[小說]<<太平洋上事件視界－番外：漫長歲月的戰鬥。>>

-You've heard of the 100 year war? Try the 1700 year war. The three remaining nations have been locked in an eternal death struggle for almost 2000 years. Peace seems to be impossible. Every time a cease fire is signed, the Vikings will surprise attack me or the Americans the very next turn, often with nuclear weapons. Even when the U.N forces a peace treaty. So I can only assume that peace will come only when they're wiped out. It is this that perpetuates the war ad infinitum. Have any of you old Civ II players out there ever had this problem in the post-late game?

-你聽說過100年戰爭嗎？試試1700年的戰爭。剩下的三個國家已經陷入了近 2000 年的永恆死亡鬥爭，和平似乎是不可能的。每次簽署停火協議，即使聯合國強制簽訂和平條約，維京人都會在下一個回合突然襲擊我或美國人，通常使用核武器。所以我只能假設只有當他們被消滅時和平才會到來，正是這一點使戰爭無限期地延續下去。你們有沒有在後期遊戲中遇到過這個問題的老 Civ II 玩家？

-Because of SDI, ICBMS are usually only used against armies outside of cities. Instead, cities are constantly attacked by spies who plant nuclear devices which then detonate (something I greatly miss from later civ games). Usually the down side to this is that every nation in the world declares war on you. But this is already the case so its no longer a deterrent to anyone. My self included.

-由於SDI，ICBMS通常只用於對抗城市以外的軍隊。取而代之的是城市經常受到間諜的襲擊，他們種植核裝置然後引爆（我在後來的文明遊戲中非常懷念這一點）。通常這樣做的不利方面是世界上每個國家都向你宣戰，但三個國家早就在交戰狀態，因此不再對任何人構成威懾，包括我自己。

-The only governments left are two theocracies and myself, a communist state. I wanted to stay a democracy, but the Senate would always over-rule me when I wanted to declare war before the Vikings did. This would delay my attack and render my turn and often my plans useless. And of course the Vikings would then break the cease fire like clockwork the very next turn. Something I also miss in later civ games is a little internal politics. Anyway, I was forced to do away with democracy roughly a thousand years ago because it was endangering my empire. But of course the people hate me now and every few years since then, there are massive guerrilla (late game barbarians) uprisings in the heart of my empire that I have to deal with which saps resources from the war effort.

- 唯一剩下的政府是兩個神權國家和我自己，一個共產主義國家。我想保持民主，但當我想在維京人之前宣戰時參議院總是會否決我，這會延遲我的進攻。讓我的回合，往往使我的計劃毫無用處，當然維京人會在下一回合像發條一樣打破停火。在後來的文明遊戲中，我也錯過了一些內部政治。無論如何大約一千年前我被迫廢除民主，因為它正在危及我的帝國。但是現在人們當然恨我，從那以後每隔幾年我的帝國中心就會發生大規模的游擊隊（遊戲後期的野蠻人）起義，我必須處理這些起義，這會消耗戰爭努力的資源。

-The military stalemate is air tight. The post-late game in civ II is perfectly balanced because all remaining nations already have all the technologies so there is no advantage. And there are so many units at once on the map that you could lose 20 tank units and not have your lines dented because you have a constant stream moving to the front. This also means that cities are not only tiny towns full of starving people, but that you can never improve the city. "So you want a granary so you can eat? Sorry; I have to build another tank instead. Maybe next time."

- 軍事僵局是嚴密的。文明II中的後期遊戲非常平衡，因為所有剩餘的國家都已經擁有所有技術，因此沒有優勢。地圖上同時有這麼多單位，你可能會在前線損失 20 個坦克單位但不會被削弱，因為你有源源不斷的部隊向前方移動。這也意味著城市不僅是充滿飢餓人口的小城鎮，而且你永遠無法改善城市。 “所以你想要一個糧倉，這樣你就可以吃東西了？對不起，我得再造一輛坦克，也許下次吧。”

-My goal for the next few years is to try and end the war and thus use the engineers to clear swamps and fallout so that farming may resume. I want to rebuild the world. But I'm not sure how. If any of you old Civ II players have any advice, I'm listening.

-我未來幾年的目標是嘗試結束戰爭，從而利用工程師清除沼澤和放射性塵埃，以便恢復農業。我想重建世界。但我不確定如何。如果你們中的任何老 Civ II 玩家有任何建議，我在聽。

內文來源：I've been playing the same game of Civilization II for almost 10 years.

[番外：漫長歲月的戰鬥（完）。]
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這是一個2012年riddet上面的帖子。

它跟這部作品起源沒有關係，我是這兩天才發現它，但裡面描述的情景跟作品背景很像。

這部作品起源於2016年中東難民危機，你可以看到兩位主角帶著一群難民到處跑。
還有一群工程師，中立倖存者努力想把世界恢復成原來的樣子。
儘管他們已經不知道世界過去長什麼樣子。

好吧....這應該是我寫過最水的一篇小說番外，不過我還是想把它貼上來。

這場殘局後來被一位stumpster的網友在遊戲內花58年給解了（作者本人又玩了一年（現實時間）卻沒有解開。）

stumpster把自己的城市轉移到海上，因為海上被轟炸不會殘留輻射。

放棄清理核輻射因為太浪費時間還可能被轟炸，他只留兩個工程師修路。
軍隊從背後襲擊維京人的國家，戰場在維京人土地上，他們不會動用核彈。

消滅掉維京人後就準備與美國大決戰，必須在一回合內把美軍從460支部隊削弱到250支。

因為長期轟炸維京，美國擁有很強大的空軍、海量的直升機與4個核武。
佔領美國所有機場後美國空軍就無法出動。（說的比做的還簡單....）