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【MP】新网 p118-129
« 于: 2018-03-23, 周五 20:29:06 »
NEONET
新网


剧透 -   :
Karyn Erickson found herself staring at the ARO in
front of her, mesmerized by the morphing shape, and
stunned each time it solidifed. She watched the full cycle, over and over. The quartet of well-known symbols
was easy to interpret, and yet it made her question the
very meaning of each shape because of the instantly
wrong feeling that arose from the pit of her stomach
when the cycle fnished each time.
The frst symbol, a fve-pointed star in three dimensions, reminded her of her childhood. She remembered
that blue logo being everywhere. It was a symbol of
pride for everyone she knew. She felt nostalgia well up
and pull the corners of her mouth up toward the sky.
The second symbol formed from splitting the arms of
the star. They thinned and grew outward until they ended
in a pair of fve-pointed three-dimensional stars, back to
back. This symbol made her feel energized and willing to
take on the world. It was the symbol of her teenage years.
Years where she rebelled against the nostalgia and rigidity of that first symbol, but still loved it just the same.
The third symbol was not a morph as much as a
growth and a color change. The ten points stretched as
the morphing ARO seemed to pull in mass from around
it. The cool blue of the first star changed to a fiery gold
that made her squint against the virtual glow. This was a
symbol of power, growth, and stability.
It was the life she lived now, the world she prowled like a tiger on the hunt, the corporate future of the rebellious teenager who
helped to change the world. The formation of this third
symbol had fueled her thirst for success during the first
cycle. It put a glide in her stride like a cat on the prowl.
The fourth symbol, a left-facing crook with a dot
below, formed from as the star collapsed in on itself. It
was a symbol she knew well. It ended every query she
ever wrote, and here it seemed to act as the ultimate unknown. The question on how this series will progress, or
better stated, whether the series would progress. It was
the symbol that created the wrongness.
卡琳·埃里克森发现自己正盯着面前的ARO,铭记那变幻的外形,每次凝固都让她震惊。她看完了整个循环,看了一次又一次。这个著名的四重标志很好理解,但每次循环结束她腹中升起的异样感却让她怀疑起每层形状的意义。第一个标志,一个三维的五角星形,让她回忆起自己的童年。她记得到处都有这个蓝色的标志。它是所有认识的人的骄傲。一股怀念之情涌起,她将嘴角稍稍提起,朝着天空。星形的分支碎裂,形成了第二个标志。分支变细、向外延伸,最后变成了一对三维五角星形,背靠着背。这个标准让她感觉充满力量,仿佛能够对抗世界。它代表了她的少年时光。那时她反抗着头一个标志代表的乡愁和严厉,但她依然热爱着它。第三个标志不像是变形体,更像生长、变幻的色彩。十个角伸展着,变形中的ARO图标仿佛将周围的物质都抽走了。第一个星形那沉静的蓝色变为热烈的金色,虚拟的光线甚至让她眯起了眼。它代表着力量、发展、稳定。这是她现在的生活,如同捕猎中的猛虎一般四处徘徊,帮助改变世界的叛逆少年迎来了公司的未来。第一个循环内,第三个标志的形状激发了她对成功的渴求。它给她的步伐增添上几分优雅,如同潜行中的猫科动物。第四个标志是一个朝向左面的钩子,下方有一个点,从向内崩裂的星形中生成。这是个她熟悉的标志。她所写的每份质询都以其作结,这里它似乎象征着无尽的未知。这一串符号会如何继续,或者更清楚的问法,它们是否会继续。正是这个符号引发了不安。
剧透 -   :
The frst time the interrogation point appeared she
read the series as, “Where will we go next?” and there
was a sense of worry buoyed by the joyous feelings of
the frst three symbols.
The second time through she didn’t get the same
nostalgia high, remembered the time she was arrested
as a teen, recalled the feeling she had when the quarantine in Boston was announced, and questioned whether
there would be a future.
By the third time she had stopped walking. She focused all her attention on the symbols. The five points of
Fuchi brought to mind Kaneki, her childhood best friend
that she hadn’t thought of in decades because when Fuchi split, he moved to Japan. The blue star of Novatech
reminded her of Anton, her high school boyfriend who ended up in a coma after the Crash. The golden starburst of NeoNET brought to mind the faces of dozens of
friends, lost in Boston, that she blurred out with a dose of bliss every night when they started to creep into her
thoughts. The question mark brought to mind the hundreds of questions she had about her future, her unborn
daughter’s future, her distant fancé’s future, and the future of NeoNET.
By the fourth time she couldn’t process all the
thoughts.
Before the ffth had completed her glasses were
smashed on the ground.
As the sixth completed, though she didn’t see it, she
started crying.
In the middle of the seventh transition from the Novatech to NeoNET star Karyn was pulling the small tube
of white powder from her purse.
Before the eighth was done Karyn didn’t care anymore. She walked on and thought of nothing but the
sensation of the stockings on her legs and the temperature of the air as it passed her lips.
It was pure bliss.
第一次问号出现时,她将这一系列标志解读为,“我们将往何方?”前三个标志带来的欢悦中浮起一丝担忧。
第二次,她心中的怀念之情变淡,她记起了少年时期第一次被逮捕时的感受、波士顿隔离区公布时的感受,她怀疑,是否还有未来。
第三次,她停下了脚步。她将所有注意力集中在这些标志上。代表富积的五角让她想到了金木,她童年时最好的朋友,她已经有几十年没想过对方了,富积分裂后,他就搬到了日本。超星科技的蓝色星形让她想起安东,她在高中的男朋友,在崩溃后陷入昏迷。新网金色的星形放射则让她想起了许多朋友的脸,她在波士顿失去了他们。每晚当他们潜入思绪时,她都会用一剂极乐让思绪消散。问号带来的则是无数的问题,关于她的未来、她未出世女儿的未来、她还在远方的未婚夫的未来,还有新网的未来。
第四次,她已经无法保留这些思考。
第五次循环结束前,她的眼镜摔在了地上。
第六次循环结束,但她已经看不见,她开始哭泣。
第七次中间,超星科技向新网之星变幻时,卡琳从钱包里取出一小管白色粉末。
第八次还没结束,但卡琳再也没有什么可担心的了。她步履飘忽,思绪空白,仅剩腿上的长筒袜的触感,还有穿过唇间空气的温度。
多么纯粹的恩典。
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Re: 【MP】新网 p118-129(缓慢进行中……
« 回帖 #1 于: 2018-04-02, 周一 18:46:30 »
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POSTED BY: ICARUS
过去
发帖人:Icarus
剧透 -   :
When it comes to NeoNET, I’m the guy everyone looks
to for insight. I rarely give it away for free, and I usually
try to spin it so that it helps my stock value instead of
hurts it. This time I’m going to try and lay it all out there.
NeoNET stock has been slowly dropping over the past
few months. The end of ’77 was the lowest value for
NeoNET shares since it frst merged, and some of that
value is being maintained by the rising share value of
several of its holdings. While NeoNET is down, Erika,
Fuchi, and JRJ International are all up, providing emergency floatation devices for their parent megacorporation. Some of the reasons for this are obvious, others
more muddled, and some are buried deep in closets
or locked away behind boardroom doors. I’ll give you what I know and keep it relevant to us. Now, I have to
be reminded at times that some of “us” were not globally aware in the early 2060s, or even the early 2070s
for that matter, so I’ll take a little time to cover the history in broad strokes. If you know the history of NeoNET, skip to Present, but for you youngsters, take a minute out of your busy lives and take a look back at the
wild history of this resilient megacorp. Many a runner
has hoped to be as capable of rebounding as this corp.
NeoNET has been like the phoenix, burned to ash and
reborn over and over. A nuyen or two in the right place
could have you retiring on their next rise to power.
> Wishful thinking there, flyboy.
> Clockwork
谈到新网,每个人都会找我要内部消息。我很少免费给出信息,通常还会稍微歪曲,好让我的股票升值而不是掉价。这次我要试着全部摊开来。
过去几个月,新网的股价正缓慢下跌。77年年底新网的股价达到了它第一次合并以来的最低点,它部分股价还是靠旗下若干地产升值才能维持。虽然新网下去了,但艾瑞卡、富积还有JRJ国际正全力运转,为母超企提供救济。这一切的原因有的很明显,有的较含糊,还有的被深埋在柜子里或锁在董事会门后。我会给出我知道的,尽量不离题。现在,我得提醒自己,“我们”中有的人在60年代初期还缺乏全球视角,甚至到70年代早期也如此,因此我会花一点时间粗略讲解一下历史。如果你了解新网的历史,请跳到现在部分,但是年轻人,还是花你们繁忙生活的一分钟看看这家顽强的超企那多彩的过去。新网曾经像凤凰一般,一次次被烧尽后从灰烬中重生。在合适的地方花上一两个新円或许能让你趁着他们下次起飞赚够退休金。
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>想得挺美,飞行小子。
> Clockwork
剧透 -   :
JRJ INTERNATIONAL
We can start all the way back in the 2030s with JRJ International. JRJ was a founding member of the Corporate Court and thus gained a permanent seat, what is
often referred to as the “Golden Ticket.” They are a multinational conglomerate and still a legitimate megacorporation, but even Horizon has more assets. I always
start with them, just to show the ball before playing the
shell game. Richard Villiers didn’t have JRJ yet when he
started playing in the megacorporate big leagues, but
it’s an important part of the rest of the story. From this
point forward the important thing to note is that JRJ
International belongs to Richard Villiers and assures a
seat on the Corporate Court.
> So this so-called corporate shark is really just a flounder
with a free pass?
> Chiller
> No. He got control of JRJ and into Fuchi before the
Golden Ticket. He’s been coming out on top of every deal
he’s made for almost half a century. JRJ may be an ace up
his sleeve, but he’s still a top rate poker player without the
cheat.
> Mr. Bonds
> What’s Fuchi got to do with this? They’re small potatoes.
> Chiller
> Read on, young Socrates, read on.
> Mr. Bonds
JRJ国际
我们从30年代的JRJ国际开始讲起。JRJ是公司法庭的创始成员,由此获得一个永久席位,通常也被称为“金色入场券”。他们是一家跨国联合公司,还是合法的超企,但就连地平线的资产都比他们多。我总是从JRJ讲起,好在猜谜之前出示谜面。理查德·维里斯刚进入超企大联赛时还没获得JRJ,但它对后面的故事很重要。此后值得注意的重要内容就是JRJ国际属于理查德·维里斯,它保有一个公司法庭席位。
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>那么这头所谓的公司狂鲨其实只是条拿着免费通行证的比目鱼?
>Chiller
>不。他在金色入场券之前就控制了JRJ、进入了富积。他在将近半个世纪里的每一笔交易中拔得头筹。JRJ可能是他袖子里的一张王牌,但哪怕不作弊他也是顶级的牌手。
>Mr. Bonds
>富积和这些又有什么关系呢?他们只是小玩意。
>Chiller
>看下去,年轻的苏格拉底,看下去。
>Mr. Bonds
剧透 -   :
FUCHI
Next big piece of the historical puzzle is Fuchi Industrial Electronics. While the brand name and chunks of the
corporation still exist, they are the scattered remains of
a once powerful Japanacorp. Fuchi was the computer industry powerhouse owned by the Yamana and Nakatomi
families of Japan in the 2030s. Enter our corporate shark,
Villiers, who happens to have control over Matrix Systems and the key technology for the frst cyberdecks,
which most believe he acquired through less-than-legal
means. Villiers offered Fuchi the technology in exchange
for a third of the corporation and control of North and
South American operations. Initial refusal was followed
by a timely murder and a more amenable member of the
Nakatomi family, who accepted Villiers offer.
With his influx of capital, Villiers purchases controlling
interest of JRJ International and now brings a seat on the
Corporate Court and a AAA rating to the company. The
Japanacorp, with the Boston-born shark as CEO, was
destined for internal strife. While Fuchi’s divisive internal
pieces may have poured billions into the shadows over
the years, it took a few decades and a dead dragon to
instigate the fnal spiral of Fuchi. Dunkelzahn must have
had a real problem with Fuchi. It was his bequeathing
of stock, in Renraku, to Miles Lanier, Villiers’ right hand
man, that drove the final wedge between the divisions.
When the cracks became visible, so did the fact that Villiers now held the most valuable pieces of Fuchi NA in
his personal portfolio. Triple-A Fuchi broke apart, and
Fuchi NA gave rise to the next phase of life for NeoNET’s
most turbulent ancestor.
富积
历史拼图的另一大块是富积工业电子。虽然品牌名字还有公司分部依然存在,但它们只是一个曾经强大的日本公司的残余。在30年代,富积是一家雄厚的计算机产业公司,由山名和中臣家族所有。然后我们的公司狂鲨,理查德·维里斯出现了,他掌握着矩阵系统以及第一代赛博碟板的关键技术,大部分人相信他是通过不那么合法手段取得的。维里斯向富积提出以该技术换取三分之一的公司股份和北美南美的管理权。最初的拒绝紧接着的是恰到好处的谋杀,随后一位更加和蔼的中臣家族成员接受了维里斯的提议。
维里斯用他的资金流买下了JRJ国际的控制股权,现在给这家公司带来了公司法庭的席位和AAA评级。这家日本公司,和波士顿出身的狂鲨CEO,必然导致内部倾轧。虽然富积内部的分裂在那些年间或许给暗影带来了数亿的新円,但却用了几十年外加一头死去的龙才促成了富积冲突升级。黑牙一定真的很讨厌富积。正是他赠与给迈尔斯·卢内尔——维里斯的左右手——的联络股份成为了让分裂扩大的楔子。当裂痕展示出来的同时,维里斯将富积北美最有价值的资产收入囊中的事实也清晰可见。三A的富积分崩离析,富积北美则进入下一个阶段,诞生了新网最多灾多难的前代。
剧透 -   :
NOVATECH
The day the Fuchi Towers in Boston were relabeled
the Novatech Towers became a corporate holiday,
known as Ascension Day. While Novatech was founded on paper on some unknown date in the mid-’50s,
this was the date for the official rise to Triple-A status.
They were headquartered in Boston, much like NeoNET, owned and operated primarily by Villiers, much like
NeoNET, and they got hosed in an event involving AIs,
much like NeoNET.
The name of Novatech was appropriate for their nova-like rise to power, fllash of apparent implosion, and then
their black hole like gravity that pulled other powers to
them. Looking for a big win with an initial public offering,
or IPO, for the privately owned Novatech, Villiers didn’t realize he was setting the stage for the Crash of ’64. Though
flush with cash from the offering, he was also hammered
by the confusion caused post Crash and the spread of
damaging rumors that Villiers was in collusion with Winternight. Novatech’s reputation stumbled, but their value
did not. Still guaranteed a seat on the CC, they faced serious takeover threats due to the coincidence of their IPO
and Winternight’s attack. With enemies at the gate, Villiers
sought some new friends. From Novatech’s embattled position, NeoNET rose and Novatech went from being the
second largest megacorporation in North America to part
of the second largest corporation in the world.
超新科技
波士顿的富积群塔被重新更名为超星科技群塔的那一天成为了公司假日,称作上升日。虽然超星科技纸面上的成立时间是50年代中未知的某一天,但这一天才是它正式获得三A地位的日子。
他们的总部在波士顿,和新网一样;他们主要的所有者和管理者是维里斯,和新网一样;他们被卷入一起有AI参与的事件中,和新网一样。
超星科技这个名字相当恰当,如同超新星一般晋升至权力顶端,内爆放出剧烈的闪光,然后黑洞般的引力将其它力量吸向他们。维里斯寻求着利用首次公开募股,或者说IPO,为私人控股的超星科技赢取更大的胜利,但他没有意识到自己为64年矩阵崩溃搭好了舞台。虽然他被这次募股的资金淹没,但也被后崩溃导致的困惑以及维里斯与冬夜组织有联系的不利谣言打击着。超新科技的名声受挫,但他们的股价没有。敌人兵临城下,维里斯需要找到新朋友。新网从被围困的超星科技起飞,而超新科技从北美第二大超企变成了世界第二大超企的一部分。
剧透 -   :
ERIKA
One name was all the branch ever needed. Erika was a
AA-rated telecomm and electronics giant based in Finland. The baby of Anders Malmstein, it was, and technically still is, the biggest competitor for S-K’s Aetherlink in Europe. As megacorporations go they kept their
heads down, focused on dominating their chosen arena while dabbling in other places, and avoided troubles
that crippled competitors.
> Or caused the crippling. Erika is a megacorp. They did
what megacorps do to survive and thrive.
> Glitch
Erika’s primary focus has always been government and industrial data-infrastructure and upgrade.
They’ve left tasks like maintenance to sub-contractors
so they can focus on the future, not the past. After being a key player in the development of the WMI (Wireless Matrix Initiative) post Crash 2.0, Erika merged
with Transys-Neuronet, combining tech expertise and
precision craftsmanship with innovations being developed by Celedyr.
艾瑞卡
这家公司仅需一个名字。艾瑞卡是一家总部在芬兰的AA级电信和电子巨头。它是安德斯·马斯坦的宠儿,理论上依然是S-K以太链在欧洲最大的竞争对手。和其他超企相比,他们保持低调,专注于在所选领域掌控全局,其它领域则偶有涉及,并且避开会削弱对手的麻烦,
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>或者自己削弱对手。艾瑞卡是家超企,他们和超企一般行事,谋求生存和发展。
>Glitch
艾瑞卡的着重点一直都是政府和工业数据基础设施以及设施升级。他们把诸如维护这类工作留给下级承包商,以便着眼未来而不是过去。崩溃2.0后,艾瑞卡在WMI(无线矩阵倡议)的开发中扮演了主要角色,他们随后和超统-神经网络合并,将自身的技术专业人员、精细制造工艺与塞勒迪尔发展的创新成果结合。
剧透 -   :
TRANSYS-NEURONET
If you follow cybernetic advancements, you’ve been
following Transys-Neuronet, If you’ve had an interest
in the public affairs of dragons, you’ve been following Transys-Neuronet. If you like stories of intrigue,
insanity, and innovation, you’ve been following Transys-Neuronet.
Transys has always been a leader in augmentation
innovation thanks to the curious brilliance of Celedyr.
As a great dragon curious about the advancement of
metahumanity through medical, rather than magical,
advancement, Celedyr has kept T-N beyond the forefront of the feld. Megacorporate extraterritoriality, a
draconic sense of morality, an insatiable curiosity, and
an unrivaled ruthlessness when it comes to his studies
have allowed Celedyr, and T-N, to push the envelope
and stretch what is considered acceptable in terms of
augmentation, including work on augmenting animals,
paranimals, and even dragons.
All of that was even before merging with Erika, and
eventually Novatech, to become part of NeoNET.
Under the NeoNET umbrella, T-N has added AIs
and technomancers to their areas of study. Celedyr has
spoken frankly about his beliefs in AI sapience and the
rights they deserve right alongside technomancers and
their potential to bridge the gap between man and machine with nothing but the mind. The depths to which
one could speak on Celedyr can be found elsewhere so
I will extend a fnal important point on his part in the
history of T-N and NeoNET and remind that throughout this history he has been the head of Research and
Development. While other dragons play at owning and
manipulating corporations, Celedyr has focused his
considerable mental faculties on augmentation innovations.
超统-神经网络
如果你关注赛博增强的进展,你一定关注着超统-神经网络。如果你对龙的公共事务感兴趣,你一定关注着超统神经网络。如果你喜欢阴谋、疯狂还有发明的故事,你一定关注着超统-神经网络。多亏了塞勒迪尔那天才的好奇心,超统一直是殖装创新方面的领导者。作为一头对通过医学而不是魔法提升泛人类保持着好奇心的巨龙,塞勒迪尔让T-N在该领域遥遥领先。超企的治外法权、龙的道德观、永不满足的好奇心,还有研究时无人可比的冷酷,这些让塞勒迪尔还有T-N突破了极限、扩展了殖装增强的可接受范围,包括动物、超动物,甚至龙的殖装。
这些都是在与艾瑞卡合、最后与超新科技合并,成为新网一部分之前的事了。在新网的保护伞下,塞勒迪尔将AI和超链者加入了研究对象。塞勒迪尔曾坦诚地说过,他认同AI智能、AI和超链者应得的权力,还有他们单凭思想连接人与机械带来的可能性。对塞勒迪尔的深入说明可以在别处找到,因此我最后再拓展一下他在T-N和新网的历史地位,我提醒你们,纵观整个T-N到新网的历史,他都担任研究与开发主管。当其他龙在纂取、操纵公司时,塞勒迪尔将他那强大的思维能力用在了殖装开发上。
剧透 -   :
> For those not up for interpreting that statement, just think
of it this way. Most of this dragon’s brainpower and efforts
have gone into augmentation design and innovation.
While we’ve seen plenty of new systems come out of
T-N in the past, how far behind their R&D curve is their
marketing?
> Bull
> From personal experience, pretty far. I ran into one of
Celedyr’s Knights of Rage on a job in the Carib. I’ve seen
sammies with top-of-the-line wires, and this guy made
them look turtle-like. On top of that, he made a straight
jump from the deck of a Kingfsher to the main deck of a
cargo freighter.
> Kane
> Magic. The KoR have serious initiates. They have their
own internal group and a dragon as their patron.
> Haze
> No mojo. My slinger assensed and got serious cyber.
> Kane
> Cyber-adept. It’s been a major research area for Celedyr
for a few decades. He’s probably made some innovations,
and the KoR play guinea pig for him all the time.
> Winterhawk
引用
>那些不愿过多解读这些话的人,这样想吧。这头龙大部分的脑力和工作都用在了殖装设计和发明上。虽然我们过去见到了不少T-N的新系统,但是他们公布的东西比他们研发曲线落后了多少?
>Bull
>根据个人经验,相当远。我在加勒比干活时遇见了一位塞勒迪尔的怒火骑士。我见过装着最高级跳线的街舞,但这家伙让他们看起来慢的像乌龟。此外,他直接从一条“翠鸟”的甲板跳到了另一艘货船的主甲板上。
>Kane
>魔法。KoR有相当强的启蒙。他们有自己的内部圈子,还有一头龙支持。
>Haze
>不是魔法。我的施法者灵视过了,他装了不少殖装。
>Kane
>赛博修士。几十年来这一直是塞勒迪尔的主要研究领域。他很可能研究出了新东西,KoR一直都是他的白老鼠。
>Winterhawk

剧透 -   :
TRANS-LATVIA ENTERPRISES
I can’t give you a full rundown on the history of NeoNET without mentioning the mysterious Trans-Latvia
Enterprises. In all the years since they snagged a chunk
of Novatech, they have been a giant question mark. Rumors surround them about magical cabals, vampires,
templars, and even a society of adult dragons. The key
thing to know about them is that they have worked to
keep Villiers in check. They don’t keep him from being
successful, but they certainly keep the collar and leash
on.
> While rumors fly I’ll add one more: Dunkelzahn. The Big D
has been putting the brakes on Villiers for decades. Lanier
gets Renraku stock, Dankwalther gets money to fuel his
crusade, Reality, Inc. snags Cavalier, Trans-Latvia keeps
the leash on, and on and on.
> Plan 9
> Where’s the connection?
> Slamm-0!
> Exactly!
> Plan 9
> Guess we know who’s in charge right now.
> Slamm-0!
泛拉脱维亚公司
不提及这家神秘的泛拉脱维亚公司,我无法给你们全面描述新网的历史。在弄走了新网一块蛋糕后的这些年里,他们一直是个巨大的问号。环绕他们的流言包括魔法秘党、吸血鬼、圣殿骑士,甚至还有成年龙结社。需要了解的重点是,他们一直在压制维里斯。他们没阻止他成功,但确实抓着项圈和狗链。
引用
>虽然谣言已经满天飞了,我还是要加多一条:黑牙。大D几十年来一直在给维里斯套枷锁。卢内尔拿到了联络的股份,丹克瓦尔特拿到了讨伐的钱,现实, Inc.弄走了骑将,泛拉脱维亚拿着狗链,诸如此类。
>Plan 9
>有什么关系?
>Slamm-0!
>正是如此!
>Plan 9
>我猜我们现在知道谁是老大了。
>Slamm-0!

剧透 -   :
NEONET
Now for the actual history of NeoNET. As a corporation,
NeoNET came into existence in the late ’60s, when
Novatech merged with Transys-Erika. After the crash,
Richard Villiers and Anders Malmstein met privately
to discuss the merger of their two megacorporations.
Celedyr had only recently been craftily outmaneuvered
by Malmstein and Hildebrant-Kleinfort-Bernal to lose
control of Transys-Erika and suddenly he was again
outmaneuvered as Malmstein colluded with Villiers
to merge into NeoNET. That pair took the positions of
CEO and Chairman of the Board for themselves and left
Celedyr with R&D Director. The new megacorporation
was quickly assessed as number two in the world and
Villiers was right back near the top.
> While people have claimed Celedyr was “outmaneuvered”
several times, he hasn’t lost any assets, has gained
personal value, and now is in charge of the world’s largest
R&D department. NeoNET tops every other corporation
in R&D budget, even S-K. Celedyr has access to more
resources, more personal wealth, and more freedom to
work than he did a decade ago. Not sure that’s getting
duped.
> Sticks
> “Let the puny humans think what they may. Reality is
reality. Words do not change that.” —Celedyr
> Frosty

新网

现在开始真正的新网历史。作为一家公司,新网在60年代末期,超新科技与超统-艾瑞卡合并后出现。崩溃后,理查德·维里斯与安德斯·马斯坦私下讨论了两家超企的合并事宜。塞勒迪尔刚输给了马斯坦和Hildebrant-Kleinfort-Bernal的诡计,失去了超统-艾瑞卡的控制权,却突然因为马斯坦与维里斯密谋合并再次失去了主动权。两人分别成为了CEO和董事会主席,给塞勒迪尔剩下了研发主管的位置。这家新超企很快上升至世界第二的位置,维里斯也重新回到了距顶峰一步之遥的距离。
引用
>虽然人们认为塞勒迪尔“输了”几次,但他并未失去任何资产,反而获得了个人价值,现在还是世界上最大的研发中心的负责人。新网的研发经费超过了所有其它公司,甚至超过了S-K。塞勒迪尔获得了更多资源、更多个人财富,以及比十年前更多的研究自由。不太确定谁是傻子。
>Sticks
>“随这些渺小的人类想去吧。事实就是事实。话语不能改变事实。”——塞勒迪尔
>Frosty
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For over a decade NeoNET continued to grow and innovate. They played the megacorporate game like everyone else: hiring runners, bickering internally, and trying to
keep the value of their stock moving upwards. Since their
creation, they have played a part in many major world
events. Right now, though, I’ll limit my history to just two
instances where they’ve made their mark, because those
two are still making a signifcant impact today.
As the innovators of the WMI protocols, they were
the frst to be approached by Danielle de la Mar to create the Matrix we now all know and hate. While at the
forefront of this “innovation,” they were also battling internally about cognitive fragmentation disorder and the
possible source being a NeoNET operation that was not
signed off on by Villiers or Malmstein. The new Matrix
has been a huge corporate success as they’ve slapped
the shackles back on information. The new Matrix is now
leading toward a world SIN registry and the push to put
shadowrunners of the world back onto the SINless list,
rather than the multi-SIN list.
This new level of control also helped to keep any
evidence of NeoNET’s connection to CFD from leaking.We in the shadows now know that the original source of
CFD came out of Celedyr’s Albuquerque compound and
infected two of ours, Riser and Fastjack. While Fastjack
is still eluding any attempts to confrm his life status or
whereabouts, Riser has recently been confrmed dead.
His efforts to atone for his crimes fell on deaf ears, and
his violations against the Smokers’ Club were not forgiven. Back to the point, though. Even with the events of
Boston, which seem to be the fault of Celedyr, NeoNET
has avoided blame by completely blocking off the city
with the help of the Corporate Court. The problem is, at
some point, someone needs to be blamed, and all the
suspects are pushing the dirt toward NeoNET. The pile is
getting bigger, which brings us to current events.
过去十年,新网持续增长、创造。他们同其他人玩着一样的超企游戏:雇佣狂奔者、内部争执、努力保证他们的股份上涨。自诞生以来,他们参与了世界上许多重要事件。但现在我把我的历史课限制在两件让他们声名显著的事件上,这些事件至今依然意义重大。
作为WMI协议的发明者,他们是第一家被Danielle de la Mar找上、并建立了我们熟知着又痛恨着的矩阵的公司。在这件“发明”之下,他们内部还在因认知碎片化障碍以及根源或许是一次没有维里斯和马斯坦签名的新网公司行为。新矩阵是一次巨大的公司成功,他们给信息重新套上了枷锁。新矩阵正引领着一个全球SIN登记体系,将世界上的狂奔者赶回无SIN名单,而不是多重SIN名单。
新的高级控制也帮助新网组织任何与CFD关联的信息泄漏。身处暗影的我们现在知道CFD来自塞勒迪尔在阿尔布开克的工厂,还感染了我们两名成员,莱瑟和快杰克。快杰克避开了所有试图确认他生死和位置的尝试,但莱瑟最近被确认已经死亡。他的赎罪行为被置之不理,但他违背吸烟者俱乐部的行为不会被遗忘。但还是回到重点。
哪怕波士顿时间看起啦是塞勒迪尔的过错,新网也在公司法庭的帮助下将城市完全封锁,避免了罪责。问题是,到了某个点,总有人要承担责任,而所有的嫌疑对象都把脏水往新网泼。越积越多,于是到了当前的状况。
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PRESENT
现在
剧透 -   :
Because I like to point out I completed my high school
education, I’ll actually introduce this next section. The
current events of NeoNET revolve around their new HQ
plan, the shrinking Villiers family, issues being caused
by head cases (including a rather powerful former part
of NeoNET), and the actions of the major players to
design the future the way they want it. While I’ll cover
this narrow window, remember youngsters: NeoNET is
worldwide and many-faceted (check the stats line), so
you could run into them any and everywhere around
the world. You could dig around and think you are uncovering some world-shattering plot, and it’s really just
another piece of the shell game that every megacorp
can play with unmatched skill. What I’m saying is, the
megas really are large organizations working hard to
dominate the world—it’s not a secret conspiracy, it’s
business as normal.
我想指出我完成了高中教育,因此我要给下一节做个介绍。当前新网的事件主要围绕新总部计划、缩小的维里斯家族、脑病患引发的问题(包括一个相当重要的新网前组成部分),还有主要参与者决定未来走向的行动。我的讲解会复盖这一小块内容,但年轻人请记住:新网是家全球性、多元化的公司(看看数据部分),你可能在任何时候在世界上任何地点撞见他们。你大可四处挖掘,以为自己发现了什么动摇世界的阴谋,但那只是每家超企都在玩的猜球游戏的一部分,他们的技巧无人能及。我要说的是,超企真的是些致力于统治世界的巨型组织——不是什么密谋,只是普通生意。
剧透 -   :
ST. LOUIS WINS INTERNAL
VOTE FOR NEW NEONET HQ
And despite the worldwide coverage of that headline
and the remarkably quick start to digging the foundation, this St. Louis project is likely to end up as
nothing more than a big freaking hole in the ground.
NeoNET is having loads of trouble in the present, and
construction of this megacorporate monolith is a fouryear project intended to bring billions of nuyen to the
St. Louis economy. An arch that spans the Mississippi
is the design, but this is no Gateway. This is a marvel
of modern engineering that will have crane elevators
bringing in supplies right off the river, a pair of built in
bridges, and entrances in two separate nations. NeoNET is truly poising itself to try to reunite the United
States.
See the problems?
圣路易斯赢得新网新总部内部投票
尽管有了全球的头条报道以及相当迅速的地基开挖,这个圣路易斯项目最后很可能仅仅是地上的一个大坑。新网当前有一堆问题,建造这个公司巨构则是个为期四年的项目,预计将给圣路易斯的经济带来数亿新円。它的设计是个横跨密西西比的拱形结构,但这可不是什么入闸口。这是个现代工程的奇迹,由吊式升降机直接将原料运输过河,建成一对内接桥梁,入口分别在两个分裂的国家。新网确实准备要重组美利坚合众国。
发现问题了吗?
剧透 -   :
Even if they weren’t dealing with the metric fuckton
of issues in Boston, the saber-rattling from the Corporate
Court, and the dragon drama going on between Celedyr
and Lofwyr following the war they really want to pretend never happened, they set the plans for the new
corporate HQ smack dab in the middle of some national
politics that have been heated not just since the 2030s
when they split, but from way back in the 1860s when
they frist came to blows, and even back to the 1700s
when they frst united against a common enemy but really had little in common themselves.
Politicians on both sides of the border are working
every angle they can wring a nuyen out of before this
whole dog-and-pony show collapses into the muddy
Mississippi. Right now some of the most entertaining
contractual issues are coming up between the two different architectural and construction frms that are working on the two sides of the river. In order to appease
both sides, NeoNET voluntarily eased off on their whole
“extraterritorial” status, and instead of just buying both
sides and giving all nations the big central digit, they negotiated deals on both sides. The deals still took a lot of
shadow ops to lean on the right people and get the right
leverage, and now that leverage is split by 570 meters of
water that both nations are free to use but don’t have a
right to sell or negotiate over.
This has become a popular target for other corps looking to slow, limit, hinder,
or just plain undermine NeoNET. Supplies, workers, and
leadership are split between the nations, and the two
teams are trying to outbuild each other every day. Being
done frst could be a big step up the corporate ladder
for the executive in charge of construction, or a oneway ticket to megacorporate purgatory for the loser. I’m
sure some portion of the construction budget is going
toward slowing their rivals with everything from site sabotage to a little extra laxative in the crew’s soykaf supply.

The citizens of NeoNET were not unanimous in their
vote. In fact, St. Louis gathered forty-seven percent of
citizen votes in the frst wave of voting, but only moved
to ffty-fve percent for the final vote
since most of the votes that were scattered for cities around the world united behind Cardiff, Wales, while a strong North Am push pulled a ton of sympathy over for Boston. While
many naysayers claim the voting results were rigged, I
will point out that NeoNET is still one of the progenitors
of our modern ultra-secure Matrix set-up. Voting hosts
were even directly monitored by members of GOD
during the twelve hours of voting.
即使他们无需解决波士顿成吨的问题、公司法庭里的硝烟、塞勒迪尔和洛菲尔都想无视的巨龙内战后两者之间的巨龙事务,他们的新总部计划也一头扎进了两个国家间不仅是自30年代的两国分裂而是上溯至19世纪60年代的第一次内战、甚至在18世纪因为共同的敌人将毫无共同点的两边首次联合时就已经十分激烈的冲突里。国境线两边的政治家正使尽浑身解数在这场马戏表演崩落至密西西比的泥泞前榨出每一个新円。现在最好看的合同表演出现在河岸两边两家不同的建筑施工单位之间。为了讨好双方,新网主动抹去了他们整个“治外法权”地位,他们没有直接收买两边、朝所有国家竖中指,而是和双方进行谈判。谈判依旧需要很多暗影操作、支持恰当的人选、找到恰当的支点,而现在这个支点被570米水域分割,两个国家都能自由使用,却都没有卖出或谈判的权力。这里成为了其他超企的热门目标,以求减慢、限制、阻挠新网或者是单纯地挖墙脚。原料供应、工人以及领导按国家分为两队,两支队伍每天都在尝试超越另一方。对建设执行人来说,成为第一支完成的队伍将会是公司阶梯向上的一大步,失败,则是通往超企炼狱的单程票。我确信建设经费中有一部分流到了阻挠了对手方面,从破坏工地到给员工的豆咖里加点泻药。
新网的公民对投票并非全无异议。事实上,圣路易斯在第一波投票潮中获得了47%的公民投票,但在最终投票中只增加到了55%,大部分选票分散到了世界各处,以威尔士卡迪夫为代表,同时北美因波士顿博取了大把同情。虽然许多反对者称投票结果受到了操控,但我得指出新网依旧是我们这个现代的、极其安全的矩阵结构的缔造者之一。投票主机在投票的24小时里都受到了GOD成员的直接监视。
剧透 -   :
> GOD or no, there were incidents. Vote day had plenty of
shadow work to go around. Whether related to the vote,
or using the hype as a distraction, several Johnsons
and fxers were running back-to-back-to-back meetings
sending out runners in the major sprawls.
> Traveler Jones
> I didn’t even work some of the early vote gigs, but I
managed to pick up some really nice ordnance for the rest
of the day when coverage was gone.
> Stone
The problem now is that St. Louis is a split city that
appears to have taken in a split corporation, looking to
do some kind of merging right alongside the nation with
about the same likelihood of success. We’re going to get
a lot of gigs in the near future, but a word to the wise. At
some point, NeoNET has a chance of imploding. Much
like the supermassive stars in space, it’s going to create
a black hole that will suck in any and everyone who is
still within their sphere of influence.
> St. Louis is an up-and-coming city in terms of runner
talent. While most locals aren’t Seattle- or Berlin-grade,
they will be soon as the cities streets heat up. If you’re
looking to train some new talent and build a stable for
your future as a fxer, St. Louis is the place to be.
> Bull
引用
>不管有没有GOD,总会有意外。投票日有不少暗影活动进行着。不管是直接和投票相关的,还是把投票热情作为烟雾弹的,有几个约翰逊和掮客进行着连轴转的会面,将狂奔者派往主要蔓城区。
>Traveler Jones
>我都没给早些时候的投票干活,但热潮过去后剩下的时间里,我搞到了一点相当棒的器械。
>Stone
现在的问题是,圣路易斯这个分裂的城市接受了一个分裂的公司,同时寻求着某种城市和国家融合,两者都希望渺茫。不远的未来里,我们会接到大量的活计,但是给聪明人留一句话。到某个时刻,新网或许会内爆。就像宇宙中的超大质量恒星,它会变成黑洞,吸走任何还在影响范围内的人和物。
>从狂奔人才的角度来说,圣路易斯是个有前途的城市。大部分本地人都不是西雅图或者柏林等级的,但随着城市街道的活动升级,他们很快就能赶上。如果你正在找机会训练新人、给自己的的掮客生涯找驯马场,圣路易斯是你该去的。
>Bull
剧透 -   :
DYING FAMILY TREE
In 2070 there were fve influential members of the Villiers family; Richard, Samantha, Martin, Caroline (Cara),
and Darren (though Darren’s level of influence is questionable). In 2078, one is dead, one is missing, one is
detached, and the last two are still headlining the corporate scene, but not how they were at the start of the
decade. All of these changes are a result of playing in
the corporate shadows, and I have little issue admitting
that the ones that remain are the most morally corrupt
of the bunch. Though “corrupt” may not be the right
word. To corrupt morals, one must have them in the
frst place.
Richard is still around and working out a few dozen
survival schemes all at once. He’s a survivor and has no
remorse in him. He has made all the proper placations
and statements about the loss of Samantha but has done
so in the same stoic corporate facade he uses everywhere. While no one expected him to turn all mushy and
gooey at the loss of his ex-wife, he hasn’t even shown
much emotion when interacting with his daughter about
the loss of her mother.
Samantha’s death was a surprise. Even more of a
surprise is the fact that the screamsheets seem to have
gotten it right. I won’t waste space here for conspiracy
theories or rehash the details—hit the news for that—but
I know there was plenty in the works when she passed
that is now up in the air for others to scramble after.
NeoNET Seattle is reeling from her loss, and the chaos is
helping out the shadows as execs fight over the carcass
of her career.
Martin is still behind the Boston blackout. No one
knows what’s become of him, but control of his stock
has shifted to his niece Caroline. That right there could
say a lot about Martin’s relationship with his brother,
but the deal was probably arranged between the two in
order to appease other people with offces on the top
floors. Control of Martin’s other portfolio assets also belong to Caroline, though much of it is lost in the limbo
of Boston. Martin is probably running that empire from
behind the walls.
凋零的家族树
2070年,有五位有影响力的维里斯家族成员:理查德、萨曼莎、马丁、卡洛琳(卡拉)和达伦(虽然达伦的影响力仍有疑问)。在2078年,死了一个,失踪了一个,离开了一个,剩下两个还在公司新闻头条出现,但和他们在本年代初期的待遇大不相同。所有这些变化都是在公司阴影中操弄的结果,我可以毫无障碍地承认剩下的正是家族树上最道德腐化的。但“腐化”可能不是个好词。要腐化道德,你的先有道德。
理查德还在,他正同时研究着几个求生策略。他是个生存家,从不后悔。关于萨曼莎之死,他发表了所有恰当安抚和声明,戴着在所有场合都使用的、坚忍的公司假面。虽然没人指望他会因前妻之死哭成一团,但他甚至在和女儿谈论她的母亲去世时也没展露太多情绪。
萨曼莎的死让人惊讶。更让人惊讶的是,尖叫小报似乎竟然猜对了。这里我不浪费空间讲阴谋理论或是复述细节部分了——请自己看新闻——但我知道她去世时的许多项目现在成了疑问,等待其他人争夺。新网西雅图正承受着萨曼莎去世的影响,而高管们则争夺萨曼莎职业生涯的残骸,这些混乱给暗影帮了不少忙。
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Caroline has now gathered control of eleven percent
of voting stock for NeoNET. Her uncle’s disappearance
behind the wall and her mother’s death have put a lot of
power in her hands. Her percentage is enough to swing
things in favor of one shareholder or another, and that
leaves her with a lot of power to leverage around the
board. Though always referred to as Richard’s daughter,
and many remember the precocious teen of the late
’40s, it’s good to remember she’s a forty-four-year-old
woman who had time in the shadows as well as in the
Villiers home. She grew up watching deals get made,
developed a literal killer instinct in the shadows, and
now uses all of that with a skill to match any member
of her family.
Darren Villiers has always been the black sheep.
There are times that I wonder if he just realizes that
thanks to his dwarven genes, he’s going to outlive them
all and thus can sit back, avoid ticking anyone off too
badly, and just inherit the fortunes of the Villiers family. I was concerned at one point that maybe he would
have to remove Caroline from the equation, but I think
he knows that she’s just going to build the fortunes and
leave them to him.
卡洛琳现在获得了11%新网股份的控制权。叔叔消失在隔离墙后方,母亲去世,将大把权力置于她手中。她的份额足以让局势倒向一方持股人或是另一方,这给她留下了足够的权力影响董事会。虽然通常被称作理查德的女儿,很多人也只记得40年代那个早熟的少女,但最好记住,她是个44岁的女性,在暗影和维里斯家中都待过。她在观看交易完成中长大,在暗影中练就了真正的杀手本能,现在正用媲美任何家族成员的技巧发挥她的所学。
达伦·维里斯一直是家族里的异类。有时我会想,他是否意识到由于矮人基因,他将比所有人都活得长,只要坐在观众席,避免过度激怒任何人,他就能继承维里斯家族的财富。我曾经担心或许他会把卡洛琳从式子里弄掉,但我认为他知道卡洛琳只能积累财富、把一切留给他。
剧透 -   :
> Ever wonder why they didn’t just pool their resources and
form Villiers, Inc.? They’d rank somewhere in the middle of
the triple-As in net worth, and they’d have a seat on the CC
thanks to JRJ.
> Netcat
> Mostly because they don’t get along that well and their
familial competitiveness is what’s made them all work so
hard.
> Winterhawk
> Maybe that’s the next AAA.
> Plan 9
引用
>有人好奇为什么他们不把所有资源集合成立维里斯有限公司吗?他们在会凭着网络资源成为中等三A,还会因为JRJ有个CC席位。
>Netcat
>主要原因是他们相处得不那么好,正是家族内的竞争心理才让他们这么努力工作。
>Winterhawk
>或许那就是下一家AAA。
>Plan 9
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Not quite family, but close enough for a long time,
Miles Lanier has played a plenty large enough role in
the history of the corp to deserve a mention here. Plus
he has enough irons in the fire for forging swords to cut
down NeoNET, he needs a mention. Now I’ll stop myself and presume he’s going to comment, since no one
wants/is able to remove his access to JackPoint!
虽然不算家人,但很长一段时间里迈尔斯·卢内尔都和维里斯关系密切,他在这家公司的历史里扮演了重要角色,这里值得一提。另外,在铸造摧毁新网之剑的过程中他也添了不少铁,提及他是必要的。现在我要停笔,我认为他会回复,毕竟没有人希望、也没有人能够取消他对接入点的接入权!
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> Thank you Icarus. I’d prefer to spread some truth rather
than your random speculations on what I’m up to in
regards to NeoNET. Though it is more the actions of the
other mind within my head that focus intently on NeoNET
as it seeks revenge. I maintain mental control the majority
of the time. That said, the personality that has taken up
residence within my head understands its limited access
to the outside world and has adjusted accordingly. It plots and schemes in devious chunks and sets ways to put
assets on their paths and then picks up the data on the
back end.
I operate partially to thwart or minimize the damage
of my counterpart’s efforts, spending large amounts of my
time and resources endeavoring to discover its methods.
I engage others in this often and have developed complex
identifcation systems in order for them to know who
they’re engaging. The other has abused my extensive
networks of contacts in the past, and avoiding a repetition
of that is a high priority. The other’s efforts, when briefly
in control, continue to focus on NeoNET and the potential
collapse of the megacorp has bolstered its efforts and,
sadly, its ability to steal time from me.
As for my personal agenda, I have already shared that
with all the members of JackPoint that I deem of value in
my efforts. Offense is not intended. Simply caution.
I will share that I still seek and promote the discovery
of a cure. My efforts that are currently underway will
continue and I shall endeavor to seek more opportunities
in the future. The arrival, or rather announcement, of
the Monads has offered a great opportunity for insight
by those who have accepted their state or, quite often,
realized the issues connected with this escape route and
now seek virtual freedom once more.
As for my view on NeoNET: They are struggling to say
the least. Their efforts were quite successful early on, and
they were able to maintain a lid on the problems CFD had
caused even though the problem has been quite global.
The advantage of that is that no one point is a place to
focus and no one is able to get a frst-hand view of what
is going on. A building collapse or nanotech failure here
and there is easily swept away by tridstar gossip. The
catastrophe in Boston is the catalyst of their undoing. Had
it been anywhere but the city where their headquarters
was located, they could have easily stepped away. But
that was not the case.
I have had no other place to put this, so it will go here
and I will simply hope that he fnds my sentiment here
someday.
Celedyr, I am sorry for your loss. Eliohann was in his
day a bright star in the gloomy murk of draconic society.
I truly hope that the end result of your efforts is as you
intended. You had the best of intentions. I have already felt
the loss of Cerberus in my efforts but hope that the mind
and body can once again unite and glow like a supernova.
That said I also apologize for any part I may need to take
in assuring that an abomination of the worst sort does not
fnd its way out of the Boston quarantine. You and I both
know there are worse things within those walls than the
hordes of raging head cases. If you get this message and
desire to contact me, the Soulkeeper knows how to fnd
me. Sincerely, Miles
Miles Lanier
引用
>谢谢你Icarus。我喜欢自己说明事实而不是让你随意猜测我想对新网干什么。虽然是我脑子里的另一个思想专注于报复新网,但大多数时间我都保有精神控制权。也就是说,在我脑子里住下的人格理解它能够接触外界的界限并且据此做出了调整。它谋划迂回的阴谋,规划好路线,最后再来拾起信息。
我的部分工作用于阻止或者最小化我的另一个人格做出的伤害,我花了大部分时间和资源来努力找出它的手段。我经常和其他人在这方面打交道,还研究出了一种复杂的识别系统以便让他们知道是在和谁打交道。另一人格过去滥用了我的广阔的关系网,避免重蹈复辙是我的优先项。在我短暂的控制期间,另外的工作则是继续关注新网,而这家超企崩塌的可能性鼓励了它的行动,并且,非常遗憾地,增强了它偷走我的时间的能力。
就我个人的规划而言,我已经和接入点的所有成员分享过我认为有价值的内容了。冒犯非我本意。只是警觉。
我会告诉各位我还在寻求、推动一种治疗手段的出现。我现正进行的工作将会继续,未来我将努力寻找更多机会。单子的到来,或者说声明提供了一个极好的机会,去知晓那些接受了自身处境的单子、以及不少认识到这条出路有问题并且正再次寻求虚拟自由的单子的内在思想。
我对新网的看法:至少可以说,他们正在挣扎。他们先前的努力相当成功,一直遮掩着CFD导致的问题,哪怕这些问题已经全球化。那时的优势在于没有关注点以及没有人能获得发生了什么的第一手信息。这里有栋楼倒塌或者那里的纳米技术失效很容易就被3D明星的绯闻扫到一边。波士顿的大灾难正是让他们措手不及的催化剂。要是发生在其它任何一个城市,而不是他们的总部所在地,他们都能轻易脱身。但现实并非如此。
我没有其它地方可以发这些内容,所以就让它待在这里,我单纯地希望他某天能看到我的情感。
塞勒迪尔,你的损失我很遗憾。在他的年岁里,伊里奥海恩是死气沉沉的龙族社会里一颗明亮的星。你是出于好意。我在工作中已经感受到失去了刻尔柏洛斯,但我希望这具头脑和身体有日能再次重聚,像超新星一般放出光芒。我还要为我可能采取的任何行动道歉,这是为了保证最坏的怪物不能离开波士顿隔离区。你我都清楚高墙之内有比成群的狂暴脑病患更加糟糕的存在。假如你收到了这条信息并且愿意联系我,Soulkeeper知道怎么找我。你忠实的,迈尔斯
>迈尔斯·卢内尔

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> Well. Okay then. I won’t invite you to my parties either.
> Kane
> Don’t know why it wasn’t mentioned, but the rift between
Manadyne and NeoNET is growing. The magicorp is in
serious discussions with several other AAs to get out of
NeoNET. DocWagon is among their suitors, and Asclepius
would be a great addition for DW.
> Lyran
引用
>嗯。那么好吧。我将来也不会请你来参加我的聚会的。
>Kane
>不知道为什么没提,但魔法力和新网的分歧正在扩大。这家魔法公司正在和几家AA进行正式逃离,谋求脱离新网。医疗马车是求购者之一,Asclepius将为DW锦上添花。
>Lyran
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« 回帖 #3 于: 2018-05-02, 周三 21:19:25 »
FUTURE
未来

剧透 -   :
I’ll start by admitting I might be starting this work up
after a few too many rounds at the Zero G. The point
is, one must be a few sheets to the wind to report out
on the future of NeoNET with any honesty. From the
inside we can see that she is collapsing, but no triple-A
megacorp worth its seat would let that image show until the axe falls and the whole drek show hits the world
stage. That said, we on the inside are still looking at
the future, and those of us who have drunk our low-G
mass in cheap synthahol are willing to prognosticate
on the NeoNET of tomorrow. I’m gonna try to babble as
much as I can tonight while I’m still sauced and honest,
but in case I crash and sober up, what my saucy self
wants to cover is as follows: 1) Celedyr and the strange
rumors about Transys-Erika and Ares (yeah, crazy); 2)
Malmstein and a huge future in Africa; 3) Trans-Latvia
(slimy snakes);.4) Richard Villiers and Johnny Spinrad)
5) NeoNET’s plans to go down swinging. All right, fve
points down. I’ll line up an outline and see where I get.
I’m also going to lock this section with a crazy pass
word I have no chance of remembering and prevent
any editing to keep this drunkenly honest. The sysops
might be ticked that I can’t make it pretty, but honesty
is sometimes brutal and ugly.
开场我得承认,或许开始这份报告前我在零G喝了太多杯了。重点是,你得醉到一定程度才可能诚实地报告新网的未来。我们内部的人可以看到她正在倒塌,但没有哪个与其席位相称的三A超企会在斧头落下、马戏上演之前暴露真实情况。也就是说,我们这些内部的还在展望未来,但我们中那些在低G喝多了合成酒精的家伙则愿意预告新网的未来。我要趁我还说着诚实的胡话时尽量话唠一番,但为了防止我摔清醒了,话唠的我想要谈及以下话题:1)塞勒迪尔和有关超统-艾瑞卡和阿瑞斯的奇怪传言(是啊,真疯狂);2)马斯坦和非洲的广大未来;3)泛拉脱维亚(狡猾的毒蛇);4)理查德·维里斯和强尼·斯普兰德;5)新网缓降的计划。好,一共五点。我会一条一条来,看看我能讲到哪。我还会用一个我绝对想不起来的、发疯的词把这部分锁上,防止我再修改,以保证这份酒后胡言的诚实。系统管理员或许咋舌我干得不漂亮,但诚实正是凶残而丑陋的东西。
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CELEDYR: WHERE DOES
A GREAT DRAGON LAND?
Wherever the hell he wants! Okay. Not really true,
but Celedyr seems to be exploring several platforms
on which to drop in. First is home. He’s been happily
spending lots of time at his lair in Caerleon since drek
went down in Boston. There is always the possibility
of an independent Transys-Neuronet. Whether they
would survive the Revision with any signifcant status
is a whole other ball game, but I’m sure a dragon could
fgure that out. Next up, meetings with Arthur Vogel
have created speculation on moving to Ares. Issues
within the North American power make the thought of
joining that madhouse a little strange, but dragons see
many things we mere mortals do not. Third thought,
Richard Villiers has made several impromptu trips to
Wales, and we all know there is very little in Wales ex
cept for sheep and Celedyr. And Villiers isn’t a fan of
sheep. This pair could be working something out. I’m not too keen on the idea of Villiers falling for whatever
Celedyr is offering, but Richard has made some interesting moves lately.
塞勒迪尔:巨龙何处降落?
到他想去的任何地方!好吧。不完全是真的,但似乎塞勒迪尔正在考察几个落脚平台。第一个是老家。波士顿的混乱开始之后,他已经愉快地在卡利恩的巢穴里待了不少时间了。超统-神经网络独立存在的可能性总是有的。他们是否能在超企重评估后(Revision)之后保有任何重要地位则是另一个猜球游戏,但我相信巨龙能够搞明白。下一个,他与亚瑟·沃格尔*的会面激发了加入阿瑞斯的猜想。北美权力内部的问题让加入这个疯人院的考虑显得有点古怪,但龙能看见许多我们区区凡人看不到的东西。第三种考虑,理查德·维里斯有几次到威尔士的临时旅行,我们都知道威尔士除了绵羊和塞勒迪尔之外再没什么可看的。维里斯也不喜欢绵羊。这两人可能在谋划着什么。我不太喜欢维里斯接受塞勒迪尔提出的某种条件这个想法,但理查德最近有些有趣的举动。
*译注:Arthur Vogel,阿瑞斯的大股东,2079年在底特律的阿瑞斯总部爆炸中失踪(死亡),爆炸与虫精魂有关。
剧透 -   :
If Celedyr returns to Caerleon, and Transys-Neuronet
goes the route of independence and breaks out of Transys-Erika, it puts him dangerously close to Saeder-Krupp.
Not that the two corporations aren’t already competing,
but the focus will be more exact with T-N rather than
NeoNET, if NeoNET goes the way of the dodo. If Transys-Erika sticks together, Celedyr and Malmstein will
be up to their ears in S-K Prime operatives looking to
make sure their return to the old world isn’t pleasant.
Now don’t get me wrong, these are megacorporations
all on their own and they never left their European roots
behind, but being part of NeoNET was like an umbrella.
They still got wet, but they had a major buffer from the
rain. Being back in Caerleon has already ramped up the
shadow activity in the UK as everyone tries to see what’s
next and works to get operatives into his growing infrastructure.
Mentioning the growth of Caerleon allows me to roll
smoothly into talk about how ridiculous these rumors
about Celedyr joining Ares are. Just because my boy C
is messaging with Vogel does not mean the pair are developing some plot to bring T-N, and maybe T-E, into the
Ares fold. In fact, Celedyr should be looking for a home
closer to Detroit if he was moving to Ares, instead of
restructuring his Welsh properties.
如果塞勒迪尔回到卡利恩、超统-神经网络和超统-艾瑞卡分家重回独立的老路,他会过份靠近赛德-克虏伯。不是说两家公司现在没在竞争,但若新网步了渡渡鸟的后尘,竞争的重心便会转向T-N而不是新网。如果超统-艾瑞卡保持联合,塞勒迪尔和马斯坦将会被S-K总部行动淹没,他们将保证回归旧世界之旅一定不会愉快。
现在别误会了,这些公司仅凭自己也是超企,他们从没把欧洲的根基抛下,但成为新网的一部分就像躲在保护伞下。他们还是会被淋湿,但至少有个屏蔽挡掉大部分雨水。回归卡利恩已经在UK的暗影活动中激起了千层浪,所有人都试图看清下一步、试图渗透进扩张中的建设里。
提及卡利恩的扩建后,让我流畅地转到塞勒迪尔加入阿瑞斯的流言有多滑稽。就因为我的C男孩和沃格尔通信了,不代表他们正在策划将T-N,或者T-E纳入阿瑞斯旗下。事实上,如果塞勒迪尔要加入阿瑞斯,他该在靠近底特律的地方找房子,而不是重建他在威尔士的住宅。
剧透 -   :
So, if it’s not about moving over, why are these two
corporate icons meeting? Magic! Not that it’s magic they are talking; it’s magic they are talking about. Specifcally, techniques to use magic for cleaning the environment. Vogel has always had a green agenda but one area Ares has never been king of the hill on is arcana.
They’re still a megacorp, they have arcane assets, but
they don’t have a great dragon’s level of magic and they
certainly don’t have a dragon who is a huge fan of merging tech and magic. From my viewpoint, Vogel doesn’t
have the resources to snag T-E or T-N directly, and in order for Ares Macro to back the plan he’d have to get it
past Knight and Gavilan’s proxy.
那么,如果不是关于加入,这两家公司的头面任务会面是为了什么呢?魔法!不是说魔法让他们交谈,而是他们谈的是魔法。更具体来说,用魔法清洁环境的技术。沃格尔一直有绿色环保的企划,但一个阿瑞斯从来不是山大王的领域就是魔法了。他们是超企,他们有魔法相关的产业,但没有巨龙等级的魔法,也没有一头热衷将技术与魔法结合的龙。以我的观点,沃格尔没有资源将T-E或T-N直接吃下,为了让阿瑞斯支持这项计划,他还得让计划通过奈特和加维兰*的代理人。
译注:David Gavilan,回声蜃影的领导者,实际是就是达米安·奈特=_=
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Celedyr talking to Villiers is something you would
have to expect from two major shareholders in one of
the world’s major megacorporations. The Matrix could
easily facilitate that. The piece that makes me think
something bigger is going on is the personal trips Villiers is making to Wales. I’m sure the pair could be worried about eavesdropping, but they share ownership in
the largest Matrix tech frm in the world. They could set
up a secure connection. These two want a face-to-face
because they’re discussing something big, and each
wants to send a message to the other. Celedyr is leveraging a lower rank in the corporation by making sure the
meeting is on his soil. Villiers is making sure that Celedyr
knows he isn’t scared just because he’s dealing with a
dragon. It’s a battle of wills between two very willful individuals.
> Villiers isn’t the only one visiting Wales to see Celedyr.
He’s had top execs from most of the Big Ten and at least a dozen double A’s stop by for one reason or another.
Remember that beyond just the possible collapse of
NeoNET, there’s also a Revision, the new SIN initiative,
and the massive coverup in Boston is still going strong.
Megacorporate executives have plenty of things to talk
about.
> Mr. Bonds
> This is all just a cover for Celedyr’s move to Spinrad with
the golden ticket from JRJ that he’s getting from Villiers
for the ritual killing of Samantha and making sure Martin
was in Boston for the lockdown. It’s been a convoluted
mess to get Villiers enough control over NeoNET to push
Celedyr’s agenda without it seeming like the dragon is
making the moves.
> Plan 9
> Ah, yes. Great conspiracy theories of old. Thanks, 9.
> Slamm-0!
塞勒迪尔和维里斯的谈话则是你能想象到世界上最大的超企之一的两位大股东会做的。矩阵能够轻地实现。但让我怀疑有更大动静的原因是维里斯亲自去了威尔士。我相信两人会担心有窃听,但他们共同所有着世界上最大的矩阵技术公司。他们能够建立安全的连接。他们想面对面的原因是要谈大生意,都想给对方传达某种信息。 塞勒迪尔确保会面发生在自己的土地上,展示了他在公司里较低的地位。维里斯则确保塞勒迪尔清楚他没有因和龙打交道而感到畏惧。这是两个随心所欲的角色之间的意志之战。
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>维里斯去威尔士不只是为了见塞勒迪尔。他因为这样那样的原因在几乎所有十大还有至少十多家AA公司的高层人员那里都停留了。要记得,除了新网可能崩塌,还有公司审查、新的SIN倡议,波士顿的大规模掩护行动还在继续。超企执行官们有很多东西可谈。
>Mr.Bonds
>这些都是伪装,塞勒迪尔要带着JRJ的金色入场券去斯普兰德,他用仪式杀了萨曼莎、确保马丁被隔离在波士顿后从维里斯那里得到了金色入场券。这是他的迂回战术,给维里斯足够的新网控制权好推动塞勒迪尔的计划,又不让人看出这是这头龙的动作。
>Plan 9
>啊,对。老套的大阴谋理论。谢了,9。
>Slamm-0!
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I think the most important thing to consider with
Celedyr is that he doesn’t want to run a corp. He wants
to run a research division. Celedyr has kept out of the
corporate offces ever since Transys joined with Erika.
He has votes and shares and leverages those things for
leeway in the labs, but he doesn’t want to play the corporate game. Celedyr has already shown how disinterested he is by heading back over to Caerleon instead of
looking for space around St. Louis. No one can guarantee they know where Celedyr will go or even if he will
actually leave, but plenty of work is going to come from
his real moves and the speculations of others.
> Speaking of speculations—the move to St. Louis was
defnitely not in Celedyr’s best interest. Ghostwalker
already exerted back room leverage to get Hestaby out
of his backyard and was settled on Celedyr operating way
out on the east coast. Now that NeoNET is coming to the
midwest, Celedyr would be closer to Ghostwalker than
Hestaby was and quite possibly stepping on his talons.
> Frosty
我认为关于塞勒迪尔,要考虑的最重要的问题是他不想管理公司。他想管理一个研究部门。超统加入艾瑞卡后塞勒迪尔一直远离公司办公室。他会为了更多实验室自由投票、使用股权、利用各种关系,但他不愿意玩公司游戏。塞勒迪尔回到卡利恩而不是在圣路易斯周围找地方已经说明了他毫无兴趣。没人能保证他们知道塞勒迪尔会去哪,甚至他是否会真的离开也不一定,但他真正的行动还有其他人的猜想会将会带来大量的工作。
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>提到猜想——搬到圣路易斯绝对不是塞勒迪尔的首选。幽魂行者已经动用暗处力量将希丝塔比赶出他的后院,他承认了塞勒迪尔在东海岸行动。现在新网踏入中西部,塞勒迪尔将会比希丝塔比更靠近幽魂行者,很可能会触到他的逆鳞。
>Frosty
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MALMSTEIN: ANDERS
AIN’T NOBODIE’S FOOL
Anders Malmstein is the least known of the major NeoNET fgures. He’s still the CEO of the world’s second
largest megacorp, so it’s not like he’s some unknown.
He’s just not a Villiers or a dragon, and thus he plays
third chair in the NeoNET orchestra. That doesn’t mean
he isn’t powerful, or smart, or rich—it just means he isn’t
a showboat. If NeoNET falls, Malmstein is going to be
the surprise victor because no one is paying attention to what he’s doing. They’re too distracted by the Dick
and Dragon show.
> That’s not exactly true—no megacorporate executive is
ignored completely. But using the fact that everyone is
looking a different direction to your advantage is not a
bad idea.
> Sunshine
马斯坦:安德斯不受愚弄
安德斯·马斯坦时新网主要成员里知名度最低的一位。他依然是世界上第二大超企的CEO,所以也不能说他是无名之辈。只是,他不是个维里斯也不是龙,因此他在新网乐团里占据第三把交椅。这不意味着他没有权力、他不聪明、或是不有钱——只能说明他不喜欢露脸。如果新网倒下,马斯坦会将会让人大吃一惊,毕竟没人注意他在干什么。他们都太关注迪克与巨龙秀了。
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>不完全是真的——没哪个超企的执行官会被完全忽视。但利用所有人都在看另一个方向这一优势也不是坏主意。
>Sunshine
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So what is old Anders up to while the other faces of
NeoNET hog all the trid time? A lot. Two of the biggest
things going on with Malmstein involve the future of
Transys-Erika, especially in less-developed areas of the
world, and a possible megacorporate deal to move the
T-E assets to a different Big Ten mega if NeoNET collapses. All of these hinge on so many things happening that it’s crazy to even consider, but the Sixth World is full of
crazier things.
> And runners spend a lot of time greasing or blowing
those hinges!
> Kane
Transys-Erika has given a lot of attention, and funding, to Africa in recent years. The megacorp has been
investing and developing the infrastructure under the
guise of product testing and marketing research. Erika
commlinks are the most popular ’links is Africa. This increase in commlink count, along with the new Matrix,
has pulled a lot of African tribes toward the modern
world. The changes will take a few generations, but the
long-term goal could be for Erika alone, or perhaps Transys-Erika, to become the frst mega-Africorp.
While Malmstein might be looking to grow Erika, it’s
not entirely clear that he intends it to be independent,
part of NeoNET, or part of some other corp in the future. If Malmstein wants to simply be head of a massive
corp, he could do fne taking the independent route.
If he wants the glamor of being part of a AAA, with
everything it entails, he’ll need to fnd a partner. And
as is the case with so many parts of NeoNET right now,
the dance partner that gets mentioned most often is
Spinrad..
The rumor mill says Anders may jump ship early, fnding a good place to land without waiting for a Corporate Court decision on NeoNET’s involvement with the quarantine of Boston. Fingers are pointing at Novatech rather than
Transys-Erika, and Malmstein is looking to keep the value
of his piece of the pie up, by whatever means necessary.
那么其他新网头面人物占据着三维节目时间的时候,老马斯坦在干什么呢?很多事情。马斯坦做的两件大事与超统-艾瑞卡的未来有关,尤其是在某个地球上欠发达区域,还有若新网倒下,将T-E资产转至另一个十大超企的可能交易。这些都需要于众多事件关节,单是想想就很疯狂,但第六纪充满了更疯狂地事。
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>狂奔者花了大把时间给这些关节上油或者把它们炸了!
>Kane
近年来,超统-艾瑞卡在非洲收获了许多注意和资金。这家超企以产品测试和市场调研为幌子进行基建投资和发展。艾瑞卡通讯链是非洲最流行的通讯链。增长的通讯链使用,以及新矩阵,将许多非洲部落拉入了现代。变革或许要好几代人,但其长期目标或许会让艾瑞卡,或者超统-艾瑞卡成为第一家非洲超企。
虽然马斯坦似乎在拓展艾瑞卡,但在他希望在未来独立发展、作为新网的一部分、或是作为其它超企的一部分,则完全不明。如果马斯坦只想当一家巨型公司的头,选择独立路线会不错。如果他想要AAA的光环,以及所有附加优势,他就得找个搭档。如果是这样,那么和现在新网的很多分部一样,最常被提及的舞伴是斯普兰德。
传言都在说安德斯会找找跳船,找个好下家,免得等公司法庭对新网牵涉波士顿隔离区的事件做出判决。指责指向了超新科技而不是超统-艾瑞卡,马斯坦则正在用一切手段保证自己的蛋糕不贬值。
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TRANS-LATVIA ENTERPRISES
These dirty dark-room dealing ghosts are like a tumor
in NeoNET that won’t go away. It’s the bad penny, the
one you make one deal with to get clear of trouble and
then it keeps coming back. I’ve never liked Trans-Latvia, even before rumors of their connection to Ordo
Maximus and secret vampiric cabals. They’re leeches—
no, tapeworms—living inside NeoNET and feeding off
the hard work of its citizens. I usually bite my tongue
and avoid giving them any airtime, but today I’m going
to let a little bottled rage out.
> I like drunk Icarus!
> Slamm-0!
Trans-Latvia sounds sinister and vampiric, but their
connection to Ordo Maximus is with the high-society
frat-boy club. The connection got mixed up because the
guys who are connected to T-L and OM are also members of the European Mafa. It’s no wonder that Villiers
wasn’t able to buy back the shares he sold off to T-L,
because that’s how the mob works. They get a hook in
and then don’t let go.
While that may reveal a little more than anyone
knew before about Trans-Latvia, it helps as the foundation for the dirt on Swaraj Verghese, a.k.a. Sascha Vojchetevsky, a.k.a. the Hammer. The current vote proxy for
the Trans-Latvia percentage of NeoNET is a former mob
enforcer who earned his violent nickname as a child and
then proved how smart he was to move up the ranks.
Trans-Latvia is going to be pulling a lot of work into the
shadows to try to keep their share valuable. They won’t
want to see a dissolved NeoNET, independent Novatech, or even a Corporate Court decision against the
mega. Mobs are good at getting judges in their pockets,
and T-L is going to be trying to get some CC judges firmly in hand before anything drastic occurs.
> And the pool pays off to … Icarus. Wait a minute. This
info needs corroboration before we pay out. Not that
I’m doubting the honesty of Icarus in his drunken state,
but we can’t pay off bets on speculation. Hard data or
no payoff!
> Chainmaker
> Vojchetevsky is a known member of Ordo Maximus.
When he disappeared years back, folks presumed he was
Infected or killed for fnding out the truth. Interesting to
think this might be true since rumors had The Hammer
connected to Martin de Vries.
> Hannibelle
泛拉脱维亚公司
这些在暗处操纵的肮脏鬼魂就像新网体内无法切除的肿瘤。烂钱,那种你交易一次希望扫除麻烦但老是回来的那种。我从来就不喜欢泛拉脱维亚,在他们和至高结社和吸血鬼组织有关的传言之前就讨厌他们。他们是生活在新网体内的水蛭——不,是绦虫,以新网公民的劳动为食。我一般会咬住舌头不给他们任何曝光时间,但今天我要释放一点封锁的怒气。
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>我喜欢喝醉了的Icarus!
>Slamm-0!
泛拉脱维亚听起来像邪恶的吸血鬼,但他们和至高结社的联系只是都在上流社会的兄弟会俱乐部里。这种联系相互交杂,原因是与T-L和OM有联系的家伙还是欧洲黑手党的成员。毫不意外维里斯没能买回他卖给T-L的股份,这就是帮派的作风。他们钩住了就绝不放手。
除了人尽皆知的内容,这或许能揭露一点泛拉脱维亚的底细,推论的基础是斯瓦拉杰·瓦吉斯(Swaraj Verghese),也即是萨沙·沃切特夫斯基(Sascha Vojchetevsky),也即是“锤子”。当起泛拉脱维亚在新网的股权投票代表是一位前帮派打手,他在儿童时期就获得了这个诨名,随后在提拔中证明了自己的才智。
泛拉脱维亚将要给暗影带来许多工作好保证持有股份的价值。他们不愿见到新网解散、超新科技独立,也不愿见到公司法庭对这家超企做出不利判决。帮派擅长让法官听从摆布,T-L会努力在大事发生前将一些CC法官牢牢攥在手心。
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>奖金获得者是……Icarus。等等。支付前我们要确认这份信息。不是说我怀疑醉酒状态的Icarusde的诚实,但我们不能只凭猜想清账。硬数据或者不结账!
>Chainmaker
>Vojchetevsky已知是至高结社的成员。他多年前失踪了,人们推测他要么被感染了,要么发现真相被杀了。有趣的是这可能是真的,有传言将“锤子”与马丁·德·弗里斯*联系起来。
>Hannibelle
*译注:Martin de Vries,吸血鬼吸血鬼猎人。


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VILLIERS AND SPINRAD
A.K.A. RICH DUDES
FRAGGING WITH OUR LIVES
Sobered up now. I can’t imagine what would have
come of this topic had I reached it while I was still intoxicated. Luckily (or not in the opinion of some), I’m
sober and can talk on this and the next topic with clarity instead of sputtering off every rumor and utterance
I’ve caught wind of. And even with my lofty locale, the
breeze blowing tales of this corporate collaboration are
strong. I can’t imagine what’s getting uttered dirtside.
Well, actually I could, and that’s why it’s better that I’m
clear-headed.
I’ve met both Johnny Spinrad and Richard Villiers.
Both men exude a confdence and charisma that make
you instantly want to be on their team. Putting both in
the same space at the same time could be a world-shifting event or a catastrophe of epic proportions depending on whether their sights are aimed in the same or different directions. When I met Johnny, he was visiting the
station on a fact-fnding and baby-kissing mission to fgure out if this was the place he was going to step out of
an airlock and free-fall back to Earth. By the time he left
(not via the airlock), he had everyone on board wanting
to cheer him on and jump out right by his side.
Villiers has been up here on a number of occasions.
Meetings, social events, and even a brief vacation have
gotten him off the dirt. He comes up when there’s something important to discuss that he greatly desires go his
way. There is always a chance someone will say no to
him—look at the women in his life—but when he shows
up in person, the chances of a no drop to near nil.
维里斯与斯普兰德
又名,把我们的生活搞得一团糟的有钱佬

现在清醒了。要是在我醉着的时候谈到这个题目,我无法想象我会说出什么内容。幸运是(某些人看来则不是),我清醒了,能够在这个和下个题目上讲出明确的内容而不是吐出我打听到的所有谣言和说法。哪怕是像我这样身居高位,两家公司合并的留言之风依然强劲。我不能想象底下会传得怎样。好吧,实际上我能,这也是为什么我脑子清醒比较好。
强尼·斯普兰德和理查德·维里斯两人我都见过。两人都散发着自信与魅力,让你想立刻加入他们。两人同时同处一个空间,可能带来世界变革,也可能是史诗级大灾难,这取决与两人的目标是否朝着同一方向。我见到强尼时,他正在拜访空间站*,实地调查、拉拢人心,看看这里是否就是他踏出密封舱落会地球的地点。到他离开时(不是通过密封舱),他已经让每个站上的人都想为他喝彩、蹦到他身边。
维里斯上来过这里几次。会议、社交活动,甚至还有次简短的度假扫去身上的尘埃。将要进行重要讨论,而他又特别渴望事情按他的意愿发展时,他就会上来。总有人可能对他说不——看看他生命中的女性,但当他本人出现时,“不”的可能性降低至几乎为零。
*译注:可能是指苏黎世-轨道。
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You could probably imagine what comes from these
two men in the same place revolving around the same
topic. When others are present, it’s a battle of charisma
as they sway the people to their sides and the room becomes divided. When it’s just them, it’s a miasma of charisma thick enough to choke a dinosaur. But if you get
the two of them together, going in the same direction,
everyone had better watch out. While they were probably head to head working out a deal, they won’t be if
some kind of merger occurs. What that means is all of
their opponents are going to need extra trash to fling,
and shadowrunners around the world are going to be
working as garbagemen focused on this pair. Anything
that hasn’t been discovered is going to work its way to
the light, and some of it is going to be made up. The
other side is going to be dipping into the Spinrad/Villiers coffers to discredit, disavow, and destroy every bit
of dirty cream coming to the top.
The play here isn’t just some simple merger. SpIn
and NeoNET are not going to become SpInNET, because Villiers hasn’t been including any of the other
partners in his dealings with Johnny. This is all about
Villiers’ Golden Ticket getting SpIn into the big leagues,
because everyone can smell another Villiers corporate
collapse coming. At best we’ll be looking at a weakened NeoNET as one of their megacorporate assets
takes the blame and the brunt of the blowback. Money’s on the remains of Novatech or Fuchi and a big hit
to Villiers, but those two are small potatoes compared
to the damage done to Boston and everything else that
will suddenly get linked to CFD if that connection goes
public. And one of the biggest clues as to Villiers’ plan
is the fact that he’s sold off and devalued tons of Fuchi
and Novatech stock. NeoNET’s worth took a small hit,
but Villiers timely exit still had his net worth come out
higher than it went in.
你或许能够想象这两人出现在同一地点关注同一目标的时会发生什么。当对方出现时,这会是感召力的战场,他们动摇旁人,将他们引至麾下,让空间泾渭分明。只有他们时,气场的毒气足够呛死一头恐龙。但若你把他们放在一起,朝着同一个目标,那么所有人最好当心。尽管他们可能携手达成协议,但不会有什么合并。意思是,他们的对手需要扔额外的垃圾,而全世界的狂奔者将以两人为目标充当清洁工的角色。任何未被发现之事都将暴露与阳光之下,有的还需要捏造。另一方将会渗入斯普兰德/维里斯的保险库,抹黑、抵赖、摧毁任何一滴丑闻雪糕上的装饰。
这场戏不只是普通的合并。斯普和新网不会成为斯普网,原因是维里斯没把他的任何商业伙伴纳入他与强尼的交易中。一切都是关于维里斯手中能让斯普进入大联盟的金色入场券,因为所有人都嗅出维里斯又有一家公司要倒闭。最好的情况下,我们会看到新网被削弱,他的部分超企资产担下罪名和和惩罚。可以打赌担罪的是超新科技或富积的剩余,会对维里斯造成很大损失,但和波士顿受到的损失和若此种联系一旦被公布后所有东西都会联系上CFD的后果,这两家公司只是小意思。而维里斯的计划的最大的一条线索就是他卖出和贬值了大量的富积和超新科技股份。新网的市值受到了少许冲击,但维里斯及时的退场依然让他的净市值卖出价高于买入价。
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Spinrad on the other side has been liquidating some
assets with no sign of reinvestment. Either he’s planning
to make a big purchase that he wants off the books for
a little while, or he’s developing his hermit cash hoard
and waiting for the end of days. Johnny is not the squirrel-away-your-money type of guy and he’d welcome
the daily rush of living through and after an apocalypse. Those who don’t think he’s sunk low enough to
go through Villiers for the Golden Ticket and seat on the
Corporate Court are hypothesizing that the money is for
buying up enough smaller corps to push the AA over the
value of enough triple-As to get them a solid argument
about who should and shouldn’t have a CC seat.
> Nothing is ever simple and straightforward when it comes
to the megas. They’re always playing angles like a prism. I
wouldn’t be surprised if Johnny went for both the Golden
Ticket and a nice size boost. No sense only playing one
game when some of them could play out together with
double beneft.
> Snopes
> And Johnny has proven to be an even bigger risk-taker
than Damian Knight.
> Sticks
另一方面,斯普兰德则在清仓某些资产,没有再投资的迹象。要么他在准备一笔帐外的大买卖,要么他在建立自己的秘密现金储备以备世界末日。强尼不是那种“把钱藏起来”的类型,他会欣然接受末日中和末日后的每日刺激。那些认为他不会堕落到找维里斯弄到金色入场券坐上公司法庭席位的人推测这些钱是用来买下足够多的小公司,好让他的AA总值超过足够数量的三A,给他一个有力的理由提出谁应该而谁不应该有CC席位。
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>超企的事从没有简单直接的。他们永远像摆弄棱镜一样多方利用。如果强尼既是为了金色入场券也是为了扩大资产,我不会惊讶。没理由在有些人能够两边行事双倍获益时只玩一边的把戏。
>Snopes
>而且强尼已经被证明是个比达米安·奈特胆子更大的冒险者。
>Sticks
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