RA3单位背景翻译：海豚

定位：反舰侦查单位

训练总部：格拉斯哥，卡迈克尔海洋实验室（Carmichael Aqua labs, Glasgow）

训练场地：盟军海港

信条："Skree'ee--eee, eeek!"（译：为自由付出一切！）

装备：

» WP100声波发射器

» 便携式监测阵列仪

» 确保能从雷达识别的微型芯片

» 流线型贴身“军服”

» 提升游动速度的强化背鳍

历史

随着近年来各同盟国的情况每况愈下，他们越来越倾向于使用非传统的战争手段。其中之一就包括设立海豚游击战术学校。在这当中最为著名的，当属位于苏格兰的卡迈克尔海洋实验室，同时也是全球领先的海洋哺乳动物军事训练中心。尽管盟军训练海豚用与苏联抗衡的计划曾在项目之初遭受过质疑，但在现在，这已被誉为是几个世纪以来最优秀、最具前瞻性的军事构想。

这张照片展示了盟军的第一只受训海豚，芬兹·弗莱明。他正处在感觉剥夺隔离室中，头上戴着的是无色WP100音波发射器原型机。

然而，这一决策也并非满堂喝彩。直到今天，盟军官员们仍然在为训练和武装海豚辩护，坚称他们教会了这些动物保护自己以及它们的家园。尽管道德辩论仍在继续，装备了特制的防水音波发射器的盟军海豚的实战效果却是毋庸置疑的。只要经过合适的训练，这些聪明而又忠诚的海洋生物便能够迅速并准确地定位外来军舰，而当它们集结成群时，这支部队的战果也是惊人的。

海豚的音波武器就像水下的凿岩锤，反复重击敌对目标直到将其粉碎。海豚自身能够无视这一武器的振动频率，保持与其他海豚以及指挥官的正常通讯，即便是在正在与它们最大的敌人——苏联的阿库拉潜艇打得热火朝天的时候。尽管苏联官方在明面上曾经公开表示过对这支海豚部队的不满，但他们私下里仍然在继续实验能够对抗这些灵活而危险的生物的新战术。比如说，苏军最新式的电鳐突击艇就能够向周围的水中释放极其危险的高压电流。然而，盟军的海豚同样可以通过高高跃出水面来躲避这一攻击。

老一代的水手和老兵们曾表示海豚在现代战场上毫无用武之地，传统的舰船和武器在各方面都要比它们优秀。然而，当一只海豚在布莱顿海滩附近单独击沉了一艘苏军的无畏级战舰后，只有最为嘴硬的苏联的宣传部门还在坚持这一说法。（为了表彰她的英勇牺牲，帕德斯·迈克因提尔被追授了盟军的最高级勋章）

有消息称，盟军指挥部高层正在准备为海豚准备一套独立的军衔制度，作为对它们做出的贡献的认可。

战地笔记

战地侦察揭示了有关于海豚的如下事实：

•音波发射器——盟军海豚是专业的战斗兵员，它们能够熟练地使用安装在它们背鳍上的音波武器。这些高射速武器能够有效对抗所有类型的舰船，而不必担心对海洋环境的影响。

•更高，更远——由盟军特殊训练过的海豚对从水中跃出的技巧掌握得更加出色。它们比野生的海豚能够跳得更高、更远，这一能力为它们带来了很多战术上的便利。

•广阔的探测范围——尽管海豚作战勇猛，它们的主要工作还是侦查。依靠它们与生俱来的优秀速度和最高级的探测设备，它们能够在很远的距离上发现敌方部队而不被敌方发现——随后用尾鳍仰泳撤离并快速向基地回报。

•为战斗而生——由于盟军海豚是为自由而生，而且它们不需要抚慰金，盟军得以大量训练这些动物。收益归于动物保护组织和水生兵器研究机构。

原文

Designation: Anti-Ship Scout

Training Headquarters: Carmichael Aqua labs, Glasgow

Field-Trained at: Allied Seaport

Creed: "Skree'ee--eee, eeek!" (Lit. "freedom at any cost!")Accessories:

» WP100 sonic disruptor

» Portable surveillance array

» Microchip ensures visibility on radar

» Form-fitting streamlined "uniform"

» Reinforced dorsal fin enhances speed

history

As the situation for the Allied Nations turned rather desperate in recent decades, they increasingly resorted to unconventional means of war. One such means involves guerilla-style schools of dolphins. The most prestigious of these schools, of course, is Scotland-based Carmichael Aqualabs, which is still the world's leading military training center for aquatic mammals. Though initially met with skepticism, the Allies' plans to use dolphins in open naval warfare against the Soviet Union is widely held today as one of the finest, most forward-thinking military initiatives of the last quarter century.

Shown here is the Allies' original dolphin test subject, Fins Flemming,

in his sensory deprivation chamber wearing a colorless prototype of the WP100 sonic disruptor.

The decision is not without controversy, mind you. To this day, Allied officials continue to staunchly defend their research-and-development into training and weaponizing common dolphins, insisting that they have taught these creatures to defend themselves and their aquatic homes. Notwithstanding the ongoing ethical debate, Allied dolphins--fitted with specially-made, fully-waterproof sonic disruptor technology--are indisputably effective. With proper training, these intelligent and obedient creatures can quickly and accurately relay the coordinates of foreign sea vessels, and in groups, they can do battle with surprisingly effective results.

Dolphins' sonic weaponry acts almost like a physical underwater jackhammer, pounding enemy targets until they begin to break apart. The dolphins are able to ignore the weapon frequencies and still communicate effectively with each other and their commanders even in the midst of all-out war versus the likes of their worst enemies, the Soviet Union's Akula-class submersibles. The Soviets have expressed open frustration with the dolphin warfare, however, and continue to experiment with new ways of combating these swift and brave creatures. For example, their new Stingray strike craft are known to send dangerous levels of electricity coursing through the waters--yet, in turn, the Allies' dolphins can leap high and far up and out of the water, out of harm's way.

A generation of sailors and war veterans once said that dolphins have no place on the modern battlefield, and that conventional ships and weapons are far superior in every way. However, after one now-famous dolphin single-flipperedly sank a Soviet dreadnought off the coast of Brighton Beach, only the Soviet Union's loudest propagandists still cling to this belief. (For her noble sacrifice, Puddles McIntyre posthumously received the Allies' most prestigious medal.)

It is believed that the Allied command core is soon preparing to unveil a complete military hierarchy exclusive to dolphin ranks, in recognition of their increasingly invaluable service.

notes >

Battlefield reconnaissance has revealed at least these facts about the Dolphins:

• Sonic disruptors -- Allied dolphins are expert fighters, well-trained with the sonic disruptor weapons custom-fitted around their flippers and dorsal fin. These weapons fire rapidly and are effective against all type of ships, without causing any environmental side-effects.

• The high-flying high jump -- The Allies' specially-trained dolphins have truly mastered the technique of leaping forth from out of the waves. They can jump much higher and farther than their wild brethren, which presents a variety of tactical benefits.

• Superior scan range -- While dolphins are formidable combatants, they are primarily used for reconnaissance. Between their natural speed and their top-of-the-line surveillance equipment, they can locate hostile forces well before they themselves are spotted--then quickly report back to base by back-swimming in a tail-stand.

• Bred for battle -- Because Allied dolphins are born to serve the cause of freedom, and because they have no use for monetary compensation, ultimately the Allies are able to train these creatures for a rather modest sum. Proceeds go to animal rights organizations and aquatic weapons research.