{"data":{"id":18810,"title":"Observist Lifestyle - Citizens for Pyro","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/18810-Observist-Lifestyle-Citizens-For-Pyro","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/18810","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/18810","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"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":"Greetings, traveler. As enjoyable as the myriad sights and sounds of the universe are, we have found that it\u2019s the people and the stories they tell that truly make our time here exceptional. We at the OBSERVIST LIFESTYLE are eager to provide an up close look at the unique souls that form the tapestry of our universe.\n\nThe six planets of the Pyro system spin under the livid glare of a volatile variable star, so life is difficult there on the best of days. The innermost planets are oppressively hot, while the outermost are deathly cold. There are almost no comfortable lodgings where you can spend the night, let alone safely park your ship. Detritus from fruitless terraforming attempts in the 26th century can be found floating in unexpected places, posing a persistent threat to the unprepared traveler. And at the heart of the system beats a star that unleashes hell whenever it flares. It is, in short, inhospitable.\n\nDespite these obstacles \u2013 or perhaps in part because of them \u2013 Pyro has become a stronghold for pirates, fugitives, terrorists, and other kinds of people you wouldn\u2019t want to run into while flying solo. Settlements abandoned when legitimate businesses fled the system have become hives of criminal activity. The largest of these is a former Pyrotechnic Amalgamated housing platform known among locals as Ruin Station. Its dilapidated halls are packed with squatters and black market dealers who eke a living outside the grasping hand of the law, but beneath the iron fist of whatever gang is in charge. Power struggles on the station are frequent, but violently anti-alien and anti-corporate terrorist group XenoThreat has been the reigning authority on Ruin Station \u2013 and thus Pyro \u2013 since 2947.\n\nSince then, XenoThreat has used Pyro as a launch point for armed raids on their neighboring systems, especially the corporate-led Stanton system. While the Advocacy and Civilian Defense Force have thwarted XenoThreat\u2019s attacks in the system, they have been unable to significantly hurt the organization. In fact, XenoThreat\u2019s numbers seem to grow with each passing year. Experts say that as long as Pyro remains under their control, it is unlikely that the people of Stanton will see a respite from invasion anytime soon.\n\nMadge Hartford, known as Dash to her friends, hopes to change that.\n\nA WAR OF ACQUISITION\nInside M&V, the bar is packed from its fortified metal entrance to its neon-lit corners. It\u2019s stuffy and smells of sweat from the press of bodies, but I breathe deep all the same, savoring the filtered air after walking for so long in the Hurston smog. People from ArcCorp, Hurston, Crusader, and even distant microTech have gathered in Lorville today to mix and mingle. A young man with an asymmetrical haircut and vividly-purple reflective sunglasses embraces another man in torn pants and scuffed boots, while at a nearby table three people in high-end suits converse in low voices with a woman in an old set of light armor. Against her hip she holds what appears to be a crumpled plastic bag.\n\nA woman with gunmetal-gray hair spots me and waves me to the bar, where she stands with a glass of whiskey in her hand. I weave my way through the crowd, and when I arrive, she claps me on the back as if we\u2019ve known each other for years.\n\n\u201cGlad you made it,\u201d she says. She lifts one hand to signal the bartender. \u201cLet\u2019s get you a drink.\u201d\n\nThis is a meeting of Citizens for Pyro, a concerned group of civilians who have taken it upon themselves to tame the adjoining outlaw system once and for all. What started five years ago as occasional forays into Pyro to hunt down criminals has grown into a full resettlement plan spearheaded by Hartford. A former accountant for Hurston Dynamics, she founded the group after her best friend Kyuwa Endicott was killed near the Pyro-Stanton jump point when a sudden firefight erupted between rival gangs.\n\n\u201cThe Advocacy said he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.\u201d She shakes her head. \u201c\u2018Wrong place.\u2019 \u2018Wrong time.\u2019 No. You can\u2019t tell me that. He was exactly where he was supposed to be, in the system where he was born, flying the same cargo route he\u2019d flown for eighteen years. They were in the wrong place. Not him.\u201d\n\nThe bartender slides me a tepid beer, and I mount one of the rectangular stools at the far end of the bar, close to the booths. Hartford clinks her glass to mine before taking the seat next to me. The hazy red glow of the sign on the wall lights up her hair like a halo.\n\n\u201cThey never caught the scum who did it. For a while, I thought I\u2019d try and get revenge, but that petered out when I realized I had zero chance of finding Kyu\u2019s killers in a system so huge and undeveloped. Almost everyone here has the same story.\u201d She waves her glass at the crowd. I hear the clack of billiard balls hitting one another in the basement, just audible over the din of conversation. \u201cThey\u2019ve lost family, partners, friends, pets, property \u2013 you name it, some outlaw from Pyro has taken it away. We don\u2019t want that to happen to anyone else. The attacks, the raids, the deaths \u2013 we\u2019re sick of it all. It has to end. So we\u2019re going to rip the problem out by the roots.\u201d\n\nHartford tells me that her organization plans to establish a base of operations within Pyro, preferably on Pyro II or Pyro III, within the next five years. There, she says, they will build a community who will provide economic and cultural incentives to keep the system secure. The hope is that eventually companies will be attracted to the system due to the higher safety levels and will establish footholds there, bringing credits and influence that could transform Pyro from a lawless wasteland to a bustling center of new growth. It may take decades, but Hartford believes this will rid Pyro of its criminal infestation once and for all.\n\n\u201cThe idea\u2019s simple: There are more of us than there are of them. And the more of us move to Pyro, the less room there\u2019ll be for them.\u201d\n\nThe group has recently gained momentum in light of XenoThreat\u2019s repeated attacks on the Stanton system. They\u2019ve also received substantial donations to their cause, and hundreds of new volunteers have joined, many of whom have begun rigorous training regimens to survive on worlds with extreme environments. When I point out how dangerous this will be, Hartford smiles.\n\n\u201cOutlaws have been living there for years in the exact same conditions. Don\u2019t you think it\u2019s time decent people took over instead?\u201d\n\nA cheer erupts from downstairs. Though it couldn\u2019t be for Hartford\u2019s declaration (I would later learn that the Stanton Knights had just won a close game against the Fora Flames), it feels for a moment like an expression of solidarity.\n\nI tell her that I\u2019ll drink to that. It\u2019s a future I\u2019d like to believe in.","de_DE":"Gr\u00fc\u00dfe, Reisende. So angenehm die unz\u00e4hligen Sehensw\u00fcrdigkeiten und Ger\u00e4usche des Universums auch sind, wir haben festgestellt, dass es die Menschen und die Geschichten, die sie erz\u00e4hlen, sind, die unsere Zeit hier wirklich au\u00dfergew\u00f6hnlich machen. Wir von OBSERVIST LIFESTYLE m\u00f6chten Ihnen einen Einblick in die einzigartigen Seelen geben, die den Teppich unseres Universums bilden.\n\nDie sechs Planeten des Pyro-Systems drehen sich unter dem grellen Licht eines fl\u00fcchtigen, ver\u00e4nderlichen Sterns, so dass das Leben dort selbst an den besten Tagen schwierig ist. Auf den innersten Planeten ist es dr\u00fcckend hei\u00df, w\u00e4hrend es auf den \u00e4u\u00dfersten t\u00f6dlich kalt ist. Es gibt fast keine komfortablen Unterk\u00fcnfte, in denen Sie die Nacht verbringen k\u00f6nnen, geschweige denn Ihr Schiff sicher parken. Die \u00dcberreste der erfolglosen Terraforming-Versuche aus dem 26. Jahrhundert treiben an unerwarteten Orten und stellen eine st\u00e4ndige Bedrohung f\u00fcr den unvorbereiteten Reisenden dar. Und im Herzen des Systems pulsiert ein Stern, der bei jedem Aufflackern die H\u00f6lle losl\u00e4sst. Kurz gesagt, es ist unwirtlich.\n\nTrotz dieser Hindernisse - oder vielleicht auch gerade deswegen - ist Pyro zu einer Hochburg f\u00fcr Piraten, Fl\u00fcchtlinge, Terroristen und andere Leute geworden, denen man bei einem Alleinflug nicht begegnen m\u00f6chte. Siedlungen, die aufgegeben wurden, als legitime Unternehmen aus dem System flohen, sind zu Nestern krimineller Aktivit\u00e4ten geworden. Die gr\u00f6\u00dfte dieser Siedlungen ist eine ehemalige Wohnplattform der Pyrotechnic Amalgamated, die unter den Einheimischen als Ruinenstation bekannt ist. Die bauf\u00e4lligen Hallen sind voll mit Hausbesetzern und Schwarzmarkth\u00e4ndlern, die ihren Lebensunterhalt au\u00dferhalb der strengen Hand des Gesetzes, aber unter der eisernen Faust der jeweiligen Bande verdienen. Auf der Station kommt es h\u00e4ufig zu Machtk\u00e4mpfen, aber die gewaltt\u00e4tige au\u00dferirdischen- und unternehmensfeindliche Terrorgruppe XenoThreat ist seit 2947 die herrschende Autorit\u00e4t auf Ruin Station - und damit auch auf Pyro.\n\nSeitdem hat XenoThreat Pyro als Ausgangspunkt f\u00fcr bewaffnete Angriffe auf die benachbarten Systeme genutzt, insbesondere auf das von den Konzernen gef\u00fchrte Stanton-System. Die Advocacy und die Civilian Defense Force haben zwar die Angriffe von XenoThreat in diesem System vereitelt, konnten der Organisation aber keinen nennenswerten Schaden zuf\u00fcgen. Tats\u00e4chlich scheinen die Zahlen von XenoThreat mit jedem Jahr zu wachsen. Experten sagen, dass es unwahrscheinlich ist, dass die Menschen in Stanton in n\u00e4chster Zeit eine Pause von der Invasion erleben werden, solange Pyro unter ihrer Kontrolle bleibt.\n\nMadge Hartford, die von ihren Freunden Dash genannt wird, hofft, das zu \u00e4ndern.\n\nEIN KRIEG DER \u00dcBERNAHME\nIm Inneren von M&V ist die Bar von ihrem befestigten Metalleingang bis zu den neonbeleuchteten Ecken voll. Es ist stickig und riecht nach Schwei\u00df, aber ich atme trotzdem tief ein und genie\u00dfe die gefilterte Luft, nachdem ich so lange im Hurston-Smog gelaufen bin. Leute von ArcCorp, Hurston, Crusader und sogar von MicroTech haben sich heute in Lorville eingefunden, um sich unter die Leute zu mischen. Ein junger Mann mit einem asymmetrischen Haarschnitt und einer leuchtend violetten, reflektierenden Sonnenbrille umarmt einen anderen Mann in zerrissenen Hosen und abgewetzten Stiefeln, w\u00e4hrend sich an einem Tisch in der N\u00e4he drei Leute in edlen Anz\u00fcgen leise mit einer Frau in einer alten leichten R\u00fcstung unterhalten. An ihrer H\u00fcfte h\u00e4lt sie etwas, das wie eine zerknitterte Plastikt\u00fcte aussieht.\n\nEine Frau mit schrottreifem Haar entdeckt mich und winkt mich an die Bar, wo sie mit einem Glas Whiskey in der Hand steht. Ich bahne mir einen Weg durch die Menge und als ich ankomme, klopft sie mir auf die Schulter, als ob wir uns schon seit Jahren kennen w\u00fcrden.\n\n\"Sch\u00f6n, dass Sie es geschafft haben\", sagt sie. Sie hebt eine Hand, um dem Barkeeper ein Zeichen zu geben. \"Holen wir Ihnen einen Drink.\"\n\nDies ist ein Treffen der B\u00fcrger f\u00fcr Pyro, einer besorgten Gruppe von Zivilisten, die es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht haben, das angrenzende Verbrechersystem ein f\u00fcr alle Mal zu z\u00e4hmen. Was vor f\u00fcnf Jahren mit gelegentlichen Streifz\u00fcgen nach Pyro begann, um Verbrecher zu jagen, hat sich zu einem umfassenden Umsiedlungsplan entwickelt, der von Hartford angef\u00fchrt wird. Die ehemalige Buchhalterin von Hurston Dynamics gr\u00fcndete die Gruppe, nachdem ihr bester Freund Kyuwa Endicott in der N\u00e4he des Pyro-Stanton-Sprungpunkts bei einem pl\u00f6tzlichen Feuergefecht zwischen rivalisierenden Banden get\u00f6tet wurde.\n\n\"Der Anwalt sagte, er sei zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort gewesen.\" Sie sch\u00fcttelt den Kopf. \"'Falscher Ort.' 'Falsche Zeit.' Nein. Das k\u00f6nnen Sie mir nicht erz\u00e4hlen. Er war genau dort, wo er sein sollte, in dem System, in dem er geboren wurde, und flog dieselbe Frachtroute, die er achtzehn Jahre lang geflogen war. Sie waren am falschen Ort. Nicht er.\"\n\nDer Barkeeper schenkt mir ein lauwarmes Bier ein und ich setze mich auf einen der rechteckigen Hocker am anderen Ende der Bar, in der N\u00e4he der Kabinen. Hartford st\u00f6\u00dft mit ihrem Glas auf meines an, bevor sie sich neben mich setzt. Das tr\u00fcbe rote Licht des Schildes an der Wand l\u00e4sst ihr Haar wie einen Heiligenschein erstrahlen.\n\n\"Sie haben den Abschaum, der das getan hat, nie erwischt. Eine Zeit lang wollte ich mich r\u00e4chen, aber das hat sich erledigt, als mir klar wurde, dass ich keine Chance hatte, Kyus M\u00f6rder in einem so gro\u00dfen und unterentwickelten System zu finden. Fast jeder hier hat die gleiche Geschichte.\" Sie winkt mit ihrem Glas in die Menge. Ich h\u00f6re das Klacken von Billardkugeln, die im Keller gegeneinander sto\u00dfen, gerade noch h\u00f6rbar \u00fcber dem L\u00e4rm der Unterhaltung. \"Sie haben Familie, Partner, Freunde, Haustiere, Eigentum verloren - was auch immer, ein Verbrecher von Pyro hat es ihnen weggenommen. Wir wollen nicht, dass das noch jemandem passiert. Die Angriffe, die \u00dcberf\u00e4lle, die Todesf\u00e4lle - wir haben es satt. Das muss ein Ende haben. Also werden wir das Problem an der Wurzel ausrei\u00dfen.\"\n\nHartford erz\u00e4hlt mir, dass ihre Organisation plant, innerhalb der n\u00e4chsten f\u00fcnf Jahre eine Operationsbasis auf Pyro zu errichten, vorzugsweise auf Pyro II oder Pyro III. Dort, so sagt sie, werden sie eine Gemeinschaft aufbauen, die wirtschaftliche und kulturelle Anreize bieten wird, um das System sicher zu halten. Die Hoffnung ist, dass Unternehmen aufgrund des h\u00f6heren Sicherheitsniveaus von dem System angezogen werden und dort Fu\u00df fassen und Kredite und Einfluss einbringen, die Pyro von einer gesetzlosen Ein\u00f6de in ein pulsierendes Zentrum neuen Wachstums verwandeln k\u00f6nnten. Es k\u00f6nnte Jahrzehnte dauern, aber Hartford glaubt, dass dies Pyro ein f\u00fcr alle Mal von seiner kriminellen Plage befreien wird.\n\n\"Die Idee ist einfach: Es gibt mehr von uns als von denen. Und je mehr von uns nach Pyro ziehen, desto weniger Platz gibt es f\u00fcr sie.\"\n\nDie Gruppe hat in letzter Zeit angesichts der wiederholten Angriffe von XenoThreat auf das Stanton-System an Schwung gewonnen. Sie haben auch betr\u00e4chtliche Spenden f\u00fcr ihre Sache erhalten und Hunderte von neuen Freiwilligen haben sich ihnen angeschlossen, von denen viele ein strenges Trainingsprogramm begonnen haben, um auf Welten mit extremen Umgebungen zu \u00fcberleben. Als ich darauf hinweise, wie gef\u00e4hrlich das sein wird, l\u00e4chelt Hartford.\n\n\"Gesetzlose leben dort schon seit Jahren unter genau denselben Bedingungen. Meinen Sie nicht, dass es an der Zeit ist, dass anst\u00e4ndige Menschen die F\u00fchrung \u00fcbernehmen?\"\n\nUnten bricht ein Jubel aus. Obwohl er nicht f\u00fcr Hartfords Erkl\u00e4rung sein kann (sp\u00e4ter erfahre ich, dass die Stanton Knights gerade ein knappes Spiel gegen die Fora Flames gewonnen haben), f\u00fchlt er sich f\u00fcr einen Moment wie ein Ausdruck der Solidarit\u00e4t an.\n\nIch sage ihr, dass ich darauf trinken werde. Das ist eine Zukunft, an die ich gerne glauben w\u00fcrde.","zh_CN":"Greetings, traveler. As enjoyable as the myriad sights and sounds of the universe are, we have found that it\u2019s the people and the stories they tell that truly make our time here exceptional. We at the OBSERVIST LIFESTYLE are eager to provide an up close look at the unique souls that form the tapestry of our universe.\n\nThe six planets of the Pyro system spin under the livid glare of a volatile variable star, so life is difficult there on the best of days. The innermost planets are oppressively hot, while the outermost are deathly cold. There are almost no comfortable lodgings where you can spend the night, let alone safely park your ship. Detritus from fruitless terraforming attempts in the 26th century can be found floating in unexpected places, posing a persistent threat to the unprepared traveler. And at the heart of the system beats a star that unleashes hell whenever it flares. It is, in short, inhospitable.\n\nDespite these obstacles \u2013 or perhaps in part because of them \u2013 Pyro has become a stronghold for pirates, fugitives, terrorists, and other kinds of people you wouldn\u2019t want to run into while flying solo. Settlements abandoned when legitimate businesses fled the system have become hives of criminal activity. The largest of these is a former Pyrotechnic Amalgamated housing platform known among locals as Ruin Station. Its dilapidated halls are packed with squatters and black market dealers who eke a living outside the grasping hand of the law, but beneath the iron fist of whatever gang is in charge. Power struggles on the station are frequent, but violently anti-alien and anti-corporate terrorist group XenoThreat has been the reigning authority on Ruin Station \u2013 and thus Pyro \u2013 since 2947.\n\nSince then, XenoThreat has used Pyro as a launch point for armed raids on their neighboring systems, especially the corporate-led Stanton system. While the Advocacy and Civilian Defense Force have thwarted XenoThreat\u2019s attacks in the system, they have been unable to significantly hurt the organization. In fact, XenoThreat\u2019s numbers seem to grow with each passing year. Experts say that as long as Pyro remains under their control, it is unlikely that the people of Stanton will see a respite from invasion anytime soon.\n\nMadge Hartford, known as Dash to her friends, hopes to change that.\n\nA WAR OF ACQUISITION\nInside M&V, the bar is packed from its fortified metal entrance to its neon-lit corners. It\u2019s stuffy and smells of sweat from the press of bodies, but I breathe deep all the same, savoring the filtered air after walking for so long in the Hurston smog. People from ArcCorp, Hurston, Crusader, and even distant microTech have gathered in Lorville today to mix and mingle. A young man with an asymmetrical haircut and vividly-purple reflective sunglasses embraces another man in torn pants and scuffed boots, while at a nearby table three people in high-end suits converse in low voices with a woman in an old set of light armor. Against her hip she holds what appears to be a crumpled plastic bag.\n\nA woman with gunmetal-gray hair spots me and waves me to the bar, where she stands with a glass of whiskey in her hand. I weave my way through the crowd, and when I arrive, she claps me on the back as if we\u2019ve known each other for years.\n\n\u201cGlad you made it,\u201d she says. She lifts one hand to signal the bartender. \u201cLet\u2019s get you a drink.\u201d\n\nThis is a meeting of Citizens for Pyro, a concerned group of civilians who have taken it upon themselves to tame the adjoining outlaw system once and for all. What started five years ago as occasional forays into Pyro to hunt down criminals has grown into a full resettlement plan spearheaded by Hartford. A former accountant for Hurston Dynamics, she founded the group after her best friend Kyuwa Endicott was killed near the Pyro-Stanton jump point when a sudden firefight erupted between rival gangs.\n\n\u201cThe Advocacy said he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.\u201d She shakes her head. \u201c\u2018Wrong place.\u2019 \u2018Wrong time.\u2019 No. You can\u2019t tell me that. He was exactly where he was supposed to be, in the system where he was born, flying the same cargo route he\u2019d flown for eighteen years. They were in the wrong place. Not him.\u201d\n\nThe bartender slides me a tepid beer, and I mount one of the rectangular stools at the far end of the bar, close to the booths. Hartford clinks her glass to mine before taking the seat next to me. The hazy red glow of the sign on the wall lights up her hair like a halo.\n\n\u201cThey never caught the scum who did it. For a while, I thought I\u2019d try and get revenge, but that petered out when I realized I had zero chance of finding Kyu\u2019s killers in a system so huge and undeveloped. Almost everyone here has the same story.\u201d She waves her glass at the crowd. I hear the clack of billiard balls hitting one another in the basement, just audible over the din of conversation. \u201cThey\u2019ve lost family, partners, friends, pets, property \u2013 you name it, some outlaw from Pyro has taken it away. We don\u2019t want that to happen to anyone else. The attacks, the raids, the deaths \u2013 we\u2019re sick of it all. It has to end. So we\u2019re going to rip the problem out by the roots.\u201d\n\nHartford tells me that her organization plans to establish a base of operations within Pyro, preferably on Pyro II or Pyro III, within the next five years. There, she says, they will build a community who will provide economic and cultural incentives to keep the system secure. The hope is that eventually companies will be attracted to the system due to the higher safety levels and will establish footholds there, bringing credits and influence that could transform Pyro from a lawless wasteland to a bustling center of new growth. It may take decades, but Hartford believes this will rid Pyro of its criminal infestation once and for all.\n\n\u201cThe idea\u2019s simple: There are more of us than there are of them. And the more of us move to Pyro, the less room there\u2019ll be for them.\u201d\n\nThe group has recently gained momentum in light of XenoThreat\u2019s repeated attacks on the Stanton system. They\u2019ve also received substantial donations to their cause, and hundreds of new volunteers have joined, many of whom have begun rigorous training regimens to survive on worlds with extreme environments. When I point out how dangerous this will be, Hartford smiles.\n\n\u201cOutlaws have been living there for years in the exact same conditions. Don\u2019t you think it\u2019s time decent people took over instead?\u201d\n\nA cheer erupts from downstairs. Though it couldn\u2019t be for Hartford\u2019s declaration (I would later learn that the Stanton Knights had just won a close game against the Fora Flames), it feels for a moment like an expression of solidarity.\n\nI tell her that I\u2019ll drink to that. It\u2019s a future I\u2019d like to believe in."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":24,"created_at":"2022-08-03T02:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"3 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-04-28 07:09:44","valid_relations":["images","links","translations"],"prev_id":18809,"next_id":18811}}