银河指南：克劳斯&维尔纳公司

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Galactic Guide: Klaus & Werner

Greetings Citizens,

Today’s Galactic Guide details the weapons lineup of Klaus & Werner, one of the premiere gun manufacturing companies in the Star Citizen universe! If you own a personal spacecraft, you likely own a K&W gun! This guide originally appeared in last month’s issue of Jump Point.

Klaus &Werner
克劳斯&维尔纳




The majority of gun manufacturers diversify their manufacturing lineups. A&R makes reactors, GreyCat makes buggies. Even Behring, considered the platinum standard for laser class weaponry, also designs shield generators. Klaus & Werner doesn’t; they make guns, and they make them well.


大部分武器生产商不止专一制作武器：A&R同时生产反应堆，灰猫（GreyCat）还生产越野车，甚至作为激光武器设计最高标准的贝林（Behring）也设计力场护盾。但是克劳斯&维尔纳则不然；克维公司只做武器，而且是很好的武器。


This simple philosophy was the brainchild of Hector Klaus, a successful weapons inventorwho believed above all else that simplicity of design would triumph in a combat situation. He long advocated creating weapons with as few moving parts as possible, reducing the needed supply chain and wherever possible rethinking weapon roles. He began his career working in Behring’s famed Terra lab, where his designs were applauded but his philosophy ignored. Military contracts were most profitable when they meant that a company would continue to produce replacement parts, upgrade kits and other maintenance supplies. A chance meeting with Jassica Werner, the widow of a wealthy industrialist, lead to Klaus’ resignation from Behring and the founding of a new company based on his principles.


这个简单的专一理念是杰出武器发明家赫克托·克劳斯（Hector Klaus）提出的。他认为武器的简易性是最重要的，并且长期主张最大程度上减少武器中的活动部件以便缩小供应链，同时重新考虑部分武器的用途。克劳斯的工作生涯是在贝林著名的泰拉（Terra）实验室中开始的。虽然他的设计赢得了大量称赞，但是他的理念却被无视。承保公司从军队的采购合同中赚取最大利润的方式是能够不断提供替换零件、部件升级和其他补给必需品。在一次和杰西卡·维尔纳（Jassica Werner）的偶然会面之后，克劳斯辞去了在贝林的工作。作为一名工业富豪的遗孀，维尔纳提供的资金支持使得克劳斯有机会创建自己的公司。


In the ensuing years, Klaus & Werner has become a household name. Civilian pilots of all stripes rely on their affordably priced, effective guns systems and their personal arms division has seen great success. The company has had little success in the military arena, though. Repeated bids for lucrative military contracts have resulted in only token production orders, with the Army and Navy continuing to rely on Behring and other well-established standards for their weapons technologies.


在随后的几年里，克维成了家喻户晓的名字。各种级别的平民飞行员都使用克维既有效又价格适当的武器系统，同时公司的私人武器也取得了极大的成功。但是在军需市场上克维却屡遭失败。虽然不断争取军队的采购合同，但是最终只是获得过少数的代理生产订单，陆军和海军依然从贝林和其他早已被广泛认可的公司购买武器。


CF Series
CF系列




The key limitation of laser weapons is their low damage potential. Lasers recharge quickly, they impact a wide variety of energy fields and armor types, and they cause “clean” hits, but despite attempts at increasing battery pools and energy generation, no one has engineered a laser that does the kind of damage that a neutron gun or a kinetic weapon can inflict. Most designers work around this limitation by increasing the range and the surgical precision of their lasers. Not Klaus & Werner: the CF-series of laser repeaters is based on an entirely different principle: deliver as many hits to a wide area as quickly as possible. Three models of the CF series, the Bulldog, Badger and Panther, currently account for the majority of Klaus & Werner’s Voyager Direct sales.


激光武器的关键缺陷是它们较低的威力。虽然激光武器充电快，对很多种防护力场和装甲都有效，而且能取得干净的穿透性伤害，但是无论如何增大电池容量和能量输出，至今没有任何一款激光炮的威力能达到中子炮或动能穿甲武器的级别。大部分设计师通过增加激光武器的射程和精确度来弥补这一缺点，但是克维采取了另外一种方案。CF系列激光转轮炮的设计理念完全不同：以最大的频率击中比较广的范围。CF系列里的三款武器“猛犬”（Bulldog）、“狗獾”（Badger）和“黑豹”（Panther）构成克维在旅行者直销商店中的主要收入来源。


Klaus & Werner positions the CF-007 Bulldog Laser Repeater as its “beginner” laser, with a low price point designed to introduce new pilots to the repeater concept. The ultimate hope is that a pilot who picks a Bulldog as a first gun will become used to the style of weapon and opt for a Klaus & Werner gun when it’s time to upgrade, rather than switching to a Behring with wholly different firing specifications. The Bulldog features a three-barrel sequential fire design which is capable of high rates of power while maintaining a good degree of accuracy. The overall low damage rate is countered by low overall power consumption. Reviews of the Bulldog have been middling, with many recommending that those with enough credits to spend opt for a higher quality weapon.


克维把CF-007“猛犬”定为初级入门激光炮，并通过低廉的价格吸引新飞行员体验转轮炮的感觉。这个营销策略的目标是希望选择猛犬作为自己第一门炮的飞行员会在升级武器的时候继续选择克维，而不是换成一门使用方式完全不同的贝林炮。猛犬的三个炮膛能在提供高射速的同时保持一定程度的精确性，而总体较低的威力由较低的能耗平衡。顾客对于猛犬的评论较为一般，并建议有足够经费的人去选择一款更高级的武器。






The CF-117 Badger Laser Repeater is a mid-range repeater intended as the next step up from the Bulldog. From a technical standpoint, it is merely a better-tuned Bulldog (with some additional styling to attract higher-credit spenders).
The Badger maintains the Bulldog’s power issues, producing an overall poor power-to-damage ratio. Serious repeater advocates generally skip the Badger during their upgrade process, unless their ships are customized in such a way that the higher-yield Panther would be an ineffective choice.


CF-117“狗獾”是一门中级转轮炮，是猛犬的下一代。从技术角度来讲，它只是一门经过更精细的调试的猛犬加上更有吸引力的造型。狗獾依然有猛犬的能量消耗问题，总体的能耗和造成的伤害比例较低。对转轮炮有研究的人一般在升级的时候跳过狗獾，除非他们的飞船布局导致高威力的黑豹效率降低。


The CF-227 Panther is the pinnacle of the Klaus & Werner repeater line for smaller ships. The Panther well overcomes the design limitations of the Bulldog and Badger, creating a true fire-and-forget weapon with a respectable power consumption-to-damage ratio. Pilots who can afford to outfit their ships with Panthers, both in terms of power capacity and credit balance, rarely regret the decision. The greatest limitation of this weapon is its struggle with power efficiency.


CF-227“黑豹”代表着克维小型飞船转轮炮的顶尖技术。黑豹成功克服了猛犬和狗獾的设计缺陷，是一门拥有较高能耗伤害比例的真正开火后不管的武器。有条件给飞船装上黑豹（金钱和反应堆输出能量限制）的飞行员几乎没有后悔的。这款武器最大的缺陷就是较高的能耗。


Mass Drivers
质量加速器


Klaus & Werner’s second, less celebrated line of weapons is its class of ballistic mass drivers. These hard-ammo ballistic weapons are capable of firing multiple types of ammunition and generally offer better shield penetration in exchange for requiring ammunition reloads. Low energy requirements are ideal for pilots hoping to conserve power and reduce EM signature. Klaus & Werner currently manufactures a 60mm hard-ammo mass driver for the civilian market, as well asseveral other bore ratings under restricted contracts. The major criticism ofthese weapons is their limited magazine space, although a number of aftermarket upgrades are available to somewhat alleviate this problem.


克维的武器阵容里还有一种，是公司的弹道质量加速器系列。这些动能弹道武器可以发射多种弹药而且有更高的立场护盾穿透性，但是有弹药限制。这些低能耗武器是希望节省能量并减小电磁信号的飞行员的最佳选择。克维目前给民用市场生产60mm口径的质量加速器，另外给限量特定客户生产其它口径。这类型武器最大的问题是比较小的弹药限制，不过市场上可以买到部分解决这一问题的升级部件。


Although the mass driver line got off to a slow start, recent years have seen sales quadruple annually. This is likely the result of the increase in Vanduul attacks on the frontier coupled with the popular impression that mass driver-style weaponry will do more damage to a Scythe than a simple laser. While military surveys do not necessarily support this thinking, it has spread to the popular consciousness and seen frontier worlds adopting mass drivers for use in their militia spacecraft in large numbers.


虽然早期的质量加速器销量不高，但是今年来销量每年翻倍。这很可能是由于剜度尔更加频繁的袭击和民众印象中质量加速器对剜度尔死镰的伤害比普通激光武器大造成的。虽然军队的分析调查没有显示支持这一印象的证据，但是依然有很多人这么认为，致使边界星球大量为民兵飞船采购质量加速器。


Small Arms
轻兵器


Likely the most famous device in Klaus & Werner’s pantheon is the Model II Arclight, a handheld laser made famous as Kyle Fenris’ sidearm on the hit vid show The Frontier. Fenris’ reliable Arclight became so closely associated with the character that the series’ producers were once forced to torpedo a licensing deal with VOLT after fan reaction to the weapons change set off widespread reaction and crippled ratings. As such, the Model II Arclight has become extremely popular on the civilian market; it’s the gun most likely to be found under a pillow or, in plastic toy form, battling it out in a child’s game of Vanduuls and Star Heroes.


克维军械库里最著名的武器很可能是弧光II型（Model II Arclight）。弧光II是一款激光手枪，作为热播电视剧《边疆》(TheFrontier)主角凯尔·芬里斯（Kyle Fenris）的副武器成为人们眼中标志性的激光手枪，以至于在制片人跟VOLT公司签订授权协议替换弧光手枪之后，粉丝的强烈反应和瞬间下滑的收视率迫使制作组把协议取消。弧光II型是平民市场上最受欢迎的手枪，几乎随处可见，不管是藏在枕头下还是以玩具形式出现在玩剜度尔对战星际英雄的小孩手中。


The other side to this coin is that the Arclight has become as much of a fashion statement as a weapon, with serious enthusiasts decrying it for such. Despite this, the Arclight is a high quality laser with what is arguably the best handgun-to-Optiglass link in the business. Arclights are durable and the lack of moving parts, per Klaus’ philosophy, means that they survive in a number of extreme environments that would freeze or otherwise totally disable many of their peers.


弧光的流行性使得它也成为个性化服饰的一部分，一发了枪支爱好者的反对。即便如此，弧光确实是一款高质量激光手枪，并且配有业内最好的枪对视镜（Optiglass）联接技术。根据克劳斯的设计理念，弧光的耐用性和少量活动部件使它能够承受会导致其它同级别武器无法使用的极端环境的考验。


[P.S.了解军事和物理原理的人请勿挑刺...不是我翻译的有问题，是原文就不太谨慎...]

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