超級要塞/GIGA-FORTRESS

Designation: Anti-Surface / Heavy Bombardment

Manufacturer: Ten-Shi Zaibatsu

National Origin: Japan

Mass-Produced at: Imperial Docks

Key Features:

? Self-optimizing "GIGA" CPU cores

? Dual dimension air/sea thrusters

? Shirada 350 mm cannon (x8)

? Tenzai VX pulser-missile (x4)

? God's Breath device

定位：對海/對地/重轟炸

制造商：天使財閥

原產(chǎn)地：日本（升陽帝國）

生產(chǎn)處：帝國碼頭

特點(diǎn)：

??自我優(yōu)化的「超級」CPU核心

??雙重模式的海上/空中航行推進(jìn)器

??白田350mm艦炮（×8）

??天西VX脈沖導(dǎo)彈（×4）

??神之鼻息裝置

As the Empire of the Rising Sun's ambitious plans of dominating the Western hemisphere started to crumble, the nation's leading weapons manufacturers scrambled to come up with contingency plans that would appeal to their shareholders. Thus did the imminent defeat of the Empire directly bring about the merger of two of the top Imperial corporations, Tenzai Robotics and Shirada Shipworks (now reformed under the banner of Ten-Shi Zaibatsu). Desperate times caused these former competitors to set aside their differences and execute on a long-dormant proposal made possible only by a harmonious union and their respective expertise. The result is a machine that even the Empire of the Rising Sun's best scientific and military minds previously thought impossible. No, the Giga-Fortress cannot bring back to life the Empire of the Rising Sun's late Emperor Yoshiro. However, this semi-sentient computer-controlled weapons platform is programmed to exact terrible revenge on the Empire's now-numerous enemies... even should the day come when no Imperial men or women are left to continue to fight.

隨著升陽帝國統(tǒng)治西半球的野望崩潰瓦解，這個國家的頭部軍火商爭先恐后地制定出了能夠吸引其股東的應(yīng)急計(jì)劃。帝國即將面臨的失敗局面則直接導(dǎo)致了兩家頂級帝國企業(yè)的合并——天西機(jī)器人公司與白田船業(yè)合并為「天使財閥」，并進(jìn)行了改革重組。絕望的時代讓這兩位前競爭對手?jǐn)R置了分歧，開始執(zhí)行一項(xiàng)沉睡已久的、只有他們合作，發(fā)揮各自特長才能完成的計(jì)劃。其成果是一臺即使是升陽帝國最優(yōu)秀的科學(xué)家與軍事家都曾認(rèn)為是不可能的機(jī)器。雖然超級要塞不能讓升陽帝國已故的芳朗天皇起死回生，但這臺半智能計(jì)算機(jī)控制的武器平臺已經(jīng)被賦予了對帝國眾多強(qiáng)敵實(shí)施報復(fù)的使命……即使是終有一天帝國不再有任何活人能夠戰(zhàn)斗。

The idea of a weapon that can continue fighting self-reliantly even without human operators is suggestive of the depths of desperation the Empire's fiercest loyalists fell to. Nevertheless, the Giga-Fortress apparently is real, judging by a growing number of independently-verified accounts coming from Imperial defectors, Soviet prisoners of war, and Allied servicemen. Assuming these accounts can be taken at face value, the Giga-Fortress must be far and away the most expensive and largest fighting craft ever developed by the Empire of the Rising Sun (or any nation, for that matter). Even an Allied aircraft carrier or a Soviet Kirov airship would be dwarfed by the sheer size of this thing, yet almost none of the innards of the Giga-Fortress are crew-quarters. Instead, the Giga-Fortress is said to be lined with an untold number of servers, communications arrays, and self-diagnostic systems, many of which are purposely redundant. A bridge, adjacent bunks, and mess hall were the only quarters built for a human crew, and even these amenities were mostly for formality's sake. No expense was spared in the production of this craft. Instead the Giga-Fortress must have been built under the nihilistic impression that no crew would be available to steer the thing along its deadly course.

這種沒有人類操作員也能繼續(xù)自持的武器設(shè)計(jì)思想，似乎在暗示著帝國那些最兇狠的死硬派已經(jīng)陷入了絕望的深淵。然而，從越來越多的帝國叛逃者、蘇聯(lián)戰(zhàn)俘與盟軍軍人的可靠敘述來看，超級要塞似乎是真實(shí)存在的。如果這些供詞內(nèi)容是真的，那么超級要塞肯定是升陽帝國開發(fā)的最昂貴、也是最龐大的戰(zhàn)艦，即使是盟軍的航母或者蘇聯(lián)的基洛夫飛艇，在其龐大的規(guī)模面前也是相形見絀的。然而，超級要塞內(nèi)部的船員空間少得可憐，相反，據(jù)說里面布滿了無數(shù)的服務(wù)器、通信陣列和自我診斷系統(tǒng)，甚至里面有大量冗余設(shè)計(jì)。它的艦橋、相鄰的臥室與一間食堂是僅剩的為人類船員建造的艙室，甚至這些設(shè)施也大多是流于形式。這座武器的建造可是下了不少血本的，實(shí)際上，超級要塞肯定是在沒有船員操縱它的虛無主義的思想下建造的。

Originally thought to be two completely separate platforms, the Giga-Fortress is now believed to be a single entity capable of assuming two completely different forms: a massive sea-fortress, bristling with more than half a dozen heavy-duty cannons and multiple independently-tracking missile systems; and a sky-fortress, built to resemble a monstrous face, armed with something called the "God's Breath device" located in the "mouth" of the thing. The shotgun wedding of Tenzai Robotics and Shirada Shipworks made all this possible, in what may one day considered be among the most outlandish acts of the post-war Empire. As well, it may be remembered as the pinnacle of military robotics. Shirada's advanced weapons, composite armor, and floating fortress nautical locomotors were seamlessly merged with Tenzai's most sophisticated artificial intelligence (A.I.) and dual-stage variable form systems in the construction of this weapon. Those directly responsible are anonymous, likely deceased; some Allied officials have even speculated that the computer-driven Giga-Fortress is the cynical by-product of war criminals refusing accountability for their actions.

超級要塞最初被認(rèn)為有兩種獨(dú)立的平臺，而現(xiàn)在它們被認(rèn)為是同一個實(shí)體，只是能夠變換為兩種完全不同的模式——一種是巨大的海上堡壘，配備了六門以上的重型火炮與多個獨(dú)立運(yùn)作的導(dǎo)彈系統(tǒng)；另一種是空中堡壘，長得就像一張巨大的人臉，在它的「嘴巴」里配備了一種叫「神之鼻息裝置」的東西。天西機(jī)器人公司與白田船業(yè)的這場「聯(lián)姻」使得這一切成為可能。這東西在后世要么會被當(dāng)做帝國干過的最古怪的事情之一，要么會被視為軍用機(jī)器人的巔峰之作——白田船業(yè)的先進(jìn)武器、復(fù)合裝甲，以及浮島要塞的水面航行系統(tǒng)與天西機(jī)器人公司最先進(jìn)的人工智能和雙重可變形技術(shù)完美結(jié)合在了一起。該項(xiàng)目的直接負(fù)責(zé)人都是匿名的，很有可能已經(jīng)去世了，而一些盟軍官員甚至懷疑這座計(jì)算機(jī)驅(qū)動的超級要塞是那些拒絕認(rèn)罪的戰(zhàn)犯制造出來的。

Thankfully, as yet there are no publicly documented incidents of a Giga-Fortress attack, and this may be why the machine has no known weaknesses. It is believed to have no moral inhibitions, either, at least not by those who accept that the Giga-Fortress is self-aware to whatever extent is possible for a computer-controlled machine. Its "personality", according to this camp, has been programmed with a version of Imperial military doctrine that places the success of the mission, the ultimate victory of the Empire, and the total defeat of its enemies as top priorities, in that order. But unlike a zealous Imperial warrior, the Giga-Fortress A.I. has no concept of morale, no ability to second-guess officers or to misinterpret its directives, and no need for rest. It exists, perhaps, in a childlike or even a primal state only to fight until either it ceases to operate or the millions of individuals it "thinks" are enemies have been eliminated. One can only hope that the Allies quickly disarm however many of these things finished production.

值得慶幸的是，目前為止還沒有公開記錄表明有任何超級要塞襲擊的事件，這可能就是這臺機(jī)器還沒有任何已知弱點(diǎn)的原因。人們認(rèn)為它沒有什么道德上的約束，至少那些覺得超級要塞擁有自我意識的人是這么認(rèn)為的。按照這些人的說法，它的「人格」已經(jīng)按照帝國的軍事教條進(jìn)行了編程，把任務(wù)的成功、帝國的最終勝利與徹底打敗敵人作為了頭號目標(biāo)。但與狂熱的帝國武士不同，超級要塞的人工智能沒有「士氣」的概念，也不會質(zhì)疑長官或誤解其命令，更不需要休息。也許，它以一種孩童般，甚至是更原始的狀態(tài)存在著，只為戰(zhàn)斗而生，要么自我死亡，要么把它「認(rèn)為」是敵人的上百萬個體徹底殲滅。無論這東西有多少被造出來了，人們只能寄希望于盟軍能夠盡快解決它們。

Battlefield reconnaissance has revealed at least these facts about the Giga-Fortress:

戰(zhàn)場偵察已經(jīng)揭示了超級要塞的以下情報：

Variable transform -- Much like several of the Empire of the Rising Sun's much smaller pilot-assisted robots, the Giga-Fortress has two completely different forms. As the sea-fortress, it is capable of defeating entire enemy armadas, shelling coastlines, or assaulting flight groups. As the sky-fortress, it can supposedly devastate anything on the ground with something called the God's Breath device. Anything underneath the sky fortress would be crushed, were the sky fortress to revert back to its naval form overhead.

多重變形——就像升陽帝國中那些更小的有人駕駛機(jī)甲那樣，超級要塞有兩種完全不同的模式。作為海上要塞，它能夠擊敗整支敵方艦隊(duì)，炮擊沿岸，或者攻擊飛行的機(jī)群。作為空中堡壘，它可以用神之鼻息裝置摧毀下面的任何玩意。如果有東西在要塞從空中降落時正好待在下面的話，那肯定會被壓個粉身碎骨。

Truly massive -- The Giga-Fortress dwarfs all other modern combat vehicles, including the biggest naval vessels in the Allied or Soviet armadas. Therefore it is thought to be slow and almost impervious. The thousands of redundant systems inside the thing are said to be constantly maintaining and repairing themselves.

體型龐大——超級要塞的體型讓包括盟軍和蘇聯(lián)艦隊(duì)最大的海軍船只在內(nèi)的其他現(xiàn)代作戰(zhàn)載具相形見絀。因此，它被認(rèn)為是緩慢、且堅(jiān)不可摧的。據(jù)說這東西內(nèi)部的上千個冗余系統(tǒng)在不斷地進(jìn)行自我維護(hù)與修復(fù)。

Cost-prohibitive -- Nearly-limitless research budgets spiraled deep into the red during the development of the Giga-Fortress. According to resource estimates, there is almost no way that more than a handful of these behemoths could have been constructed.

開銷不菲——在超級要塞的開發(fā)過程中，原本近乎無限的研究資金逐漸赤字，從資源上估計(jì)，這些龐然大物的建造數(shù)量也是屈指可數(shù)。

Nanocore-made -- The Giga-Fortress is far too big to be built out of the Imperial Docks facility typically used for constructing Imperial warships, so instead it is built from the very same types of Nanocore machines that unfurl into the Imperial Docks themselves. Hypothetically, the destruction of such a Nanocore would preventatively cause the destruction of the Giga-Fortress itself.

納米組裝——由于超級要塞過于龐大，它無法在用于建造常規(guī)軍艦的帝國碼頭中制造出來，因此它是由類似于展開帝國碼頭本身的納米核心機(jī)器建造而來的。而其納米核心的破壞也將導(dǎo)致超級要塞的毀滅。