IA9节译：星际战士的战舰

Warships of the Space Marines

All Space Marine Chapters maintain a fleet of some sort, which by the dictates of the Codex Astartes and the limitations placed upon them in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy is closely focused on intra-system transport and planetary assault, with, by tradition, only their smaller vessels purposely designed as gunships optimised for Naval combat. There are some Chapters who have always railed against this however, and particularly those who spend their time permanently on crusade or have no home but their fleet have often done much to circumvent if not outright ignore these limitations, often coming into conflict with the Imperial Navy for doing so.

每个星际战士战团都保有一支某种类型的舰队，根据阿斯塔特圣典的命令与荷鲁斯叛乱后施加在他们身上的限制，星际战士舰队极度专注于恒星系内运输和行星突袭，而且从传统上而言，只有他们的小型舰船是专门为海军作战而进行优化，并被设计用作炮艇。不过，也有某些战团违背了这一点，尤其是那些进行长期远征或者那些没有母星的战团，如果他们没有彻底公开地无视这些限制，他们的舰队就要做出很多工作来规避麻烦。他们通常就会因为自己的行径与帝国海军发生冲突。

Rather than particular classes and models of warships, most Chapters instead define their star vessels by use and broad type, with some exceptions being themselves ancient relics of the Great Crusade or unique warships captured as prizes and converted to the Chapter's use. The battle barge is the largest and most powerful Space Marine warship encountered, and few Chapters are in possession of more than two or three such mighty craft at most. Battleship-sized vessels, battle barges are designed first and foremost for survivability under the heaviest fire -an invaluable trait in a spearhead vessel for planetary invasion. Their designs back up this durability with massive if often short ranged firepower to aid in assault operations, along with substantial launch bays and drop-pod capacities. Owing to their massive durability and power, few vessels, save a full-scale battleship, can stand up to a battle barge in a close-action space combat, and thanks to the Space Marines on board, they are truly terrifying opponents in a boarding assault. Strike cruisers are the most common Space Marine heavy warship; high-speed, rapid response units, geared toward planetary assault and pacification operations. Strike cruisers are able to carry a strike force up to a Company-strong in size into battle and deploy them with surprising swiftness. The last common type of Space Marine warships are rapid strike vessels; these are relatively small, warp-capable attack craft, frigates and destroyers which serve as both line-of-battle escorts and patrol ships and can also be used to deploy very small forces on infiltration raids.

大多数战团并不会使用特定等级或型号的战舰，相反，他们按照用途和广泛的类型来定义其星舰，其中也有些例外情况：有些船本身就是大远征时期的古老遗物；也有些是是被星际战士们作为战利品俘获、并根据战团的使用需要进行改装的独一无二的战舰。战斗母舰是我们能遇到的最大且最强悍的星际战士战舰，几乎所有战团最多都只拥有2或3艘这种强大的舰船。最为战列舰尺寸的舰船，战斗母舰优先考虑的是其在敌舰最为强大火力下的生存能力（机仆：yysy，哥特舰队游戏里损失战列舰真的伤不起，非常肉疼。别问我咋知道的…）——对于在行星入侵任务中担任矛头的星舰而言，这是种宝贵的特性。她们被设计以巨大但通常也是短程的火力来协助突击行动来支持这种耐用性，而且她们也配备了巨大的发射港和空降舱收纳库。由于战斗母舰拥有强大的耐久性和战斗力，除了战力全面的战列舰之外，几乎没有舰船能在近距离太空战斗中抵御战斗驳船，而且因为舰上有星际战士，战斗母舰在跳帮突袭作战中也是极为恐怖的对手。打击巡洋舰是最为常见的星际战士重型战舰（机仆：毕竟轻巡及以上都算主力舰），她们是高速的快速反应单位，针对行星突袭和镇压行动的要求进行了装备。突击巡洋舰能够将兵力多达一支连队的打击力量运抵战场，并以惊人的快速部署他们。快速打击舰船是较为常见的星际战士战舰类型，她们是拥有亚空间航行能力的相对较小的攻击艇，护卫舰和驱逐舰，她们既能被用作战列线上的护航舰和巡逻船，也能在渗透掠袭行动中部署非常小规模的部队。

Aside from these main types of vessels, fleet-based Chapters in particular often employ a number of support vessels such as scout-surveyors, forge ships and mighty Chapter barques (often converted mass-conveyors) which serve almost as mobile fortress monasteries so that fleet-based Chapters do not risk their precious gene-seed stores and other Irreplaceable assets on the front line and vanguard cruisers which are refitted strike cruisers intended for long range independent operations, often serving as the eyes of the Chapter fleet itself or as heavy escort vessels, although they are left less capable in a planetary assault role by this re-tasking.

除了主要型号的舰船，舰基战团尤其会经常使用很多支援舰，比如侦测船、铸造舰和几乎可以用作移动要塞修道院的庞大战团巨舰（通常用巨型运输舰改造），这样一来战团就不必冒让珍贵的基因种子库和其他不可替代的资产出现在前线战场的风险；他们还会使用由打击巡洋舰改造而成的先锋巡洋舰来执行长距离独立任务，先锋巡洋舰通常也能充当战团舰队的双眼或重型护航舰，但由于被重新分配了任务，她们执行行星突袭任务的能力也下降了。