Daemonships are vessels that, one way or another, have had their crew replaced by bound Daemons.

惡魔艦船是指以某種方式用綁定惡魔來替換掉船員的星艦。

Overview綜述

Tales of Daemonships have been around since the very start of the Imperium. Usually, Daemonships are little more than specters, appearing to spread terror only to disappear with no evidence of their existence. However, there are stories of Daemonships following victims out of the Warp, leading to theories - albeit with little, if any evidence - that they can only enter realspace by following in another vessel's wake. Further, there are rumours even among Navigators about Daemonships, who perceive them as both convocations of Daemons and as twisted parodies of regular ships.

從帝國創(chuàng)立之初，惡魔艦船的傳說就存在于各處。通常而言，惡魔艦船僅僅是幽靈船，他們出現(xiàn)后會散布恐怖，之后就會消失，不會留下任何表明它們存在的證據(jù)。但是，也存在惡魔艦船跟隨受害者離開亞空間的故事，這也導(dǎo)致了一種理論的出現(xiàn)：盡管幾乎沒有證據(jù)，但（有人相信）惡魔艦船只能通過跟隨其他艦船航跡進(jìn)入現(xiàn)實宇宙。另外，有謠言稱哪怕惡魔艦船上也存在導(dǎo)航員，這些謠言認(rèn)為哪些導(dǎo)航者們即是惡魔的召喚集會，也是常規(guī)艦船（導(dǎo)航者）的扭曲拙劣的模仿。

There are many ways a Daemonship might be created. Some theories suggest that they are created when a ship's crew sacrifices itself to Chaos, trading eternal daemonic servitude for the hope of immortality. Others argue that Daemonships come about from the damnation of crews that commit an indescribably horrific act. Others still claim that Daemonships are simply vessels that have been lost in the Warp for millennia until their crew has been replaced by daemons. The closest thing to a confirmed method of Daemonship creation comes from interrogation of captured renegade Navigators, who have suggested that pacts can be made with daemons to bind them to a ship, though the exact method of doing so is forbidden knowledge. Should such a reliable method exist, it is a good bet that Abaddon's sorcerers would use it to increase the power of his fleets in a time of war.

創(chuàng)造惡魔艦船的方式眾多。有些理論認(rèn)為船上的所有船員向混沌犧牲自己，用讓惡魔永遠(yuǎn)奴役自己為代價來實現(xiàn)不朽的愿望之后，惡魔艦船就會產(chǎn)生。其他人則爭辯稱惡魔艦船來自船員們的詛咒，這些船員犯下了一個難以形容的可怕暴行。另有人依舊聲稱惡魔艦船只是迷失在亞空間中數(shù)千年的普通星艦，只不過船員已經(jīng)被惡魔所替代。關(guān)于惡魔艦船的制造，有接近的可信任的方法來自對于一名被俘的變節(jié)導(dǎo)航員的審訊報告，他聲稱建造惡魔艦船需要把惡魔與星艦進(jìn)行綁定，而進(jìn)行此過程的手段是一種禁忌的知識。倘若這樣一種穩(wěn)定可靠的（建造）方式存在的話，那么我們最好相信阿巴頓的巫師們也會在戰(zhàn)爭期間用這種手段提升艦隊?wèi)?zhàn)斗力。

Notable Daemonships著名惡魔艦船

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