[Citadel] New Year’s Ball Makes Iconic Drop in Presidium

New Year’s Ball Makes Iconic Drop in Presidium

Charles Freiberg, Alliance News Network

Humans across Earth and the Systems Alliance watched in amazement last night as the Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball descended along the Citadel Tower. The Ball finished its 23-meter descent in precisely 60 seconds, marking the beginning of a new year on Earth.

The Ball, which is four meters in diameter and weighs 5,185 kilograms in Earth gravity, has had a storied history. Originally making its inaugural performance in New York City’s Times Square, the Ball was moved to the Citadel in 2185 for a “new tradition” before being stolen by turian con man Rolan Quarn, and was only retrieved almost immediately before the Reaper Invasion of Earth. Having survived intact throughout the war, the Times Square Ball has become a symbol of hope in darkness for Humanity.

This year, in memoriam to the countless soldiers who lost their lives at the Battle of London, the Times Square Ball made its journey at 11:59 GMT amidst a shower of gold and silver glitter, spread by over 100 biotic attendants. As the ball finished its drop, a series of blue fireworks were set off at the ends of its arms, making the station distinctly visible from the planet below.

“It has been a long, painful year for all of us,” said Vice Ambassador Lafayette Grammophon, who was present as a speaker for the festivities. “But it is time for us to begin a new page in history. Let us all be reborn on the first day of January, to face our challenges headstrong, to leave our enmities aside, and to once more be brothers and sisters in the face of tomorrow.”

I'm just glad that I had tonight off. And that I'm not beat. Working beat for this kind of thing is... hectic.

I have to wonder if Rolan survived the war.

Welcome to 2188, gentlemen.

So, wait - does that mean it's New Year's on other places, too? Like, say, Omega? Or is there a time differential or something?

It's just a new year on the galactic standard calendar that happens to correlate with Earth's own. Perks of having capital of C-Space in orbit of your homeworld!

I heard the guy did fine by impersonating a reaper ::)

Happy new year my friends!

It was heading home from work when the fireworks went off. Even if it was not celebrating a new year, it must say they were extremely beautiful.

I hope so. That man had style.

So, anyone make any resolutions this year?

Find a job

Find true love, Lose ten pounds, play a cello concert.

Carry on living, carry on working, carry on drinking real ale, carry on in general.

Get the little one sleeping through the night.
Relatedly, wean myself off industrial-strength coffee.

Don't make resolutions till it's the New Year I actually celebrate.

Similar to Emile, get my daughter to sleep through the night-she's got a pair of lungs on her alright. Help get further help for Hope and be more available when she needs to talk. Work on my marriage.

It has been made clear to me that humans tend to fail their New Years resolutions on a hilariously large scale. Has this trend crossed into other species yet?

I don't know about the Hierarchy one-year plan track records, maybe that would be one good thing to check up?

Can you think of a species that gets magically much better once every year?

This one thanks the members of CDN for the sample of new years' resolutions! Assuming the tradition allows for periodic revisiting of the subject, this one may well inquire in coming months as to how the given resolutions were implemented. This one wonders if the other, Cerastes, might share its sources regarding the tendency of humans to disregard the vow, and the reasons why such is considered humorous?