Greetings Commanders!
Ambassador Abacus speaking.
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Some of you may have noticed the Colonia-Expansion-Initiative:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ive-Sign-up!?p=4835954&viewfull=1#post4835954
The German-speaking community wants to support the new colony region with a common faction called PAX - Pioneers and Xplorers
Although the discussions started on the German fan-forum elitedangerous.de
we want to share news, stories and events with the whole international community and invite every Commander to join our effort there.
What is PAX about?
Well...frankly spoken...we don't know yet as we are right at the beginning and we don't know how much saying we will have in writing history there. Many who signed up for CEI are members of other groups, some were freelancers so far. But every Commander who supports the colonization efforts shares the same feelings of cooperation and pioneering.
I will act as official contact but this is about working together towards a common goal. To make the new colony region a thriving and viable place.
To bring you into the right mood for the long journey my fellow CMDR Largo Ormand from the EoT wrote this introduction that I gladly translated for all of you to enjoy:
Edit - if you understand German there are more stories here => https://www.elitedangerous.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=290537#p290537
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Jaques station 4:30 pm local time
The lights of the surrounding stars brought an unstable light into his bureau. So many stars, so near. You could feel that you were near the galactic core. Unconsciously you were aware of the enormous size of the supermassive black hole that marked the center not so far away. The sky looked different compared to the sight at home.
At home?
When did he start this journey?
That was months ago. Back then there was a great explorer meeting of the EoT that was finished with a big celebration.
And that was only the beginning of his voyage.
He turned away from the window and looked around the small but comfortable room. Shadows danced across the walls. Due to the regular rotation of the station the lighting changed all the time as the main star could be seen in a part of the window quite often.
He smiled briefly.
Others would pay a lot of money to enjoy this cabine at the outside. But you have to get used to this sight first. And yet he could considers himself lucky to be able to enjoy this luxury. There were only a few prerequisites. In his case it was being a provost of the Pioners and Xplorers.
The holographic chronometer at the opposite wall showed him it was nearly 5 pm.
It was about time for him.
He removed the dark blue robe from the wardrobe and took the staff given to him as a councillor.
On the way to the big hall he straightened his robe again and and observed the docking station from the glass vaulted corridor. A lot ot traffic wasn't there to see, yet. Some individual miners and several explorer ships were there. But this was about to change soon. Some were already here and more were on their way. And a lot more would follow.
The gate to the great hall was guarded by two tall special forces if the Colonia Militia Forces. This made him smile. They could be from the home bubble as well.
Both guards nodded to him and opened the gates.
Behind them there was a marvellous construction made from glass and blue shining silver. The architects here on Jaques station tried very hard to offer a dignified setting for the settlement of the colony.
A small man with thin hair took a bow in front of him and said:
'Ambassador Abacus! Welcome'
'Please follow me. I will guide you to your seat'
He nodded briefly and followed him into the hall. One half was filled already.
His place was pretty far to the front. This was due to the support of the Explorer on Tour towards teh Colonia Citizen Network.
More delegates of different groups entered the room and were guided to their seats. Then it began and a represantative of the Colonia Council walked to the front, entered the stage and look around.
'Valued ambassadors of humanity!'
'This is a new age where humanity wants to build a new home! Many groups with most diverse views came together to dedicate themselves to this extraordinary place.'
He looked around briefly then he continued:
'We will allow each and every one to present his group. In the old way we will call the represantatives in alphabetic order to a avoid giving anyone a special treatment.'
A brief pause followed where the represantatives exchanged some stealthy sights.
'As first one I call:
Abacus, Ambassador of PAX - Pioneers and Xplorers!
Member of the UGC, represantative of the EoT, home system Wapiya'
Abacus took a deep breath and walked with measured steps towards the speaker's desk. Then he gave a brief signal to the technical specialist besides the stage.
He had given him a file with important picture documents before to underline his statements.
Behind the desk he took his time to observe the crowd on the terraces of the hall. Their faces looked quite friendly and curious. No wonder considering this undertaking of unprecedented scale. The settlement of a colony far away from previous civilisation.
He leaned forward a bit and spoke:
'Valued council of Colonia, valued represantatives of the groups!
A multitude of events from the old bubble brought us to a decision that will influence generations. Requests for help and further inquiries have reached the Explorer on Tour, the United German Commanders and more groups in our linguistic area. A lot of people need our help. If you allow I want to show you a short clip that was taken at a recent meeting of the EoT.'
He nodded towards the technician and then watched the screen behind him. The auditorium of Foden Orbital materialized. Largo Ormand was speaking on the stage:
'My honoured comrades, beloved friends!
We are standing at a turning point of our previous history. Some of you have already seen and interpreted the signs. There is unrest in sphere of influence of the super powers. Distrust, greed, envy lead to lies, grudge and - yes - violence nowadays. Some may favour this others want to escape this. The EoT and other groups have received more and more requests for help in the last weeks. In addition we received requests to move to the new colony. Here at Foden Orbital we find more and more stowaways from anarchy systems. People are on the move. They are looking for a new home. We will offer our help. And we are not alone. Other groups are willing to do their utmost. Settlers will join that want a new life in a new area. Therefore the observatory of Foden Orbital has asked for sending scientists to the colony. We will enable them a passage as well.
We need the best pilots and advocates for the new colony where a new civilisation of humanity emerges!
We need Pioneers and Explorers!'
With this Abacus turned to the crowd agaun and spoke:
'We - as maybe one of the new fractions at Colonia - want to give those people a safe live. We have promised one thing - peace!
Therefore I want to appeal to all of you to support PAX. Support the peace!'
He nodded again towards the technician and on the screen staion Bluford Orbital in LHS 3447 appeared. You could see a mighty Cutter leaving the rotating entry slot. In absolute black. Majestically she gained metre for metre and you saw more of this huge ship. You could literally feel the huge engines as the ship rolled a bit to the side and accelerated. Farther away from the station she jumped into hyperspace. The first jump of many.
With a flash of light the Cutter disapperared.
Another roar from inside the station and an Anaconda appeared in the slot. This ship turned to the same direction as the Cutter after leaving the station and...jumped.
The next ship entered the airlock.
And the next.
And many more...
All of them are on their way to Colonia.
All of them showed the emblem of PAX.
Abacus turned towards the crowd a last time:
'We do it!
For the PAX!
For the citizens!'
Ambassador Abacus speaking.
<RP OFF>
Some of you may have noticed the Colonia-Expansion-Initiative:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ive-Sign-up!?p=4835954&viewfull=1#post4835954
The German-speaking community wants to support the new colony region with a common faction called PAX - Pioneers and Xplorers
Although the discussions started on the German fan-forum elitedangerous.de
we want to share news, stories and events with the whole international community and invite every Commander to join our effort there.
What is PAX about?
Well...frankly spoken...we don't know yet as we are right at the beginning and we don't know how much saying we will have in writing history there. Many who signed up for CEI are members of other groups, some were freelancers so far. But every Commander who supports the colonization efforts shares the same feelings of cooperation and pioneering.
I will act as official contact but this is about working together towards a common goal. To make the new colony region a thriving and viable place.
To bring you into the right mood for the long journey my fellow CMDR Largo Ormand from the EoT wrote this introduction that I gladly translated for all of you to enjoy:
Edit - if you understand German there are more stories here => https://www.elitedangerous.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=290537#p290537
<RP ON>
Jaques station 4:30 pm local time
The lights of the surrounding stars brought an unstable light into his bureau. So many stars, so near. You could feel that you were near the galactic core. Unconsciously you were aware of the enormous size of the supermassive black hole that marked the center not so far away. The sky looked different compared to the sight at home.
At home?
When did he start this journey?
That was months ago. Back then there was a great explorer meeting of the EoT that was finished with a big celebration.
And that was only the beginning of his voyage.
He turned away from the window and looked around the small but comfortable room. Shadows danced across the walls. Due to the regular rotation of the station the lighting changed all the time as the main star could be seen in a part of the window quite often.
He smiled briefly.
Others would pay a lot of money to enjoy this cabine at the outside. But you have to get used to this sight first. And yet he could considers himself lucky to be able to enjoy this luxury. There were only a few prerequisites. In his case it was being a provost of the Pioners and Xplorers.
The holographic chronometer at the opposite wall showed him it was nearly 5 pm.
It was about time for him.
He removed the dark blue robe from the wardrobe and took the staff given to him as a councillor.
On the way to the big hall he straightened his robe again and and observed the docking station from the glass vaulted corridor. A lot ot traffic wasn't there to see, yet. Some individual miners and several explorer ships were there. But this was about to change soon. Some were already here and more were on their way. And a lot more would follow.
The gate to the great hall was guarded by two tall special forces if the Colonia Militia Forces. This made him smile. They could be from the home bubble as well.
Both guards nodded to him and opened the gates.
Behind them there was a marvellous construction made from glass and blue shining silver. The architects here on Jaques station tried very hard to offer a dignified setting for the settlement of the colony.
A small man with thin hair took a bow in front of him and said:
'Ambassador Abacus! Welcome'
'Please follow me. I will guide you to your seat'
He nodded briefly and followed him into the hall. One half was filled already.
His place was pretty far to the front. This was due to the support of the Explorer on Tour towards teh Colonia Citizen Network.
More delegates of different groups entered the room and were guided to their seats. Then it began and a represantative of the Colonia Council walked to the front, entered the stage and look around.
'Valued ambassadors of humanity!'
'This is a new age where humanity wants to build a new home! Many groups with most diverse views came together to dedicate themselves to this extraordinary place.'
He looked around briefly then he continued:
'We will allow each and every one to present his group. In the old way we will call the represantatives in alphabetic order to a avoid giving anyone a special treatment.'
A brief pause followed where the represantatives exchanged some stealthy sights.
'As first one I call:
Abacus, Ambassador of PAX - Pioneers and Xplorers!
Member of the UGC, represantative of the EoT, home system Wapiya'
Abacus took a deep breath and walked with measured steps towards the speaker's desk. Then he gave a brief signal to the technical specialist besides the stage.
He had given him a file with important picture documents before to underline his statements.
Behind the desk he took his time to observe the crowd on the terraces of the hall. Their faces looked quite friendly and curious. No wonder considering this undertaking of unprecedented scale. The settlement of a colony far away from previous civilisation.
He leaned forward a bit and spoke:
'Valued council of Colonia, valued represantatives of the groups!
A multitude of events from the old bubble brought us to a decision that will influence generations. Requests for help and further inquiries have reached the Explorer on Tour, the United German Commanders and more groups in our linguistic area. A lot of people need our help. If you allow I want to show you a short clip that was taken at a recent meeting of the EoT.'
He nodded towards the technician and then watched the screen behind him. The auditorium of Foden Orbital materialized. Largo Ormand was speaking on the stage:
'My honoured comrades, beloved friends!
We are standing at a turning point of our previous history. Some of you have already seen and interpreted the signs. There is unrest in sphere of influence of the super powers. Distrust, greed, envy lead to lies, grudge and - yes - violence nowadays. Some may favour this others want to escape this. The EoT and other groups have received more and more requests for help in the last weeks. In addition we received requests to move to the new colony. Here at Foden Orbital we find more and more stowaways from anarchy systems. People are on the move. They are looking for a new home. We will offer our help. And we are not alone. Other groups are willing to do their utmost. Settlers will join that want a new life in a new area. Therefore the observatory of Foden Orbital has asked for sending scientists to the colony. We will enable them a passage as well.
We need the best pilots and advocates for the new colony where a new civilisation of humanity emerges!
We need Pioneers and Explorers!'
With this Abacus turned to the crowd agaun and spoke:
'We - as maybe one of the new fractions at Colonia - want to give those people a safe live. We have promised one thing - peace!
Therefore I want to appeal to all of you to support PAX. Support the peace!'
He nodded again towards the technician and on the screen staion Bluford Orbital in LHS 3447 appeared. You could see a mighty Cutter leaving the rotating entry slot. In absolute black. Majestically she gained metre for metre and you saw more of this huge ship. You could literally feel the huge engines as the ship rolled a bit to the side and accelerated. Farther away from the station she jumped into hyperspace. The first jump of many.
With a flash of light the Cutter disapperared.
Another roar from inside the station and an Anaconda appeared in the slot. This ship turned to the same direction as the Cutter after leaving the station and...jumped.
The next ship entered the airlock.
And the next.
And many more...
All of them are on their way to Colonia.
All of them showed the emblem of PAX.
Abacus turned towards the crowd a last time:
'We do it!
For the PAX!
For the citizens!'
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