Terra Gazette: An Uncertain Future - [Comm-Links](https://api.star-citizen.wiki/comm-links) - Terra Gazette: An Uncertain Future Terra Gazette: An Uncertain Future ================================== Undefined Undefined News Update [Previous](https://api.star-citizen.wiki/comm-links/13626) [Next](https://api.star-citizen.wiki/comm-links/13628) Content ------- English AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE By Solomon Bhavsar Contributor Cara Hoshji is a smart person. She scored so well on her Equivalency that she received a hefty scholarship from Terra University. Graduating with a degree in AstroEngineering, Cara transformed a summer apprenticeship with the Support & Supply Agency, a lesser-known department of the UEE responsible for procuring and transporting resources and supplies to sate the Empire’s massive infrastructure needs, into a full-time position shortly after graduation. “You’ve probably seen those long snake-like hauling ships pulling trails of massive cargo containers. Those were my life,” Cara said, sitting in her small apartment in Odyssa. From the stacks of packing crates, it would seem that she just moved in, but she’s already been here for three months. Cara looks over the cramped space wearily. She claims she keeps planning to finally unpack, but she’s either working or too exhausted to try and tackle it. Her first full-time job with the SSA was in their maintenance department, working with the pit crews to keep the ships flying. Cara had other aspirations though. “Growing up on Lo [in Corel], we would see haulers and shippers constantly passing through, either entering or leaving the Banu system. My family never really had the kind of credits to travel, so the lifestyle and the promise of visiting another culture was even more fascinating.” Cara eventually got her wish. After two years with the SSA, she earned a promotion to an On-Board Engineering Specialist. Monitoring a ship’s critical systems to make sure that everything was working properly and being on-hand to resolve any issue if they weren’t, she began touring the UEE aboard the same transports she had been maintaining. “I loved it. I really did.” Cara sat silently for a moment at her kitchen table, an outsized piece of furniture clearly intended for a larger space. “I used to bore my friends to death talking about it, but it had everything: great people, challenging work … everything.” Unfortunately, it wouldn’t last. After a tumultuous battle in the Senate, Article 416 passed. Derisively called the Hemorrhage Act by the opposition, A416 called for a line-by-line assessment of current operating fund allocations by a group of Senate subcommittees to see where cuts could be made. SSA was one of the hardest hit divisions as the Senate subcommittee decided it was more cost effective to outsource hauling needs to private contractors rather than own and maintain an internal structure. So, after seven years at the SSA, Cara was let go. “The severance they offered was offensive. A standardized package across the board, it didn’t matter if you had been there a month or thirty years. We all got the same scraps before getting kicked out the door.” As Cara would come to find out, there was more to A416 outside of the lack of financial compensation: “I found out that A416 only applied to infrastructure; the military and the Synthworld program were exempt from having to make cuts. Look, my brother is in the Marines, I got a cousin in the Army, so I totally appreciate and understand how incredibly important our military is, but, honestly, I feel like everybody should have to make sacrifices.” Cara was forced to move to her current apartment in an effort to save money. It’s been nearly impossible to find a job aboard a cargo ship of the same class that she was trained on, so Cara’s started salvaging to try and generate some credits. Cara took her small severance package and managed to purchase some second-hand gear to outfit her ship to make salvage jobs easier. Unfortunately, that means that she constantly needs to be out there. “If I’m home, I’m possibly missing out on something of value. I’m learning you have to move fast. Even when the scrap hasn’t been picked up by another salvage op, the longer it’s on the drift, the less of a chance you can save anything but the base metal.” Hence the stacks of still-packed boxes, the exhaustion and the moments where our conversation drifts into silence. “It messes with your head, living like this. If I stop to think about what I’m going to do a month from now, it’s almost overwhelming. There’s this crushing weight on my chest. I don’t know.” Despite her situation, Cara isn’t resentful. “Something will turn up, I hope. I just need to keep busy, keep my head above water until it does,” she said, forcing a smile before drifting off into silence again. EINE UNGEWISSE ZUKUNFT Von Solomon Bhavsar Mitwirkender Cara Hoshji ist ein kluger Mensch. Sie punktete so gut mit ihrer Äquivalenz, dass sie ein kräftiges Stipendium von der Terra University erhielt. Nach ihrem Abschluss als Astroingenieur verwandelte Cara eine Sommerlehre bei der Support & Supply Agency, einer weniger bekannten Abteilung der UEE, die für die Beschaffung und den Transport von Ressourcen und Lieferungen zur Deckung des massiven Infrastrukturbedarfs des Imperiums zuständig ist, kurz nach ihrem Abschluss in eine Vollzeitstelle. "Du hast wahrscheinlich gesehen, wie diese langen, schlangenartigen Schiffe die Spuren massiver Frachtcontainer gezogen haben. Das war mein Leben", sagte Cara und saß in ihrer kleinen Wohnung in Odyssa. Von den Stapeln mit den Packkisten scheint es, dass sie gerade erst eingezogen ist, aber sie ist schon seit drei Monaten hier. Cara schaut müde über den engen Raum. Sie behauptet, dass sie immer wieder plant, endlich auszupacken, aber sie arbeitet entweder oder ist zu erschöpft, um zu versuchen, es anzugehen. Ihr erster Vollzeitjob bei der SSA war in der Instandhaltungsabteilung der SSA, wo sie mit den Boxenteams zusammenarbeitete, um die Schiffe am Laufen zu halten. Cara hatte jedoch andere Ambitionen. "Als wir auf Lo[in Corel] aufwuchsen, sahen wir Spediteure und Verlader ständig durch das Banu-System ziehen und entweder in das Banu-System eindringen oder es verlassen. Meine Familie hatte nie wirklich die Art von Credits, um zu reisen, so dass der Lebensstil und das Versprechen, eine andere Kultur zu besuchen, noch faszinierender waren." Cara bekam schließlich ihren Wunsch. Nach zwei Jahren bei der SSA wurde sie zum On-Board Engineering Specialist befördert. Sie überwachte die kritischen Systeme eines Schiffes, um sicherzustellen, dass alles ordnungsgemäß funktionierte, und war bereit, jedes Problem zu lösen, wenn sie es nicht taten, und begann, die UEE an Bord der gleichen Transporte zu bereisen, die sie gewartet hatte. "Ich liebte es. Das habe ich wirklich." Cara saß einen Moment lang still an ihrem Küchentisch, einem überdimensionalen Möbelstück, das eindeutig für einen größeren Raum gedacht war. "Ich langweilte meine Freunde zu Tode, als ich darüber sprach, aber es hatte alles: großartige Leute, herausfordernde Arbeit.... alles." Leider würde es nicht lange halten. Nach einer turbulenten Schlacht im Senat wurde Artikel 416 verabschiedet. Von der Opposition spöttisch als Blutungsgesetz bezeichnet, forderte A416 eine zeilenweise Bewertung der aktuellen Betriebsmittelzuweisungen durch eine Gruppe von Unterausschüssen des Senats, um zu sehen, wo Einsparungen vorgenommen werden könnten. SSA war eine der am härtesten betroffenen Abteilungen, da der Senatsausschuss entschied, dass es kostengünstiger war, die Transportbedürfnisse an private Auftragnehmer auszulagern, als eine interne Struktur zu besitzen und zu erhalten. Nach sieben Jahren bei der SSA wurde Cara also entlassen. "Die Abfindung, die sie anboten, war beleidigend. Ein standardisiertes Paket auf breiter Front, es war egal, ob Sie einen Monat oder dreißig Jahre dort waren. Wir haben alle die gleichen Reste, bevor wir aus der Tür geworfen werden." Wie Cara herausfinden würde, gab es an A416 mehr als nur den fehlenden finanziellen Ausgleich: "Ich habe herausgefunden, dass die A416 nur für die Infrastruktur gilt; das Militär und das Synthworld-Programm waren von Kürzungen ausgenommen. Mein Bruder ist bei den Marines, ich habe einen Cousin in der Armee, also weiß ich es zu schätzen und zu verstehen, wie unglaublich wichtig unser Militär ist, aber ehrlich gesagt, fühle ich mich, als müsste jeder Opfer bringen." Cara war gezwungen, in ihre jetzige Wohnung zu ziehen, um Geld zu sparen. Es war fast unmöglich, einen Job an Bord eines Frachtschiffes der gleichen Klasse zu finden, in der sie ausgebildet wurde, also begann Cara zu bergen, um zu versuchen, einige Credits zu generieren. Cara nahm ihr kleines Abfindungspaket und schaffte es, eine gebrauchte Ausrüstung zu kaufen, um ihr Schiff auszustatten, um die Bergung zu erleichtern. Leider bedeutet das, dass sie ständig da draußen sein muss. "Wenn ich zu Hause bin, verpasse ich möglicherweise etwas von Wert. Ich lerne, dass man sich schnell bewegen muss. Selbst wenn der Schrott nicht von einem anderen Bergungsunternehmen abgeholt wurde, je länger er auf dem Drift ist, desto geringer ist die Chance, dass man etwas anderes als das Basismetall retten kann." Daher die Stapel von still gepackten Kartons, die Erschöpfung und die Momente, in denen unser Gespräch in Stille verfällt. "Es verwirrt deinen Kopf, so zu leben. Wenn ich innehalte, um darüber nachzudenken, was ich in einem Monat tun werde, ist es fast überwältigend. Da ist dieses erdrückende Gewicht auf meiner Brust. Ich weiß nicht." Trotz ihrer Situation ist Cara nicht verärgert. "Etwas wird auftauchen, hoffe ich. Ich muss mich nur beschäftigen, meinen Kopf über Wasser halten, bis es soweit ist", sagte sie und zwang ein Lächeln, bevor sie wieder in die Stille abtauchte. AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE By Solomon Bhavsar Contributor Cara Hoshji is a smart person. She scored so well on her Equivalency that she received a hefty scholarship from Terra University. Graduating with a degree in AstroEngineering, Cara transformed a summer apprenticeship with the Support & Supply Agency, a lesser-known department of the UEE responsible for procuring and transporting resources and supplies to sate the Empire’s massive infrastructure needs, into a full-time position shortly after graduation. “You’ve probably seen those long snake-like hauling ships pulling trails of massive cargo containers. Those were my life,” Cara said, sitting in her small apartment in Odyssa. From the stacks of packing crates, it would seem that she just moved in, but she’s already been here for three months. Cara looks over the cramped space wearily. She claims she keeps planning to finally unpack, but she’s either working or too exhausted to try and tackle it. Her first full-time job with the SSA was in their maintenance department, working with the pit crews to keep the ships flying. Cara had other aspirations though. “Growing up on Lo [in Corel], we would see haulers and shippers constantly passing through, either entering or leaving the Banu system. My family never really had the kind of credits to travel, so the lifestyle and the promise of visiting another culture was even more fascinating.” Cara eventually got her wish. After two years with the SSA, she earned a promotion to an On-Board Engineering Specialist. Monitoring a ship’s critical systems to make sure that everything was working properly and being on-hand to resolve any issue if they weren’t, she began touring the UEE aboard the same transports she had been maintaining. “I loved it. I really did.” Cara sat silently for a moment at her kitchen table, an outsized piece of furniture clearly intended for a larger space. “I used to bore my friends to death talking about it, but it had everything: great people, challenging work … everything.” Unfortunately, it wouldn’t last. After a tumultuous battle in the Senate, Article 416 passed. Derisively called the Hemorrhage Act by the opposition, A416 called for a line-by-line assessment of current operating fund allocations by a group of Senate subcommittees to see where cuts could be made. SSA was one of the hardest hit divisions as the Senate subcommittee decided it was more cost effective to outsource hauling needs to private contractors rather than own and maintain an internal structure. So, after seven years at the SSA, Cara was let go. “The severance they offered was offensive. A standardized package across the board, it didn’t matter if you had been there a month or thirty years. We all got the same scraps before getting kicked out the door.” As Cara would come to find out, there was more to A416 outside of the lack of financial compensation: “I found out that A416 only applied to infrastructure; the military and the Synthworld program were exempt from having to make cuts. Look, my brother is in the Marines, I got a cousin in the Army, so I totally appreciate and understand how incredibly important our military is, but, honestly, I feel like everybody should have to make sacrifices.” Cara was forced to move to her current apartment in an effort to save money. It’s been nearly impossible to find a job aboard a cargo ship of the same class that she was trained on, so Cara’s started salvaging to try and generate some credits. Cara took her small severance package and managed to purchase some second-hand gear to outfit her ship to make salvage jobs easier. Unfortunately, that means that she constantly needs to be out there. “If I’m home, I’m possibly missing out on something of value. I’m learning you have to move fast. Even when the scrap hasn’t been picked up by another salvage op, the longer it’s on the drift, the less of a chance you can save anything but the base metal.” Hence the stacks of still-packed boxes, the exhaustion and the moments where our conversation drifts into silence. “It messes with your head, living like this. If I stop to think about what I’m going to do a month from now, it’s almost overwhelming. There’s this crushing weight on my chest. I don’t know.” Despite her situation, Cara isn’t resentful. “Something will turn up, I hope. I just need to keep busy, keep my head above water until it does,” she said, forcing a smile before drifting off into silence again. Links ----- No links available. 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