CHAPTER NAME: . THE STAR PHANTOMS?

戰(zhàn)團(tuán)名稱：星空幻影

FOUNDING: ?23RD (SENTINEL) FOUNDING, CIRCA EAR, M38?

建軍時(shí)間：第23次建軍（哨戒建軍），大約為M38

CHAPTER WORLD/DEPLOYMENT:UNTIL RECENT, FLEET BASED, FORMERLY HAAKONETH (DESTROYED), NOW JAHGA?

戰(zhàn)團(tuán)母星/部署地：直到近期為止都一直是艦基戰(zhàn)團(tuán)，曾經(jīng)的母星是HAAKONETH，當(dāng)前母星是JAHGA

FORTRESS MONASTERY: THE BATTLE BARGE MEMENTO MORI, NOW LAND-LOCKED ON THE SURFACE OF JAHGA?

要塞修道院：戰(zhàn)列母艦“死亡時(shí)刻”號(hào)，目前著陸在了Jahga世界表面。

GENE-SEED (PREDECESSOR): UNKNOWN?

基因種子來源（母團(tuán)）：未知

KNOWN DESCENDANTS: . NONE?

已知子團(tuán)：無

The Star Phantoms Chapter is one with a shrouded and sometimes troubled history. Their victories, though they have been many, have largely remained unsung and unremembered. For much of their past they have been left to operate?alone at the edge of the Imperium breeding in them an isolationist and fiercely independent streak that has seldom embraced outside command. These vicissitudes of fate have led to the Star Phantorns clashing with Imperial authorities and fellow Adeptus Astartes on numerous occasions, and they have gained a shadowed reputation for themselves with other Imperial commanders. Matters concerning the Chapter's relations with their fellow Space Marines have been further worsened by suspicions caused by the Star Phantoms' secretive operations. seemingly unnatural obsession with death and strange mortuary traditions. These factors have been the cause of dark suspicions regarding them in the past, although full Inquisitorial investigation of the Star Phantoms after their ro:e in the wars of the Macharian Heresy exonerated the Chapter. The Inquisition uncovered no overt heresy of thought. spirit or biology. although the Holy Ordos did note with concern the depth and complexity of the Chapter's unique funerary cult beliefs.?

星空幻影戰(zhàn)團(tuán)有著一段被遮掩，而且有時(shí)是混亂的歷史。盡管他們已經(jīng)奪取了很多勝利，但在很大程度上都未被傳頌和銘記。在他們過去歷史中的大部分階段里，星空幻影戰(zhàn)團(tuán)都是被留在帝國邊境獨(dú)自運(yùn)作，這令他們滋生出來孤立主義和強(qiáng)烈的獨(dú)立傾向，很少接受來自外部的指揮。命運(yùn)的變遷導(dǎo)致星空幻影與帝國當(dāng)局和阿斯塔特修會(huì)的同僚們?cè)谠S多場合中都發(fā)生沖突，他們也在其他帝國指揮官處得到了被陰影所籠罩的名聲。星空幻影的（某些）秘密行事也引起了其他星際戰(zhàn)士們的懷疑，這進(jìn)一步惡化了雙方的關(guān)系——前者對(duì)死亡和奇怪的喪葬傳統(tǒng)有種似乎不自然的癡迷。

The origins of the Star Phantoms lie in?the 23rd founding of early M38, known in some sources as the Sentinel Founding as it was created to aid the Impenum's defences in numerous ill-starred and vulnerable areas of the galaxy. The, exact origins and primogenitor Chapter remained mysterious even during their creation, as did the backgrounds of many Chapters of this founding. Some sources have since hinted that they utilised the Dark Angels gene-seed, although this has been vociferously denied by the Dark Angels themselves, and the Star Phantoms consider such queries, even via official channels, as inherently presumptuous and cause for offence. Likely this speculation is simply based on some observed similarity in livery, iconography and trappings, which along with their inherent introversion of character has given birth to a likely unfounded assumption by certain scholars of the Adeptus Terra and Departmento Stratagos.?

星空幻影戰(zhàn)團(tuán)起源于M38早期的第23次建軍，此次建軍被某些資料稱為“哨戒建軍”，其目的是援助帝國在銀河系眾多不幸且脆弱區(qū)域的防御（力量）。就和此次建軍中許多戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的背景（資料）一樣，哪怕在創(chuàng)建的過程中，星空幻影戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的具體起源和母團(tuán)也仍舊是個(gè)迷。某些資料暗示星空幻影使用了黑暗天使的基因種子，不過這一說法遭到了黑暗天使戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的強(qiáng)烈否認(rèn)，而對(duì)星空幻影來說，哪怕是通過官方渠道提出此類問題，也會(huì)被其視作固有的自以為是（行為）和反擊駁斥的理由。這種推測很可能只是基于人們?cè)陔p方的涂裝、圖紋和裝飾上所觀察到的某些相似之處，這些因素以及該戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的內(nèi)向性格導(dǎo)致泰拉修會(huì)與戰(zhàn)略部的某些學(xué)者產(chǎn)生了毫無根據(jù)的假設(shè)。

The Star Phantoms' initial deployment as a Chapter was to the shrine world of Haakoneth on the edge of the ravaged Sakkara sector where they fortified one of the planet's mountainous mausoleum-complexes become their base of operations. From this bastion they sallied forth?against the numerous foul xenoforms that plagued the region. The Star Phantoms' neophyte-recruits were drawn from the technologically regressive barbaric remnant-populations of the surrounding systems, and their first tasks were to guard against the numerous horrors that plagued that fallen seat of the Imperium's power. Since this time, the entire Sakkara sector has been lost to the outer void for more than a millenniurn, but these dark beginnings appear to have left an indelible mark on the soul of the Chapter that has remained to the present.?

作為一個(gè)戰(zhàn)團(tuán)，星空幻影最初的部署地是圣地世界Haakoneth，此處位于飽受蹂躪的Sakkara星區(qū)的邊界。星空幻影將該世界上某座巨大的陵墓復(fù)合體加固改造為了行動(dòng)基地，他們從這座要塞中出航，前去對(duì)抗如瘟疫般肆虐在該區(qū)域的眾多丑惡異形物種。星空幻影從周邊恒星系中技術(shù)退化的野蠻人遺民中征召新兵，他們的第一項(xiàng)任務(wù)就是防范無數(shù)恐怖之物對(duì)帝國的權(quán)力掌控已經(jīng)失效地區(qū)的襲擾。從此之后，整個(gè)Sakkara星區(qū)在超過一千年的時(shí)間里消失在了外域虛空中，星空幻影戰(zhàn)團(tuán)留存到了現(xiàn)在，但這些黑暗的開端似乎在他們的靈魂中留下了不可磨滅的印記。

Following the destruction of their home world of Haakoneth in 120.M40. the Star Phantoms became a fleet-based Chapter, slowly rebuilding their strength and participating in numerous conflicts and interventions across the Segmentum Obscuras. It was during this period the Chapter came to further specialise in fleet combat and mass assault operations from near orbit. A favoured tactic of the Chapter being the co-ordinated use of large numbers of drop pods of varying types and classes, including weapons-platform types such as the Deathstorm as a key part of their strategies. It was during these years the Chapter earned a merciless reputation for the indiscriminate use of firepower. often inflicting wanton collateral damage on their targets during civil insurrections. This reputation was further cemented when the Chapter took part in the Macharian Crusade. The Lord Solar himself is on record as having judged the Star Phantoms as "Unsuitable for tactical close support of other Imperial units". It was in the aftermath of this famous crusade that the Star Phantoms' darkest hour came.?

在他們的家園世界Haakoneth于120.M40被毀滅后，星空幻影成為了一個(gè)艦基戰(zhàn)團(tuán)，他們緩慢地重建著自己的兵力，并且參與了朦朧星域各處的無數(shù)沖突和干涉行動(dòng)。該戰(zhàn)團(tuán)就是在這一時(shí)期開始變得更為專長于艦隊(duì)作戰(zhàn)和從近軌道區(qū)域進(jìn)行大規(guī)模突擊行動(dòng)。星空幻影所偏好的戰(zhàn)術(shù)是對(duì)于大量各種型號(hào)與級(jí)別的空降艙的協(xié)調(diào)使用，其中也包括被他們用作自身戰(zhàn)略關(guān)鍵部分的武器平臺(tái)空降艙，比較死亡風(fēng)暴型。也是在這段歲月中，該戰(zhàn)團(tuán)因其對(duì)于火力的隨意使用而得到了冷酷無情的名聲，他們經(jīng)常在內(nèi)亂鎮(zhèn)壓行動(dòng)中對(duì)目標(biāo)造成肆意的附帶傷害。而當(dāng)星空幻影參加馬卡里烏斯遠(yuǎn)征時(shí)，這種名聲也變得愈發(fā)穩(wěn)固。根據(jù)記錄，太陽領(lǐng)主本人都曾經(jīng)判定星空幻影“不適合向其他帝國部隊(duì)提供近距離戰(zhàn)術(shù)支援”。而星空幻影最黑暗的時(shí)刻也是在這次著名的遠(yuǎn)征之后到來的。

Having participated in many of the Macharian Crusade's most deadly engagements, and despite having proved themselves time and again, they garnered little respect as they saw matters, and are known to have had a troubled relationship with the Crusade's commanders as to strategy and deployment. After the death of Lord Solar Macharius they became swiftly embroiled in the civil war and factional division that followed among his generals and war leaders, clashing directly with those Imperial Guard forces who in the Chapter's view had betrayed the Imperium. The Star Phantoms are listed in certain suppressed sources as being directly responsible for the annihilation of the 17th?Terrax Guard on Thoth, and are known to have engaged in a bloody and protracted conflict with their former allies of the Marines Malevolent, resulting in that Chapter's near destruction at their hands. The Star Phantoms became subject to Inquisitorial investigation as a result of their actions and were ultimately cleared of heresy but were censured by the Holy Ordos. They were bound into the thankless and dangerous task of partly forming the spearhead of the Imperial Interdiction campaign in the 070s.M41 to end the Macharian Heresy. In the aftermath of this short and brutal campaign which involved elements from over a hundred Space Marine Chapters, the Star Phantoms, once again badly reduced in strength undertook a self-appointed crusade alone into the southern Segmentum Tempestus attacking isolated Ork and Chaos held worlds as they saw fit. Much of their activities afterward remain hidden both from the official record and the eyes of the lmperiurn until their participation in the brutal closing stages of the Badab War.?

星空幻影參與了馬卡里烏斯遠(yuǎn)征中很多最為致命的戰(zhàn)斗，但盡管他們一再證明了自己，但在他們，自己幾乎沒有得到尊重，而且他們?cè)趹?zhàn)略和部署上與遠(yuǎn)征軍指揮官關(guān)系不佳是眾所周知的。在太陽領(lǐng)主馬卡里烏斯去世后，他們很快就陷入了內(nèi)戰(zhàn)，而且也卷入馬卡里烏斯麾下的將軍與戰(zhàn)爭領(lǐng)袖們之間隨后爆發(fā)的派系分裂。該戰(zhàn)團(tuán)與那些被他們視為帝國叛徒的帝國衛(wèi)軍部隊(duì)爆發(fā)了直接沖突。在某些（來源）受到壓制的資料中，星空幻影被列為要對(duì)Terrax第17衛(wèi)軍團(tuán)被毀滅于Thoth世界這一事件負(fù)直接責(zé)任的勢力，而且該戰(zhàn)團(tuán)與自己曾經(jīng)的盟友惡意戰(zhàn)士戰(zhàn)團(tuán)爆發(fā)了血腥且持久的沖突——星空幻影在這次內(nèi)斗中近乎毀滅了后者。星空幻影的所作所為導(dǎo)致其成為了審判庭的調(diào)查對(duì)象，雖然他們最終被洗脫了異端嫌疑，但還是遭到了審判庭的譴責(zé)。該戰(zhàn)團(tuán)被派去參與一項(xiàng)費(fèi)力不討好且危險(xiǎn)的任務(wù)：他們?cè)?70s.M41部分地組成了帝國封鎖平叛戰(zhàn)役的矛頭——這次行動(dòng)意在終結(jié)馬卡里昂叛亂。來自超過一百個(gè)星際戰(zhàn)士戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的分隊(duì)參加了這次短暫且殘酷戰(zhàn)役，而在此之后，兵力損失嚴(yán)重的星空幻影戰(zhàn)團(tuán)又進(jìn)行了一場自封的圣戰(zhàn)遠(yuǎn)征，他們獨(dú)自前往銀河南部的風(fēng)暴星域，去進(jìn)攻獸人和混沌勢力以自己認(rèn)為合適的方法控制著的那些偏僻世界。此后，他們的許多活動(dòng)都被隱藏起來，既沒有被官方記錄，也沒有被帝國所發(fā)現(xiàn)，直到他們于巴達(dá)布戰(zhàn)爭殘酷的收尾階段參戰(zhàn)。

Organisation

組織結(jié)構(gòu)

In terms of Chapter organisation the Star Phantoms broadly conform to the standard patterns laid down in the Codex Astartes, with some considerable slant given in its deployments and production towards the preferred use of 'first strike' and drop assault weapons and war materiel. as well as exotic additions to the recognised tenets that he in with their own unique beliefs. The Chapter has a preference for using heavy firepower to slaughter their enemies, closing to assault only when it is most tactically expedient to do so. For the Star Phantoms no one mode of combat holds any inherent glory or value over another. all that matters instead is that death is dealt to the enemy. Thanks in part to an extensive and diverse Chapter armoury, the tactical doctrines of the Star Phantoms favour Space Marine-carried portable heavy weapons to supply this combat firepower at close range. Both plasma and melta weapons in particular are fielded in comparably large numbers in the Star Phantoms' ranks. with the Chapter deploying a pattern of three Devastator squads per?standard battle?company, rather than the Codex approved number of two as is the norm. This doctrine of close range firepower is also carried through by the Star Phantorn's command structure. with combi-weapons. again favouring the incorporation of melta and plasma designs. produced in significant numbers by the Chapter's Techmarines and often carried into battle by its officers and Veteran Sergeants as a symbol of rank. In addition the Star Phantoms maintain a sizable core force of Vindicators and Land Raiders for use in armoured?spearhead attacks, and manufacture and employ large numbers of Deathstorm drop pods in a fire support role for planetary assaults.?

在戰(zhàn)團(tuán)組織結(jié)構(gòu)方面，星空幻影大體上符合阿斯塔特圣典所規(guī)定的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)模式，不過在部署和（武器）生產(chǎn)上，他們極為傾向于使用“先發(fā)制人”戰(zhàn)術(shù)，以及空投進(jìn)攻武器和戰(zhàn)爭彈藥。此外，他們還在圣典的公認(rèn)信條中加入了一些獨(dú)特的增項(xiàng)，使其符合戰(zhàn)團(tuán)自身的獨(dú)特信仰。該戰(zhàn)團(tuán)偏好使用重火力屠殺敵人，只有當(dāng)近距離作戰(zhàn)在戰(zhàn)術(shù)上最為有利時(shí)，他們才會(huì)接近敵人作戰(zhàn)。對(duì)于星空幻影來說，沒有哪種戰(zhàn)斗模式是比其他戰(zhàn)斗模式更具備內(nèi)在榮耀或價(jià)值的，殺死敵人才是緊要之事。星空幻影戰(zhàn)團(tuán)偏好用星際戰(zhàn)士攜帶的重武器在近距離提供戰(zhàn)斗火力，這部分是由于戰(zhàn)團(tuán)擁有眾多且多樣化的軍械庫。尤其是電漿武器和熱熔武器，此兩類裝備在星空幻影的部隊(duì)中有著相當(dāng)數(shù)量的配備。而且星空幻影的每個(gè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)戰(zhàn)斗連中都部署了三個(gè)破壞者小隊(duì)，而且圣典規(guī)范中的兩個(gè)。這種近距離火力原則也被星空幻影的指揮結(jié)構(gòu)所貫徹，戰(zhàn)團(tuán)技術(shù)軍士們大量制造的復(fù)合武器也是偏好與熱熔和電漿進(jìn)行結(jié)合，戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的軍官和老兵軍士們經(jīng)常在戰(zhàn)斗中用此類武器作為軍銜的標(biāo)志。另外，星空幻影戰(zhàn)團(tuán)還保有著維護(hù)者與蘭德掠奪者組成的一支規(guī)?？捎^的部隊(duì)，并將之用于裝甲矛頭進(jìn)攻；他們還制造并部署了大量死亡風(fēng)暴空降艙，用于在行星突擊行動(dòng)中進(jìn)行火力支援。