HH7节译：禁卫军团组织结构

The Organisation and Structure of the Legio Custodes

The full details of the organisational structure, disposition and regulation of the Legio Custodes are shrouded in secrecy as befits an institution dedicated to ultimate security. Those outside its ranks, even though they operate close to the Terran Court and the highest levels of the Divisio Militaris, cannot hope to know more than a degree of detail which is purely observational, and likely barely scratches the surface of the no doubt byzantine Legio. What can be outwardly observed is contained here within this account, as are the various details and titles with which the Custodian Guard openly interacts with the other organs of the Imperiums power.

禁卫军团是致力于（保卫帝国的）终极安全的机构，他们的组织结构、战争配置和规章制度的全部细节至今仍处于保密状态中。尽管他们的运作与泰拉议会和军务庭级别最高的官员们有着密切联系，但任何外人有希望了解到的细节也就仅仅是他们所观察到的那些，而他们所观察到的信息，可能都几乎没有触及到这支体系无疑错综复杂的军团的表面。下文包含了我们能够从禁卫军团的外表所观察到的信息，以及禁军卫士与帝国其他职权机构公开互动时所展现出的各种细节和头衔。

The first mystery that outsiders must cope with is that of identity. The Custodian Guard are themselves it would seem effectively ageless and as unchanging as granite, and just as impenetrable to outsiders. They each profess to a given name, often a compound drawn from the lore of Ancient Terras roll of kings and tyrants, gods and legends. Whether or not this represents some humour or deliberate irony on the Emperors part given the Legio's role is something that it is perhaps unwise to speculate on. Such true names they knew as part of their birth and origin are likely obliterated by the process of their creation, but the myths that have grown up around the Legio Custodes have long held that each Custodian Guard garners over his centuries a long list of additional names and titles grated purely by the Emperor for their deeds, history and character. Such names are held as a secret of their Order and never betrayed to others, though some myths would have it this roll of honour is graven hidden upon their golden armour or even etched microscopically into their very bones.

外人必须面对的第一个谜团是禁军们的身份。禁军卫士们似乎是永生不老而且像花岗岩一般无所变化的，这是外人们无法理解的。他们每个人都自称有一个被给定的名字，通常是一个从古代泰拉的国王、僭主、众神和传奇人物的传说故事中提取而出的混合物。考虑到禁卫军团的角色职责，推测这是否表明了帝皇的某种幽默或刻意讽刺是不明智的。与他们的出身有所关联的真实姓名可能被他们的创造过程（从记忆中）抹消了，但围绕禁卫军团而产生发展出的神话长期以来一直认为：在他们数个世纪的服役生涯中，每位禁军卫士都会被帝皇赐予一长串额外的名称和头衔，以此来表明他们的事迹、历史和性格。这些名字是禁军们保守的秘密，从未暴露给其他人过，不过在某些神话中，这些荣誉会被铭刻在他们金色的甲胄上，甚至是微雕在他们的每块骨头上。

In terms of structural organisation, it is apparent that the Legio Custodes is unique unto itself in terms of form, offering little in common with the rest of the Imperiums agency of warfare such as the Imperials Auxilia or the Legiones Astartes. This is only fitting as the Legio Custodes, like other elements of the so called 'Talons of the Emperor', can be more accurately described as a paramilitary rather than a strategic force, neither geared nor equipped towards the fighting or winning of wars, but to its duties of protection and where needs be, execution.

在指挥结构方面，禁卫军团似乎在形式上是独一无二的，他们与诸如帝国辅助军和阿斯塔特军团之类的帝国其他战争机构之间几乎没有相同点。这一点仅适用于禁卫军团，就像其他被称为“帝皇之爪”的部队一样，他们可以被更准确地描述为准军事力量而不是战略力量，他们进行武装不是为了作战或赢取战争，而是为了执行自己保护要员的职责，并在需要时执行处决任务。

Command Structure & Tactical Disposition 

指挥结构与战术安排

The overall command of the Legio Custodes of course lies within the purview of the Emperor directly, but serving as the head of the Order is a single officer; the CaptainGeneral. Since any can remember or record, this role and dire responsibility has been held by a single man, Constantin Valdor, or as he is sometimes known The First of the Ten Thousand. He is a puissant warrior and a being of supernatural stature and gravitas, such that many have likened him to one of the Primarchs of the Space Marine Legions, and though while this is doubtless hyperbole, records of his existence predate any of the Primarchs creation.

禁卫军团的总指挥权当然是由帝皇本人直接掌握，不过担任首席指挥的只有一名军官：禁军统帅。在所有人的记忆和记录中，这一职责和这份艰巨任务的都是由一个人承担——康斯坦丁 瓦尔多，某些时候他也被称为万夫团之首。他是一位强大的战士，拥有超自然的身材和威严气质，很多人将他比拟为星际战士军团的原体，尽管这无疑是夸大其词，但早在任何原体被创造出来之前，关于他存在的记录就已经出现了。

Below the absolute authority of the CaptainGeneral lies the Custodian Tribunate; a senior cadre of perhaps ten in number, forming the Legio Custodes, council of war and policy. This body has the incomparable privilege of providing their services as counsel to the Emperor Himself should He so desire it, and in the matters of the security of the Imperial Palace's inner sanctums and the person of the Emperor, no higher authority exists.

居于禁军统帅绝对权威之下的禁军保民官们，这个大概包含十名高级军官的中层核心组成了禁卫军团的战争与行政议会。这个团体拥有某些无与伦比的特权：如果帝皇愿意的话，他们可以为帝皇本人提供顾问服务。而且在关于帝国宫内庭圣所安保和帝皇本人人身安全的问题上，他们拥有最高的权力。

In rank below the Tribunes of the Legio Custodes can be found the Custodian Prefectorate and the Shield Captains. The distinction between the two, not apparent entirely to outsiders, is one perhaps of seniority and function, with the title of Prefect accorded as a reward of veterancy and favour in service by the Emperor, while the rank of Shield Captain indicates an active field command over a particular detachment or deployment. Below these ranks, the Custodians seem to be peers as in the manner of a warrior caste or aristocracy, rather than links in the more familiar chain of command found elsewhere in the Imperiums armed forces. Their functional titles adapt to their chosen role and panoply of war in whichever command they have been included, with the following broad distinctions applied in communication with external forces on a tactical level, their titles drawn from various ancient sources.

保民官之下是盾卫连长和执政官。两者之间的区别对于外人来说并不完全明显，可能只是资历和职能有所不同。执政官是奖赏给那些经验丰富且深受帝皇宠幸的军官们的头衔，盾卫连长则负责对特定的分队或（战略）部署进行积极的战场指挥。在他们之下的禁军们似乎更像是某种战士氏族或贵族，而非与我们在帝国其他武装力量中能找到的更为熟悉的指挥链有所联系。无论出于怎样的指挥中，他们的职能头衔适应他们所选择的角色和全套战争装备，当他们在战术层面上与外部力量进行交流时，会用到下文这些分类广泛的部队类别，他们的头衔都有各种古老的来源。

The Hykanatoi

锐健军

The main strength of the Custodian Guard comprises this role at any given time. They are the bearers of the spear, the bodyguard of the Emperor and the executioners of any who would offer threat or opposition to His will. They are the image of the golden- armoured warrior that is summoned in fear and awe when the Legio Custodes is brought to mind. Their numbers include variations of force, wargear and panoply such as the Sentinel Guard and Custodian Guard proper, as well as the elite Hetaeron Guard—the most skilled fighters among a force of warriors whose martial skills are already beyond human.

在任何给定的时间中，禁军卫士的主力部队都包含锐健军。他们手持动力戟，是帝皇的保镖，也是将会威胁和违抗帝皇意志之人的处决者。当人们想起禁卫军团时，他们怀着恐惧和敬畏所想起的便是这些身披金色盔甲的战士。他们的队伍当中包括各种各样的部队、武器和装备，比如哨戒卫士与合适的禁军卫士，以及精锐的御林守卫——在这些军事技艺超出凡人的战士中，他们也是技艺最为精湛的武士。

The Tharanatoi

悍毅军

Though there are few opponents that the Hykanatoi cannot deal with, they are not a rounded military force in the sense that they are not configured to deal with exigencies such as siegecraft or attrition warfare that fall outside their purview. However, the Legio Custodes still maintains the ability to deploy its forces as heavy shock troops should the need arise, or indeed to counter a foe that directs overwhelming force against it in high-intensity warfare. These counterassault forces are known as the Tharanatoi, and encompass custom-modified suits of Terminator armour optimised for use by the Custodian's superhuman frame, as well as vastly potent portable firepower such as carried by the Sagittarum Guard, whose weapons include those few dark relics known as Adrathic weapons—disintegration beams of phenomenal destructive potential, long gathered to the Emperors household and entrusted to no other.

虽然悍毅军几乎没有解决不了的对手，但在某种意义上，他们并非一支全面的军事力量，他们的装备配置应付不了诸如攻城战或消耗战之类的极端情况，这超出了他们的处理范围。但禁卫军团仍然保留了在有必要时将自己的部队作为重型突击队进行部署的能力，他们确实能以压倒性力量在高烈度战争中反击敌人。这些反击部队被称为悍毅军，他们装备了为适应禁军的超人身体结构而优化过的定制修改版终结者动力甲，以及非常强悍的便携式火力，比如射手卫队所使用的武器中就包括被称为遗迹武器的极其罕见的黑暗遗产——它们能发射出破坏力惊人的崩解光束。帝皇很早之前就将它们集中收集在自己的宫内，不曾托付于他人。

The Kataphraktoi

铁骑军

Long before the Emperors retreat and seclusion on Terra after the appointment of the Warmaster Horus to command His forces, the principal role of protection and defence the Custodian Guard engaged in was a mobile one. They went wherever their master did, no matter what blasted alien world or lost cityscape of ancient glory He trod. In this the elements of speed and mobility were paramount to their success, as was reconnaissance and counter-strike in lightning response to threat. Those of the Legio who specialised in such tactics and the means of employing them were called the Kataphraktoi; they flew interceptors and gunships of sublime sophistication and power, and piloted a range of repulsor-lift grav-vehicles; tanks, transports and strike skimmers, jet bikes and interface flyers advanced beyond anything else in the Imperiums arsenal.

在指派战帅荷鲁斯指挥他部队后，帝皇返回泰拉隐居起来。在这很久之前，禁军们所执行的主要保护和防御任务是机动性质。他们前往自己的主人所至的任何地方，无论帝皇踏足之地是被炸毁的异星世界，还是保留了远古辉煌风貌的失落城市。在这种情况下，速度和机动性对他们的成功至关重要，侦察和以闪电般的反应速度应对威胁也是如此。禁卫军团中那些专长于此类战术和此类战术使用方法的战士们被称为铁骑军。他们乘着极其先进且强大的截击机和炮艇，并驾驶着一系列反重力飞行器；而且禁卫军团的坦克、运输车、突击悬浮艇、喷射机车和大气层内飞行器比帝国军械库中其他任何装备都更先进。

The Ephoroi

无影军

The division of the Custodian Guard about which the least can be said for certain, the Ephoroi were those of the Order that were tasked with covert operations, countersurveillance and the vitally important task of simulated attack and infiltration. It was they who tested the Legio Custodes' defences and preparations just as foes would, as well as conducted their own hidden missions to dispose of potential threats within the Imperium, and enact final and sometimes utterly secret justice as the Emperor's will demanded it. There are those who have posited that where the Ephoroi ended and the powers that controlled the Officio Assassinorum began at certain junctures was difficult even for the wisest of the Lords of Terra to discern, and it is certain when they wished that the Assassins of the Temples of Terra were the Legio Custodes' to command.

我们至少可以肯定地说，在禁军的分支中，无影军负责的是隐秘行动、反监视行动以及进行模拟进攻和渗透的至关重要任务。他们会模仿敌人将会采取的策略，以此来检验禁卫军团的防御和备战状况，同时还要执行他们自己负责处置帝国内部潜在威胁的任务，他们要按照帝皇的意愿施加隐秘、而且某些时候完全是秘密的正义（审判）。有某些人认为：哪怕是最为聪慧的那些泰拉领主，也难以察觉出无影军的任务终结和（他们）控制刺客庭的权力会开始哪个特定时刻，但可以肯定的是，那必然是他们希望泰拉刺客神庙受到无影军指挥之时。

The Moritoi

不死军

The smallest and most singular division within the Legio Custodes was the Moritoi; the 'honoured dead who walked'. Just as with the Legiones Astartes, it was possible for a Custodian Guard, having suffered injuries so terrible that even they could not recover from them but within whom the vital spark of life remained, to be interred within the cybernetic life support sarcophagus of a Dreadnought. The first of these was made while the Unification Wars were being fought, in a modified Ur-Gholem pattern Dreadnought, the first iteration of its kind intended for use within the Thunder Legions, and as the number of Dreadnought patterns and subtypes within the Imperiums arsenal increased across the Great Crusade's decades of warfare and innovation, so too did the Legio Custodes keep pace with these developments. Though they remained relatively rare, with less than perhaps a hundred Dreadnoughts of the Legio Custodes in service at the time of Magnus folly and the subsequent attack on Prospero, they represented a phenomenally powerful concentration of force, most having had their chassis upgraded to the Achillas pattern, a variant of the Contemptor manufactured with materials and technologies far beyond even the vaunted war machines of the Legiones Astartes.

不死军是禁卫军团中最小也最独特的分支，他们是“行走于凡世的荣耀逝者”。就像阿斯塔特军团那样，那些受伤严重到无法自愈却又一息尚存的禁军们也可能被葬入无畏机甲的智控生命维持石棺中。第一名无畏老兵出现于统一战争时期，使用的是修改过的乌尔—格莱姆型无畏机甲，这是由雷霆军团使用的第一代此类装备。之后在大远征时期数十年的战争和创新过程中，帝国军械库中无畏机甲的型号和次级类型数量（不断）增加，禁卫军团也跟上了这一发展步伐。尽管他们仍旧相对稀少——在马格努斯犯下愚行以及惩戒部队随后进攻普罗斯佩罗时，禁卫军团中可能只有不到一百台无畏机甲，但他们都表现出了非常强大的集中力量，大多数无畏老兵都将自己的装备升级为了阿基拉斯型无畏机甲，这是一类变种型号的蔑视者无畏，铸造它所用的材料和技术都远超阿斯塔特军团那些引以为傲战争机械。

Panoply of Arms

武器装备

The Legio Custodes' panoply of arms and armour, its wargear and even the vehicles and support systems it employed were often unique to the Legio Custodes and them alone. Whether ancient relic or newly made, these items were not only customised exactly to task, but were also produced without any regard to the consumption of resources or rarity of component or lore required; arm and outfit the Legio Custodes optimum, nothing was spared.

禁卫军团的全套武器、盔甲和战争装备，甚至他们所使用的载具和支持系统通常都是禁军所独有的，仅由他们使用。无论是古老的遗物还是新研发出的装备，这些物品不仅是完全根据任务（要求）进行定制，而且在生产时也不考虑资源消耗，或是所需组件或知识的稀有性； 禁卫军团使用的武器和装备都是最优秀的，无一例外。

This supremacy was evident from the auramite-alloy reinforced armour the Custodian Guard wore, each a planet’s ransom in worth, to the plethora of repulsion-lift grav-vehicles under their control, most of which were derived from designs brought back by the great technoarchaeologist Arkhan Land and forbidden for use by any other. Likewise, their singular weapons, be they blade or bolter, were masterworks, produced by entire sequestered sub-cults of the Mechanicum and clades of hereditary artisans beholden to no other and tasked alone in the Legio Custodes' provision. Even greater than these resources at their disposal was the Legios ability to draw upon any facet of the Imperiums war machine and uncounted hosts it needed to meet its ends, extending its potential power to unguessed at levels.

这种至高无上的地位从禁军们身穿的用极光金属合金强化过的盔甲就可见一斑，每套盔甲的造价都相当于一颗星球的赎金；他们控制着大量的反重力载具，其中大部分都是根据伟大的技术考古学家阿坎 兰德带回的设计资料进行制造的，而且禁止其他任何人使用。同样，他们使用的刀剑或爆弹枪等个人武器也是精工之作，生产这些装备的是完全与外界隔离的机械神教次级教派和世袭工匠家系，他们不依附于其他任何势力，只负责为禁卫军团提供装备。但相比于他们可支配的这些（战争）资源，禁卫军团有一项能力更重要的：禁军们可以抽调帝国战争机器中任何方面的资源和他们需要的无数部队来完成自己的目标，这将他们的潜在实力拓展到了无法猜测的地步。

The reason for this supremacy above all in arms was a simple one, for not only were the Legio Custodes fitted to match any potential threat from without, but also from within, and a clear demarcation was enforced between the potency of the Legio's arms, and those of any other Imperial forces, not least of all the Space Marines, who they already overmatched in physical might. It is perhaps one of the great questions of lost history: what might have been in the wars of the Horus Heresy had the Legio Custodes not been so heavily waylaid by the disastrous consequences of Magnus' great sin on Terra and more able to take an active hand, had not so many of them been trapped for years in a terrible parallel war all but entirely hidden from the eyes of the cosmos? But that is a darker tale yet, and the weighty duty of a different record than this to tell.

禁军至高无上的地位首先体现在了武器上，至于原因也很简单：因为禁卫军团不仅要适合对抗所有来自外部的潜在威胁，而且还有来自内部的。禁卫军团的武器和其他所有帝国部队的武器之间都有着明确的界限，尤其是与星际战士们的——（尽管）禁军们在身体力量上已经超越了阿斯塔特军团战士们。这也许就是关于那段失落历史的重大问题之一：倘若在荷鲁斯叛乱的战争中，禁卫军团并未被马格努斯的重罪在泰拉上所造成灾难性后果严重阻挠，能够更主动地采取行动的话，那他们当中的许多人是否就不会在数年时间里被困在一场完全隐藏于（现实）宇宙视线之外的恐怖平行战争中了？但那就是一个更为黑暗的故事了，由另一份不同的带有着更为沉重职责的记录资料去讲述。