IA2节译：雷鹰炮艇

Alongside the Land Raider and the Drop Pod, the Thunderhawk Gunship provides the Adeptus Astartes with the ability to assault directly into the very teeth of an enemy's defences. Combining armour, firepower and transport capacity into a vessel synonymous with all that the Space Marines stand for, the Thunderhawk is one of the most revered war machines in a Chapter's formidable arsenal.

雷鹰炮艇和兰德掠夺者、空降舱共同为阿斯塔特修会提供了直接攻入敌军防御坚固处的能力。雷鹰炮艇将火力、装甲和运载力整合到了一种与星际战士们代表的一切同义的载具中，它是星际战士战团可怖的武库中最受尊崇的战争机器之一。

It fulfils a number of different strategic and tactical roles, and its primary mission is that of a drop ship, a function the vessel excels at thanks to its ability to carry several Space Marine squads at once. as well as substantial stocks of ammunition and other equipment required to keep them fighting longer and more effectively.Often deployed from orbit having been transported to a war zone in the armoured holds of a Space Marine strike cruiser or battle barge, a flight of Thunderhawks is sufficient to deliver an entire strike force into battle before the enemy has even realised the extent of his peril. Shielded by multiple layers of armour constructed using the same artifice-rites as the Land Raider's, the Thunderhawk is able to weather the fires of atmospheric re-entry and withstand even the heaviest of ground-to-air defensive fire. Its mighty RX-92-00 Mars pattern thruster engines provide the power to keep this armoured behemoth aloft as it screams down upon its foe, and jump pack-equipped Assault squads often deploy from the frontal assault bay while the Thunderhawk still in flight, chainsword-wielding warriors descending upon their enemy upon columns of fire to deliver death in the name of the Emperor. Other squads are then deployed as soon as the gunship touches down, charging from its lowered assault ramp within seconds of the undercarriage hitting the ground.

雷鹰炮艇执行着多种不同的战术和战略职责，它的主要任务是充当空降艇，而且由于它能同时运载数个星际战士小队，并且携带了大量弹药储备和进行更为长期且高效的战斗所需的其他装备，雷鹰炮艇（的确）擅长于执行此类任务。通常情况下，雷鹰炮艇是被一艘星际战士打击巡洋舰或战列母舰运输到战区后从轨道上进行部署。在敌军意识到自己所面临的危险程度之前，雷鹰炮艇们的一次航程就足以将整支打击部队输送到战斗中。雷鹰炮艇被多层装甲保护着，这些装甲的建造过程中使用了与兰德掠夺者相同的制造仪式，能经受住大气层再入过程中产生火焰，并能承受住哪怕最为密集猛烈的地对空防御炮火。当雷鹰炮艇怒号着冲向敌人时，强大的RX-92-00 火星型推进引擎为这些钢铁巨兽提供了在高空中飞行的动力；而且在雷鹰航行的过程中，装备了喷射背包的突击小队通常会从前侧突击舱中进行部署，挥舞着链锯剑的战士们架着火焰双翼从天而降，以帝皇之名在敌人中降下死亡。而炮艇一经着陆，其他小队也会被部署，在起落架撞到地面后的几秒钟内，星际战士们便从下降的攻击坡道上冲出来。

The Thunderhawk's utility does not end with the deployment of its lethal cargo of Space Marines, for it is a formidable heavy weapons platform in its own right. Equipped with a dorsal-mounted turbo laser or oversized battle cannon, the Thunderhawk is able to engage targets as large as a Scout Titan or super-heavy tank as well as enemy fortifications. In addition to its main weaponry, the Thunderhawk mounts numerous heavy bolters with which it can scour a landing zone clear of enemy troops in a storm of mass reactive shells. An additional payload of wing-mounted bombs and missiles allows the gunship to operate in direct support of the squads it delivers into battle, its commander coordinating with squad leaders to obliterate targets as the battle unfolds.

雷鹰炮艇的功能并不会止步于部署其致命的星际战士乘客，因为其自身也是一件可怖的重武器平台。雷鹰炮艇的背部安装了涡轮激光炮或超大号的战斗炮，它们能够与侦查泰坦和超重型坦克那般庞大的目标交战，也能对抗敌军要塞工事。除了主武器之外，雷鹰炮艇还装备了多门重爆弹——这些武器能用风暴般密集的质爆弹扫射清理掉登陆区的敌军部队。额外挂载于机翼的炸弹或导弹允许雷鹰炮艇向自己投放到战斗中的小队们提供直接支援，随着战斗的展开，炮艇指挥官与小队领袖们能合作歼灭目标。

The Thunderhawk also provides a Space Marine strike force with an unprecedented degree of strategic flexibility. It can serve as a highly armed and mobile command base for a battle leader, especially when several different Space Marine forces, often drawn from different Chapters, are operating in concert. Its holds can carry large stocks of ammunition and it can be used for the evacuation of Space Marines too seriously wounded in battle to be able to continue the fight. In pursuance of the Space Marines' role as rapid strike shock warriors, Thunderhawks are often used to redeploy a force to another area of a war zone or to deliver them back to a battle barge or strike cruiser waiting in orbit to be transported to another planet or star system entirely. The ability to pull Space Marines out of the line the instant the battle is over and to commit them to fresh action without delay keeps the enemy guessing as to where and when the next attack will fall, degrading enemy morale and command effectiveness before another shot has even been fired.

雷鹰炮艇也能为星际战士打击部队提供程度前所未有的战略机动性。它能充当一位战斗领袖的高度武装化且移动化的指挥基地，尤其是多支不同的星际战士部队（通常是抽取自不同的星际战士战团）一齐行动时。雷鹰炮艇货舱中能携带大量的弹药储备，它也能够带着受伤过于严重以至于不能继续作战的星际战士们疏散撤退。为了发挥星际战士们作为快速突击进攻部队的职能，雷鹰炮艇通常被用于将一支部队重新部署到战区的另一个地区，或将他们送回等待在轨道上的战列母舰或打击巡洋舰中，以此将其完全送到另一个行星或另一个恒星系中。雷鹰炮艇拥有在战斗结束的瞬间将星际战士从战线中拉出并让他们毫不拖延地投入新的行动的能力，这会让敌人们猜测下一次攻击会发生于何时何地，在战斗开始前便能削弱对方的士气与指挥效能。

The Thunderhawk is unusual in that it can operate effectively in the depths of space as well as in the atmosphere of a terrestrial body. In space, each RX-92-00 thruster serves as a rocket booster. Fuelled by the aircraft's onboard fusion reactor, the forward turbo-fan part of the engine can be isolated from the exhausts and combustion chambers. Fuel generated in the reactor is pumped into the combustion chamber, where it burns to create a high pressure, high-velocity stream of gases, which then flow through the engine's shaped exhaust nozzle, accelerating them further.Additional retro exhaust nozzles are positioned around the Thunderhawk's hull and these vent off some of the gases to control the Thunderhawk's direction in zero-gravity conditions, allowing it to manoeuvre effectively. The combined engines are highly complex and require many maintenance rites to keep them working in the proper manner.

雷鹰炮艇不寻常的一点是：它能在太空深处有效执行任务，在星球大气中亦然。在太空中，每台RX-92-00 都能用作火箭助推器。由于炮艇上的核聚变引擎反应堆会提供燃料，发动机的前向涡扇部分可以与排气口和燃烧室隔离。反应堆产生的燃料被泵入燃烧室，燃烧后产生高压且告诉的燃气流，之后气流通过发动机的成型排气喷口喷出，进一步加速。雷鹰炮艇船体的周围也安装了额外的制动排气喷口，在零重力环境中，这些喷口能释放出气体来控制雷鹰炮艇的（飞行）方向，允许其进行有效机动。这些复合引擎高度复杂，而且需要很多维护仪式来令其以适当的方式运转。

Rites of Construction 

建造仪式

A Thunderhassk gunship is amongst the most advanced and technologically sophisticated vehicles deployed by any Imperial force. Each gunship is packed with advanced targeting sensory, communication, avionics and navigational equipment, protected inside a heavily armoured hull.

雷鹰炮艇是帝国部队所部署的最先进且技术最为复杂的载具之一，每架炮艇都装备了先进的瞄准感知仪、通讯器、航电设备和导航设备，这些精密仪器都被保护在装甲厚重的船体中。

Its armour is constructed using the same techniques as those used in the Land Raider and is a layered composite of ablative ceramite over an absorption and energy dissipation layer, a thermoplas fibre mesh, titanium rolled plates and an adamantium inner hull.This combination provides superb protection from incoming fire and the thermoplas fibre mesh provides extra heat shielding during entry into a planet's atmosphere.During the course of a battle, the Thunderhawk must be able to withstand repeated atmospheric entries as well as weathering the attacks of the enemy. As result, the hull of a Thunderhawk is also resistant to many heat based attacks such as melta weapons or Eldar fusion guns.The Thunderhawk therefore has a reputation as a very robust aircraft that can sustain an immense amount of damage and keep flying, bludgeoning its way through enemy interceptors and flak fire to land its cargo safely into the heart of any battlefield. Despite their complex systems, these masters of the sky have a well-deserved reputation for being rugged and reliable.

建造雷鹰炮艇的装甲和兰德掠夺者的装甲是用相同技术建造而成的，是在精金内构船体、一层能量吸收和耗散层体、一层热塑纤维网络和（多层）钛金属轧板外覆盖烧蚀陶钢层后组成的分层复合材料。这种复合材料船体提供了对于来袭火力的绝佳防御力；而在进入星球大气时，热塑纤维网络也能提供额外的热量屏蔽。在战斗过程中，雷鹰炮艇必须能够经受住反复进入大气层（所产生的热量）并抵御敌人的攻击。结果就是雷鹰炮艇的船体能够抵御很多基于热量的进攻，比如热熔武器和灵族融合炮的射击。因此雷鹰炮艇是作为一种极其坚固的飞行器而著称，能够承受巨大损伤并继续飞行，在敌军的截击机和高射火炮的射击中撕开一条道路，将货物安全地送到所有战场的中心。尽管有着复杂的系统，但这些天空主宰们有着坚固可靠的良好声誉。

As well as its armour construction, a Thunderhawk has other systems in common with the Land Raider.Multi-spectral remote targeting surveyors control the primary dorsal weapon and forward heavy bolters, relaying information to the aircraft's gunner on the flight deck.

除了装甲构造之外，雷鹰也安装了其他与兰德掠夺者相同的系统。多光谱远程瞄准测量仪控制着主要的背部武器和前侧重爆弹，并向飞行甲板上的炮手传递信息。

The vehicle's primary narrow-band, long-range communications transmitter is situated on top of the fuselage and serves as a relay between forces on the ground and those in orbit, whilst a sensor array and electronic counter measures allow for the detection and lamming of enemy signals, sensors and tracking equipment. The Thunderhawk also has its own navigational equipment which relays information to Space Marine command units. Should a Thunderhawk be shot down, then the vehicle's salvation beacon will broadcast its position so that a rescue party can rapidly locate the crash site. The Thunderhawk a highly valued asset to a Space Marine Chapter and even a catastrophically damaged wreck will be recovered.

 雷鹰炮艇主要的窄频段远距离通讯发报机安装在机身顶部，并且充当着地面与轨道上部队的中继站，同时传感器阵列和电子对抗设施也允许雷鹰炮艇探测和破坏敌人的信号、传感器和追踪设备。雷鹰炮艇也有自身的导航设备，能在星际战士的指挥单位之间中转信息。如果一台雷鹰炮艇被击落，其求救信标就会广播位置信息，这样救援队就能快速定位坠机地点。对星际战士战团而言，雷鹰炮艇是极为重要的资产，即使是严重受损的残骸也会被回收。

An unusual feature of the Thunderhawk is the addition of two 'attack' wings mounted above the main wings and engines.These are used to give additional directional stability for accurate gun attacks with the dorsal weapon or the lascannon. Their movement is synchronised and during normal flight they are locked into position against the upper main wing. The braces are released when the Thunderhawk is approaching target and make the aircraft a far more stable gun platform for accurate engagement of ground targets.

雷鹰炮艇有一个不常见的特征：在主机翼和引擎上方被额外安装了两个“攻击”翼。它们被用于提供额外的方向稳定性，以便炮艇用背部武器或激光炮进行精确的炮火射击。它们的运动是同步的，在正常飞行中，它们会被锁定到正对主翼上方的位置上。而当雷鹰接近目标时，支架就会被松开，使炮艇成为一个远为稳定的火炮平台，用于精确打击地面目标。