拉塔塔克（Rattatak）

南方战士

Rattatak 拉塔塔克

衍生宇宙



The small, red world of Rattatak floats in the far Outer Rim like a drop of blood. The planet is so remote that it remained undiscovered by the Republic, and the native humanoid species evolved without the guidance or influence of other galactic forces. Although the species remained primitive, they quickly learned how to kill one another. Scattered resources on the planet led to struggles for survival, and the Rattataki never bothered with the benefits of barter and trade amongst themselves.
红色的拉塔塔克小行星像一滴血一样飘浮在外环深处。共和国从未发现这颗行星，因为它太遥远了。当地人形种族在没有银河系其他势力的指导和影响下发展进化。尽管这些种族处于原始状态，但他们很快就学会了如何互相残杀。行星上分散的资源导致他们不得不为生存而战。拉塔塔克人从没考虑过易货和贸易的好处。

As technology evolved, the Rattataki focused all of their efforts on more brutal methods for murder. War became the norm. Over generations of fighting, most of the cities on the planet were reduced to rubble and huge portions of the planet's population became victims of mass genocide. The Rattataki never developed weapons of planetary scale, so the bloody world wars raged on for generations. The ceaseless violence prevented the world from developing space travel, and the Rattataki believed they were alone the galaxy -- they had no concept of galactic community, and only conquering their neighbors seemed important.
随着技术的进步，拉塔塔克人竭尽全力发展更残酷的杀戮手段。战争变得习以为常。战火风起云涌，行星上的大部分城市毁于一旦，大量人口沦为大屠杀的牺牲品。拉塔塔克人从未开发出行星级别的武器，因此血腥的世界大战持续了一代又一代。无尽的暴力阻碍了这个星球对太空的探索，拉塔塔克人相信他们孤存于银河之中——他们没有银河社会的概念。似乎只有征服他们的邻邦才是最重要的。

Those that discovered Rattatak were unscrupulous slavers common in the Outer Rim. The wiry Rattataki themselves proved to be an unpopular export – they were simply too difficult to train and too violent to contain. But credits could be made by importing slaves to the war barons, who would pay handsomely for any exotic edge in combat. Mercenary duty was a popular reason to come to Rattatak, though negotiating an end of service often was difficult.
发现拉塔塔克星的是那些穷凶极恶的奴隶贩子，他们经常出没于外环。桀骜不驯的拉塔塔克人证明了自己并不是理想的出口商品——他们难于训练，苦于安顿。不过，把奴隶卖给拉塔塔克军阀却能挣不少钱，军阀们会为战斗中的任何外来优势慷慨解囊。来拉塔塔克充当雇佣兵是一个不错的理由，但要协商退役可就没那么容易了。

While war continued everywhere else, an enterprising Rattataki from a rare neutral province hatched a lucrative idea. If prospective mercenaries and slave soldiers had to prove themselves in gladiatorial combat, the credits generated from the wagering and the spectacle could be used to buy more soldiers and offworld weapons.
当战火还在各地燃烧的时候，在一个罕见的中立省份，一个雄心勃勃的拉塔塔克人想出了一个有利可图的计划。如果被给予厚望的雇佣兵和奴隶士兵不得不在角斗中证明自己，那从賭注和观赏费中获取的利润就能用来购買更多的士兵和外来武器。

Thus the gladiator pits of Rattatak came to be, and many sprang up in what rare patches of neutral lands could be found on the craggy world. The largest, known as the Cauldron, hosted the best combatants, and war barons and generals would attend, to seek out the soldiers that would win them their wars. Slavers filled the pits with violent candidates -- some would purposely price the more successful warriors out of the purchase range of the Rattataki generals, as their gladiators were more profitable from fighting multiple battles than being sold into military service. But it was a rare gladiator indeed who could survive multiple fights.
这样，拉塔塔克角斗场出现了。在这个充满悬崖峭壁的世界，中立地区稀少，一被发现就会很快建起角斗场。其中最大的被称为“大锅角斗场”，拥有最好的战士。军阀和将军会在这里寻找能为他们赢得战争的士兵。奴隶贩子让狂暴的候选人在场内角斗——有的奴隶贩子会故意为比较善战的角斗士标一个很高的价格，令拉塔塔克将军们支付不起，因为这些角斗士从多场角斗中创造的利润比简单地卖给军队所获得的佣金要高得多。但事实上，一个能在多场战斗中存活下来的角斗士非常罕见。

Shortly after the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Count Dooku ventured to Rattatak to find a worthy warrior to draft into the service of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Recognizing this as an opportunity to leave Rattatak and possibly exact vengeance on the Jedi Knights, the powerful Asajj Ventress entered the fray and emerged victorious.
克隆人战争爆发后没多久，杜库伯爵来到拉塔塔克，想为独立星系邦联招募一位能征善战的勇士。阿萨吉·文崔斯认为这是她离开拉塔塔克，有可能向绝地武士复仇的机会，于是，她开始了角斗并取得了胜利。