},{"id":27892,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/w3o9r4zgppm77\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":900916,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2021-09-06T14:48:40+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892\/similar"}],"images_count":8,"translations":{"en_EN":"Op-ed\nBy Brandon Lazarides\nThis Op-Ed was reprinted with permission from the Charon Chronicle.\nStella Fortuna has always been my favorite holiday. Growing up in Acheron, it felt like I couldn\u2019t get any further from Earth if I tried. Stella Fortuna was the day I could connect with my ancestral home and dream of a future where I would visit it in my very own ship. It was a day to celebrate hopefulness, courage, and Humanity\u2019s incredible expansion into the stars\n\nWhen I was twelve, my parents saved enough of their meager earnings to reserve seats on a starliner voyage to a UEE-sponsored Stella Fortuna celebration in-system. The starliner joined other vessels near a picturesque nebula by a jump gate. I\u2019ll never forget the incredible view from the observation deck as ships that had never before left the system paraded to the jump gate and one by one launched themselves into the wider universe. The sight even made my stern father smile. I remember him turning to me to say that if I worked hard then someday I could have my own ship and journey anywhere I wanted.\n\nIt\u2019s been decades since that special Stella Fortuna voyage, and I haven\u2019t left Charon III\u2019s atmosphere since.\n\nAs a young man, I still celebrated Stella Fortuna with gusto, but tempered my childhood dreams and ambitions. I scrapped my plan to captain a Freelancer on a grand tour of every UEE system and set my sights on owning an Aurora I could take to Earth. For someone like me, who worked an administrative job at a local spaceport, it felt like an ambitious but attainable goal. Every day I saw the latest and greatest ships, fancy clothing, and expensive armor from across the Empire. Seeing the bounty and diversity of the UEE kept me motivated to save credits to someday experience the wider universe. If so many others could live the UEE dream of freely traveling among the stars, then why not me?\n\nYears passed, yet I found myself no closer to my goal; any financial gains were offset by a skyrocketing cost of living. The Empire\u2019s economic booms that brought prosperity to so many skipped Charon, but we still paid the rising prices. Like many others in the system, I was treading water, but still hopeful for a better future.\n\nThen my world literally fell to pieces in the Acheron earthquake of 2934. In a matter of moments my entire life changed. My apartment complex was shaken to the ground, crushing everything I owned. I lost my job at the port after officials assessed damage to the foundation and deemed it cheaper to demolish than repair. And of course, there were deeper losses, as I mourned many friends and loved ones who were killed. I kept hearing that UEE disaster funds were imminent, but while politicians debated parliamentary procedures systems away, I slept among the rubble. I scavenged for food. I drank contaminated water that sickened me terribly. I watched countless body bags be hauled away, there being no time or resources for proper funerals. Worse still were the bodies trapped under buildings that were simply left to rot. For the first time in my life, I forgot to celebrate Stella Fortuna, which now feels fitting since the UEE also forgot about me.\n\nIt took years to put my life back together. Something only possible thanks to the help of fellow Acheron residents, numerous local initiatives, and generous aid from our neighbors in Dellin. It was not lost on me that Dellin, our historic adversaries, delivered more aid to Acheron than the UEE. Saddened by this realization, I continued to avoid celebrating Stella Fortuna.\n\nMore misfortune befell my homeworld in 2944 when war erupted between Acheron and Dellin. The unity brought about by disaster crumbled quickly without the proper infrastructure to support it. Once again the UEE response was woefully inadequate and arguably harmful. Navy vessels refused to intervene and protect the people. Instead, they installed blockades that were supposed to keep the situation from escalating, but in reality only further restricted the flow of supplies and made our lives even harder. As the war stretches into its sixth year, the situation has only worsened. Meanwhile, the UEE still refuses to take any action that could help bring it to an end.\n\nThis war has crushed any hope that I\u2019ll ever own a ship. I no longer dream of seeing Earth or even leaving this system. All I long for is peace and a better tomorrow for my homeworld. Two years ago I expressed this sentiment to a friend, who then asked if I had plans on March 15th, Stella Fortuna. Even though I hadn\u2019t celebrated the holiday in years, I accepted.\n\nWe met at dusk and made our way up a scenic trail into the hills above our city, which had mostly been spared from the war. As we walked, my friend never mentioned Stella Fortuna. He talked about how he joined a local volunteer organization that maintained this trail and several others. He described how dedicating himself to this simple task in his spare time imbued in him a sense of purpose and the satisfaction that he was making his homeworld better.\n\nWe reached a stunning vista overlooking the city just as the sun set. There a small group gathered to soak in the sight. Someone handed out paper lanterns. My friend produced a pen and implored me to think about one thing I could do to improve our planet. I wrote it on the lantern and released it into the sky. As I watched it rise, a sense of peace washed over me as I realized that my small, personal goal would never be answered from above. The only way to guarantee a better tomorrow would have to be through action taken by me in the local community.\n\nI joined my friend the next time he volunteered for trail maintenance and quickly became an active member. Soon I found myself attending city council meetings, talking to my neighbors about what could be done to make their lives better, and advocating for those that felt powerless. Others took notice of my passion, and last year I won a special election to fill a vacancy on the city council. For the first time in years, I felt a deep sense of pride and purpose. I felt like not only was there hope for a better tomorrow but that I could be a positive force for that change.\n\nFor decades, I loved celebrating Stella Fortuna because it made me feel a part of something bigger. A small part of a massive Empire that had conquered space travel and settled on strange worlds where Humanity was never meant to be. Now I see how Stella Fortuna just perpetuated a fantasy that things would be better if we stuck together.\n\nFor this reason, I urge all Citizens to support Antwan Lillard for Imperator. His plan to dissolve the Empire and allow each system to govern itself might seem extreme, but it actually acknowledges the Empire\u2019s current reality. We can\u2019t keep letting the tyranny of history keep us from accepting the fact that the Empire can no longer properly care for and support all its people. Speaking from experience, that has become a task best left to officials on a local level.\n\nStella Fortuna was meant to inspire people to be bold and brave when embarking on journeys into the great unknown. It\u2019s time to acknowledge that Human history ties us to Earth, but Earth is no longer tied to us. We are now all children of the stars. We are in charge of our own destiny and this election marks the start of a new journey we must take. Antwan Lillard is the only Imperator candidate brave enough to lead the way, and he deserves the vote of all citizens in the upcoming election because of it.","de_DE":"Op-ed\nVon Brandon Lazarides\nDieses Op-Ed wurde mit Genehmigung der Charon-Chronik nachgedruckt.\nStella Fortuna war schon immer mein Lieblingsfeiertag. Als ich in Acheron aufwuchs, hatte ich das Gef\u00fchl, dass ich nicht weiter von der Erde wegkomme, wenn ich es versuche. Stella Fortuna war der Tag, an dem ich eine Verbindung zu meiner angestammten Heimat herstellen und von einer Zukunft tr\u00e4umen konnte, in der ich sie mit meinem eigenen Schiff besuchen w\u00fcrde. Es war ein Tag, an dem ich die Hoffnung, den Mut und die unglaubliche Expansion der Menschheit in die Sterne feierte.\n\nAls ich zw\u00f6lf Jahre alt war, sparten meine Eltern genug von ihrem mageren Verdienst, um Pl\u00e4tze f\u00fcr eine Starliner-Reise zu einer von der UEE gesponserten Stella-Fortuna-Feier im System zu reservieren. Der Starliner schloss sich durch ein Sprungtor in der N\u00e4he eines malerischen Nebels anderen Schiffen an. Ich werde nie die unglaubliche Aussicht vom Beobachtungsdeck vergessen, als Schiffe, die noch nie zuvor das System verlassen hatten, zum Sprungtor vorfuhren und sich eines nach dem anderen in das weitere Universum begaben. Der Anblick brachte sogar meinen strengen Vater zum L\u00e4cheln. Ich erinnere mich, wie er sich zu mir umdrehte und sagte, dass ich, wenn ich hart arbeite, eines Tages mein eigenes Schiff haben und \u00fcberall hin reisen k\u00f6nnte, wo ich wollte.\n\nEs ist Jahrzehnte her seit dieser besonderen Stella-Fortuna-Reise, und seitdem habe ich die Atmosph\u00e4re von Charon III nicht mehr verlassen.\n\nAls junger Mann habe ich Stella Fortuna noch mit Begeisterung gefeiert, aber ich habe meine Kindheitstr\u00e4ume und Ambitionen gemildert. Ich verwarf meinen Plan, einen Freelancer auf einer gro\u00dfen Tour durch jedes UEE-System als Kapit\u00e4n zu begleiten, und setzte mir das Ziel, eine Aurora zu besitzen, die ich mit zur Erde nehmen konnte. F\u00fcr jemanden wie mich, der einen Verwaltungsjob auf einem lokalen Raumfahrtzentrum aus\u00fcbte, f\u00fchlte sich das wie ein ehrgeiziges, aber erreichbares Ziel an. Jeden Tag sah ich die neuesten und gr\u00f6\u00dften Schiffe, schicke Kleidung und teure R\u00fcstungen aus dem ganzen Imperium. Die F\u00fclle und Vielfalt der UEE zu sehen, motivierte mich, die Credits zu sparen, um eines Tages das weitere Universum zu erleben. Wenn so viele andere den Traum der UEE leben k\u00f6nnten, frei unter den Sternen zu reisen, warum nicht auch ich?\n\nDie Jahre vergingen, doch ich kam meinem Ziel nicht n\u00e4her; die finanziellen Gewinne wurden durch die explodierenden Lebenshaltungskosten ausgeglichen. Der wirtschaftliche Aufschwung des Imperiums, der so vielen Menschen Wohlstand brachte, \u00fcbersprang Charon, aber wir zahlten immer noch die steigenden Preise. Wie viele andere in diesem System trat ich auf der Stelle, aber ich hoffte immer noch auf eine bessere Zukunft.\n\nDann brach meine Welt beim Erdbeben von Acheron im Jahr 2934 buchst\u00e4blich in St\u00fccke. In wenigen Augenblicken \u00e4nderte sich mein ganzes Leben. Mein Wohnkomplex wurde bis auf den Boden ersch\u00fcttert, und alles, was ich besa\u00df, wurde zerst\u00f6rt. Ich verlor meine Arbeit im Hafen, nachdem die Beamten den Schaden am Fundament beurteilt und es f\u00fcr billiger befunden hatten, es abzurei\u00dfen als zu reparieren. Und nat\u00fcrlich gab es noch tiefere Verluste, denn ich trauerte um viele Freunde und Angeh\u00f6rige, die get\u00f6tet wurden. Ich h\u00f6rte immer wieder, dass die Mittel der UEE-Katastrophe unmittelbar bevorstehen, aber w\u00e4hrend die Politiker \u00fcber die parlamentarischen Verfahrenssysteme debattierten, schlief ich unter den Tr\u00fcmmern. Ich pl\u00fcnderte nach Nahrung. Ich trank verseuchtes Wasser, das mich schrecklich krank machte. Ich sah zu, wie zahllose Leichens\u00e4cke weggeschafft wurden, da weder Zeit noch Mittel f\u00fcr eine richtige Beerdigung vorhanden waren. Noch schlimmer waren die Leichen, die unter Geb\u00e4uden gefangen waren, die einfach verrotten mussten. Zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben verga\u00df ich, Stella Fortuna zu feiern, was sich jetzt passend anf\u00fchlt, da die UEE auch mich vergessen hat.\n\nEs hat Jahre gedauert, mein Leben wieder in den Griff zu bekommen. Etwas, das nur dank der Hilfe von Mitbewohnern aus Acheron, zahlreicher lokaler Initiativen und der gro\u00dfz\u00fcgigen Hilfe unserer Nachbarn in Dellin m\u00f6glich war. Es war mir nicht entgangen, dass Dellin, unsere historischen Gegner, mehr Hilfe nach Acheron lieferten als die UEE. Traurig \u00fcber diese Erkenntnis vermied ich es weiterhin, Stella Fortuna zu feiern.\n\nNoch mehr Ungl\u00fcck ereilte meine Heimatwelt im Jahr 2944, als zwischen Acheron und Dellin ein Krieg ausbrach. Die durch die Katastrophe herbeigef\u00fchrte Einheit zerfiel schnell, ohne die richtige Infrastruktur zu ihrer Unterst\u00fctzung. Wieder einmal war die Reaktion der UEE v\u00f6llig unzureichend und wohl auch sch\u00e4dlich. Die Schiffe der Marine weigerten sich, einzugreifen und die Bev\u00f6lkerung zu sch\u00fctzen. Stattdessen errichteten sie Blockaden, die eine Eskalation der Situation verhindern sollten, aber in Wirklichkeit schr\u00e4nkten sie den Fluss der Vorr\u00e4te nur weiter ein und machten uns das Leben noch schwerer. Mit dem sechsten Kriegsjahr hat sich die Situation nur noch verschlimmert. Inzwischen weigert sich die UEE immer noch, Ma\u00dfnahmen zu ergreifen, die zu seiner Beendigung beitragen k\u00f6nnten.\n\nDieser Krieg hat jede Hoffnung zerst\u00f6rt, dass ich jemals ein Schiff besitzen werde. Ich tr\u00e4ume nicht mehr davon, die Erde zu sehen oder gar dieses System zu verlassen. Alles, wonach ich mich sehne, ist Frieden und eine bessere Zukunft f\u00fcr meine Heimatwelt. Vor zwei Jahren dr\u00fcckte ich diese Gef\u00fchle gegen\u00fcber einem Freund aus, der mich dann fragte, ob ich Pl\u00e4ne f\u00fcr den 15. M\u00e4rz habe, Stella Fortuna. Obwohl ich diesen Feiertag seit Jahren nicht mehr gefeiert hatte, habe ich akzeptiert.\n\nWir trafen uns in der Abendd\u00e4mmerung und machten uns auf einen landschaftlich reizvollen Weg in die H\u00fcgel \u00fcber unserer Stadt, die vom Krieg weitgehend verschont geblieben war. W\u00e4hrend wir gingen, erw\u00e4hnte mein Freund Stella Fortuna nie. Er erz\u00e4hlte, wie er sich einer \u00f6rtlichen Freiwilligenorganisation anschloss, die diesen und mehrere andere Wanderwege unterhielt. Er beschrieb, wie er sich in seiner Freizeit dieser einfachen Aufgabe widmete, was ihm ein Gef\u00fchl der Zielstrebigkeit und die Genugtuung gab, seine Heimatwelt zu verbessern.\n\nWir erreichten eine atemberaubende Aussicht auf die Stadt, als die Sonne unterging. Dort versammelte sich eine kleine Gruppe, um den Anblick zu genie\u00dfen. Jemand verteilte Papierlaternen. Mein Freund holte einen Stift hervor und flehte mich an, \u00fcber eine Sache nachzudenken, die ich tun k\u00f6nnte, um unseren Planeten zu verbessern. Ich schrieb es auf die Laterne und lie\u00df sie in den Himmel fliegen. Als ich sie aufsteigen sah, \u00fcberflutete mich ein Gef\u00fchl des Friedens, als mir klar wurde, dass mein kleines, pers\u00f6nliches Ziel niemals von oben beantwortet werden w\u00fcrde. Die einzige M\u00f6glichkeit, ein besseres Morgen zu garantieren, m\u00fcsste durch mein Handeln in der \u00f6rtlichen Gemeinschaft geschehen.\n\nIch schloss mich meinem Freund an, als er sich das n\u00e4chste Mal freiwillig f\u00fcr die Instandhaltung der Strecke meldete, und wurde schnell ein aktives Mitglied. Bald schon nahm ich an Stadtratssitzungen teil, sprach mit meinen Nachbarn dar\u00fcber, was man tun k\u00f6nnte, um ihr Leben zu verbessern, und setzte mich f\u00fcr diejenigen ein, die sich machtlos f\u00fchlten. Andere wurden auf meine Leidenschaft aufmerksam, und im letzten Jahr gewann ich eine Sonderwahl zur Besetzung eines freien Sitzes im Stadtrat. Zum ersten Mal seit Jahren f\u00fchlte ich ein tiefes Gef\u00fchl des Stolzes und der Entschlossenheit. Ich hatte das Gef\u00fchl, dass nicht nur Hoffnung auf ein besseres Morgen bestand, sondern dass ich eine positive Kraft f\u00fcr diese Ver\u00e4nderung sein k\u00f6nnte.\n\nJahrzehntelang liebte ich es, Stella Fortuna zu feiern, weil ich mich dadurch als Teil von etwas Gr\u00f6\u00dferem f\u00fchlen konnte. Ein kleiner Teil eines riesigen Imperiums, das die Raumfahrt erobert und sich in fremden Welten niedergelassen hatte, in denen die Menschheit nie h\u00e4tte sein sollen. Jetzt sehe ich, wie Stella Fortuna einfach eine Fantasie aufrecht erhalten hat, dass die Dinge besser w\u00e4ren, wenn wir zusammenhalten w\u00fcrden.\n\nAus diesem Grund fordere ich alle B\u00fcrger auf, Antwan Lillard f\u00fcr den Imperator zu unterst\u00fctzen. Sein Plan, das Imperium aufzul\u00f6sen und jedes System sich selbst regieren zu lassen, mag extrem erscheinen, aber er erkennt die gegenw\u00e4rtige Realit\u00e4t des Imperiums tats\u00e4chlich an. Wir k\u00f6nnen nicht zulassen, dass die Tyrannei der Geschichte uns davon abh\u00e4lt, die Tatsache zu akzeptieren, dass das Reich nicht mehr in der Lage ist, sich um sein ganzes Volk zu k\u00fcmmern und es zu unterst\u00fctzen. Aus der Erfahrung heraus ist das eine Aufgabe geworden, die man am besten den Beamten auf lokaler Ebene \u00fcberlassen sollte.\n\nStella Fortuna sollte die Menschen dazu inspirieren, sich auf Reisen ins gro\u00dfe Unbekannte mutig und tapfer zu begeben. Es ist an der Zeit anzuerkennen, dass die menschliche Geschichte uns an die Erde bindet, aber die Erde ist nicht mehr an uns gebunden. Wir sind jetzt alle Kinder der Sterne. Wir sind f\u00fcr unser eigenes Schicksal verantwortlich, und diese Wahl markiert den Beginn einer neuen Reise, die wir unternehmen m\u00fcssen. Antwan Lillard ist der einzige Kandidat des Imperators, der mutig genug ist, den Weg zu weisen, und er verdient deshalb die Stimme aller B\u00fcrger bei der bevorstehenden Wahl.","zh_CN":"Op-ed\nBy Brandon Lazarides\nThis Op-Ed was reprinted with permission from the Charon Chronicle.\nStella Fortuna has always been my favorite holiday. Growing up in Acheron, it felt like I couldn\u2019t get any further from Earth if I tried. Stella Fortuna was the day I could connect with my ancestral home and dream of a future where I would visit it in my very own ship. It was a day to celebrate hopefulness, courage, and Humanity\u2019s incredible expansion into the stars\n\nWhen I was twelve, my parents saved enough of their meager earnings to reserve seats on a starliner voyage to a UEE-sponsored Stella Fortuna celebration in-system. The starliner joined other vessels near a picturesque nebula by a jump gate. I\u2019ll never forget the incredible view from the observation deck as ships that had never before left the system paraded to the jump gate and one by one launched themselves into the wider universe. The sight even made my stern father smile. I remember him turning to me to say that if I worked hard then someday I could have my own ship and journey anywhere I wanted.\n\nIt\u2019s been decades since that special Stella Fortuna voyage, and I haven\u2019t left Charon III\u2019s atmosphere since.\n\nAs a young man, I still celebrated Stella Fortuna with gusto, but tempered my childhood dreams and ambitions. I scrapped my plan to captain a Freelancer on a grand tour of every UEE system and set my sights on owning an Aurora I could take to Earth. For someone like me, who worked an administrative job at a local spaceport, it felt like an ambitious but attainable goal. Every day I saw the latest and greatest ships, fancy clothing, and expensive armor from across the Empire. Seeing the bounty and diversity of the UEE kept me motivated to save credits to someday experience the wider universe. If so many others could live the UEE dream of freely traveling among the stars, then why not me?\n\nYears passed, yet I found myself no closer to my goal; any financial gains were offset by a skyrocketing cost of living. The Empire\u2019s economic booms that brought prosperity to so many skipped Charon, but we still paid the rising prices. Like many others in the system, I was treading water, but still hopeful for a better future.\n\nThen my world literally fell to pieces in the Acheron earthquake of 2934. In a matter of moments my entire life changed. My apartment complex was shaken to the ground, crushing everything I owned. I lost my job at the port after officials assessed damage to the foundation and deemed it cheaper to demolish than repair. And of course, there were deeper losses, as I mourned many friends and loved ones who were killed. I kept hearing that UEE disaster funds were imminent, but while politicians debated parliamentary procedures systems away, I slept among the rubble. I scavenged for food. I drank contaminated water that sickened me terribly. I watched countless body bags be hauled away, there being no time or resources for proper funerals. Worse still were the bodies trapped under buildings that were simply left to rot. For the first time in my life, I forgot to celebrate Stella Fortuna, which now feels fitting since the UEE also forgot about me.\n\nIt took years to put my life back together. Something only possible thanks to the help of fellow Acheron residents, numerous local initiatives, and generous aid from our neighbors in Dellin. It was not lost on me that Dellin, our historic adversaries, delivered more aid to Acheron than the UEE. Saddened by this realization, I continued to avoid celebrating Stella Fortuna.\n\nMore misfortune befell my homeworld in 2944 when war erupted between Acheron and Dellin. The unity brought about by disaster crumbled quickly without the proper infrastructure to support it. Once again the UEE response was woefully inadequate and arguably harmful. Navy vessels refused to intervene and protect the people. Instead, they installed blockades that were supposed to keep the situation from escalating, but in reality only further restricted the flow of supplies and made our lives even harder. As the war stretches into its sixth year, the situation has only worsened. Meanwhile, the UEE still refuses to take any action that could help bring it to an end.\n\nThis war has crushed any hope that I\u2019ll ever own a ship. I no longer dream of seeing Earth or even leaving this system. All I long for is peace and a better tomorrow for my homeworld. Two years ago I expressed this sentiment to a friend, who then asked if I had plans on March 15th, Stella Fortuna. Even though I hadn\u2019t celebrated the holiday in years, I accepted.\n\nWe met at dusk and made our way up a scenic trail into the hills above our city, which had mostly been spared from the war. As we walked, my friend never mentioned Stella Fortuna. He talked about how he joined a local volunteer organization that maintained this trail and several others. He described how dedicating himself to this simple task in his spare time imbued in him a sense of purpose and the satisfaction that he was making his homeworld better.\n\nWe reached a stunning vista overlooking the city just as the sun set. There a small group gathered to soak in the sight. Someone handed out paper lanterns. My friend produced a pen and implored me to think about one thing I could do to improve our planet. I wrote it on the lantern and released it into the sky. As I watched it rise, a sense of peace washed over me as I realized that my small, personal goal would never be answered from above. The only way to guarantee a better tomorrow would have to be through action taken by me in the local community.\n\nI joined my friend the next time he volunteered for trail maintenance and quickly became an active member. Soon I found myself attending city council meetings, talking to my neighbors about what could be done to make their lives better, and advocating for those that felt powerless. Others took notice of my passion, and last year I won a special election to fill a vacancy on the city council. For the first time in years, I felt a deep sense of pride and purpose. I felt like not only was there hope for a better tomorrow but that I could be a positive force for that change.\n\nFor decades, I loved celebrating Stella Fortuna because it made me feel a part of something bigger. A small part of a massive Empire that had conquered space travel and settled on strange worlds where Humanity was never meant to be. Now I see how Stella Fortuna just perpetuated a fantasy that things would be better if we stuck together.\n\nFor this reason, I urge all Citizens to support Antwan Lillard for Imperator. His plan to dissolve the Empire and allow each system to govern itself might seem extreme, but it actually acknowledges the Empire\u2019s current reality. We can\u2019t keep letting the tyranny of history keep us from accepting the fact that the Empire can no longer properly care for and support all its people. Speaking from experience, that has become a task best left to officials on a local level.\n\nStella Fortuna was meant to inspire people to be bold and brave when embarking on journeys into the great unknown. It\u2019s time to acknowledge that Human history ties us to Earth, but Earth is no longer tied to us. We are now all children of the stars. We are in charge of our own destiny and this election marks the start of a new journey we must take. Antwan Lillard is the only Imperator candidate brave enough to lead the way, and he deserves the vote of all citizens in the upcoming election because of it."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":29,"created_at":"2020-03-18T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"6 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-07 21:19:09","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":17520,"next_id":17525}}