介绍The Road To 2090Posted By: #Billy_Black_Eyes
所以我们现在是在2090年1月。自从我在这个世界上留下最后一个信息转储以来,已经有几年了,我来这里是为了纠正这一点。这份庞大的文档将为你提供所有需要的信息,让你快速了解世界的状况,以及大量关于一系列主题的统计数据,包括全球数据网、Golemmechs、无人机和其他新兴技术。你会读到居住在这个世界上的奇特奇妙的人,太阳系,Zeek等等。我从世界各地收集了信息,并尽我所能进行了审查。也就是说,在这个充斥着主流媒体谎言、政府宣传和自助式新闻的时代,你永远不会知道什么是真的,什么是假的,所以对这些信息(特别是关于世界的数据转储)持保留态度。
#Simba: So what are you sayin’ Billy? We can’t trust you?
#Billy_Black_Eyes: That’s not what I said. You know full well that information, especially editorialized info, always has a certain slant to it. It’s also fluid. What was true at the time I acquired it may not necessarily be accurate now.
过去两年,世界上发生了一系列大事。如果只有一两件事发生,我可能会认为它们没有联系。然而,这就像是有人走到一座纸牌房子前,拿出了一张牌。这座房子还没有完全倒塌;它正处于缓慢的自由落体状态,最糟糕的是,似乎只有几个人在看着。下面是对塑造了我们目前生活的世界的重大事件的简要概述。
#Neon_Bright: Oh Billy, looking at the world with those dark lenses again are we?
#Magpie: @Neon; I think he needs a hug

#Billy_Black_Eyes: What I need is a ticket to Mars. Things are about to get crazy, and I want off this rock.
GROWING TENSIONS IN NORTH AMERICA北美日益紧张的局势
2088年标志着一系列令人不安的--有人说是不祥的--涉及北美联盟、五大湖联盟和亚特兰蒂卡的事件。
#Sane_Prophet: “Portentous?” Could the scales be falling off your black eyes, my friend? Are you finally coming to understand the truth?
#Billy_Black_Eyes: Seriously? You again? I told you no mystic bull shit.
#Sane_Prophet: Just because you refuse to acknowledge omens for what they are doesn’t make them any less valid.
当国会和参议院批准臭名昭著的种族纯洁法时,NAC对zeek、混血儿和人造人类的镇压达到了沸点;这是一项严酷的立法,禁止创造混血和拟像的行为。所有转基因商店和仿制物生产设施都被勒令关闭。种族纯洁法还禁止在国内使用通灵力量,被发现使用通灵力量的人将被处以高额罚款,甚至监禁。成立了各种监督组织,其中最显眼的是PSI分部;它是“秒表”Stopwatch的一个分支,负责监测,在某些情况下甚至“消除”精神威胁。
#Psychopope: And by “neutralizing,” he means murder.
#Denver_Must_Burn: And forced relocation…I’m not talking about VR prisons either. I’m talking about the internment camps up in Montana and the Dakotas.
#Simba: It was just as bad for hybrids like myself. When those genetic modification parlors shut down, the private
information about their customers was confiscated under the auspices of “national security.” This means the Department of National Security (DNS) has the names and addresses of every hybrid and free sim in the North American Coalition. If you have a TAP, the DNS can track your IP too.
#Luciferion: @Simba: Dude, that’s happening with every citizen, regardless of whether or not you’re zeek, hybrid, or “Plain Jane” human.
#Denver_Must_Burn: All I can say is, T.R.I.C.!!!!
#ilicit_behavior: Yes, DMB. The Revolution IS Coming.
随着执法官员开始逮捕Zeeks,北美联盟爆发了种族暴力事件。一些更明显的混血儿-特别是公牛、熊和犀牛的变种-也被监禁了。非洲大陆各国政府谴责了这些严厉的策略,并呼吁联合国进行干预,但没有收到任何效果。五大湖联盟和亚特兰蒂卡关闭了他们在丹佛的大使馆,并将各自城市的NAC代表赶走。然后,在2088年11月13日,一系列恐怖袭击震撼了波士顿、巴尔的摩和缅因州的波特兰。据估计,爆炸造成2451人死亡,数千人受伤。
THE ATLANTICA BOMBINGS亚特兰蒂卡爆炸案
在袭击发生后的几个小时内,全球数据网就充斥着阴谋论,其中最病毒式的猜测是由一个名为Agenda68的恐怖组织实施的。一些人猜测,加拿大一支名为特遣部队哈方(Taskforce Harfang)的黑色行动部队干了这件事。其他人继续声称NAC是袭击的幕后黑手,还有一些人声称新巴西利亚,或者可能是冲国人以某种方式参与了袭击。所谓的“阴谋论专家”,如#SAM_JONES和#NERCOTIXX,推测长期以来被认为与北美联盟勾结的冲国,是使用拟像来实施爆炸的。
#NECROTIXX: China did carry out the bombings. Do the research. Look into #Project Doppelganger and you’ll see. The NAC is just a patsy.
#Sam_Jones: The Mandarinate is becoming an imperial power. Just look at what they are doing with Russia now, and what they have done with all of Southeast Asia. Ask the Russian refugees flooding into Seattle if they think C---a is content to stay within their borders. The writing’s on the wall, folks.
#Simba: It might have been orchestrated by agents working for Charon.
#Luciferion: What a load of crap. Charon is an AI. It doesn’t have any contact with humans.
#Neon_Bright: Prove it, Simba.
随着几天的时间延长到几周,亚特兰蒂卡政府仍然没有就袭击肇事者的身份发表官方声明。然后,在2088年12月15日,一个媒体文件被上传到全球数据网(Global Datanet),上面带有一个流行的地下媒体-海盗的超级标签,名为#MAXX_FREAGE。无人机的视频显示,就在一辆悬停面包车爆炸前,三名身着普通服装的肌肉发达的高大男子从靠近袭击目标之一的一辆悬停面包车里出来。面部识别软件确认其中一名男子是北美联盟正规军成员、中士约翰·摩尔(John Moore)。Mediafile继续跟踪这三名男子,他们跳上一辆没有标志的悬停汽车,这辆汽车起飞并越过波士顿海堤,降落在一艘标有冲国标志的货轮上。这艘船迅速向东驶进国际水域。
#Sorry_U_Asked: Isn’t it odd how often people retreat to the water in the wake of disasters? How much of the ocean remains unmapped? How much is hiding under the waves that we haven’t even begun to fathom?
#BatRastard: Puns intended? We’ve already got enough conspiracy theories. Can you not add another useless one to the stinking heap?
#Sane_Prophet: Actually, he’s closer to reality than you might be comfortable understanding. Too much truth can break a man’s mind.
#BatRastard: I’m guessing yours is already fried from a few too many stims, man. Want to share what you’ve been doping?
随着情况的发展,事情变得很清楚,#MAXX_FREAGE经历了一次只能被描述为噩梦般的旅程,才把Mediafile带到了光天化日之下。在这将是他唯一的一次采访中,#Maxx_Stuage通过一个安全的视频源出现在“波士顿今夜”(Boston Tonight)上-这是亚特兰蒂卡国家的一个受欢迎的节目。全世界数百万人都在收听#MAXX_FREAGE有什么要说的。#Maxx_Foodage,一个又高又瘦的年轻人讲述了那天的事件,讲述了当这辆黑色悬停面包车降落在大约半个街区外的帝国药物生态建筑(Emperor Pharmaceuticals Arcology)之前时,他是如何在自己最喜欢的咖啡店闲逛的。当节目主持人彭妮·珀尔问#Maxx_Foodage,在一片混乱中,他是如何记住这些细节的,#Maxx_Stuage表示,他之所以记得这些细节,是因为悬停面包车停了两个位置,有人开始对下车的三个人大喊大叫。考虑到这会导致暴力事件,#Maxx_Foodage说,他突然拿出他在墙上的微型无人机上的苍蝇,并把它送过来记录下了这一事件。就在那时,所有的地狱都爆发了。
#NECROTIXX: Here’s a transcript of the short interview. Penny couldn’t get MAXX back on.
开始文字记录…
“三个人中有一个人朝那家伙的脸开了一枪!”#Maxx_Folage说,他细长的手在颤抖。“他们只是走开,上了一辆红色的悬停汽车。我让朱迪--这是我的无人机的名字--去追他们,就在那时,黑色悬停面包车爆炸了!“#Maxx_Scenage安静了几秒钟,在女主人提出了几个试探性的问题后,他完成了他的故事。
“不管怎么说,我找到了方向,抖掉了头发上的灰尘,突然意识到,我刚刚在Digifilm上抓获了歹徒!”我跟随这辆红色的悬停汽车一路经过海堤,在那里它降落在这艘冲国货轮上。朱迪在这一点上突破了她的射程极限,所以我给她回了电话。“。他抓起一杯水,手在发抖。
“告诉我们接下来发生了什么,”佩妮提示道。
“嗯,”他开始说,“我回到我的公寓--花了一段时间--建筑群里到处都是乱七八糟的东西--那个地方被搞得乱七八糟,我是说一流的朋友。”#Maxx_Flaage再次停下来,然后摇摇头说,“听着。”关于那件事我不能再说什么了。我想他们还在看着我,…。事实上,这次采访已经结束了。#Maxx出局。“。视频源切换为白噪音。
结束文字记录。
采访和事件的镜头在亚特兰蒂卡引发了愤怒,不出所料,NAC政府强烈否认与爆炸事件有任何牵连,甚至要求逮捕和引渡#MAXX_FREAGE就视频的来源进行讯问。亚特兰蒂卡总裁马丁·休斯断然拒绝了NAC的要求,甚至说这位#MAXX_FREAGE的人是“亚特兰蒂卡人民的英雄”。自由城市拉斯维加斯的博彩公司给出对等的赔率,关于是否认为东海岸将在一年内爆发敌对行动。
#Simba: I lost a ton of money on that bet.
#Luciferion: MAXX_footage has gone dark, BTW. Nobody has seen or heard from him since that interview.
THE FLARE耀斑
2089年1月26日,一场巨大的Y级太阳耀斑引发了日冕物质抛射,“轰炸”了我们的星球,暂时关闭了监控、垃圾邮件更新和现实过滤器的巨灵网络(genie network)。随着genie的倒下,每个拥有TAP(Tendril Access Processor)的男人、女人和孩子都暴露在未经过滤的超现实中。大家都知道,这引发了一周的全球混乱。Sprawlers(?)-暴露在垃圾邮件、恶意软件以及层层增强现实广告和模拟环境的风暴中-暂时变得疯狂。
#Sane_Prophet: Insanity is a weak word for the weak-
minded. What may appear as insane to you might simply
be someone having achieved enlightenment and living
according to a higher truth.
#Sorry_U_Asked: I’m all about questioning the
circumstances, but I’m pretty sure all the folks who were
murdered during these events would’ve labeled them as
insane, down to a one.
#Billy_Black_Eyes: Whatever dictionary program you’re
running needs a fresh data-dump, Prophet.
#Sane_Prophet: Dictionaries are also for the weak-minded.
#Billy_Black_Eyes: Of course they are.
整个世界燃烧了大约一周,直到程序员通过固件更新和热补丁修复问题,让过滤器启动并运行,并安装了关闭开关,但损害已经造成。目前尚不清楚有多少人在骚乱和疯狂中丧生,但对总伤亡人数的谨慎估计约为7.5亿人,甚至没有人试图计算骚乱的货币成本。然而,奇怪的是,耀斑本身并没有对电力和其他电力、交通系统等各种基础设施产生广泛的影响。事实上,许多人认为,耀斑甚至根本不是太阳耀斑,而是卡隆(Charon)作为人类威胁出现的第一个迹象。
#Luciferion: Nobody’s ever proven that, Billy.
#Billy_Black_Eyes: Nobody has ever debunked it, either.
Statistical data can be hacked. Numbers can be fudged
to make things seem more dramatic than they really are.
Earthquakes register at a certain scale and get downgraded
all the time. The truth is, this is the first time in history that
a solar flare has caused such wide-spread chaos. It’s fishy.
#Luciferion: I’ll believe it when I see some hard data.
#Billy_Black_Eyes: Fair enough. But the emergence of
Charon around this time isn’t even open for debate. It’s
a fact.
THE EURASIAN UNION IMPLODES欧亚联盟解体
2089年3月15日,德国波恩的欧亚联盟中央银行被一种以前闻所未闻的名为Charon的病毒摧毁。超过45万亿美元消失得无影无踪。所有重建原始数据库的尝试均失败。一些受雇进入并从数据库中清除Charon的程序员(和自由黑客)在这个过程中失去了生命。当程序员意识到Charon-现在被许多人怀疑是人工智能-已经将自己复制到包含这些备份文件的云网络中时,在带有备份的不同服务器上重建系统的进一步尝试也失败了。
#Luciferion: There’s nothing to suspect. Charon is an
emergent AI. The only question now is whether or not it
sparks a singularity event.
#Nothing_to_see_here: Stopwatch will halt it in its tracks.
They always catch these things.
#Luciferion: Who do you think died trying to get it out of
the D-bases in Bonn?
在接下来的几个月里,当卡隆显然进入了整个欧亚联盟公民的个人银行账户时,欧亚联盟、英国和爱尔兰估计有2亿人失去了工作、家园和毕生积蓄。
暴徒暴力事件激增,因为在迅速分裂的欧亚联盟中,帮派数量已经上升到自死亡以来未曾见过的水平-印巴战争后的三年“核秋天”,当时大规模使用了核武器。在伦敦-雷丁广场,在警察残酷镇压英国议会大厦的和平抗议活动后,抗议活动爆发为全面暴力事件。布里斯托尔、斯温登和曼彻斯特-利物浦的蔓延接踵而至的暴力抗议事件接踵而至。2089年6月27日,法国政府被一个名为“新海盗党”的边缘政治极端组织推翻。在富有魅力的年轻zeek——Angéle Bonheur——的领导下,新海盗党(New Pirate Party)在与国民阵线(National Front)和广受欢迎的共和党联盟的代表进行了一场狂野、混乱的竞选后夺取了政权。选举充斥着丑闻,许多法国人不喜欢(现在仍然不喜欢)法国领导人是灵媒的想法。因此,虽然安热成为明显的胜利者,但法国军方拒绝承认她的合法性。作为回应,邦希尔总统解散了法国武装部队,同时宣布通过与拉文洛克证券(Ravenlocke Securities)达成协议,将法国军队私有化。
#Downtrodden: Yep, it’s a sign of things to come ladies
and gents, a world-wide corporate coup of governments.
If you don’t think the CEO of Ravenlocke — that’s Markus
Raven — has a say in the direction this new government
takes, think again.
#Luciferion: It’s awesome to see France led by a psychic,
but let’s get real; this is going to get much worse before
it gets better.
#Magpie: I wouldn’t be surprised if she gets wacked.
前中校阿德里安·包润石(Adrien Boucher),也因其对2087年马赛起义的残酷镇压而被称为“屠夫阿德里安”(Adrien The Butcher),他接管了解散的法国军队的残余,承诺将把邦希尔总统赶下台。在阿德里安宣布这一消息后的几天内,里切潘斯堡--现在是雷文洛克工业公司(Ravenlocke Industries)风暴乌鸦戈莱梅奇旅(Storm Crow Golemmech Brigade)的东北总部--遭到了袭击。总统的回应是在法国各地宣布戒严令,直到叛变运动被镇压。到目前为止,这种情况还没有发生,尽管有报道称,拉文洛克的正规军和分离势力在圣艾蒂安郊外和法国阿尔卑斯山发生了冲突。
#Warpig: This has caused numerous issues. If President
Angéle thinks her countrymen are going to accept the
privatization of the military, she’s sorely mistaken. As Billy
mentions, Adrien the Butcher is causing problems, but
there’s more to it. Militias are forming. They have advanced
weaponry, and while I won’t speculate as to who’s providing
them with those weapons, I do know the vast majority of
the weapons are made by Act of God Armaments.
#Battle_Mind: I know one thing; it’s a great time to be a
mercenary!
#Full_Metal_Cyborg: Amen brother, I’ll see you on the
battlefield.
#Payne_Man: Lock and Load U mushrooms!! I splatter you
n00bs with my AK.
#Magpie: “Sigh” Stop playing #Matrix of War, Payne. You
sound like a fool. This ain’t a game.
#Payne_Man: I thought we were talkin’ about #MOW? U
should C the zones. They’re eggsaklee like the content of
this INFOdump. Have been for a whyle now. Evar since the
last expansion dropped in spring 2088.
#Luciferion: …Ok that’s odd.
#Payne_Man: The Coalition/Atlantica War expansion izz
cumin out next month 2! I Kant W8!
2089年6月30日,饱受政治内斗、街头骚乱和普遍混乱状态困扰的德国关闭了边境。官方公布的理由是出于与法国边境冲突的安全原因,但大多数人不相信。德国总理康拉德·格斯特(Konrad Gerste)授权对德国军队最大的三家武器和军事装备制造商进行财政救助。此举吓坏了许多东欧国家--尤其是波兰善良的人民--他们深知当德国人开始备战时会发生什么,这一点毋庸置疑;德国正在进入战备状态。
#Payne_Man: Watch out! Zee Germans are cumming! LOL
#Klaus: What? Can’t my brethren move to protect
themselves from the chaos in France? And why the veiled
reference to WWII? It’s been nearly 150 years since Hitler’s
madness, yet nobody allows us to forget it.
THE BEAR AND THE DRAGON“熊与龙”
随着欧洲局势的恶化,冲国利用被削弱的欧亚联盟在俄罗斯夺取了大片领土,冲国军队向西推进到乌拉尔山脉,俄罗斯军队在那里设法阻止了龙的推进。尽管如此,损害还是造成了。到2089年8月,曼陀罗王朝已经在乌拉尔山脉以东的每个城市、城镇和村庄确立了自己的占领权。然而,这并没有阻止俄罗斯进行报复。俄罗斯爱国者已经开始了一场叛乱,他们攻击任何能找到冲国军队的地方。官方喉舌将叛乱分子描绘成恐怖分子,但效果不大,因为叛乱分子的数量每天都在增加。
#Neon_Bright: This isn’t just a struggle against C------e
aggression. Vast resources have been found ever since
Siberia began to thaw. I’m talking about precious minerals,
oil; even the land is useful for development, especially
when you consider billions of people live in eastern Asia.
#Luciferion: Agreed, Neon.