1024精翻：
木衛二上的異類和怪人們各位魚食們好！
時光飛逝，正如我們這周早些時候宣布的，潛淵症將於本月十三號宣發正式版本，所以是時候看看我們派系大修的剩餘內容了！
之前的幾周，我們介紹了木衛二聯盟和木星分離主義者，但它們當然不是大家可以加入的唯二組織。木衛二上還有另外兩個神秘組織棲身：畫皮教派和小丑聖母之子。
畫皮教派
畫皮教派給人的第一影響就是標準的死亡崇拜邪教團，沒有完全說錯：他們的許多行為都是危害生命的，無論是聯盟還是分離主義者都不想與他們產生瓜葛。
「我和人民認為你們是恐怖組織，謀殺，食人，傳播瘟疫皆汝等皆犯。」
——Christopher Greene，雅科夫·蘇布拉的審判官
教團崇拜著外星生物「萼形體內轉續擬寄生物」，俗名「畫皮寄生蟲」，該生物會寄生在無察覺受害者的咽喉處，最後將他們轉變成毫無理智的怪物。聽著並不像是任何人會自願選擇的信仰，然而畫皮教派相信畫皮是木衛二人類生存下去的關鍵。
被畫皮寄生後，人體會發生不可思議的變化，能夠忍受木衛二淵洋的壓力和寒冷。畫皮教派所祈願研究的正是這種轉化。他們確信畫皮是進化的下一階段，是人類克服生理極限走向興盛的機會。他們的目標是達成真正的共生，人體既有畫皮賦予的強大抗性，又不至於在過程中失去理性。他們並非追求死亡，他們是想要成為木衛二超人。
「它將使你超越肉體凡胎！」
——後巷裡的幻燈片
儘管他們的信仰不無高尚之處，但教會的歷史卻充斥著自私下作的手段：罪行包括強行將畫皮注入非自願或未意識到的人體內，活祭，吸毒，謀殺和食人。教會的領袖之一，瘋狂而著名的雅科夫·蘇布拉甚至在公堂審判期間吃下了一隻寵物鬣蜥。
蘇布拉起初想將教派建成一種另類的音樂會，然而無論是影響範圍還是嚴重性上看，它隨後的發展卻大相徑庭。教派已不在公開場合進行越軌行為，如今他們的步道活動轉入地下。即使並未被人接受，這也在最近的幾年增加了木衛二社會對他們的容忍度。
「我們凡人豈能妄自揣度畫皮聖主的大能！」
——（1024：我不知道arch-ecclesiast什麼意思有知道的請評論）雅科夫-蘇布拉，拱門傳道書
小丑聖母之子
也許木衛二上最讓人迷惑的派系就是小丑們了。冰洋的廣大和艇內的幽閉足以讓任何人發瘋，但讓有些人戴上橡膠紅鼻頭，對著路人鳴自行車喇叭的，真的是心理問題嗎？他們是給雇來用作提升士氣無用功的表演者嗎？還有到底誰是小丑聖母？
「也許該對他們注意點，他們在頂樓養了些爬行者，你懂嗎？」
——一位在意的住民
小丑們，或小丑聖母之子們似乎從對這些問題保持沉默之中得到了極大的樂趣。事實上，生活中事無巨細，他們大都能找著樂子。即使周遭時時刻刻動盪不安，他們仍處變不驚，而且儘管他們滑稽的行為持續地惹惱著其他人，他們似乎並沒有什麼實實在在的威脅。他們受到其他派系的嫌棄，不過小丑聖母之子並未與任何人敵對。
雖然你不太可能從小丑口中得到直白的答案，但他們不著邊際的行為之中似乎確實有點說得通的地方，譬如某些重複出現的短句和某些他們共有的概念。似乎他們知曉什麼其他木衛二人類所不知道的東西。你的耐性足以聽見小丑聖母告訴她孩子們的話語嗎？小丑哲學令人如此匪夷所思，以至於它擴張了宗教的概念，不過既然小丑們唱的是同一個調調，其中必有玄只因。（發現死人臉上戴著的面罩裡面塞了個焊瓶：小丑竟在我身邊；拿起焊槍爆炸了發現自己把丟了的氧氣瓶塞在了焊槍裡面：小丑竟是我自己）
「即使我告訴你小丑聖母是三磅子滑蛋派也沒有意義，不是嗎？你還需要提高姿勢水平。」
試試看：想像你這樣在木衛二上生活，冷潮入體無法低落你心，輻射掠地不能嚇破你膽，聯盟和分離主義者間無休止的沖突只是你聲納上的一個小點兒罷了，而你只需要捏著喇叭達拉崩吧嗒嘀嗒嘀嗒嘀嗒，哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈......
派系大修：新物品，商人和更多
儘管木衛二上的多數站點要麼被聯盟控制著，要麼被分離主義分子控制著，你還是能找著屬於小丑聖母之子和畫皮教派的小小庇護所。與聯盟和分離主義者一樣，木衛二異類們也擁有他們自己的特殊商人，基於你和各派系的關系，他們售賣各色道具和服務。
小丑們的社區裝點著你能想到的所有喇叭和滑稽玩意。
說到道具，派系大修將加入大量有意思的派系專屬道具，只有忠實追隨者才能購買。比如大家喜歡的臟彈將以木星分離主義分子專屬道具的形式回到遊戲中（1024：以前經常用這玩意把自己炸沉......）。當然，更新也會加進許多船新道具，，像40毫米口徑核彈啦，莫洛托夫雞尾酒啦，新寵物啦，可以安全地和畫皮共生的工具啦，和額......香蕉（1024：連甘蔗都種不出為什麼會有香蕉啊喂）。小心別踩著自己扔的皮兒了。
小心地滑！特別是你面前有個夥計正敲著鑔子而你手裡拿著瓶莫洛托夫的時候
除了道具和商人，畫皮教派和小丑聖母也得到了專屬的故事線和任務，完成任務即可得到相應的獎勵和派系聲望。比如你可以和畫皮教派一道研究達成「飛升」的方法，或者你可以試著弄明白小丑聖母之子在做什麼，為何這麼做。
和聯盟，分離主義者一樣，畫皮教派和小丑聖母也有獨特任務和事件。言而總之，潛淵症1.0將讓遊戲煥然一新，我們在前兩篇博文中已經描述了諸多。請讀讀它們，也請期待3月13日潛淵症1.0推出前的更多前瞻！
以下原文：
OUTCASTS AND ECCENTRICS OF EUROPAHello -everyone!
Time is running short: as we announced earlier this week, Barotrauma is coming out of Early Access on the 13th of this month, so it』s time to sneak peek our way through the rest of the faction overhaul!
In previous weeks, we』ve written about the Coalition and the Separatists, but of course, they are not the only groups you can choose to side with. Europa is also home to two more mysterious factions: the Church of Husk and the Children of the Honkmother.
THE CHURCH OF HUSKThe husk church may at a glance seem like the garden variety death cult, and that』s not altogether inaccurate: much of what they do is entirely unwholesome, and neither the Coalition nor the Separatists want anything to do with the Church.
「I, AND THE PEOPLE, CALL YOU A TERRORIST CULT GUILTY OF MURDER, CANNIBALISM AND PANDEMICS.」
– CHRISTOPHER GREENE, PROSECUTOR OF EUROPA V. JACOV SUBRA
The Church worships the alien species Velonaceps calyx, more commonly known as the husk parasite, which makes itself at home in an unsuspecting victim』s throat, eventually turning them into a mindless monster. That does not sound like a fate anyone would choose willingly, but the Church believes the husk holds the key to humanity』s survival on Europa.
As the husk takes over, the body undergoes a dramatic transformation which allows it to withstand the pressure and coldness of the Europan ocean. This transformation is what the Church pursues, through prayer and study. They believe the husk is the next step in human evolution, a chance to overcome our physical limitations and thrive. Their goal is a true symbiotic relationship, where the husk grants the body incredible resilience, but the host』s mind is not lost in the process. It』s not death they seek… it』s transcendence.
「IT CAN TAKE YOU WAY BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THAT FLESHBAG YOU CALL YOUR BODY!」
– OVERHEARD IN A BACK ALLEY
While not without nobility in their beliefs, the Church』s history has seen many sordid turns: allegations have been made of forcible communion to join an unwilling or unaware human with the husk, of ritual sacrifice, drug use, murder, and cannibalism. One of the Church』s leaders, the notorious and wildly colorful Jacov Subra is even accused of the unlawful eating of a pet iguana while standing trial before a court of law.
Subra initially popularized the Church as an 「alternative music festival」, but it has outgrown that facade many times over, both in scope and seriousness. Their days of public debauchery seem to be in the past, and their sermons are now held in more privacy. This has allowed them to become, if not quite accepted, at least more broadly tolerated in Europan society in recent years.
「WE, MERE MORTALS, CAN AT BEST ONLY GLIMPSE THE GREAT HUSK, THE GIVER AND THE TAKER!」
– JACOV SUBRA, ARCH-ECCLESIAST
THE CHILDREN OF THE HONKMOTHERPerhaps the most baffling of all the Europan factions are the clowns. The ocean is vast enough and the submarines claustrophobic enough to drive anyone mad, but is it really psychological troubles that drive some citizens to don red rubber noses and honk bikehorns at passers-by? Are they entertainers, hired in some misguided attempt at lifting morale? And who in the heavens is the Honkmother?
「YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM. THEY』VE GOT SOME CRAWLERS IN THE ATTIC, IF YOU GET WHAT I MEAN」
– A CONCERNED CITIZEN
These are questions that the clowns, or the Children of the Honkmother, seem to take great pleasure in not answering. In fact, they seem to take pleasure in most things in life, large or small. They are unfazed by the ever-present turmoil around them, and while their antics may cause no end of grief to other people, there doesn』t appear to be any real menace behind them. They are despised by all the other factions, yet the Children of the Honkmother call no one enemy.
While it』s unlikely you』ll ever get a straight answer out of a clown, it does appear there is some consistency to their ramblings, some recurring turns of phrase, some concepts they all share. It』s almost as if they know something other Europans don』t. Are you patient enough to listen, and hear what the Honkmother tells her children? The clown philosophy is so obscure it stretches the notion of religion, yet they all sing the same tune, so there must be something to it.
「I CAN TELL YOU THE HONKMOTHER IS THREE POUNDS OF CUSTARD PIE, BUT THAT DOESN』T MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU, DOES IT? YOU NEED MORE TRAINING.」
And maybe there is: imagine living on Europa, only the cold dampness of it doesn』t depress you, the encroaching radiation doesn』t scare you, and the incessant rivalry of the Coalition and the Separatists is barely a blip on your sonar. Just honk, honk, honk your horn, gently down the stream! Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily…
FACTION OVERHAUL: NEW ITEMS, VENDORS, AND MOREEven though the outposts of Europa are primarily controlled by either the Coalition or the Separatists, you can find smaller hideaways within them for followers of the Honkmother and the Church of Husk, respectively. Like the Coalition and Separatists, the outcasts of Europa also get their own special vendors, with different items or services for sale based on your reputation with each faction.
Clown districts in outposts are decorated with all the honktastic merriment you』d expect.
Speaking of items, the faction overhaul will bring with it a multitude of exciting faction-specific items for dedicated followers to purchase. For example, a fan favorite, the Dirty Bomb will return to the game as a Jovian Separatist exclusive item. Of course, the update will also add multiple completely new items to the game, including but not limited to: 40mm nukes, molotov cocktails, a new pet, tools for peaceful coexistence with your husk symbiote and…bananas. Be mindful of where you discard the peel.
Watch your step! Especially when holding a Molotov cocktail and faced with an adversary wielding a dementonite cymbal.
In addition to items and vendors, the Church of Husk and the Children of the Honkmother are also getting their own storyline and missions, with rewards tied to completing the missions and gathering reputation with the factions. For example, you can work with the Church of Husk and help them research ways to achieve 「ascension」, or you can try to make sense of whatever it is the Children of the Honkmother do and why.
Like the Coalition and the Separatists, the clown and husk factions get their own special missions and events, too.Overall, Barotrauma 1.0 will bring with it a whole host of new features, many of which we have already detailed in the two earlier blog posts. Make sure to read through them as well, and look forward to one more sneak peek before the release of Barotrauma 1.0 on March 13!
