hh9节译:友伴五百

The Five Hundred Companions

机仆：hh9新出的那群死翼保镖就叫The Deathwing Companions。其实我挺想缺德一把，把题目改成五百圣军/五百伙友之类的…

The first 500 warriors of the Dark Angels to stand alongside their Primarch on Caliban would come to be known simply as the Five Hundred, an honourary Company embedded within the Legion's system of Orders Militant. Each of the Five Hundred were sworn to a unique duty, bound to gather information and to keep it hidden for the benefit of the Legion just as the other Orders Militant, save that the subject of their scrutiny was the Primarch himself .For among all the doctrines of the Hosts, each carefully crafted and honed by centuries of war, they had never accounted for such a manifest icon of war and death. Study was required that they might learn how best to fight at his side, which weapons were best suited to be deployed alongside the Primarch and how the Legion would need to be re-shaped to serve his will. The Lion himself would prove no more forthcoming to his sons than he had been to his brother Primarchs, prone to silence and self-reliance. He offered his new Legion the chance to prove itself in battle, but gave them no guidance on the means by which they would best earn his respect.

在卡利班上侍立在原体身侧的500名最初的黑暗天使战士将会被简单地统称为“五百友伴”，他们是一个被嵌入到军团军事修会体系中的荣誉团体（机仆：company确实有连队的含义，军事修会体系指的是“百艺”，而连队是正常的PB体系——或者根据hh1的说法，泰拉式的军团组织结构下的单位，而百艺和PB体系平行，所以我觉得不应翻译为“连队”）。当中的每位成员都要发誓履行一项独特的职责:就像其他军事修会那样，为了军团的利益而收集信息并将之隐藏；保证他们的效忠对象是原体本人。对于所有的天军（机仆：host也是DA的一种部队组织形式，塔西佗和铁加曼两位大佬讨论过后认为可以翻译为“天军”。在此向两位大佬在我翻译时提供的帮助表示感谢）信条，每一项都在战争的世纪中被精心制订和磨砺，他们从来没有解释过如此明显的战争和死亡的象征。他们被要求研习那些武器最适合在跟随原体时使用，已经需要怎样重塑军团才能执行原体都意志，他们可能学会如何最好地在原体身边战斗。莱昂本人对于儿子们就像他对于其他兄弟原体们那样不怎么坦诚，他倾向于沉默和自力更生。莱昂给了他的新军团一个证明自己的机会，但他并未指导军团战士如何才能最好地赢得他的尊重。

The Five Hundred would serve as his life guard, to fight and die ever in his shadow, that the Legion might learn that which their new master was reticent to speak of and earn his favour in war. Their hard-won secrets, the Lion Codex, is among the most cleverly and completely ciphered records within the Legion, for it contains the sum of their knowledge of Lion El'jonson - his fighting style and strategies. Such secrets would be valuable beyond reckoning to any foe of the Legion, and just as priceless to his sons, for with the guidance of the codex the Council of Masters has sought to re-shape their Legion in his image. As such, the Five Hundred are its only keepers and they accept no new initiates, ensuring that the secrets within will live or die with them. The Lion himself has never mentioned this enterprise, never uttered one word of praise for the ever-present guard at his side even as their numbers dwindle over time. Yet； nor has he forbade them their study and on the eve of battle he waits patiently for those of the Five Hundred present to assemble at his side before he sets forth. This silent acceptance is counted by the Dark Angels as the ultimate mark of recognition, worth more to them than any honour marking or gaudy token of victory.

五百友伴将会担任原体的护卫，他们在莱昂的身影中作战，也就在雄狮的背影中战死，第一军团可能会领会到新主宰的无声之言并在战争中赢得他的青睐。他们来之不易的秘密（记录）——《雄狮法典》是军团中加密得最为精妙和完整的记录之一，因为其中保有着关于莱昂 艾尔庄森的知识总和——他的战斗风格和他的战略。这些秘密不仅是在惩戒第一军团的任何敌人方面有价值，对于莱昂子嗣们亦是无价的，导师议会就是根据圣典的指引按原体的构想重塑他们的军团。严格来讲，五百友伴是圣典仅有的守护者们，他们不接纳新的侍僧，确保书中的秘密将会与他们同生共死。但莱恩本人从未提起过这个计划，也从对那些曾经侍立他身边的护卫们有过一个字的赞扬，哪怕随着时间推移，他们的数量逐渐减少。不过，莱昂也未曾阻止过他们的研习，在战斗的前夜，他会耐心地等待五百友伴的成员们现身，在他动身前往战场之前，友伴们会集合在他的身侧。这种静默的容忍被黑暗天使们视为（原体）认可的终极标志，对他们来说，这比任何荣誉标志或华丽的胜利标志都更有价值。