HH7节译：尼凯亚会议

The Council of Nikaea

Ordained by the highest echelons of the Magisterum Imperialis, the Council of Nikaea took the form of a consistorial court presided over by the Emperor Himself as final arbiter of justices, though He took no part in either the debate or the voting that followed it. Of the many great offices of the Imperium's bureaucracy and chambers militant of the Great Crusade, a vast throng of delegates attended, with perhaps more than 10,000 souls bearing witness to the proceedings. First among these were the Primarchs of the Legiones Astartes and the High Lords of the Terran Council, as well as representatives of the Martian Mechanicum and the various Ordos Telepathica and Scholastica Psykana. It also included many representatives of lesser Imperial institutions —including the author of this record— and many thousands of other servants and functionaries of the courts of Terra, and it was rare indeed for any meeting on such a scale to be convened outside of the Segmentum Solar. Such was the pomp and ceremony that accompanied the Council, few could mistake the importance of the gathering, and the opening ceremonies alone lasted for several days and cost the Imperial treasury a sum equal to the tithe of an entire sector.

尼凯亚会议是由人类帝国最高级别的官员们主办的一次会议，会议采取了（宗教）监督法庭的形式，由帝皇亲自主持并作为最终的裁决者——尽管他并未参加讨论与随后的投票。帝国官僚体系的许多重要部门和大远征的军事部门派出了一支庞大的代表团参加会议，可能有超过一万人见证了会议进程。其中地位最为尊贵的是阿斯塔特军团的列位原体、泰拉议会的高领主们，以及火星机械神教、星语厅和灵能学院的代表们。参会者还包括来自帝国下级机构的众多代表（这份记录的作者本人就是其中之一），以及数千名其他侍者和泰拉宫廷的工作人员们。在太阳星域之外的地区召开如此规模的会议实属罕见。伴随这次会议而来的典礼和排场极为恢宏，几乎没人会搞错这次聚会的重要性，仅仅开幕典礼一项就持续了数天，帝国为此消耗的财费总和相当于一整个星区上缴的十一税。

As with all such gatherings of the great and mighty, the Council of Nikaea was much more than a simple venue for the discussion of a single issue, even one so weighty as the fate of battle psykers within the vast armies of the Imperium and the Legiones Astartes in particular. In attendance were the lords of planets and sectors upon whom the weight of evidence bore, the directors of vast bureaucratic empires, and masters of hungry armies and far-voyaging fleets, all brought together in one place for a brief and momentous time. As the spectacle of the opening ceremonies unfolded, agreements were struck and webs of patronage woven in the shadows, and as the foremost lords of the Imperium sat in judgement over the Librarius and by extension the Thousand Sons, wider alliances were bought and sold in the distant galleries of the hall. Indeed, in the wake of the Council and the departure of its guests, as the host of servitors and menials began the month-long cleaning operation afterwards, no few corpses were discovered in discrete corners of the halls of Nikaea, testament to rivalries settled and grudges laid to rest.

就像所有的此类高官显贵的聚会一样，尼凯亚会议绝非是讨论单一问题的简单场所——哪怕是（决定）帝国的庞大军队，尤其是阿斯塔特军团中战斗灵能者们的命运这个极为沉重的议题。出席这场会议的有持有着大量（相关）证据的行星与星区领主们，庞大官僚体系帝国的主管们，以及饥渴好战的军队与远航舰队的统御者们，所有人都为了这个短暂而重要的时刻而被聚集在一起。随着壮观的开幕式，各方达成着协议，也在暗中编织着互惠互利的（关系）网络;当帝国最位高权重的领主们审判智库（制度），并将审判范围扩大到千子军团身上时，更为广泛的联盟们也在会议大厅远处的走廊中被收买和出卖着。事实上，在会议结束，参会客人们动身离开之后，当成群的机仆和仆人们开始进行长达一个月的清理作业时，他们在尼凯亚会议厅（各个）互不相连的角落处发现了不少的尸体，它们就是与会各方解决争端和平息怨恨的证据。

Though a full listing of those who attended this momentous gathering and the many far-reaching implications of their individual actions is beyond the scope of this treatise, it may be considered useful to some readers, especially those who did not experience firsthand those glory days of the Imperium, to have at their disposal a concise list of the most important of those who made their voices known during the Council at Nikaea: the Primarchs and those of full consular rank of the Terran Court or higher present, and their respective positions which they took on the central debate. For the sake of completeness, also noted separately are those Primarchs of the Legiones Astartes who were not present and their known or believed stance on the issue of battle psykers in the Legions:

虽然关于那些参加此次盛会的人员以及他们个人行为所造成的诸多深远影响的完整列表并不在拙作的记录范围之内，但对于某些读者，尤其是那些并未亲身经历帝国辉煌岁月的读者们而言，向他们提供一份那些已知在曾尼凯亚会议上发过声的最重要人物的简洁名单以供使用可能是有用处的：诸位原体和来自泰拉宫廷与更高级别部门的全权领事官们，而且还附加了他们在核心讨论中所采取的立场。为了完整起见，我还单独列出了那些没有出席会议的阿斯塔特军团原体们，以及他们对军团中战斗灵能者问题的已知或据信立场

Those Present at the Council of Nikaea's Known Stance on the use of Psykers in the Legiones Astartes

尼凯亚会议参会者对于在阿斯塔特军团中使用灵能者的已知立场

The Emperor: Even in these latter years, it is frowned upon to speculate at the Emperor's hidden plans, and it is impossible to accurately guess His intentions for the conclave.

帝皇：哪怕是在近些年，猜测帝皇的隐秘计划也是不被允许的。而且我们也不可能正确猜测出他进行这场秘密会议的意图。

Malcador the Sigillite, High Proconsul Imperialis: Unknown

掌印者马卡多，帝国高级执政官：未知

Kelbor-Hal, Fabricator-General of Mars: Vehemently against

凯尔博-哈尔，火星铸造将军：激烈反对

Lords Militant Tabor Ludovicia and Haldane Ma'lon,Muster of the Imperialis Auxilia: Openly favoured neither side

军务领主塔波尔 卢多维西亚，帝国辅助军集结官哈尔丹 马’隆：公开表示不偏向任何一方

Grand Admiral Constansa Suati-Falkan,Imperialis Armada: Vehemently against

帝国无敌舰队上将康斯坦莎·苏蒂法尔坎：激烈反对

Occulex-Magister Jalisco de Jerichos Huerta,Ordo Astra Telepathica: Avowed neutrality 

星语厅灵视主管哈利斯科·德•杰里科·韦尔塔：公开表示中立

Constantin Valdor of the Custodian Guard: Favoured neither side

禁军统帅康斯坦丁 瓦尔多：公开表示不偏向任何一方

Magnus, Lord of the XVth Legion: Adamantly in favour 

马格努斯，第十五军团之主：坚定支持

Leman Russ, Lord of the VIth Legion: Vehemently against

黎曼 鲁斯，第六军团之主：激烈反对

Fulgrim, Lord of the IIIrd Legion: Proponent of their use

福格瑞姆，第三军团之主：提倡使用战斗灵能者

Sanguinius, Lord of the IXth Legion: Proponent of their use 

圣吉列斯，第九军团之主：提倡使用战斗灵能者

Mortarion, Lord of the XIVth Legion: Vehemently against 

莫塔里安，第十四军团之主：激烈反对

Corvus Corax, Lord of the XIXth Legion: Favoured the censure of Magnus 

科沃斯 克拉克斯，第十九军团之主：赞同对于马格努斯的谴责。

Rogal Dorn, Lord of the VIIth Legion: Known not to favour their use, but priorly on record as not strongly opposing their use in other Legions than his own 一 known however to favour Magnus' censure

罗格 多恩，第七军团之主：已知罗格 多恩不赞成使用战斗灵能者。之前有记录表明，他并不强烈反对在其他军团使用它们，但他自己的军团除外——不过他却赞成对于马格努斯的谴责

Those Primarchs not Personally Present at the Council of Nikaea's Known Stance on the use of Psykers in the Legiones Astartes

未能亲自出席尼凯亚会议的原体们对于在阿斯塔特军团中使用灵能者的已知立场

Lion El'Jonson, Lord of the Ist Legion: Openly favoured neither side, but known to favour Magnus' censure

莱昂 艾尔’庄森：公开表示不偏向任何一方，但已知他赞成对于马格努斯的谴责

Perturabo, Lord of the IVth Legion: Against

佩图拉博，第四军团之主：反对

Jaghatai Khan, Lord of the Vth Legion: Supported their use

察合台可汗，第五军团之主：支持使用战斗灵能者

Konrad Curze, Lord of the VIIIth Legion: Supported their use

康拉德 科兹，第八军团之主：支持使用战斗灵能者

Ferrus Manus, Lord of the Xth Legion: Did not favour their use 

费鲁斯 马努斯，第十军团之主：不赞成使用战斗灵能者

Angron, Lord of the XIIth Legion: Vehemently against

安格隆，第十二军团之主：激烈反对

Roboute Guilliman,Lord of the XIIIth Legion: Less vocal proponent of their use  

罗伯特 基里曼，第十三军团之主：委婉表示提倡使用战斗灵能者

Horus, Warmaster of the Imperium: Openly favoured neither side

荷鲁斯，帝国战帅：公开表示不偏向任何一方

Lorgar, Lord of the XVIIth Legion: Supported their use

珞珈，第十七军团之主：支持使用战斗灵能者

Vulkan, Lord of the XVIIIth Legion: Supported their use

伏尔甘，第十八军团之主：支持使用战斗灵能者

Alpharius, Lord of the XXth Legion: Supported their use

阿尔法瑞斯，第二十军团之主：支持使用战斗灵能者