红色警戒3单位介绍——化学步兵

化学步兵/DESOLATOR

Designation: Advanced Anti-Personnel Infantry

Manufacturer: Ministry of Experimental Science, Omsk

National Origin: U.S.S.R.

Mass-Produced at: Soviet Barracks

Key Features:

» Deathspray hose (x2)

» Splattershot cannon

» Shatterproof liquid tanks

» Armored respirator

» Battery-powered life support

定位：高级反人员步兵

制造商：鄂木斯克实验科学部

原产国：苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟

生产处：苏联兵营

特点：

» 死亡喷雾软管（两条）

» 溅射炮

» 抗碎裂的液体罐

» 装甲内建呼吸器

» 以电池供能的生命维持系统

In Russia is it often said that mistakes are made only when they are admitted. And for once, the Union's notorious Ministry of Experimental Science made a mistake when it introduced the Desolator Troopers. Their poisons are so vile that most other Soviet remnant forces soon learned to stay far away. Those who did not tended to die rather shockingly.

在俄国有句老话，只有承认了的错误才算错误。而这次，苏联臭名昭著的实验科学部就在制造化学步兵时犯了个错误。他们的毒素是如此的凶恶，以至于许多苏军残部很快就学会了敬而远之，而那些在他们面前活下来了的人则陷入了深深的惊愕。

The history of the Desolator Troopers is nearly as wretched as they themselves. As the hour grew ever-darker for the Soviet Union and its leadership, the chiefs of the Ministry of Experimental Science entertained several options and cared little for consensus. Some chose to flee the nation, or attempted to do so in vain. Others surrendered to Allied forces; their whereabouts are unknown. The most committed of the Ministry's officers, however, steadfastly continued their research, even in the face of imminent defeat. After all, with many of their colleagues gone, several layers of bureaucracy had vanished, allowing these remaining officers to rapidly continue with whatever it was they were cooking up in the Ministry's secret halls. The only known product of this desperate time is the Desolator Trooper Programme (DTP), which breeds front-line soldier so terrible that their very existence flies in the face of an astonishing 71 different International Provisions of Appropriate Military Conduct.

化学步兵的历史几乎就和他们自己一样充满了悲情色彩。随着苏联和其高层逐渐陷入颓势，实验科学部的官员在未经讨论下就做出了几种选择——有些人选择逃离这个国家，或者在逃跑的时候被抓；另一些人选择向盟军投降，他们的下场不明。然而，尽管面对着失败的结局，一些忠诚的实验科学部人员仍坚定不移地继续着他们的研究。随着他们的许多同事出逃，部门里的官僚主义繁文缛节也不复存在，这让剩下的人员可以更具效率地执行在秘密设施里的任何研究。而在这段绝望的日子里，唯一为人所知的研究产物就是「化学步兵开发计划」。它培养出的士兵是如此可怕，而且严重违反了71项国际军事公约的条款。

Although the officers responsible for the DTP proved to be among the Desolator Troopers' first victims, the Desolator Troopers eventually (and surprisingly) proved to be agreeable enough to willingly enlist in the Soviet resistance, for they had no other place in society. Nor did the Soviet resistance have the luxury of turning anybody down.

尽管该项目的负责人后来成了化学步兵首次屠杀的受害者，但化学步兵最终却令人意外地加入了苏联反抗军。因为他们在社会上没有立足之地，而且苏联反抗军也能为他们提供杀戮的享受。

The Desolator Troopers of course take their name from the poisonous fluids they use as weapons. The poisons evaporate quickly and leave little residue behind so it is impossible to know what exactly they consist of, though they are believed to be the chemical by-product of poorly maintained Soviet super-reactors. That is, the discovery of the Desolator Trooper is linked to a series of terrible accidents, though the ever-resourceful Soviet military soon found the silver lining in this. Desolator-based airstrikes have been vogue for Soviet frontline offensives for years, yet only recently did the Ministry find a way to transport these fluids in a more-portable fashion. Granted, an average man could never hoist the fluid tanks. But the Desolator Troopers are more than human, and the hydraulics in their armor probably help them, too.

顾名思义，化学步兵得名于他们使用的剧毒液体。这些液体能够迅速挥发，因此无法得知其具体成分，有说法认为它们是维护不良的超级反应堆运行生成的化学副产品。也就是说，化学步兵的出现，和一系列可怕的事故有关，然而狡诈的苏军很快就发现了其实际用途。多年以来，毒素空袭一直是苏联前线常用的战术。但直到最近，研究人员才找到一种更为方便地携带它的方法。虽然，普通人永远没法举起这些毒液罐子，但化学步兵可不是一般人，他们装甲服中的液压系统也许帮了不少忙。

Little is known of the men inside the Desolator Troopers' armored suits. They themselves have no coherent memories of their past lives and seem content to fight. They require no rest and no food, although they live in their suits for only about a year or two, or until their life-support systems' batteries fizzle out. And so, given all the numerous unresolved reports of terminally-ill patients disappearing from triage centers in the Ministry's headquarters in Omsk, there is a distinct possibility that these "dead men walking" are exactly that. Whatever the Ministry has done to the Desolator Troopers, they have become extremely resilient both to their own poisons and all types of injury, such that even a single Desolator Trooper could viably stand against a well-trained Allied platoon and emerge victorious... in a way.

至于化学步兵装甲服里的人是什么情况，我们所知甚少。他们对自己以前的生活并没有连贯的记忆，脑子里貌似只有杀戮。他们不需要休息，也不需要进食。他们在装甲服里只能存活一到两年，直到生命维持系统的电力耗尽。鉴于有多起报告指出，鄂木斯克实验科学部的医院里有许多重症病人失踪了，所以这些「行尸走肉」很有可能就是他们。无论实验科学部对化学步兵做了什么，他们对自己的毒素和各种伤害都有着惊人的抗性，而且他们就算是在孤身一人的情况下也总有办法对抗一整支训练有素的盟军排级部队。

Battlefield reconnaissance has revealed at least these facts about the Desolator Trooper:

战场侦察已经揭示了化学步兵的以下情报：

The aptly-named Deathspray -- Desolator Troopers fight using dual pressurized hoses that project streams of vile, toxic fluids that can strip flesh from bone almost instantly and cause the bone to disintegrate moments later. Thus, this unconventional weapon is considered to be far more dangerous to flesh-and-blood targets than bullets or bombs.

死亡喷雾——化学步兵使用一对加压软管进行战斗，这些软管会喷射出一股邪恶的有毒液体，可以瞬间令人骨肉分离，并且在片刻之后就会将骨骼完全溶解。因此，这种非常规武器对于步兵来说被认为比弹药更为危险。

The armor-melting Splattershot Gun -- Desolators also have means of dealing with armored vehicles. The corrosive globs fired from the Desolator's Splattershot Gun not only clog up mechanical parts (thereby reducing top speeds), but serve as a catalyst for the Deathspray. In essence, once a vehicle is "splattered", it becomes as vulnerable to the Deathspray as a portly fellow at the beach.

装甲溶解溅射炮——化学步兵同样也有对付装甲载具的手段。化学步兵的溅射炮喷射出的腐蚀性液团不仅会堵塞住机械部件，而且还能成为死亡喷雾的催化剂。简单地说，一旦载具被它「喷溅」之后，就会像靶子一样易于受到死亡喷雾的攻击。

Nearly immune to injury -- A happy side-effect of the Desolator Trooper's resistance to all kinds of different toxins is an extremely high resistance to general pain and physical injury. It is not the case that these men feel no pain; they have simply grown used to experiencing constant, negative sensation.

无惧伤势——化学步兵对于各种毒素的抗性也为他们带来了耐受疼痛与伤害的额外优势。这些人并不是感觉不到疼痛，他们只是习惯了持续的负面感觉。

A costly experiment -- After the war, the Ministry of Experimental Science desperately spent most of its remaining funds developing the Desolator Trooper's armor and weaponry, and though the results proved effective, if profane, the costs associated with these forces make them quite uncommon.

昂贵实验——战后，实验科学部不顾一切地将剩余的大部分资金投入了对化学步兵装甲与武器的开发。虽然开发结果颇有成效，但这些部队的相关开销还是限制了他们的规模。