1024精翻：

木衛(wèi)二上的異類和怪人們

各位魚食們好！

時光飛逝，正如我們這周早些時候宣布的，潛淵癥將于本月十三號宣發(fā)正式版本，所以是時候看看我們派系大修的剩余內(nèi)容了！

之前的幾周，我們介紹了木衛(wèi)二聯(lián)盟和木星分離主義者，但它們當然不是大家可以加入的唯二組織。木衛(wèi)二上還有另外兩個神秘組織棲身：畫皮教派和小丑圣母之子。

畫皮教派

畫皮教派給人的第一影響就是標準的死亡崇拜邪教團，沒有完全說錯：他們的許多行為都是危害生命的，無論是聯(lián)盟還是分離主義者都不想與他們產(chǎn)生瓜葛。

“我和人民認為你們是恐怖組織，謀殺，食人，傳播瘟疫皆汝等皆犯?！?/span>

——Christopher Greene，雅科夫·蘇布拉的審判官

教團崇拜著外星生物“萼形體內(nèi)轉(zhuǎn)續(xù)擬寄生物”，俗名“畫皮寄生蟲”，該生物會寄生在無察覺受害者的咽喉處，最后將他們轉(zhuǎn)變成毫無理智的怪物。聽著并不像是任何人會自愿選擇的信仰，然而畫皮教派相信畫皮是木衛(wèi)二人類生存下去的關(guān)鍵。

被畫皮寄生后，人體會發(fā)生不可思議的變化，能夠忍受木衛(wèi)二淵洋的壓力和寒冷。畫皮教派所祈愿研究的正是這種轉(zhuǎn)化。他們確信畫皮是進化的下一階段，是人類克服生理極限走向興盛的機會。他們的目標是達成真正的共生，人體既有畫皮賦予的強大抗性，又不至于在過程中失去理性。他們并非追求死亡，他們是想要成為木衛(wèi)二超人。

“它將使你超越肉體凡胎！”

——后巷里的幻燈片

盡管他們的信仰不無高尚之處，但教會的歷史卻充斥著自私下作的手段：罪行包括強行將畫皮注入非自愿或未意識到的人體內(nèi)，活祭，吸毒，謀殺和食人。教會的領(lǐng)袖之一，瘋狂而著名的雅科夫·蘇布拉甚至在公堂審判期間吃下了一只寵物鬣蜥。

蘇布拉起初想將教派建成一種另類的音樂會，然而無論是影響范圍還是嚴重性上看，它隨后的發(fā)展卻大相徑庭。教派已不在公開場合進行越軌行為，如今他們的步道活動轉(zhuǎn)入地下。即使并未被人接受，這也在最近的幾年增加了木衛(wèi)二社會對他們的容忍度。

“我們凡人豈能妄自揣度畫皮圣主的大能！”

——（1024：我不知道arch-ecclesiast什么意思有知道的請評論）雅科夫-蘇布拉，拱門傳道書

小丑圣母之子

也許木衛(wèi)二上最讓人迷惑的派系就是小丑們了。冰洋的廣大和艇內(nèi)的幽閉足以讓任何人發(fā)瘋，但讓有些人戴上橡膠紅鼻頭，對著路人鳴自行車喇叭的，真的是心理問題嗎？他們是給雇來用作提升士氣無用功的表演者嗎？還有到底誰是小丑圣母？

“也許該對他們注意點，他們在頂樓養(yǎng)了些爬行者，你懂嗎？”

——一位在意的住民

小丑們，或小丑圣母之子們似乎從對這些問題保持沉默之中得到了極大的樂趣。事實上，生活中事無巨細，他們大都能找著樂子。即使周遭時時刻刻動蕩不安，他們?nèi)蕴幾儾惑@，而且盡管他們滑稽的行為持續(xù)地惹惱著其他人，他們似乎并沒有什么實實在在的威脅。他們受到其他派系的嫌棄，不過小丑圣母之子并未與任何人敵對。

雖然你不太可能從小丑口中得到直白的答案，但他們不著邊際的行為之中似乎確實有點說得通的地方，譬如某些重復(fù)出現(xiàn)的短句和某些他們共有的概念。似乎他們知曉什么其他木衛(wèi)二人類所不知道的東西。你的耐性足以聽見小丑圣母告訴她孩子們的話語嗎？小丑哲學(xué)令人如此匪夷所思，以至于它擴張了宗教的概念，不過既然小丑們唱的是同一個調(diào)調(diào)，其中必有玄只因。（發(fā)現(xiàn)死人臉上戴著的面罩里面塞了個焊瓶：小丑竟在我身邊；拿起焊槍爆炸了發(fā)現(xiàn)自己把丟了的氧氣瓶塞在了焊槍里面：小丑竟是我自己）

“即使我告訴你小丑圣母是三磅子滑蛋派也沒有意義，不是嗎？你還需要提高姿勢水平?！?/p>

試試看：想象你這樣在木衛(wèi)二上生活，冷潮入體無法低落你心，輻射掠地不能嚇破你膽，聯(lián)盟和分離主義者間無休止的沖突只是你聲納上的一個小點兒罷了，而你只需要捏著喇叭達拉崩吧嗒嘀嗒嘀嗒嘀嗒，哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈......

派系大修：新物品，商人和更多

盡管木衛(wèi)二上的多數(shù)站點要么被聯(lián)盟控制著，要么被分離主義分子控制著，你還是能找著屬于小丑圣母之子和畫皮教派的小小庇護所。與聯(lián)盟和分離主義者一樣，木衛(wèi)二異類們也擁有他們自己的特殊商人，基于你和各派系的關(guān)系，他們售賣各色道具和服務(wù)。

說到道具，派系大修將加入大量有意思的派系專屬道具，只有忠實追隨者才能購買。比如大家喜歡的臟彈將以木星分離主義分子專屬道具的形式回到游戲中（1024：以前經(jīng)常用這玩意把自己炸沉......）。當然，更新也會加進許多船新道具，，像40毫米口徑核彈啦，莫洛托夫雞尾酒啦，新寵物啦，可以安全地和畫皮共生的工具啦，和額......香蕉（1024：連甘蔗都種不出為什么會有香蕉啊喂）。小心別踩著自己扔的皮兒了。

除了道具和商人，畫皮教派和小丑圣母也得到了專屬的故事線和任務(wù)，完成任務(wù)即可得到相應(yīng)的獎勵和派系聲望。比如你可以和畫皮教派一道研究達成“飛升”的方法，或者你可以試著弄明白小丑圣母之子在做什么，為何這么做。

言而總之，潛淵癥1.0將讓游戲煥然一新，我們在前兩篇博文中已經(jīng)描述了諸多。請讀讀它們，也請期待3月13日潛淵癥1.0推出前的更多前瞻！

以下原文：

OUTCASTS AND ECCENTRICS OF EUROPA

Hello -everyone!

Time is running short:?as we announced?earlier this week, Barotrauma is coming out of Early Access on the 13th of this month, so it’s time to sneak peek our way through the rest of the faction overhaul!

In previous weeks, we’ve written about the?Coalition?and the?Separatists, but of course, they are not the only groups you can choose to side with. Europa is also home to two more mysterious factions: the Church of Husk and the Children of the Honkmother.

THE CHURCH OF HUSK

The husk church may at a glance seem like the garden variety death cult, and that’s not altogether inaccurate: much of what they do is entirely unwholesome, and neither the Coalition nor the Separatists want anything to do with the Church.

“I, AND THE PEOPLE, CALL YOU A TERRORIST CULT GUILTY OF MURDER, CANNIBALISM AND PANDEMICS.”

– CHRISTOPHER GREENE, PROSECUTOR OF EUROPA V. JACOV SUBRA

The Church worships the alien species?Velonaceps calyx, more commonly known as the husk parasite, which makes itself at home in an unsuspecting victim’s throat, eventually turning them into a mindless monster. That does not sound like a fate anyone would choose willingly, but the Church believes the husk holds the key to humanity’s survival on Europa.

As the husk takes over, the body undergoes a dramatic transformation which allows it to withstand the pressure and coldness of the Europan ocean. This transformation is what the Church pursues, through prayer and study. They believe the husk is the next step in human evolution, a chance to overcome our physical limitations and thrive. Their goal is a true symbiotic relationship, where the husk grants the body incredible resilience, but the host’s mind is not lost in the process. It’s not death they seek… it’s transcendence.

“IT CAN TAKE YOU WAY BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THAT FLESHBAG YOU CALL YOUR BODY!”

– OVERHEARD IN A BACK ALLEY

While not without nobility in their beliefs, the Church’s history has seen many sordid turns: allegations have been made of forcible communion to join an unwilling or unaware human with the husk, of ritual sacrifice, drug use, murder, and cannibalism. One of the Church’s leaders, the notorious and wildly colorful Jacov Subra is even accused of the unlawful eating of a pet iguana while standing trial before a court of law.

Subra initially popularized the Church as an “alternative music festival”, but it has outgrown that facade many times over, both in scope and seriousness. Their days of public debauchery seem to be in the past, and their sermons are now held in more privacy. This has allowed them to become, if not quite accepted, at least more broadly tolerated in Europan society in recent years.

“WE, MERE MORTALS, CAN AT BEST ONLY GLIMPSE THE GREAT HUSK, THE GIVER AND THE TAKER!”

– JACOV SUBRA, ARCH-ECCLESIAST

THE CHILDREN OF THE HONKMOTHER

Perhaps the most baffling of all the Europan factions are the clowns. The ocean is vast enough and the submarines claustrophobic enough to drive anyone mad, but is it really psychological troubles that drive some citizens to don red rubber noses and honk bikehorns at passers-by? Are they entertainers, hired in some misguided attempt at lifting morale? And who in the heavens is the Honkmother?

“YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM. THEY’VE GOT SOME CRAWLERS IN THE ATTIC, IF YOU GET WHAT I MEAN”

– A CONCERNED CITIZEN

These are questions that the clowns, or the Children of the Honkmother, seem to take great pleasure in not answering. In fact, they seem to take pleasure in most things in life, large or small. They are unfazed by the ever-present turmoil around them, and while their antics may cause no end of grief to other people, there doesn’t appear to be any real menace behind them. They are despised by all the other factions, yet the Children of the Honkmother call no one enemy.

While it’s unlikely you’ll ever get a straight answer out of a clown, it does appear there is some consistency to their ramblings, some recurring turns of phrase, some concepts they all share. It’s almost as if they know something other Europans don’t. Are you patient enough to listen, and hear what the Honkmother tells her children? The clown philosophy is so obscure it stretches the notion of religion, yet they all sing the same tune, so there must be something to it.

“I CAN TELL YOU THE HONKMOTHER IS THREE POUNDS OF CUSTARD PIE, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU, DOES IT? YOU NEED MORE TRAINING.”

And maybe there is: imagine living on Europa, only the cold dampness of it doesn’t depress you, the encroaching radiation doesn’t scare you, and the incessant rivalry of the Coalition and the Separatists is barely a blip on your sonar. Just honk, honk, honk your horn, gently down the stream! Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily…

FACTION OVERHAUL: NEW ITEMS, VENDORS, AND MORE

Even though the outposts of Europa are primarily controlled by either the Coalition or the Separatists, you can find smaller hideaways within them for followers of the Honkmother and the Church of Husk, respectively. Like the Coalition and Separatists, the outcasts of Europa also get their own special vendors, with different items or services for sale based on your reputation with each faction.?

Speaking of items, the faction overhaul will bring with it a multitude of exciting faction-specific items for dedicated followers to purchase. For example, a fan favorite, the Dirty Bomb will return to the game as a Jovian Separatist exclusive item. Of course, the update will also add multiple completely new items to the game, including but not limited to:? 40mm nukes, molotov cocktails, a new pet, tools for peaceful coexistence with your husk symbiote and…bananas. Be mindful of where you discard the peel.

In addition to items and vendors, the Church of Husk and the Children of the Honkmother are also getting their own storyline and missions, with rewards tied to completing the missions and gathering reputation with the factions. For example, you can work with the Church of Husk and help them research ways to achieve “ascension”, or you can try to make sense of whatever it is the Children of the Honkmother do and why.?

Overall, Barotrauma 1.0 will bring with it a whole host of new features, many of which we have already detailed in the two earlier blog posts. Make sure to read through them as well, and look forward to one more sneak peek before the release of Barotrauma 1.0 on March 13!