新刊研发中:静默之师(潜艇本)和本日新图

这个,我想先说声对不起啊。一直都没有把潜艇本翻译成中文呢。

美舰本团队除了做食物本和设定本,其实一直都在做另外这一本专题。英文那边叫Silent Service。中文则被Ethan(我个人认为很准确的)翻译了成“静默之师”。其实你可以看英文那边,已经累计了不少内容呢。

Silent Service

至于这个到底是怎么回事…

其实是这样的。

美舰本本身既是故事,也是一个世界设定。这整个网站的英文更新可以说都是围绕着创造一个世界而进行的。无论是各种各样的另类历史,舰娘的人物介绍还是其他的日常卖萌更新,可以说都是在完善这个世界。

而潜艇本“静默之师”则是从另一个角度来讲故事。这本新刊围绕着一堆潜艇娘(都是比基尼妹子哦)的日常生活展开的,内容是12个新的潜艇娘人物介绍+若干卖萌小故事或日常图+一大票的真实历史故事,也就是“陶陶的潜艇角”(Tautog’s Sub Corner)。

同时,我还埋了许多历史中的真实细节。对这种东西感兴趣的读者可以推敲推敲。比如前几天更新的劳瑞和Dracha(她中文名还没挑好,抱歉)的自我介绍里分别谈到了在美舰本这个世界里,东西德的纷争。网站里“静默之师”的“Silence Service”标签下的其他内容,例如KOG(美国海军名人。在美舰本世界线里被挤下CNO后直接被STEC吸收过来)暗中协助苏联抗深海舰队的手段或与其相关的苏日北方群岛纷争,还有鳕鱼(Cusk)妹子的介绍里提到的新的对深海兵器(导弹),等等,一切都是如前文所说,是在建造这个世界。

当然,书里人物之间的互动也不少。因为我创造人物的经验更丰富了,潜艇娘们的互动也更容易了。比如陶陶是有点吐槽性质的”看板”娘,但因为她性子比较好,所以她的“潜艇角“总是莫名其妙的被其他舰娘“借”走——

啊,说到这个,潜艇角里其实都是真的历史干货。陶陶主要负责讲解各种潜艇相关知识,从潜艇的基本战术(如何蹲点,如何算鱼雷的参数)到美国海军潜艇的设计都有。加入这个的项目是为了迎合不少读者的建议,就是希望同时能学到更多的关于历史的关系。

总之,今天先这样简单做个介绍。其实今天我是想稍微讲一下更新图中的卖萌小段子。

每一个卖萌小段子其实都跟潜艇本有关。比如司马画的第一个舰娘苏科夫(Scourf)气急败坏的质问为什么这本她没有出现目前至少穿梭了四个舰娘介绍。这个也一样。其实这与鳕鱼的介绍有关。以后我会尽快地把之前的东西翻译出来。

这个里面的三个舰娘其实英文都被介绍过。劳瑞早在AR2里就已经出场了,Dracha是她的真·姐妹——德国U艇的潜艇娘。如果说劳瑞比较胆大的话,Dracha就是相对比较老实(但这一对是基地里的做死王啦),而鳕鱼是科学开拓者,外向,开朗。她一出场那一幕就在找麦克要试验场地,嘿嘿。她认为仅仅能防御深海入侵并不够,还要靠科技手段击败对手。

(从人物设计方面来讲,构思每个舰娘时,我都试图展现出一点二战时期美国的风貌、价值观或道德观。鳕鱼影射的是美国当年的一种思潮:科技可以带来胜利。所以她的许多性格特征也与这个思想有关)

然而,在劳瑞准备照相的时候,鳕鱼却有点不爽:前面这东西太不科学了。

在美舰本世界中,精灵的能力是很难附加到常规物品上的。强行注入精灵能力的话,物品会像死掉的深海舰一样碎成粉末,这也是美舰本世界里还没有量产非舰娘操纵的反深海武器的一个原因。然而劳瑞和Dracha不知从哪儿找到了个蓝图,丢给了小精灵们,造出了这个东西。

一个有V2外形的,似乎适合于舰娘装备的导弹。

鳕鱼总嘀咕着“不对劲,不该这么容易的”,但俩作死潜艇娘嚷嚷,射出去看看好不好啊?

鳕鱼答道,这玩意儿不行吧,差不多只是个弹头的壳子,里面什么都没有,所以应该打不出去吧。

劳瑞:没事没事,我按一下按钮看看~

Dracha:为什么我按了没反应?

劳瑞:我再按按按按——

鳕鱼憋着笑说,你们没插电源啊,插电源——

*FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH*

嘛,总之真的打出去了。

梅林开始发出警告:所有单位注意,有东西飞过来啦!

鳕鱼无语中……

(其实鳕鱼并没有说错,这个确实只是精灵们弄出来的一个空壳。这个东西能射出去的原因其实也很简单。最早的导弹真的就是有推力就能射。潜艇娘把它放在鳕鱼的装备上只是为了点火。事后鳕鱼检查时发现壳子里装了燃料。

这个小故事讲的是舰娘的某些装备的外观得跟二战战舰的差不多,虽然细节上有许多不同。另外,我想你也能猜到陶陶下次在潜艇角会讲什么了吧?对,是导弹,早期舰载导弹,V2还有“前线来信”中提到过的Polaris计划啊,噗)

总之,最后麦克忙着填各种表。杰尔靠着门框问鳕鱼,这次你学到了什么?

鳕鱼说,我的心情已经很糟了,你就别捉弄我了,行吗?我知错了。

杰尔表示一定要讲明白。

鳕鱼有点沮丧的答道,精灵科技是黑科技,需要学习的还有很多。另外,她确实低估了精灵的创造能力……

不过,今天阿瓦隆基地护盾的承受能力的数据似乎挺不错呢。

基地本身没有受到任何损伤。

奥姬虽然被飞来的庞然大物吓得不轻,但并没有受伤。

最后就是那个壳子可以拿去搞鳕鱼她自己的Loon计划。

所以也许这并不是什么坏事呢。


总之抱歉了。本来想翻译下,但考虑下翻译的难度,还是先总结下。有时间我再回来细细打磨。

咱们以后再见。

Silent Service: FAIRY SCIENCE IS THE BE-

Smile, Cusk! This one’s going right into the archives!

…No.

Why?

This is dumb. It’s not going to actually fly. All we have is a perfect model of the actual thing. Except, you know, shipgirl sized.

Isn’t that a good thing?

No.

Why not?

First of all. Any attempts to apply fairy energy to mundane, non-fairy derived objects inevitably end in disaster. There’s something very inherently unstable about the particle composition of said energies that tends to result in explosions. I’ve had many, many, many long conversations with the girls and guys who’re really into this stuff. You don’t need to run any more experiments to prove that this is the case.

In context, under normal conditions, no one has yet to figure out how to get outer shell assembled without it rupturing and going the way of dead Abyssals. Then all of a sudden, boom, a proper blueprint shows up. This isn’t normal. R&D’s never, ever, ever, ever-ever this easy! Not to mention we’ve never had actual fairy blueprints. Ever.

But we have a working thingie, don’t we?

If by working you mean “the blueprint exists and we’ve coaxed the little guys into building it,” then yeah, sure. If by working you mean, “it’s literally the shell of a V-1 rocket and missing almost all of its internal electronics,” then yeah, sure.

Come on, most of the little guys are as dumb as bricks. I took this thing apart earlier myself just to check. It’s literally a shell. There’s no control compartment. No combustion chamber. No fuel tanks. No piping or wires or anything. Literally all warhead.

…Okay, not all warhead, but definitely a very large warhead. Way bigger than what you’d actually expect from a thing of this size.

So can we shoot it now?

*sigh* Very well. Though I have to warn you. It’s not going to do anything. Plus, the launch rails are designed for my Loons. Not sure how well one of these would actually work. Not like we’d have much use for a V-1 unless the fairy “variant” solves its horrendous accuracy issues anyways. Unless the Abyssals show up with some kinda continent-sized weapon or something…

Scheibenhonig! I’m pressing the button and nothing’s happening Lori!

Lemme try. You’re probably not hitting it hard enough! 

Okay. You two. First of all, gentle on my equipment. I lovingly crafted every part of that with my own two hands you know!

Second of all. Did you turn the power on? No? Here. I’ll do it. Of course nothing’s going to –

*FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH*

…Yay?

Um.

That worked, right? Man, it’s so fast! Awesome!

Uh.

ALL UNITS AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE

MISSILE LAUNCH DETECTED

REPEAT

MISSILE LAUNCH DETECTED

18° 8′ 34.8864” N
159° 6′ 1.2312” W

COURSE 30 DEGREES RELATIVE TO CURRENT LOCATION

Na, is that MERLIN broadcast? This is exciting! Is this for reals?

Um, Dracha. Cusk. Is that us?

*nods wordlessly*

… Uh oh.

… Are we in trouble?

*nods wordlessly*


Some time later…


Alright, Cusk. What have we learned today?

You don’t need to be an ass about it, Jer. Mike’s shut himself in the office doing paperwork. I feel bad enough already.

*taps feet* So. What have we learned today?

A significant gap in the working knowledge of fairy equipment exists in our R&D pipeline. A lot of work’ll be necessary to enhance our current understanding to acceptable levels.

Also, I can’t believe I didn’t think of it… It’s not the actual thing… It doesn’t need to work like the actual thing… I spend all that time miniaturizing fuel sources for the fairy-derived Loon, I should’ve known to check the shell itself, uugh…

And the bright side?

We received very valuable data on Avalon base’s shielding capabilities.

No materiel damage occurred.

Okie got really scared (I would be too if it looks like something was flying right at me) but she wasn’t hurt.

We can probably reconfigure the blueprint the little guys came up with and massively accelerate the Loon project.

…Can I have a moment? I just want to sulk a bit. Thanks.

Sure. 

Comiket 92 Adventures

Alright, pictures from Zero’s rolling in.

Due to environmental regulations we couldn’t get our regular books ready in time. Zero ended up rushing the scene with some short-printed copies of DEFENSE 5.

(Straight from our Japanese collaborator’s twitter. You can head over there to see what else they’ve got. Plenty of interesting stuff.)

Okay. This one’s not November. It’s Maria’s European shipgirls book. It’s also being ran by Circle NEIGHBORS. You can find plenty of examples of his art on his Pixiv here.

(I used to think this was just British, but well, there are German ships too. I haven’t gotten my hands on a copy yet, but I’ll be looking forward to it)

Sadly, there wasn’t a new Nyagato or a new Admiral Stalin/Mao/Kim/Putin has been deployed to the Naval Base series. Zero made plenty of visits to other circles, though, and here’s his haul.

Well, some of these are gifts.

Some apparently are “just for a friend.”

Others are for uh, “research” purposes.

Yeah. Research.

See you next time. 🙂

Clean up progress: day 5.

Tags are largely purged.

Pages are set-up.

Zero and Ethan are looking into upgrade options.

I just finished cleaning up most of the Pacific picture archives. I now have something like 2210 draft, sketch, and other images on hand that I haven’t collected before.

Like, I’m sure I’ve posted this SOMEWHERE, but a look around shows that I haven’t?

So yeah, stuff like this. Old designs that we ultimately discarded in favor of something else.

Pose exercises like these that we ended up settling on something else.

Stuff like that. It’s kind of sobering to see how much stuff is out there. Gonna take me weeks to sort everything out.

Moral of today’s story, guys? Keep things organized while you can. I’m gonna crash now. Night. 🙂