hh8:天使安息于此


At the furthest edge of the battlefield, the wreck of the Red Tear had become a graveyard. Each of its halls and passageways were choked with corpses, for the defenders had fought almost to the last man and claimed a dozen lives for each of their own fallen. Barbiel, the crimson stain of his armour as much his own life's blood as it was the colour of his Legion, and the last few dozen defenders stood at the gates of the inner holds. Within lay the wounded Primarch and those tending him, weakened and vulnerable to his enemies as no Primarch had ever been before. Knowing this, the Crimson Paladins, Custodians and warriors of the Legion that stood in their sire's defence offered their lives freely, fighting with a fury that surpassed the Daemonic rage inflicted upon them.
在西格纳斯主星战场最遥远的边界上,朱红之泪号的残躯已经成为了一座陵园。船上的每座大厅和每条通道都塞满了尸体——守军们几乎奋战到最后一人,每位战士倒下之前都消灭了十几名敌人。巴贝尔的动力甲上的深红色污渍就和第九军团的颜色一样红,和他自己的鲜血一样多,但最后几十名守军依旧站在内舱的门口。受伤的原体和救治照料原体的人们就在门后,此时的圣吉列斯虚弱且易受敌人的攻击,这种境况在原体中是前所未有的。深知这一点,绯红圣骑士、禁军和守卫着父亲的军团战士们抛头颅洒热血,带着怒火与敌人激战,这份怒火甚至超越了被强加给他们的恶魔般的狂怒。

The minutes bought with the lives of the defenders of the fallen battleship had granted the Librarians and Apothecaries enough time to stir the Primarch from his torpor, breaking the hold of Signus Prime's foul overlords on his mind and soul. The winged Primarch awoke to the sounds of battle and the dying cries of his sons, and at the threshold of his chambers lay the bodies of those fallen in his defence, their blood spilled in his halls and the wounds inflicted upon him still fresh. What dark thoughts and evil dreams must have plagued the Primarch while he lay caught between life and death will likely never be known, but that his sanity was tested is undoubted. Waking to the nightmare that was the situation aboard the Red Tear, it would surprise few that, had Sanguinius been affected much like his sons -reduced to a bestial creature of rage and controlled by a dark hunger for blood, he would become a monster much like those his Legion struggled to overcome.
坠落的战舰中的守军们用自己的生命为药剂师和智库们赢得了足够的时间来唤醒原体 ,打破西格纳斯主星上那些污秽的统治者们(机仆:应该就是大魔)对于他意识与灵魂的控制。战斗的声音和子嗣们濒死的哀嚎唤醒了背生双翼的原体,而在他的私室的门口,就躺着为守护他而牺牲的战死者的尸体,他们的鲜血洒在了大厅中,伤口历历在目。当圣吉列斯徘徊在生与死之间时,某些黑暗的思想和邪恶的梦一定困扰了原体。这些思想和梦的内容我们很可能永远都不得而知,但原体的理智受到了考验这一点是毫无疑问的。在意识到朱红之泪号上那宛若噩梦的战况之后,如果圣吉列斯像他的儿子一样受到影响,沦为暴怒的野兽,并被黑暗的嗜血饥渴所控制的话,人们几乎不会感到惊讶,而原体也会成为一只与第九军团努力战胜的恶魔们非常相似的怪物。

Fortunately for the Imperium, Sanguinius passed through the crucible of Signus intact, if not entirely unharmed, and once he awoke it was the Traitors and malformed beasts of Signus against which his wrath would be spent. Passing through the embattled halls of the Red Tear, Sanguinius put the enemy to flight, his cold dispassionate fury serving to bring his sons to their senses and rally the flagging defenders. His flagship secure, the Great Angel took to the wing, his path cleared by Custodes Equinox interceptors and Blood Angels Xiphon fighters, a challenge to answer and an injury to repay, and as he flew even the ash-laden clouds dared not bar his passage.
然而帝国是幸运的,圣吉列斯完整无缺地度过了西格纳斯上的严峻考验,虽然说不上完全毫发无损,可是一旦他醒来,原体的怒火将被发泄在西格纳斯上的叛军和畸形野兽们的身上。圣吉列斯穿过了朱红之泪号上四面楚歌的大厅,将敌人打得溃不成军,他冷酷无情的愤怒让他的子嗣们清醒过来,团结起了疲乏衰弱的守军们。圣吉列斯的旗舰安全了,大天使张开翅膀,禁军的春分型截击机和圣血天使的剑尾战机为他清开道路。这是圣吉列斯要回应的挑战,对于恶魔们对自己与子嗣们造成的伤害,他必将以牙还牙、以眼还眼。大天使冲入云霄,即使是满是灰烬的云层也不敢阻挡他的飞行通道。

(机仆:豆腐块原本的名字其实是An Angel's Repose,天使的安息/天使的歇息。由于此战中大量ba战士牺牲,所以我意译成了“天使安息于此”,如有不妥,还请见谅)