Like many of you out there as well, I'm sure, I didn't help build Obsidian Orbital for it to be an arm of Aegis, nor to be used as a forward operating base to launch attacks against the Thargoids from.
Many of us at the time originally conceived Obsidian Orbital (well before even submitting and voting on its name) as being a neutral scientific research facility and outpost of humanity that would serve to help explorers out in the black exploring outward toward the rim of the galaxy and as a place to do legitimate scientific research in the Pleiades, an attraction in their own right, free from the oversight and jurisdiction of private interests and political factions in the bubble. Keep in mind that this was well before that fateful last jump of Jaques Station and the founding of Colonia.
Unfortunately, this was something that was never really achieved beyond just building the station and its facilities. It soon fell into ill repute after construction, and at best served as an outpost or trade hub for some for a time. It's since been usurped by Aegis and attacked by the Thargoids (whether retaliation, preemptive strike, strategic positioning, or purely hostile aggression on their part is beside the point of this thread) and now needs repair to restore its services and infrastructure.
I have little to no interest in repairing Obsidian Orbital only to have it used primarily as a base to wage war against the Tharoids, something which it was never intended to be used as in the first place. Rather, I'd much prefer it be used as an outpost of humanity, perhaps even an embassy of sorts, and that it fall in line with the original vision of its construction.
How do we make this happen and is it even a possibility? How do we free Obsidian Orbital?
Many of us at the time originally conceived Obsidian Orbital (well before even submitting and voting on its name) as being a neutral scientific research facility and outpost of humanity that would serve to help explorers out in the black exploring outward toward the rim of the galaxy and as a place to do legitimate scientific research in the Pleiades, an attraction in their own right, free from the oversight and jurisdiction of private interests and political factions in the bubble. Keep in mind that this was well before that fateful last jump of Jaques Station and the founding of Colonia.
Unfortunately, this was something that was never really achieved beyond just building the station and its facilities. It soon fell into ill repute after construction, and at best served as an outpost or trade hub for some for a time. It's since been usurped by Aegis and attacked by the Thargoids (whether retaliation, preemptive strike, strategic positioning, or purely hostile aggression on their part is beside the point of this thread) and now needs repair to restore its services and infrastructure.
I have little to no interest in repairing Obsidian Orbital only to have it used primarily as a base to wage war against the Tharoids, something which it was never intended to be used as in the first place. Rather, I'd much prefer it be used as an outpost of humanity, perhaps even an embassy of sorts, and that it fall in line with the original vision of its construction.
How do we make this happen and is it even a possibility? How do we free Obsidian Orbital?
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