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CHAPTER 9 Factions
第九章 派系

Kua is the seat of power, Coriolis its focal point and the Consortium its uncrowned emperor. Tere can be no doubt about the fact that the Zenithian
faction is the largest organization in the Horizon, but there is no shortage of aspiring usurpers either. Te dethroning is coming. May the Icons have mercy.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE CONSORTIUM – POLITICAL LANDSCAPES OF THE THIRD HORIZON – Zidaldin Zou
库阿是权力的宝座，科里奥利是它的中心，共同体则是无冕之王。毫无疑问这个天顶派系是地平线最大的组织，但它也从不缺乏野心勃勃的篡位者。罢黜在即。愿圣像慈悲。
——《共同体的阴影之下——地平线政治图景》，Zidaldin Zou
劇透 -   : The Horizon is not dominated by a single power, but instead a wide range
of groups struggle to claim the title – these are the factions. These monolithic organizations are divided into two groups, fighting economic, cultural,
and military wars among each other to further their individual agendas.地平线不由单一势力统治，而是有一长串团体争夺统治者头衔——也就是各派系。这些庞然大物分为两个阵营，在经济、文化和军事上为了各自的目的彼此争斗。
劇透 -   : the horizon is full of large corporations, institutions and
orders, but only a few – those with strong enough ancestry and
political power – are called factions. Despite some disagreement on the issue, the general consensus is that there are ten
active factions in the Horizon today, divided into two groups:
Firstcome and Zenithian. The dividing line between the early
colonists and the late-come Zenithians is the Third Horizon’s
most prominent cultural conflict, taken to its extreme in the
power play of the factions. The Firstcome share a strong belief
in the Icons, while the Zenithians base their ideology on the
austere pragmatism introduced by the arrival of their arkship,
Zenith. There are some exceptions: the Church of the Icons
is a young faction, but counts as Firstcome thanks to their
strong religious foundation. The Legion on their hand have
a Firstcome history, having fought together with the Order
of the Pariah at Odacon, but counts as Zenithian because of
their current alliance with the Consortium.地平线充满着大型企业、研究院和教团，但只有少数血统和政治实力都足够强的能被称作派系。虽然仍有一些争议，但通常认为地平线如今有十个派系，分为两个阵营：先民和天顶人。早期殖民者与后来者天顶人之间的泾渭是第三地平线最经久不息的文化冲突来源，极端表现便是各派系的权力斗争。先民拥有强烈的圣像信仰，而天顶人的理念来自他们的方舟——天顶号带来的朴素实用主义。但也有例外：圣像教会是个新生组织，但由于他们强烈的信仰根基，被归为先民派。而军团虽然有先民背景，却因为他们当前与共同体结盟被划作天顶派。
劇透 -   : ZENITHIAN FACTIONS
The Zenithian factions, headed by the Consortium, all promote
the pragmatic Zenithian culture and focus on function and
effectiveness. They acknowledge the Icon faith, and many
Zenithians have adopted the Icons as their gods, but view
religion as something separate from politics and refuse to let
the Icons influence their ideology. Their common goal is to
consolidate their power in the Horizon and act as guardians
and shepherds for the Zenithian peoples as they believe this
to be the way into a new golden age.
The Zenithian factions have a natural leader in the
Consortium, who through their myriad subsidiaries and
trade networks have gathered riches and resources second
to none. Thanks to their alliance with the Legion they also
possess considerable military strength, dominating Coriolis
and controlling large territories throughout the Horizon. Not
all Zenithians are happy with their leadership, however – the
proud Zenithian Hegemony regards themselves as the true
rulers of the Zenithians and they are steadily growing stronger.
The smallest factions, the Free League and the Syndicate,
have less direct power on the political scene, but work with
precision in the shadows, often together. They are also the
most ideologically flexible of the Zenithian factions, open to
negotiations and compromises for mutual benefit with the
Firstcome factions.天顶派系
天顶派系由共同体领导，都推崇实用的天顶文化，关注于功能与效率。他们认可圣像崇拜，许多天顶人也接受了圣像作为他们的神，但把宗教视作与政治分隔的事物，并拒绝让圣像影响他们的观念。他们的共同目标是巩固他们在地平线的力量，履行作为天顶人的守卫与牧羊人的职责，他们认为这是通往下一个黄金时代的途径。
共同体被天顶派系视为中立的领导人，通过不计其数的分支和贸易网收集了无人可比的财富与资源。由于他们和军团联合，他们也拥有可观的军事实力，从而统治了科里奥利，并控制着地平线各处的大量领土。但不是所有人都满意他们的领导——骄傲的天顶霸主认为自己才是天顶人真正的统治者，并且他们的实力在不断增强。最小的派系，自由联盟和辛迪加，在政治层面上的直接影响力较小，但对暗影有精准的控制，常常合作。他们也是天顶派系里意识形态最为灵活的，乐于为了共同利益与先民派系交涉和让步。
劇透 -   : FIRSTCOME FACTIONS
Unlike their Zenithian counterparts, the Firstcome factions
place great belief in religious and mystical ideas about destiny
and morality – in the legendary words of Icon Mother Saresha:
“Without the Icons, the suns would go out. Without prayer, the
Horizon would stop.” Faith and morality can be discussed just
as intensely before drafting a new trade agreement as when
debating whether or not humanites have souls. The Firstcome
factions are known for their inability to agree with each other,
often leaving it to the Zenithians to mediate between them. Only
on one occasion have the Firstcome factions joined forces to
achieve a common goal:
when they crushed the
Nazareem’s Sacrifice.
There is no obvious leader among
the Firstcome factions, but as far as
wealth and size goes,
the Church of the
Icons and the Order
of the Pariah are
the strongest. With
the Order’s recent
seclusion and the
Church of the Icons
lack of any real military strength, the
Firstcome factions
are more divided
than ever.先民派系
和天顶派系不同，先民的派系十分笃信关于命运和人性的宗教与神秘——圣像之母Saresha的圣言：“没有圣像，太阳都将熄灭。没有祈祷，地平线将停止。”若是讨论异人是否有灵魂，信仰与人性的话题就和起草新贸易协定前的争论一样激烈。谁都知道先民派系之间无法达成共识，常常会让天顶人居中协调。仅有一次让先民派系团结一致的情况，是为了摧毁拿撒勒牺牲派。先民派系之中没有明显的领导者，但从财富和规模上说，圣像教会和遗弃者教团最为强大。鉴于教团最近的避世以及圣像教会缺乏实际军事实力这一事实，先民派系比以往更为分裂。

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共同体 THE CONSORTIUM
"Expansion is life."“扩张即生命。”劇透 -   : The Consortium is the largest faction in the Third Horizon.
It consists of a group of large corporations which
together dominate trade, manufacturing, media, science
and colonization.共同体是地平线最大的派系，包括了各大企业，他们共同掌管着贸易、制造、媒体、科研和殖民。
劇透 -   : the consortium and the Coriolis station are
one – so closely tied together that most people
in the Horizon can’t tell them apart. Coriolis was
constructed using materials from the dismantling
of the Zenith, on the orders of the Yriedes family,
the seconds-in-command. The Yriedeses had
a vision that became the Consortium’s motto:
“Sell everything to everyone”. The Yriedes clan,
together with the families Parr, Nestera and
Evgeni founded the core group of companies
that now, some sixty years later, have grown
into one huge faction. The Consortium of today
consists of about twenty larger companies, all
owning installations and factories throughout the
Horizon. Most production facilities are located on
Kua or in the larger systems, but new colonies are
established all the time. The larger corporations
have representatives on the board of directors,
the faction’s governing body, and the three largest ones – the Bulletin, the Foundation and the
Colonial Agency – each have their own seat at the
Council of Factions. The current faction director
and council member is Tiera Yriedes, closely
associated with the military industrial trinity
Parr-Nestera, Tilides and Xoar, and a personal
friend of Legion general Ekaterina Hierida. The
new, aggressive policies promoted by Tiera have
begun to escalate conflicts across the Horizon.
A storm is coming.共同体和科里奥利星站二者为一体——它们的联系如此紧密，地平线大多数人难以区分。科里奥利的建造材料是天顶号船体，后者在副官伊里德家族的命令下被拆解。伊里德的预见成为了共同体的格言“向每一人出售每一物”。伊里德部族和帕尔（Parr）、耐思特拉和叶夫根尼（Evgeni）家族在大约六十年前一同成立的公司核心联合组织，如今已成为一个庞大的派系。今天的共同体包括约二十家大型企业，在地平线各处都拥有设施和工厂。大部分生产部门为鱼库阿或大型星系，但时刻都有新殖民地诞生。大型企业在董事会——派系的领导集团——有代表，而其中最大的三家——公报、基金会和殖民代理——都各自在派系议会占有一席之地。当前的派系董事兼议会成员是蒂耶拉·伊里德（Tiera Yriedes），与巨石工业三巨头帕尔-耐思特拉、蒂利德（Tilides）和绍尔（Xoar）关系密切，并且还是军团将军叶卡捷琳娜·希耶达（Ekaterina Hierida）的密友。蒂耶拉推行的新激进政策正在加剧整个地平线的冲突。
劇透 -   : y THE COMPANIES OF THE CONSORTIUM
The companies of the Consortium cover most
areas of production, save perhaps the food industry
where they are represented only by the Parr bio
sculptors’ ready-made meals. They have many
famous products on the weapons market, manufactured by Xoar, Dayal, Tilides or Nestera all over
the Horizon. Entertainment and information is
handled by the Bulletin and Exeter, while companies like the Foundation, Celer-Delekta and Nyala
dominate virtually all advanced manufacturing
and research. The industrial corporations have the
greatest amount of autonomy within the faction,
often acting as a counterweight to the three largest
members. They are also the ones who are spread
the farthest across the Horizon, Alkarra’s Daharab
dockyards on Sadaal and Xoar’s research center in
Trigon, Mira, being clear examples of this.
External security is handled by the Legion with
their mighty star fleet and fearsome Legionnaires.
Most of the big companies have private corporate
brigades however, such as the Nestera brigade who
cleared the Conglomerate of rebel elements, or
the Colonial Rangers, the Agency’s tactical teams.
Police matters are handled by the Coriolis Guard
with the help of the Judicators, hired from the
Hegemony. They are not trusted with internal security however – this falls under the jurisdiction of the
intelligence service, the top secret Special Branch.
Very few within the Consortium know any details
about the affairs of the Special Branch, but they
are said to have access to all of the Foundation’s
latest research and the corporations’ most
advanced technology.*共同体企业
属于共同体的企业覆盖了大部分产业，除了食品工业，这里唯一的代表是帕尔生物塑造的即食肉。他们在武器市场上有许多著名产品，由绍尔、达亚尔、蒂利德或耐思特拉全地平线生产。娱乐与情报由公报和埃克塞特（Exeter）负责，基金会、瑟拉-德拉克塔（Celer-Delekta）和尼亚拉（Nyala）等企业则实际掌控着所有高级技术生产与研究。工业公司在派系内由最强的自主权，通常负责与前三强抗衡。还有一些拓展到了地平线最远端，例如萨丹Alkarra的Daharab船坞，和绍尔在米拉Trigon的研究中心。外部安保由军团以及他们庞大的星际舰队和令人生畏的军团负责。但大部分大公司都有自己的私人军队，例如清理企业联合（Conglomerate）内部叛乱分子的耐思特拉军，或殖民中心的战术部队，殖民游侠（Colonial Rangers）。政治问题由科里奥利守卫处理，从霸权雇佣的审判官（Judicator）提供协助。但他们未获得负责内部安保的信任——内部安保的管辖权落在了情报机构，一级机密的“特殊分部”（Special Branch）手中。共同体内只有少数人知道特殊分部的任何细节，但据说他们能获得基金会的最新研究以及各公司最尖端的科技。
公报 THE BULLETIN
劇透 -   : The largest news agency in the Horizon is the Bulletin,
a Coriolis-based media conglomerate. Their motto is
“Newsworthy and Accessible”, something that colors both
their news coverage and their other programs. Being Coriolisbased, both news and other programs are mainly from the
station itself, or from the portal stations, most of which
have some degree of Bulletin presence. They do of course
send correspondents to the far reaches of the Horizon if
some event there is sensational enough, and to the sites
and planets most visited by pilgrims. They usually contract
freelancers for the most remote jobs – this keeps both the
costs and the risks to a minimum.
Other than news and entertainment, the Bulletin also offers
a post and courier service called the Ermes Courier. Ermes
ships carry mainly the Bulletin’s own news, but also other
messages and information, and, in rare cases, physical mail.地平线最大的新闻部门是公报，总部在科里奥利的传媒巨头。他们的格言，“新闻价值与传播性”，影响着他们的新闻报导和其它项目。由于以科里奥利为基础，新闻和项目都主要来自星站本身，或者来自星门星站，在这些地方公报都有不同程度的影响力。当然只要有足够的新闻性，他们也会向地平线偏远处，以及基本上只有朝圣者拜访的地区和行星派遣通讯员。他们通常雇佣自由职业者完成大部分远程工作——能最大限度降低成本和风险。
除了新闻和娱乐，公报还提供邮政和快递服务，叫做赫尔墨斯邮递（Ermes Courier）。赫尔墨斯的飞船主要传递公报自己的新闻，但还承担其它信息，以及罕见的实体邮件。
劇透 -   : y THE FACES OF THE BULLETIN
A sure ticket to fame in the Third Horizon is to become a
known face on a Bulletin broadcast. Jalab Korihan, the star
anchor, and morning hostess Nana Elide, who hosts her shows
from the top of the Spire, are famous throughout the Horizon
and their take on current affairs carries great weight. Jasmin
Amliki, star of the popular series “The Plantation Owner’s
Daughter”, and Hija Tara Kono from the fashion show “Gilded
Veils” are other examples of Bulletin celebrities. The out-ofsystem correspondents are few but well known, like Alandro
Shanatar on Mira or the recently jailed Yvev Dakour in the
Zalos system. The Bulletin runs the only real media school
in the Horizon – the Lyceum of Propaganda on Coriolis. This
is where the reporters and show hosts come to train, but the
school has also seen spies, diplomats, and a few successful
private detectives pass through its halls over the years. As
of late, the Bulletin has become troubled with an increase in
independent voices challenging their media dominance – the
Red Spider out in the Rimward Reach, Zuraya in the Sadaal
system and the Freedom Call on Algol. The recent jailing of
the Bulletin’s correspondent to Zalos has led to a diplomatic
crisis between the Consortium and the Order.*公报的常客
在地平线赢得名声的稳妥方法是成为公报某个频道的常客。明星主持人贾拉布·克里汉（Jalab Korihan）和在高塔顶端主持晨间节目的娜娜·埃立德（Nana Elide）都是地平线家喻户晓的名字，他们对当下时事的看法也颇有分量。雅斯曼·阿姆利基（Jasmin Amliki），流行连续剧《种植园主的女儿》里的大明星，以及时尚节目《镀金面纱》的西雅·塔拉·科诺（Hija Tara Kono）都是公报的名人。星系外的通讯员虽然少但都为人熟知，例如米拉的阿兰多·山纳塔（Alandro Shanatar）和扎卢斯最近入狱的伊夫·达库尔（Yvev Dakour）。
公报开办了地平线唯一一所真正的传媒学校——位于科里奥利的宣传学院（Lyceum of Propaganda）。记者和主持人在此接受训练，但过去年间，学校还有间谍、外交人员和成功的私人侦探通过了大礼堂。最近挑战公报主导地位的声音增多，公报为此颇为困扰——例如环向边区的红蜘蛛、萨丹星系的祖拉亚（Zuraya）和阿戈尔的自由之声。最近公报在扎卢斯的通讯员被下狱导致了共同体和教团间的外交冲突。
基金会 THE FOUNDATION
劇透 -   : The secular Foundation is the part of the Consortium
mainly concerned with research and development. They are known for their starkly rational and scientific – that is
to say, Zenithian – view of the world. To the Firstcome, the
Foundation is a bastion of non-believers and is shameful to
the entire Horizon. The company is, as the name suggests,
run as a foundation, selling and leasing their breakthroughs
to third parties. Most production methods and patents
used by Consortium companies were developed by the
Foundation. The Foundation rediscovered the algorithms
necessary to understand and use the portal fields, and due
to this is a strong presence within the Consortium. This
knowledge was at the time only in the hands of the Order
and the Nazareem, and they kept it a secret.
Apart from portal field and astronics research – which
takes place at institutes spread all across the Horizon, like the
Kander-Mall in the Rimward Reach for example – the main
areas of research for the Foundation are socio-arithmetics,
intelligence research, portal archaeology and bionics. The
intelligence research is mostly focused on ship intelligences
and is highly classified, conducted only in secret units under
the supervision of the Special Branch. The bionics research on
the other hand is completely open for review in an effort to
challenge the Order’s monopoly on hospitals and sanatoriums.世俗化的基金会是共同体里主要负责研发的部分。他们以全然理性与科学的世界观——也就是天顶人的观点——著称。对先民来说，基金会就是无信者的大本营，他们进入地平线是一种耻辱。如同名字所指，这家公司以基金会形式运作，将研究发现对第三方销售和发布。大部分共同体使用的生产技术和专利都是由基金会开发的。基金会重新发现了使用和理解星门立场所必须的算法，因而在共同体内拥有强势地位。当时这一知识仅有教团和拿撒勒清楚，并且不对外公布。
除了在地平线各处的研究院进行的星门场和天文理学研究，例如环向边区的坎得-玛尔（Kander-Mall），基金会的主要研究领域还有社会算术学、智能研究、星门考古学和生体技术。智能研究主要关注船用智能，高度机密，仅在特殊分部的监督下的秘密研究中心进行。生体技术研究则是完全公开的，目的是挑战教团在医疗和疗养方面的垄断。
劇透 -   : y NEW SCIENCES
Socio-arithmetics is a field of study in which mathematical
algorithms are applied to whole populations to make macro-political predictions. The Foundation claims that their
methods are accurate, but their critics present the fact that
they failed to predict the arrival of the Emissaries as proof of
the opposite. The professors at the Foundation’s Mathematical
Institute say that not every individual can be accounted for in
their studies as a response to the criticism. The Bulletin has
had great results when using the methods to tailor programs
more to the preferences of their viewers.
The fields of xeno- and portal archaeology receive huge
backing from the Foundation. Several expeditions are launched
each year, usually in association with the Colonial Agency,
to explore ruins, remnants of Portal Builder technology or
other artifacts. The biggest site is off-limits to the expeditions
however – the inside of the Monolith, closed to rival factions
by order of the Astûrban, the Hegemony’s secret police.
The Foundation’s College of Engineers on Coriolis offers the
best natural science education in the Horizon. The generous
scholarships offered to promising scientists and students
also add to its reputation. *新科学
社会算术学是研究将数学算法应用到人群上以实现宏观政治预测的领域。基金会称他们的方法足够准确，但他们的批评者指出没能预测出秘使的到来表明并非如此。作为回应，基金会数学研究院的教授称并非每个个体都能够被研究解释。公报利用这一方法为读者定制更受欢迎的节目，取得了很大成功。
异星考古学和星门考古学从基金会获得了大量的支持。每年都有几支探险队出发，一般与殖民中心合作，探索星门建造者的遗迹和遗留物或其它奇物。但最大的遗迹不对探索者们开放——正是巨石内部，在霸权秘密警察阿斯图班（Astûrban）的命令下对竞争派系关闭了。基金会在科里奥利的工程师学院提供了地平线最好的自然科学教育。为有前途的科学家和学生提供慷慨的奖学金也为它的名声锦上添花。
殖民机构 THE COLONIAL AGENCY
劇透 -   : When the Horizon was new and unknown to the Zenithians,
the Yriedes family started an agency tasked with financing,
launching and establishing new colonies. Nowadays, they
rarely find new colonies themselves, and the Colonial Agency,
through its extension the Colonial Bank, has shifted its main
focus to financing, educating and tech leasing to independent entrepreneurs looking to start mining operations,
colonies and factories. They also run a school on Coriolis,
the Colonial Agency’s Higher Education Center, where they
train the Horizon’s best scouts, explorers and colonists. The
top students are recruited to the Colonial Rangers – special
ops teams used to secure sensitive investments that require
a little more finesse than the blunt fist of the Legion.
Through investments in the Consortium’s heavy industry,
the Agency has access to dust trawlers, mining drones, mobile
smelters and other heavy machinery that an entrepreneur
might need to lease. Hyperion shuttles and bulk haulers handle
transportation.
The Zenithians and the Consortium are not the only ones who
employ the Agency – many Firstcome rulers and merchants,
including recently the Iconocrate of Sadaal, are clients here.当地平线对天顶人还是崭新而未知时，伊里德家族建立了一个用于支持、寻找和建立新殖民地的组织。如今他们很少自己去发现新殖民地，殖民机构通过附属的殖民银行，已经将主要精力放在为开拓采矿、殖民和工厂的个人企业家提供资金、教育和技术支持上。他们还在科里奥利开办了一所学校，科里奥利机构高等教育中心，在这次培训最优秀的侦察员、探险家和殖民者。最有优秀的学生将被殖民游侠队录取，负责保障需要精细操作而不是军团式暴力的敏感资产。通过对共同体重工业的投资，机构能获取尘埃拖船（dust trawler）、采矿无人机、移动式冶炼炉以及其它企业家需要的重型机械。由海伯利安穿梭机和大型起搬运机负责运输。
天顶人和共同体不是机构的唯一雇主——许多先民统治者和商人，包括最近的萨丹圣像贵族，都是他们的顾客。
劇透 -   : y A HATED FACTION
Being a colonial agent is a responsibility that comes with
many perks, but also risks. Many view the Colonial Agency
as an exploitative, parasitic corporation, thieves that ship
resources off-world and pocket the profit – especially so on
Algol, where they are strong but despised. They are accused
of having caused a terrible natural disaster in which an entire
ocean was drained in the search for precious minerals on
the ocean floor.
The most reputable agents are celebrities whose advice
is sought before any large project. Ares Kleon, who found
the Uharu-12 diamonds, or Minna Jifha, who discovered
the silk fields on Menkar and mapped the monolith there,
are names that often come up in connection with new
expeditions and Bulletin reports. Compared to them,
the Agency’s council member, Desaron Kai, is a relatively
anonymous figure.
The one area the Agency stays clear of is archaeological
expeditions. After the catastrophic failure on Menkar when
the monolith there crumbled and fell, all such undertakings
are left to the Foundation, although joint efforts are not
uncommon.*被仇视的派系
作为一名殖民代理，责任将带来好处和风险。许多人将殖民机构视作一家四处剥削的寄生虫公司，从偏远世界运走资源把利润收入囊中的窃贼——他们在阿戈尔尤其被鄙视。他们被指控为了寻找海床上的珍惜矿物将整个大海抽干并造成了严重自然灾害。
声誉最好的代理都是名人，进行任何大型项目之前人们都会咨询他们的意见。发现了乌哈鲁-12的钻石的阿瑞斯·克里昂（Ares Kleon），或是发现穆卡丝绸地并绘制此处巨石的米娜·捷法（ Minna Jifha），都是经常与新探索和公报报道相连的名字。和他们相比，机构的议会成员，德沙戎·凯（Desaron Kai），则是个相对不出名的角色。
机构从不涉足的领域是考古探索。穆卡巨石崩落导致的灾难性失败后，所有这类行动都交给了基金会，但两者合作的情况并不少见。

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边栏：生产 PRODUCTION
劇透 -   : The production units of the Consortium are spread
across the entire Horizon. How they operate dif
fers, from simple factories of the Conglomerate to
more advanced orbital facilities on dedicated space
stations. Modular production of things like Vulcan
weapons, tags and m-doses runs continuously,
while larger and more expensive items are only
made-to-order, for example ships of the heavier
classes, advanced weapon systems, reactors etc.
Things like these are huge investments, which is
why the Consortium also has a large network of
banks for financing and risk diversification.共同体的生产单位遍布整个地平线。它们运作的方式不同，从企业联合的普通工厂到专门星站上的高级轨道设施都有。伏尔甘武器、标签和M剂这类模块化产品的生产线持续运作，而更大更昂贵的产品则根据订单生产，比如重型级别的飞船、高级武器系统、反应堆等。这些产品需要大额投资，因而共同体还有一个庞大的银行网，用于资金支持和分散风险。
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NewAlbionDrone:
自由联盟 THE FREE LEAGUE
“Unity is strength.”“团结就是力量。”
劇透 -   : The Free League organizes the small actors on the otherwise Consortium-dominated market. Having access to a skilled workforce in spaceports and souks, they offer a service the Consortium cannot.自由联盟组织起本应被共同体主导的市场上的小角色。他们在空港里和集市上有熟练的人手，能提供共同体无法提供的服务。
劇透 -   : the league, as it is commonly called, was
originally created as a counterweight to the
Consortium, but had no way of competing in
the beginning. They tried to perform the same
functions as the Consortium, but have over
time changed their attitude towards nurturing
a more symbiotic relationship instead. The
fact of the matter is that without the League’s
deckhands, pilots and engineers, all of the
Consortium’s ships and haulers would wait in
dock, their cargo unloaded, and without the
free traders, Consortium commerce wouldn’t
reach as far out on the star arms as it does.
In the shadows, both parties are still trying to
out-maneuver the other, however.自由联盟通常被简称为联盟，起初是为了对抗共同体创立的，但一开始就无法与之抗衡。他们尝试像共同体一样运作，但逐渐改变态度，转而与之培养一种更为有机的关系。事实上，若没有联盟的船员、驾驶员和工程师，共同体的飞船和货运机都将停滞在码头无法卸货，没有自由贸易者，共同体的贸易无法像现在一样到达遥远的旋臂。但双方依然在暗中试图赢过对方。
劇透 -   : When it comes to free traders and markets
outside of the core systems, the League is
practically in a monopoly position. The risks
compared to the calculated profit are too great
for any of the major Consortium companies to
get involved. The League runs several auction
houses and souks in the outer systems, as well
as a few on both Kua and Coriolis.
The current goal for the League is to keep its
control of the outer markets, and to improve
the living conditions of its members. No other
faction is as open about its membership as the
League – counting official members, the Free
League is the Horizon’s largest faction.说到核心星系外的自由贸易者和市场，联盟实际处于垄断地位。对任何共同体大公司来说，参与这些贸易的风险远高过预估利润。联盟在外星系运营着几家拍卖行和集市，在库阿和科里奥利也有一些。联盟当前的目标是保持对外星系的控制，以及提高成员的生活水平。对于成员资格，没有哪个派系像联盟一样开放——要数官方成员数，自由联盟是地平线最大的派系。

NewAlbionDrone:
军团 THE LEGION
"The best must die so the rest can live."“强者赴死，余者方能生存。”劇透 -   : The Legion is comprised of a diverse collection of
mercenaries and armed skippers, gathered around the
remnants of a fleet squadron from the Portal Wars.
the legion is the youngest of the Firstcome
factions – so young that it is usually considered
Zenithian, albeit this is mainly due to their
close ties to the Consortium. Some say that
they might as well just join the Consortium,
but this would not be in the corporations’ best
interest – it would mean one less Zenithian
vote on the Council.军团由各式雇佣兵和武装船队组成，集合在星门战争中一支飞船中队的残骸周围。军团是先民部落里最年轻的——年轻得让人通常人物这是一个天顶派系，但主要原因还是由于他们与共同体的紧密联系。有人说他们不如加入共同体，但这不符合公司利益——意味着议会将减少一张天顶投票。
劇透 -   : The two flagships Shahrazad and Dunyazad
and their escort, the only survivors from
Shadussar’s 2nd Fleet after the Portal Wars,
founded the Legion. When the fleets from
the First Horizon were about to attack Mira,
some of Shadussar’s forces were diverted to set
up an ambush there, but as the enemies took
the Odacon route – and were destroyed there,
along with the rest of Shadussar’s fleets – they
survived. During the chaotic years that followed
the end of the war, the survivors traveled the
Horizon as warlords and corsairs. Many of the
horrors perpetrated during those years can be
traced back to the Legion – something they
refuse to acknowledge today, of course.
When the Zenith arrived and the
Consortium was founded, this new and powerful employer suddenly meant new possibilities. The Legion of today was born. They were
originally hired by the Consortium to wipe
out the fleets of the Zenithian Hegemony, but
suffered terrible losses and retreated, instead
being tasked with hunting corsairs, greedy
nobles or any other who would threaten the
Consortium’s interests.两艘旗舰，莎赫札德和杜娅札德，还有它们的护卫舰是山度萨尔（Shadussar）第二舰队仅剩的幸存者，它们在星门战争后成立了军团。当第一地平线的舰队即将袭击米拉时，部分山度萨尔军力被派去进行伏击，但敌人选择了奥达科姆路线，并在那里和其余的山度萨尔舰队一同毁灭，而伏击的船队幸存。在战争结束后的多年混乱中，幸存者作为军阀和海盗在地平线游荡。当年许多恐怖都可以回溯到军团——当然有些他们如今不愿承认。
天顶号抵达、共同体成立后，这个新的并且强大的雇主突然带来了新的可能性。今日军团诞生了。他们原本受共同体雇佣清除天顶霸权的舰队，但遭受了严重损失后撤退，之后被赋予了捕猎海盗、贪婪贵族以及任何威胁到共同体利益的势力这一任务。
劇透 -   : y LEGION ORGANIZATION
The Legion of today is still centered on the two
flagships, but is otherwise organized as three
separate branches: the fleet, the companies and
the Guard. To many, the fleet represents the
true Legion. Even though one of the flagships
has gone missing – or is away on a secret mission – the fleet is growing, new ships coming
in from the docks on Sadaal and many other
yards. The exact size of the fleet is unknown.
Supposedly, the Legion still has access to secret
bases all over the Horizon left behind since
the chaotic years, but no one knows for sure.
The Consortium is the only faction who uses
the fleet today.
The companies are the everyday faces of the
Legion. Many different factions employ this
branch for all sorts of missions. The companies
are not a uniform army as much as they are a
jumbled mess of mercenary groups who can
access lucrative jobs through their membership
in the Legion. The faction has strict rules that
detail how a mission should be carried out, and
all member companies must obey the rules or
face expulsion and have their leaders hunted
down and executed. This makes for plenty of
jobs available to free companies – they get paid
less, but have no rules to follow.
The Coriolis Guard is the branch with the
lowest reputation. They answer directly to the
governor of Coriolis and are responsible for
keeping the peace on the station, but they
are too corrupt to be any good at it. Other Legionnaires view them as fake mercs or proxy Legionnaires.
Woe to the unlucky Legionnaire who gets injured badly
enough to be demoted to the Guard.*军团组织
如今军团依然围绕两艘旗舰，但其它部分则分为三块：舰队、公司和守卫。许多人将舰队视作军团的代表。尽管一艘旗舰如今失踪——或者去执行秘密任务了，舰队依然在扩大，不断有从萨丹和其它地方船坞来的新船加入。舰队的准确大小未知。据说军团依然能进入自混沌时期留下的遍布整个地平线的秘密基地，但没人能够确认。今天只有共同体使用舰队。
公司则是军团的日常面孔。许多不同派系为了不同目的雇佣他们。公司不是有统一制服的军队，更像是混乱的佣兵团体组合，通过在军团的会员权利获取高收益工作。该派系对一件任务该如何完成有严格规定，所有成员都必须遵守，否则将面临驱逐、头领被追捕和处刑。这给许多其它公司提供了工作机会——他们付得少，但没有规矩。
科里奥利守卫是名声最低的一支。他们直接听从科里奥利总督的指令，负责维护星站和平，但自身过于腐败。其他军团成员将他们看作假佣兵或者伪军团成员。那些不幸受伤被降级到守卫的军团成员可惨了！
劇透 -   : y HEROES OF THE LEGION
Suhaima Taslim, the disabled Legionnaire who represents the
faction at the Council, is but one of many war heroes who
pride themselves on sporting the Legion’s skull tattoo. Jasma
“Kyber” Palu is a heavily modified soldier with both visible and
hidden cybernetics who leads the half-crazed Steel Skulls unit.
She gladly accepts dangerous jobs that come with high risk
of injury, and thus, a good chance of new mods. The skipper
Skalide dol-Gana in her fast fighter Xantus is famous for her
skills as a blockade runner and corsair hunter. Anyone would
be lucky to have her as escort out on the star arms.
Rumor has it that the Legion gets their new tech from
Consortium companies like Celer-Delekta, NimaBionics
and Industrial Algebra. True or not, it is evident that many
Legionnaires have implants that are unavailable on the open
market, sometimes even strange bionic sculpts that cause
the faithful to make the sign against the Dark between the
Stars when the soldiers walk past.*军团英雄
苏海姆·塔斯林（Suhaima Taslim），在议会代表军团的残疾军团团员，是许多骄傲地纹有军团骷髅纹身的战争英雄之一。亚斯玛·“基普尔”·帕卢（Jasma “Kyber” Palu）是一名接受大量改造的士兵，拥有可见和隐藏的赛博改造，带领着半疯的钢铁颅骨部队。她乐于接受有高受伤风险的危险工作，好有机会获得新改造。驾驶著名快速战斗飞船Xantus的船长斯卡利德·德尔-加纳（Skalide dol-Gana）是著名的封锁线突破者和海盗猎人。无论是谁在星臂有她护卫都十分幸运。传言称军团从瑟拉-德拉克塔、尼玛生物和代数工业获得最新技术。无论真假，显然军团拥有市面上无法获取的植入，有时甚至还有古怪的生体塑形，会让笃信者在这些士兵经过时作出抵御群星间黑暗的手势。
劇透 -   : THE FLEET
Few know how large the fleet of the Legion really
is. The larger ships are well documented by both
the Special Branch and other factions, but the disappearance of Shahrazad and the rumors of hidden
bases beg the uneasy answer that the size of the
fleet may have been underestimated. Only two other
factions have war fleets of their own: the Zenithian
Hegemony and the Order of the Pariah.舰队
没有多少人知道军团的舰队到底有多大。特殊分部和其他派系将较大的飞船记录在案，但杜娅札德的失踪和隐藏基地的传言让人不快地表明，舰队的大小可能被低估了。只有其他两个派系拥有自己的舰队：天顶霸权和遗弃者教团。

NewAlbionDrone:
辛迪加THE SYNDICATE
“They have what you need – we have what you want.”“他们有你所需——我们有你所求。”劇透 -   : Organized crime in the Third Horizon is controlled by a
handful of families and their respective street gangs. The
faction is based on Coriolis, but has no seat on the Council,
much to their chagrin.第三地平线的组织犯罪由若干家族即他们各自的街头帮派控制。这个派系总部在科里奥利，但在议会没有一席之地，这让他们非常恼火。
劇透 -   : the syndicate was founded at the same time
as Coriolis, and is viewed by many as the illegal
shadow of the Consortium. The faction is made
up of a group of wealthy families from the crew
of the Zenith who joined forces with Firstcome
criminal groups on Algol, Sadaal and Zalos.
Together, they took control over the street gangs
that had started to form on Coriolis.
The Syndicate wants their operations to run
smoothly, and this requires a certain level of
law and order. They cooperate with the Guard
to combat petty crime because it disturbs their
more lucrative forms of business: protection
rackets, gambling, pimping, drugs and smug
gling. In the first decades after its birth, the
Syndicate grew to own almost the entire Guard
through threats and bribery.辛迪加与科里奥利同时成立，很多人将它看作共同体非法的影子。派系由天顶号船员中的富裕家族与阿戈尔、萨丹和扎卢斯的先民犯罪组织联合构成。他们一起控制了科里奥利上兴起的街头帮派。
辛迪加希望他们的行动能够顺畅，这需要一点程度的法律和秩序。他们与守卫一同对抗微不足道的犯罪行为，因为这会影响更有利润的生意：保护费、赌博、拉皮条、摄入物和走私。诞生后的第一个十年，辛迪加不断膨胀，通过威胁和贿赂，几乎拥有了整个守卫。
劇透 -   : The courts and the governor needed a dras
tic change, and asked the Zenithian Hegemony
for help. The Hegemony created the Judicators.
This new tool of law enforcement decimated
the Syndicate’s lower levels, especially the street
gangs. Soon, however, the crime families learned
to adapt, and balance returned once again. Today,
the Judicators are less involved with the Syndicate
and focus their resources on other forms of crime.
The basis of the Syndicate is the gangs that
run the different plazas on Coriolis. Things get
violent from time to time, as the gangs’ methods
include a certain level of territorial disputes and
revenge. Outside of the station, the middle layers
of the organization, the so-called charpurs, run the operations. They operate above the gangs, orga
nizing things like smuggling and drug production.
The only areas the Syndicate stays away from are
slave trading and the smuggling of faction tech.
Unfortunately, other players are less scrupulous.法庭和政府需要重大改变，于是向天顶霸权求助。霸权创造了执法官。这个新的执法工具大大削弱了辛迪加的底层，尤其是街头帮派。丹很快这些犯罪家族学会了适应，平衡再度回归。如今执法官不那么关注辛迪加，而是将资源用在其它形式的犯罪上。辛迪加的基础是管理科里奥利不同广场的帮派。时不时会出现暴力行为，帮派的行动总会导致一定的领地冲突和寻仇。星站外由组织的中间层，所谓的charpur负责。他们管理帮派之上的事物，组织走私和摄入物生产这类行动。辛迪加唯二不涉足的领域是奴隶贸易和派系技术走私。不幸的是，其它玩家可没有那么谨慎。
劇透 -   : y THE FRONT
The Syndicate’s contact with the legitimate econ
omy is handled by front men in the Consortium
companies, bureaucrats on Sadaal, drug cartels
on Algol and supposedly even the rebels on
Zalos-B. These contacts are used for smug
gling, drug production, proxy trips and illegal
research – sometimes with human subjects.
The Syndicate is not considered to possess any
faction technology of its own, with the possible
exception of the rumored “black ships”.
The biggest concern for the Syndicate today
is the rumors going around that they have
begun to associate with the Algolan slavers,
which has led to a renewed interest from the
Judicators. Both the Church of the Icons and
Ahlam’s Temple have, unsuccessfully, tried to
fight the Syndicate’s power.
y THE CHALLENGERS
The Syndicate is the largest criminal organi
zation in the Horizon, but not the only one.
There are three rising threats to their power
in the Horizon: The Serpent, the Slavers and
Ferekam, criminal groups dealing in slave
trade and gun running.*出面人
辛迪加的合法生意通过共同体公司、萨丹官僚机构和阿戈尔的摄入物卡特尔，据说甚至还有扎卢斯B反抗军里的出面处理。这些人脉用在走私、摄入物生产、代理出游和非法研究——有时以人类为对象。一般不认为辛迪加拥有任何自己的派系技术，唯一例外可能是传说中的“黑船”。
辛迪加如今最大的担忧是据说他们开始和阿戈尔的奴隶主扯上关系，这重新吸引了执法者的注意力。圣像教会和Ahlam神庙都试图，但未成功，抵抗辛迪加的势力。
*挑战者
辛迪加是地平线最大的犯罪组织，但并不是唯一的。地平线有三个组织的势力正威胁他们的地位：大蛇、奴隶主和Ferekam，进行奴隶贸易和枪支走私的帮派。

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边栏：黑船THE BLACK SHIPS
劇透 -   : Recently, stories have begun to surface about oddly
shaped ships that sensors can hardly detect, and
that suddenly vanish in a burst of static. Some crews
claim to have spotted the ships near the smug
gling routes, most frequently around the moons of
Transsurha in the Kua system.最近关于形状怪异、传感器难以侦察、并且能在静电爆发中突然消失的飞船的故事开始浮现。一些船员称在靠近走私路线的地方目击了这些飞船，最经常的是在库阿星系Transsurha的卫星周围。
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--- 引用 ---劇透 -   : TABLE 9.2 FAMILIES AND GANGS
FAMILY ORIGIN GANG TURF DISTINGUISHING MARKS
Adibal Sadaal Faris Mulukhad Dresses in garish colors
Afyana Algol Ganiya Spice Plaza Secret handshake
Birbasil Zenith Lama Ozone Plaza Lips tattooed black
Intisaar Zalos Izza Spring Plaza Scarification on their backs
Rafa Algol Wark Market Plaza Secret handshake表9.2 家族与帮派
家族 起源 帮派 地盘 特殊标记
阿迪巴 萨丹 法里斯 穆鲁卡德 穿着艳丽的色彩
阿法纳 阿戈尔 甘尼雅 香料广场 秘密握手式
比尔巴希尔 天顶号 拉玛 臭氧广场 嘴唇黑色刺青
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