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Day of the Vara

# Day of the Vara
Day of the Vara is a holiday celebrated in the [United Empire of Earth (UEE)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/VyvyKxy4v6-united-empire-of-earth) annually on October 27th. The holiday involves public festivals adorned with decorations in black and green and private gatherings convened to remember and honor the dead. Celebrants dress up as people who have passed away or in other costumes and swap scary stories, especially pertaining to mysterious incidents in space. It is seen by [Humans](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Nwpnr6wa2-humans) as a day that gives equal weight to the joy of life and the macabre.

# The Vara
The holiday first originated around 27 October 2557 after the disappearance of the *Vara*, an exploration vessel orbiting the second planet in the then-recently discovered Hades system. Communications from the *Vara* to the Rhetor system stopped early in the morning, after captain Tisiphone Heptane sent her initial impressions of the ruined alien cities. Systems on board ceased transmitting ship status reports a few hours later. Though search and rescue teams were dispatched the next day, the *Vara* and her crew were nowhere to be found. No wreckage or remains were ever located.

# Origin and Development
In the years following this disappearance, rumors spread among haulers and travelers that something malevolent lurked in the Hades system. People began to avoid flying through it on the anniversary of the Vara's demise because on that day, the ship and her crew would supposedly return from the dead and haunt the system. Stories would vary about what would happen to those who encountered the ship but all of them touched on fears surrounding space travel: sometimes the undead crew would secretly board passing vessels to sabotage vital systems; other stories had them haunt the living until they went insane and vented their own ship; in some, scavengers would happen across an abandoned spacecraft, only for the frozen bodies aboard to come alive at the worst possible moment. Horror stories like these remain a major part of Day of the Vara.

One of the lighter tales that became popular involved a protagonist who disguised themselves as a *Vara* crew member, which inspired others to dress as the deceased to protect themselves from bad luck in space travel. Members of [Terra's (Terra III)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RL6ZrMrLNa-terra-terra-iii) counterculture picked up on the superstition and threw the first official Day of the Vara event on 27 October 2593. Many attendees dressed as [Imperator](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Gz5BoJ9wl-uee-imperator)[Ivar Messer I](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RXlXYPWk8q-ivar-messer-i), who had died in 2592, ostensibly to ward off evil. Songs celebrating Messer's demise that circulated among the crows that night indicated otherwise. [Deacon Messer II](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0j46m4BYge-deacon-messer-ii) and the UEE government spun the footage as support for the government and encouraged more Day of the Vara celebrations in 2594, describing it as a way to "fondly remember those who have been lost." The campaign was successful; today, the holiday is primarily seen as a day to dress up as and honor those who have passed. It was officially established as an annual holiday in 2595.

# Celebration and Traditions
In addition to wearing costumes, remembering dead loved ones, and swapping scary stories, revelers practice traditions adapted from various other festivals that celebrate the dead, such as indulging in food and drink like spirit cakes and iced wine, lighting candles, and staying up until the first morning light. Those celebrating on space stations rely on the artificial day/night cycle to signal festivity's end. Many long-term spacers consider it bad luck to skip the holiday, lest they attract unfavorable attention from the dead. Holos of dead loved ones are often brought out and adorned with green and black ribbons, a reference to colors of the *Vara* crew's uniforms. A hauler on a job might set up a holo of a dead celebrity and adjust the colors for lack of better options. Those on long haul journeys or on explorer vessels still avoid travel to the Hades system in late October.
08.02.2021 01:45:39 -> 29.09.2021 02:00:35
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-One of the lighter tales that became popular involved a protagonist who disguised themselves as a *Vara* crew member, which inspired others to dress as the deceased to protect themselves from bad luck in space travel. Members of Terra's counterculture picked up on the superstition and threw the first official Day of the Vara event on 27 October 2593. Many attendees dressed as [Imperator](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Gz5BoJ9wl-uee-imperator)[Ivar Messer I](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RXlXYPWk8q-ivar-messer-i), who had died in 2592, ostensibly to ward off evil. Songs celebrating Messer's demise that circulated among the crows that night indicated otherwise. [Deacon Messer II](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0j46m4BYge-deacon-messer-ii) and the UEE government spun the footage as support for the government and encouraged more Day of the Vara celebrations in 2594, describing it as a way to "fondly remember those who have been lost." The campaign was successful; today, the holiday is primarily seen as a day to dress up as and honor those who have passed. It was officially established as an annual holiday in 2595.
+One of the lighter tales that became popular involved a protagonist who disguised themselves as a *Vara* crew member, which inspired others to dress as the deceased to protect themselves from bad luck in space travel. Members of [Terra's (Terra III)](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RL6ZrMrLNa-terra-terra-iii) counterculture picked up on the superstition and threw the first official Day of the Vara event on 27 October 2593. Many attendees dressed as [Imperator](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Gz5BoJ9wl-uee-imperator)[Ivar Messer I](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RXlXYPWk8q-ivar-messer-i), who had died in 2592, ostensibly to ward off evil. Songs celebrating Messer's demise that circulated among the crows that night indicated otherwise. [Deacon Messer II](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0j46m4BYge-deacon-messer-ii) and the UEE government spun the footage as support for the government and encouraged more Day of the Vara celebrations in 2594, describing it as a way to "fondly remember those who have been lost." The campaign was successful; today, the holiday is primarily seen as a day to dress up as and honor those who have passed. It was officially established as an annual holiday in 2595.
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-In the years following this disappearance, rumors spread among haulers and travelers that something malevolent lurked in the Hades system. People began to avoid flying through it on the anniversary of the Vara’s demise because on that day, the ship and her crew would supposedly return from the dead and haunt the system. Stories would vary about what would happen to those who encountered the ship but all of them touched on fears surrounding space travel: sometimes the undead crew would secretly board passing vessels to sabotage vital systems; other stories had them haunt the living until they went insane and vented their own ship; in some, scavengers would happen across an abandoned spacecraft, only for the frozen bodies aboard to come alive at the worst possible moment. Horror stories like these remain a major part of Day of the Vara.
+In the years following this disappearance, rumors spread among haulers and travelers that something malevolent lurked in the Hades system. People began to avoid flying through it on the anniversary of the Vara's demise because on that day, the ship and her crew would supposedly return from the dead and haunt the system. Stories would vary about what would happen to those who encountered the ship but all of them touched on fears surrounding space travel: sometimes the undead crew would secretly board passing vessels to sabotage vital systems; other stories had them haunt the living until they went insane and vented their own ship; in some, scavengers would happen across an abandoned spacecraft, only for the frozen bodies aboard to come alive at the worst possible moment. Horror stories like these remain a major part of Day of the Vara.
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-One of the lighter tales that became popular involved a protagonist who disguised themselves as a *Vara* crew member, which inspired others to dress as the deceased to protect themselves from bad luck in space travel. Members of Terra’s counterculture picked up on the superstition and threw the first official Day of the Vara event on 27 October 2593. Many attendees dressed as [Imperator](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Gz5BoJ9wl-uee-imperator)[Ivar Messer I](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RXlXYPWk8q-ivar-messer-i), who had died in 2592, ostensibly to ward off evil. Songs celebrating Messer’s demise that circulated among the crows that night indicated otherwise. [Deacon Messer II](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0j46m4BYge-deacon-messer-ii) and the UEE government spun the footage as support for the government and encouraged more Day of the Vara celebrations in 2594, describing it as a way to “fondly remember those who have been lost.” The campaign was successful; today, the holiday is primarily seen as a day to dress up as and honor those who have passed. It was officially established as an annual holiday in 2595.
+One of the lighter tales that became popular involved a protagonist who disguised themselves as a *Vara* crew member, which inspired others to dress as the deceased to protect themselves from bad luck in space travel. Members of Terra's counterculture picked up on the superstition and threw the first official Day of the Vara event on 27 October 2593. Many attendees dressed as [Imperator](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0Gz5BoJ9wl-uee-imperator)[Ivar Messer I](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RXlXYPWk8q-ivar-messer-i), who had died in 2592, ostensibly to ward off evil. Songs celebrating Messer's demise that circulated among the crows that night indicated otherwise. [Deacon Messer II](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/0j46m4BYge-deacon-messer-ii) and the UEE government spun the footage as support for the government and encouraged more Day of the Vara celebrations in 2594, describing it as a way to "fondly remember those who have been lost." The campaign was successful; today, the holiday is primarily seen as a day to dress up as and honor those who have passed. It was officially established as an annual holiday in 2595.
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-In addition to wearing costumes, remembering dead loved ones, and swapping scary stories, revelers practice traditions adapted from various other festivals that celebrate the dead, such as indulging in food and drink like spirit cakes and iced wine, lighting candles, and staying up until the first morning light. Those celebrating on space stations rely on the artificial day/night cycle to signal festivity’s end. Many long-term spacers consider it bad luck to skip the holiday, lest they attract unfavorable attention from the dead. Holos of dead loved ones are often brought out and adorned with green and black ribbons, a reference to colors of the *Vara* crew’s uniforms. A hauler on a job might set up a holo of a dead celebrity and adjust the colors for lack of better options. Those on long haul journeys or on explorer vessels still avoid travel to the Hades system in late October.
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+In addition to wearing costumes, remembering dead loved ones, and swapping scary stories, revelers practice traditions adapted from various other festivals that celebrate the dead, such as indulging in food and drink like spirit cakes and iced wine, lighting candles, and staying up until the first morning light. Those celebrating on space stations rely on the artificial day/night cycle to signal festivity's end. Many long-term spacers consider it bad luck to skip the holiday, lest they attract unfavorable attention from the dead. Holos of dead loved ones are often brought out and adorned with green and black ribbons, a reference to colors of the *Vara* crew's uniforms. A hauler on a job might set up a holo of a dead celebrity and adjust the colors for lack of better options. Those on long haul journeys or on explorer vessels still avoid travel to the Hades system in late October.
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START-->Der Day of the Vara ist ein Feiertag, der im [[United Empire of Earth|United Empire of Earth (UEE)]] jährlich am 27. Oktober gefeiert wird. Der Feiertag beinhaltet öffentliche Feste, die mit Dekorationen in Schwarz und Grün geschmückt sind, und private Versammlungen, die einberufen werden, um den Toten zu gedenken und sie zu ehren. Die Feiernden verkleiden sich als Verstorbene oder in anderen Kostümen und tauschen Gruselgeschichten aus, die vor allem mit mysteriösen Vorfällen im Weltraum zu tun haben. Er wird von den [[Menschen|Menschen]] als ein Tag gesehen, der der Lebensfreude und dem Makabren gleich viel Gewicht gibt.

== Die Vara ==
Der Feiertag entstand erstmals um den 27. Oktober 2557 nach dem Verschwinden der ''Vara'', einem Erkundungsschiff, das den zweiten Planeten im damals neu entdeckten Hades-System umkreist. Die Kommunikation von der ''Vara'' zum Rhetor-System brach am frühen Morgen ab, nachdem Kapitän Tisiphone Heptane ihre ersten Eindrücke von den zerstörten Alien-Städten gesendet hatte. Die Systeme an Bord hörten ein paar Stunden später auf, Schiffsstatusberichte zu übermitteln. Obwohl am nächsten Tag Such- und Rettungsteams losgeschickt wurden, waren die ''Vara'' und ihre Besatzung nirgends zu finden. Keine Wrackteile oder Überreste wurden jemals gefunden.

== Ursprung und Entwicklung ==
In den Jahren nach dem Verschwinden der ''Vara'' verbreiteten sich Gerüchte unter Spediteuren und Reisenden, dass etwas Bösartiges im Hades-System lauerte. Die Menschen begannen es zu vermeiden, am Jahrestag des Untergangs der Vara durch das System zu fliegen, da das Schiff und seine Besatzung an diesem Tag angeblich von den Toten zurückkehren und das System heimsuchen würden. Die Geschichten darüber, was mit denjenigen passieren würde, die dem Schiff begegneten, variierten, aber alle berührten die Ängste, die die Raumfahrt umgeben: Manchmal würde die untote Besatzung heimlich an Bord vorbeifliegender Schiffe gehen, um lebenswichtige Systeme zu sabotieren; in anderen Geschichten würden sie die Lebenden heimsuchen, bis sie wahnsinnig würden und ihr eigenes Schiff in die Luft sprengen würden; in einigen würden Plünderer auf ein verlassenes Raumschiff stoßen, nur damit die gefrorenen Körper an Bord im schlimmsten Moment lebendig werden. Horrorgeschichten wie diese sind ein wichtiger Teil von Day of the Vara.

Eine der leichteren Geschichten, die populär wurde, beinhaltete einen Protagonisten, der sich als ''Vara'' Besatzungsmitglied verkleidete, was andere dazu inspirierte, sich als Verstorbene zu verkleiden, um sich vor dem Unglück in der Raumfahrt zu schützen. Mitglieder von Terras Gegenkultur griffen den Aberglauben auf und veranstalteten am 27. Oktober 2593 den ersten offiziellen Day of the Vara Event. Viele Teilnehmer verkleideten sich als [[United Empire of Earth Imperator|Imperator]][[Ivar Messer I]], der im Jahr 2592 gestorben war, angeblich um das Böse abzuwehren. Lieder, die Messers Ableben feierten und in dieser Nacht unter den Krähen kursierten, deuteten auf etwas anderes hin. [[Deacon Messer II]] und die UEE-Regierung werteten die Aufnahmen als Unterstützung für die Regierung und ermutigten zu weiteren Feiern zum Tag der Vara im Jahr 2594, indem sie es als eine Möglichkeit beschrieben, &quot;sich liebevoll an die zu erinnern, die verloren gegangen sind.&quot; Die Kampagne war erfolgreich; heute wird der Feiertag in erster Linie als ein Tag gesehen, an dem man sich verkleidet und diejenigen ehrt, die verstorben sind. Im Jahr 2595 wurde er offiziell als jährlicher Feiertag eingeführt.

== Feiern und Traditionen ==
Neben dem Tragen von Kostümen, dem Gedenken an verstorbene Angehörige und dem Austausch von Gruselgeschichten gibt es auch Traditionen, die von anderen Totenfesten übernommen wurden, wie z.B. das Genießen von Speisen und Getränken wie Geisterkuchen und Eiswein, das Anzünden von Kerzen und das Aufbleiben bis zum ersten Morgenlicht. Diejenigen, die auf Raumstationen feiern, verlassen sich auf den künstlichen Tag/Nacht-Zyklus, um das Ende der Feierlichkeiten zu signalisieren. Viele Langzeit-Raumfahrer halten es für Pech, den Feiertag auszulassen, um nicht die Aufmerksamkeit der Toten auf sich zu ziehen. Holos von verstorbenen Angehörigen werden oft hervorgeholt und mit grünen und schwarzen Bändern geschmückt, eine Anspielung auf die Farben der Uniformen der ''Vara'' Crew. Ein Schlepper auf einem Auftrag könnte ein Holo einer toten Berühmtheit aufstellen und die Farben in Ermangelung besserer Optionen anpassen. Diejenigen, die auf Langstreckenreisen oder auf Entdeckerschiffen unterwegs sind, vermeiden es immer noch, Ende Oktober ins Hades-System zu reisen.{{Quelle|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RkGQqpJwGp-day-of-the-vara|title=Galactapedia Day of the Vara|date=08.02.2021|access_date=02.01.2022|ref=true|ref_name=galactapedia}}<!--
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Artikel Metadaten
Day of the Vara
ID RkGQqpJwGp
Kategorien Culture
Holidays
Human
Tags #human holiday
#day of the vara
Eigenschaften
type United Empire of Earth holiday
location United Empire of Earth (UEE)
participants Humans
dateS Annually on October 27
URL https://robertsspaceindustries.com/galactapedia/article/RkGQqpJwGp-day-of-the-vara
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