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Geth: Armatures 蓋斯族：裝甲獸 |
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Armatures are quadruped all-terrain heavy weapons platforms, akin to the armored fighting vehicles of other races. Geth being synthetic intelligences, armatures are not crewed vehicles, but intelligent entities, capable of independent decision-making and learning. Armatures are equipped with heavy kinetic barriers. Their main cannon, mounted on the articulated "head" turret, appears to be a highly efficient conventional mass accelerator. It is capable of firing in anti-personnel and anti-tank modes. Some armatures carry drones into battle, presumably for reconnaissance purposes. Others host a swarm of insect-sized repair microbots. 裝甲獸是四足的全地形重武器平臺，類似其他種族的裝甲戰鬥載具。身為合成智慧體的蓋斯族，裝甲獸不是搭載乘員的載具，而是智慧個體，能夠獨立決策與學習。 裝甲獸配備強力動能護壁。他們的主砲似乎是一種高效能的傳統式質量加速器，裝載於關節式的“頭部”砲塔。它能以反人員或反坦克兩種模式發射。一些裝甲獸攜帶無人機兵作戰，推測是為了偵察目的。其他機獸則是搭載大群昆蟲大小的維修微型機。 |
Geth: Hoppers 蓋斯族：跳躍者 |
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The geth models collectively dubbed "hoppers" by Alliance forces are electronic warfare platforms. They can project electromagnetic radiation across a broad spectrum as an offensive weapon. They can also perform cyber warfare attacks against the onboard computers of body armor hardsuits and weapons, adversely affecting their performance. The structure of hoppers consist of an advanced and highly elastic artificial muscle material. This allows a hopper to compress its entire body for powerful leaps. Hoppers also have thousands of molecule-scale "barbs" on the surface of their hands and feet, which are used to cling to walls and ceilings. Hoppers are very difficult targets, leaping from one surface to another in rapid succession. The quarians have no record of any geth models similar to hoppers. This new morphotype must have been developed over the last three hundred years by the geth themselves. This is troubling proof that the geth are continuing to move towards technological singularity. Experts in synthetic life are intrigued that hoppers appear to be even more organic than the baseline geth. The identified subtypes of hopper have been codenamed Sapper, Stalker, and Ghost. 聯盟軍方統稱為“跳躍者”的蓋斯族品種是一種電子作戰平臺。他們可以發射寬頻譜的電磁波作為攻擊性武器。他們也可以執行駭客戰術入侵加強服與武器的內建電腦，使其效能表現產生負面的影響。 跳躍者的構造由先進與高彈力的人工肌肉材質組成。這使得跳躍者可以緊縮它的整個身體然後進行強力的跳躍。跳躍者在它們手腳的表面擁有數千個分子等級的“倒勾”，用來緊貼牆壁與天花板。跳躍者是非常難纏的目標，因為它們會快速連續的從一個表面跳到另一個表面。 奎利安族沒有任何類似跳躍者的蓋斯族品種紀錄。這種新型態一定是在最近三百年內由蓋斯族自己發展出來的。這令人憂慮地證明了蓋斯族正持續朝向科技特化前進。跳躍者比標準蓋斯族還更像有機生物，這令合成生命專家感到興趣。 已經確認的跳躍者亞型代號分別是偷襲者，伏擊者，與鬼怪。 |
Krogan: Biology 克羅根族：生物學 |
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| 取得地點： | The krogan evolved in a lethal ecology. Over millions of years, the grim struggle to survive larger predators, virulent disease, and resource scarcity on their homeworld, Tuchanka, turned the lizards into quintessential survivors. Perhaps the most telling indicator of Tuchanka's lethality is the krogan eyes. Although they are a predators species by any standard definition, their eyes evolved to be wide-set, as any Earth prey species like deer and cattle. Krogan eyes have a 240-degree arc of vision, better suited for spotting enemies sneaking up on them than for pursuit. Physically, the krogan are nigh-indestructible, with a tough hide impervious to any melee weapon short of a molecular blade. While they feel pain, it does not affect their ability to concentrate. They have multiple functioning examples of all major organs, and can often survive the loss of one or two of any type. Rather than a nervous system, they have an electrically conductive second circulatory system. A krogan can never be paralyzed - they may lose some fluid, but it can be replaced by the body in time. The hump on krogan's back stores water and fats that help the krogan survive lean times. Large humps are a point of pride; being well-fed implies the krogan is a superior predator. The most widely-known biological feature of the krogan is their incredible birth rate and rapid maturity. Once freed from the hostile cauldron of Tuchanka, the krogan population swelled into a numberless horde. Only the genophage kept them from out-breeding the combined Council races. Now the rare krogan females capable of bringing a child to term are treated like strategic resources: warlords will trade them at diplomacy or (more frequently) fight wars over them. 克羅根族在致命的生態中演化。歷經數百萬年，在它們的家鄉Tuchanka的大型掠食者，致命疾病，與稀少資源之下堅強奮鬥求生，而使蜥蜴轉變成幹練的生存者。最能生動表達Tuchanka致命度的指標大概是克羅根人的眼睛。雖然以任何標準定義來說他們都算掠食物種，但是他們的眼睛卻演化為廣視角，就像地球任何被獵捕物種如鹿與牛一樣。克羅根人的眼睛有240度視角，適合發現偷偷接近他們的敵人而非用來獵食。 在生理上，克羅根族近乎刀槍不入，擁有不受任何格鬥武器穿透的硬皮，除了分子刀以外。雖然他們會感覺疼痛，但並不會影響他們的集中力。他們所有主要器官都有多重運作個體，在喪失一兩個任何種類的器官後通常還能活著。他們有電子傳導次級循環系統，而非神經系統。克羅根人絕不會癱瘓－他們會喪失少許體液，但可以很快由身體自行補充。 克羅根族背部的隆起儲存水份與脂肪，可幫助克羅根人度過饑荒時期。大型的隆起是一種榮耀；長的肥壯意指這個克羅根人是優秀的掠食者。 克羅根族最廣為人知的生物特徵就是他們難以置信的出生率與快速的成熟。自從由Tuchanka的嚴酷大鍋解放後，克羅根族人口膨漲成無數的群落。還好噬基因體阻止了他們的人口數壓過所有議會種族。現在少數能順利生產的女性被當成重要的戰略資源一樣看待：軍閥會在外交活動中交易她們或（最常見的）為取得她們而發動戰爭。 |
Krogan: Culture 克羅根族：文化 |
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| 取得地點： | The harsh krogan homeworld conditioned the krogan psychology for toughness just as it did the body. Krogan have always had a tendency to be selfish, unsympathetic, and blunt. They respect strength and self-reliance and are neither surprised nor offended by treachery. The weak and selfless do not live long. In their culture, "looking out for number one" is simply a matter of course. After their defeat in the Rebellions, the very concept of krogan leadership was discredited. Where a warlord could once command enough power to bring entire solar systems to heel and become Overlord, these days it is rare for a single leader to have more than 1,000 warriors swear allegiance to him. Most krogan trust and serve no one but themselves. This solitary attitude stems in part from a deep sense of fatalism and futility, a profound social effect of the genophage that caused krogan numbers to dwindle to a relative handful. Not only are they angry that the entire galaxy seems out to get them, the krogan are also generally pessimistic about their race's chances of survival. The surviving krogan see no point to building for the future; there will be no future. The krogan live with an attitude of "kill, pillage, and be selfish, for tomorrow we die." 嚴苛的克羅根家鄉星球塑造出克羅根族強韌的心智一如強韌的肉體一樣。克羅根族一直都是傾向自私，無同情心，與冷漠。他們崇尚力量與自力更生，遭背叛時也不會驚訝或憤怒。軟弱與無私不能久活。在他們的文化裡“叫我第一名”簡直是理所當然的事。 在他們叛變落敗後，克羅根的領導者概念已不被信任。在以前軍閥曾經指揮足夠讓整個星系臣服腳下的軍力成為霸主，但從這些日子以來，已很少有單一領袖擁有超過1,000個以上的戰士對他效忠。大部份的克羅根人只信任與服侍自己。 這種獨居的態度部份源自於宿命論與無力感，一種導因於噬基因體使克羅根族數目縮減至極少而造成的沉重社會效應。他們不只對整個銀河系都想對付他們感到憤怒，克羅根人也對他們種族的存活機會普遍感到悲觀。倖存的克羅根人找不出理由來建構未來；因為他們沒有未來。克羅根族的生活態度是“殺戮，掠奪，還要自私，因為明天我們都會死”。 |
Krogan: Genophage 克羅根族：噬基因體 |
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The genophage bioweapon was created to end the Krogan Rebellions. From the start, the krogan had overwhelmed the Council. Only timely first contact with the turians saved the Council races. The turians fought the krogans to a standstill, but the sheer weight of krogan numbers indicated the war could not be won through conventional means. The turians collaborated with the salarians to genetically engineer a counter to the rapid breeding of the krogan. The genophage virus gained the energy to replicate by "eating" key genetic sequences. Every cell in every krogan had to be altered for the weapon to be foolproof; otherwise the krogan could have used gene therapy to fix the affected tissues. Once a genophage strain could find no more genes to eat, it would starve and die, limited spin-off mutation and contamination. This "created" genetic flaw is hereditary. The salarians believed the genophage would be used as a deterrent, a position the turians viewed as naive. Once the project was complete, the turians mass produced and deployed it. The krogan homeworld, their colonies, and all occupied worlds were infected. The resulting mutation made only one in a thousand krogan pregnancies carry to term. It did not reduce fertility, but offspring viability. The rare females able to carry children to term became prizes the krogan warlords fought brutal battles over. The krogan are a shadow of their former glory. While the Rebellions took place centuries ago, they are constantly reminded of the horror of the genophage and of their inability to counter it. The release of the genophage is still controversial, bitterly debated in many circles. 噬基因體生物武器被製造來終結克羅根之亂。一開始，克羅根族凌駕議會之上。還好及時與圖瑞安族首度接觸解救了議會種族。圖瑞安族與克羅根族平分秋色，但是克羅根族數量上的龐大顯示戰爭無法以一般手段獲勝。因此圖瑞安族與索拉瑞安族聯手合作，以基因方式設計出對抗克羅根族快速生殖的籌碼。 噬基因體病毒“吃掉”重要基因序列以取得能量來繁殖。為求保險起見這個武器必須改變克羅根人身上每個細胞；否則克羅根族會使用基因治療修正受感染的組織。一旦噬基因體菌株找不到基因可吃，它會饑餓然後死亡，以限制脫序突變與基因污染。這種“後天的”基因缺陷變成了遺傳性疾病。 索拉瑞安族認為噬基因體只可當成嚇阻武器，這種立場被圖瑞安族認為太過天真。當計劃一完成，圖瑞安族馬上大量生產與布署它。克羅根族的家鄉，他們的殖民地，與所有佔領的星球都被感染。 造成的突變使克羅根孕婦順產的機率只有千分之一。它並沒有減低生殖力，而是減低後代的存活率。少數能夠順利產下孩兒的女性變成克羅根軍閥間彼此爭鬥的戰利品。 克羅根族活在他們昔日榮耀的陰影中。雖然叛亂已過數世紀，他們仍不斷地回想起噬基因體的恐怖與無法對抗它的無力感。釋放噬基因體頗受爭議，在許多團體間仍有激烈的爭論。 |
Krogan: Krogan Rebellions 克羅根族：克羅根之亂 |
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After the Rachni War, the quick-breeding krogan expanded at the expense of their neighbors. Warlords leveraged their veteran soldiers to seize living space while the Council races were still grateful. Over centuries, the krogan conquered world after world. There was always "just one more" needed. When the Council finally demanded withdrawal from the asari colony of Lusia, krogan Overlord Kredak stormed off the Citadel, daring the Council to take their worlds back. But the Council had taken precautions. The finest STG operators and asari huntresses had been drafted into a covert "observation force", the Office of Special Tactics and Reconnaissance. The Spectres opened the war with crippling strategic strikes. Krogan planets went dark as computer viruses flooded the extranet. Sabotaged antimatter refineries disappeared in blue-white annihilation. Headquarters stations shattered into orbit-clogging debris, rammed by pre-placed suicide freighters. Still, this only delayed the inevitable. The war would have been lost if not for first contact with the turians, who responded to krogan threats with a prompt declaration of war. Being on the far side of krogan space from the Council, the turians advanced rapidly into the lightly-defended krogan rear areas. The krogan responded by dropping space stations and asteroids on turian colonies. Three worlds were rendered completely uninhabitable. This was precisely the wrong approach to take with the turians. Each is first and foremost a public servant, willing to risk his life to protect his comrades. Rather than increasing public war weariness, krogan tactics stiffened turian resolve. The arrival of turian task forces saved many worlds from the warlords' marauding fleets, but it took the development of the genophage bioweapon to end the war. There were decades of unrest afterwords. Rogue warlords and holdout groups of insurgents refused to surrender, or disappeared into the frontier systems to become pirates. 蟲族戰爭後，快速繁衍的克羅根族犧牲他們的鄰國以擴張領域。在議會種族百般容忍下，軍閥放任他們的老練士兵搶奪生活空間。在幾世紀間，克羅根族佔領一個又一個的星球。總是要求“再多一個”。當議會最後要求撤出阿莎利殖民地Lusia之後，克羅根霸主Kredak對議會發動猛攻，大膽要求議會收回成命。 但議會早有防備。召集了頂尖的STG幹探與阿莎利女獵者組成隱密的“監視部隊”，也就是特殊戰術與偵查處。魅影以癱瘓性的戰略襲擊開戰。電腦病毒充滿銀河網使克羅根行星陷入黑暗。遭滲透破壞的反物質精鍊廠消失在對滅作用的藍白光芒之中。指揮太空站碎裂成布滿軌道的殘骸，因為它被預先安排好的自殺貨運船撞上。 儘管如此，這只是延緩無可避免的結局。假如沒有與圖瑞安族首度接觸，戰爭將註定失敗，圖瑞安族以立即宣戰回應克羅根族的威脅。位居於議會與克羅根領域的另一邊，圖瑞安族快速地挺進到防衛薄弱的克羅根族大後方區域。克羅根族對圖瑞安殖民地投下太空站與小行星予以反擊。三個星球變成完全無法居住。 這絕對是對付圖瑞安族錯誤的方式。他們每個人都是站在最前線的公僕，願意犧牲自己的生命保護他的同志。因此不但沒有增加民眾的厭戰感，克羅根的策略反而加強圖瑞安族的決心。 圖瑞安特遣部隊的出現雖然從軍閥的掠奪艦隊手中拯救出許多星球，但直到噬基因體生物武器開發後才算結束戰爭。但數十年間仍餘波盪漾。軍閥殘黨與叛軍的死硬派集團拒絕投降，或是遁入邊境星系成為海盜。 |
Krogan: Military Doctrine 克羅根族：軍事思想 |
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| 取得地點： | Traditional krogan tactics were built on attritional mass-unit warfare. Equipped with cheap rugged gear, troop formations were powerful but inflexible. Command and control was very centralized; soldiers in the field who saw a target contacted their commanders behind the lines to arrange fire support. Since the genophage, the krogan can no longer afford the casualties of the old horde attacks. The Battle Masters are a match for any ten soldiers of another species. To a Battle Master, killing is a science. They focus on developing clean, brute-force economy of motion that exploits their brutal strength to incapacitate enemies with a swift single blow of overwhelming power. This change of focus from mass-unit warfare to maximal efficiency has increased employment demand in the fields of security and "muscle for hire". Due to the unsavory reputation of the krogan, most of these jobs are on the far side of the law. Battle Masters are not "spit and polish", but they do believe in being well-armed and equipped, preferably with a gun for each limb. They are callous and brutal, but methodical and disciplined. They use any means at their disposal to achieve their goals, no matter how reprehensible. Hostage-taking and genocide are acceptable means to ensure a quiet occupation with few krogan casualties. The krogan serving with Saren's forces appear to be returning to the old style of mass attritional combat. They also work in close cooperation with supporting geth units, who fill in the roles occupied by combat drones in other armies. Biotics are rare among the krogan. Those that exist are viewed with suspicion and fear. The krogan see this aura of fear as a useful quality for an officer, and often promote them. Combat drones and other high-tech equipment are likewise in short supply. 傳統克羅根戰術的軍事思想是建立在不計犧牲的大部隊作戰。配備廉價的粗糙裝備，軍隊陣勢威力強大但缺乏彈性。指揮與控制十分集中化；在戰場上發現敵人的士兵聯絡他們戰線後方的指揮官以安排火力支援。 由於噬基因體，克羅根族再也經不起老式人海攻擊的傷亡數量。戰鬥長的戰力相當於十名其他種族的任何種類士兵。對戰鬥長而言，殺人是一門學問。他們專注於發展俐落，殘忍不費工夫的手法，運用他們的殘暴力量，以壓倒性的威力快速一擊撂倒敵人。 這種從大部隊作戰到注重最大效率的重點改變，增加他們在保全與“打手”領域的雇用需求。由於克羅根族的惡劣名聲，這些工作大部份都游走在法律之外。 戰鬥長並不會“講究內務”，但他們還是信賴全副武裝與裝備，最好是每隻手都有一把槍。他們無情與兇殘，但是講方法與重紀律。他們使用任何可行的手段達到他們的目標，不管手段有多令人譴責。只要能輕鬆完事減少克羅根人傷亡，挾持人質與大量屠殺都是可接受的方式。 Saren部隊手下的克羅根人似乎又走回到大量消耗戰的老路。他們也與支援的蓋斯族部隊密切合作，蓋斯族取代其他軍隊中戰鬥無人機所扮演的角色。 生物異能者在克羅根族中相當少見。那些現存的異能者常被以懷疑與恐懼對待。克羅根族認為這種嚇人的氣質是當軍官的有利才能，而經常給他們升職。戰鬥無人機與其他高科技裝備也同樣供給不多。 |
Quarians: Economy 奎利安族：經濟 |
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The Migrant Fleet has little economic base, operating in a state of perpetual "hand-to-mouth". While quarian ships include light manufacturing and assembly plants, they lack heavy industries such as refining and shipbuilding. The fleet has tankers for water purification and oxygen cracking, but with the space-intensive nature of agriculture limits food production. A single disaster could destroy the fragile balance. The quarians earn income in creative ways. Because the government is obliged to provide food, water, air, and medical support for every individual, the Conclave strategically determines the course of the Fleet to bring in resources and income. A species who suspects the Migrant Fleet is heading towards their space often offers a "gift" of surplus starships, fuel, and resources to alter course. As the fleet passes through the a system, swarms of mining vessels work over asteroids for metals and siliceous materials and cometary bodies for water ice and organics. Quarian miners are adept at locating and strip-mining space-borne resources. This sparks conflict with corporations already working the system. Large mining concerns spend millions on lobbyists and public relations portraying the quarians as locusts, devouring the resources of a system before moving on. The greatest asset of the quarians is their rarefied skills. Most are experienced miners. Due to their life of perpetual salvage and repair, they are skilled engineers and technicians. More than once, they very corporations that lobby against the quarians have made back room deals with the Fleet, arranging for skilled quarians to fill space engineering jobs that other species would demand higher wages for. Quarians are widely hated among the working classes. "The quarians are coming to take our jobs" is a common response to the Fleet's approach. 遷移艦隊只有少許的經濟基礎，長期處於“僅能糊口”的狀態。雖然奎利安船艦包含輕工業與組裝工廠，但他們仍缺乏像是提煉或造船之類的重工業。艦隊有儲水船用來純化飲水跟電解氧氣，但是農業須佔用大量空間的特性限制了食物的生產。一件單一災難可能會摧毀脆弱的平衡。 奎利安人以有創意的方式賺取收入。因為政府負責提供每個人食物，飲水，空氣，與醫療補助，因此樞密院可策略性地決定艦隊的航向以帶來資源與收益。擔憂遷移艦隊會朝向他們領域前進的種族，通常會提供額外的太空船，燃料，與資源當作轉移航向的“謝禮”。 當艦隊穿過星系，大群的採礦船艦在小行星上開採金屬與矽土材料，也在彗星上採取冰凍水與有機物。奎利安礦工擅長尋找與挖空太空原產資源。這與早已在此星系採礦的企業之間引發衝突。大型礦業利益團體花費數百萬在遊說者與公關公司身上將奎利安族描述成蝗災，在耗盡星系資源之後才會離開。 奎利安族最大的資產是他們的純化技術。大部份的人都是有經驗的礦工。因為他們長期的回收與維修生涯，使他們成為老練的工程師與技師。不止一次，遊說反對奎利安族的企業也和艦隊進行檯面下的交易，安排熟練的奎利安人加入太空工程師的職位，因為其他種族會要求較高的薪資。奎利安族讓藍領階級相當痛恨。“奎利安人要來搶我們的工作了”是艦隊接近時最普遍的反應。 |
Quarians: Government 奎利安族：政府 |
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Due to the quarians' precarious existence and the need to enforce strict rationing, government is somewhat autocratic. The Migrant Fleet's operations are directed by the Admiralty, a board of five military officers who are advised by a legislative body called the Conclave. Each vessel in the Fleet has the right to send representatives to the Conclave aboard the flagship. The number of representatives is based on crew size. Larger clans, with bigger ships and more votes, form the cores of political blocs. Opposition comes from the Outriders' Coalition, with delegates from thousands of smaller ships. The Admiralty defers to the Conclave's decisions in most circumstances. However, if all five members agree a Conclave decision jeopardized the survival of the fleet, and cannot get the Conclave to address their concerns, they have the right to summarily overturn the legislative decision. After the Admiralty uses this extraordinary power, they must resign. If the Admiralty does not step down after using their veto the rest of the military is obliged to arrest them. Each ship captain has authority over the vessel, but is advised by an elected civilian Council, just as the Admiralty is advised by the Conclave. This relationship may range from cooperation to polite tolerance to outright hostility, but any captain who overrules his council without good reason is relieved of command by the Admiralty. Many quarian ships are owned by clans who pool their resources to purchase used vessels from private sellers. Large ships are prestigious for big, rich clans, but a small ship means status for a small clan with enough personal wealth to afford a private vessel. Clan vessel captains are not subject to dismissal by the Admiralty; abusive captains are a "family" problem if they do not disrupt the operations of the fleet. 由於奎利安族的不穩生存狀況加上需要執行嚴格配給制度，使政府傾向獨裁。遷移艦隊的運作是由海軍部主導，那是一個由五人軍隊軍官所組成的委員會，由稱為樞密院的立法團體監督。 每艘艦隊中的艦艇都有權派遣代表到旗艦上的樞密院。代表的人數以船員數為基準。較大的氏族，有較大的船艦與較多的選票，形成政團的核心。反對派來自外圍聯盟，代表上千艘較小的船隻。 在大部份情況下海軍部服從樞密院的決議。然而，假如所有五個成員一致認為樞密院的決議危及艦隊生存，同時無法讓樞密院認真看待他們的疑慮，那他們有權立即推翻立法決議。在海軍部使用這種非凡的權力後，他們必須總辭。假如海軍部在使用否決權後沒有下台，其他的軍方人員有責任逮捕他們。 每艘船的艦長有艦艇的統治權，但是由民選的公民議會監督，就像海軍部由樞密院監督一樣。這種關係可以從合作到友善地容忍到公開的敵對，但任何沒有好理由就否決其議會的艦長會被海軍部解除指揮權。 許多奎利安船艦為氏族所擁有，氏族集中他們的資源從私人經銷商處購得中古船艦。大型船艦是龐大，富有氏族的聲望象徵，但小型船艦也是一種小氏族的地位表徵，代表個人財產足可以負擔私人艦艇。氏族艦艇船長不能被海軍部解職；殘虐的船長只能算是“家庭”問題，假如他們不會干擾到艦隊運作。 |
Quarians: Law and Defense 奎利安族：法律與國防 |
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| 取得地點： | Although the Conclave establishes civil law much as any planet-based democracy, enforcement and trials are more unique. After the flight from the geth, there were few constables to police the millions of civilians aboard the Fleet, so the navy parceled out marine squads to maintain order and enforce the law. Today, quarian marines have evolved training and tactics akin to civilian police, but remain adept at combat in the confined spaces of a starship, and fully under the command of the military. Once taken into custody, the accused is brought before the ship's captain for judgment. While the ship's council may make recommendations, tradition holds that the captain has absolute authority in matters of discipline. Most are lenient, assigning additional or more odious maintenance tasks aboard the ship. Persistent recidivists are "accidentally" left on the next habitable world. This practice of abandoning criminals on other people's planets is a point of friction between the quarians and the systems they pass through. Captains rarely have another choice; with space and resources at a premium, supporting a non-productive prison population is not an option. In the early years, many quarians freighters were armed and used as irregular "privateers". Civilian ships still show a strong preference for armament, making them unpopular targets for pirates. Though they have rebuilt their military, there are still mere hundreds of warships to protect the tens of thousands of ships. The quarian navy follows strict routines of patrol, and takes no chances. If the intent of an approaching ship can't be ascertained, they shoot to kill. 雖然樞密院像任何行星式民主國家一樣訂立民事法律，但執行與審理方式較為獨特。自從逃離蓋斯族之後，僅有的少數的警官可管轄艦隊上數百萬的平民，所以海軍分割出部份陸戰中隊用來維持秩序與執行法律。現在，奎利安陸戰隊已發展出一套類似平民警隊使用的訓練與戰術，但仍然保持專門在星艦有限空間中戰鬥的技能，且完全受軍方指揮。 一旦遭到拘捕之後，被告會被帶到船艦的船長面前接受審判。雖然船艦的議會可以提出建議，但傳統上船長對風紀事務有絕對的權力。 大部份都是從寬量刑，僅指派額外或更辛苦的船艦維修勞務。屢罰不改的慣犯會被“意外地”留在下一個居住星球。這種縱放罪犯到別人行星的作法也是奎利安族與所經星系間的摩擦點之一。船長別無選擇；在空間與資源彌足珍貴下，供養無生產力的囚犯實在不是一種選項。 在早年，許多奎利安貨運船全副武裝且當成非正規的“武裝船隊”使用。平民船艦仍強烈偏好軍事武裝，使它們成為不受海盜歡迎的目標。雖然他們已重建軍隊，但還是僅能以數百艘戰艦保護數萬艘船艦。奎利安海軍遵循嚴密的例行巡邏勤務，不冒任何危險。假如無法查明接近船艦的意圖，他們會開火擊沉目標。 |
Quarians: Migrant Fleet 奎利安族：遷移艦隊 |
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The Migrant Fleet is the largest concentration of starfaring vessels in the galaxy, sprawling across millions of kilometers. It can take days for the entire fleet to pass through a mass relay. When the quarians fled their homeworld, the Fleet was a motley aggregation of freighters, shuttles, industrial vessels, and the odd warship. After three centuries, all have been modified to support larger crews as comfortably as possible. As the quarians achieved stability, they began weeding out the ships least suitable for long-term habitation, selling them and pooling the money to buy larger and more spaceworthy hulls. This process is ongoing, as vessels wear out and break down. While some ships enjoy dedicated cabins with full privacy and sanitary facilities, many more are former freighters, whose cargo bays and containers are pressurized and divided into family spaces using simple metal cubicle bulkheads. The quarians enliven these austere spaces with colorful quilts and tapestries, which also help muffle sound. The day-to-day operation of the fleet - traffic control, station-keeping, supply distribution, and so on - are under military jurisdiction. Though ship captains have the authority to deviate from their assigned positions and may leave the fleet at any time, they are assumed to do so at their own risk. As the Migrant Fleet moves around the galaxy, many ships split off to pursue individual goals, returning days or years later. 遷移艦隊是銀河系中最大的太空航行艦艇集合體，延伸達數百萬公里。需要耗費數天才能讓整個艦隊通過質量轉運站。 當奎利安族逃離他們的家鄉，艦隊是混雜集合的貨運船，太空梭，工廠艦艇，與殘餘的戰艦。三個世紀以後，所有船艦都被改裝成儘可能地舒適供養大批船員。當奎利安族達到穩定，他們開始淘汰較不適合長期居住的船艦，賣掉它們集資購買更大更寬敞的船體。隨著艦艇的耗損與故障，這個過程會一直進行。 雖然一些船艦享有專用的艙房附帶完全的隱私與衛生設備，但其他更多船艦在以前是貨運船，它的載貨艙與貨櫃加壓後，只能使用簡單的金屬隔間艙壁來分割成家庭空間。奎利安人以繽紛的縫布與掛毯來點綴這些蕭瑟的空間，同時也有助隔音。 艦隊的日常運作－交通管制，位置保持，補給分配，等等－都在軍方管轄範圍內。雖然船艦船長有權力脫離他們的指定位置，隨時離開艦隊，但是他們要為這種行為自負風險。當遷移艦隊在銀河中到處移動時，許多船艦脫離隊伍追求個人目標，在數天或數年後歸來。 |
Quarians: Pilgrimage 奎利安族：巡禮 |
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When quarians of the Migrant Fleet reach young adulthood, they must leave their birth ship and find a new crew to accept them as permanent residents. To prove themselves, they must recover something of value. This is offered to their prospective captain as proof that they will not be a mere burden on the shoestring resources of the ship. This process is called the Pilgrimage. Stripped of ritual, the Pilgrimage is merely an attempt to maintain genetic diversity within the small, relatively isolated population bases that make up the Migrant Fleet. If the young stayed and married within their birth vessel, the risk of inbreeding would increase sharply. Quarians are surgically fitted with their various immunity-boosted implants in preparation for leaving on Pilgrimage. Having grown within the sterile, controlled environments of the Migrant Fleet ships, quarians have virtually no natural immune system. 當遷移艦隊的奎利安人長大成人，他們必須離開他們的出生船去尋找一個願意接納他們，成為永久居民的新團體。為了證明他們自己，他們必須帶回有價值的東西。這個東西會獻給他們未來的船長，以證明他們不會造成船艦稀少資源的負擔。 這個過程叫作巡禮。脫掉儀式層面來說，巡禮只不過是為了在組成遷移艦隊的小型，較孤立的群聚地中，試圖保持基因的多樣性。假如年輕人在他們出生的艦艇中定居與結婚，近親通婚的危險會極度地增加。 奎利安人在準備動身進行巡禮之前，會先以手術植入多樣的免疫增強移植物。在遷移艦隊船艦上無菌，控制的環境下生長，奎利安人實際上已沒有天然的免疫系統。 |
Quarians: Religion 奎利安族：宗教信仰 |
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| 取得地點： | The ancient quarians practiced ancestor worship. Even after abandoning faith for secularism, quarians continued to revere the wisdom of elders. As time passed and technology advanced, they inevitably turned their knowledge to preserving the personalities and memories of the elderly as computer virtual intelligences. These recordings became a repository of knowledge and wisdom, stored in a central databank and available through any extranet connection. They held no illusions that this was like a form of immortality; like all virtual intelligences, their electronically-preserved ancestors were not truly sapient. This was considered a surmountable problem; sapience could surely be reduced to simple mathematics. The quarians began exhaustive research into creating artificial intelligence so they could learn to escape the bounds of mortality and give their ancestral records true awareness. Unfortunately, the life the quarians created did not accept the same truths they did. The geth destroyed the ancestor databanks when they took over. In the centuries since they evacuated their homeworld, most quarians have returned to religion in various forms. Many believe the rise of the geth and the destruction of their 'ancestors' were chastisement for arrogantly forsaking the old ways and venerating self-made idols. Others have a more philosophical outlook, believing their race was indeed arrogant, but no supernatural agency lay behind the geth revolt. Rather, the quarians' actions wrought their own doom. Either way, every quarian would agree that their own hubris cost them their homeworld. 古代的奎利安族實行祖靈崇拜。即使在世俗主義發達後已遺棄此種信仰，奎利安人仍持續尊崇祖先的智慧。隨著時代更迭與科技進步，他們無可避免地需要轉變他們的知識，改以電腦虛擬智慧的方式保存先祖的人格與記憶。這些記錄變成知識與智慧的寶庫，儲存在集中資料庫可經由任何銀河網連接存取。 他們不會把這種方式幻想成某種型式的永生不朽；就像所有的虛擬智慧，他們的電子保存祖先並不是真正的智能生命。這被認為是可以克服的問題；所謂智能其實可以簡化成單純的數學運算。 奎利安人開始徹底研究創造人工智慧，讓他們可以學習脫離死亡的束縛並使他們的祖先記錄變成真正的有意識。不幸地，奎利安族創造的生命並不接受他們所相信的真理。當蓋斯族掌管一切後，他們摧毀掉先祖資料庫。 在撤出他們的家鄉數世紀之後，大部份的奎利安人以各種型式回歸宗教。許多人相信蓋斯族的崛起與他們“祖先”的毀滅是天譴，因為他們傲慢地拋棄古老的生活方式並崇拜自我塑造的偶像。 其他人則抱持較哲學性的觀點，認為他們的種族真的是自大，但是蓋斯族反叛背後並沒有任何超自然因素。相反的，是奎利安族的行為帶給他們自己的末日。不管如何，每個奎利安人都同意他們自己的狂妄使他們付出喪失家園的代價。 |
