很抱歉拖稿一天QwQ,今天呈上少數擁有良心監督的81號避難所
同樣的,這是FO4的避難所,我只有在文字上碰過
因此哪裡有內容失誤、或者官方有譯名的,還請告知,感謝
正史:Fallout 1/2/3/New Vegas/4,以及所有衍生漫畫
半正史:Fallout Tactics、Fallout Warfare、Official Fallout Game Guides
非正史:上面沒提到的
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Vault 81 81號避難所(Fallout 4)
https://fallout.gamepedia.com/Vault_81
Vault 81 is one of the Vaults constructed by the Vault-Tec Corporation in the
Commonwealth. It is located south of Oberland Station and slightly north-west
of Chestnut Hillock Reservoir. It requires either completion of Vault 81 or a
high enough persuasion level to persuade security to let you in.
81號避難所位於聯邦區、Oberland Station南方、Chestnut Hillock Reservoir的稍微西
北邊。要進去必須完成相關任務或者靠口才嘴保安任你進去。
Background 背景
Although Vault 81 appears to be a control vault at first, it was originally
dedicated to researching diseases and antibodies, with emphasis on potential
mutations in heavy radiation. The Vault's 96 residents were isolated from the
sealed scientific section of the Vault and used as guinea pigs in clinical
trials of the science staff. Clinical trials were a vital part of Vault 81's
mission, performed in three stages: Stage I in petri dish cultures, Stage II
trials are on the colony of heterocephalus glaber specimens (mole rats), and
Stage III trials on the residential population of Vault 81. The
hermetically-sealed research area isolated the scientists, to reduce the
chance of cross-contamination between residential and scientific staff
populations. The Overseer was the only inhabitant of the residential section
able to communicate with the researchers, but residents were kept in the dark
otherwise.
儘管81號避難所看起來像是控制組避難所,但這避難所原本是要用來研究疾病和抗體,且
著重於高劑量輻射引起的潛在突變。避難所的96名居民住的地方和科學研究區是隔開的,
不僅不知道該區的存在,還被裡面的科學家當臨床實驗的白老鼠。臨床實驗在81號避難所
實驗是很重要的一部分,分三個階段:第一階段是用培養皿裡的生物、第二階段是利用裸
鼴鼠、第三階段是用81號避難所的居民。研究區是密封且孤立的,以避免居民和科學家之
間出現交叉污染。位於居民區的監督是唯一能聯絡科學家的人,但其他人都被蒙在鼓裡。
To maintain secrecy, the Vault-Tec Operations Handbook mandated that staff
members of Vault 81 participate in mandatory drills, held on-site at the
discretion of the Overseer and Vault-Tec Administration. Admission drills
were a requirement on all Beta Alert days, as indicated by the Vault-Tec
early warning system. In the event of an actual Alpha Alert, Vault 81
residents were admitted into the Vault by Overseer's staff. All scientific
staff would report to their workstations immediately, avoiding contact with
general population, especially those whom they may know personally. Following
the sealing of the research station, the experiment would begin. Vault 81 was
not to be evacuated under any circumstances except a direct all-clear command
from Vault-Tec central HQ. Research reports would be archived on the primary
mainframe, with physical evidence destroyed by the Overseer and only after
Stage III was completed. The residential population was considered physical
evidence and would be subject to summary execution via incineration at the
Overseer's discretion, unless mandated otherwise by Vault-Tec.
為了保持隱密,Vault-Tec程序手冊要求81號避難所的所有人都要參加由監督和Vault-Tec
行政人員主辦的強制演習。平常他們就要在由Vault-Tec早期預警系統發佈Beta警報時進
行進入避難所的演習,而當真正的Alpha警報發佈時,81號避難所的一般居民由監督手下
指揮進去避難所,而科學人員則要立刻跟他們負責的工作崗位回報,並禁止與一般民眾聯
絡,特別是跟自己認識的人。一旦科學人員抵達密封的研究站後,實驗就開始了。除非從
Vault-Tec中央本部收到「一切已安全」訊號,否則81號避難所在任何情況下都不會撤離
所有人。在第三階段實驗完成後,所有研究結果會存在一台主機中,而監督會摧毀一切物
理證據。一般居民也被視為物理證據,除非Vault-Tec有別的命令,否則也會在第三階段
完成後,在監督的監督之下在監督的監督之下即刻焚化處決。
Of course, that was the theory. In practice, the experiment was derailed the
moment Vault-Tec accepted the candidacy of Dr. Olivette as Overseer. With a
moral backbone and a strong sense of right and wrong, Olivette was aware that
the program may include human trials and swore that should they breach
ethics, he'd blow the whistle. He participated in drills just like everybody
else, shocked to realize that half the science teams were medical students,
cramming for finals. The pay certainly kept them happy and ensured compliance
in the experiment, should it take place. But the perspective of being rich
did not obscure the reality of the experiment to Olivette. When presented
with the program of clinical trials as part of his Overseer briefing, he
realized that he can't blow the whistle - Vault-Tec was embedded in the
military-industrial complex too deep. Coupled with the good people slated for
inclusion in Vault 81, he felt trapped.
然這只是紙上談兵,事實上整個實驗在Vault-Tec選出Olivette博士當監督時就炸掉了。
Olivette本身道德感很強,對是非辨明也很要求。他知道這個計畫可能會牽涉到人命,並
發誓如果這些科學家摧毀道德界線,那他就會終止整個實驗。他像其他人一樣照常參加演
習,並震驚的發現半數的科學家都是還沒畢業的醫學生。他們收到的報酬讓他們很樂意確
保實驗會完成,前提是這個實驗真的會啟動。但對Olivette來說,豐厚的報酬並沒有藏住
實驗的真相。當臨床實驗程序出現在監督簡報中的時候,Olivette知道這已經不是他能喊
停的了─Vault-Tec和軍工複合體的牽扯太深了。再加上那些預計會進入81號避難所的一
般民眾,他覺得陷入困境了。
Olivette did what they could to destroy the experiment: They cleared the
phone list for the science staff, ensuring that none of them would be
notified about future drills. When the October 23, 2077 drill began, the beta
alert was soon upgraded to alpha and the Great War came. Due to the
Overseer's sabotage, none of the science staff received a notification about
the drill. Or not: Despite their efforts, three researchers showed up:
Kenneth Collins and Jim Flint reached the Vault from the Fens with the
general population, while the overachiever M. Burrow was already on site.
They reported to the research area and were sealed inside. This meant that
the danger to the residential population still existed.
Olivette盡一切可能摧毀這個實驗:他刪除了科學家的通訊錄,確保沒人會收到之後的演
習警報。當2077年10月23號,大戰爆發時,beta警報升級成alpha警報。而因為監督之前
的破壞行動,使的沒半個科學家收到演習通知─除了三個人。跟一般民眾一起從芬威─肯
莫爾前來的Kenneth Collins和Jim Flint,以及早就在避難所研究區裡的優等生M.Burrow
。他們在研究區報到後就把自己密封在裡面,這代表一般居民的危險仍然存在。
Although there were only three of them, ensuring that the generations-long
research plan would die out, they had state of the art equipment, centuries'
worth of supplies, and the Contagions Vulnerability Robotic Infirmary
Engineer, meaning that with even their limited manpower, they could still be
a threat until they died.
儘管他們只有三個人,不可能執行長達幾世代的研究,但他們有最先進的設備、足夠幾百
年的補給、和CVRIE(傳染性弱點機械醫務工程師)(譯註:求官方翻譯),代表儘管他
們人力有限,但直到死前都是個威脅。
To compensate for their limited manpower, Collins upgraded and modified
Curie, from a customized Mr Handy, into a fully fledged lab assistant. He
provided her with a custom personality, loading the databanks with every
great body of work he had to make her more life-like, more... Human. And so,
CVRIE became Curie. With her help, the work picked up the pace and quite
soon, the Phase I trials began. When notified of it, Olivette was mortified
and played for time, while maintaining an aura of camaraderie, taking care to
not reveal his intentions. While the mood among the three researchers
remained stable thanks to Collins and Curie, they still had access to the
nozzles and could release the pathogens for a Stage III trial - or worse.
When a minor mishap with the mole rat population was resolved and stage II
was progressing rapidly, Olivette made the decision.
為了彌補人力的不足,Collins升級並調整CVRIE,把這台機器人從客製化的小幫手變成有
完整功能的實驗室助手。他讓她擁有人工人性,把所有跟人有關的資料都載入她的身體中
,使她變得更像…人。由此,CVRIE變成了Curie,在她的幫助下,實驗工作很快就上軌道
並順利進入第一階段。Olivette得知此事後便小心隱藏自己的意圖,保持友好的外表並開
始拖延戰術儘管因為Collins與Curie的緣故,三位研究者保持著穩定的心情,他們仍然能
操作噴嘴,對避難所釋出病原進行第三階段的活體實驗,或是做出更糟的行為。當研究者
解決了鼴鼠族群的一個小問題、第二階段實驗也獲得突破性進展時,Olivette做了抉擇。
The Overseer sabotaged the delivery nozzles inside every residential quarter
and room on their side of the Vault. Then, when the researchers began to
notice, they disconnected the only terminal that could communicate with the
science team and dumped it in the reactor chamber, near the sealed backup
entrance into the science section. Sealed in the research wing, the
scientists grimly continued their work, never to see the light of day again.
Curie would become their inheritor, watching as they fell one-by-one. Flint
was killed when a mole rat named Clyde escaped his cage. Then Collins and
finally Burrow, both dying of old age. She interred them and continued the
work. Finally, in 2204, Curie finally finished the broad-spectrum cure that
would be capable of curing every pathogen developed and analyzed in the
captive mole rats.
監督破壞了避難所內居民區每個地方的噴嘴,而當科學家開始注意到時,他離線了唯一能
與科學家團隊聯絡的終端機,並把這台終端機扔到密封的備用科學區入口附近的反應爐裡
。就算被關在研究區中,這些科學家仍然冷峻的繼續他們的研究,再也見不到外面的太陽
。Curie看著他們一個一個倒下,最後成為了他們的繼承人。Flint被一隻從籠子裡逃脫,
名為Clyde的裸鼴鼠所殺,Collins和Burrow先後老死。Curie埋葬了他們並繼續他們的工
作,最後在2204年,她終於完成用途廣泛的治療法,能治療每種當時在裸鼴鼠中培養並解
析出來的病原。
The Vault itself continued to operate for the next two centuries, ignorant of
the dangers they narrowly avoided. The Vault, never designed for this kind of
extended habitation and with the rotting, deteriorating secret partition
right behind the wall, it aged badly. To compensate, the Overseer decided to
unseal the Vault in 2277 and reestablish contact with the outside. Soon,
trading relations established, exchanging the Vault's technology, skills, and
synthesized medicine for additional food and resources to continue
maintaining the Vault. Even as some dwellers continue to complain about the
fact, most are well aware that without them, the Vault would collapse, if not
from starvation, then quite literally.
避難所本身平安無事的運作了兩個世紀,完全不知道他們曾差點就陷入危機之中。這間避
難所設計時根本沒考慮到人口會增長,加上隔壁被密封的祕密場所不斷的腐敗惡化,使的
避難所環境隨著年紀增長而越來越糟糕。為了解決這個問題,時任監督決定在2277年打開
避難所,跟外界重新聯繫。他們很快就跟外界開始貿易,用避難所的科技、技術和各種設
備交換食物和資源以維持避難所生活所需。儘管有些居民對這種情況不太高興,但大部分
的人擔心沒有這些貿易會讓避難所崩毀。不是因為飢餓,就是因為字面意義上的崩毀。
It bought them time, but the Vault's systems continue to deteriorate and the
most polite way to describe its state in 2287 is to say that it's a wreck.
More importantly, the ugly secret of Vault 81 is about to rear its head - and
in its most biting form... Thankfully, the reactor is still solid and
continues to work - so while the Vault crumbles, everyone will be able to see
at least.
貿易讓他們能繼續存活,但避難所的設備系統仍繼續崩壞,避難所在2287年的情況,說的
禮貌點,就是個廢墟。最重要的是,81號避難所骯髒的祕密就快要暴露─以最令人刻骨銘
心的方式…幸好反應爐仍能穩穩的運作─至少大家都能親眼目睹避難所的崩潰。
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幾個翻譯時遇到的點:
1.最後一段說FO4時的81號避難所情況,說好聽一點是個"wreck"
但我問過我的FO腦粉朋友,他說81號避難所居民區很乾淨漂亮,不知道為何wiki這樣寫
2.最後一段中的"... - and in its most biting form..."這段話有雙關意義
以我的翻譯水平,翻成「以最尖銳的方式」已經是我的極限了Q_Q
最後在翻完,然後又跟朋友問完相關問題之後,我對81號避難所只有一個問題:
我能選女角,帶Curie去找Railroad變成合成人,然後兩個人搞百合嗎OwO
請大家指正我的翻譯內容,感謝