IA2节译：迪莫斯掠食者坦克

In addition to the Destructor , Annihilator and Baal patterns , less common Predator variants are to be found deep within the stasis-bound forge - chambers of the most fortunate of Chapters. In most cases , it is the First Founding Chapters who retain possession of such 'relic' vehicles as they are sometimes known, for these august bodies have fought for 10,000 years and even tanks wounded unto death are often recovered and afforded a place of honour in the vaults. Some Second Founding Chapters maintain almost as many of these rarer variants , having inherited them from their parent Legion when they came into being. Those Chapters born of later Foundings are counted fortunate to own but a single such vehicle,perhaps gifted to them by an ally or recovered from some ancient battlefield to serve as a reminder of the glories of the past - nonetheless , such vehicles , often conforming to the Deimos pattern, might be found in the arsenals of any Chapter in existence . Some of these vehicles are true relics unknown to any but the most fortunate of Chapters , while others have simply fallen from use over the milennia and their time may yet come again.

除了毁灭者型、根除者型和巴尔型之外，我们还能在那些最幸运战团静滞铸造间的深处找到不那么常见的掠食者坦克改型。在大多数情况下，仍然保有着这些“圣物”载具（它们有时候是被如是称呼）的都是初创战团，这些令人敬畏的机体已经奋战了10,000年，即便是那些受了毁灭性损伤的坦克通常也会被收回，并在仓库中被给予光荣的地位。某些出现于第二次建军的战团也尽可能多地保有着这些稀有改型——他们是在成立时从自己的母军团处继承了这些装备。至于那些诞生于之后建军中的战团们，只要拥有一辆此类载具就算得上幸运——它们要么是盟友馈赠的礼物，要么就是回收自某片古老的战场，用于提醒人们过去的荣誉。但尽管如此，我们可能会在现存所有战团的武库中找到此类通常符合“迪莫斯模式”的载具。这些载具中的某些是真正的圣物，只为那些最幸运的战团们所知；其他载具则仅是在数千年的时间不再被使用，它们的时代可能还会再次来到。

One of the most prized, and almost lost , Predator tank patterns is the Deimos pattern Predator Executioner , which mounts a rare Executioner class plasma destroyer. This ancient and powerful weapon fires a series of sun - hot plasma blasts , capable of incinerating flesh and blasting apart even power armour with contemptuous ease. Only the Forge World of Ryza is still able to manufacture the advanced photo-plasmic cells needed for the Executioner weapon , so many Chapters whose Techmarines have sufficient skill and knowledge replace the plasma cannon with a heavy conversion beamer. This turns the Predator Executioner into an extremely powerful siege unit and long-range tank destroyer, but this firepower is gained at the cost of manoeuvrability and increased vulnerability to short -ranged attacks. That such a modification carries a long - standing seal of remittance from the Adeptus Mechanicus speaks of cataclysmic battles in a forgotten age, in which such devastating firepower was more common and more necessary.

处决者型迪莫斯掠食者是最为珍贵也几乎遗失的掠食者坦克之一，其上安装了一门罕见的处决者型破坏炮。这种古老且强悍的武器发射出的一连串具有恒星热度的电浆团，能毫不费力地焚化肉体，甚至炸开动力甲。只有铸造世界瑞扎（目前）仍能制造处决者武器所需的先进光化电浆能量舱，所以在其技术军士具备足够技艺与知识的诸多战团中，电浆炮会被替换为一门重型转换光束炮，这就将处决者型掠食者转变为了极其强悍的攻城单位和远距离坦克毁灭者，但获得此等火力的代价是机动性，而且也让载具面对近距离攻击时更为脆弱。此种改造得到了机械修会的长期汇付批准印章，这表明在那些发生于某个被遗忘时期的灾难性战争中，此种毁灭性的火力是更为常见和必要的。

The Deimos pattern Predator Infernus is an ancient pattern of Predator believed to date back to the hallowed days of the Great Crusade , but has now largely been replaced by the Land Raider Redeemer in many Chapters. The Crimson Fists Fire Lords and Subjugators , among others , still value its close - range firepower when combating such xenos hordes as the Orks , and in particular it is seeing resurgence amongst those Chapters confronting the Tyranid menace.Other ancient data sources speculate that the Predator Infernus was an attempt to replicate the Baal Predator STC , stubbornly held by the honoured Blood Angels and their successors , and the same conjectural sources imply the superiority of this latter design in terms of speed , armour and armament. The Machine Cult of Mars' gall at the Blood Angels refusal to release this precious relic is widely known , and so the Infernus boasts a fearsome armament in the form of a turret - mounted flamestorm cannon , often replaced with the anti - armour potency of a magna-melta , a devastating weapon originaly intended tor void - war boarding actions . Regardless of turret weapon, the Infernus is usually additionally equipped with sponson - mounted heay bolters or heavy flamers.

炼狱型迪莫斯掠食者是一种古老的掠食者型号，据信其（起源）可被追溯到神圣的大远征时期，但目前的很多战团都用救赎者型兰德掠夺者将之替换。而绯红之拳、火焰领主和征服者，以及其他一些战团则仍然珍视炼狱型迪莫斯掠食者在对抗诸如欧克兽人等异形群落时的近距离火力，那些正在对抗泰伦异形威胁的战团尤其重视此类载具，炼狱型掠食者正在被他们重新启用。（一些）其他的古老数据资料推测称：炼狱型掠食者是人们尝试复制巴尔型掠食者STC的产物——可敬的圣血天使及其子团固执地守护着相关资料，而相同的推测性资料也暗示后一种型号在速度、装甲和弹药方面更具优越性。众所周知，对于圣血天使拒绝公开这种珍贵遗产的行为，火星机械教派心怀怨恨，所以炼狱型掠食者那安装在炮塔上的火焰风暴加农炮，通常会被替换为用于反装甲的重型热熔炮——这种毁灭性武器最初是用于虚空战争中的跳帮行动。但无论炮塔主武器是什么，炼狱型掠食者通常都会在侧面额外安装重型爆弹枪或重型喷火器。