银河指南：Hurston Dynamics 赫斯顿动力公司

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Hurston Dynamics
赫斯顿动力公司

History
历史
Hurston Dynamics is the United Empire of Earth's premier producer and distributor of both quantum cascade lasers and a wide variety of electron guns. They are alsothe single largest outsource producer of standard munitions warheads for military contracts and the third-largest refiner of antimatter precursor in today's economy. Though few finished products bear the Hurston name, their raw materials and manufactured components are found in nearly every piece of space technology in flight today. Copies of Hurston dies are used in manufacturing facilities across the galaxy, with illegal copies even crossing the border for use in Xi'An production hubs.
赫斯顿动力是地球联合帝国（UEE）中量子级激光武器和电子炮的主要生产和销售商，是军方标准弹药弹头的最大外包生产公司，也是当今第三最大的反物质初级粒子冶炼商。虽然只有少数产品上标有赫斯顿的商标，但是它所提供的原材料和原件在今天几乎所有的宇航科技中都能找到。赫斯顿动力的冲模在银河各处的制造厂都有所使用，有些非法复制品甚至在锡安（Xi'An）的生产线上出现。


The Hurston family has been helping Humans make war on one another for generations. They can readily trace the name back five hundred years, to the development of the first power lasers for space defensive platforms. More fanciful family histories connect the present-day Hurstons to Earth's dark ages, crediting the family with everything from broad axes and crossbows to fixed-wing aircraft and atomic weapons. The current patriarch, "Colonel" Gavin E. Stanton, adopts this backstory wholeheartedly, decorating his office with millennia of killing tools and infusing the company's advertising and corporate culture with medievalweaponry wherever possible.
赫斯顿家族世代以来一直帮助人类彼此之间互相残杀；他们的家世一直能追回到五百年之前研发第一款用在太空防御平台上的激光武器。一些更有想象力的家族历史将现在的赫斯顿家族追回地球的黑暗时代，把这期间几乎所有的武器发明都归功于赫斯顿，从板斧和弩到飞机和核武器。现在的族长加文·斯坦顿“上校”（"Colonel"Gavin E. Stanton）全心全意的接受这个家族背景，在他的办公室里展示着多少世纪以来的武器并将公司的企业文化和广告设计最大可能的与中世纪兵器结合。


Whatever the true history, the old adage has proven correct with the current generation: war is good for business. Hurston Dynamics is one of the rare mega-corporations which can properly boast that it owns its own planet, having secured Stanton II from the UEE government in a money-and-stock deal worth an estimated fifty trillion credits. Prior to the acquisition of Stanton II, Hurston was based on Earth, with mining assets and weapons testing ranges scattered throughout thee galaxy. In the past fifty years, these have been significantly consolidated to the facilities on Stanton, making it the place to go for Hurston technology.
无论赫斯顿的真正背景是什么，它的发展始终证明了一句格言的准确性：War is good for business（战争才是发家致富的手段）。赫斯顿动力是少数真正能号称拥有一个星球的大型企业，据估计是以五十万亿帝国币从UEE政府手中收购。在购买斯坦顿II（Stanton II）之前，赫斯顿产业的总部位于地球，而它的矿业资产和武器实验场遍布银河。在近五十年来这些设施陆续被集结到了斯坦顿，使它成为购买赫斯顿产品的最佳星系。


A glitzy showroom and an uncomfortably formal pilots' bar, Viola's, belie the overall situation on the planet. Unlike the other inhabitants of the Stanton "officepark", Hurston has consciously run the planet into the ground: every inch of the world not assigned to corporate facilities is being mined for antimatter precursors or blasted apart in research and development tests. Soot and smog pollute the atmosphere to the point that inhabitants must be issued breathers when conducting work outside their habicubes. The worker satisfaction rating on Hurston is an astonishing 0.5 (out of 10), and very few miners last more than a single conscription tour. The corporation is always seeking to import low-skilled workers and rumors persist that there is a market for Human slaves on their planet. Whatever the truth, privateers will find that Hurston pays well to those who provide them with involuntary labor and is an excellent source of low-cost munitions and metals.
富丽堂皇的展厅和过于拘谨的维奥拉（Viola's）飞行员酒吧掩饰着星球的实际状况。和其他斯坦顿星系“办公园区”的业主相比，赫斯顿有意的把整个星球开发到极点：凡是没有公司设施的地面不是被过度采矿挖空就是在武器开发实验中被炸得面目全非，空气中的烟灰和雾霾使得员工在生态体之外作业时必须戴着空气过滤器。赫斯顿的员工满意程度以只有0.5分（满分10分），位于世界最低，只有极少数的矿工会在征召期结束之后留下。由于公司进口大量廉价劳动力，所以一直有谣言说在赫斯顿星上有奴隶交易。不管事实是什么，非自愿劳动力在赫斯顿能卖上好价钱，同时公司也提供廉价弹药和金属。


As a result of their disregard for Stanton II's ecology, Hurston frequently finds itself the prime target of environmentalist groups, including the Citizen's Clean World Alliance (CCWA) and the Wildlife Conservation Project (WCP). The Colonel does nothing to hide his disgust for such movements, frequently boasting about the number of indigenous species his company has exterminated (mounted Osoian headsand flatcat sensor nubs decorate his sitting room) and inciting further hatred from organizations unlikely to be purchasing radioactive munitions in the firstplace. In response, more militant environmental groups have even been known to target Hurston space convoys. Illegal bounties on Hurston corporate spacecraft are plentiful, though the corporation pays better for the requisite escortpilot muscle.
对斯坦顿II的环境破坏使得赫斯顿频繁成为包括公民洁世联盟（Citizen's Clean World Alliance CCWA）和野生动物保护项目（Wildlife Conservation Project WCP）等环保组织的攻击对象。斯坦顿上校毫不掩饰他对这些运动的厌恶，反而经常炫耀他的公司歼灭的当地生态物种数量，他的客厅墙上也挂着奥索人（Osoian）的头和扁猫（flatcat）的感应器官结节。由于他惹怒的组几乎不会去购买其产品的，因此没有任何商业后果。作为回应，一些军事化的环保组织有时甚至会袭击赫斯顿的运输船队，也有很多组织对公司的公用飞船实施非法的悬赏捕杀令，但赫斯顿往往会以更高的价格雇佣雇佣兵和保安公司护航。


Weapons Systems
武器系统
Though their weapons technology is found throughout the Empire and beyond, Hurston currently manufactures "only" two lines of branded ship weapons: quantum cascade lasers and electron guns. Both lines are available in multiple sizes, configurations and purposes. Weapons sizes range from tiny "needle" cannons to the massivecapital batteries found on UEE warships. Hurston's extensive tool and die experience allows for both weapon types to be sold in both Gatling repeater and strict cannon configuration. Variants of the guns (at various grades) are designed for different markets: Cheap for export, Standard to Quality for licensed civilian use and Excellent for the UEE military.
虽然赫斯顿的武器技术在整个帝国甚至帝国之外都有使用，目前赫斯顿品牌下生产的武器系列“只有”两种：量子级联合激光武器（QCL）和电子炮。两种武器都有各种大小、配置和用途的款式：武器大小从微小的“针”型炮到UEE战舰上的大型炮台都有；赫斯顿在制造业的长久经验使得两种武器在常规型号之外都有加特林速射型号。武器的不同款式（等同于不同质量）是为了出口所有的市场：便宜的用于出口，标准到优质的在民用市场出售，最后卓越的提供给军方。


Hurston's "Spectrum" line of external cavity quantum cascade lasers has been usedeffectively by a variety of operators for nearly a century. Quantum cascade lasers fire electromagnetic bolts that convert any material contacted into plasma, giving it a reasonable "bite" that is useful in most space combat encounters. A Hurston Dynamics Spectrum 7 QCL is recommended by the Bounty Hunter's Guild as the gold standard for "starter" laser cannons, while the Spectrum 9 Gatling variant has been adopted by the UEE for their destroyer-based CIWS systems currently undergoing space trials. While many corporations produce cheaper quantum cascade lasers, mostly based on Hurston's technologies, the Hurston name continues to convey a strong cachet.
赫斯顿的“光谱”（Spectrum）系列定向量子激光武器已经广泛使用近一世纪了。量子激光武器发射的电磁脉冲能把几乎任何接触到的物质变成等离子体，因此在大部分太空对战场景中都有效。赏金猎人联合会把赫斯顿动力的光谱7 QCL定位为入门级激光武器的黄金标准，而光谱9加特林型则被UEE选定为驱逐舰近程防御武器系统（CIWS）并正在调试。虽然很多企业在赫斯顿技术的基础上生产更便宜的量子级联激光武器，但是赫斯顿的品牌声誉依然在行业中持有很大的威望。


The less-celebrated "Magnitude" line of electron guns is generally considered a specialist's weapon. Standard UEE units do not use Magnitudes, although they are mounted on particular special operations and Advocacy spacecraft variants. The guns strip electrons from hydrogen atoms and then accelerate them at high speeds suspended in a magnetic bolt focused through a multi-stage Einzel lens. A pilot trained in the use of his particular model of electron gun will find it an incredibly precise and powerful weapon... a "newbie" activating such a gun for the first time will find it largely useless.
更少见的“震级”系列电子炮属于专业武器。常规UEE部队不使用震级系列，但是特种部队和调查局（Advocacy）的飞船上有所使用。这些炮将氢原子的电子分离，并在多级单透镜聚焦的磁场中加速发射。经过训练的飞行员会发现这是款非常精确并且威力强大的武器，但是对于新手来说它几乎没用。典型的打一发就跑的类型。

Extensive weapons labs have been established on Stanton II, and rumors of a third line of guns continue unabated. These rumors gained serious traction last year, when the corporation put out a record-high ten million credit bounty believed to be for a mercenary who stole a test artifact from the corporation. It is unknown whether or not the bounty was claimed or the artifact was recovered. Observers do consider it highly unusual that Hurston produces conventional and antimatter warheads without their own delivery system. Many believe it only a matter of time until the company premieres an entirely new antimatter-derived slug thrower gun type. When — or if — it happens, it is likely to throw the balance of power among civilian pilots wide open... and potentially impact the course of the war against the Vanduul.
有谣言声称，赫斯顿在斯坦顿II上广泛建立的武器实验室中，有一些正在开发第三种武器。去年，赫斯顿公司对一个涉嫌从赫斯顿盗取了最新样品的雇佣军悬赏一千万帝国币的创纪录高额悬赏几乎肯定了这些谣言的准确性。这个样品是否被找回目前未知。专家认为，赫斯顿虽然生产常规和反物质弹头，但是专家们对于赫斯顿从不生产发射装置有些奇特。很多人认为赫斯顿会在不久的将来推出一款革新性的反物质炮。如果这种武器真正能够出现，那么它将会彻底破坏平民飞行员之间的力量平衡，甚至影响和剜都尔（Vanduul）的战争结果。

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公司历史
赫斯顿动力公司是地球联合帝国的量子级联激光炮和多种电子炮的主要供应商及经销商。其也是军用基础弹药的最大外部供应商及当今经济中的反物质原矿的第三大精炼商。虽然只有很少的最终产品使用了赫斯顿的牌子，但几乎当今所有正在使用的太空技术中都有他们提供的原料和制造的组件。遍及银行系的制造厂都在使用赫斯顿模具的复制品，其盗版甚至走私到了希安的生产中心。
赫斯顿家族世代都在帮助人类进行彼此的战争。他们在五百年前就已声名显赫，开发出了太空防御平台用的第一代高功率激光器。自地球的黑暗年代至今，赫斯顿家族拥有漫长的历史，制造了包括从板斧弓弩到飞机核弹在内的各种东西。责任族长“上校”Gavin E. Stanton十分以其历史为荣。他用千年以来的杀人工具装饰办公室，并想尽一切办法将中世纪武器灌输进公司广告和企业文化。
无论事实如何，一个古老的格言在现今仍未过时：战争带来商机。赫斯顿动力公司是能够自夸拥有整个星球的少数公司之一。其在一笔据估计五万亿的权钱交易中从UEE政府手中获取了Stanton II星球。在获取Stanton II星球前，赫斯顿以地球为总部。其开采设施和武器测试遍及整个银河系。在过去五十年中，这极大地巩固了Stanton上的设施，使其成为赫斯顿技术进行发展的场所。
眩目的陈列室和极为正式的酒吧、音乐厅与整个星球的气氛毫不相称。与Santon“办公园区”的其他居民不同，Hurston更重视地表：星球上每一寸没有公司设施的土地都在挖掘反物质原矿或因研发测试需要而被炸得支离破碎。雾霾污染了大气层。居民在居住舱外进行工作时必须戴上呼吸器。赫斯顿的工作舒适度是惊人的0.5（满分10分），只有极少数矿工能活到一个征召期满。公司总在输入低技术工人，以致有传言说他们星球上开了一个人类奴隶市场。无论真相如何，私掠者们总能因为向赫斯顿提供非自愿劳工而获利颇丰，又能从赫斯顿处获得低价的弹药和金属。
因为忽视了Stanton II的生态，赫斯顿经常被环保组织视为主要目标，包括公民净土联盟（CCWA）和野生动物保护计划（WCP）。上校毫不掩饰对这些运动的厌恶，经常吹嘘其公司灭绝的当地物种（他将奥西恩的头和扁猫的感知器官挂在墙上来装饰客厅），还煽动敌视那些不使用放射性弹药的组织。反过来，更多激进的环保组织已经明确将赫斯顿的太空船队列为目标。对赫斯顿旗下飞船的非法赏金散布四处，而赫斯顿则为护航的飞行员提供更为丰厚的回报。
武器系统
虽然赫斯顿的武器技术自帝国建立之前就已创立，其现今的产品“只有”两个飞船武器品牌：量子级联激光炮（QCL）和电子炮。两个品牌都有多种规格、构造和用途的产品。武器规格从微型的“针”式炮到UEE战舰上使用的巨型旗舰炮塔一应俱全。赫斯顿的大量工具和模具经验使两种武器类型都有加特林速射型和高精度炮型的选择。各种级别的各型号炮设计使用的目标市场不同：便宜的猴版用于出口，基础品质的是特许民用型号，尖端的提供给UEE军方。
赫斯顿的“光谱”牌共振腔量子级联激光炮已被各种人士有效使用了近一个世纪。量子级联激光炮发射电磁弹药，将接触到的任何物质转换为等离子体，造成适量的伤害，使其在多数太空战斗中都适用。赫斯顿动力公司的光谱7型QCL作为“起始级”的激光炮中的黄金武器，在赏金猎手公会中广受欢迎，而光谱9型加特林系列则被UEE采用，作为其驱逐舰用近防武器系统正在接受太空试用。许多公司都在生产更便宜的量子级联激光炮，而其多数都基于赫斯顿的技术，使赫斯顿的品牌保持了强大的威望。
不太出名的“量级”牌电子炮通常是专家级的武器。 量级牌不被基础的UEE部队采用，而是装配在某些特种部队和各型倡导级飞船上。 这种炮从氢土包子中分离出电子，然后将其悬浮在磁场中，通过多级单透镜聚焦并加速到极高的速度。受训使用某一电子炮的飞行员会发现其是件极为精确强力的武器……而交给菜鸟则会完全无用武之地。
Stanton II星球上建有大量武器实验室，而有传言说第三个炮品牌获得了持续的投入。这个传言去年吸引了很多人的注意，尤其是当公司则开出了创纪录的一千万赏金，据信对象是一个从公司偷取了一个试验制品的佣兵。是否有人拿到了赏金，或者试验制品是否被收回，都不得而知。观察家认为赫斯顿制造传统和反物质弹药却没有其投送系统这一点非常奇怪。许多人认为公司推出全新的反物质弹药投送炮类型只是时间问题。当——或者如果——这成为了现实，很可能会严重打破民间飞行员之间的力量平衡……并且有可能对与梵鹘人的战争进程造成影响。

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