八版圣典节译：XV8危机型战斗服

XV8 CRISIS BATTLESUIT

No single image represents T'au ingenuity and progress better than XV8 Crisis Battlesuits leaping into battle. Skimming across the battlefield on the jets of their repulsor engines, Crisis Battlesuits close rapidly with their foes. Though twice the size of a Fire Warrior, the speed and resilience of these suits is jaw-dropping the powered leaps of their skilled pilots evade much of the fire hurled their way, while those shots that do connect simply ricochet from their dense nanocrystalline armour. Yet it is only when the Crisis suits open fire that their lethality is revealed. Multiple hard-points, integrated computational circuitry and recoil absorption buffers allow Crisis Battlesuits to mount diverse weapon and support systems, making them as versatile as they are deadly. Salvoes of missiles and fusion fire bring a swift end to enemy tanks, while with plasma rifles, burst cannons and flamers, the battlesuits exterminate enemy infantry. 

没有哪种形象更能比跃入战斗的XV8危机型战斗服展现钛星人的聪明才智与（技术）进步。它们会依靠反冲引擎的喷射器从空中滑过战场，快速接近自己的敌人。尽管这些单位的体积两倍于火战士，但它们有着令人瞠目的速度和适应力，熟练的驾驶员们通过动力跳跃来躲避向他们飞来的大部分炮火，而那些集中目标的射弹也会被战斗服致密的纳米晶体装甲弹开。只有当危机型战斗服开火时，它们的致命性才会被揭示出来。多重武器挂载点、集成的计算电路和吸收后坐力的缓冲器允许危机战斗服安装不同的武器和支援系统，这让它们变得既致命又多才多艺。XV8战斗服能用齐射的导弹和融合炮快速摧毁敌军坦克，同时用电浆步枪、脉冲爆裂炮和火焰喷射器毁灭敌军步兵。

The Crisis Battlesuit is far more than a weapon, however. It is a symbol of everything the Fire caste stands for, of wilful and incurable ignorance crushed by the potent combination of technological supremacy and martial skill. 

然而，危机战斗服远不止是一件武器，它象征着烈火氏族所代表的一切：技术优势和武艺的强力结合粉碎了固执且无可救药的无知。

Although the XV8 is by far the most commonly deployed battlesuit in the Tau armoury, only those warriors who have proven their worth are permitted to pilot them. A shas'la must serve four years on the line, fighting as part of a Strike or Breacher Team, before they can even be considered to pilot a battlesuit. Even then, the aspirant must pass their first Trial by Fire in order to earn the honour and secure the rank of shas'ui. Even amongst the Fire caste, known for its tight-knit fellowships, the bond shared by a Crisis Battlesuit Team is remarkably strong. They fight with a cohesion forged by decades of rigorous training and combat. 

尽管XV8是迄今为止钛帝国军械库中最常用的战斗服，但也只有那些证明了自己价值的战士们才会被允许驾驶这种装备。一名沙司’拉(火战士)必须作为一名打击者小队或突破者小队的成员在前线服役作战四年，之后他们才会被认为可以驾驶战斗服。即便如此，候选者们也必须通过他们的第一次火之试炼，以赢得荣誉和获得沙司’乌（战斗服驾驶员）的地位。哪怕是在以情比金坚而著称的火氏族当中，危机型战斗服小队成员之间共享的羁绊也是格外强烈的，他们是带着数十年的严格训练和战斗所铸就的凝聚力在奋战。

Crisis Batdesuits provide their pilot with the ultimate balance of firepower, speed and resilience. Able to deploy from the holds of super-heavy Manta dropships lurking in a planet's upper atmosphere, there are few missions at which Crisis Teams do not excel. Whether dropping in to counter an enemy breakthrough, falling upon their foes in the killing blow of a Mont'ka or Kauyon strategy, engaging in opportunist tank-hunting or encircling them in a lethal enfilade, the Crisis Teams are equal to the task.

危机型战斗服为驾驶员提供火力、速度和适应力的终极平衡。危机型战斗服小队能够从潜伏在行星高层大气中的超重型曼塔空降船的船舱里部署，它们几乎没有不擅长的任务。无论是反击敌军的突破攻势、发动蒙特卡或空育战术的致命一击、进行机会主义的坦克猎杀行动，还是包围敌人进行致命的纵向射击，危机型战斗服小队都能胜任给予他们的任务。

New technological improvements, such as Iridium armour plating, are made to the Crisis Batdesuit all the time, yet its core aspect remains iconic and unchanged. The XV8 is the armoured embodiment of the T'au'va, its inspirational image blazoned on propaganda holo-vid from Fi'rios to Fal'shia, and even upon the distant worlds of the Farsight Enclaves. 

诸如铱金属装甲板之类的全新技术改进一直都被应用到危机型战斗服上，但其核心部分仍然是标志性且未被改变的。XV8是钛’瓦的装甲化身，从Fi'rios到Fal'shia，甚至还有远见飞地那些遥远的世界上，它鼓舞人心的形象都被展示在宣传用的全息影像上。