本文内容基于《Cyberpunk 2077》游戏、wiki百科、《Cyberpunk 2013》桌游、《Cyberpunk 2020》桌游和《Cyberpunk RED》桌游,部分推理与情节与游戏实际内容可能有出入,最终解释权归于CD PROJEKT RED以及R. Talsorian Games。
我喜欢这个地方。另一方面,他们又说我是个受虐狂。
——强尼·银手
桌游出版时间(按从早到晚顺序排列):
Cyberpunk 2013
Cyberpunk 2020
Cyberpunk RED
在文章最开始,有几点必须说明,首先,本文的研究和内容大部分都出自桌游,这会导致你看到一个与游戏中不同的银手。而桌游书本身由于年代间隔较大,每本的作者也不相同以及早期设定不完善,即便是同一系列内也会出现许多相悖的内容。《Cyberpunk RED》年代最晚,是2019年由CDPR和R. Talsorian Games合作推出的,也可以说是与《2077》最为贴近的。而内容最多的《Cyberpunk 2020》多数出版于上世纪90年代,大大早于游戏时间,其内容与游戏中可能会出现诸多不同与冲突,故而有些列出仅作为参考和对比。“Countdown to the Dark Future”是R. Talsorian Games在2019年时的广告宣传项目,于2019年全年每日更新一直到现实中2020年的到来。
1.生平
强尼·银手(Johnny Silverhand),原名罗伯特·约翰·林德(Robert John Linder),出生于1988年11月16日。
根据《Cyberpunk 2020》,这只义手镀铬,并带有记录器,有待机模式,可以运行自检程序;而根据《THE OFFICAL ART BOOK OF 2077》,它是21世纪早期最顶尖的技术,是来自荒坂的战斗义体实验室先进原型。而他的吉他是德勒兹乐神(Deluze Orphean)。
最初强尼·银手和克里·欧洛迪恩在小巷的俱乐部表演,第一单是在红泥酒吧(Red Dirt),游戏中至尊任务(Like a Supreme)地点正是在此。在2003年时,他们在彩虹舞曲酒吧 (Rainbow Cadenza)表演时,被杰克·马斯特斯(Jack Masters,实际为环球唱片的负责人)发现并与环球唱片公司(Universal Recording)签约。三周后武侍乐队就凭借单曲《Blistering Love》登上了EuroRadio (暂译为:欧洲无线电广播台)的每周流行唱片排行榜榜首。他们的专辑两周后也登上了榜首,极少有处女作专辑能在这么短时间内获得这种地位。
第二次中美洲冲突爆发于2003年1月15日,因此可以推断强尼成为逃兵和签约是同年,在裂头蚴(Tapeworm)任务中,强尼在对话中表示:“Laid in bed staring at the ceiling fan for a good month.(个人翻译:躺在床上盯着吊扇好几个月。)”也可以为大致确定时间提供线索。
但武侍乐队因为南希被逮捕最终于2008年解散。
根据《Cyberpunk 2013》Rockerboy:
For example, in 2009, an attempt was made by EBS Records’ executives to blackmail Johnny Silverhand, lead singer of the phenomenally popular band Samurai. Hoping to force Silverhand into signing a solo contract with EBS, the mediacorp threatened to reveal that the singer was in reality an AWOL U.S. Marine who had deserted during the Second Nicaraguan Conflict.
Silverhand went public with his now famous Sins of Your Brother album, which revealed his secret and brought to light the plight of veterans of that covert war. Not only was EBS' threat blunted, but the album triggered a wave of sentiment that resulted in the national amnesty program for AWOL Central American Conflict Vets. As Silverhand himself has remarked, "If you can face the truth, you can face anything. So l faced the truth."
个人翻译:
例如,在2009年,EBS唱片公司的高管试图勒索强尼·银手,他是大受欢迎的乐队武侍的主唱。这家媒体公司威胁银手要揭露他实际上是第二次尼加拉瓜冲突中一名美国海军陆战队的逃兵,希望能以此迫使银手和他们签署一份独唱合同。
银手公开了现在已经非常出名的专辑《手足之罪》,这张专辑揭露了他的秘密且将那场秘密战争中退伍军人的困境公之于众。不仅EBS的威胁减弱了,这张专辑引发的情绪浪潮也导致了对于中美洲冲突中逃兵的全国特赦法案。正如银手自己评论:“如果你能面对真相,那你就能面对其他一切。所以我选择面对真相。”
《Cyberpunk 2020》Home of the Brave:
Since 2006, the band has released six albums. Three were studio work, and the other three were concerts and jam sessions optioned by their label, Universal Records. The band broke up in early 2008, but that was not the end for Samurai. Silverhand and Eurodyne would both have huge solo careers. Silverhand would become the new definition of Rockerboy. It was not that the "new" Rockerboy was any less committed to the idea of art over life; the new generation simply was smart enough to stay alive.
Johnny Silverhand released six albums of his own between 2008 and 2020. None was mo re provocative or more respected then his first, the 2009 release SINS of Your Brother. After an unsuccessful blackmail attempt by a rival recording company, Silverhand chose to go public about his desertion from the USMC. The brutal honesty about the real causes of the wars, the lies, and the cyborg program led to the public acceptance of those dispossessed. It also hailed the return of the concept album as an art form.
个人翻译:
直到2006年,武侍乐队已经发布了6张专辑。3张为工作室作品,另外3张是他们的唱片公司,环球唱片公司从音乐会和即兴演奏会中选出来的。武侍乐队在2008年早些时候解散。银手和欧罗迪恩的个人事业都很成功。银手会重新定义摇滚歌手。这不是说“新”摇滚歌手就对艺术高于生活的理念有多么不坚定;新一代只是足够聪明保持活力。
银手在2008到2020年之间发布了六张个人专辑。而其中没有哪一张比他2009年发布的第一张专辑《手足之罪》更加充满挑衅更受尊敬。在一家对手唱片公司勒索未果之后,银手选择将他背弃美国海军陆战队的事情公之于众。对战争真实原因和谎言还有生化人计划的残酷诚实让大众接纳了那些被社会遗弃的人们。它也赞扬了概念专辑作为一种艺术形式的回归。
在《Cyberpunk RED》的“A Timeline for the Dark Future(暂译为黑暗未来的时间线)”中描述:
April 13, 2013. Johnny Silverhand concert spirals into a riot in Night City. The rioters kill 18, wound 51. Old Arasaka complex gutted.
个人翻译:2013年4月13日银手在夜之城的音乐会演变为一场暴乱,暴徒导致18人死亡,51人受伤。旧荒坂内部被完全毁坏。
if the players investigate, they will find tissue samples labeled Alt: 02/17/2013 and Yorinobu Arasaka: 09/23/2022, as well as several others
个人翻译:如果玩家进行调查,他们会发现上面标着奥特:2013年2月17日和荒坂赖宣:2022年9月23日。
这表明奥特落入荒坂手中的时间应该为2013.2.17,而这一时间在后续不同版本中又出现了变动。而在《Cyberpunk 2020》Home of the Brave中写道:
2012 was a big year in the Rocker movement. It was the year of the Silverhand inspired Arasaka riot in Night City, in which seventeen people died in the most costly incident of Rocker vandalism to date.
个人翻译:2012年是摇滚歌手运动中重大的一年。就在这一年银手在夜之城引起了荒坂暴动,有17人死亡,这是迄今为止损失最大的摇滚歌手蓄意破坏暴力事件。
2013:Johnny Silverhand, Rouge, Santiago and Thompson all go into hiding with the help of the Nomad Community, especially the Aldecaldo Clan.
个人翻译:
2013年:强尼·银手、罗格、圣地亚哥和汤普森都在流浪者团体,尤其是阿德卡多家族的帮助下躲藏起来。
本书The Seven Nations部分的The Aldecaldos中描述:
When the Aldecaldos Clan returned to the U.S. in 2015,they brought a few extras with them. (...) They also brought back America’s favorite Rockerboy, Johnny Silverhand, who had been hiding with them for most of two years.
个人翻译:
当阿德卡多在2015年回到美国时,他们多带回了一些人。他们也把美国最爱的摇滚小子强尼·银手带回来了,过去两年中大部分时间他都一直和他们躲藏在一起。
可以确定13年之后银手就与阿德卡多一起流浪,直到15年才回到美国。
然而在这部分关于圣地亚哥的描述中:
The true tests of Santiago as a man came through his relationship with Johnny Silverhand and other edgerunners, After the Arasaka riot in 2012, these friends went underground among the nomads.
个人翻译:
圣地亚哥真正的试炼来自于他与强尼·银手以及其他边缘行者的关系。在2012年荒坂暴乱之后,这些朋友们和流浪者一起转入地下。
此处和上文都写明荒坂塔暴乱为12年,应该是早期设定不完善所致。
本书中Chicago: The Adventure部分提到:
It‘s light outside. The only reason that should make you happy is ‘cause most of the people gunning for you sleep in the daytime.—— Santiago Aldecaldo to Johnny Silverhand, 2014
个人翻译:
外面很亮。唯一值得你高兴的是大部分找你麻烦的人白天在睡觉。——圣地亚哥·阿德卡多对强尼·银手,2014年
也可以佐证13-15年这两人应该是与阿德卡多家族一起行动的。
2023
在《Cyberpunk RED》中黑暗未来的时间线中描述:
August 20th, 2023: Night City holocaust. An incursion team led by Solo Morgan Blackhand and Rockerboy Johnny Silverhand attempt to steal/destroy the Arasaka Secure Database in the Arasaka Towers facility. During the assault, an area denial nuclear device is detonated, which destroys most of central Night City. Over half a million people are killed, and another quarter million die in the resulting aftermath.
个人翻译:
2023年8月20日夜之城大毁灭。一支由独狼摩根·黑手和摇滚小子强尼·银手带领的入侵小组试图窃取/毁灭位于荒坂塔设施内的荒坂安全数据库。在袭击中,一枚区域封锁核装置被引爆,将夜之城的中心几乎完全毁灭。约有50万人死亡,25万人死于其后续灾害。
银手于2023年8月20日死亡。在游戏中骨灰龛场景可以看到银手的墓志铭:“Robert John Linder: Son of a bitch who never gave up. A legend among legends.”简体中文的翻译将“gave up”当作了“grew up”,“John”当成了“Johnny”,个人认为较为准确翻译应该为:“罗伯特·约翰·林德:永不放弃的王八蛋。传奇中的传奇。”
《永不消逝:冒险》最早出现在桌游《Cyberpunk 2013》中,而后续桌游也对此进行了保留。而《荒坂塔陷落》的初始文本则出现在《Cyberpunk 2020》Shockwave Chapter3 The Guns ... Silenced中作为玩家游玩的穿插, 《Cyberpunk RED》则对剧情部分进行了整合和措辞上的微调,且仅仅涵盖了Team Alpha(埃尔法分队,即银手带领的队伍)的剧情。而原文本最后一小段剧情名为Duel on the Rooftop(暂译为:塔顶上的决斗),内容为摩根·黑手与亚当·重锤于核弹爆炸之前在荒坂塔顶决斗。而《Cyberpunk RED》中仅保留了这段剧情中的最后一句话,即摩根黑手对亚当·重锤说:“All right pipsqueak,time to see if Metal really is better than meat. Let’sdance.”(个人翻译:好吧小子,是时候看看钢铁是不是真的比肉强了。让我们开始吧。)
Toshiro throws himself flat, toppling the cyberdeck and breaking Alt's connections. She flails wildly with the Construct—too little, too late.
个人翻译:
冬史郎飞身推翻了操作板,切断了奥特的连接。她失控般砸着构筑物——她太渺小了,一切都为时已晚。
可见奥特无法回归身体的主要原因实际上是因为冬史郎,而非是强尼。而这段内容同样被收录于2019年出版的《Cyberpunk RED》。但在2019年R. Talsorian Games更新的Countdown to the Dark Future #170和#171,出现了两段描述:
And if she hadn't met Johnny Silverhand she might still be alive.
个人翻译:
如果她没碰上强尼·银手的话她也许还活着。
Alt's plan would have worked but Johnny Silverhand interfered. In trying to rescue Alt, he created a distraction that caused Alt to lose control of Soulkiller. Alt Cunningham died on April 16, 2013, though her mind, or a copy of it, lives on in the NET.
如果不是强尼·银手的介入,奥特的计划本来能成功。在试图救出奥特的过程中,他造成的分心导致了奥特对灵魂杀手失去了控制。奥特·坎宁安死于2013年4月16日,尽管她的思想或者是其备份继续在网路上活了下去。
1) "Always take it to the Edge. It's the Cyberpunk way."
总是行走在危险边缘。这就是赛博朋克的生活方式。
2) "I remember she told me she was born in Miami, about 2004 or so ... She was pretty sure, because she could still remember what it'd been like when the Euros rocked Washington and the near miss took out Tampa ...
"She had these incredible blue eyes; clear through and through, like crystals of Lace, and a smile from a magazine dream. 'Course, the eyes were Teknics 2350's, and the smile really was from a magazine--nice biosculpt job. It didn't matter how much was real in the end. I still fell hard for her. I'm that type."
3) I love this place. On the other hand, I’ve also been accused of being a masochist.
我喜欢这个地方。另一方面,他们又说我是个受虐狂。
4) “I used to think I could get by it with a razor smile and a fist fulla chips. But If you're gonna rock and roll, you have to know how to squeeze every last drop of pain out of your instrument. And that takes skill, choomba. Not chips...”
5) “You're still the best. Rogue." - attributed to Johnny Silverhand
“你还是最好的。罗格。”——出自强尼·银手
6) "--Got the Chrome and enhancements. / Got the Attitude right. / Got the metal beneath my skin Movin' faster than light"
Big City (c)Johnny Silverhand 2012, Metal Fire Publishing (ASCAP)
“镀铬加增强,摆正态度,装好皮下金属,跑得比光更快速。”
大都市(c)强尼·银手 2012 金属火焰出版社(美国著作权协会)
7) They all look the same size when they're stomping on your face. -Johnny Silverhand
Johnny, some have bigger boots than others. Much bigger boots. -Morgan Blackhand
当他们踩到你脸上来时看起来大小都是一样的。——强尼·银手
强尼,有些人比其他人的靴子更大。大得多了。——摩根·黑手
8) ''There I was, trapped on the third floor of the burning apt-block--thick smoke and fire everywhere ... I couldn't tell which way was out. A blazing section of ceiling had fallen on the last fireman who tried to rescue me. I figured I was burnt toast for sure, ready to flatline. Suddenly, the burning wall to my left exploded as a metallic form charged through it. Emergency lights flashed on its shoulders, and it marched straight through the inferno surrounding me.
No foolin, choomba, this thing just scooped me up like a mother collecting her kid. Before I knew what was happening, it leapt out the window and we hurtled to the ground. When I came to, it told me that her name was Samantha."
9) Cyberpunk2020 Home of the Brave: Johnny Silverhand said, after being asked to do a Harsh Realities street concert in the early days, that it was like asking a "committed vegetarian band to do a gig for polled, stockyard Herefords.
6.Cyberpunk Welcome to Night City: A Sourcebook for 2013/ Cyberpunk 2020
“A Cool Metal Fire”: Silverhand Still Can Rock
根据Cyberpunk2020本篇的时间为2013年6月,本文中介绍了银手发布的第六张专辑A Cool Metal Fire,其中共收录5首歌,第一首《Dancing With My Axe》,第二首《插管》,第三首《(Out of) The City》,第四首《Flashing lights》,最后一首《永不消逝》。
Cyberpunk 2020 Silverhand Update:Clone Tour Begins(个人翻译):
8.Cyberpunk View From the Edge: The Cyberpunk Handbook (即为通称的Cyberpunk2013)(选段翻译)
Handles(绰号):在2013年,电脑黑客使用“绰号”或者假名的传统已经成为惯例。例如,强尼·银手的真名是罗伯特·约翰·昂德(Robert John Under),该名目前在美国军队中的档案中被列在“行动中失踪:第三次尼加拉瓜冲突”。强尼更愿意被保持这种“死亡”。他的名字取自他的义手,他没有“遮掩”这只义手,义手上还镀了铬。
这本桌游书应为所有相关桌游书中对荒坂塔陷落事件描述最为详细的一本,大致前情是摩根·黑手与罗格还有强尼·银手以及蜘蛛·墨菲接受了战区司令部将军爱丁顿(General Patrick Eddington)的召见,这位将军属于美国陆军,他是夜之城附近美国部队和军科部队的指挥官,他的职责是使荒坂和军科失去在美国大陆发动战争的能力但同时考虑到美国经济又要保证他们的经济运作。爱丁顿会告诉他们关于灵魂杀手3.0的消息,而且荒坂敬(荒坂三郎的长子)抓住了奥特,强迫她进行针对改进版本的工作。任务是进入后毁掉程序,将军让强尼带领一队特工进去除掉灵魂杀手。
「你他媽起床了,武士。」遊戲中,傳奇搖滾客銀手強尼以這句話昭告自己於主角大腦的存在。2019 年 E3 Xbox 發表會中,傳奇人物基努李維以這句話昭告天下,自己將以強尼的配音和人物原型參與本作。
雖然強尼有著基努的長相,但強尼其他特徵完全比照《Cyberpunk 2020》說明書的形容呈現。初期角色概要中,我們節錄出以下重點:「強尼的體型瘦而精實,而且性感誘人。隨時流露出緊張不安的情緒,可能突然為了莫名原因暴怒。」他極度自命不凡,簡單來說就是個高傲的自戀之人。他的年齡只有四字頭,卻什麼大風大浪都見過,更目空一切。
強尼正受困於 V 的大腦中。身為 V,我們只是初出茅廬的電馭叛客,是尚須證明自身能力的菜鳥,更是個還不了解自己的毛頭小鬼,這點讓強尼頗有微詞。強尼不但是主角,更是一名敵人。他經常與 V 一起行動,也時常和 V 發生衝突,這就是他必須人見人愛的重要因素。
参考书目:
Cyberpunk View From the Edge: The Cyberpunk Handbook
Cyberpunk Welcome to Night City: A Sourcebook for 2013
根据本书中另一篇《The Fall of the Towers》,银手死亡后尸体并未被罗格等人带走而是留在了荒坂塔,从这一点上来说她的确有可能接触到银手的尸体。而根据《Black Dog》里萨曼莎最后也表示她仍因为移动炸弹导致患上了癌症,故而她在死前将木箱子里的东西按约送给了安吉尔。本书对于银手的尸体的暗示是隐晦的,我们也无法得知萨曼莎所找到的是否真的是银手的尸体。
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