八版圣典节译：锤头鲨炮艇

Like a hungry predator on the prowl, the Hammerhead Gunship is a menacing sight. It skims over a planet's surface with its massive turret-mounted gun swivelling back and forth to track potential targets. The Hammerhead Gunship is the main battle tank of the T'au, and all enemies who have encountered it quickly grow to respect, if not outright fear, the might of its main armament - the dreaded railgun. 

锤头鲨炮艇就像一头徘徊中的饥饿野兽，他们的出现是一种威胁性的景象。当它悬浮在星球的地表上时，安装在炮塔上的巨炮会来回旋转着寻找潜在目标。锤头鲨炮艇是钛星人的主战坦克，对于它的主要武器——那门可怕的磁轨炮炮的威力，所有遭遇过锤头鲨的敌人如果不是感到完全的恐惧，就是会很快产生敬意。

The railgun is a linear accelerator that uses super-conductive electrodes to project a solid shot at hypersonic speeds. The vast kinetic energy generated by the round on impact has devastating effects, even at long ranges. The Hammerhead can also carry sophisticated submunitions - a shot full of smaller projectiles used for suppressive area fire against soft targets. For close-range protection, the Hammerhead carries a pair of Gun Drones, although at need, these can be switched to full AI mode and detached from the tank to operate independently on the battlefield. 

磁轨炮是一种线性加速器，它利用超导电极以超高音速发射固体炮弹。即使是在远距离情况下，炮弹撞击所产生的巨大动能也具有毁灭性的效果。锤头鲨也能携带（结构）复杂的子母弹——这种炮弹内部装满小型射弹，用于对软体目标进行区域性压射击。锤头鲨携带了一对枪炮机蜂用于近距离防护，不过在有需要时，机蜂也能被切换为完全AI（控制）模式，并且从坦克上分离出来，在战场上独立作战。

Some Hammerheads do not carry a railgun as their main weapon, but instead use the ion cannon - a unique T'au innovation that shoots an ionic beam that explodes upon contact with its target. Ideal for use against light vehicles and heavily armoured infantry, the ion cannon can also be overcharged; while this risks a dangerous overload, it results in a larger blast capable of destroying even more targets. 

某些锤头鲨并不以磁轨炮作为主武器，相反它们会使用离子炮——这种钛星人独一无二的发明所射出的离子光束一经接触到目标就会发生爆炸。离子炮非常适合用于对抗轻型载具和重装甲步兵，而且也可以被超载；虽然这样做有过载的危险，但也会导致规模更大的爆炸，能够摧毁更多的目标。

It is common to find at least a few Hammerheads deployed in support of Fire Warrior teams. Although well armoured, the Hammerhead is most often kept at a distance to take advantage of the superior range of its weapons. There are many accounts of single Hammerheads demolishing enemy armour with almost contemptuous ease. 

钛星人部署至少几辆锤头鲨来支援火战士小队是很常见的情况。尽管锤头鲨配备了精良的装甲，但它们通常也会（与敌人）保持距离以充分利用其武器的优越射程。有很多证据表明：锤头鲨们仅靠自己就能近乎轻而易举地摧毁敌军装甲（单位）。

During the Damocles Crusade, the Hammerhead gained a particularly fearsome reputation amongst the Astra Militarum. Entire armoured companies were destroyed before they could close with the T'au battle lines, and whole offensives were transformed into fields of wreckage by the formidable Hammerhead Gunship. Not to be denied their advance, the humans massed their remaining armour and sent them all against the T'au lines, seeking to overwhelm them with sheer numbers. But the T'au are veteran Ork-fighters, and they were well accustomed to such tactics; the Imperial tanks were met by expertly placed Armoured Interdiction Cadres -formations of Hammerheads and Sky Rays. 

在达摩克利斯远征时期，锤头鲨炮艇在星界军当中获得了尤为可怕的名声。在他们能够接近钛星人的战线之前，完整的装甲连队们就会被摧毁，整场攻势都被可怕的锤头鲨炮艇化作了成片的残骸。为了使自己的前进不受阻碍，人类集结起了他们剩余的装甲单位，全部将其派出来进攻钛星人的防线，试图用纯粹的数量压垮对方。但钛星人有着与欧克兽人交战的丰富经验，他们对于这种战术非常熟悉；帝国的坦克们遭遇到了钛星人巧妙安排的由锤头鲨和天虹导弹艇组成的装甲拦截核心编队。

Although outnumbered at least five to one, the superior range and armour penetrating ability of the Hammerhead - along with its ability to quickly reposition into cover or advance into a better firing position - more than made up the difference. By the campaign's end, the Imperial Guard tank regiments were utterly demoralised as they grimly calculated their low odds of survival; they would never leave cover without first thoroughly scanning the horizon for the Hammerhead's distinctive shape.尽管锤头鲨在数量上占据劣势，与帝国坦克的数量比至少是一比五，但它优越的射程和穿甲能力，以及快速重新定位掩蔽或前进到更好射击位置的能力更好地弥补了差距。当战役尾声，星界军的坦克团在冷酷地计算着自己那极低的生存概率时士气彻底低落；除非先彻底扫描地平线来寻找锤头鲨那独特的形状，否则它们不会离开掩体。

Although the Hammerhead Gunship performs well in tank duels, the combined arms approach of the T'au requires much more from their main battle tank than just anti-armour capability. It was the legendary Commander Puretide who said that even the most rampant horde attack can be broken through application of firepower, and the submunitions blasts of the railgun can rip enough bloody gaps in charging formations to halt an incoming Waaagh! or smash apart an entire wave of lesser Tyranid creatures. Fire Warrior and Pathfinder Teams often work closely with Hammerheads, mutually supporting each other and frequently using markerlights to guide the gunships' powerful shots towards priority targets. 

尽管锤头鲨炮艇在坦克对决中表现卓越，但钛星人的综合武装思路要求他们的主战坦克不仅仅是拥有反甲能力而已。传奇般的指挥官清汐曾说过，即使是最凶猛的集群攻击也可以通过火力来突破，锤头鲨射出的子母弹所发生的爆炸可以在冲锋的编队中撕开足够多的血腥缺口，以此来阻止即将到来的兽人Waaagh! 集群，或者撕碎整整一波低级泰伦生物。火战士与寻路者小队会和锤头鲨紧密配合，他们会与锤头鲨相互支持，并且会经常使用标记光引导炮艇向优先目标进行有力射击。