{"data":{"id":17828,"title":"Bronson's Bolts","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/17828-Bronsons-Bolts","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/17828","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/17828","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":24769,"name":"M50_comp52.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/firgb2rx9jtagr\/source\/M50_comp52.jpg","alt":"","size":406856,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2015-10-09T17:40:07+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/24769","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/24769\/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":"This article originally appeared in Jump Point 7.6.\nMost would be scared to hear that an outlaw pack placed a price on their head, but the agents assigned to Bronson\u2019s Bolts, the Advocacy\u2019s elite interdiction unit, consider it a badge of honor. Since their inception in 2938, the Advocacy has strategically deployed the Bolts to suppress outlaw activity in troubled systems, and the results speak for themselves. A 2948 report released by the Criminal Reform Center revealed the unit\u2019s effectiveness over the decade. It found that systems patrolled by the Bolts saw a notable decrease in reported crime alongside increased arrests. The report also considered the high bounties outlaws often put on Bolt members as further confirmation of their effectiveness.\n\nThe Bolts\u2019 reputation as an elite policing unit has only increased over the years. The Advocacy\u2019s most gifted pilots constantly jockey for the chance to fly the unit\u2019s modified Origin M50s equipped with loadouts tailored towards swift interdiction and criminal apprehension. For daring criminals, eliminating a Bolt ship might earn them a hefty payout from the underworld, but capturing one of these lightning fast dogfighters is rumored to fetch an even greater price on the black market.\n\nConsidering the success of Bronson\u2019s Bolts, many security experts are surprised that it took the Advocacy so long to create a specialized interdiction unit. However, institutional evolution is slow and often only spurred on by a crisis. The creation of Bronson\u2019s Bolts is no different in that it was the embarrassment of Kellar\u2019s Run that forced the Advocacy to reevaluate its practices.\n\nThe Kellar Calamity\nSSA Gratia Bronson knew the Ellis system better than any other Advocacy agent. She patrolled its thirteen planets and five jump points for seventeen years, always keeping track of the best routes across the system. In her spare time, she honed her piloting skills by flying the Murray Cup course and paid out-of-pocket to modify her Advocacy-issued Aegis Avenger. All these factors converged on May 20, 2931 \u2013 the fateful day she encountered infamous outlaw Dean Kellar.\n\nOn the run for murdering an undercover Advocacy agent, Kellar had already fought the Advocacy and outraged other outlaws across three systems, killing five, when his souped-up Hornet entered Ellis. SSA Bronson immediately sprang into action. With help from local law enforcement and comm relay data, she quickly intercepted and engaged Kellar. The two tussled across the system with Kellar disengaging and fleeing anytime Advocacy reinforcements arrived. Wherever Kellar dropped out of quantum, SSA Bronson would be the first Advocacy agent appear. The upgrades she\u2019d made to her Avenger allowed her to keep up with the fugitive, but also put her in a precarious position. As the only Advocacy agent able to keep pace with Kellar, her ship was taking a beating.\n\nTheir longest engagement occurred near the Ellis-Taranis jump. For over ten minutes, she alone kept Kellar from escaping into Taranis. Additional Advocacy agents arrived in time to watch Kellar use his last missile to destroy SSA Bronson\u2019s heavily damaged Avenger, though thankfully she managed to eject in time. Kellar\u2019s run eventually ended in Nexus when civilian Anna Flynn fired the shot that killed him.\n\nAn Advocacy investigation into the embarrassing incident resulted in a report that made several damning determinations, one being that Advocacy agents were simply outmatched and overpowered by Kellar\u2019s modified Hornet. The report concluded that if the Advocacy wanted to deter dangerous outlaws from attempting to escape their agents, they would need faster ships. After reading the report, Advocacy Director Renzo Berlanga convened a commission to investigate the issue and find a solution.\n\nBirth of the Bolts\nThen Assistant Director Thomas Carmody chaired the commission, which conducted interviews with agents across all ranks, consulted experts, and investigated several incidents where Advocacy Agents had been killed in the line of duty. The commission drew up several proposals and furiously debated their merits until they finally settled on proposing a two-pronged approach.\n\nFirst, the Advocacy would identify agents who displayed exceptional piloting skills and give them advanced training. Second, they would provide these agents with extremely fast ships better suited to chasing down criminals attempting to outrun the law. In the past, agents could make unreimbursed upgrades and modifications to their standard issue patrol vessels if they were registered with the Advocacy. As the actions of SSA Bronson proved, one of these privately tuned machines in the hands of a highly skilled pilot could be incredibly effective. The commission\u2019s recommendation would standardize these after-market upgrades and budget for a dedicated unit of specialized ships. Director Berlanga approved the approach in 2936 and the search for pilots and the ideal ship began.\n\nThe Advocacy secretly met with ship manufacturers and presented their parameters. To the surprise of many, Origin Jumpworks\u2019 pitch of the M50 seemed to satisfy all requirements. This modified version of the M50 wasn\u2019t the fastest or most powerful ship proposed to the Advocacy, but with the right loadout, it balanced both better than the alternatives. The commission worked closely with Origin on minor tweaks before bulk buying a shipment for their new elite unit. Details about the modifications remain classified, and though a few of these ships have sadly fallen into the hands of outlaws, no one has been able to replicate the changes on a standard M50.\n\nIn 2938, the Advocacy quietly deployed members of their new unit into Magnus, Nexus, Fora, and other \u201chigh crime\u201d areas under the direct command of Bronson, who was promoted to the rank of SAIC. To set them apart, the unit\u2019s M50s were emblazoned with a lightning bolt, which is how they earned the epithet Bronson\u2019s Bolts.\n\nBesides not sharing specifics about the Bolts\u2019 M50s, the Advocacy refuses to disclose the number of active agents assigned to the unit or where they are deployed. The Bolts have been spotted frequenting Nexus, policing the chaos caused by Charon\u2019s civil war, and patrolling systems with jumps leaving the UEE. The Advocacy appears to revel in the mystery surrounding these agents, hoping that the unit instills in outlaws a fear that at any moment one could appear like a bolt out of nowhere, ready to bring justice down upon their heads.","de_DE":"Dieser Artikel erschien urspr\u00fcnglich in Jump Point 7.6.\nDie meisten w\u00e4ren erschrocken, wenn sie h\u00f6ren w\u00fcrden, dass ein Gesetzlosenpack einen Preis auf ihren Kopf ausgesetzt hat, aber die Agenten, die Bronson's Bolts, der Elite-Sperreinheit des Advocacy, zugeteilt wurden, betrachten dies als eine Ehrenplakette. Seit ihrer Gr\u00fcndung im Jahr 2938 hat die Advocacy die Bolts strategisch eingesetzt, um die Aktivit\u00e4ten von Gesetzlosen in unruhigen Systemen zu unterdr\u00fccken, und die Ergebnisse sprechen f\u00fcr sich. Ein vom Criminal Reform Center ver\u00f6ffentlichter Bericht aus dem Jahr 2948 belegt die Wirksamkeit der Einheit im Laufe des Jahrzehnts. Darin wurde festgestellt, dass die von den Bolts patrouillierten Systeme einen bemerkenswerten R\u00fcckgang der gemeldeten Verbrechen bei gleichzeitiger Zunahme der Verhaftungen verzeichneten. Der Bericht wertete auch die hohen Kopfgelder, die Bolts-Mitgliedern oft auferlegt werden, als weitere Best\u00e4tigung ihrer Wirksamkeit.\n\nDas Ansehen der Bolts als Elite-Polizeieinheit hat im Laufe der Jahre nur noch zugenommen. Die begabtesten Piloten der Advocacy k\u00e4mpfen st\u00e4ndig um die Chance, die modifizierten Origin M50 der Einheit zu fliegen, die mit Auslastungen ausgestattet sind, die auf eine schnelle Verhaftung und Festnahme von Kriminellen zugeschnitten sind. F\u00fcr wagemutige Kriminelle k\u00f6nnte die Eliminierung eines Bolt-Schiffes ihnen eine saftige Auszahlung aus der Unterwelt einbringen, aber die Gefangennahme eines dieser blitzschnellen Hundek\u00e4mpfer soll auf dem Schwarzmarkt einen noch h\u00f6heren Preis erzielen.\n\nAngesichts des Erfolgs von Bronson's Bolts sind viele Sicherheitsexperten \u00fcberrascht, dass es so lange gedauert hat, bis die Advocacy eine spezialisierte Verbotseinheit eingerichtet hat. Die institutionelle Entwicklung verl\u00e4uft jedoch langsam und wird oft nur durch eine Krise vorangetrieben. Die Schaffung von Bronson's Bolts ist insofern nicht anders, als dass es die Peinlichkeit von Kellar's Run war, die die Advocacy gezwungen hat, ihre Praktiken neu zu bewerten.\n\nDas Ungl\u00fcck von Kellar\nSSA Gratia Bronson kannte das Ellis-System besser als jeder andere Advocacy-Agent. Siebzehn Jahre lang patrouillierte sie auf seinen dreizehn Planeten und f\u00fcnf Sprungpunkten und verfolgte dabei stets die besten Routen durch das System. In ihrer Freizeit verfeinerte sie ihre fliegerischen F\u00e4higkeiten, indem sie die Murray-Cup-Strecke flog und aus eigener Tasche bezahlte, um ihren von der Advocacy herausgegebenen Aegis Avenger zu modifizieren. All diese Faktoren trafen am 20. Mai 2931 zusammen - dem schicksalhaften Tag, an dem sie dem ber\u00fcchtigten Gesetzlosen Dean Kellar begegnete.\n\nAuf der Flucht vor der Ermordung eines Undercover-Agenten der Advocacy k\u00e4mpfte Kellar bereits gegen die Advocacy und emp\u00f6rte andere Gesetzlose in drei Systemen, wobei er f\u00fcnf t\u00f6tete, als seine aufgemotzte Hornet in Ellis eindrang. SSA Bronson trat sofort in Aktion. Mit Hilfe der \u00f6rtlichen Strafverfolgungsbeh\u00f6rden und Comm-Relay-Daten fing sie Kellar schnell ab und engagierte ihn. Die beiden k\u00e4mpften sich durch das System, wobei Kellar jederzeit, wenn die Verst\u00e4rkung der Advocacy-Einheit eintraf, ausstieg und fl\u00fcchtete. Wo immer Kellar aus dem Quantum ausstieg, war SSA Bronson der erste Advocacy-Agent, der auftauchte. Die Upgrades, die sie an ihrem Avenger vorgenommen hatte, erm\u00f6glichten es ihr, mit dem Fl\u00fcchtigen Schritt zu halten, brachten sie aber auch in eine prek\u00e4re Lage. Als einzige Advocacy-Agentin, die mit Kellar Schritt halten konnte, wurde ihr Schiff geschlagen.\n\nIhr l\u00e4ngstes Engagement fand in der N\u00e4he des Ellis-Taranis-Sprungs statt. \u00dcber zehn Minuten lang hielt sie allein Kellar an der Flucht nach Taranis fest. Weitere Advocacy-Agenten trafen rechtzeitig ein, um Kellar dabei zuzusehen, wie er seine letzte Rakete einsetzte, um die schwer besch\u00e4digte Avenger der SSA Bronson zu zerst\u00f6ren, obwohl es ihr gl\u00fccklicherweise gelang, rechtzeitig auszusteigen. Kellars Flucht endete schlie\u00dflich im Nexus, als die Zivilistin Anna Flynn den Schuss abfeuerte, der ihn t\u00f6tete.\n\nEine Advocacy-Untersuchung des peinlichen Vorfalls f\u00fchrte zu einem Bericht, der mehrere vernichtende Feststellungen traf, eine davon war, dass die Advocacy-Agenten einfach unterlegen und von Kellars modifizierter Hornisse \u00fcberw\u00e4ltigt waren. Der Bericht kam zu dem Schluss, dass die Advocacy, wenn sie gef\u00e4hrliche Gesetzlose davon abhalten wollte, ihren Agenten zu entkommen, schnellere Schiffe ben\u00f6tigen w\u00fcrde. Nach der Lekt\u00fcre des Berichts berief der Advocacy-Direktor Renzo Berlanga eine Kommission ein, die das Problem untersuchen und eine L\u00f6sung finden sollte.\n\nDie Geburt der Bolzen\nDann leitete Assistant Director Thomas Carmody die Kommission, die Interviews mit Agenten aller R\u00e4nge f\u00fchrte, Experten konsultierte und mehrere Vorf\u00e4lle untersuchte, bei denen Advocacy-Agenten im Dienst get\u00f6tet worden waren. Die Kommission erarbeitete mehrere Vorschl\u00e4ge und debattierte heftig \u00fcber deren Verdienste, bis sie sich schlie\u00dflich auf einen Vorschlag f\u00fcr einen zweigleisigen Ansatz einigte.\n\nZun\u00e4chst w\u00fcrde die Interessenvertretung Agenten mit au\u00dfergew\u00f6hnlichen F\u00e4higkeiten als Piloten identifizieren und sie weiterbilden. Zweitens w\u00fcrden sie diese Agenten mit extrem schnellen Schiffen ausstatten, die besser geeignet sind, Kriminelle zu jagen, die versuchen, dem Gesetz zu entkommen. In der Vergangenheit konnten Agenten, wenn sie bei der Advocacy registriert waren, ohne R\u00fcckerstattung Upgrades und \u00c4nderungen an ihren Patrouillenschiffen der Standardausgabe vornehmen. Wie die Aktionen von SSA Bronson bewiesen, konnte eine dieser privat getunten Maschinen in den H\u00e4nden eines hochqualifizierten Piloten unglaublich effektiv sein. Die Empfehlung der Kommission w\u00fcrde diese Nachr\u00fcstungen und das Budget f\u00fcr eine spezielle Einheit von Spezialschiffen standardisieren. Direktor Berlanga genehmigte den Ansatz im Jahr 2936 und die Suche nach Piloten und dem idealen Schiff begann.\n\nDie Interessenvertretung traf sich heimlich mit Schiffsherstellern und stellte deren Parameter vor. Zur \u00dcberraschung vieler schien Origin Jumpworks' Spielfeld der M50 alle Anforderungen zu erf\u00fcllen. Diese modifizierte Version der M50 war nicht das schnellste oder leistungsst\u00e4rkste Schiff, das der Advocacy vorgeschlagen wurde, aber mit der richtigen Beladung wog sie beides besser ab als die Alternativen. Die Kommission arbeitete bei kleineren Anpassungen eng mit Origin zusammen, bevor sie eine Lieferung f\u00fcr ihre neue Eliteeinheit in gro\u00dfen Mengen kaufte. Einzelheiten zu den \u00c4nderungen bleiben geheim, und obwohl einige dieser Schiffe leider in die H\u00e4nde von Gesetzlosen gefallen sind, war niemand in der Lage, die \u00c4nderungen auf einer Standard-M50 nachzubilden.\n\nIm Jahr 2938 entsandte die Advocacy im Stillen Mitglieder ihrer neuen Einheit in Magnus, Nexus, Fora und andere Gebiete mit \"hoher Kriminalit\u00e4t\" unter dem direkten Befehl von Bronson, der in den Rang einer SAIC bef\u00f6rdert wurde. Um sie zu unterscheiden, wurden die M50 der Einheit mit einem Blitz geschm\u00fcckt, was ihnen den Beinamen Bronson's Bolts einbrachte.\n\nAbgesehen davon, dass keine Einzelheiten \u00fcber die M50-Bolzen bekannt gegeben werden, weigert sich die Interessenvertretung, die Anzahl der aktiven Agenten, die der Einheit zugewiesen sind, oder den Ort ihres Einsatzes bekannt zu geben. Die Bolts wurden beim Besuch von Nexus, bei der \u00dcberwachung des durch den B\u00fcrgerkrieg von Charon verursachten Chaos und bei Patrouillenfahrten mit Spr\u00fcngen, die die UEE verlassen, gesichtet. Die Advocacy scheint das Geheimnis um diese Agenten zu l\u00fcften, in der Hoffnung, dass die Einheit den Gesetzlosen die Furcht einfl\u00f6\u00dft, dass sie jederzeit wie ein Blitz aus dem Nichts auftauchen k\u00f6nnten, bereit, ihnen Gerechtigkeit widerfahren zu lassen.","zh_CN":"This article originally appeared in Jump Point 7.6.\nMost would be scared to hear that an outlaw pack placed a price on their head, but the agents assigned to Bronson\u2019s Bolts, the Advocacy\u2019s elite interdiction unit, consider it a badge of honor. Since their inception in 2938, the Advocacy has strategically deployed the Bolts to suppress outlaw activity in troubled systems, and the results speak for themselves. A 2948 report released by the Criminal Reform Center revealed the unit\u2019s effectiveness over the decade. It found that systems patrolled by the Bolts saw a notable decrease in reported crime alongside increased arrests. The report also considered the high bounties outlaws often put on Bolt members as further confirmation of their effectiveness.\n\nThe Bolts\u2019 reputation as an elite policing unit has only increased over the years. The Advocacy\u2019s most gifted pilots constantly jockey for the chance to fly the unit\u2019s modified Origin M50s equipped with loadouts tailored towards swift interdiction and criminal apprehension. For daring criminals, eliminating a Bolt ship might earn them a hefty payout from the underworld, but capturing one of these lightning fast dogfighters is rumored to fetch an even greater price on the black market.\n\nConsidering the success of Bronson\u2019s Bolts, many security experts are surprised that it took the Advocacy so long to create a specialized interdiction unit. However, institutional evolution is slow and often only spurred on by a crisis. The creation of Bronson\u2019s Bolts is no different in that it was the embarrassment of Kellar\u2019s Run that forced the Advocacy to reevaluate its practices.\n\nThe Kellar Calamity\nSSA Gratia Bronson knew the Ellis system better than any other Advocacy agent. She patrolled its thirteen planets and five jump points for seventeen years, always keeping track of the best routes across the system. In her spare time, she honed her piloting skills by flying the Murray Cup course and paid out-of-pocket to modify her Advocacy-issued Aegis Avenger. All these factors converged on May 20, 2931 \u2013 the fateful day she encountered infamous outlaw Dean Kellar.\n\nOn the run for murdering an undercover Advocacy agent, Kellar had already fought the Advocacy and outraged other outlaws across three systems, killing five, when his souped-up Hornet entered Ellis. SSA Bronson immediately sprang into action. With help from local law enforcement and comm relay data, she quickly intercepted and engaged Kellar. The two tussled across the system with Kellar disengaging and fleeing anytime Advocacy reinforcements arrived. Wherever Kellar dropped out of quantum, SSA Bronson would be the first Advocacy agent appear. The upgrades she\u2019d made to her Avenger allowed her to keep up with the fugitive, but also put her in a precarious position. As the only Advocacy agent able to keep pace with Kellar, her ship was taking a beating.\n\nTheir longest engagement occurred near the Ellis-Taranis jump. For over ten minutes, she alone kept Kellar from escaping into Taranis. Additional Advocacy agents arrived in time to watch Kellar use his last missile to destroy SSA Bronson\u2019s heavily damaged Avenger, though thankfully she managed to eject in time. Kellar\u2019s run eventually ended in Nexus when civilian Anna Flynn fired the shot that killed him.\n\nAn Advocacy investigation into the embarrassing incident resulted in a report that made several damning determinations, one being that Advocacy agents were simply outmatched and overpowered by Kellar\u2019s modified Hornet. The report concluded that if the Advocacy wanted to deter dangerous outlaws from attempting to escape their agents, they would need faster ships. After reading the report, Advocacy Director Renzo Berlanga convened a commission to investigate the issue and find a solution.\n\nBirth of the Bolts\nThen Assistant Director Thomas Carmody chaired the commission, which conducted interviews with agents across all ranks, consulted experts, and investigated several incidents where Advocacy Agents had been killed in the line of duty. The commission drew up several proposals and furiously debated their merits until they finally settled on proposing a two-pronged approach.\n\nFirst, the Advocacy would identify agents who displayed exceptional piloting skills and give them advanced training. Second, they would provide these agents with extremely fast ships better suited to chasing down criminals attempting to outrun the law. In the past, agents could make unreimbursed upgrades and modifications to their standard issue patrol vessels if they were registered with the Advocacy. As the actions of SSA Bronson proved, one of these privately tuned machines in the hands of a highly skilled pilot could be incredibly effective. The commission\u2019s recommendation would standardize these after-market upgrades and budget for a dedicated unit of specialized ships. Director Berlanga approved the approach in 2936 and the search for pilots and the ideal ship began.\n\nThe Advocacy secretly met with ship manufacturers and presented their parameters. To the surprise of many, Origin Jumpworks\u2019 pitch of the M50 seemed to satisfy all requirements. This modified version of the M50 wasn\u2019t the fastest or most powerful ship proposed to the Advocacy, but with the right loadout, it balanced both better than the alternatives. The commission worked closely with Origin on minor tweaks before bulk buying a shipment for their new elite unit. Details about the modifications remain classified, and though a few of these ships have sadly fallen into the hands of outlaws, no one has been able to replicate the changes on a standard M50.\n\nIn 2938, the Advocacy quietly deployed members of their new unit into Magnus, Nexus, Fora, and other \u201chigh crime\u201d areas under the direct command of Bronson, who was promoted to the rank of SAIC. To set them apart, the unit\u2019s M50s were emblazoned with a lightning bolt, which is how they earned the epithet Bronson\u2019s Bolts.\n\nBesides not sharing specifics about the Bolts\u2019 M50s, the Advocacy refuses to disclose the number of active agents assigned to the unit or where they are deployed. The Bolts have been spotted frequenting Nexus, policing the chaos caused by Charon\u2019s civil war, and patrolling systems with jumps leaving the UEE. The Advocacy appears to revel in the mystery surrounding these agents, hoping that the unit instills in outlaws a fear that at any moment one could appear like a bolt out of nowhere, ready to bring justice down upon their heads."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":24,"created_at":"2020-10-14T03:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"5 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-14 23:24:35","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":17827,"next_id":17829}}