IA10节译：驱魔人战团

CHAPTER NAME: EXORCISTS 

战团名称：驱魔人

FOUNDING: 13TH [RECORDS SEALED, CIRCA LATE M35/EARLY M36] 

组建时间：第13次建军（记录被封禁，时间大约是M35末期或M36早期）

CHAPTER WORLD/DEPLOYMENT: BANISH/AUTONOMOUS

战团母星/部署地：Banish/Autonomous

FORTRESS MONASTERY: THE BASILICA MALEFEX 

要塞修道院：灵煞教堂

GENE-SEED (PREDECESSOR):  CLASSIFIED (BY INQUISITORIAL BULL] 

基因种子来源（母团）：按照审判庭训谕进行保密

KNOWN DESCENDANTE：NONE 

已知子团：无

A noble and worthy Chapter, and one that has saved many threatened worlds and defeated many great foes in the Emperor's service, the Exorcists are at once an epitome of the Adeptus Astartes and an enigma, and much about them has long been shrouded in deep and occult mystery. The only known Chapter extant from the 13 Founding of the Space Marines. called the 'Dark Founding' in some sources, the exact nature of their creation and the gene-seed used in their creation has remained classified by special Bull Absolute of the Inquisitorial Representative issued at the time of their founding. The Chapter has long-standing and strong links with the Inquisition and certain factions within the Ordo Malleus in particular, and it is most likely that it is the sponsorship and designs of the Holy Ordos that has given them their unique character, and may well have specified their creation. either as a grand experiment or for some singular purpose. 

驱魔人是一个高贵且值得敬重的战团，他们为帝皇拯救过众多遭受威胁的世界，击败过诸多强大的敌人。该战团既是阿斯塔特修会的一个缩影，也是一个谜，关于他们的大部分内容都长时间包裹在深奥且神秘的谜密中。驱魔人是已知唯一延续自第13次星际战士建军的战团——某些资料中称该次建军为“黑暗建军”，关于他们创建的具体性质和用于其创造的基因种子的信息都仍被审判庭代表发布的特殊绝禁诏令分类为绝密内容——这些命令自从他们建军时就被下达了。该战团与审判庭有着长期且牢固的联系，而且与圣锤修会中的某些派系关系尤为密切。很可能就是神圣审判庭的支持赞助和设计安排才让他们形成了这种独特性格，这可能也具体表明了他们被创建的原因：要么是一次重大实验，要么是为了某些特殊目的。

What is known is that the Chapter has long been specialised in combating enemies of a daemonic nature or those that have had truck with the Ruinous Powers. In particular the Exorcists are able to endure in hellish warzones where other Space Marines. however valiant, might have their senses betrayed and souls tainted by prolonged exposure to the influence of the Warp. Apart from this particular expertise the Exorcists are formulated and organised as a fully capable and roundly equipped Space Marine Chapter, and are able to conduct strategic operations according to the tenets of the Codex Astartes. In this the Chapter differs greatly from the Grey Knights - that most arcane and secret of Chapters, whose very nature and singular arms are dedicated to the destruction of daemonic entities above all else, and whose organisation and abilities are wholly unique in the Imperium's war machine. 

已知的是，该战团长期专长于对抗恶魔类敌人或那些与毁灭大能有联系的对手。驱魔人战团尤其能够忍受那些地狱般的战区——其他星际战士尽管也是英勇无畏的，但在长期暴露于亚空间（影响）的情况下，他们的感官也可能遭到背叛，灵魂也可能被污染。除了他们的独特专长之外，驱魔人也是按照一个能力全面且装备齐全的星际战士战团组建起来的，他们也能够按照阿斯塔特圣典的教义进行战略行动。在这方面上，该战团与灰骑士有着很大不同，后者是最为神秘且隐秘的战团，他们的特性和独特武器都是专门用于摧毁恶魔类实体——该目标高于一切，组织和能力在帝国的战争机器中也是完全独一无二的。

The character of the Exorcists is known to be studious, intelligent. highly honourable and above all calm outside of battle, but in war they undergo a transformation into an uncommonly aggressive force, whose intellect is applied to the rapid analysis and exploitation of conditions on the battlefield and on the decisive application of force to destroy the enemy. In the thick of battle Exorcists Space Marines are known to utilise certain occult mental arts to enter an almost trance-like state of higher consciousness which allows them to become completely devoid of fear and pain, even when confronted by the sanity-destroying horrors of the Warp. This capacity is far from unknown among Space Marines, (although some shun such techniques in favour of religious fervour or simple channelled rage to achieve broadly the same effects), but the extent to which the Exorcists are able to distance themselves from physical and spiritual hardship and continue to operate has become near legendary. Each Exorcist Space Marine is also a master of arcane lore to a degree unseen in other Chapters. and in particular is adept at recognising the wiles of the Daemon and its works and knows how to combat them. It is said that every Battle Brother before they can pass into the Chapter and become a fully fledged Exorcist Space Marine must master the use of all six hundred and sixty-six verses of the Ordo Malleus Liber Exorcismus. sunder the seven seals of Salomoneth and become adept at the use of unicursal hexagrams to spiritually ward their arms and equipment from Etheric influences. This degree of dark knowledge generally considered forbidden within the Imperium is itself cause for grave suspicion of the Chapter for some, particularly within the Ecclesiarchy and certain Space Marine Chapters with a fervent hatred of witchcraft of any kind even when wielded by the Emperor's servants. such as the Black Templars. These charges have been more than effectively answered however by the Exorcists' exemplary record in the defence of the Imperium. not merely against enemies of a daemonic mettle. but against diverse other threats such as Ork Waaaghs!, Eldar incursions and traitors and renegades of a more mundane timbre over the centuries. 

已知在非战争状态下，驱魔人的性格是好学、聪慧、高度具有荣誉感和冷静——这是他们最重要的性格特征；但在战争状态下，它们会转变成一股非常具有进攻性的力量，并利用自己的才智快速分析和利用战场条件，并果断地利用武力摧毁敌军。在战事激烈的情况中，驱魔人星际战士已知会利用某些神秘的精神技艺去进入某种恍惚般的更高级清醒状态——他们能以此完全避免恐惧和疼痛，那怕是在面对着那些摧毁理智的亚空间恐怖之物时。这种能力在星际战士当中并非闻所未闻（不过有些星际战士会尽量避免使用此类技艺，而是支持用宗教狂热或纯粹引导出愤怒来达到大致相同的效果），但驱魔人对于此项技艺的运用程度已经近乎传奇——他们让自身能远离精神和生理上的痛苦并继续行动。所有驱魔人星际战士也都是深谙玄奥知识的大师——他们对于此类学识的掌握程度在其他战团中是看不到的，他们尤其擅长识别恶魔的诡计和行为，并知道如何与之对抗。据说每位战斗修士在进入战团并成为一名完整的驱魔人星际战士之前，都必须掌握圣锤修会《驱魔大典》中的全部六百六十六句圣诗的用法，揭开七重所罗蒙内思封印，并且变得善于使用单星圣符在自己的武器装备上形成抵御以太界影响的灵能加护。这些通常在帝国内部被视为禁忌的黑暗知识本身就会引起某些人对于该战团的怀疑，该现象在两类群体中尤其明显：国教内部人士；那些对于任何种类的巫术都怀有强烈仇恨，即便使用者为帝皇之仆也不例外的某些星际战士战团——比如黑色圣堂。不过驱魔人战团已经用自己保卫帝国的模范记录有效回应了这些质疑，而且不仅是对抗恶魔类敌人的记录，还有对抗其他各种威胁的记录，比如兽人的Waaaghs!、艾尔达人的入侵、叛徒和变节者这些几个世纪中更为常见的问题。

The Chapter's home world is known is Banish, said to be an ancient feral world that lies within the borders of the Narasima Straits. a quarantined sector space on the Eastern Fringe. The pIanet serves as the Exorcists' primary training facility and armoury. with the fortress monastery, the heavily armed Basilica Malefex housing the, gene-seed stores and Apothecarion as well as vast archives of occult lore and the Chapter's battle honours. Banish also houses several secret Ordo vIalleus facilities under the Exorcists' protection. Despite this extensive complex, the bulk of the Chapter is usually found on continuous active service, with the whole of the Imperium coming under its range of operations as needed, the Chapter answering distress calls and gravitating towards major war zones as it wishes. The Exorcists' mobility is further aided by an extensive long-range Chapter fleet including the unusually high number of three battle barges. and history has proved the Chapter to be highly flexible in its deployments. operating at times a widely spread task force but able to swiftly reunite as a whole thanks to a well-integrated and responsive command structure and a refined capacity for operational planning. 

战团的母星被称为Banish，据说是一颗位于Narasima星峡边境之内的古老荒蛮世界，该区域是位于东部边境的一片隔离区。该星球充当了驱魔人战团的主要训练设施和武器库，而且战团要塞修道院——高度武装化的灵煞教堂也位于此地，其中包含了战团的基因种子储存库、药剂室、保存着神秘知识和战团战斗荣誉的庞大档案馆。Banish上还有数座受到驱魔人保护的圣锤修会秘密设施。尽管拥有广阔的综合体建筑，但战团中的大部分部队通常都在不断地为帝国积极效劳，根据需要他们会将整个帝国都纳入自己的行动范围，而且它们还会按自己的意愿响应呼救并被吸引着前往主要战区。战团大量的远程舰队进一步辅助了驱魔人的机动性，其中包括三艘战列母舰——该数量多到了异常。历史证明该战团在部署上有着高度灵活性，由于他们有着反应灵敏且综合的指挥结构和精细化的行动规划能力，驱魔人有时行动范围很广，但总能迅速重聚为一个整体。

Compared to other Space Marine units involved in the Badab War. the Exorcists showed a high degree of adaptability and unpredictability in battle, both in terms of tactics and the weapons they employed. When enemies realised their preference for disciplined advance and sought to plan accordingly, they found themselves out-manoeuvred as the Chapter changed strategies, displaying a subtlety and clear perception that at times caught their foes entirely off guard. 

相比于参与巴达布战争的其他星际战士部队，驱魔人在战斗中表现出了高度的适应性和不可预测性，而且在战术和部署的武器方面都是如此。当敌人意识到驱魔人对于纪律严明的行进的偏好，并且试图据此计划应对方式时，他们就会发现该战团（已经）改变战略用智谋击败了自己。驱魔人表现出的敏锐且清晰的洞察力有时会让敌人们措手不及。

ORGANISATION

组织结构

The Exorcists are rightly regarded as a Codex Chapter, with a great deal of their organisation, structure and tactical operations adhering to that found within this great tome. In addition, much of the Chapter's common practice. insignia and honours as well as basic tactical doctrine is based closely on the tried and tested patterns of the Ultrarnarines and their successors. The Chapter however. does feature several noteworthy and substantial deviations from the Codex strictures, the first and most obvious is that the Exorcists' order of battle totals twelve companies. as opposed to the regular ten. Companies ten. eleven and twelve of the Chapter consist entirely of Neophyte Scouts serving their apprenticeship to become full initiated Battle Brothers. The reason for this expanded Scout cadre is generally believed to be a consequence of some highly unorthodox and dangerous training practices by the Chapter. which have long been rumoured to include numerous techniques to put the worth of body and soul of their neophytes to the most extreme of tests. Some believe that these trials may even include controlled exposure to baleful entities of the Warp to armour the souls of the Exorcists' brethren by building up some form of tolerance to the unholy and weed out those who may be susceptible to spiritual taint early on. The fatality and corruption rates of such practices are guaranteed to be frighteningly high, and without the high influx of recruits it is likely that the Chapter would soon fail. The fate of those who fail the Exorcists training process remains unknown to those outside the Chapter's hierarchy. and perhaps those secretive factions of the Ordo Malleus who also make Banish their base of operations. The Exorcists have consistently remained silent as to their training methods and the origin and development of their unique gifts and knowledge, and as Banish lies within a forbidden zone in which the Chapter has near-unique dispensation to operate, outside eyes have never witnessed their practices first hand. 

驱魔人被视作一个圣典战团，他们的组织、结构和战术行动都坚持遵守了这部巨著中的内容。另外，战团的很多常见习俗、徽章、荣誉（标志）和基本战术信条都是紧密地基于极限战士及其子团那经受试验和检验的模式。不过，该战团的结构与圣典的规定之间也存在着一些值得注意的重大偏差，其中首先也最为明显的区别是驱魔人的战斗序列总计包括十二个连队，而非通常的十个连队。战团第十、第十一和第十二连队的是完全由侦察新兵组成的——他们正在经历自己朝着完整战斗修士阶段迈进的学徒期。人们通常认为，这种扩大侦察兵部队的行为是某些极度非正统且危险的训练实践的结果，某些长期存在的谣言声称其中包括的很多技巧都对新兵的身体灵魂进行了最极端考验。某些人相信，这些试验中甚至包括让驱魔人战斗修士们在亚空间恶意实体面前进行可控的暴露，以此让他们的灵魂产生抵御，其手段是建立起对于不洁之物的某种形式的耐受力，并淘汰掉那些或许容易遭受精神污染的人。这种行为所造成的致死率和腐化率也必然是高到惊人，如果没有大量涌入的新兵，该战团可能很快就会陨落。只有战团等级体系之内的人们才知道那些完成驱魔人训练过程的新兵们命运，而或许那些将Banish作为自己行动基地的圣锤修会秘密派系也知道这些失败者的命运。对于他们的训练方法，以及独特技艺和知识的起源与发展，驱魔人一贯保持沉默；而且由于Banish世界处于禁区之内，驱魔人战团又拥有在该区域行动的近乎独一无二的特权，外人也就从未亲眼目睹过他们的做法。

Another feature of note within the Chapter is the presence of certain esoteric sub-cults within the Exorcists' ranks which dedicate themselves to particular fields of expertise and knowledge, known generally as the Orisons. Many of these Orisons are manifested on the battlefield within the Chapters' different squads and divisions, while their inner circles are made up of veterans and other high ranking Battle Brothers. Acceptance within one or more of these sub-cults is a mark of high regard within the Chapter, and membership in one does not preclude involvement with another. Each of the Orisons maintain their own books of lore through which their wisdom is passed on to future warriors, and access to them is available to any within the Chapter who would learn from them. The most prominent of these Orisons is the Enochian Guard of which many of those veterans who make up the Chapter's 1st Company belong. Named for Enoch Trismegistus, who according to Chapter legend was the Exorcists' first Chapter Master, the guard are hell-slayers, and membership to its number carries the requirement of having slain a manifested Daemon in single combat. Other Orisons within the Chapter that have become known to outsiders include the Obelisk Thelemus to which many of the Exorcists' Devastator veterans and Techmarines belong, and the Broken Tower which is almost exclusively made up of members of the Chapter's powerful Librarium faculty. 

战团中另一个值得注意的特征是：驱魔人的队伍中存在着某些玄奥难懂的次级教派，他们致力于特定领域的专业知识和学识，通常被称为圣祷会。在战场上，很多圣祷会都会出现在战团内部的不同小队和分队中，组成其内环的是老兵和其他高阶战斗修士。在驱魔战团中，被一个或多个次级教派接纳是一种极受尊重的标志，而且加入某一教派与加入另一教派间并不冲突。每个圣祷会都保有自己的知识典籍，他们通过这些作品将自己的指挥传递给未来的战士们，而且战团中任何想要进行学习的成员也都能阅读这些作品。这些圣祷会中最为著名的是“伊诺克守卫”，战团第一连队中的很多老兵都属于该组织。该圣祷会的名称来自于伊诺克 特里斯梅季塔斯——根据战团的传说，他是驱魔人的第一任战团长；伊诺克守卫们是狱魔屠灭者，入会的要求是曾在一对一的战斗中杀死过显形的恶魔。战团中其他被外人所知的圣祷会还有“塞勒芒斯方尖碑”，驱魔人战团中的很多技术军士和破坏者老兵都属于该教派；另外还有“破碎高塔”，该教派几乎完全由战团中那强大智库团中的成员们组成。