hh8节译：曼德维勒点

The origins of the warp drive, that most essential marvel of Mankinds lost technology, have long since been lost. Much of the terminology and phenomena surrounding its operation is unknown even to the most learned of the tech-magi of Mars 一 we understand the practical uses of such arcana as Cellar fields and Hohne translation apertures, but not the origins or meaning of their peculiar titles. This is also true of the so-called Mandeville point of a given star system.

亚空间驱动是人类失落科技中最为重要的奇迹，它的起源在很久之前便遗失了。哪怕是最为博学的火星贤者也不知道很多关于其运作的术语和现象——我们明白诸如盖勒力场和霍恩转换光环之类神秘技术的实际用法，但并不明白它们奇异独特的名称背后的起源和意义。这种现象也存在于给定星系中所谓的曼德维勒点。

In the most brief and incomplete terms, a Mandeville point is an area of a given star system that is far enough from any large gravitational fields, thus allowing the stable formation of a warp drive's entry or exit point. Attempting translation to or from the Warp outside of the points increases the stresses generated within the warp engine to dangerous levels, and will likely result in the destruction of the vessel, or worse, stranding it within the Warp permanently.

曼德维勒点最简明的解释是：给定星系中的某个离任何大型重力场都足够远的区域，这里能够稳定形成亚空间驱动进出点，尝试从该点以外的地区转入或转出亚空间会使亚空间引擎内产生的压力激增到危险水平，这将会导致舰船的毁灭，甚至引发更为严重的情况——舰船永久性搁浅在亚空间中。

For most systems, the Mandeville point is simply a certain distance from its star and any other large planetary body. With most non-critical transports, this forces chartist captains to translate into realspace at the edge of the system and move to their destination under more conventional power. Some systems, such as Chondax, feature a complex orbital structure that allows a deviation from this standard. The presence of the inner binary and distant companion star allows for a narrow Mandeville belt between their two orbits, and skilled Navigators can use such a belt to translate into the middle of the system rather than at its furthest edge. It is such a manoeuvre that the Alpha Legion conducted upon arriving in Chondax, using a positional beacon on Phemus IV to align their ships and cutting off the Khagans fleet from the systems edge and their outlying garrisons.

在大多数星系中，曼德维勒点和主序恒星以及其他大型天体有着一段确定的距离。在大多数非关键运输活动中，这迫使契约船长们在星系的边缘转入现实宇宙，并使用更为常规的动力前往目的地。但诸如Chondax之类的某些星系拥有着允许舰船偏离这套标准流程的复杂轨道结构，内部双星和遥远的伴星（机仆：惊了，三体抄袭战锤40k实锤😂…开个玩笑，现实中多恒星系统其实并不罕见）的存在允许在它们的两条轨道之间存在一条狭窄的曼德维勒环带，技艺高超的导航者能利用这条环带在星系的中央而非其最为遥远的边界处转入现实宇宙。阿尔法军团就是通过这种机动策略抵达了Chondax，之后他们利用Phemus IV 世界上的定位灯塔来校准他们的舰船，并切断了察合台可汗舰队与星系边缘和外围驻军的联系。