八版圣典节译：虫巢暴君

Hive Tyrants are the commanders of the Tyranid swarms and enact the Hive Mind's will on the field of battle. Though individuals display a wide variety of physical characteristics, all Hive Tyrants are fearsome hulking monsters that tower over even a Dreadnought. They are brutally strong, able to shatter ferrocrete with sickening ease. Every part of such a beast's body is perfectly created to kill, even the layers of chitinous plating that protect them. A Hive Tyrant is a formidable opponent at any distance, as deadly with ranged weapons as it is with bonesword or claw. 

虫巢暴君是泰伦虫群的指挥官，在战场上执行虫巢意志的命令。虽然它们个体会表现出广泛多样的生理特征，但所有的虫巢暴君都是身躯巨大的可怕怪物，它们甚至比无畏机甲都更为高大。虫巢暴君极其强壮，能够轻而易举地粉碎铁凝土。这些野兽身体上的每个部分都被完美地创造成了杀戮工具，哪怕保护着它们的几丁质外壳也是如此。虫巢对手，暴君在任何距离上都是一种可畏的，它们的远程武器与骨剑和利爪同样致命。

Hive Tyrants are highly psychic, and their relationship to the Hive Mind is amongst the closest of any known bioform. Indeed, the synaptic link is so strong that they are the primary conduits through which the Hive Mind enforces its dominance over a hive fleet's lesser creatures. The instinctive nature of a Tyranid swarm is smothered with implacable drive and purpose, and the need to hunt and devour is imbued with a cunning and tactical awareness that would put the galaxy's finest strategists to shame. 

虫巢暴君们拥有高度的灵智，在所以已知的泰伦生物形式中，它们与虫巢意志的关系是最为紧密的。事实上，这种突触连接是如此强大，以至于虫巢暴君就是虫巢意志统领虫巢舰队中低级生物的主要（灵能）导管。泰伦虫群的天性是被不可改变的强烈欲望和目标所压制的，它们进行狩猎和吞噬的需要中充满了令银河中最卓越的战略家都自惭形秽的狡诈技艺和战术意识。

虫巢暴君不仅能够压制征服它的猎物，而且还能在思维能力上超越后者。与很多泰伦生物不同的是，虫巢暴君聪慧到令人难以置信，而且它们在某种程度上甚至拥有自我意识。尽管它们仍然受到虫巢意志格式塔意识的奴役，但它们在实现其目标方面被给予了更大的自由度。因此，他们对战场事件所做出的反应要比神秘莫测的虫巢意志迅速得多，并且能由此调整其指挥的虫巢的行为表现。

As a result of their highly developed synaptic connection and greater levels of intelligence, Hive Tyrants are also able to manifest potent psychic powers. By harnessing tiny slivers of the Hive Mind's terrifying will, Hive Tyrants can invigorate the swarm, shatter their foe's morale or shred the minds of their prey. 

由于其具备高度发达的突触连接和更高的智力水平，所以泰伦暴君也能够表现出强悍的灵能力量。通过利用蜂巢意志那恐怖心智的微小碎片，虫巢暴君可以令虫群（精神）振奋，粉碎敌人的士气或粉碎猎物们的心智。

Should the Hive Mind require it, Hive Tyrants can also be adapted to possess a pair of vast, leathery wings. Winged Hive Tyrants dominate the skies above a battlefield, swooping low to disembowel enemy commanders with a lash of their prehensile tails, or unleashing torrents of flesh-melting energy from monstrous bio-cannons. While such organisms may lack the speed of fighter aircraft, they are perfectly capable of smashing an unaware pilot out of the sky with their bladed hooves, sending burning fragments of his vessel raining onto the ground below. 

如果虫巢意志有需要的话，虫巢暴君也能在接受过改造后拥有一对巨大且坚韧的翅膀。有翼的虫巢暴君统治着战场上方的天空，它们要么俯冲下来用缠绕性的尾巴将敌军指挥官抽打到肚破肠流，要么就是用巨大的生体炮连射出融化血肉的能量。虽然这些有机生物可能缺乏战斗飞行器的速度，但它们完全能够用自己锋利的蹄爪击穿机舱，将毫不知情的飞行员从空中丢下来，并摧毁其载具，让燃烧着的碎片如雨点般落到下方的地面上。

Hive Tyrants embody the Tyranid Hive Mind completely, but their destruction does not in any way diminish it. Death is simply another learning experience that gives insight to the prey's strengths and weaknesses. This goes some way to explain why the Tyranids can rarely be defeated the same way twice. Should a Hive Tyrant be slain on the battlefield, the Hive Mind simply grows a replacement, imbuing it with the same knowledge as its predecessor. Fortunately for the rest of the galaxy, this does not lead to infallibility of purpose. Even the most fearsome Hive Tyrant cannot anticipate its prey's every ploy, nor can it oversee every quarter of the battlefield. However, the Hive Mind's capacity to regrow its fallen leaders does render each Hive Tyrant practically immortal. No matter how many times a Hive Tyrant is killed, sooner or later it will always come back to overcome and devour its prey. 

虫巢暴君完全体现着虫巢意志的想法，但毁灭前者完全不会削弱后者。（虫巢暴君的）死亡只是另一次了解猎物强项和弱项的学习经历，这以某种方式解释了泰伦虫族为何几乎不会被以同样的方式击败两次。倘若一只泰伦暴君被在战场上杀掉，虫巢意志只会再培育一只替代品，并向其灌输与前任相同的知识。不过对于银河系中其他生物而言，幸运的是，这并不会导致虫巢暴君在选择目标时毫不出错。即使是最可怕的虫巢暴君也不能预料到猎物的所有策略，而且它们也无法监视战场的每一个角落。然而，虫巢意志拥有令其死去的领袖重生的能力，这使每只虫巢暴君在实际上都是不朽的。无论一只虫巢暴君被杀掉多少次，它们迟早会返回战场，征服并吞噬自己的猎物。

The creature known as the Nephilim King is a particularly notorious Hive Tyrant specimen. This beast leads a splinter of Hive Fleet Behemoth, and fights at the head of a group of synapse creatures and gigantic bio-titans. This so-called Court of the Nephilim King relies not on sheer numbers, but on the ferocity and intelligence of the most advanced Tyranid bioforms, forming a twisted mirror of a knightly brotherhood. Countless foes have sought to slay the Nephilim King, but the monster has thus far turned the tables on all its would-be hunters, swiftly turning them from predator to prey. 

某只被称为拿非利之王的虫巢暴君尤为恶名昭著。这只野兽领导着贝希摩斯虫巢舰队的一个碎片分支，而且在率领成群的节点生物与巨大的生体泰坦作战时，它会冲锋在前。这支所谓的拿非利王群依靠的不仅是纯粹的数量，还有那些最先进的泰伦生物形式的凶猛和智慧，它们形成了一种骑士兄弟会（组织结构）的扭曲镜像。曾有无数敌人试图杀死过拿非利之王，但到目前为止，这只怪物已经扭转了所有潜在猎手们所处的局面，让后者由捕食者沦为了猎物。