八版圣典节译：XV104激流战斗服

The XV104 Riptide is a wonder of Earth caste engineering, a heavy battlesuit that can blast its way through tanks, formations of infantry and fortified positions while withstanding or evading formidable torrents of return fire. The Riptide stands twice as tall as an XV8 Crisis suit, but its movement is more akin to its smaller cousins than the stiff, servo-motored Imperial walkers that are comparable in size. While the Riptide is huge and bears a number of weapon and support systems, it is still a battlesuit - worn and controlled by a lone warrior, and capable of leaping nimbly out of the path of concentrated enemy fire before unleashing a devastating salvo of its own. 

XV104激流战斗服是土氏族工程（建造）的奇迹，在从坦克、步兵编队和强化据点中炸开通路的同时，此类战斗服也能抵挡或躲避猛烈密集的火力反击。激流战斗服站起来的高度是XV8战斗服的两倍，但它的移动性更类似于自己小型的堂亲们，而非那些与它尺寸相当、由伺服机驱动的（体态）僵硬的帝国步行机们。虽然XV104身形巨大，而且携带了诸多的武器和支援系统，但它仍是一种战斗服——仅由一名战士驾驶和控制，能够敏捷地跳出火力集中的敌军路径，然后自行发射出毁灭性的齐射。

The Riptide's standard armament is the heavy burst cannon, a rapid-firing rotary gun that can chew through dozens of infantry soldiers with each staccato volley. Other Riptides are fitted with an ion accelerator, which fires a wide stream of volatile energy capable of rupturing the thickest armour-plating and tearing great chunks out of reinforced bunkers and fortress walls. A pair of smart missile systems, controlled by sophisticated targeting algorithms, allow the pilot of a Riptide to destroy targets hiding out of sight, though these can be replaced by plasma rifles or fusion blasters should further anti-armour punch be required. 

激流战斗服的标准武备是重型爆裂加农炮，这种速射转膛炮的每次短促刺耳的齐射都能切碎数十名步兵。其他（配置）的激流战斗服装备了一门离子加速炮，其发射出的大量不稳定能量流能够击破最厚重的装甲板，从加固过的碉堡和堡垒护墙上撕下大块的建材。由复杂的目标定位算法所控制的一对智能导弹系统允许激流战斗服的驾驶员摧毁隐藏在视线之外的目标；不过，当需要进一步的反装甲进攻火力时，这套武器也能替换为等离子步枪或融合爆裂炮。

Mobility is the XV104 Riptide's greatest defence, but it also possesses a powerful energy shield that incinerates incoming small-arms fire and turns aside kinetic impacts. During the war for Agrellan -which marked the debut of these advanced battlesuits - there were reports of Riptides being crushed under tonnes of rubble, only to blast their way free of the devastation moments later with their nova shields crackling and cannons blazing. 

机动性是XV104战斗服的最佳防御手段，但它也拥有（能够）焚化来袭的轻武器射击并阻挡动能冲击的强悍能量护盾。在标志着这些先进战斗服亮相的Agrellan之战时期，有报道称激流战斗服被压在成吨的碎石之下，但片刻之后，它的新星护盾噼啪作响，装备的加农炮喷出热流，从废墟中炸开了一条逃生通道。

Production of the Riptide has proven slow; the materials for the dense nanocrystalline alloy armour are difficult to obtain, and the sheer volume required ensures that the XV104 is a rare commodity. As such, the honour of wearing such a powerful battlesuit is only given to the most highly decorated of warriors. To assist its wearer, the Riptide bears a sophisticated AI system - complete with a multi-tracker and numerous comm-links - and the battlesuit is often supported by a pair of MV84 Shielded Missile Drones, each equipped with a missile pod and shield generator. 

激流战斗服的生产（速度）被证明是缓慢的;用于铸造致密纳米晶体合金装甲的原材料难以获取，而且制造其也需要大量的此类合金，这确保了XV104成为一种罕见的产品。因此，穿戴（驾驶）如此一台强悍战斗服的荣誉只属于那些最为功勋卓著的战士们。为了帮助穿戴者，激流战斗服配备了一套复杂的AI系统，且配有一台多重（目标）追踪器和众多通信链路；这种战斗服通常也有两台护盾导弹机蜂提供支援，其中每一台都装备了一个导弹仓和护盾发生器。

Powering the Riptide is a nova reactor, an experimental piece of technology that fuses dark matter to produce energy on a scale closer to that of a small star than a conventional engine. Such devices have been utilised by the fleets of the Air caste for some time, but it was only recently that they could be reduced to a size suitable for a battlesuit. Although still in the prototype stage, the nova reactor has proven largely stable, despite some problems in safely releasing the vast energies it produces. The Riptides higher functions can draw upon this almost unlimited source of power to overcharge its shield, jet-pack thrusters or weapons, but doing so is not without drawback. Pilots who tap these reserves suffer dangerous power vents, capable of crippling the battlesuit or even destroying it entirely, but what they gain in return -increased protection, better mobility or truly frightening destructive potential -could be enough to secure victory. 

为激流战斗服供能的是一台新星反应堆，其采用的是一项实验性的技术：通过融合暗物质来产生能量，其能量规模接近于一颗小恒星而非传统引擎。此类装备已经被气氏族的舰队使用了一段时间，但其体积被缩小到适合用于战斗服只是最近的事情。尽管尚处于原型阶段，新星反应堆已经被证明基本稳定，不过钛星人在安全释放其产生的巨大能量方面存在一些问题。激流战斗服的高级功能是抽取这种几乎无限的能量源来令护盾、喷气背包推进器或武器过载，但这样做并非没有缺点。利用这些储备能源的驾驶员们会遭受危险的能量喷射，这一现象能够令战斗服瘫痪，甚至是将其完全摧毁，但他们所获得的回报——增强的保护、更好的机动性或真正令人恐惧的破坏潜力——可能足以确保胜利。