星战片外翻译:Base Delta Zero命令(新旧正史)

Base Delta Zero又称“德尔塔零基地命令”或简称BDZ,是早在克隆人战争时期银河共和国海军所计划提出的,使用舰队大规模轨道轰炸的方式来摧毁行星表面,包括地表上的所有生命和聚落以及生态圈,也因此达到震慑作用促使敌军投降,该指令在前者中可作为战略威慑作用来瓦解当地的武装叛乱的手段,后者中可作为克制性力量使其故意成为摧毁行星的工具来作为对敌战术,而该项海军指令从银河共和国到银河帝国都被使用,该项海军指令在银河帝国时期则是受塔金主义的笼罩下被最大范围实施,以此震慑反抗力量来巩固银河帝国的统治。
而这项类似的指令的雏形最早可追溯到几千年前超空间大战时期的西斯帝国和克隆人战争的独立星系邦联,为了能在战争中达到战术性威慑作用也使用了这种极端化的轨道轰炸方式取得战争优势。(旧正史/传说宇宙)

与常规的轨道轰炸方式不同,BDZ命令的轨道轰炸则是通过最大化程度的舰队轰炸下来摧毁整颗行星,而行星表面的城市村落和山脉丘陵平原等全部都会化为死寂般的平地,低威力的轰炸下仅仅是将地表烧玻璃,而高威力轰炸下则可以把行星地表炸为熔融物,甚至能将一块大陆炸成齑粉般的碎片然后剥离行星表面漂浮在太空中,而行星大气层会在持续的轨道轰炸下则会受到最严重的污染和破坏性影响。
而在银河帝国的多项海军指令当中,则被认定为是最高极限的命令,而由于其影响性,BDZ命令在执行之前帝国海军都会下达通牒,以此作为瓦解叛乱的手段。


关于新旧正史的历史:
Base Delta Zero initiative was originally introduced by the Galactic Republic, as a last resort against enemy armies entrenched deep underground. After the Republic was replaced by the Galactic Empire at the end of the devastating Clone Wars, the code remained in use. However, the Empire publicly claimed that Base Delta Zero was only involved in planetary liberations, while in actuality the tactic was used for mass exterminations. In her journal, the Mandalorian artist and freedom fighter Sabine Wren wrote about how the Empire had lied about the true meaning of the code.(新正史,部分内容新旧正史通用)

BDZ命令最初是由银河共和国提出的,虽然尚未知是在克隆人战争时期的哪段时间中开始提出并使用,但也是作为消灭躲避于地下防御设施的敌军的最后手段而使用(新旧正史通用)
在克隆人战争结束后,银河共和国被银河帝国取代,而指令仍在使用,然而,银河帝国公开宣称Delta Zero基地只参与了行星解放,而实际上这种战术被用于大规模灭绝或摧毁。萨宾·雷恩在她的日记中写道,帝国如何在该准则的真正含义上撒,从而来讽刺帝国带来所谓的“安全与秩序”。(新正史)



以下为旧正史词条:
Devastating planetary bombardments were recorded from the earliest millennia of galactic history. For instance, the Infinite Empire laid waste to Tatooine before the dawn of the Old Republic,
and around 4000 BBY, Yavin 4 was devastated by firestorms created by Force energy, while the Sith forces in the Jedi Civil War obliterated the surfaces of Telos IV in 3958 BBY and Taris in 3956 BBY. But these atrocities paled before the power of a Base Delta Zero operation. Even hardened Imperial officers who were well versed in invasion operations found the tactic unsettling. Some saw it worse than destroying the planet outright
类似于BDZ命令的轨道轰炸最早可追溯到雅文战役前两万多年的无限帝国,无限帝国是由来源于勒洪星的拉卡塔人所建立,是已知银河系历史上最早的星际霸权,借助黑暗原力发展许多古老科技,而无限帝国在殖民“塔图因”行星时由于遭受当地土著的反抗而使用这种毁灭性的轨道轰炸将塔图因炸成一片沙漠。
而在绝地内战时期,西斯军队在3958BBY至3956BBY时摧毁泰洛斯4号以及塔里斯的行星表面,但这些威力表现比起BDZ来说还微不足道,有些人也认为这远远达不到彻底摧毁行星的标准。
The Confederacy of Independent Systems bombarded the ecumenopolis of Humbarine in a Base Delta Zero operation during the Clone Wars, melting the crust of the planet. The Galactic Republic also engaged in orbital bombardments and made use of the tactic to destroy deeply entrenched Separatist armies.
而独立星系邦联在克隆人战争时期就执行过一次的BDZ命令,轰炸了ecumenopolis和Humbarine,使得这两颗星球的地表成为融毁的状态,而银河共和国的海军也开始决定利用BDZ命令来加大对独立星系邦联的军事打击。

Under the New Order, Base Delta Zero operations continued to be mounted primarily against targets that the Imperial Army had failed to gain control of by direct assault, but such missions acquired increasingly punitive overtones, being used against rebellious planets where the Empire judged a ground assault would incur too many Imperial casualties, or simply where forces were not available to mount a direct attack. As few as three Imperiaclass Star Destroyers could execute such operations in a matter of hours.
而根据银河帝国的有关"新秩序"的军事条文下,BDZ命令主要针对帝国军队未能通过直接攻击而获得控制权的目标,但此类任务具有越来越多的惩罚性因素,被用来镇压不服从帝国统治的独立行星或支援反抗军势力的叛乱行星,而在塔金主义影响下,银河帝国当局认为派出陆军来平叛只会导致更多伤亡产生,或是在部队受限无法直接攻击的情况下,则会用三艘“帝国级歼星舰”来快速执行该项命令。
In 19 BBY, Imperial warships used the BDZ tactic on the planet Caamas. However, Imperial involvement was suspected only and could not be proven until the Caamas Document was discovered in 19 ABY.
在19BBY,帝国海军在卡马斯行星上执行了BDZ命令,将卡马斯行星轰炸成死寂的荒芜之地,然而银河帝国的参与其中却被开始怀疑是造假,直到卡玛斯难民的揭穿而在19ABY揭露之后则得以证明。

In 4 BBY, Moff Sarn Shild gave a Base Delta Zero command targeting the smugglers' haven of Nar Shaddaa. This order was not carried out because of the Imperial defeat at the Battle of Nar Shaddaa.
而在4BBY,星区总督“萨恩·希德”尝试向“走私者避风港”纳沙达卫星执行BDZ命令,由于银河帝国在纳沙达战役中的失败,这一命令也因此受阻没能执行。
At one point, the Asserto Star Dreadnought Wrath led a Base Delta Zero operation, which involved various TIE/D Defender squadrons
at some Imperial-class Star Destroyers, and at least one Interdictor class Star Destroyer. Storm Commandos were known to assist in these operations, usually to destroy a specific target, such as a shield generator.
而有一次,帝国海军的断言者级无畏舰“狂怒号”则单独执行了BDZ命令,而随同一行的则还有几艘帝国级歼星舰和一艘阻绝者级歼星舰负责护航,以及多个由TIE/D防御者战机所组成的战机中队负责巡逻,而在执行BDZ命令前,银河帝国最高指挥部会派遣“冲锋突击队“来潜入该行星地表并摧毁当地的行星护盾设施来确保命令的执行。(而冲锋突击队是银河帝国的冲锋队之中的老兵,在多场战斗中积累许多前线侦查和扫荡任务的经验)

In addition to naval bombardment, army missions with the same objective as a Base Delta Zero command were undertaken to combat the enemies of the Empire. The mercenary unit First Sun Mobile Regiment was often hired by the Galactic Empire to destroy all enemy assets similarly to a BDZ bombardment.
除了海军轰炸外,银河帝国通常会雇佣“第一太阳机动团”的雇佣兵部队来对叛军和其它力量的重要行星进行大规模的清洗,最后炸毁所有城市设施等,同时方便了无需银河帝国陆军的派遣而完成任务,降低了陆军伤亡率,而这种陆军的清洗命令也被银河帝国除了BDZ之外的第二种小规模执行的命令。
The Empire continued to use devastating bombardment tactics, for instance at Milagro, and some of these may have been Base Delta Zeroes; but the New Republic rejected planetary bombardment missions outright, until Operation Emperor's Hammer during the Battle of Borleias in 28 ABY.
而银河帝国则在银河内战时就大规模开始运用了BDZ命令,例如在“米拉格罗”行星,其余的轨道轰炸行动中也可能是执行了BDZ命令,但新共和国则断然拒绝使用这种毁灭性且惨无人道的轨道轰炸命令,直到28ABY“遇战疯战争”期间的“皇帝之锤”行动中。(新共和国海军的执行者级无畏舰“卢桑基亚号”对某颗行星上的大量“遇战疯人大军”实行了该项命令,并在接下来的战役中拖延并重创了遇战疯人的进攻行动)

最后列举一下最大的一次轨道轰炸“卡马斯火风暴”的发生过程:
Enlisting the aid of Bothan operatives on the ground, Palpatine had Caamas's planetary shields switched off,subjecting the world to a fiery bombardment from Star Destroyers.
The attack led to firestorms that lasted for years, finishing off the remaining plant life that survived the initial devastation. Surviving animal life was slowly killed off due to starvation or asphyxiation. Most of the Caamasi population were killed in the attack, with an estimated 200 survivors left alive after the bombardment.
帕尔帕廷皇帝在一名“博坦人”特工的帮助和指导下,派出渗透部队关闭了卡马斯行星的护盾,使行星遭受了歼星舰的猛烈轰炸。
这场轰炸导致了卡马斯行星地表持续了多年的自然灾害,如“火灾风暴”的席卷,大部分植被动物因为轨道轰炸后的恶劣环境而大片死亡,幸存的生命也因为饥饿和无法呼吸新鲜空气窒息而死,大多数卡马斯人在轰炸中丧命,只有极少数幸存者在轰炸期间逃离该行星后成功躲过该轰炸。
Due to the loss of all plant life, the planet experienced heavy erosion which changed the surface features. Soot and smoke filled the atmosphere, altering the planet's climate, and the oceans became polluted from runoff. Breath masks became mandatory for any visitors to the world who planned on staying outdoors for longer periods of time.
由于失去了所有的植物和动物,该行星经历了严重的环境污染而改变了表面特征。具毒性的烟尘和烟雾充斥着大气层,改变了卡马斯行星的气候,海洋也因径流而受到污染。对于计划在该行星表面长时间停留的人来说,必须要带上防毒面具。
An extensive outrage in the galaxy followed the attack, due to the severity of the crime. Caamasi refugees found temporary homes on planets such as Alderaan, Kerilt, and Susevfi. Alderaan was noted as having a large collection of information on the attack in its royal library.
由于这起事件的严重性,轰炸行动发生后,引起了银河系广大的公愤,开始声讨银河帝国,而卡马斯行星剩余的难民则在克里特行星和苏塞夫菲行星找到临时定居处,而奥德郎行星的皇家图书馆则大量收集了该时间的大量信息,以此披露银河帝国的暴行。
Years afterwards, the group responsible remained unknown. Imperial propaganda stated that a wayward cluster of highyield actinium bombs originating with the CIS had detonated on the planet. The Galactic Empire's guilt and the aid given by the Bothans was eventually uncovered. This fact came to a head with the Caamas Document Crisis in 19 ABY.
而事件的引起着仍然不为人知,引发了卡马斯文件危机,而银河帝国政府宣传部则谎称是克隆人战争时期“独立星系邦联”的军队在此埋藏了一颗大当量的高产锕弹,由于不明原因而引爆所导致,而最终银河帝国的暴行被大量证据提供者和亲历者揭穿并公开,而这时则是卡马斯文件危机中所达到的顶峰。