质量阴影发生器（Mass Shadow Generator）

莱菔 · 发表于 2010-5-1 01:51

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Mass Shadow Generator

The shattered remnants of Malachor V

"There is a world on the Outer Rim surrounded by mass shadows. Past the graveyard of Mandalorian warships, this planet suffers, crushed in gravity's fist. To walk on its surface is to feel it crushing every cell of your being. It is like being buried alive until it seems you will never breathe again. What manner of creature would have birthed such a thing? Nothing human, to be sure."
―Kreia, to Bao-Dur[src]
The Mass Shadow Generator was a superweapon used during the Battle of Malachor V.

质量阴影发生器

马拉卓5号星的破碎遗迹。

“在外环，有一个世界被质量阴影环绕着。越过被引力之手压碎的那些曼达洛人战舰的墓场，这颗行星备受煎熬。在它的表面上行走，就是在感受它压垮你身上的每一个细胞。这就好像被活活焚烧，直到你大概不会再呼吸为止。什么样的生物会造就如此之事？绝非人类，毫无疑问。”
——柯瑞娅对保杜说
质量阴影发生器是一件在马拉卓5号星战役中被使用的超级武器。

Contents
1 History
2 Capabilities
3 Behind the scenes
4 Appearances
5 Sources
6 Notes and references

目录
1历史
2性能
3幕后
4登场
5来源
6注解及参考文献

History
"I remember standing on the bridge with you and watching the destruction of the Republic—watching ships full of soldiers and Jedi burn and die. I remember the look you had when you turned to me. It was the longest you'd ever looked at me. You didn't say anything—just a nod. Events move quickly then, even in my dreams. Flashes, explosions, you—falling. I could feel the pain around me. And then the memory. The drifting hulks of the Mandalorian ships, the dead—allies, friends, strangers. And then the echo. Lingering. The sound I awaken to in my nightmares. Does anyone deserve the Mandalorians' fate? Even some of their conquered worlds fared better."
―Bao-Dur, to the Jedi Exile

历史
“我记得和你一起站在舰桥上，看着共和军的毁灭——看着满载士兵和绝地的飞船在燃烧，死亡。我记得当你转过脸看我时，你的表情。那是你看着我时间最长的一次。你什么都没说——只是点了点头。接下来发生的事进展飞快，即便是在我的梦中。闪光，爆炸，你——倒下。我能感觉到痛苦环绕着我。然后是记忆。曼达洛人战舰化为的漂浮残骸、死者——盟友、朋友、陌生人。然后是回响。徘徊不去。在我的恶梦中，我能意识到那种声响。有任何人应当承受这些曼达洛人的命运吗？甚至一些被他们征服的世界所遭受的，也比这好得多。”
——保杜对绝地放逐者说

The Mass Shadow Generator was created by the Zabrak tech specialist Bao-Dur, under orders from the Jedi Knight Revan, in the year 3,960 BBY. The weapon was the centerpiece of a trap with which Revan hoped to bring about a conclusive end to the Mandalorian Wars. Overseeing the device's use was a Jedi General who would later come to be known as the Jedi Exile. Revan lured the Mandalorians to Malachor V, and a massive fleet battle ensued in orbit. During the fighting, his loyal general commanded Bao-Dur to activate the secret weapon with a single, silent nod. Moments later, a significant portion of both fleets were suddenly drawn from orbit into a vast gravity vortex that was powerful enough to crush the countless ships into the planet's crust and fracture Malachor V to its very core.[1]

质量阴影发生器是在绝地武士瑞文的命令下，由扎布拉克族科技专家保杜，于BBY3960年创造出来的。瑞文希望能借设陷阱给曼达洛人战争来一个决定性的终结，而这件武器就是这个陷阱的核心。对这件武器的使用进行监管的人，就是后来被称为绝地放逐者的那位绝地将军。瑞文引诱曼达洛人来到马拉卓5号星，继而在轨道上爆发了一场规模宏大的舰队大战。在战斗中，他忠诚的将军以一次沉默的颔首，命令保杜启动此秘密武器。片刻之后，双方的大部分舰队都突然从轨道上，被拉入巨大的引力漩涡中，漩涡强大到足以将无数飞船挤入行星外壳，并将马拉卓5号星撕裂，直至其内核深处。

Malachor V, transformed into a cluster of planetoids assaulted by tectonically-generated storms[2]

During the event, Malachor V was turned into a broken cluster of planetoids that were only tenuously fused together by the gravitational anomalies present in the system.[3] Orbiting the broken remains of the planet was the wreckage of countless Mandalorian and Republic warships. All that remained on the surface of the planet was a desolate graveyard echoing with the deaths of thousands of Jedi, Republic soldiers, and Mandalorians. It was littered with destroyed vessels and the only surviving inhabitants were vicious storm beasts.[1]

马拉卓5号星被构造生成风暴攻击，转变为一团小行星群。

在此事件中，马拉卓5号星被转化为一团破碎的小行星群，仅仅是因为星系中出现的引力异常，而稍微熔合在一起。环绕行星的破碎残余飞行的，是无数曼达洛人与共和国的战舰残骸。行星的表面上所剩下的一切，便是荒凉的墓场，墓场中回响着数以千计的绝地、共和国战士、和曼达洛人的死亡。墓场上散落着被摧毁的船只，唯一幸存的居住者，是凶残的风暴野兽。

In 3,951 BBY, the Mass Shadow Generator was used a second and final time. During her campaign against the Sith Triumvirate during the First Jedi Purge, the Jedi Exile traveled to Malachor V in pursuit of the Sith Lord Darth Traya. At the Trayus Academy, she fought the Sith forces occupying the planet and defeated both Darth Sion and Darth Traya in combat. Soon after, the Mass Shadow Generator was activated by Bao-Dur's remote and the sudden release of the gravity field destroyed what was left of the planet.[1]

在BBY3951年，质量阴影发生器被第二次，也是最后一次使用。在第一次绝地清洗期间，绝地放逐者对抗西斯三巨头的活动中，她追踪西斯君主达斯·特雷雅来到马拉卓5号星。在特雷乌斯学院，她与占领行星的西斯军队战斗，并在搏斗中击败了达斯·塞恩和达斯·特雷雅。稍后，质量阴影发生器被保杜的远程设备启动，引力场的突然释放摧毁了行星的残余部分。

Capabilities
The Mass Shadow Generator drew upon the natural mass shadows generated by planetary bodies. At Malachor V, the gravitation anomalies at work within the Malachor system allowed it to unleash catastrophic devastation upon anything within close proximity of the planet. The superweapon was designed to take advantage of the unique gravitational fields present at Malachor V, but it would later be speculated that the weapon could be modified to function within any star system. The Mass Shadow Generator was capable of gravely damaging or destroying any ships or space stations in orbit above the target world, but it also annihilated virtually everything upon the planet's surface. [4][1]

性能
质量阴影发生器利用行星体间产生的自然质量阴影。在马拉卓5号星，马拉卓星系运行中的引力异常，使得它可以对任何非常接近行星的物体释放灾难性的破坏力量。这件超级武器是为利用在马拉卓5号星出现的独特引力场而设计的，但后来经推测，此武器能被改动，以便在任何星系中运行。质量阴影发生器拥有严重伤害、或摧毁，目标世界轨道上的任何飞船或空间站的能力，但它同时也会毁灭行星表面上的几乎所有事物。

Behind the scenes
Though a non-canon outcome, G0-T0 destroys the remote and the Mass Shadow Generator is not activated a second time, if the player is devoted to the dark side.

幕后
然而，在一个非正史结局中，G0-T0摧毁了远程设备，质量阴影发生器没有被第二次启动——如果玩家致力于阴暗面的话。

Appearances
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (First appearance)

登场
星球大战：旧共和国武士II：西斯君主（首次登场）

Sources
Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide

来源
《旧共和国武士战役指引》

Notes and references
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
↑ Climate: Techtonic-Generated Storms
Terrain: Shattered Planetoid[src]
↑ [Your programming commands you to find four vessels buried within Malachor's surface, and activate the engine systems on each one.]
[When the engine systems are activated, it will disrupt the gravitonic anomaly that is keeping the planetoids fused together, and Malachor V will begin to drift apart.]—Bao-Dur's remote[src]
↑ Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
Retrieved from "http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mass_Shadow_Generator"

注解及参考文献
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 星球大战：旧共和国武士II：西斯君主
↑ 气候：构造生成风暴（囧，Techtonic-Generated这个单词是错的，多了个h）
地形：破碎的小行星
↑ [你的程序命令你去寻找四艘在马拉卓地表内燃烧的船只，并启动每艘舰只的引擎系统。]
[当引擎系统被启动，它将瓦解将小行星群融合在一起的引力异常，马拉卓5号星将开始慢慢解体]——保杜的远程设备
↑ 《旧共和国武士战役指引》
检索自“http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mass_Shadow_Generator”

Category: Superweapons

分类：超级武器

注：“大规模阴影发生器”这个译名使用较多，但严格来说，根据这个武器的原理，这个译名是错的。原先认为，Shadow此处并非阴影，而是遮蔽、变化、变暗的意思，引力场变化肯定会导致质量变化，反之同样成立，所以译为“质量遮蔽发生器”，或者也可以叫“质量阴影发生器”。现在查了一下，Mass Shadow是星战专有名词，指的是大型天体产生的超空间特征，有阻止跃迁、把飞船拉出超空间的效果，所以星战世界中需要先用导航电脑或者宇航机器人根据星图计算路径，避开这个现象，然后才能跃迁。这样，译为“质量阴影发生器”比较合适，或者叫“质量投影发生器”？