hh3节译：帝国之拳报应舰队突击艇

The Imperial Fists Legion committed almost its entire fleet of warships to the prosecution of the Warmasters traitors at the Isstvan system, a naval force rivalling the grandest Expeditionary fleets of the Great Crusade. In addition to the hundreds of battleships, cruisers, destroyers and frigates of a staggering array of classes and displacements, the fleet was possessed of thousands of smaller attack craft used for a variety of roles in any battle in the cold void. At the Battle of Phall, all were pressed into service, and no effort was spared during the engagement against the Traitor Iron Warriors.

帝国之拳军团几乎派出了整支舰队的战舰前去讨伐伊斯特万星系的战帅派叛军，这是一股匹敌大远征时期最为强大的远征舰队的海军力量。除了数以百计的一系列吨位和等级惊人的战列舰、巡洋舰、驱逐舰和护卫舰，这支舰队还配备了数以千计的突击艇，它们体积更小，在冰冷的虚空中，它们能够用于所有虚空战的多种任务。在法尔海战当中，所有突击艇都被迫参战，在战斗中不遗余力地对抗钢铁勇士叛军。

The Imperial Fists had access to a wide range of attack craft, some unique and pre-dating the Great Crusade and others wrought in their thousands in the forges of Terra, Mars and dozens of other centres of materiel production. The Thunderhawk Gunship saw service in void combat intercepting enemy torpedoes, screening larger vessels and mounting daring attack runs against the foes lighter escort ships. Dedicated boarding craft such as the Kharybdis and the Dreadclaw were fired across the void to burn their way through the armoured flanks of an enemy. One of the most potent craft in this class was the Caestus Assault Ram, a brutal weapon used in large numbers by the Imperial Fists Legion throughout the Great Crusade.

帝国之拳突击艇的种类丰富，在泰拉、火星的铸造厂和数十个其他的军备制造中心里，某些独一无二型号、大远征之前的型号与其他型号的突击艇被成千上万地铸造出来。雷鹰炮艇负责在虚空战斗中拦截敌人的鱼雷，扫描大型舰船，并发起大胆的攻击，攻击敌人的轻型护航船。诸如海妖和恐惧爪这类的专用突击艇会被发射到太空当中，他们会烧穿战舰侧面的装甲船体，清出一条道路（机仆：帝国的突击艇船头基本都有重热熔，融穿精金装甲船体足够了）。拳套突击艇是最为强力的突击艇之一，帝拳军团对于这种残忍武器的大量使用贯穿了大远征的始终。

The Caestus is possessed of the heaviest armour of any craft of its size, but even this is insufficient to protect it from the staggering forces generated when it smashes and burns its way through enemy armour to create a breach into which its passengers can assault the innards of its target. The craft is further protected by an array of shield generators, and without its inertial dampers even the Space Marines within would be crushed by the impact.

虽然在相同尺寸的突击艇当中，拳套突击艇的装甲最为厚重，但是当它撞开并烧穿敌军战舰的装甲，为搭载的跳帮部队创造出一条对敌舰内部结构进行攻击的通道时，即是这层厚重装甲也无法保护突击艇免受过程中产生的巨大力量的伤害。一组护盾发生器阵列为突击艇提供了额外的保护，如果没有它的惯性阻尼器，甚至艇内的星际战士也会被撞碎。

The Imperial Fists were masters in the deployment of entire attack wings of the Caestus, utilising them according to the Legions doctrine that void battles were in essence sieges in space fought not in two, but in three dimensions. They committed hundreds of Caestus to the Battle of Phall and though scores were lost as the void itself burned with the sheer ferocity of the battle, numerous boarding actions were successfully conducted and dozens of Iron Warriors warships were reduced to burning hulks thanks to the efforts of their crews.

帝国之拳是部署整支拳套突击艇攻击编队的大师，他们对于拳套突击艇的使用依据了第七军团的信条：本质上，虚空战是在太空中进行围攻战，不是二维作战，而是三维作战。在法尔海战当中，帝国之拳派出了数以百计的突击艇，虽然很多突击艇被太空中熊熊燃烧的激烈战火所摧毁，但帝国之拳还是成功实施了大量的跳帮行动，由于这些跳帮部队的英勇奋战，数十艘钢铁勇士战舰化为了燃烧着的残骸。