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本文介紹的是名为赤紅商隊的贸易公司. 關於被称为赤紅商隊的地点在辐射:新维加斯，參見赤红商队公司。 |
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“赤紅商队公司和軍火販子是NCR历史最悠久、实力最强的两家商业公司，在加州成立于很久以前。”— 辐射:新维加斯加载界面
赤红商队公司（英文名：Crimson Caravan Company）[1]是新加州最大的贸易公司之一，[2]几乎在贸易路线沿线的每个主要城镇都有分支机构。[3]
背景[]
建立于2151年[4]由德米特·罗马拉和克里·李，[5]赤红商队公司迅速成为新加州最大、最有影响力的商队公司之一，在中樞市的中央委员会中有六分之二的商人代表。[6]他们的迅速崛起是公司政策的结果，其他人认为这是疯狂的:赤红商队会做任何工作，不管有什么风险。只要客户为他们昂贵的服务付费，赤红商队就会带领全副武装的商队往返地狱。[7]德米特认为这种危险既惊险又刺激。显然，只有当子弹飞得到处都是，把敌人炸得粉碎时，你才能感觉到自己还活着。[8]然而，尽管他们明显的鲁莽，赤紅商隊的商队损失率是最低的，即使你考虑到主教军的袭击(到2162年只夺走了两支商队)。[9]
赤红商队公司经受住了时间的考验，不断扩大业务。随着新加州共和国的成立，它成为加州经济的主要驱动力之一，建立了新的贸易路线，扩大了其影响范围。[4]到2281年，几乎每一个在其影响范围内的主要聚落都有赤红商队的分支。[3]
赤红商队也在NCR-兄弟会之战和共和国黄金储备的破坏之后重新引入了瓶盖。由此导致的挤兑和NCR无法以黄金偿还几乎导致了经济崩溃，NCR政府放弃了金本位，并建立了法定货币，而不是以金币支付。从那以后，许多废土居民对它作为一种价值媒介失去了信心，一方面是因为除了政府的承诺之外，它没有任何支持，另一方面是因为不可避免的通货膨胀。为了应对信心的丧失，中樞市的商人财团建立了自己的货币，真正的瓶盖，用水来支持它(用标准的水来交换瓶盖)。[Non-game 1][Non-game 2][10][Non-game 3]实际的过程是经过深思熟虑的。由于中樞市将新加州与莫哈韋及其他地区连接起来，由于NCR在处理货币危机方面的无能，商人们密谋重新引入瓶盖作为货币。在引入之前的一段时间里，商人们为瓶盖作为一种货币奠定了基础，建立了对制造新瓶盖的设施的控制或摧毁，并没收了大量的旧瓶盖(私人手中的小瓶盖被单独留下，因为它们的主人会欣然接受归还的瓶盖)。[Non-game 3][11]
組織架構[]
赤紅商隊公司是一家组织良好的商行，就像一台运转良好的机器。在早期，该组织以中樞市为基础，完全由德米特和克里经营，他们古怪的方式和对暴力的热情推动了它的成功(即使他把手榴弹作为玩具分发给未来的护卫)。[12]德米特不在乎谁为公司工作，只要他们保护商队就行。[13]虽然他们的出勤频率最低(每月3日和17日)，但他们覆盖了大多数商队目的地，包括失落山丘地堡和古城墓地。[14]公司一贯的政策是只雇用有经验的护卫。[15]为了补偿途中遇到的危险，护卫们每段路程可以领到600瓶盖，往返一共1200瓶盖。[16]
NCR的兴起为公司提供了新的可能性，这些可能性是公司积极追求的。它扩大经济影响力的努力也有助于共和国的发展。[4]赤紅商隊调整了业务，以中樞市作为总部，在主要市场开设当地公司分支机构:几乎都在加州和莫哈韦的大城市。[17][3]新的结构还使公司能够吸引富有的投资者，这些投资者将提供扩大业务所需的资金。其中一个主要投资者是瑞丁的贾米森家族。一个意想不到的副作用是，家族可能会迫使首席执行官任命家族成员亨利·贾米森担任新維加斯的首席执行官。到2281年，由于经理对公司事务不感兴趣，而对赌场事务更感兴趣，分公司被有效地推向了地面。更具体地说，赌博和卖淫。[18]
新维加斯分行表现不佳的本质体现了该公司结构中一个有趣的元素。如果一个分支未能执行，经理(在本例中是愛麗絲·麥克拉弗蒂)可以接管操作以理顺业务。[19]
该组织的另一个特点是使用工作合同，这是过去几十年雇佣劳动重新出现的结果。赤紅商隊公司的员工会被雇佣一段特定的时间，在此期间，他们将获得食物、水、住所和其他便利设施，以换取他们的劳动。他们的工资被扣留，直到合同结束。[20]雇员事先被告知合同的性质，[21]包括在合同结束前离职将被没收工资。[22]从好的方面来看，这家公司总是会付清欠款。[23]然而，竞业禁止条款往往相当严格，即使员工在公司完成了他的工作，他们也可能阻止他们在其他地方找到工作。[24]
外部关系[]
作为一个主要的商队，赤紅商隊发现自己在与其他贸易企业的自然竞争中，比如2161年的远行商人和纯水商队。这些公司不断地互相破坏，但都很低调，很少直接攻击对方。[25]
NCR和赤紅商隊公司的扩张和发展使两者之间达成了一份合同，赤紅商隊公司提供大多数军事级武器和许多其他设备。[Non-game 4]然而，这种利润丰厚的合作关系也导致商隊的竞争对手名单变得相当大。到2281年，它包括了废土上最大的军火制造集团，军火贩子，控制北方贸易路线的新迦南的摩门教商人，[26]以及卡斯蒂商队等莫哈韦贸易机构。他们的老对手，比如远行商人，也在继续竞争。利润丰厚的NCR装甲制造合同只是一个例子。[27]
赤紅商隊的首席执行官愛麗絲·麥克拉弗蒂坚持了破坏和削弱竞争对手以主宰市场的传统。在莫哈韦，它包括与范·格拉夫家族签订协议，以削弱和/或消灭竞争对手，[28]工业间谍活动,[29]以及收购竞争对手。[30][31]
赤紅商隊还试图在新迦南建立一个分支机构，并将其他地区的商队赶出市场。[32]与新迦南商队相比，税收会使赤紅商隊处于劣势，因此，作为长期解决方案，他们可能会用大量廉价的NCR商品压倒赤紅商隊。为此，愛麗絲·麥克拉弗蒂将不得不向她在加州的熟人求助，但潜在的利润显然是值得的。[26]
科技[]
赤紅商隊公司在他们的活动中专注于可靠，坚固的科技。它的主要优势是它的工业和农业能力，使公司能够廉价地大量生产商品，并种植作物和牲畜供销售和使用。可敬的婆羅門是最重要的财富，因为他们就像负重的野兽，能够把大量的货物运送到很远的地方。从2151年公司成立以来，婆罗门一直是公司成功的关键，无论是拉着卡车制成的推车，还是背着背包。[33][34][35]随行的商队队员通常穿着轻便的皮甲或各种平民服装，如商队队员服装，field hand outfit或勘探者服装。在战斗中，他们使用各种武器，从小刀和黄铜手指虎到更复杂的火器，如商队霰弹枪，狐鼠步枪或.357麥格農左輪手槍。 个人防护使用廉价可靠的工具。典型的赤紅商隊队员穿着皮甲，携带坚固可靠的武器作为个人保护，如杠杆式霰弹枪和商队霰弹枪。当不外出时，商队队员会选择更轻便、更实用的装备，比如名副其实的商队队员装备。[34]
在危险地区，该公司通常会将其商队分成几个小队。如果商队被掠夺者或更糟的情况击中，就不会失去所有的货物，从而抵消了效率的降低。[36]
与玩家角色的互动[]
辐射[]
在2161年间，他们由德米特·罗马拉领导，他的女儿克里·李负责安排日程。他们的旅行目的地包括垃圾城，晒骨场，古城墓地和鋼鐵兄弟會。工资是每次600元，他们在每个月的3号和17号营业。
辐射:新维加斯[]
信使得到了愛麗絲·麥克拉弗蒂提供的工作(你可以依赖我和后来的瓶盖制造机)，并可能从年轻的心的合同中释放珍妮特。赤紅商隊也可以通过和平完成心痛的数字或暗杀麦克拉弗蒂来击败之。
登場[]
赤紅商隊出现于辐射和辐射:新维加斯， 并在辐射2中间接被提到。[37]它也出现在黑岛被取消的范布倫。
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注释[]
- ↑ The texture in Fallout: New Vegas was created by using the wiki recreation, originally published in 2009, with texture and weathering added by Obsidian.
开发人员声明[]
根据Joshua Sawyer的说法，在NCR-兄弟会之战和新加州共和国的黄金储备遭到破坏之后，赤紅商隊与其他来自中枢市的商人一起，密谋重新引入瓶盖作为货币。[Non-game 5] [Non-game 6]
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- ↑ J.E. Sawyer src: "And this is discussed in-game: BoS raided NCR's gold reserves until NCR could no longer generate gold coinage nor back their paper money. They abandoned the gold standard and established fiat currency, which is why its value is inflated over both caps and (especially) Legion coinage. (...) People in eastern NCR and the Mojave Wasteland lost faith in the NCR government's a) ability to back the listed value of paper money and b) stability overall. If you're living in Bakersfield, staring at a piece of paper that says "redeemable for value in gold" and you have no faith in the government's ability or willingness to do that -- or if you see that the government has changed the currency to say that it is not able to be exchanged for a backed good -- you may very well listen to the strong consortium of local merchants offering to exchange that paper note for currency backed by water."
- ↑ J.E. Sawyer, src: "Traders from the Mojave travel the Short Loop into NCR, which means that they have to go through a few hundred miles of solid desert. Carrying enough water to travel from New Vegas to the Boneyard (or vice versa) would undercut cargo capacity significantly. Even the communities around the Mojave Wasteland (other than New Vegas itself) have water brought in and stored in local towers. Of course, the Colorado River is nearby as long as you don't mind walking through an active war zone."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.E. Sawyer src: "It happened during the BoS-NCR war. I believe Alice McLafferty mentions it, but I'm not positive. She doesn't detail the events in this much detail, but here they are: The attacks caused NCR citizens (and others who held NCR currency) to panic, resulting in a rush to reclaim the listed face value of currency from NCR's gold reserves. Inability to do this at several locations (especially near the periphery of NCR territory where reserves were normally low) caused a loss of faith in NCR's ability to back their currency. Though NCR eventually stopped the BoS attacks, they decided to protect against future problems by switching to fiat currency. While this meant that BoS could no longer attack a) reserves or b) the source of production (all NCR bills are made in the Boneyard), some people felt more uneasy about their money not having any "real" (backed) value. This loss of confidence increased with NCR inflation, an ever-looming spectre of fiat currency. Because the Hub links NCR with the Mojave Wasteland and beyond, the merchants there grew frustrated with NCR's handling of the currency crisis. They conspired to re-introduce the bottle cap as a water-backed currency that could "bridge the gap" between NCR and Legion territory. In the time leading up to the re-introduction, they did the footwork to position themselves properly. If some old-timer had a chest full of caps, they didn't care (in fact, they thought that was great, since the old-timers would enthusiastically embrace the return of the cap), but they did seek to control or destroy production facilities and truly large volumes of caps (e.g. Typhon's treasure) whenever possible."
- ↑ Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition p.306: "[2.09] Crimson Caravan Company
The Crimson Caravan Company is the largest supplier to the NCR of military-grade weaponry, and an assortment of provisions and other equipment types. Their base of operations is a highly fortified walled base just east of the main Freeside and Strip area, alarmingly close to their rivals; the Gun Runners. There are two entrances to this location (east and west)."
(Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition Tour of the Mojave Wasteland) - ↑ Joshua Sawyer on SomethingAwful.com: "And this is discussed in-game: BoS raided NCR's gold reserves until NCR could no longer generate gold coinage nor back their paper money. They abandoned the gold standard and established fiat currency, which is why its value is inflated over both caps and (especially) Legion coinage."
- ↑ Joshua Sawyer SomethingAwful.com: "It happened during the BoS-NCR war. I believe Alice McLafferty mentions it, but I'm not positive. She doesn't detail the events in this much detail, but here they are:
The attacks caused NCR citizens (and others who held NCR currency) to panic, resulting in a rush to reclaim the listed face value of currency from NCR's gold reserves. Inability to do this at several locations (especially near the periphery of NCR territory where reserves were normally low) caused a loss of faith in NCR's ability to back their currency.
Though NCR eventually stopped the BoS attacks, they decided to protect against future problems by switching to fiat currency. While this meant that BoS could no longer attack a) reserves or b) the source of production (all NCR bills are made in the Boneyard), some people felt more uneasy about their money not having any "real" (backed) value. This loss of confidence increased with NCR inflation, an ever-looming spectre of fiat currency.
Because the Hub links NCR with the Mojave Wasteland and beyond, the merchants there grew frustrated with NCR's handling of the currency crisis. They conspired to re-introduce the bottle cap as a water-backed currency that could "bridge the gap" between NCR and Legion territory. In the time leading up to the re-introduction, they did the footwork to position themselves properly. If some old-timer had a chest full of caps, they didn't care (in fact, they thought that was great, since the old-timers would enthusiastically embrace the return of the cap), but they did seek to control or destroy production facilities and truly large volumes of caps (e.g. Typhon's treasure) whenever possible."
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