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三大家族：

伊克斯家族，Ix

These fascist arms dealers have access to terrifying technologies -- and they're happy to pass them along if the price is right. And with Arrakis at the center of an intergalactic struggle, the ambitious Ix only stand to profit. But the wealth isn't exactly shared among the people: a virtual slave culture, the Ix are ruled by an echelon of scientists and technocrats, while the masses toil in the factories and labs and that are the lifeblood of House Ix. Never wishing to soil themselves with actual battle, the Ix feel they are well above the clash over Dune -- but not above profiting from it.

Loathed by many houses such as the Fremen and the Sardaukar for seeming effeminate and overly delicate, the Ix look down on most of their clients as little more than brutes and primitives.

這些法西斯軍火商有機(jī)會(huì)得到可怕的科技——如果價(jià)格合適他們很樂意把這些科技傳遞出去。雖然厄拉科基處于星系間斗爭的中心，但野心勃勃的伊克斯家族只會(huì)從中謀取利益。但這些財(cái)富并沒有在民眾中完全共享：在一種實(shí)質(zhì)性的奴隸文化中，伊克斯家族被一群科學(xué)家與技術(shù)官僚所統(tǒng)治，而普羅大眾則在工廠與實(shí)驗(yàn)室中辛苦勞作，這就是伊克斯家族的命脈。伊克斯家族從不希望自己被真正的戰(zhàn)斗所玷污，他們覺得自己凌駕于沙丘的戰(zhàn)爭之上，但并不凌駕于從中獲利之上。

如弗里曼人和薩杜卡等許多家族都厭惡伊克斯家族的“娘炮”和過于軟弱的表現(xiàn)，而伊克斯家族認(rèn)為他們的大多數(shù)客戶都是野蠻的原始人。

伊克斯家族原著背景科普：

弗里曼人，F(xiàn)remen

The natives of Dune are a tightly knit tribe of skilled warriors whose years of enduring life on the desert planet have made them tough, resourceful and highly adaptable. They worship -- and fear -- the giant sandworms that tunnel beneath the planet's surface. And like the sandworms, the Fremen prefer to stay underground, living in secret oases until their dream of turning Dune into an oasis can be realized.

Once allied with Atreides, the Fremen have since withdrawn after years of raging war. Respected and loathed by their rivals who covet the planet, the Fremen are the wild card in this drawn-out game of planetary conquest.

沙丘的原住民是一個(gè)緊密團(tuán)結(jié)的部落，他們擁有高超技巧的戰(zhàn)士，在這顆沙漠行星上多年的持久生活讓他們變得堅(jiān)韌、機(jī)制和適應(yīng)性強(qiáng)。他們崇拜且畏懼在行星地表下挖洞的巨大沙蟲。和沙蟲一樣，弗里曼人喜歡待在地下，居住在秘密綠洲里直到他們實(shí)現(xiàn)把沙丘行星變成綠洲的夢想。

自從與亞崔迪家族結(jié)盟后，弗里曼人便從多年的激戰(zhàn)中撤出。在這場曠日持久的星球征服游戲中，弗里曼人既被覬覦這顆星球的對手所尊敬，也被他們所憎惡著。

弗里曼人原著背景科普：

薩杜卡，Sardaukar

Hardened by relentless training on their desolate planet, The Sardaukar are warriors to the core: bravery and martial skill are the sole measure of a person's worth. Formerly the Emperor's Shocktroops, the Sardaukar now fight for an empty imperial ideal, but no less fiercely -- the nearly religious zeal of the troops makes them a terror on the battlefield.

Thus, with their military values, they respect their foes such as the Fremen, and loathe the Ix, whom they see as effete. But foes are foes, and there's little chance that the Sardaukar will ever see beyond their bellicose world-view to forge any truces with fellow warriors like The Fremen. Or can they

薩杜卡人在他們荒涼的星球上經(jīng)過無情的訓(xùn)練成為真正的戰(zhàn)士，而對于薩杜卡人而言，勇敢與武功是衡量一個(gè)人價(jià)值的唯一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。薩杜卡人以前是皇帝的突擊部隊(duì)，現(xiàn)在他們只為空虛的帝國理想而戰(zhàn)，但他們的狂熱程度絲毫不減——薩杜卡軍隊(duì)近乎宗教性的狂熱使他們在戰(zhàn)爭上非常恐怖。

因此在他們的軍事價(jià)值觀下，薩杜卡人尊重如弗里曼人這樣的敵人，而厭惡他們認(rèn)為軟弱無力的伊克斯人。但敵人就是敵人，薩杜卡人幾乎不可能超越他們好戰(zhàn)的世界觀與弗里曼人這樣的戰(zhàn)士同伴達(dá)成任何停戰(zhàn)協(xié)議。或者他們能做到？

宇航公會(huì)，Guild

The Guild have a monopoly on the technology that allows instantaneous travel across vast reaches of space; using Navigators -- humans mutated by saturation in "spice gas," created from Melange -- they travel in massive ships called Heighliners, and, for a price, will ferry the cargo of other Houses.

Dismissed as mere intergalactic ferrymen by the other houses, The Guild hopes to get a stranglehold not just on interstellar transport, but the planet Arrakis as well.

宇航公會(huì)壟斷了穿越廣闊宇宙的即時(shí)旅行科技。他們使用導(dǎo)航員——因?yàn)閿z入飽和香料混合氣體而發(fā)生變異的人類操控名為“遠(yuǎn)航機(jī)”（Heighliners）的大型艦船進(jìn)行星際旅行，并運(yùn)送其他家族的貨物——只要開出合適的價(jià)格。

被其他家族視為星際擺渡人的宇航公會(huì)希望不僅能控制星際運(yùn)輸，還能控制厄拉科基星球。

宇航公會(huì)的原著背景科普：

特拉蘇家族，Tleilax

Calling themselves the Bene Tleilax, the leaders of this house are religious zealots who preach ceaselessly about the evils of machines. Thus the technology of House Tleilaxu exalts the primacy of organic life through cloning and re-animating the dead. The House's technologies are as twisted as its religious belief in an imminent holy war that will cleanse the universe of machines.?

They are despised by their rivals for different reasons: the Ix hate them as business rivals, the Sardaukar loathe them for defiling their tombs, the Fremen are disgusted with their gruesome technology. But the Tleilaxu, having allied with The Guild, know that the coming Jihad will prove them right.

特拉蘇家族自稱“貝尼·特拉蘇”，這個(gè)家族的領(lǐng)袖都是宗教狂熱分子，他們不停的宣揚(yáng)機(jī)器的邪惡。因此特拉蘇家族的科技通過克隆和復(fù)活死者來提高有機(jī)生命的地位。特拉蘇家族的科技和他們的宗教信仰一樣扭曲，他們相信一場即將到來的圣戰(zhàn)會(huì)凈化全宇宙的機(jī)器。

他們被對手鄙視的原因各不相同：伊克斯人因他們作為商業(yè)對手而憎恨他們；薩杜卡人因他們玷污了自己的墳?zāi)苟鲪核麄儯桓ダ锫藚拹核麄兛膳碌目萍?。但與家族結(jié)盟的特拉蘇人知道，即將到來的圣戰(zhàn)會(huì)證明他們是對的。

特拉蘇家族原著背景科普：