hh3节译：暗鸦拯救

There are some who name the deliverance of the Raven Guard a miracle. What else could it be called? How is it that Marcus Valerius, the Praefector of the Therion Cohort, an Imperial Army unit bonded to the Raven Guard, could have known of the Legion's predicament? How could a dream have summoned the Therion Cohort and the last of the Raven Guard from their home world of Deliverance to Isstvan V from across the vast reaches of space, only for them to arrive in orbit at the very moment the World Eaters were launching the final charge? When the Stormbirds and Thunderhawks descended from the blasted skies and delivered the Primarch and his last surviving sons to safety, some called it serendipity. Later on, others called it providence, even destiny. Now, there are many that call it a miracle, naming it but the first of many events that, in the coming war, would challenge our view of the universe forever.

有些人称暗鸦守卫的拯救行动是一个奇迹。不然呢？否则，马库斯 瓦莱里乌斯，这位瑟瑞昂步兵队——某支隶属于暗鸦守卫军团的帝国军部队的执政官是如何得知军团的困境？一场梦又怎能跨域广袤无垠的星河，将瑟瑞昂步兵队和剩余的暗鸦守卫们从他们的故乡拯救星召唤到伊斯特万五号？当风暴鸟和雷鹰从被炮火毁坏的天空降临，拯救出原体和他最后的幸存子嗣们时，有些人称之为机缘巧合。后来，其他人称之为天意，甚至是命运。现在，有很多人称之为奇迹，但在即将到来的战争中，很多事情将永远挑战我们对宇宙的看法，而这便是其中的第一件事。

Whatever the truth, the Raven Guard survived Isstvan V where so many others did not. Even reduced to a tenth of their strength, the Raven Guard fought on in the face of impossible odds with little or no hope of survival, their continued existence only possible because of the relentless leadership of their Primarch. Against the will of his masters, Praefector Valerius risked all to make for the Isstvan system, acting on the certain belief that the Loyalists' mission had failed and that the Raven Lord was in dire need of rescue. In order to launch his rescue attempt, Valerius had first to convince the commander of the Raven Guard left on Deliverance of its necessity, a challenge which very nearly cost the Praefector his life. Yet he prevailed, and the thousand Legionaries tasked with guarding Deliverance, as well as the Therion Cohort, made the impossibly arduous voyage across half the galaxy and more. The rescue force arrived at Isstvan at the very moment the World Eaters were sweeping down on the last of the Raven Guard survivors, its drop ships snatching them away from the very teeth of death.

无论如何，暗鸦守卫从伊斯特万五号逃出生天——但太多其他人埋骨此地。虽然暗鸦守卫的军力下降到了原有的十分之一，而且面对着极少甚至毫无生存可能性的困境，但他们仍在继续战斗。暗鸦守卫们的持续存活只可能是因为原体的不断领导。马库斯 瓦莱里乌斯执政官冒着一切风险前往了伊斯特万星系，他如此行动是因为确信忠诚派的任务已然失败而且渡鸦领主急需救援。为了实施他的救援尝试，瓦莱里乌斯首先让留守拯救星的暗鸦守卫指挥官（机仆：其实就是当时的鸦卫指挥官branne nev巴兰 内夫）确信了此事的必要性，这一挑战几乎搭上了他自己的姓名。不过他最终说服了对方，负责守备拯救星的一千名暗鸦守卫和瑟瑞昂步兵队跨越大半个银河，进行了一场不可思议的艰难航行。在伊斯特万五号上，正当吞世者们在横扫最后的暗鸦守卫幸存者时，救援部队也正好抵达。救援部队的空降飞船们把原体和暗鸦守卫幸存者们从死亡的利齿下抢救了过来。

That a voyage of over fifty thousand light years should result in such a timely rescue is beyond comprehension for many. There are some who claim that it could only have come about through the intervention of the Emperor himself

暗鸦守卫守备部队竟然能靠着一次超过五万光年的航行完成一场分秒不差的救援行动，这超出了很多人的理解。有些人断言：只有通过帝皇本人的干预，这种事情才可能会发生。