// Trainspooking

TEXT_HC_TS_1      "We are in grave danger. The Ghostbreakers are not as defeated as we had thought. Intending revenge upon you, they have commandeered the Gravenville Express, which carries upon it an experimental Ether Bomb they intend to detonate inside the city limits. #When the mutated tissues within the bomb are stimulated it will produce a massive shockwave of ethereal energy eradicating all astral life in the city."

TEXT_TRAINSPOOKING_INTRO   "The bomb's timer has already been set?the train must be stopped from reaching the station, and the bomb located and destroyed?before it is too late."

TEXT_HC_TS_3      "Locate and destroy the ether bomb, and prevent it from reaching the city."

TEXT_HC_TS_4      "The first ward is down - you have a beach head to begin your assault! Now work your way through the other carriages to reach the bomb!"

TEXT_HC_TS_5      "The Ether Bomb! Quickly - use your haunters` powers to destroy it!"

TEXT_HC_TS_6      "Congratulations, Ghost Master - the Ghostbreakers bomb has been destroyed, their plans lie in ruins and Gravenville lies in trembling apprehension of the powers of the supernatural. Truly your victory is complete."

TEXT_HC_TS_7      "All mortals have fled! Congratulate your haunter team, Ghost Master, then move to destroy the ether bomb!"

// Finale

TEXT_HC_EXTRA_14     "Placeholder: Currently Act IV is the final act"

TEXT_HC_FIN_01   "Ghost Master, this is your final battle.# The Ghostbreakers have captured your HQ and rigged up their ether bomb to explode in exactly 30 minutes.# You must organize your haunters, infiltrate their defenses and destroy the bomb, otherwise you and your entire team will be obliterated.# You then must empty the building once and for all of these meddlesome mortals."

TEXT_HC_FIN_02   "Infiltrate the Ghostbreaker defenses and destroy the ether bomb, then empty the building of all mortal presence."

TEXT_HC_FIN_03   "Your team has been obliterated. Never has failure been so utterly complete"

TEXT_HC_FIN_04   "Congratulations Ghost Master, you have defeated the Ghostbreakers once and for all!# It is now time for you and your heroic team to ascend back into the light."

TEXT_HC_FIN_05   "Well done Ghost Master, you have cleansed the area of all mortals.# However, your mission is doomed unless you destroy the ether bomb before it detonates."

TEXT_HC_FIN_06   "Ghost Master, your cause is lost, you may have cleansed the area of mortals, but now you have no way of infiltrating the red ward and destroying the ether bomb."

TEXT_HC_FIN_07   "Congratulations Ghost Master, you have destroyed the ether bomb and defeated the Ghostbreakers once and for all!  It is now time for you and your heroic team to ascend back into the light."

TEXT_HC_FIN_08   "Excellent work Ghost Master, you have destroyed the ether bomb. Now, rid us of the remaining mortals."

TEXT_HC_FIN_09   "Ghost Master, you must beware a new threat!# The Ghostbreakers have harnessed captured astral energy to create a Stay Cold Ice Cream Man."

TEXT_HC_FIN_10   "Magnificent work Ghost Master, you have defeated the Stay Cold Ice Cream Man!"

TEXT_HC_FIN_11   "One of your haunters is under attack."

TEXT_HC_FIN_12   "The green ward is temporarily disabled."

TEXT_HC_FIN_13   "The green ward has been repaired."

TEXT_HC_FIN_14   "The blue ward and alarum are temporarily disabled."

TEXT_HC_FIN_15   "The blue ward and alarum have power again."

TEXT_HC_FIN_16   "The blue ward is temporarily disabled."

TEXT_HC_FIN_17   "The blue ward has been repaired."

TEXT_HC_FIN_18   "The blue alarum is temporarily disabled."

TEXT_HC_FIN_19   "The blue alarum has been repaired."

TEXT_HC_FIN_20   "The red ward is temporarily disabled."

TEXT_HC_FIN_21   "The red ward has been repaired."

TEXT_HC_FIN_22   "The red ward and alarum are destroyed."

TEXT_HC_FIN_23   "The red alarum is temporarily disabled."

TEXT_HC_FIN_24   "The red alarum has been repaired."

TEXT_HC_FIN_25   "The red ward has been rendered permanently inactive."

TEXT_HC_FIN_26   "The green ward has been rendered permanently inactive."

TEXT_HC_FIN_27   "The blue ward has been rendered permanently inactive."

TEXT_HC_FIN_28   "The red alarum has been rendered permanently inactive."

TEXT_HC_FIN_29   "The blue alarum has been rendered permanently inactive."

TEXT_HC_FIN_30   "25 minutes to detonation"

TEXT_HC_FIN_31   "20 minutes"

TEXT_HC_FIN_32   "15 minutes"

TEXT_HC_FIN_33   "10 minutes to detonation"

TEXT_HC_FIN_34   "9 minutes"

TEXT_HC_FIN_35   "8 minutes"

TEXT_HC_FIN_36   "7 minutes"

TEXT_HC_FIN_37   "6 minutes"

TEXT_HC_FIN_38   "5 minutes"

TEXT_HC_FIN_39   "4 minutes"

TEXT_HC_FIN_40   "3 minutes"

TEXT_HC_FIN_41   "2 minutes"

TEXT_HC_FIN_42   "1 minute to detonation"

TEXT_HC_FIN_43   "30 seconds"

TEXT_HC_FIN_44   "15 seconds"

TEXT_HC_FIN_45   "10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1?"

TEXT_HC_FIN_46   "The yellow ward is temporarily disabled."

TEXT_HC_FIN_47   "The yellow ward has been repaired."

TEXT_HC_FIN_48   "The yellow ward and alarum are destroyed."

TEXT_HC_FIN_49   "The yellow alarum has been rendered permanently inactive."

这句话的语法结构非常精炼有力，我们来一步步剖析。

核心结构：否定副词前置引起的完全倒装 

这是一种典型的修辞性倒装，目的是为了强调。

1. 原句（倒装语序）：

Never has failure been so utterly complete.

2. 将其还原为正常语序：

Failure has never been so utterly complete.

（失败从未如此彻底过。）

3. 语法成分分析（以原倒装句为例）：

• Never: 否定副词，作状语，表示“从未”。它是整个句子的强调核心，通过被提到句首，引发了主谓倒装。

• has failure been: 这是部分倒装后的谓语部分。

o has been是谓语动词的现在完成时态。

o failure 在这里是主语。在正常语序中，主语应在has之前，但因为Never开头，主语和助动词has必须倒装，所以顺序变成了 助动词has+ 主语failure+ 实义动词been。

• so utterly complete: 这是主语补足语/表语。

o complete是形容词，作表语。

o utterly是副词，修饰complete，意为“完全地、彻底地”。

o so是副词，修饰utterly，表示程度，意为“如此”。

4. 倒装规则详解：

• 触发条件： 当具有否定或限制意义的副词或短语置于句首时，句子常用部分倒装。

• 常见触发词： Never, Seldom, Rarely, Little, Hardly, Not only, No sooner, Under no circumstances 等。

• 倒装方法： 将助动词/情态动词/be动词 提到主语之前，主语随后，构成“否定词 + 助动词 + 主语 + 实义动词”的结构。

5. 这句话的修辞效果：

• 强烈强调： 将“Never”置于句首，如一声巨响，瞬间抓住读者注意力，强调了“前所未有的彻底”这一核心情感。

• 语气增强： 比正常语序“Failure has never been...”的语气要强烈得多，充满了戏剧性、宣告性或文学色彩。

• 节奏感： 倒装结构打破了常规语序，使句子节奏更有力，更庄重，常用于演讲、文学或评论性文字中。

6. 同类例句：

• Never have I seen such a beautiful sunset. (我从未见过如此美丽的日落。)

• Seldom does he get angry. (他很少生气。)

• Under no circumstances will we surrender. (我们绝不会投降。)

• Not only is he smart, but he is also kind. (他不仅聪明，而且善良。)

总结：

这句话的语法结构是：否定副词（Never）置于句首 + 助动词与主语倒装（has failure been）+ 表语（so utterly complete）。这是一种为达到强烈强调和修辞效果而采用的经典倒装句型。

这楼总结Finale: Class of spook'em high（尾声：把他们吓一跳）这一关中的英语知识