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Praying this one comes through loud and clear after that disastrous last episode. Apologies to anyone who tried to listen to it. And thanks to everyone who commed me lickity-split to let me know my voice was extremely soft and the bursts of static extremely loud. Tried my best to spread the word that the audio quality was no good, but once it\u2019s released, there\u2019s not much I can do besides let y\u2019all know to avoid it.\n\nShame, because I had a lotta fun with that episode. I answered several of your questions, very insightfully I might add, and actually talked about something I\u2019ve never brought up on the show before\u2026 Major, our old dog that followed Mom everywhere around the repair shop back when I was a youngin\u2019. Don\u2019t remember much about Major besides him not liking my dad too much. Guess it doesn\u2019t matter much now since most of you won\u2019t get a chance to hear about it, and I don\u2019t really feel like it\u2019d be right to try to record it again. That\u2019s not really how this show, or whatever you\u2019d call it, works. I mean, I guess, the episode ain\u2019t lost. It\u2019s just not suitable for human ears.\n\nAnyways, after the issue with the last episode I spent days trying to figure out what happened. You probably don\u2019t know this, but I actually capture all my episodes using Shana\u2019s comm system. I know that\u2019s a weird way to do it, but I don\u2019t know the first thing about media tech and whatnot, so I figured I\u2019d stick with what I knew. Besides, I wasn\u2019t really anticipating this to grow into what it\u2019s become.\n\nAfter wasting hours crawling around the ship\u2019s wiring, and a bunch more on spectrum seeking advice, I finally took Shana to a friend for his professional opinion. Of course she worked just fine while there, so I spent a day or so doing local hauls until it happened again and then took Shana straight back to the garage to prove to my friend I hadn\u2019t completely lost my mind. To make a very long story, well, just long, after explaining in excruciating detail what I had been doing in the moments before the problem came back he finally figured out that the comm system had an issue with one particular circuit. Took him about ten or fifteen minutes to replace it, tops. Issue hasn\u2019t been back since, which I\u2019m hoping stays true because I\u2019d hate to mess up another episode for y\u2019all.\n\nGonna guess the faulty circuit stems from my trip to Tyrol. Visited a friend I hadn\u2019t seen in ages, since she retired to Haven actually. I\u2019ll just call her Iggee, even though I know she hates that nickname. Anyways, Iggee was a mentor of mine. We\u2019ve stayed in touch over the years, but I\u2019ve always been averse to visiting Tyrol due to, you know, the chance of the system going supernova. Or that I might step outside without the right protective gear and melt or something. Why anyone lives there is beyond me, but when an old friend asks you to come see them, what else you gonna say besides, \u201cHow many bottles of mezcal should I bring?\u201d\n\nIggee gave me the lay of the land regarding local gangs and advice on what route and time to approach Haven would be best. If you\u2019ve never been, well, I can\u2019t in good conscience recommend that you visit unless you know what you\u2019re getting into, but I\u2019ve never been to any place like it. Most of Haven is built into this massive canyon wall to limit exposure to the stars. Wasn\u2019t until I was sitting in Iggee\u2019s living room halfway through a bottle of Soles and watching the suns\u2019 rays slowly shift across the canyon walls that I came to appreciate the place.\n\nWhen I mentioned my newfound appreciation for Haven, Iggee smiled with tears filling her eyes. That\u2019s when she revealed something that I never, ever expected to hear. She\u2019d died recently. Outta respect for my friend I won\u2019t get into specifics, but she still does hauls from time to time to keep food on the table, and a recent one went terribly, terribly wrong. She described waking up in a hospital not only knowing she\u2019d died but feeling the aftereffects of it too.\n\nIggee and I talked about her experience for hours. Between the topic and the second bottle of Soles, we soon found ourselves deep into a philosophical debate about the new regen tech and how it\u2019s gonna change Humanity. Don\u2019t know exactly how, but it feels like life\u2019s never gonna quite be the same. I mean, I\u2019ve already had a full-on conversation with someone who died. I\u2019m sure many of you out there have too, or maybe even been that person brought back from the dead.\n\nBefore we knew it, Tyrol\u2019s suns were rising again. We\u2019d talked away the entire night and I was absolutely exhausted. I slept away most of the day, then Iggee took me on a little tour of Haven. We spent time with a few of her friends, and I got to see the life she\u2019s built for herself. We even walked by a low-rent regen station that looked like it was built by someone blindfolded.\n\nWhen we got back to Iggee\u2019s place, she opened another bottle and revealed why she\u2019d asked me to visit. She wanted me and Shana to have the classic Juno Starwerk power plant she\u2019d been using and tinkering with for ages. She explained that she was officially hanging up her hauling cap and knew we\u2019d put it to good use. Gotta say I was extremely moved. Before I could find the right words to thank her, she told me she had one last piece of advice to pass along. To get a good imprint of myself made as soon as possible, because life\u2019s worth the price. She knew I hadn\u2019t gotten one yet and hoped her experience would convince me otherwise.\n\nI explained my personal aversion to the tech and how it felt like it made life less, well for lack of a better word, precious. For years I\u2019ve been traveling the empire to take in as much of it as possible. Every journey felt important. Every destination reached was worth celebrating because I was never sure if I\u2019d reach it or ever see it again. I don\u2019t know. Seems like you lose the fun of takin\u2019 risks knowing that there\u2019s a backup version of myself waiting in the wings. Plus, at this age, it ain\u2019t like the process will take away all the aches and pains. In fact, seeing Iggee struggle with some of the physical trauma from her incident only soured me on it more. When I mentioned that to Iggee, she told me the pain from the new scars was worth it to see me one last time. That sure shut me up good and quick.\n\nIggee and I spent the next day with Shana installing the power plant. If you think I\u2019m thorough and meticulous with my equipment, you should see Iggee. She shared this massive file with me tracking every issue she\u2019d ever had with it and the corresponding fix. As we were finishing up, she turned to me and said, \u201cWould\u2019ve hated to see this go to anyone else.\u201d\n\nShana and I left Haven the next day. Before going I gave Iggee a big hug. Told her I\u2019d stay in touch and swing by again soon for another drink, but she just waved me off. Deep down we both knew this was goodbye, so she left me with one last thought to chew one. \u201cThe fragility of life doesn\u2019t make it precious. The willingness to live it does.\u201d\n\nThat thought\u2019s still with me, rattling around in my head. Just as I\u2019m sure Iggee hoped. If you\u2019re wondering, I still haven\u2019t gotten an imprint yet. Almost did though, just the other day. I made this delivery to an R&R and came across a brand-spanking new regen station. Don\u2019t know how long I was standing there, thinking about Iggee, but it was long enough for an employee to come out and check on me. Before he could finish his spiel about why his doodad was better than that doodad, I told him I wasn\u2019t interested but the tech had already made my life better. Poor kid looked confused as hell as I walked away. Gotta admit I feel the same way. I see the benefits, and maybe someday I\u2019ll get one, but for now I\u2019m gonna continue living this life like it\u2019s the only one I got.\n\n[ beeping ]\n\nDamn, thought I\u2019d found a nice spot to drift the night away but there\u2019s a bit more activity \u2018round here than expected. Hate to sign off but I gotta find someplace a little quieter before I run into any trouble. This is Ol\u2019 Jegger signing off, somewhere Far From Home.\n\nTRANSMISSION TERMINATED","de_DE":"DIE \u00dcBERTRAGUNG BEGINNT:\nHallo, hier ist Ol' Jegger mit einer weiteren Far From Home. Ich bete, dass diese Folge nach der katastrophalen letzten Folge laut und deutlich zu h\u00f6ren ist. Ich entschuldige mich bei allen, die versucht haben, sie zu h\u00f6ren. Und vielen Dank an alle, die mich sofort angerufen haben, um mich wissen zu lassen, dass meine Stimme extrem leise und die St\u00f6rger\u00e4usche extrem laut waren. Ich habe mein Bestes getan, um zu verbreiten, dass die Audioqualit\u00e4t nicht gut war, aber wenn sie erst einmal ver\u00f6ffentlicht ist, kann ich nicht viel tun, au\u00dfer Sie wissen zu lassen, dass Sie sie meiden sollten.\n\nSchade, denn ich hatte viel Spa\u00df mit dieser Folge. Ich habe einige Ihrer Fragen beantwortet, sehr aufschlussreich, wie ich hinzuf\u00fcgen m\u00f6chte, und ich habe sogar \u00fcber etwas gesprochen, das ich in der Sendung noch nie erw\u00e4hnt habe... Major, unser alter Hund, der Mama in der Werkstatt \u00fcberall hin gefolgt ist, als ich noch klein war. Ich erinnere mich nicht an viel \u00fcber Major, au\u00dfer dass er meinen Vater nicht besonders mochte. Ich sch\u00e4tze, das spielt jetzt keine Rolle mehr, da die meisten von Ihnen keine Gelegenheit haben werden, davon zu h\u00f6ren, und ich habe nicht das Gef\u00fchl, dass es richtig w\u00e4re, es noch einmal aufzuzeichnen. So funktioniert diese Show, oder wie auch immer Sie sie nennen wollen, nicht wirklich. Ich meine, ich denke, die Episode ist nicht verloren. Sie ist nur nicht f\u00fcr menschliche Ohren geeignet.\n\nWie auch immer, nach dem Problem mit der letzten Folge habe ich tagelang versucht herauszufinden, was passiert ist. Sie wissen das wahrscheinlich nicht, aber ich nehme alle meine Episoden mit Shanas Kommunikationssystem auf. Ich wei\u00df, dass das eine seltsame Methode ist, aber ich habe keine Ahnung von Medientechnik und so weiter, also dachte ich, ich bleibe bei dem, was ich kenne. Au\u00dferdem hatte ich nicht wirklich erwartet, dass es sich zu dem entwickeln w\u00fcrde, was es geworden ist.\n\nNachdem ich Stunden damit verschwendet hatte, durch die Verkabelung des Schiffes zu krabbeln, und noch mehr Stunden auf dem Spektrum, um Rat zu suchen, brachte ich Shana schlie\u00dflich zu einem Freund, um seine professionelle Meinung einzuholen. Nat\u00fcrlich funktionierte sie dort einwandfrei, also verbrachte ich einen Tag oder so mit lokalen Transporten, bis es wieder passierte, und brachte Shana dann direkt zur\u00fcck in die Werkstatt, um meinem Freund zu beweisen, dass ich nicht v\u00f6llig das Versetand verloren hatte. Um es kurz zu machen: Nachdem ich ihm bis ins kleinste Detail erkl\u00e4rt hatte, was ich in den Momenten, bevor das Problem wieder auftrat, getan hatte, fand er schlie\u00dflich heraus, dass das Kommunikationssystem ein Problem mit einem bestimmten Schaltkreis hatte. Er brauchte h\u00f6chstens zehn oder f\u00fcnfzehn Minuten, um ihn zu ersetzen. Seitdem ist das Problem nicht mehr aufgetreten. Ich hoffe, dass das so bleibt, denn ich w\u00fcrde Ihnen nur ungern eine weitere Folge vermasseln.\n\nIch vermute, dass der defekte Schaltkreis von meiner Reise nach Tirol herr\u00fchrt. Ich habe eine Freundin besucht, die ich schon lange nicht mehr gesehen habe, seit sie sich nach Haven zur\u00fcckgezogen hat. Ich werde sie einfach Iggee nennen, auch wenn ich wei\u00df, dass sie diesen Spitznamen hasst. Wie auch immer, Iggee war eine Mentorin von mir. Wir sind \u00fcber die Jahre in Kontakt geblieben, aber ich war immer abgeneigt, Tyrol zu besuchen, weil, Sie wissen schon, die Gefahr besteht, dass das System zur Supernova wird. Oder dass ich ohne die richtige Schutzausr\u00fcstung nach drau\u00dfen gehen und schmelzen k\u00f6nnte oder so. Warum jemand dort lebt, ist mir schleierhaft, aber wenn ein alter Freund Sie bittet, ihn zu besuchen, was k\u00f6nnen Sie dann noch sagen, au\u00dfer: \"Wie viele Flaschen Mezcal soll ich mitbringen?\"\n\nIggee gab mir einen \u00dcberblick \u00fcber die \u00f6rtlichen Gangs und einen Rat, welche Route und welcher Zeitpunkt f\u00fcr die Ann\u00e4herung an Haven am besten ist. Wenn Sie noch nie dort waren, kann ich Ihnen nicht guten Gewissens einen Besuch empfehlen, wenn Sie nicht wissen, worauf Sie sich einlassen, aber ich war noch nie an einem Ort wie diesem. Der gr\u00f6\u00dfte Teil von Haven ist in diese massive Canyonwand gebaut, um den Blick auf die Sterne zu begrenzen. Erst als ich mit einer Flasche Soles in Iggees Wohnzimmer sa\u00df und beobachtete, wie sich die Sonnenstrahlen langsam \u00fcber die Canyonw\u00e4nde bewegten, lernte ich diesen Ort zu sch\u00e4tzen.\n\nAls ich meine neu entdeckte Wertsch\u00e4tzung f\u00fcr Haven erw\u00e4hnte, l\u00e4chelte Iggee und ihre Augen f\u00fcllten sich mit Tr\u00e4nen. In diesem Moment erz\u00e4hlte sie mir etwas, womit ich niemals gerechnet hatte. Sie war vor kurzem gestorben. Aus Respekt vor meiner Freundin werde ich nicht ins Detail gehen, aber sie macht immer noch von Zeit zu Zeit Transporte, um das Essen auf dem Tisch zu halten, und ein k\u00fcrzlicher ging furchtbar, furchtbar schief. Sie beschrieb, wie sie in einem Krankenhaus aufwachte und nicht nur wusste, dass sie gestorben war, sondern auch die Nachwirkungen sp\u00fcrte.\n\nIggee und ich sprachen stundenlang \u00fcber ihre Erfahrung. Zwischen dem Thema und der zweiten Flasche Soles fanden wir uns bald in einer philosophischen Debatte \u00fcber die neue Regenerationstechnologie und wie sie die Menschheit ver\u00e4ndern wird. Ich wei\u00df nicht genau wie, aber ich habe das Gef\u00fchl, dass das Leben nie wieder ganz so sein wird wie fr\u00fcher. Ich meine, ich hatte bereits ein ausf\u00fchrliches Gespr\u00e4ch mit jemandem, der gestorben ist. Ich bin sicher, dass viele von Ihnen das auch getan haben oder vielleicht sogar die Person waren, die von den Toten zur\u00fcckgeholt wurde.\n\nEhe wir uns versahen, ging die Sonne in Tirol wieder auf. Wir hatten die ganze Nacht durchgeredet und ich war v\u00f6llig ersch\u00f6pft. Ich verschlief den gr\u00f6\u00dften Teil des Tages, dann nahm mich Iggee auf eine kleine Tour durch Haven mit. Wir verbrachten Zeit mit ein paar ihrer Freunde und ich bekam einen Einblick in das Leben, das sie sich aufgebaut hat. Wir kamen sogar an einer billigen Regenerationsstation vorbei, die aussah, als h\u00e4tte sie jemand mit verbundenen Augen gebaut.\n\nAls wir zu Iggee zur\u00fcckkamen, \u00f6ffnete sie eine weitere Flasche und verriet mir, warum sie mich zu sich eingeladen hatte. Sie wollte, dass ich und Shana das klassische Juno Starwerk-Kraftwerk haben, an dem sie seit Ewigkeiten herumgebastelt hatte. Sie erkl\u00e4rte mir, dass sie offiziell ihre Schlepperkappe an den Nagel h\u00e4ngen w\u00fcrde und wusste, dass wir es gut gebrauchen k\u00f6nnten. Ich muss sagen, ich war sehr ger\u00fchrt. Bevor ich die richtigen Worte finden konnte, um ihr zu danken, sagte sie mir, dass sie mir noch einen letzten Rat geben wollte. Ich solle so bald wie m\u00f6glich einen guten Abdruck von mir machen lassen, denn das Leben sei den Preis wert. Sie wusste, dass ich noch keinen bekommen hatte, und hoffte, dass ihre Erfahrung mich vom Gegenteil \u00fcberzeugen w\u00fcrde.\n\nIch erkl\u00e4rte ihr meine pers\u00f6nliche Abneigung gegen die Technik und wie ich das Gef\u00fchl hatte, dass sie das Leben weniger, nun ja, in Ermangelung eines besseren Wortes, wertvoll machte. Seit Jahren bereise ich das Imperium, um so viel wie m\u00f6glich davon zu sehen. Jede Reise f\u00fchlte sich wichtig an. Jedes erreichte Ziel war es wert, gefeiert zu werden, denn ich war mir nie sicher, ob ich es erreichen oder jemals wiedersehen w\u00fcrde. Ich wei\u00df es nicht. Es scheint, als ob man den Spa\u00df daran verliert, Risiken einzugehen, wenn man wei\u00df, dass eine Ersatzversion von mir in den Startl\u00f6chern steht. Au\u00dferdem ist es in diesem Alter nicht so, dass der Prozess all die Schmerzen und Leiden verschwinden l\u00e4sst. Als ich sah, wie Iggee mit den k\u00f6rperlichen Folgen des Vorfalls zu k\u00e4mpfen hatte, wurde mir noch mulmiger zumute. Als ich Iggee darauf ansprach, sagte sie mir, dass die Schmerzen durch die neuen Narben es wert seien, um mich ein letztes Mal zu sehen. Das hat mich sehr schnell zum Schweigen gebracht.\n\nIggee und ich verbrachten den n\u00e4chsten Tag damit, mit Shana das Kraftwerk zu installieren. Wenn Sie glauben, dass ich gr\u00fcndlich und akribisch mit meiner Ausr\u00fcstung umgehe, sollten Sie Iggee sehen. Sie gab mir diese riesige Datei, in der sie jedes Problem, das sie jemals mit dem Kraftwerk hatte, und die entsprechende L\u00f6sung aufzeichnete. Als wir fertig waren, drehte sie sich zu mir um und sagte: \"Es w\u00e4re schade gewesen, wenn das jemand anders gemacht h\u00e4tte.\"\n\nShana und ich verlie\u00dfen Haven am n\u00e4chsten Tag. Bevor wir gingen, umarmte ich Iggee ganz herzlich. Ich sagte ihr, dass ich in Kontakt bleiben und bald wieder auf einen Drink vorbeikommen w\u00fcrde, aber sie winkte nur ab. Tief in uns drin wussten wir beide, dass dies ein Abschied war, und so lie\u00df sie mich mit einem letzten Gedanken zur\u00fcck, auf dem ich herumkauen konnte. \"Die Zerbrechlichkeit des Lebens macht es nicht wertvoll. Die Bereitschaft, es zu leben, schon.\"\n\nDieser Gedanke schwirrt immer noch in meinem Kopf herum. Ich bin mir sicher, dass Iggee das auch gehofft hat. Falls Sie sich wundern, ich habe immer noch kein Impressum bekommen. Aber neulich h\u00e4tte ich es fast bekommen. Ich habe diese Lieferung zu einem R&R gemacht und bin auf eine brandneue Regenerationsstation gesto\u00dfen. Ich wei\u00df nicht, wie lange ich dort stand und \u00fcber Iggee nachdachte, aber es war lange genug, dass ein Angestellter herauskam, um nach mir zu sehen. Bevor er seinen Vortrag dar\u00fcber beenden konnte, warum sein Dingsbums besser ist als jenes Dingsbums, sagte ich ihm, dass ich nicht interessiert sei, aber dass die Technologie mein Leben bereits verbessert h\u00e4tte. Der arme Junge sah v\u00f6llig verwirrt aus, als ich wegging. Ich muss zugeben, dass es mir genauso geht. Ich sehe die Vorteile und vielleicht werde ich mir eines Tages auch eines zulegen, aber f\u00fcr den Moment werde ich dieses Leben weiterleben, als w\u00e4re es das einzige, das ich habe.\n\n(Piepen)\n\nVerdammt, ich dachte, ich h\u00e4tte ein sch\u00f6nes Pl\u00e4tzchen gefunden, um die Nacht durchzuschlafen, aber hier ist mehr los als erwartet. Ich melde mich nur ungern ab, aber ich muss mir einen ruhigeren Ort suchen, bevor ich in Schwierigkeiten gerate. Hier meldet sich Ol' Jegger ab, irgendwo weit weg von zu Hause.\n\n\u00dcBERTRAGUNG BEENDET","zh_CN":"TRANSMISSION BEGINS:\nHey there, this is Ol\u2019 Jegger back with another Far From Home. Praying this one comes through loud and clear after that disastrous last episode. Apologies to anyone who tried to listen to it. And thanks to everyone who commed me lickity-split to let me know my voice was extremely soft and the bursts of static extremely loud. Tried my best to spread the word that the audio quality was no good, but once it\u2019s released, there\u2019s not much I can do besides let y\u2019all know to avoid it.\n\nShame, because I had a lotta fun with that episode. I answered several of your questions, very insightfully I might add, and actually talked about something I\u2019ve never brought up on the show before\u2026 Major, our old dog that followed Mom everywhere around the repair shop back when I was a youngin\u2019. Don\u2019t remember much about Major besides him not liking my dad too much. Guess it doesn\u2019t matter much now since most of you won\u2019t get a chance to hear about it, and I don\u2019t really feel like it\u2019d be right to try to record it again. That\u2019s not really how this show, or whatever you\u2019d call it, works. I mean, I guess, the episode ain\u2019t lost. It\u2019s just not suitable for human ears.\n\nAnyways, after the issue with the last episode I spent days trying to figure out what happened. You probably don\u2019t know this, but I actually capture all my episodes using Shana\u2019s comm system. I know that\u2019s a weird way to do it, but I don\u2019t know the first thing about media tech and whatnot, so I figured I\u2019d stick with what I knew. Besides, I wasn\u2019t really anticipating this to grow into what it\u2019s become.\n\nAfter wasting hours crawling around the ship\u2019s wiring, and a bunch more on spectrum seeking advice, I finally took Shana to a friend for his professional opinion. Of course she worked just fine while there, so I spent a day or so doing local hauls until it happened again and then took Shana straight back to the garage to prove to my friend I hadn\u2019t completely lost my mind. To make a very long story, well, just long, after explaining in excruciating detail what I had been doing in the moments before the problem came back he finally figured out that the comm system had an issue with one particular circuit. Took him about ten or fifteen minutes to replace it, tops. Issue hasn\u2019t been back since, which I\u2019m hoping stays true because I\u2019d hate to mess up another episode for y\u2019all.\n\nGonna guess the faulty circuit stems from my trip to Tyrol. Visited a friend I hadn\u2019t seen in ages, since she retired to Haven actually. I\u2019ll just call her Iggee, even though I know she hates that nickname. Anyways, Iggee was a mentor of mine. We\u2019ve stayed in touch over the years, but I\u2019ve always been averse to visiting Tyrol due to, you know, the chance of the system going supernova. Or that I might step outside without the right protective gear and melt or something. Why anyone lives there is beyond me, but when an old friend asks you to come see them, what else you gonna say besides, \u201cHow many bottles of mezcal should I bring?\u201d\n\nIggee gave me the lay of the land regarding local gangs and advice on what route and time to approach Haven would be best. If you\u2019ve never been, well, I can\u2019t in good conscience recommend that you visit unless you know what you\u2019re getting into, but I\u2019ve never been to any place like it. Most of Haven is built into this massive canyon wall to limit exposure to the stars. Wasn\u2019t until I was sitting in Iggee\u2019s living room halfway through a bottle of Soles and watching the suns\u2019 rays slowly shift across the canyon walls that I came to appreciate the place.\n\nWhen I mentioned my newfound appreciation for Haven, Iggee smiled with tears filling her eyes. That\u2019s when she revealed something that I never, ever expected to hear. She\u2019d died recently. Outta respect for my friend I won\u2019t get into specifics, but she still does hauls from time to time to keep food on the table, and a recent one went terribly, terribly wrong. She described waking up in a hospital not only knowing she\u2019d died but feeling the aftereffects of it too.\n\nIggee and I talked about her experience for hours. Between the topic and the second bottle of Soles, we soon found ourselves deep into a philosophical debate about the new regen tech and how it\u2019s gonna change Humanity. Don\u2019t know exactly how, but it feels like life\u2019s never gonna quite be the same. I mean, I\u2019ve already had a full-on conversation with someone who died. I\u2019m sure many of you out there have too, or maybe even been that person brought back from the dead.\n\nBefore we knew it, Tyrol\u2019s suns were rising again. We\u2019d talked away the entire night and I was absolutely exhausted. I slept away most of the day, then Iggee took me on a little tour of Haven. We spent time with a few of her friends, and I got to see the life she\u2019s built for herself. We even walked by a low-rent regen station that looked like it was built by someone blindfolded.\n\nWhen we got back to Iggee\u2019s place, she opened another bottle and revealed why she\u2019d asked me to visit. She wanted me and Shana to have the classic Juno Starwerk power plant she\u2019d been using and tinkering with for ages. She explained that she was officially hanging up her hauling cap and knew we\u2019d put it to good use. Gotta say I was extremely moved. Before I could find the right words to thank her, she told me she had one last piece of advice to pass along. To get a good imprint of myself made as soon as possible, because life\u2019s worth the price. She knew I hadn\u2019t gotten one yet and hoped her experience would convince me otherwise.\n\nI explained my personal aversion to the tech and how it felt like it made life less, well for lack of a better word, precious. For years I\u2019ve been traveling the empire to take in as much of it as possible. Every journey felt important. Every destination reached was worth celebrating because I was never sure if I\u2019d reach it or ever see it again. I don\u2019t know. Seems like you lose the fun of takin\u2019 risks knowing that there\u2019s a backup version of myself waiting in the wings. Plus, at this age, it ain\u2019t like the process will take away all the aches and pains. In fact, seeing Iggee struggle with some of the physical trauma from her incident only soured me on it more. When I mentioned that to Iggee, she told me the pain from the new scars was worth it to see me one last time. That sure shut me up good and quick.\n\nIggee and I spent the next day with Shana installing the power plant. If you think I\u2019m thorough and meticulous with my equipment, you should see Iggee. She shared this massive file with me tracking every issue she\u2019d ever had with it and the corresponding fix. As we were finishing up, she turned to me and said, \u201cWould\u2019ve hated to see this go to anyone else.\u201d\n\nShana and I left Haven the next day. Before going I gave Iggee a big hug. Told her I\u2019d stay in touch and swing by again soon for another drink, but she just waved me off. Deep down we both knew this was goodbye, so she left me with one last thought to chew one. \u201cThe fragility of life doesn\u2019t make it precious. The willingness to live it does.\u201d\n\nThat thought\u2019s still with me, rattling around in my head. Just as I\u2019m sure Iggee hoped. If you\u2019re wondering, I still haven\u2019t gotten an imprint yet. Almost did though, just the other day. I made this delivery to an R&R and came across a brand-spanking new regen station. Don\u2019t know how long I was standing there, thinking about Iggee, but it was long enough for an employee to come out and check on me. Before he could finish his spiel about why his doodad was better than that doodad, I told him I wasn\u2019t interested but the tech had already made my life better. Poor kid looked confused as hell as I walked away. Gotta admit I feel the same way. I see the benefits, and maybe someday I\u2019ll get one, but for now I\u2019m gonna continue living this life like it\u2019s the only one I got.\n\n[ beeping ]\n\nDamn, thought I\u2019d found a nice spot to drift the night away but there\u2019s a bit more activity \u2018round here than expected. Hate to sign off but I gotta find someplace a little quieter before I run into any trouble. This is Ol\u2019 Jegger signing off, somewhere Far From Home.\n\nTRANSMISSION TERMINATED"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":31,"created_at":"2021-11-03T01:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"4 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-07 19:40:04","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":18385,"next_id":18387}}