八版圣典节译：泰伦战争老兵

TYRANNIC WAR VETERANS 

It was during a time of immense hardship that the Tyrannic War Veterans took their place in the Ultramarines Chapter. The Battle for Macragge saw their entire 1st Company slain, and it was Chaplain Cassius vision that its rebuilding should begin by assembling veterans of that terrible war so as to harness the hard-won lessons of the conflict. 

泰伦战争老兵是在一段极其艰难的时期加入到极限战士战团中的。马库拉格之战见证了战团第一连队的全员牺牲，卡修斯牧师对此的设想是：重建（第一连队）工作应该开始于召集那些经历了这次可怕战争的老兵们，以便汲取这场冲突中来之不易的经验教训。

In a Chapter that venerates the teachings of the Codex Astartes as much as the Ultramarines, the idea was anathema to some. Fierce debate raged at every level of the Chapter. Some argued that necessity dictated they adapt, others that in times of great upheaval it was even more vital that the Codex be strictly adhered to. It was Marneus Calgar who decreed that the matter be settled in a great conclave, at which every Ultramarine present stated his opinion. After months, the Conclave of Hera concluded when the Tyranids attacked the Cardinal world of Espandor. Calgar decreed that the new body of warriors be formed to combat this threat. In that battle, and countless conflicts since, the Tyrannic War Veterans proved their worth, fighting Tyranid invasions at Brettik V, Jomm, Ichar IV and Saint lylus, among many others. The Codex itself was amended to allow for their role. 

在极限战士这样一个极其尊崇阿斯塔特圣典教义的战团中，这一观念在某些人看来是可憎的。战团的各个阶层都进行了激烈的辩论，某些人认为（实际）需要让他们注定要适应新情况，其他人则认为：在发生重大动荡的时期，严格遵守圣典尤为重要。（于是）马里乌斯 卡尔加宣布要召开一次大会来解决这个问题，会上的每位极限战士都可以表明观点。在数个月之后，当泰伦异形进攻主教世界Espandor时，赫拉要塞中的大会结束了。卡尔加宣布要组建一个新的战士团体来对抗这次威胁。而在这次战斗与之后的无数冲突中，泰伦战争老兵们也证明了自己的价值，他们在Brettik V, Jomm, Ichar IV和圣地世界lylus, 以及其他很多地方抵抗了泰伦异形的入侵。圣典本身也被进行了修改，以允许他们发挥作用。

The fighting over Saint Tylus against a splinter of Hive Fleet Ouroboris saw the infiltration of a vast bio-ship by the Tyrannic War Veterans. The first of its kind identified, this abomination was observed to be crafting fresh waves living warships within a vast cradle of chitinous talons, then spewing them forth to overwhelm the system's defence craft. Knowing a threat of this magnitude had to be annihilated, Chaplain Cassius, in partnership with an entire Deathwatch company from Fort Excalibris, led dozens of Tyrannic War Veterans in a desperate mission to board the spawn-ship and destroy it from within. After hours of gruelling fighting, and despite terrible losses, the attack was successful, the battered survivors fleeing as their cyclonic charges tore the spawning-ship asunder. 

泰伦战争老兵们在圣地世界lylus对抗了乌洛波里乌斯虫巢舰队分遣队，这次战斗见证了他们对于一艘巨大生体战舰的渗透行动。当帝国部队最初识别出其种类后，便观察到这只可憎恶物正在从自己几丁质利爪们组成的摇篮中创造数波新生的活体战舰们，之后再将其喷射而出，用于击溃星系中的防御舰艇。牧师卡修斯知道，如此巨大的威胁必须被摧毁掉，他率领数十名泰伦战争老兵，与来自Excalibris要塞的一整支死亡守望连队合作，执行了跳帮那艘产卵中的生体战舰并将之从内部摧毁的绝望任务。在数个小时令人精疲力尽的战斗后，尽管（星际战士们）遭受了惨重损失，但进攻任务被成功完成，当旋风炸弹撕碎生体战舰时，受到重创的幸存者们逃离掉了。

For all of their might, the Tyrannic War Veterans' deadliest weapon is experience. There is no Tyranid monstrosity they have not felled, no hive fleet they have not fought against. They pass their hard-won knowledge to any they fight alongside, and believe that while they alone cannot halt the Tyranid menace, the united strength of the Imperium, honed by their wisdom, might prevail. Imperial commanders cede to their leadership if they are wise, and absorb every proffered scrap of knowledge. Ultramarines joining the Deathwatch share all they can with their xenos-hunting brethren. Ordo Xenos Inquisitors find their intelligence resources augmented by tactical and combat data gleaned from multitudes of report scrolls. Some Ultramarines are seconded to brother Chapters and other Chapters second warriors to them, ensuring the spread of the most effective tactics and doctrines across the Adeptus Astartes. Some Ultramarines successors have even formed their own groups of Tyranid hunters, though initially many of these Chapters underwent their own process of resistance towards and then acceptance of these new doctrines. 

在他们所有的力量中，经验是泰伦战争老兵们最为致命的武器。他们击倒过所有种类的泰伦怪物，也对抗过所有的虫巢舰队。他们将来之不易的知识分享给并肩作战的所有人；他们也相信尽管自己无法独自阻止泰伦威胁，但在他们智慧的磨砺下，团结起来的帝国力量是可能取胜的。智慧的帝国指挥官们会将指挥权转让给泰伦战争老兵们，并且吸收他们提供的一切知识。加入死亡守望的极限战士们会和猎杀异形的兄弟们分享自己能提供的一切。攘外修会的审判官们也能从收集自大量报告卷轴的战术和战斗数据中发现情报资源。某些极限战士会被临时派遣到兄弟战团，其他战团也会临时派遣战士前往极限战士战团（进行学习），确保最有效的战术与信条在阿斯塔特修会各处传播开。某些极限战士子团也组建了自己的泰伦猎手部队，不过在最初阶段，其中很多战团自身都经历了先抵制再接受这些新信条的过程。

Cassius' veterans could be forgiven for wondering what fate would meet their order when Roboute Guilliman returned and saw his Codex altered. Would he end their organisation? Would he tolerate it? s None dared believe he might embrace it - but that he did. After learning of the Tyranid threat, Guilliman immediately saw the value of the Tyrannic War Veterans, praising his sons for their adaptability in the face of such a dangerous foe. With the Primarch's blessing, the Tyrannic War Veterans took to their task with renewed vigour, with ever more successor Chapters embracing their own Tyranid hunters as a result. 

当罗伯特 基里曼回归并看到自己的圣典被修改时，卡修斯的老兵们也在考虑自己的部队会遭遇怎样的命运，这是可以理解的。原体会终结他们的组织吗？或者原体将会容忍这件事？没人胆敢相信基里曼可能会欣然接受泰伦战争老兵们的存在——但他确实这样做了。在了解到泰伦异形的威胁后，基里曼立刻看出了泰伦战争老兵们的价值，并且称赞了子嗣们在面对如此危险的敌人时所表现出的灵活适应性。带着原体的祝福，泰伦战争老兵们以全新的热情开始了他们的任务，（这一现象的）结果是更多的子团欣然接受了他们自身的泰伦猎手部队。