{"data":{"id":18628,"title":"Untold Tales: Prophet of Pyro","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/18628-Untold-Tales-Prophet-Of-Pyro","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/18628","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/18628","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":4588,"name":"UntoldTales_Title.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/lvtmyzw0gyvnzr\/source\/UntoldTales_Title.jpg","alt":"","size":716840,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2016-01-27T01:21:56+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/4588","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/4588\/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":"We live in an era where scientific understanding and innovations have taken us to the stars. Though we\u2019ve learned so much about our universe, many stories of unexplained phenomena exist that not only confound the senses but make us question our reality. These are the universe\u2019s Untold Tales.\n\nPyro is an unforgiving system where life is constantly under threat from intense solar flares. First visited in 2493 by a navjumper sent by mining company Pyrotechnic Amalgamated, the expense of overcoming the system\u2019s unforgiving conditions bankrupt the business in 2563. Some analysts argued this outcome was predictable because of the company\u2019s overly aggressive expansion plan, but others have come to believe failure was written in the stars and prophesied by a mysterious force known as the Prophet of Pyro.\n\nIn 2548, Pyrotechnic Amalgamated workers deep within a mine on Pyro II first reported hearing a strange voice. Site supervisors didn\u2019t give the stories much weight until some workers refused to enter that mine, claiming the voice kept whispering \u201cleave or be crushed.\u201d One miner even wandered off in search of the voice and suffered a severe injury from a fall. Following this incident, the site supervisor ordered a complete sweep of the mine and a check of all mining suits and communication equipment. When nothing strange or unusual was found, miners were told to get back to work or be fired. For years, workers claimed to hear a mysterious voice at odd times but were placated by supervisors claiming it was only an auditory anomaly caused by the way air moved through the mines or their own overactive imaginations.\n\n\u201cThese incidents are the first recorded encounters with the Prophet of Pyro,\u201d claims Kiana Richards, an independent investigative journalist with an intriguing new theory about the Prophet. Richards has reviewed hundreds of comms and internal messages between Pyrotechnic Amalgamated employees in her search for precious details regarding the incidents. \u201cSome believe these stories were fabricated years later by company executives to pass off the company\u2019s failings, but there\u2019s an extensive paper trail that proves something strange was definitely going on. Several miners even requested transfers out of fear that the voice was warning them of an impending collapse.\u201d While the mine never actually collapsed, Pyrotechnic Amalgamated did. Crushed by the cost of building a station around Pyro VI when the system\u2019s mines weren\u2019t as productive as hoped, the company did not survive. Still, enough workers experienced the phenomena that after Pyrotechnic Amalgamated crumbled, people began to believe that the voice was actually a warning to the company. According to Richards, \u201cThat\u2019s how the legend of the Prophet of Pyro really took off.\u201d\n\nNo one knows the origin of the name Prophet of Pyro, but it was commonly used within the system by the 27th century. Several derelict ships of the era have been discovered with intact black boxes containing comms referencing it. By then the mysterious and prophetic voice had become part of the system\u2019s folklore. People believed the stories enough to actively look for the alleged Prophet, but there was one small issue. No one knew exactly which of the abandoned mines contained it. \u201cBy the time the legend became widespread, most of the Pyrotechnic Amalgamated miners who experienced it firsthand had either left the system or died,\u201d notes Richards. \u201cEven the company comms I\u2019ve examined don\u2019t specify the exact mine, only the sector where it occurred, which contains almost a hundred different sites.\u201d\n\nDuring the early part of the 27th century, several people claimed to have received a revelation from the Prophet of Pyro, but their tales did little to increase the legend. That is until Tufo Fitzhugh claimed to have had an experience with the Prophet; it was a story that would go on to alter the system\u2019s history. Tufo led a small crew of ultraviolent outlaws known as the Abyss who primarily targeted miners searching Pyro II for overlooked deposits. Following one such operation, Tufo claimed a mysterious force drew her deep into a mine where she repeatedly heard the words, \u201cRuler of ruin.\u201d Convinced it was a revelation from the Prophet of Pyro, Tufo told the Abyss that it was their destiny to take over Ruin Station, an extremely ambitious goal considering the Ikkibu gang had kept the orbital platform under their iron grip for decades.\n\nStill, Tufo leveraged her steadfast belief in the prophecy to convince others to join her cause. In 2678, through a few strategic alliances and an impeccable plan that drew a significant portion of the ruling Ikkibu gang away from Ruin Station, Tufo and the Abyss overtook the station in a surprise attack. They immediately locked down the station and successfully defended it from the remaining members of the Ikkibu gang for nearly three weeks. When the dust settled, the prophecy had come true. The Abyss were the new rulers of Ruin Station.\n\n\u201cThe Abyss coming to control Ruin was a milestone moment for both Pyro and the legend of the\nProphet,\u201d said Richards. \u201cPreviously, only the biggest gangs in the system fought for control of the station but the Abyss upended that convention. We now know that was because Tufo Fitzhugh was a gifted intelligence gatherer and strategist, who exploited the Ikkibu\u2019s weaknesses, but the story spread contemporaneously was that this was all preordained by the Prophet of Pyro.\u201d\n\nThe shocking and sudden rise of the Abyss inspired other outlaw factions to dream big and seek the Prophet of Pyro for a glimpse into their own destiny. Meanwhile, Tufo Fitzhugh and the Abyss proved to be better conquerors than rulers. Within a matter of years, Ruin Station was frequently under attack by other gangs hoping to unseat them. The constant fighting reduced Ruin Station to a wasteland. A fate that reportedly angered and confused Tufo, who returned to Pyro II in hopes of receiving another divination from the Prophet. It\u2019s unknown if she received it, as her ship was attacked and destroyed during her return. The Abyss lost control of Ruin Station shortly thereafter to a coalition of smaller gangs, who would in turn spend the next year fighting among each other for control of the station. That now-infamous year deemed the \u201cFight of Five Gangs\u201d cemented Ruin Station\u2019s status within wider popular culture as an extremely dangerous destination and perennial powder keg. According to Richards, \u201cThree of the gangs who fought for control of Ruin Station claimed to have received the blessing of the Prophet. Clearly, public belief was significant enough that these gangs thought the endorsement of the Prophet was essential to their claim to power.\u201d Richards notes there\u2019s no evidence any of these gangs even searched the mines on Pyro II for the Prophet, and she believes their claims to be nothing more than political propaganda.\n\nMeanwhile, after a decade of intense research, Richards is ready to reveal an exciting new theory about the potential source of the Prophet of Pyro. \u201cI\u2019ve spent years cataloging all references to the Prophet of Pyro. When I charted them a clear pattern emerged. Interestingly enough, stories of encounters with the Prophet seem to spike significantly when strong solar flares strike the system.\u201d Richards\u2019 research showed intense solar flares hit the system when Pyrotechnic Amalgamated miners first heard the voice and occurred again in 2678 when Tufo Fitzhugh claimed to have experienced her revelation. Is it merely coincidence or a potential key to unlocking the mystery behind the Prophet?\n\nRichards admits she wasn\u2019t the first to ponder this connection. One Pyrotechnic Amalgamated technician had presented this theory in a message to company executives, stating that the mysterious voice might be the result of an auditory anomaly caused by the interplay between intense solar flares and the metal rich mine. Richards uncovered the exchange during her research, but her initial inspiration came from a more modern source. \u201cIt started when I was researching the Fire Rats for an article on the behaviors of cult-like gangs. It\u2019s widely known that one of the Fire Rat\u2019s initiation rites involves exposing oneself to a solar flare as a form of purification, but I also discovered that some long-standing members of the gang would vanish during times of intense solar flares. So I set out to see exactly what they were doing.\u201d\n\nWhat Richards discovered, via dogged investigation and confidential interviews with current and former Fire Rats, was that \u201cenlightened\u201d members of the gang often visited Pyro II during times of intense solar flares to commune with the Prophet. \u201cNo one I spoke with would confirm if these journeys were to a specific location or simply the planet in general,\u201d recalls Richards. \u201cBut seeing them make this connection inspired me to analyze the historical data around reported encounters and solar flare activity to see if it had any merit. After a decade of hard work, I truly believe there\u2019s a connection.\u201d\n\nWhile the Fire Rats\u2019 beliefs surrounding the Prophet remain a closely held secret, Richards\u2019 research has led her to develop her own theory. \u201cI don\u2019t think the Prophet of Pyro is confined to one special mine on Pyro II. I believe that powerful bursts of energy produced by solar flares are somehow collected and amplified by large metal deposits inside the mines. Meaning, when conditions are right, the Prophet of Pyro can be heard in several spots across the planet.\u201d\n\nWhen Untold Tales returns, Kiana Richards travels to Pyro II during a period of intense solar flare activity to put her theory to the test.","de_DE":"Wir leben in einer Zeit, in der wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und Innovationen uns zu den Sternen gef\u00fchrt haben. Obwohl wir so viel \u00fcber unser Universum gelernt haben, gibt es viele Geschichten \u00fcber unerkl\u00e4rliche Ph\u00e4nomene, die nicht nur die Sinne verwirren, sondern uns auch an unserer Realit\u00e4t zweifeln lassen. Dies sind die \"Untold Tales\" des Universums.\n\nPyro ist ein unbarmherziges System, in dem das Leben st\u00e4ndig durch intensive Sonneneruptionen bedroht ist. Es wurde erstmals im Jahr 2493 von einem Navjumper besucht, der von der Bergbaufirma Pyrotechnic Amalgamated geschickt wurde. Die Kosten f\u00fcr die \u00dcberwindung der unbarmherzigen Bedingungen des Systems f\u00fchrten 2563 zum Bankrott des Unternehmens. Einige Analysten sind der Meinung, dass dieses Ergebnis aufgrund der zu aggressiven Expansionspl\u00e4ne des Unternehmens vorhersehbar war, andere wiederum glauben, dass das Scheitern in den Sternen stand und von einer geheimnisvollen Macht, dem Propheten von Pyro, vorhergesagt wurde.\n\nIm Jahr 2548 berichteten Arbeiter von Pyrotechnic Amalgamated erstmals, dass sie tief in einer Mine auf Pyro II eine seltsame Stimme h\u00f6rten. Die Aufsichtsbeh\u00f6rden schenkten den Berichten wenig Beachtung, bis sich einige Arbeiter weigerten, die Mine zu betreten, da die Stimme immer wieder fl\u00fcsterte: \"Geh oder du wirst zerquetscht\". Ein Bergmann machte sich sogar auf die Suche nach der Stimme und erlitt bei einem Sturz schwere Verletzungen. Nach diesem Vorfall ordnete der Bauleiter eine vollst\u00e4ndige Durchsuchung der Mine und eine \u00dcberpr\u00fcfung aller Schutzanz\u00fcge und Kommunikationsger\u00e4te an. Als nichts Merkw\u00fcrdiges oder Ungew\u00f6hnliches gefunden wurde, wurden die Bergleute angewiesen, wieder an die Arbeit zu gehen oder entlassen zu werden. Jahrelang behaupteten die Arbeiter, zu merkw\u00fcrdigen Zeiten eine geheimnisvolle Stimme zu h\u00f6ren, wurden aber von den Aufsehern beschwichtigt, es handele sich nur um eine akustische Anomalie, die durch die Luftbewegung in den Minen oder ihre eigene \u00fcberaktive Phantasie verursacht werde.\n\n\"Diese Vorf\u00e4lle sind die ersten aufgezeichneten Begegnungen mit dem Propheten von Pyro\", behauptet Kiana Richards, eine unabh\u00e4ngige Enth\u00fcllungsjournalistin mit einer verbl\u00fcffenden neuen Theorie \u00fcber den Propheten. Auf der Suche nach wertvollen Details zu den Vorf\u00e4llen hat Richards Hunderte von Kommunikationen und internen Nachrichten zwischen Mitarbeitern von Pyrotechnic Amalgamated ausgewertet. \"Einige glauben, dass diese Geschichten erst Jahre sp\u00e4ter von den F\u00fchrungskr\u00e4ften des Unternehmens erfunden wurden, um die Fehler des Unternehmens zu vertuschen, aber es gibt eine umfangreiche Papierspur, die beweist, dass definitiv etwas Merkw\u00fcrdiges vor sich ging. Mehrere Bergleute baten sogar um Versetzung, weil sie bef\u00fcrchteten, dass die Stimme sie vor einem drohenden Einsturz warnt.\" Die Mine ist zwar nie wirklich eingest\u00fcrzt, aber Pyrotechnic Amalgamated schon. Das Unternehmen wurde von den Kosten f\u00fcr den Bau einer Station um Pyro VI erdr\u00fcckt, als die Minen des Systems nicht so produktiv waren wie erhofft und \u00fcberlebte nicht. Dennoch erlebten genug Arbeiter das Ph\u00e4nomen, so dass nach dem Zusammenbruch von Pyrotechnic Amalgamated die Leute zu glauben begannen, dass die Stimme tats\u00e4chlich eine Warnung an das Unternehmen war. Richards meint: \"So nahm die Legende vom Propheten von Pyro richtig Fahrt auf.\n\nNiemand kennt den Ursprung des Namens Prophet of Pyro, aber er war im 27. Jahrhundert im System weit verbreitet. Mehrere verlassene Schiffe aus dieser Zeit wurden mit intakten Blackboxen entdeckt, die einen Hinweis auf diesen Namen enthielten. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt war die mysteri\u00f6se und prophetische Stimme bereits Teil der Folklore des Systems geworden. Die Menschen glaubten den Geschichten genug, um aktiv nach dem angeblichen Propheten zu suchen, aber es gab ein kleines Problem. Niemand wusste genau, in welcher der verlassenen Minen er sich befand. \"Als sich die Legende verbreitete, hatten die meisten der Bergleute von Pyrotechnic Amalgamated, die den Propheten selbst erlebt hatten, das System entweder verlassen oder waren gestorben\", bemerkt Richards. \"Selbst in den Unternehmensmitteilungen, die ich untersucht habe, wird nicht die genaue Mine genannt, sondern nur der Sektor, in dem das Ph\u00e4nomen auftrat, der fast hundert verschiedene Standorte umfasst.\"\n\nZu Beginn des 27. Jahrhunderts behaupteten mehrere Menschen, eine Offenbarung vom Propheten von Pyro erhalten zu haben, aber ihre Erz\u00e4hlungen trugen wenig zur Verbreitung der Legende bei. Das hei\u00dft, bis Tufo Fitzhugh behauptete, eine Erfahrung mit dem Propheten gemacht zu haben; es war eine Geschichte, die die Geschichte des Systems ver\u00e4ndern sollte. Tufo f\u00fchrte eine kleine Gruppe von gewaltt\u00e4tigen Gesetzlosen an, die als Abyss bekannt waren und vor allem Bergleute angriffen, die auf Pyro II nach \u00fcbersehenen Vorkommen suchten. Nach einem solchen Einsatz behauptete Tufo, eine geheimnisvolle Kraft habe sie tief in eine Mine gezogen, wo sie wiederholt die Worte \"Herrscher des Verderbens\" h\u00f6rte. In der \u00dcberzeugung, dass es sich um eine Offenbarung des Propheten von Pyro handelte, erkl\u00e4rte Tufo den Abyss, dass es ihr Schicksal sei, die Ruin Station zu \u00fcbernehmen. Ein \u00e4u\u00dferst ehrgeiziges Ziel, wenn man bedenkt, dass die Ikkibu-Bande die Orbitalplattform jahrzehntelang in ihrem eisernen Griff gehalten hatte.\n\nDennoch nutzte Tufo ihren unersch\u00fctterlichen Glauben an die Prophezeiung, um andere zu \u00fcberzeugen, sich ihrer Sache anzuschlie\u00dfen. Im Jahr 2678 gelang es Tufo und den Abyss dank einiger strategischer Allianzen und eines tadellosen Plans, der einen gro\u00dfen Teil der herrschenden Ikkibu-Bande von der Ruinenstation weglockte, die Station in einem \u00dcberraschungsangriff zu \u00fcbernehmen. Sie schlossen die Station sofort ab und verteidigten sie fast drei Wochen lang erfolgreich gegen die verbleibenden Mitglieder der Ikkibu-Bande. Als sich der Staub gelegt hatte, war die Prophezeiung wahr geworden. Die Abyss waren die neuen Herrscher von Ruin Station.\n\n\"Die \u00dcbernahme der Kontrolle \u00fcber Ruin durch die Abyss war ein Meilenstein sowohl f\u00fcr Pyro als auch f\u00fcr die Legende des\nPropheten\", sagte Richards. \"Zuvor k\u00e4mpften nur die gr\u00f6\u00dften Banden des Systems um die Kontrolle der Station, aber die Abyss haben diese Konvention umgesto\u00dfen. Wir wissen heute, dass dies daran lag, dass Tufo Fitzhugh ein begnadeter Geheimdienstler und Stratege war, der die Schw\u00e4chen der Ikkibu ausnutzte, aber die Geschichte, die sich zur gleichen Zeit verbreitete, war, dass dies alles vom Propheten von Pyro vorherbestimmt war.\"\n\nDer schockierende und pl\u00f6tzliche Aufstieg des Abyss inspirierte andere gesetzlose Gruppierungen zu gro\u00dfen Tr\u00e4umen und dazu, den Propheten von Pyro aufzusuchen, um einen Blick auf ihr eigenes Schicksal zu werfen. Unterdessen erwiesen sich Tufo Fitzhugh und die Abyss als bessere Eroberer als Herrscher. Innerhalb weniger Jahre wurde Ruin Station h\u00e4ufig von anderen Banden angegriffen, die hofften, sie zu st\u00fcrzen. Die st\u00e4ndigen K\u00e4mpfe verwandelten Ruin Station in ein \u00d6dland. Ein Schicksal, das Tufo angeblich ver\u00e4rgert und verwirrt hat. Sie kehrte nach Pyro II zur\u00fcck, in der Hoffnung, eine weitere Weissagung vom Propheten zu erhalten. Es ist nicht bekannt, ob sie diese erhalten hat, denn ihr Schiff wurde w\u00e4hrend ihrer R\u00fcckkehr angegriffen und zerst\u00f6rt. Die Abyss verloren kurz darauf die Kontrolle \u00fcber die Ruin Station an eine Koalition kleinerer Banden, die wiederum das n\u00e4chste Jahr damit verbrachten, untereinander um die Kontrolle \u00fcber die Station zu k\u00e4mpfen. Dieses ber\u00fchmte Jahr, das als \"Kampf der f\u00fcnf Gangs\" bezeichnet wird, zementierte den Status von Ruin Station in der breiteren Popul\u00e4rkultur als extrem gef\u00e4hrliches Reiseziel und st\u00e4ndiges Pulverfass. Richards: \"Drei der Gangs, die um die Kontrolle der Ruin Station k\u00e4mpften, behaupteten, den Segen des Propheten erhalten zu haben. Offensichtlich war der \u00f6ffentliche Glaube so bedeutend, dass diese Banden die Unterst\u00fctzung des Propheten als wesentlich f\u00fcr ihren Machtanspruch ansahen.\" Richards stellt fest, dass es keine Beweise daf\u00fcr gibt, dass eine dieser Banden auch nur in den Minen auf Pyro II nach dem Propheten gesucht hat, und sie glaubt, dass ihre Behauptungen nichts weiter als politische Propaganda sind.\n\nIn der Zwischenzeit, nach einem Jahrzehnt intensiver Forschung, ist Richards bereit, eine aufregende neue Theorie \u00fcber die m\u00f6gliche Quelle des Propheten von Pyro zu enth\u00fcllen. \"Ich habe Jahre damit verbracht, alle Hinweise auf den Propheten von Pyro zu katalogisieren. Als ich sie katalogisierte, zeigte sich ein klares Muster. Interessanterweise scheinen sich die Berichte \u00fcber Begegnungen mit dem Propheten deutlich zu h\u00e4ufen, wenn starke Sonneneruptionen das System treffen.\" Richards' Nachforschungen ergaben, dass starke Sonneneruptionen das System trafen, als die Bergleute der Pyrotechnic Amalgamated die Stimme zum ersten Mal h\u00f6rten, und sie traten auch im Jahr 2678 auf, als Tufo Fitzhugh behauptete, ihre Offenbarung erlebt zu haben. Ist das nur ein Zufall oder ein m\u00f6glicher Schl\u00fcssel, um das Geheimnis des Propheten zu l\u00fcften?\n\nRichards gibt zu, dass sie nicht die erste war, die \u00fcber diese Verbindung nachgedacht hat. Ein Techniker von Pyrotechnic Amalgamated hatte diese Theorie in einer Nachricht an die Unternehmensleitung ge\u00e4u\u00dfert und erkl\u00e4rt, dass die mysteri\u00f6se Stimme das Ergebnis einer akustischen Anomalie sein k\u00f6nnte, die durch das Zusammenspiel zwischen intensiven Sonneneruptionen und der metallreichen Mine verursacht wird. Richards stie\u00df bei ihren Nachforschungen auf den Austausch, aber ihre erste Inspiration kam aus einer moderneren Quelle. \"Es begann damit, dass ich die Fire Rats f\u00fcr einen Artikel \u00fcber das Verhalten von sekten\u00e4hnlichen Banden recherchierte. Es ist allgemein bekannt, dass einer der Initiationsriten der Feuerratten darin besteht, sich als eine Form der Reinigung einer Sonneneruption auszusetzen, aber ich entdeckte auch, dass einige langj\u00e4hrige Mitglieder der Bande in Zeiten starker Sonneneruptionen verschwanden. Also machte ich mich auf den Weg, um herauszufinden, was sie genau tun.\"\n\nWas Richards durch hartn\u00e4ckige Nachforschungen und vertrauliche Interviews mit aktuellen und ehemaligen Fire Rats herausfand, war, dass \"erleuchtete\" Mitglieder der Bande in Zeiten starker Sonneneruptionen oft Pyro II besuchten, um mit dem Propheten zu kommunizieren. \"Niemand, mit dem ich gesprochen habe, konnte best\u00e4tigen, ob diese Reisen zu einem bestimmten Ort oder einfach zum Planeten im Allgemeinen f\u00fchrten\", erinnert sich Richards. \"Aber als ich sah, dass sie diese Verbindung herstellten, inspirierte mich das dazu, die historischen Daten \u00fcber die gemeldeten Begegnungen und die Aktivit\u00e4t der Sonneneruptionen zu analysieren, um herauszufinden, ob sie stichhaltig waren. Nach einem Jahrzehnt harter Arbeit glaube ich wirklich, dass es einen Zusammenhang gibt.\"\n\nW\u00e4hrend der Glaube der Feuerratten an den Propheten ein streng geh\u00fctetes Geheimnis bleibt, haben Richards' Forschungen sie dazu gebracht, ihre eigene Theorie zu entwickeln. \"Ich glaube nicht, dass der Prophet von Pyro auf eine bestimmte Mine auf Pyro II beschr\u00e4nkt ist. Ich glaube, dass die starken Energiest\u00f6\u00dfe, die von Sonneneruptionen erzeugt werden, irgendwie von gro\u00dfen Metallvorkommen in den Minen aufgefangen und verst\u00e4rkt werden. Das hei\u00dft, wenn die Bedingungen stimmen, kann der Prophet von Pyro an mehreren Stellen auf dem Planeten geh\u00f6rt werden.\"\n\nAls Untold Tales zur\u00fcckkehrt, reist Kiana Richards w\u00e4hrend einer Zeit intensiver Sonneneruptionen nach Pyro II, um ihre Theorie zu testen.","zh_CN":"We live in an era where scientific understanding and innovations have taken us to the stars. Though we\u2019ve learned so much about our universe, many stories of unexplained phenomena exist that not only confound the senses but make us question our reality. These are the universe\u2019s Untold Tales.\n\nPyro is an unforgiving system where life is constantly under threat from intense solar flares. First visited in 2493 by a navjumper sent by mining company Pyrotechnic Amalgamated, the expense of overcoming the system\u2019s unforgiving conditions bankrupt the business in 2563. Some analysts argued this outcome was predictable because of the company\u2019s overly aggressive expansion plan, but others have come to believe failure was written in the stars and prophesied by a mysterious force known as the Prophet of Pyro.\n\nIn 2548, Pyrotechnic Amalgamated workers deep within a mine on Pyro II first reported hearing a strange voice. Site supervisors didn\u2019t give the stories much weight until some workers refused to enter that mine, claiming the voice kept whispering \u201cleave or be crushed.\u201d One miner even wandered off in search of the voice and suffered a severe injury from a fall. Following this incident, the site supervisor ordered a complete sweep of the mine and a check of all mining suits and communication equipment. When nothing strange or unusual was found, miners were told to get back to work or be fired. For years, workers claimed to hear a mysterious voice at odd times but were placated by supervisors claiming it was only an auditory anomaly caused by the way air moved through the mines or their own overactive imaginations.\n\n\u201cThese incidents are the first recorded encounters with the Prophet of Pyro,\u201d claims Kiana Richards, an independent investigative journalist with an intriguing new theory about the Prophet. Richards has reviewed hundreds of comms and internal messages between Pyrotechnic Amalgamated employees in her search for precious details regarding the incidents. \u201cSome believe these stories were fabricated years later by company executives to pass off the company\u2019s failings, but there\u2019s an extensive paper trail that proves something strange was definitely going on. Several miners even requested transfers out of fear that the voice was warning them of an impending collapse.\u201d While the mine never actually collapsed, Pyrotechnic Amalgamated did. Crushed by the cost of building a station around Pyro VI when the system\u2019s mines weren\u2019t as productive as hoped, the company did not survive. Still, enough workers experienced the phenomena that after Pyrotechnic Amalgamated crumbled, people began to believe that the voice was actually a warning to the company. According to Richards, \u201cThat\u2019s how the legend of the Prophet of Pyro really took off.\u201d\n\nNo one knows the origin of the name Prophet of Pyro, but it was commonly used within the system by the 27th century. Several derelict ships of the era have been discovered with intact black boxes containing comms referencing it. By then the mysterious and prophetic voice had become part of the system\u2019s folklore. People believed the stories enough to actively look for the alleged Prophet, but there was one small issue. No one knew exactly which of the abandoned mines contained it. \u201cBy the time the legend became widespread, most of the Pyrotechnic Amalgamated miners who experienced it firsthand had either left the system or died,\u201d notes Richards. \u201cEven the company comms I\u2019ve examined don\u2019t specify the exact mine, only the sector where it occurred, which contains almost a hundred different sites.\u201d\n\nDuring the early part of the 27th century, several people claimed to have received a revelation from the Prophet of Pyro, but their tales did little to increase the legend. That is until Tufo Fitzhugh claimed to have had an experience with the Prophet; it was a story that would go on to alter the system\u2019s history. Tufo led a small crew of ultraviolent outlaws known as the Abyss who primarily targeted miners searching Pyro II for overlooked deposits. Following one such operation, Tufo claimed a mysterious force drew her deep into a mine where she repeatedly heard the words, \u201cRuler of ruin.\u201d Convinced it was a revelation from the Prophet of Pyro, Tufo told the Abyss that it was their destiny to take over Ruin Station, an extremely ambitious goal considering the Ikkibu gang had kept the orbital platform under their iron grip for decades.\n\nStill, Tufo leveraged her steadfast belief in the prophecy to convince others to join her cause. In 2678, through a few strategic alliances and an impeccable plan that drew a significant portion of the ruling Ikkibu gang away from Ruin Station, Tufo and the Abyss overtook the station in a surprise attack. They immediately locked down the station and successfully defended it from the remaining members of the Ikkibu gang for nearly three weeks. When the dust settled, the prophecy had come true. The Abyss were the new rulers of Ruin Station.\n\n\u201cThe Abyss coming to control Ruin was a milestone moment for both Pyro and the legend of the\nProphet,\u201d said Richards. \u201cPreviously, only the biggest gangs in the system fought for control of the station but the Abyss upended that convention. We now know that was because Tufo Fitzhugh was a gifted intelligence gatherer and strategist, who exploited the Ikkibu\u2019s weaknesses, but the story spread contemporaneously was that this was all preordained by the Prophet of Pyro.\u201d\n\nThe shocking and sudden rise of the Abyss inspired other outlaw factions to dream big and seek the Prophet of Pyro for a glimpse into their own destiny. Meanwhile, Tufo Fitzhugh and the Abyss proved to be better conquerors than rulers. Within a matter of years, Ruin Station was frequently under attack by other gangs hoping to unseat them. The constant fighting reduced Ruin Station to a wasteland. A fate that reportedly angered and confused Tufo, who returned to Pyro II in hopes of receiving another divination from the Prophet. It\u2019s unknown if she received it, as her ship was attacked and destroyed during her return. The Abyss lost control of Ruin Station shortly thereafter to a coalition of smaller gangs, who would in turn spend the next year fighting among each other for control of the station. That now-infamous year deemed the \u201cFight of Five Gangs\u201d cemented Ruin Station\u2019s status within wider popular culture as an extremely dangerous destination and perennial powder keg. According to Richards, \u201cThree of the gangs who fought for control of Ruin Station claimed to have received the blessing of the Prophet. Clearly, public belief was significant enough that these gangs thought the endorsement of the Prophet was essential to their claim to power.\u201d Richards notes there\u2019s no evidence any of these gangs even searched the mines on Pyro II for the Prophet, and she believes their claims to be nothing more than political propaganda.\n\nMeanwhile, after a decade of intense research, Richards is ready to reveal an exciting new theory about the potential source of the Prophet of Pyro. \u201cI\u2019ve spent years cataloging all references to the Prophet of Pyro. When I charted them a clear pattern emerged. Interestingly enough, stories of encounters with the Prophet seem to spike significantly when strong solar flares strike the system.\u201d Richards\u2019 research showed intense solar flares hit the system when Pyrotechnic Amalgamated miners first heard the voice and occurred again in 2678 when Tufo Fitzhugh claimed to have experienced her revelation. Is it merely coincidence or a potential key to unlocking the mystery behind the Prophet?\n\nRichards admits she wasn\u2019t the first to ponder this connection. One Pyrotechnic Amalgamated technician had presented this theory in a message to company executives, stating that the mysterious voice might be the result of an auditory anomaly caused by the interplay between intense solar flares and the metal rich mine. Richards uncovered the exchange during her research, but her initial inspiration came from a more modern source. \u201cIt started when I was researching the Fire Rats for an article on the behaviors of cult-like gangs. It\u2019s widely known that one of the Fire Rat\u2019s initiation rites involves exposing oneself to a solar flare as a form of purification, but I also discovered that some long-standing members of the gang would vanish during times of intense solar flares. So I set out to see exactly what they were doing.\u201d\n\nWhat Richards discovered, via dogged investigation and confidential interviews with current and former Fire Rats, was that \u201cenlightened\u201d members of the gang often visited Pyro II during times of intense solar flares to commune with the Prophet. \u201cNo one I spoke with would confirm if these journeys were to a specific location or simply the planet in general,\u201d recalls Richards. \u201cBut seeing them make this connection inspired me to analyze the historical data around reported encounters and solar flare activity to see if it had any merit. After a decade of hard work, I truly believe there\u2019s a connection.\u201d\n\nWhile the Fire Rats\u2019 beliefs surrounding the Prophet remain a closely held secret, Richards\u2019 research has led her to develop her own theory. \u201cI don\u2019t think the Prophet of Pyro is confined to one special mine on Pyro II. I believe that powerful bursts of energy produced by solar flares are somehow collected and amplified by large metal deposits inside the mines. Meaning, when conditions are right, the Prophet of Pyro can be heard in several spots across the planet.\u201d\n\nWhen Untold Tales returns, Kiana Richards travels to Pyro II during a period of intense solar flare activity to put her theory to the test."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":29,"created_at":"2022-04-20T02:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"4 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-07 19:28:45","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":18626,"next_id":18629}}