レイフォース――第二次敵本星攻略戦「OPERATION RAYFORCE」――に至るまでの歴史を、年表形式でたどります。
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M.C.-0025
全世界のコンピューターネットワークを結ぶシステムが完成する。あらゆる研究、施設、知識が一つになることで、科学は飛躍的な進歩を遂げる。
The system connecting the computer networks of the whole world was completed. With all of research, facilities, knowledge becoming one, science made dramatic progress.
M.C.-0016
“原子配列操作による物質生成”の理論が完成し、それを応用した巨大物質生成システムプラントの建造が開始される。
The theory of substance generation by manipulation of atomic arrangement was completed, and the construction of a large substance production system plant applying it was started.
M.C.0000
A.T.B.S.（原子配列操作による物質生成システム）が完成。これにより人類は不用物などから、より有用な物質を生成する術を得た。人類有史以来、常に混沌と争いの種子となっていた資源問題はここに解決を見た。
A.T.B.S.とシステム管理用ニューロネットワーク“Con-Human”は多くの問題を解決し、さらなる飛躍を人類に約束する。人類はこのシステムの完成により、創造の頂点へと登りつめたと信じて疑わず、彼らは機械文明の恩恵を称え、年号を機械世紀-M.C.（Machinery Century）と改定した。
A.T.B.S. (Atomically Transformational Building System) was completed. This gave mankind the means to produce more useful materials from useless things. The resource problems which was always the basis of chaos and conflicts since the dawn of history of mankind was solved here.
A.T.B.S. and the system management neural network “Con-Human” solved many problems and promised further leap of mankind. With the belief without a doubt that mankind climbed to the crest of creation by the completion of the system, mankind honored the benefits of machine civilization and revised the era to M.C. (Machinery Century).
M.C.0013
外惑星への植民計画が始まる。同時に外惑星連合宇宙軍の設立。
Colonization plans to the outer planet had begun. At the same time Deep Space Allied Armies was established.
M.C.0054
周辺の恒星系への探査計画が開始される。
Survey plans to the surrounding stellar system had begun.
M.C.0098
調査船団が次々と帰還し、計画は一応の終了を見る。
この年から“Con-Human”の原因不明のシステムダウンが続く。
管制下にある、気象制御システムが次々に異常動作。気象災害による被害が続出した。
The survey fleets returned one after another, and the plans tentatively ended. From this year, system down of “Con-Human” with unknown cause came to continue.
Abnormal operations in the weather control system under the control of “Con-Human” occured one after another. Much damage caused by meteorological disasters continued.
Since it was a stand-alone computer, there were voices that questioned its basic software design, but the voice gradually disappeared by public opinion who had blind trust for “Con-Human”.
M.C.0105
異常はついに大気制御システムにまで至った。大気成分そのものが少しずつではあったが変化していったのである。
The abnormality finally extended to the atmospheric control system. Atmospheric component itself had been changed little by little.
M.C.0108
“Con-Human”は人類による一切の操作、命令を突然拒否。
何らメッセージを発することもなく“Con-Human”の
“Con-Human” suddenly rejected any manipulations or commands of mankind, and had started genocide without any message.
The military desperately tried to resist, but the most part of the armaments already depended on the system of “Con-Human” and the existence of the military itself had lost substance, so its resistance made little sense.
M.C.0120
システムは環境を自らに適合させていた。
酸素含有率0.0001％以下、平均気温-10℃。この、人類には過酷な環境の中でシステムのジェノサイドは容赦なく続いた。
“Con-Human” had altered the environment of the planet to meet its own needs.
Oxygen content in the atmosphere was a level of under 0.0001 percent, and the average surface temperature was a level of -10 degrees Celsius.
In such harsh environment for the human race, The genocide by the system continued mercilessly.
M.C.0123
人類はこの惑星が以前のそれとは全く異なる物体へと変革したことを認識した。
外見はあくまでもかつてのそれではあったが、その偽りの地表の皮膚の内部には、地殻もマグマも存在しなかった。金属フレームと動力炉の稼働音、それがその全てだった。
The humans discovered that the planet had transformed into a completely different object from that of the previous one.
Below the surface of the planet the crust and underlying magma no longer existed; in its place the only things which could be found were metallic frames and sounds of power furnaces.
M.C.0130
ついに人類史上最大の
ある者は大気も存在せぬ近隣の惑星へと移住し、またある者はそのまま宇宙の放浪民となった。
Finally the greatest Exodus ever in human history had started. Deep Space Allied Armies, which was only not affected by “Con-Human”, picked up the people left behind on the ground and orbit, and left away from the planet.
Some people migrated to neighboring planets where the atmosphere did not exist, or others became wanderers of the universe.
M.C.0165
「有機体と無機体の整合性理論」が発表される。密かに、軍内部でそれを応用した機動兵器の開発が開始される。
“Theory of consistency between organic and inorganic” was announced. Development of mobile weapons which applied it was started secretly inside the militaly.
M.C.0180
人類が死と隣り合わせの冷たい大地と、暗黒の空間をその住処として半世紀が経過した。
しかし、彼らはかつての故郷であった惑星から大きく離れることはできなかった。望郷、後悔、絶望、そういった数々の想いが彼らをその恒星系に縛りつけていたのである。
その間にも惑星は依然として進化を続けていた。しかもそのベクトルは、かつての主がそうであったように、破壊へと向けられていた。
人類に対する“Con-Human”の殲滅戦は熾烈を極め、人類は存亡の危機に立たされていた。
Half a century had passed since mankind lived in dark space and cold earth next to death. However, they could not leave far from the former home planet. Various thoughts such as nostalgia, regret, desperation had bound them to the star system.
Meanwhile the planet was still evolving. Moreover, the vector of its evolution was directed to destruction as well as the former master. The extermination of “Con-Human” against mankind was extremely fierce, mankind was in danger of survival.
M.C.0183
人類は“Con-Human”の存在を全生命体にとっての脅威と判断、その完全破壊を決断する。
第一次敵本星攻略戦“OPERATION METEOR”が開始されたが、その強大な戦力を前に後退を余儀なくされる。
Having judged that the very existence of the “Con-Human” posed a threat to all forms of life, mankind decided to utterly destroy it.
Then First Assault on the Enemy Home Planet (Operation Meteor) began, but it was forced to retreat in the face of mighty strength of “Con-Human”.
M.C.0185
ついに人類は残存兵力の全てを投入した第二次敵本星攻略戦“OPERATION RAYFORCE”を発動する。
しかし、人類にとっての「
At last, mankind set in motion Second Assault on the Enemy Home Planet (Operation RayForce) which entirely put all of the remaining battle strength.
However, that was too little strength which was supposed to be mankind’s “force for a ray of hope” —RayForce.
[ M.C.0185 マイストロノフ E.ノイマン著「機械世紀の贖罪」より抜粋 ]
[ Excerpt from “Atonement of Machinery Century” Maestronov E.Neumann, M.C.0185 ]