八版圣典节译：泰伦武士

TYRANID WARRIORS 

Tyranid Warriors are the most adaptable of all the Hive Mind's bioforms. They are creatures from the blackest of nightmares, unstoppable killing machines with pulsing ichor for blood, needle-sharp teeth and darkly gleaming eyes that reveal a terrible intelligence at work. A Tyranid Warrior stands twice the height of a man, its carapace protected by a thick chitin. One might expect such a creature to be slow in its actions, but a Tyranid Warrior is lithe, with reactions as swift as a whip.

在所有虫巢意识的生物形式中，泰伦武士是最具适应性的。它们是来自最漆黑噩梦的生物，这些不可阻挡的杀戮机器体内涌动着脓液而非血液，长着刺针般锋利的牙齿，闪烁着黑色光芒的眼睛显示其脑中有着恐怖的智能在发挥作用。泰伦武士站起来的身高是人类的两倍，甲壳外包裹着一层厚重的几丁质。人们或许会认为这种生物行动缓慢，但（事实上）泰伦武士身躯柔韧，它们的反应就和鞭子（抽打）一般迅速。

Tyranid Warriors have the mental flexibility to employ a wide variety of bio-weapon symbiotes. As such, on the battlefield, they can be found leading all areas of a Tyranid swarm, fighting in close quarters with claws, boneswords and lash whips, or at longer ranges with devourers, deathspitters or even heavier bio-cannons. Whatever weaponry it wields, a Tyranid Warrior is a dangerous and unforgiving foe, able to identify and exploit the weaknesses of its targets with innate shrewdness. Worse, with its alien consciousness permanently bonded to the ageless Hive Mind, a Tyranid Warrior can instantly draw upon a reservoir of knowledge and experience that spans epochs, should its own prove insufficient to the task at hand. 

泰伦武士所具备的精神灵活性令其能够使用多种多样的共生体生物武器。因此在战场上，我我们会发现泰伦武士们领导一个泰伦虫群在所有区域的作战行动，它们要么是用利爪、骨剑和缠绕鞭与敌人近战，要么就是用噬肉枪、死亡喷吐炮和沉重的毒液炮进行远程射击。无论使用何种武器，泰伦武士都是一种危险且无情的敌人，它们能够依靠自己天生的精明识别并利用目标的弱点。更糟的是，由于它们的异星意识与永恒的虫巢意识永久性地连接在一起，如果其自身被证明不足以完成手头的任务时，泰伦武士会立刻使用那些跨越了（数个）世代的知识与经验。

Though they are formidable fighters in their own right, it is the Tyranid Warriors' role as the synaptic lynchpins of the swarm that makes them truly deadly. Tyranid Warriors are psychic resonators for the unwavering will of the Hive Mind and some of the more common conduits used to exert control over the less receptive creatures of the hive fleets. As such, Tyranid Warriors form a vital link in the Tyranid swarm, acting as relays and amplifiers through which Hive Tyrants issue their commands. So crucial is this role to a hive fleet's efforts to defeat a prey world's defenders that each Hive Tyrant is invariably accompanied by several broods of Tyranid Warriors cultured from its very own flesh - the better to enhance the psychic link throughout the swarm. This is not to imply that Tyranid Warriors are merely drones, for each is instinctively capable of assessing local battlefield situations. They can then, if the need arises, direct those Tyranid creatures near them, like an officer marshalling their forces, to exploit any tactical weakness that may appear in the enemy's defences. 

尽管他们自身就是可畏的战士，但泰伦武士真正致命的一点在于它们作为虫群的节点突触的角色。泰伦武士与虫巢意识那坚定的意志存在灵能共鸣，它们是某种用于控制虫巢舰队中那些低级生物的常见（灵能）导管。因此，泰伦武士们组成了泰伦虫群中的一道关键纽带，充当着虫巢暴君所放出命令的中转站和放大器。这一角色对于虫群舰队击败猎物世界的守军是如此重要，以至于每一只虫巢暴君身边都总是追随着几群由自己的血肉培养出来的泰伦战士——这样可以更好地加强整个虫群中的灵能联系。这并不意味着泰伦武士们仅仅是工蜂，它们也都能本能地评估当地的战场形势。如果有必要的话，他们也能像军官指挥下属部队那样指挥自己身边的泰伦生物们，以此来利用任何可能出现在敌人防御上的战术弱点。

TYRANID PRIMES

武士之首

Tyranid Primes are the apex of the Tyranid Warrior strain - faster, stronger and smarter than the other Warriors they lead to battle, who instinctively emulate their deadly skill. In the absence of a Hive Tyrant or other advanced organism, these creatures will act as swarm leaders, a task at which they excel. Each Tyranid Prime has aided in the destruction of countless worlds, and slaughtered foes of all descriptions. They direct the bio-weapon fire of nearby Tyranid Warriors with unerring precision.

武士之首是泰伦武士族群中的顶级生物，相比于被其领导作战的其他泰伦武士，它们速度更快、体格更壮、头脑也更聪明——前者会本能地模仿它们的致命技艺。在没有虫巢暴君或其他高级生物（在场）的情况下，这些生物将扮演虫群领袖——这是它们所擅长的任务。每只武士之首都协助过对于无数世界的毁灭行动，并屠杀过所有类型的敌人。他们精确无误地指挥着附近的泰伦武士们用生化武器开火射击。