塔隆·卡尔德（Talon Karrde）

南方战士

Talon Karrde 塔隆·卡尔德

Species:
Human
种族：
人类

Gender:
Male
性别：
男

Size:
1.7 meters
身高：
1.7米

Weapon:
Blaster pistol
武器：
爆能手枪

Vehicle:
Wild Karrde
座驾：
“狂野卡尔德号”

Affiliation:
Smuggler
隶属：
走私者

衍生宇宙



"I think it's occasionally good for us to remember that being a smuggler doesn't necessarily require one to be a barbarian, too." -- Talon Karrde.
“我想，我们有时候最好提醒一下自己，当个走私者并不意味着你就必须变成一个野蛮人。”——塔隆·卡尔德

The lawless shadows of the underworld spawns despicable characters possessed of greed, vice and a lack of scruples -- kingpins like Jabba the Hutt capable of killing without compunction. Standing in stark contrast to that is Talon Karrde, a sophisticated, shrewd and skillful smuggler chief who rose to prominence after the collapse of the Empire.
法律难以约束被黑社会阴影所笼罩的地区，因此那些地区会孳生不少贪婪、堕落、毫无是非观念的卑鄙小人——比如像赫特人贾巴那样的山大王杀了人后根本就不受良心的谴责。与此完全相反的是塔隆·卡尔德，一个成熟、精明、老练的走私头子。他在帝国崩溃后声名鹊起。

Karrde's fringe career began as member of Jorj Car'das' smuggling group. When Car'das experienced an epiphany and went legal after a strange run in on Dagobah, Karrde inherited command of the organization. He operated in obscurity until the death of Jabba the Hutt shortly before the Battle of Endor.
卡尔德早年加入了乔奇·卡达斯的走私集团，那是他走私生涯的开始。卡达斯对达戈巴星球作了一次奇怪的探访后，幡然醒悟，决心遵纪守法，于是，卡尔德便接管了走私集团。卡尔德的经营活动起初并不引人瞩目，直到赫特人贾巴在恩多战役前不久丧命，卡尔德才崭露头角。

Karrde's passion is the acquisition of information, and the piecing together of seemingly disparate facts into a cohesive whole. This talent enabled him to scavenge a number of underworld contacts that were otherwise rudderless in the wake of Jabba's demise. Slowly, and quietly, Karrde's organization grew into one of the largest smuggling groups in the galaxy, without the messy hostilities or skullduggery that typified underworld growth.
卡尔德热衷于收集情报，擅长将看似无关的东西拼凑成密不可分的整体。凭借这一才能，他招募了许多原来属于贾巴的黑社会成员。贾巴死后，这些人一度群龙无首。不知不觉地，卡尔德的组织发展为银河系最大的走私集团之一，而且在它的成长过程中，不存在其它黑社会组织所惯有的勾心斗角或尔虞我诈。

Karrde's group gained an unparalleled asset when he met a striking young woman going by the name Celina Marniss while investigating a safari-hunting scheme on Varonat. The woman exhibited skills and talents far beyond her simple cover as a hyperdrive mechanic. When the visit to Varonat turned ugly, and Karrde's lieutenant, Quelev Tapper, was killed Celina saved Karrde. In gratitude, and recognizing a valuable operative when he saw one, Karrde recruited Celina -- whose real name was Mara Jade -- into his group and began grooming her as his second-in-command.
卡尔德在瓦罗纳特星球调查一起远征狩猎阴谋时，遇见一位引人注目的年轻女子。这个自称塞莉纳·马尔尼斯的女人成为卡尔德集团一笔独一无二的财富。尽管她表面上只是一名超空间驱动器机修工，但她的本领与才能远非超空间驱动器机修工所能及。很快，卡尔德在瓦罗纳特上的处境就越来越糟糕，连他的助手奎列夫·塔珀也被杀害了。千钧一发之际，塞莉纳救下了卡尔德。出于感激，再加上慧眼识女杰，卡尔德把塞莉纳——其真名是玛拉·杰德——招进了自己的走私集团，并培养她为自己的副官。

Though Karrde's activities occasionally overlapped with those of the New Republic, he was determined to stay neutral in the seismic changes wracking galactic government. Such a stance became increasingly difficult five years after the Battle of Endor, with the start of Grand Admiral Thrawn's campaign to retake the Core. Karrde's base of operations was on distant Myrkr, an otherwise unremarkable planet save for the native ysalamiri creatures that dwelled in the forests. The sessile salamander-like animals had the unique ability to "push back" the Force, creating areas wherein use of the Force was impossible. For Thrawn, they were vital ingredients in a recipe to overthrow the New Republic.
虽然卡尔德有时候会与新共和国不谋而合，但他还是决定在银河政局突变时保持中立。恩多战役五年后，索龙元帅发起了以夺回核心世界为目标的战役，保持中立变得越来越困难。卡尔德的走私基地位于遥远的摩克尔——一颗原本平凡的星球，除了当地的树栖生物伊萨拉米尔蜥十分独特以外。这种蝾螈状固着动物拥有“排开”原力的特殊本领，它们能创造出一块块无法使用原力的区域。对索龙来说，在推翻新共和国的计划中，它们是至关重要的一部分。

Karrde allowed the Imperials to harvest the ysalamiri, all the while trying to piece together what their plan might be. He also attempted to ferret out Mara Jade's mysterious past -- the woman showed an affinity to the Force, and a remarkable hatred for Luke Skywalker.
卡尔德允许帝国的人带走伊萨拉米尔蜥。他一直试图探查出帝国的完整计划。他也想弄清楚玛拉·杰德神秘的过去——这个女人对原力很敏感，而且非常憎恨卢克·天行者。

He had the opportunity to uncover both secrets when he stumbled across Luke Skywalker's crippled X-wing floating in space. Bringing the Jedi back to his base -- effectively robbing him of his Force talents in the ysalamiri-filled woods -- Karrde considered turning Skywalker over to Thrawn. In the end, he decided against it, and made an enemy of Thrawn, and lost his Myrkr compound.
和卢克·天行者的一次偶遇令他获得了揭开那两个谜底的机会。当时卢克的X翼战斗机熄火了，在太空中飘荡。卡尔德把这名绝地带回他的基地——绝地的原力技能在到处是伊萨拉米尔蜥的森林里彻底失效——他考虑过把天行者交给索龙。但最后，他还是决定不这么做。他成为索龙的敌人，失去了位于摩克尔的基地。

Karrde's group floated about, looking for a new headquarters, settling for a time on distant Rishi. The Empire eventually caught up with Karrde and took him captive. Luke Skywalker, indebted to Karrde, teamed up with Mara Jade to rescue the smuggler chief.
卡尔德集团四处漂泊，寻找新的落脚点。他们暂时安顿在遥远的里希星球。帝国最终仍旧逮捕了卡尔德，并把他囚禁起来。为了还卡尔德一个人情，卢克·天行者跟玛拉·杰德携手，救出了那个走私头子。

In gratitude, Karrde supplied the New Republic with coordinates for the long-lost Katana fleet, the resting place of hundreds of warships that could turn the tide in the campaign against Thrawn. Karrde also gathered a coalition of smugglers to assist the New Republic through information gathering and all-out combat against the renewed Imperial threat. This group provided vital support to the New Republic, and helped spell Thrawn's defeat at the Battle of Bilbringi.
出于感激，卡尔德向新共和国提供了“锋刃舰队”所在位置的坐标。失踪已久的锋刃舰队由数以百计的军舰组成，它能在对抗索龙的战役中扭转态势。卡尔德还和一群走私者结成联盟，共同帮助新共和国。他们为新共和国搜集情报，全面抵抗帝国卷土重来的威胁。这个组织对新共和国的支援非常关键。在比尔布林吉战役中，他们帮助击败了索龙。

The smuggler coalition matured into the Smuggler's Alliance, a formally organized grouping of fringers placed under the command of Mara Jade. Karrde supposedly retired, letting Jade call the shots, but in truth, he took the opportunity to continue his search for his former mentor, Jorj Car'das. Lando Calrissian and Mara helped in the years-long quest, and eventually Car'das was tracked down to Exocron, a world in the distant Kathol sector.
这个走私者的联盟后来发展为“走私者同盟”——一个由边缘人群构成的正式组织，领导者是玛拉·杰德。卡尔德本应退休，让杰德掌管组织，但事实上，他趁机继续寻找他过去的师父——乔奇·卡达斯。兰多·卡瑞辛和玛拉帮他寻师多年，终于在埃克索克伦星球找到了卡达斯。埃克索克伦星球位于遥远的卡索尔星区。

It was fifteen years after the Battle of Endor that the search for Car'das became more than personal curiosity -- it became vital to forestall a New Republic civil war. Tensions regarding the Bothan complicity in the decades-old destruction of Caamas were sparked by political firebrands supported by Imperial agents. Karrde believed that Car'das had the information necessary to end the growing animosity towards the Bothans.
恩多战役十五年后，寻找卡达斯已不仅仅是出于个人好奇——它变为防止新共和国陷入内战的关键。博萨人在几十年前参与“卡马斯毁灭事件”的秘密被揭露出来后，引发了新共和国的政治危机。在帝国特工的煽风点火下，这场危机愈演愈烈。卡尔德相信，卡达斯所掌握的关键情报能平息人们对博萨人与日俱增的仇恨。

To that end, Karrde ventured into the distant Kathol sector, accompanied by Shada D'ukal, a Mistryl Shadow Guard. Reuinted with his pupil, Car'das was proud of Karrde's methods of operation and his success, but he was unable to provide him with the information he needed. Still, the trip wasn't wasteful -- Car'das did provide proof that exposed a con artist behind the apparent return of Grand Admiral Thrawn.
最后，在米斯特赖尔暗影护卫莎达·德乌卡尔的陪伴下，卡尔德闯入卡索尔星区。卡达斯又和他的徒弟团聚了。他为卡尔德的经营之道与事业有成感到骄傲，但无法向卡尔德提供他所需要的情报。不过，卡尔德并没有白跑一趟——卡达斯提供的证据显示，虽然表面上索龙元帅回来了，但其实那个人只是一个骗子。

Once again, the political landscape changed and Karrde was in the right place. The Galactic Civil War was finally brought to a formal end with the signing of a peace accord between the Imperial Remnant and the New Republic. Karrde worked successfully to establish a joint intelligence service that would benefit both parties.
政治局势又一次发生了变化，卡尔德又站对了位置。随着帝国残余与新共和国签署和平条约，银河内战终于正式结束。卡尔德成功地建立了一套情报共享服务机制，使双方都受益。

Mara Jade married Luke Skywalker after the Hand of Thrawn incident. Although he participated in the wedding, Karrde knew Mara's loyalty now lay with the Jedi. Fortunately he had a new lieutenant, Shada D'ukal. He also had a new mission. With peace now existing between the Empire and the New Republic, Karrde worked to establish a joint intelligence-gathering service that would cater to both sides.
“索龙之手事件”后，玛拉·杰德嫁给了卢克·天行者。尽管卡尔德也参加了他们的婚礼，但他知道，玛拉现在一心忠于这名绝地。幸运的是，他有了一位新助手——莎达·德乌卡尔。他也有了一个新任务。随着帝国与新共和国实现和平，卡尔德将为双方提供联合情报收集服务。

Now with Shada D'ukal as his lieutenant, Karrde has continued to assist the New Republic and the new Jedi order as they battle against the relentless invasion of the Yuuzhan Vong.
现在，在莎达·德乌卡尔的协助下，卡尔德要继续帮助新共和国与新绝地武士团抵抗遇战疯人残酷的入侵。

幕后



Talon Karrde first appeared in Heir to the Empire, the watershed 1991 novel by Timothy Zahn. Since then, he has made several other appearances, most of them penned by either Zahn or Michael A. Stackpole. As part of a special subset of cards drawn from the Expanded Universe for Decipher Inc.'s Star Wars Customizable Card Game, Zahn served as the model, being made up and posing as Karrde.
塔隆·卡尔德最早出现在小说《帝国传承》里。《帝国传承》出版于1991年，是蒂莫西·扎恩写的一部划时代作品。从那以后，卡尔德在其它作品中多次露面。这些作品大都由扎恩或迈克尔·A·斯塔克波尔撰写。Decipher公司为其“《星球大战》可改造卡片游戏”绘制了一套衍生宇宙卡片特集，扎恩作为模特被化妆成卡尔德的样子出现在其中。