{"data":{"id":18838,"title":"Plain Truth: Lorville Lies\u202f","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/en\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/18838-Plain-Truth-Lorville-Lies","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/18838","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/18838","channel":"Spectrum Dispatch","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":1547,"name":"PlainTruthFI1.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/e0op6vokxdi6sr\/source\/PlainTruthFI1.jpg","alt":"","size":950082,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2014-04-01T19:31:34+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/1547","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/1547\/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":3,"translations":{"en_EN":"< Transmission Begins >\nWhat does it take to get to the truth? Does it take a fancy education? No. It takes a willingness to ask questions. To look underneath the few facts those in power choose to share with us. It takes bravery. Because the truth is often dangerous and frightening. But bravery isn\u2019t the absence of fear. It\u2019s conviction in the face of it.\u202f\n\u202f\nMy name is Parker Terrell, and this is the Plain Truth.\u202f\n\nThroughout my career I have always been dedicated to rooting out the truth. But I\u2019ll be the first to admit that today\u2019s story tested my resolve. Is sharing this story worth the risk to myself and my livelihood? The risk to all the people who depend on me? The answer? A resounding yes. Nothing should stop the truth.\u202f\n\nA little over 60 years ago, a group of Hurston Dynamics employees came together to lobby for better working conditions. These workers were underpaid, overworked, and callously subjected to noxious, hazardous chemicals while on the job, with only the barest safety standards to protect them. They called themselves the United Workers of Hurston, or UWH, and bravely organized peaceful protests in an attempt to open dialogue with Hurston executives.\u202f\u202f\n\nBut these days, the UWH is better known as an extremist group. Their nobler aspirations have given way to campaigns of fear and intimidation. The group have claimed responsibility for numerous violent assaults on Hurston production facilities, several of which have even taken innocent lives. But when did everything change? How did they stray so far from their peaceful attempts at changing Hurston policy?\u202f\n\nFor many, myself included, the group\u2019s turning point can be defined by a single incident. Of course, I\u2019m referring to the Lastal tragedy of 2937, when a group of UWH members violently seized control of a Hurston cargo transport. During the standoff with local authorities, they quickly paraded their hostages in front of cameras broadcasting across the Empire and made their grievances known. And to demonstrate their conviction, they flew over Lorville and pushed the pilot out of the ship, sending him plummeting to his death below. Shortly after, Hurston Security forces executed a raid on the ship to retake control. All of the UWH members were killed along with three more hostages.\u202f\n\nIn the aftermath, public sentiment quickly turned against the UWH, and Hurston Dynamics declared the group a terrorist organization. From heroes of the people to the most reviled group across the UEE, just like that.\u202f\n\u202f\nOf course, the UWH didn\u2019t disband. They simply went underground to avoid further persecution. And when the group would eventually emerge again from the shadows, violence became their calling card. Sure, certain factions within the organization continued to pursue more peaceful methods of protest and attempted to distance themselves from the more militant cells, but the damage was done; public opinion was firmly swayed against them.\u202f\n\nLike many others, I remember empathizing with the UWH in the early days. Mega-corporations like Hurston can run roughshod over common folk with few obstacles. I used to think it was brave of the UWH to stand in its way \u2013 to fight for better treatment. But after their seizure of the Lastal, I could not condone their actions. They were no longer brave, disgruntled workers suffering under the tyranny of the rich and corrupt. Just like you, I was convinced they were violent and dangerous criminals. That was what I believed. At least, until a few months ago, when I received a comm from a Hurston employee. The contact chose to remain anonymous, identifying themselves only as Canary. And what they told me shook me to my core. According to them, Hurston had manipulated the UWH, intentionally driving the organization to violence in order to give the company the legal foothold needed to ban the group.\u202f\n\nIt sounded crazy, but the case Canary made was damning. Although this was a bombshell, I still had questions. Who is Canary? They clearly came to me for a reason, so why wouldn\u2019t they disclose their identity? Without that disclosure \u2013 without that trust \u2013 how could I justify sharing anything I learned? And yet, what if it was all true? I had to know the full story.\u202f\n\nCanary explained to me that once the UWH started garnering support from other Hurston Dynamics employees across the \u2018verse, the board of directors started to get nervous. But it wasn\u2019t until the group\u2019s messaging began to inspire pressure for change outside of the company that they realized the group\u2019s true danger: such a large number of employees organizing would have a severe impact on their profits! Is it such a leap to assume that a company as callous as Hurston might take steps \u2013 even drastic ones \u2013 to protect its bottom line? I don\u2019t think so.\u202f \u202f\n\nCanary said that, in a sort of preemptive retaliation, Hurston Dynamics began to target individuals it knew to be part of the UWH and aggravate them, withholding pay, neglecting safety standards, and even being as petty as to saddle simple procedures with bureaucratic red tape. Even worse, Canary claimed that Hurston escalated its attacks by sending its own loyal agents undercover into the UWH to further radicalize the group from inside. Canary claimed that it was Hurston\u2019s own infiltrators that began to push for the UWH to adopt more violent methods. \u202f\n\nTake a moment. Think about that. Think about the ramifications of it. Could this mean that Hurston Dynamics was ultimately responsible for the Lastal tragedy? If we believe Canary, then maybe the empire owes the UWH an apology. How many of the people involved in the Lastal incident weren\u2019t actual members of the UWH? How many were Hurston operatives, intentionally making the situation worse? If the company was willing to incite such violence back then, what about today? Is Hurston letting the angry and violent factions of the UWH operate in order to fulfill some darker agenda? Could it be directing them; choosing the UWH\u2019s targets for them, creating whatever narrative most benefits the company?\u202f\n\nUnfortunately, all these questions and more went unanswered; the investigation remained incomplete. I have not heard from Canary since our last conversation and though they provided names, dates, and events that verified they were likely a Hurston employee, I never learned Canary\u2019s true identity.\u202f\u202f\n\nI realize that sharing this information may seem irresponsible and will likely paint a target on my back. But Canary was brave enough to contact me. And so I have chosen to be brave, too. And I hope you will do the same. The more you share the truth, the harder it is to hide and cover up.\u202f\u202f\n\nWhen we come back, we\u2019ll explore Hurston\u2019s history with the UEE and its connections to senators across the \u2018verse who have a lot to answer for.\u202f","de_DE":"< Die \u00dcbertragung beginnt >\nWas braucht man, um zur Wahrheit zu gelangen? Braucht es eine ausgefallene Ausbildung? Nein. Es braucht die Bereitschaft, Fragen zu stellen. Um hinter die wenigen Fakten zu blicken, die die M\u00e4chtigen uns mitteilen. Man muss mutig sein. Denn die Wahrheit ist oft gef\u00e4hrlich und be\u00e4ngstigend. Aber Mut ist nicht die Abwesenheit von Angst. Es ist die \u00dcberzeugung im Angesicht der Angst.\n\nMein Name ist Parker Terrell, und dies ist die schlichte Wahrheit.\n\nIn meiner gesamten Karriere habe ich mich immer daf\u00fcr eingesetzt, die Wahrheit herauszufinden. Aber ich werde der Erste sein, der zugibt, dass die heutige Geschichte meine Entschlossenheit auf die Probe gestellt hat. Ist die Ver\u00f6ffentlichung dieser Geschichte das Risiko f\u00fcr mich und meinen Lebensunterhalt wert? Das Risiko f\u00fcr all die Menschen, die auf mich angewiesen sind? Und die Antwort? Ein klares Ja. Nichts sollte die Wahrheit aufhalten.\n\nVor etwas mehr als 60 Jahren schloss sich eine Gruppe von Mitarbeitern von Hurston Dynamics zusammen, um sich f\u00fcr bessere Arbeitsbedingungen einzusetzen. Diese Arbeiter waren unterbezahlt, \u00fcberarbeitet und bei der Arbeit giftigen, gef\u00e4hrlichen Chemikalien ausgesetzt, ohne dass sie durch die geringsten Sicherheitsstandards gesch\u00fctzt waren. Sie nannten sich United Workers of Hurston oder UWH und organisierten mutig friedliche Proteste, um einen Dialog mit den F\u00fchrungskr\u00e4ften von Hurston zu erm\u00f6glichen.\n\nHeutzutage ist die UWH jedoch eher als extremistische Gruppe bekannt. Ihre edleren Bestrebungen sind Kampagnen der Angst und Einsch\u00fcchterung gewichen. Die Gruppe hat sich zu zahlreichen gewaltt\u00e4tigen \u00dcbergriffen auf die Produktionsst\u00e4tten von Hurston bekannt, bei denen sogar mehrere unschuldige Menschen ums Leben kamen. Aber wann hat sich alles ge\u00e4ndert? Wie konnten sie sich so weit von ihren friedlichen Versuchen entfernen, die Politik von Hurston zu \u00e4ndern?\n\nF\u00fcr viele, mich eingeschlossen, kann der Wendepunkt der Gruppe durch einen einzigen Vorfall definiert werden. Ich spreche nat\u00fcrlich von der Trag\u00f6die von Lastal im Jahr 2937, als eine Gruppe von UWH-Mitgliedern gewaltsam die Kontrolle \u00fcber einen Hurston-Frachttransport \u00fcbernahm. W\u00e4hrend der Auseinandersetzung mit den \u00f6rtlichen Beh\u00f6rden f\u00fchrten sie ihre Geiseln schnell vor Kameras vor, die im ganzen Imperium ausgestrahlt wurden, und machten ihren Unmut kund. Und um ihre \u00dcberzeugung zu demonstrieren, flogen sie \u00fcber Lorville und stie\u00dfen den Piloten aus dem Schiff, so dass er in den Tod st\u00fcrzte. Kurz darauf st\u00fcrmten die Sicherheitskr\u00e4fte von Hurston das Schiff, um die Kontrolle wiederzuerlangen. Dabei wurden alle UWH-Mitglieder und drei weitere Geiseln get\u00f6tet.\n\nIn der Folgezeit wandte sich die \u00f6ffentliche Meinung schnell gegen die UWH und Hurston Dynamics erkl\u00e4rte die Gruppe zu einer terroristischen Organisation. Von Helden des Volkes zur meistverschm\u00e4hten Gruppe in der gesamten UEE, einfach so.\n\nNat\u00fcrlich hat sich die UWH nicht aufgel\u00f6st. Sie ging einfach in den Untergrund, um weiterer Verfolgung zu entgehen. Und als die Gruppe schlie\u00dflich wieder aus dem Schatten hervortrat, wurde Gewalt ihre Visitenkarte. Sicher, einige Fraktionen innerhalb der Organisation verfolgten weiterhin friedlichere Methoden des Protests und versuchten, sich von den militanteren Zellen zu distanzieren, aber der Schaden war angerichtet; die \u00f6ffentliche Meinung war fest gegen sie eingestellt.\n\nWie viele andere kann ich mich daran erinnern, dass ich in den ersten Tagen mit der UWH mitf\u00fchlte. Megakonzerne wie Hurston k\u00f6nnen das gemeine Volk ohne gro\u00dfe Hindernisse \u00fcberrennen. Fr\u00fcher hielt ich es f\u00fcr mutig von der UWH, sich ihr in den Weg zu stellen - f\u00fcr eine bessere Behandlung zu k\u00e4mpfen. Aber nach der Beschlagnahmung des Lastal konnte ich ihr Handeln nicht mehr guthei\u00dfen. Sie waren nicht mehr mutig, sondern ver\u00e4rgerte Arbeiter, die unter der Tyrannei der Reichen und Korrupten leiden. Genau wie Sie war ich \u00fcberzeugt, dass sie gewaltt\u00e4tige und gef\u00e4hrliche Kriminelle waren. Das war es, was ich glaubte. Zumindest bis vor einigen Monaten, als ich eine Nachricht von einem Hurston-Mitarbeiter erhielt. Der Kontakt wollte anonym bleiben und gab sich nur als Canary zu erkennen. Und was sie mir erz\u00e4hlten, ersch\u00fctterte mich zutiefst. Sie sagten, Hurston habe die UWH manipuliert und die Organisation absichtlich zur Gewalt getrieben, um dem Unternehmen die rechtliche Grundlage f\u00fcr ein Verbot der Gruppe zu verschaffen.\n\nEs klang verr\u00fcckt, aber die Argumentation von Canary war vernichtend. Obwohl dies ein Paukenschlag war, hatte ich immer noch Fragen. Wer ist Canary? Sie haben sich offensichtlich aus einem bestimmten Grund an mich gewandt, also warum sollten sie ihre Identit\u00e4t nicht preisgeben? Wie konnte ich ohne diese Offenlegung - ohne dieses Vertrauen - rechtfertigen, dass ich alles, was ich erfuhr, weitergab? Und was w\u00e4re, wenn alles wahr w\u00e4re? Ich musste die ganze Geschichte kennen.\n\nCanary erkl\u00e4rte mir, dass der Vorstand nerv\u00f6s wurde, als die UWH anfing, Unterst\u00fctzung von anderen Hurston Dynamics-Mitarbeitern aus dem ganzen Land zu bekommen. Aber erst als die Botschaften der Gruppe begannen, Druck f\u00fcr Ver\u00e4nderungen au\u00dferhalb des Unternehmens zu erzeugen, erkannten sie die wahre Gefahr der Gruppe: Eine so gro\u00dfe Zahl von Mitarbeitern, die sich organisieren, w\u00fcrde sich schwerwiegend auf ihre Gewinne auswirken! Ist es so abwegig anzunehmen, dass ein Unternehmen, das so gef\u00fchllos ist wie Hurston, Ma\u00dfnahmen ergreift - sogar drastische -, um seinen Gewinn zu sch\u00fctzen? Das glaube ich nicht.\n\nCanary sagte, dass Hurston Dynamics in einer Art pr\u00e4ventiver Vergeltungsma\u00dfnahme damit begonnen hat, Personen ins Visier zu nehmen, von denen es wusste, dass sie zur UWH geh\u00f6ren, und sie zu ver\u00e4rgern, indem es ihnen das Gehalt vorenthielt, Sicherheitsstandards vernachl\u00e4ssigte und sogar so kleinlich war, dass es einfache Verfahren mit b\u00fcrokratischem Aufwand belastete. Schlimmer noch, Canary behauptete, dass Hurston seine Angriffe eskalierte, indem es seine eigenen loyalen Agenten undercover in die UWH schickte, um die Gruppe von innen heraus weiter zu radikalisieren. Canary behauptete, dass es Hurstons eigene Infiltratoren waren, die die UWH dazu brachten, gewaltt\u00e4tigere Methoden anzuwenden. \n\nNehmen Sie sich einen Moment Zeit. Denken Sie dar\u00fcber nach. Denken Sie \u00fcber die Verzweigungen nach, die sich daraus ergeben. K\u00f6nnte das bedeuten, dass Hurston Dynamics letztlich f\u00fcr die Trag\u00f6die von Lastal verantwortlich war? Wenn wir Canary glauben, dann schuldet das Imperium der UWH vielleicht eine Entschuldigung. Wie viele der in den Lastal-Vorfall verwickelten Personen waren keine echten Mitglieder der UWH? Wie viele waren Agenten von Hurston, die die Situation absichtlich verschlimmerten? Wenn das Unternehmen schon damals bereit war, zu solcher Gewalt anzustiften, wie sieht es dann heute aus? L\u00e4sst Hurston die w\u00fctenden und gewaltt\u00e4tigen Fraktionen der UWH agieren, um eine dunklere Agenda zu erf\u00fcllen? K\u00f6nnte er sie lenken, die Ziele der UWH f\u00fcr sie ausw\u00e4hlen und eine Geschichte erfinden, die dem Unternehmen am meisten n\u00fctzt?\n\nLeider blieben all diese Fragen und mehr unbeantwortet; die Untersuchung blieb unvollst\u00e4ndig. Seit unserem letzten Gespr\u00e4ch habe ich nichts mehr von Canary geh\u00f6rt, und obwohl sie Namen, Daten und Ereignisse nannten, die belegten, dass sie wahrscheinlich ein Mitarbeiter von Hurston waren, erfuhr ich nie die wahre Identit\u00e4t von Canary.\n\nMir ist klar, dass die Weitergabe dieser Informationen unverantwortlich erscheinen mag und mir wahrscheinlich eine Zielscheibe auf den R\u00fccken malen wird. Aber Canary war mutig genug, mich zu kontaktieren. Und so habe ich mich entschlossen, ebenfalls mutig zu sein. Und ich hoffe, Sie werden das Gleiche tun. Je mehr Sie die Wahrheit sagen, desto schwieriger ist es, sie zu verbergen und zu vertuschen.\n\nWenn wir zur\u00fcckkommen, werden wir Hurstons Geschichte mit der UEE und ihre Verbindungen zu Senatoren im ganzen Land untersuchen, die eine Menge zu verantworten haben.","zh_CN":"< Transmission Begins >\nWhat does it take to get to the truth? Does it take a fancy education? No. It takes a willingness to ask questions. To look underneath the few facts those in power choose to share with us. It takes bravery. Because the truth is often dangerous and frightening. But bravery isn\u2019t the absence of fear. It\u2019s conviction in the face of it.\u202f\n\u202f\nMy name is Parker Terrell, and this is the Plain Truth.\u202f\n\nThroughout my career I have always been dedicated to rooting out the truth. But I\u2019ll be the first to admit that today\u2019s story tested my resolve. Is sharing this story worth the risk to myself and my livelihood? The risk to all the people who depend on me? The answer? A resounding yes. Nothing should stop the truth.\u202f\n\nA little over 60 years ago, a group of Hurston Dynamics employees came together to lobby for better working conditions. These workers were underpaid, overworked, and callously subjected to noxious, hazardous chemicals while on the job, with only the barest safety standards to protect them. They called themselves the United Workers of Hurston, or UWH, and bravely organized peaceful protests in an attempt to open dialogue with Hurston executives.\u202f\u202f\n\nBut these days, the UWH is better known as an extremist group. Their nobler aspirations have given way to campaigns of fear and intimidation. The group have claimed responsibility for numerous violent assaults on Hurston production facilities, several of which have even taken innocent lives. But when did everything change? How did they stray so far from their peaceful attempts at changing Hurston policy?\u202f\n\nFor many, myself included, the group\u2019s turning point can be defined by a single incident. Of course, I\u2019m referring to the Lastal tragedy of 2937, when a group of UWH members violently seized control of a Hurston cargo transport. During the standoff with local authorities, they quickly paraded their hostages in front of cameras broadcasting across the Empire and made their grievances known. And to demonstrate their conviction, they flew over Lorville and pushed the pilot out of the ship, sending him plummeting to his death below. Shortly after, Hurston Security forces executed a raid on the ship to retake control. All of the UWH members were killed along with three more hostages.\u202f\n\nIn the aftermath, public sentiment quickly turned against the UWH, and Hurston Dynamics declared the group a terrorist organization. From heroes of the people to the most reviled group across the UEE, just like that.\u202f\n\u202f\nOf course, the UWH didn\u2019t disband. They simply went underground to avoid further persecution. And when the group would eventually emerge again from the shadows, violence became their calling card. Sure, certain factions within the organization continued to pursue more peaceful methods of protest and attempted to distance themselves from the more militant cells, but the damage was done; public opinion was firmly swayed against them.\u202f\n\nLike many others, I remember empathizing with the UWH in the early days. Mega-corporations like Hurston can run roughshod over common folk with few obstacles. I used to think it was brave of the UWH to stand in its way \u2013 to fight for better treatment. But after their seizure of the Lastal, I could not condone their actions. They were no longer brave, disgruntled workers suffering under the tyranny of the rich and corrupt. Just like you, I was convinced they were violent and dangerous criminals. That was what I believed. At least, until a few months ago, when I received a comm from a Hurston employee. The contact chose to remain anonymous, identifying themselves only as Canary. And what they told me shook me to my core. According to them, Hurston had manipulated the UWH, intentionally driving the organization to violence in order to give the company the legal foothold needed to ban the group.\u202f\n\nIt sounded crazy, but the case Canary made was damning. Although this was a bombshell, I still had questions. Who is Canary? They clearly came to me for a reason, so why wouldn\u2019t they disclose their identity? Without that disclosure \u2013 without that trust \u2013 how could I justify sharing anything I learned? And yet, what if it was all true? I had to know the full story.\u202f\n\nCanary explained to me that once the UWH started garnering support from other Hurston Dynamics employees across the \u2018verse, the board of directors started to get nervous. But it wasn\u2019t until the group\u2019s messaging began to inspire pressure for change outside of the company that they realized the group\u2019s true danger: such a large number of employees organizing would have a severe impact on their profits! Is it such a leap to assume that a company as callous as Hurston might take steps \u2013 even drastic ones \u2013 to protect its bottom line? I don\u2019t think so.\u202f \u202f\n\nCanary said that, in a sort of preemptive retaliation, Hurston Dynamics began to target individuals it knew to be part of the UWH and aggravate them, withholding pay, neglecting safety standards, and even being as petty as to saddle simple procedures with bureaucratic red tape. Even worse, Canary claimed that Hurston escalated its attacks by sending its own loyal agents undercover into the UWH to further radicalize the group from inside. Canary claimed that it was Hurston\u2019s own infiltrators that began to push for the UWH to adopt more violent methods. \u202f\n\nTake a moment. Think about that. Think about the ramifications of it. Could this mean that Hurston Dynamics was ultimately responsible for the Lastal tragedy? If we believe Canary, then maybe the empire owes the UWH an apology. How many of the people involved in the Lastal incident weren\u2019t actual members of the UWH? How many were Hurston operatives, intentionally making the situation worse? If the company was willing to incite such violence back then, what about today? Is Hurston letting the angry and violent factions of the UWH operate in order to fulfill some darker agenda? Could it be directing them; choosing the UWH\u2019s targets for them, creating whatever narrative most benefits the company?\u202f\n\nUnfortunately, all these questions and more went unanswered; the investigation remained incomplete. I have not heard from Canary since our last conversation and though they provided names, dates, and events that verified they were likely a Hurston employee, I never learned Canary\u2019s true identity.\u202f\u202f\n\nI realize that sharing this information may seem irresponsible and will likely paint a target on my back. But Canary was brave enough to contact me. And so I have chosen to be brave, too. And I hope you will do the same. The more you share the truth, the harder it is to hide and cover up.\u202f\u202f\n\nWhen we come back, we\u2019ll explore Hurston\u2019s history with the UEE and its connections to senators across the \u2018verse who have a lot to answer for.\u202f","fr_FR":"< Transmission Begins >\nWhat does it take to get to the truth? Does it take a fancy education? No. It takes a willingness to ask questions. To look underneath the few facts those in power choose to share with us. It takes bravery. Because the truth is often dangerous and frightening. But bravery isn\u2019t the absence of fear. It\u2019s conviction in the face of it.\u202f\n\u202f\nMy name is Parker Terrell, and this is the Plain Truth.\u202f\n\nThroughout my career I have always been dedicated to rooting out the truth. But I\u2019ll be the first to admit that today\u2019s story tested my resolve. Is sharing this story worth the risk to myself and my livelihood? The risk to all the people who depend on me? The answer? A resounding yes. Nothing should stop the truth.\u202f\n\nA little over 60 years ago, a group of Hurston Dynamics employees came together to lobby for better working conditions. These workers were underpaid, overworked, and callously subjected to noxious, hazardous chemicals while on the job, with only the barest safety standards to protect them. They called themselves the United Workers of Hurston, or UWH, and bravely organized peaceful protests in an attempt to open dialogue with Hurston executives.\u202f\u202f\n\nBut these days, the UWH is better known as an extremist group. Their nobler aspirations have given way to campaigns of fear and intimidation. The group have claimed responsibility for numerous violent assaults on Hurston production facilities, several of which have even taken innocent lives. But when did everything change? How did they stray so far from their peaceful attempts at changing Hurston policy?\u202f\n\nFor many, myself included, the group\u2019s turning point can be defined by a single incident. Of course, I\u2019m referring to the Lastal tragedy of 2937, when a group of UWH members violently seized control of a Hurston cargo transport. During the standoff with local authorities, they quickly paraded their hostages in front of cameras broadcasting across the Empire and made their grievances known. And to demonstrate their conviction, they flew over Lorville and pushed the pilot out of the ship, sending him plummeting to his death below. Shortly after, Hurston Security forces executed a raid on the ship to retake control. All of the UWH members were killed along with three more hostages.\u202f\n\nIn the aftermath, public sentiment quickly turned against the UWH, and Hurston Dynamics declared the group a terrorist organization. From heroes of the people to the most reviled group across the UEE, just like that.\u202f\n\u202f\nOf course, the UWH didn\u2019t disband. They simply went underground to avoid further persecution. And when the group would eventually emerge again from the shadows, violence became their calling card. Sure, certain factions within the organization continued to pursue more peaceful methods of protest and attempted to distance themselves from the more militant cells, but the damage was done; public opinion was firmly swayed against them.\u202f\n\nLike many others, I remember empathizing with the UWH in the early days. Mega-corporations like Hurston can run roughshod over common folk with few obstacles. I used to think it was brave of the UWH to stand in its way \u2013 to fight for better treatment. But after their seizure of the Lastal, I could not condone their actions. They were no longer brave, disgruntled workers suffering under the tyranny of the rich and corrupt. Just like you, I was convinced they were violent and dangerous criminals. That was what I believed. At least, until a few months ago, when I received a comm from a Hurston employee. The contact chose to remain anonymous, identifying themselves only as Canary. And what they told me shook me to my core. According to them, Hurston had manipulated the UWH, intentionally driving the organization to violence in order to give the company the legal foothold needed to ban the group.\u202f\n\nIt sounded crazy, but the case Canary made was damning. Although this was a bombshell, I still had questions. Who is Canary? They clearly came to me for a reason, so why wouldn\u2019t they disclose their identity? Without that disclosure \u2013 without that trust \u2013 how could I justify sharing anything I learned? And yet, what if it was all true? I had to know the full story.\u202f\n\nCanary explained to me that once the UWH started garnering support from other Hurston Dynamics employees across the \u2018verse, the board of directors started to get nervous. But it wasn\u2019t until the group\u2019s messaging began to inspire pressure for change outside of the company that they realized the group\u2019s true danger: such a large number of employees organizing would have a severe impact on their profits! Is it such a leap to assume that a company as callous as Hurston might take steps \u2013 even drastic ones \u2013 to protect its bottom line? I don\u2019t think so.\u202f \u202f\n\nCanary said that, in a sort of preemptive retaliation, Hurston Dynamics began to target individuals it knew to be part of the UWH and aggravate them, withholding pay, neglecting safety standards, and even being as petty as to saddle simple procedures with bureaucratic red tape. Even worse, Canary claimed that Hurston escalated its attacks by sending its own loyal agents undercover into the UWH to further radicalize the group from inside. Canary claimed that it was Hurston\u2019s own infiltrators that began to push for the UWH to adopt more violent methods. \u202f\n\nTake a moment. Think about that. Think about the ramifications of it. Could this mean that Hurston Dynamics was ultimately responsible for the Lastal tragedy? If we believe Canary, then maybe the empire owes the UWH an apology. How many of the people involved in the Lastal incident weren\u2019t actual members of the UWH? How many were Hurston operatives, intentionally making the situation worse? If the company was willing to incite such violence back then, what about today? Is Hurston letting the angry and violent factions of the UWH operate in order to fulfill some darker agenda? Could it be directing them; choosing the UWH\u2019s targets for them, creating whatever narrative most benefits the company?\u202f\n\nUnfortunately, all these questions and more went unanswered; the investigation remained incomplete. I have not heard from Canary since our last conversation and though they provided names, dates, and events that verified they were likely a Hurston employee, I never learned Canary\u2019s true identity.\u202f\u202f\n\nI realize that sharing this information may seem irresponsible and will likely paint a target on my back. But Canary was brave enough to contact me. And so I have chosen to be brave, too. And I hope you will do the same. The more you share the truth, the harder it is to hide and cover up.\u202f\u202f\n\nWhen we come back, we\u2019ll explore Hurston\u2019s history with the UEE and its connections to senators across the \u2018verse who have a lot to answer for.\u202f"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":36,"created_at":"2022-08-17T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"3 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-06-10 00:57:59","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":18837,"next_id":18839}}