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THE CARGOLYMPICS RETURN
By Sean Nazawa
NEW CORVO, AREMIS, VEGA – For three days every year, the spotlight shines bright on a part of everyday life that we may not normally consider that glamorous: cargo loading. This Friday marks the 15th annual Cargo Handler’s Association Cargolympics.

The event, staged for the 5th year in a row at the beautiful New Corvo bayside Port Authority Center, is a triumphant celebration of all things cargo and cargo related. What was once a friendly competition between a few landing zone workers has blossomed over the years into a not-to-be-missed event attended by over 200,000 live spectators, in addition to close to a million spectrum viewers tuning in from every corner of Vega.

“Seeing hardworking people getting the chance to show off what they do day in and day out is something truly spectacular, and I think something that we can all cheer for,” commented Grigo Chay, CEO of Stor*All, the most recent company to join the growing list of Cargolympics corporate sponsors. “I thought I knew everything our line of quality storage containers could do, but watching Terri [Santos] stack 57 of our Model A’s on top of each other in under a minute last year, well, that was something else. I cannot wait to see what records are broken this year.”

Stor*All will be joining with longtime sponsor Torreele Foodstuffs to present the music- and pyrotechnic-filled opening spectacular, titled “Full Haul, Full Heart” and presided over by celebrity artist Ellroy Cass. In addition, this year’s ceremonial items, representing the virtues of courage, strength and speed, will be revealed alongside the three school children who submitted them to C.H.A.’s selection committee. The items will be loaded into the Golden Crate while the Aremis Militia Marching Band performs a stirring rendition of “Vega for All.”

With last year’s record-breaking title-holder Terri Santos retiring, many have begun speculating who will become this year’s reigning Cargo Champ. With representatives from 6 systems competing in over 25 events, the field of competition has grown wider than ever before, with special attention being paid to the longstanding rivalry between New Corvo and nearby Titus. Will this finally be the year when Titus gets payback for the staggering Raw Materials Relay defeat they suffered at the 2939 games, or will hometown favorite Nella Tweed be able to lead her team to another victory?

Nella Tweed, 41, has participated in the Cargolympics since they began and says her best years are still ahead. “I’ve been working at The Parking Lot [a local landing zone] for as long as I can remember, and even back before the games were really a thing, me and the crew use to push each other to see who could pull cargo the fastest, who could fit an extra SCU into a hold, who could knock over a stack of pods with a single grav-lift. That last one was off the clock of course. It was a way to make the days go by faster, a way to have some pride in what we were doing, but now, to be honest, sometimes I think of the job more as training for the games really than anything else.”

It is easy to see why, in a profession filled with rush orders, impatient captains and angry traders, the Cargolympics have come to mean so much. Too often cargo handlers are treated no better than the mech loading arms they toil beside, but for these three days a year we get to honor these hardworking individuals and show that we appreciate their unique skills and talents.

“When you’re dealing with cargo containers and pods of different sizes, containing various weights and hazardous materials, it can be a real challenge to not only fit everything aboard a ship but add on top of that making sure that it can be properly accessed, and then easily unloaded at its final destination? That’s not the easiest thing. Face it,” says C.H.A. president Blaine Hadley, “this is a skilled job, and I for one am glad that we get to not only show the ’Verse just how skilled, but we get to have a heck of a lot of fun in the process.”
DIE CARGOLYMPICS KEHREN ZURÜCK
Von Sean Nazawa
NEU CORVO, AREMIS, VEGA - An drei Tagen im Jahr strahlt das Rampenlicht auf einen Teil des Alltags, den wir normalerweise nicht für so glamourös halten: die Verladung. An diesem Freitag findet zum 15. Mal die Cargolympics Association des Cargo Handler's statt.

Die Veranstaltung, die zum fünften Mal in Folge im schönen New Corvo bayside Port Authority Center stattfindet, ist ein triumphales Fest für alle Belange der Fracht und der damit verbundenen Güter. Was einst ein freundschaftlicher Wettstreit zwischen einigen wenigen Arbeitern der Landezone war, hat sich im Laufe der Jahre zu einer nicht zu übersehenden Veranstaltung entwickelt, an der über 200.000 Live-Zuschauer teilnahmen und fast eine Million Zuschauer aus allen Ecken der Vega teilnahmen.

"Es ist wirklich spektakulär zu sehen, wie fleißige Menschen die Chance erhalten, Tag für Tag zu zeigen, was sie tun, und ich denke, dass wir alle jubeln können", kommentierte Grigo Chay, CEO von Stor-All, dem jüngsten Unternehmen, das in die wachsende Liste der Cargolympics-Firmensponsoren aufgenommen wurde. "Ich dachte, ich wüsste alles, was unsere Linie von Qualitäts-Lagerbehältern kann, aber Terri[Santos] zu beobachten, wie 57 unserer Modell A's in weniger als einer Minute im letzten Jahr übereinander gestapelt wurden, nun, das war etwas anderes. Ich kann es kaum erwarten, zu sehen, welche Rekorde in diesem Jahr gebrochen werden."

Stor-All wird sich mit dem langjährigen Sponsor Torreele Foodstuffs zusammenschließen, um das musik- und pyrotechnische Eröffnungsspektakel mit dem Titel "Full Haul, Full Heart" unter dem Vorsitz des berühmten Künstlers Ellroy Cass zu präsentieren. Darüber hinaus werden die diesjährigen Zeremonien, die die Tugenden Mut, Stärke und Schnelligkeit repräsentieren, zusammen mit den drei Schülern, die sie der Auswahlkommission von C.H.A. vorgelegt haben, vorgestellt. Die Gegenstände werden in die Goldene Kiste geladen, während die Aremis Miliz Marching Band eine mitreißende Interpretation von "Vega for All" spielt.

Nachdem der rekordverdächtige Titelverteidiger Terri Santos aus dem Vorjahr ausgeschieden ist, haben viele damit begonnen zu spekulieren, wer der diesjährige amtierende Cargo Champ werden soll. Mit Vertretern von 6 Systemen, die an über 25 Veranstaltungen teilnahmen, ist das Wettbewerbsgebiet größer denn je geworden, wobei der langjährigen Rivalität zwischen New Corvo und dem nahegelegenen Titus besondere Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt wurde. Wird dies endlich das Jahr sein, in dem Titus die erschütternde Niederlage der Rohstoff-Staffel, die sie bei den 2939 Spielen erlitten hat, zurückerhalten wird, oder wird die Heimatstadt-Favoritin Nella Tweed ihr Team zu einem weiteren Sieg führen können?

Nella Tweed, 41, hat seit ihrer Gründung an den Cargolympics teilgenommen und sagt, dass ihre besten Jahre noch vor ihr liegen. "Ich arbeite schon seit langem auf dem Parkplatz[einer lokalen Landezone], und noch bevor die Spiele wirklich eine Sache waren, schieben ich und die Crew uns gegenseitig an, um zu sehen, wer die Fracht am schnellsten ziehen kann, wer eine zusätzliche SCU in einen Laderaum einbauen kann, wer einen Stapel Hülsen mit einem einzigen Gravitationslift umwerfen kann. Der letzte war natürlich außerhalb der Uhr. Es war eine Möglichkeit, die Tage schneller vorbeiziehen zu lassen, eine Möglichkeit, etwas Stolz auf das zu haben, was wir getan haben, aber jetzt, um ehrlich zu sein, betrachte ich den Job manchmal mehr als Training für die Spiele als alles andere."

Es ist leicht zu verstehen, warum in einem Beruf voller Eilaufträge, ungeduldiger Kapitäne und wütender Händler die Cargolympics so viel zu bedeuten haben. Zu oft werden Cargo-Handler nicht besser behandelt als die mech-Ladearme, die sie neben sich haben, aber an diesen drei Tagen im Jahr dürfen wir diese fleißigen Menschen ehren und zeigen, dass wir ihre einzigartigen Fähigkeiten und Talente schätzen.

"Wenn Sie es mit Frachtcontainern und Hülsen unterschiedlicher Größe zu tun haben, die verschiedene Gewichte und Gefahrstoffe enthalten, kann es eine echte Herausforderung sein, nicht nur alles an Bord eines Schiffes zu montieren, sondern auch sicherzustellen, dass es richtig zugänglich ist und dann leicht an seinem Bestimmungsort entladen werden kann? Das ist nicht die einfachste Sache. Sieh es ein", sagt C.H.A. Präsidentin Blaine Hadley, "das ist ein guter Job, und ich bin froh, dass wir nicht nur den Vers zeigen können, wie gut er ist, sondern auch eine Menge Spaß dabei haben."
THE CARGOLYMPICS RETURN
By Sean Nazawa
NEW CORVO, AREMIS, VEGA – For three days every year, the spotlight shines bright on a part of everyday life that we may not normally consider that glamorous: cargo loading. This Friday marks the 15th annual Cargo Handler’s Association Cargolympics.

The event, staged for the 5th year in a row at the beautiful New Corvo bayside Port Authority Center, is a triumphant celebration of all things cargo and cargo related. What was once a friendly competition between a few landing zone workers has blossomed over the years into a not-to-be-missed event attended by over 200,000 live spectators, in addition to close to a million spectrum viewers tuning in from every corner of Vega.

“Seeing hardworking people getting the chance to show off what they do day in and day out is something truly spectacular, and I think something that we can all cheer for,” commented Grigo Chay, CEO of Stor*All, the most recent company to join the growing list of Cargolympics corporate sponsors. “I thought I knew everything our line of quality storage containers could do, but watching Terri [Santos] stack 57 of our Model A’s on top of each other in under a minute last year, well, that was something else. I cannot wait to see what records are broken this year.”

Stor*All will be joining with longtime sponsor Torreele Foodstuffs to present the music- and pyrotechnic-filled opening spectacular, titled “Full Haul, Full Heart” and presided over by celebrity artist Ellroy Cass. In addition, this year’s ceremonial items, representing the virtues of courage, strength and speed, will be revealed alongside the three school children who submitted them to C.H.A.’s selection committee. The items will be loaded into the Golden Crate while the Aremis Militia Marching Band performs a stirring rendition of “Vega for All.”

With last year’s record-breaking title-holder Terri Santos retiring, many have begun speculating who will become this year’s reigning Cargo Champ. With representatives from 6 systems competing in over 25 events, the field of competition has grown wider than ever before, with special attention being paid to the longstanding rivalry between New Corvo and nearby Titus. Will this finally be the year when Titus gets payback for the staggering Raw Materials Relay defeat they suffered at the 2939 games, or will hometown favorite Nella Tweed be able to lead her team to another victory?

Nella Tweed, 41, has participated in the Cargolympics since they began and says her best years are still ahead. “I’ve been working at The Parking Lot [a local landing zone] for as long as I can remember, and even back before the games were really a thing, me and the crew use to push each other to see who could pull cargo the fastest, who could fit an extra SCU into a hold, who could knock over a stack of pods with a single grav-lift. That last one was off the clock of course. It was a way to make the days go by faster, a way to have some pride in what we were doing, but now, to be honest, sometimes I think of the job more as training for the games really than anything else.”

It is easy to see why, in a profession filled with rush orders, impatient captains and angry traders, the Cargolympics have come to mean so much. Too often cargo handlers are treated no better than the mech loading arms they toil beside, but for these three days a year we get to honor these hardworking individuals and show that we appreciate their unique skills and talents.

“When you’re dealing with cargo containers and pods of different sizes, containing various weights and hazardous materials, it can be a real challenge to not only fit everything aboard a ship but add on top of that making sure that it can be properly accessed, and then easily unloaded at its final destination? That’s not the easiest thing. Face it,” says C.H.A. president Blaine Hadley, “this is a skilled job, and I for one am glad that we get to not only show the ’Verse just how skilled, but we get to have a heck of a lot of fun in the process.”

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