THE EXECUTIONERS?

CHAPTER NAME: EXECUTIONERS?

戰(zhàn)團(tuán)名稱：處刑者

FOUNDING:.3RD?[UNCONFIRMED: STATED IN THE CHAPTER'S OWN CHRONICLES)

組建時(shí)間：第三次建軍（未確認(rèn)，該信息記錄于戰(zhàn)團(tuán)自身的編年史中）

CHAPTER WORLD/DEPLOYMENT: STYGIA-AOUILON [BINARY-ORBITING SPHERES]

戰(zhàn)團(tuán)母星/部署地：STYGIA-AOUILON（互相環(huán)繞的雙子星球）

FORTRESS MONASTERFY：DARKENVAULT (GEO-STATIONARY FORTIFIED ASTEROID/STYGIA-AOUILON]?

要塞修道院：巨龍穹頂（被改造為同步軌道空間站的要塞化小行星/STYGIA-AOUILON）

GENE-SEED (PREDECESSOR): IMPERIAL FISTS

基因種子來源（母團(tuán)）：帝國之拳

KNOWN DESCENDANTS: IRON CHAMPIONS. CRIMSON AXES （RECORDS LOST CIR. 092.M39), [THE SKULL?BEARERS CLAIM THE EXECUTiONERS AS THEIR ANTECEDENTS. BUT THIS REMAINS UNSUBSTANTIATED BY?OFFICIAL RECORDS)?

已知的子團(tuán)：鋼鐵冠軍、緋紅利斧(記錄大概遺失于092.M39)（攜顱者聲稱處刑者是自己的先祖，但這一點(diǎn)仍未得到官方記錄的證實(shí)。）

An ancient and proud Chapter whose origins are to be found in the chaotic centuries that followed the Hotus Heresy. the Executioners are scions of the proud line of the Imperial Fists. Founded under the command of Fafnir Rann,?reputedly the most vicious of Regal Dorn's later captains. they were created, according to their?chronicles. for the sole task of seeking out and slaughtering Mankind's foes rather than undertaking any more defensive or strategic purpose. The Executioners are a bellicose, almost barbarous Chapter that disdains the martial trappings and ordered obedience of such stalwart and unimpeachable members of the Astartes as the Ultramarines and their own forebears the Imperial Fists. but they have gained a fearsome reputation for sheer undaunted endurance and destructive wrath. As a Chapter they see their goal and purpose as a simple one: to extinguish the lives of those that would contest the Impenum's rule or threaten humanity, and to do so without remorse. In literal terms they see themselves as the Emperor's chosen headsmen, and his judgement theirs to enact.?

處刑者是一個(gè)古老且自豪的戰(zhàn)團(tuán)，他們起源于荷魯斯叛亂之后的混亂世紀(jì)中，是帝國之拳軍團(tuán)高傲的子嗣。該戰(zhàn)團(tuán)在法夫尼爾 蘭恩——這位傳言中羅格 多恩手下最為嚴(yán)厲的連長(zhǎng)的指揮下建立的。根據(jù)戰(zhàn)團(tuán)編年史記載，處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)只為一個(gè)任務(wù)的創(chuàng)建：找出并屠戮人類之?dāng)?，而非出于更具防御性或?zhàn)略性的目的。處刑者是一個(gè)好戰(zhàn)，甚至近乎野蠻的戰(zhàn)團(tuán)，他們蔑視軍事上的誘騙戰(zhàn)術(shù)，也對(duì)諸如極限戰(zhàn)士、以及他們的先祖帝國之拳等堅(jiān)定且無懈可擊的阿斯塔特戰(zhàn)士們那組織有序的服從性感到不屑，不過他們也以純粹頑強(qiáng)的忍耐力和毀滅性的憤怒贏得了可怕的名聲。作為一個(gè)戰(zhàn)團(tuán)，他們認(rèn)為自己只有一個(gè)使命：奪取那些將會(huì)挑戰(zhàn)帝國的統(tǒng)治或威脅到人類安危之物的性命，而且在下手時(shí)毫無悔恨。他們?cè)谧置嬉饬x上將自己視為帝皇選中的儈子手，以及帝皇判決的執(zhí)行人。

Descended from the noble lineage of Regal Dorn's Imperial Fists. aside from an inviolable sense of honour and a history of phenomenal skill at arms. they share little in common with the progenitor Chapter's culture and traditions. nor are their ties to any but their own successors among the Space Marines strong. Instead their ancient ways and beliefs are very much rooted in the feral worlds from which they have long recruited their Battle Brothers. Accordingly, some of their fellow Space Marines are known to view the Executioners as barely more than ill-disciplined primitives and gore-splattered headhunters, little better than renegades. However to hold this?to be true is to ignore a high degree of blood-bought battle wisdom and a certain deliberate cunning that makes the Chapter far more than a barbaric horde in space marine guise,and set aside a record of unwavering service to the lmperium at some of the darkest periods of its history.

處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)誕生自帝國之拳戰(zhàn)團(tuán)，繼承了羅格 多恩的高貴血脈，但除了不容侵犯的榮譽(yù)感和非凡的武藝歷史，他們?cè)谖幕蛡鹘y(tǒng)上與母團(tuán)幾乎沒有共通之處。而除了自己的子團(tuán)之外，處刑者與其他星際戰(zhàn)士們的關(guān)系也并不牢固。相反，他們的古老的處世之道和信仰在很大程度上都是植根于他們長(zhǎng)期征召戰(zhàn)斗修士的荒蠻世界。因此，眾所周知的是：他們的一些星際戰(zhàn)士同仁認(rèn)為處刑者不過是一群紀(jì)律敗壞的原始人和滿身血污的獵頭者，只比變節(jié)者們強(qiáng)出那么一點(diǎn)兒。然而，如果有人認(rèn)為這是真的，那他就是忽略了處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)高度的血戰(zhàn)智慧和特定的蓄意狡詐——這些特質(zhì)讓處刑者們遠(yuǎn)非是一群有著星際戰(zhàn)士外表的野蠻人，而且也忽視了處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)在帝國某些最黑暗歷史時(shí)期對(duì)帝國所貢獻(xiàn)出的堅(jiān)定服務(wù)。

One of the Space Marine Chapters posted on the Imperium's fringes. the Executioners' common range of operations encompasses the desolate void wastes to the galactic south-south-west, between the borders of the Segmentum Tempestus and Segmenturn Pacificus. although they are accustomed to great voyages and forlorn quests over their long history. having fought in wars right across the lmperium in the past. Since the closing years of M37 the Chapter has made its home at the twin worlds of Stygia and?Aquilon: infamous planets of fire and?ice locked in a perpetual orbit ellipsing?around a giant,slowly dying sun at the edge of the endless benighted expanse of the galactic southern fringe.The Executioners' fortress-monastery is?a huge armoured asteroid base known as the Darkenvault, gravitationally?trapped between these two worlds and it is from this bleak and forbidding?bastion that their?skull-prowed warship?sally forth into the immense blackness?beyond in search of targets to destroy.

處刑者是駐守在帝國邊境的星際戰(zhàn)士戰(zhàn)團(tuán)之一，盡管在他們歷史上，該戰(zhàn)團(tuán)習(xí)慣于進(jìn)行偉大的遠(yuǎn)航和孤苦艱難的探索，也曾在帝國各處戰(zhàn)斗過，但處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)通常的活動(dòng)范圍環(huán)繞著銀河南部至西南部的荒涼虛空廢土，夾在暴風(fēng)和太平兩大星域的邊境之間。自從M37末期，處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)便將雙子世界Stygia和Aquilon作為了家園：這兩顆惡名昭著的行星遍布火焰和寒冰，它們被鎖定在一個(gè)永久的軌道上，圍繞著一個(gè)巨大且正在慢慢消亡的恒星公轉(zhuǎn)，此地位于銀河南部邊緣那片無邊無際的黑暗地帶的邊緣。處刑者的要塞修道院是一座被稱為巨龍穹頂?shù)木薮笱b甲化小行星基地，引力將它困在了那兩顆星球之間，戰(zhàn)團(tuán)那些顱骨造型艦首的戰(zhàn)艦就是從這座陰森禁忌的要塞中駛?cè)胪鈧?cè)無邊無際的黑暗空間，前去尋找摧毀的目標(biāo)。

By the laws and traditions of the Chapter, each Executioners Space Marine must forge their own path?to glory and become worthy of remembrance in the great chronicles?that have been kept by successive?generations of the Chapter's chaplains?or "Death Speakers"?as they are?also? known. It is these Death-Speakers, whose task it is to recount the slaughter-tallies of the Chapter's honoured dead during holy feasts and memorial ceremonies held?deep?within the Darkenvault's catacombs. Their second and equally important?task is to keep order in the often fractious Chapter, and consequently?the Executioners maintain an unusual high number of Chaplains,with each company assigned three by tradition.?These report to the Overall high?Chaplain. also known as the Lord Speaker of the Dead. As a part of their?duties the Chaplains keep precise records of the battles in which their companies have fought, so that the lessons of both victory and defeat are never lost for future warriors of the Chapter. It is only by right of bloodshed. by taking the lives of the Emperor's enemies that an Executioners Space Marine can be granted the honour of a place in the chronicles. and thereby earn the respect of their fellow Space Marines and in so doing attain rank and honour in the Chapter.?

根據(jù)戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的法律和習(xí)俗，每位處刑者星際戰(zhàn)士都必須鑄就他們自己的榮耀之路，讓自己值得被記錄到戰(zhàn)團(tuán)牧師——或者說“述死者”們代代保存的偉大編年史冊(cè)中。述死者們的任務(wù)是：在神圣的節(jié)日，以及在黑暗墓穴的深處舉行的紀(jì)念儀式上，他們要重新講述戰(zhàn)團(tuán)中這些光榮的逝者們屠殺敵人的記錄。他們的第二項(xiàng)但也同樣重要的任務(wù)是：在這個(gè)經(jīng)常暴躁易怒的戰(zhàn)團(tuán)中維持秩序，因此處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)中有著數(shù)量多到不自然的牧師，根據(jù)習(xí)俗，每個(gè)連隊(duì)都會(huì)被指派三名牧師。牧師們向“述死者尊主”——戰(zhàn)團(tuán)中的至高牧師進(jìn)行報(bào)告。保存自己所在連隊(duì)經(jīng)歷過的戰(zhàn)斗的準(zhǔn)確記錄也是這些牧師們職責(zé)的一部分，這樣戰(zhàn)團(tuán)中未來的戰(zhàn)士們就不會(huì)失去前人從成功和失敗中獲取的經(jīng)驗(yàn)教訓(xùn)。只有通過流血犧牲、通過殺死帝皇之?dāng)常幻幮陶咝请H戰(zhàn)士才會(huì)得到在編年史上擁有一席之地的榮譽(yù)，從而贏得（戰(zhàn)團(tuán)中）其他星際戰(zhàn)士兄弟們的尊重，并以此在戰(zhàn)團(tuán)中獲得地位和榮譽(yù)。

By nature intractable ambitious and swift to anger, the Chapter's Battle Brothers are taught to avenge slights to their honour with blood. even among their own. but unlike those few other Chapters were such behaviour is tolerated or even encouraged in the ranks (such as the Space Wolves or Marauders for example). little passes by way of brawling or boisterous competition among them. because for the Executioners, all such battles are to the maiming or the death of those involved. Honour demands no less. Another eccentricity of the Chapter's culture outsiders have found disturbing is the Executioners' tendency to carry from the battlefield trophies taken from particularly noteworthy victims, such as skulls, heads and weapons - not for any ritual purpose. but rather for the tally of the Death-Speakers after the battle. They are then promptly discarded after they have served their purpose unless judged to be particularly significant in which case they may be preserved as relics, often adorning the Space Marine's armour or wargear for a time. Others exposed to the Executioners' ways have also taken issue with their spiritual beliefs. which have endured since before the rise of the Ministorum. Primarily these take the form of animism and ancestor worship. and while they ascribe to the Emperor Divine temper and right. they have little use?for the Ecclesiarchy and its trappings of saints and 'petty' superstitions, save as a useful tool for binding together the Impenum's scattered multitudes.?

由于天性暴躁固執(zhí)而且易怒，所以處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)中的戰(zhàn)斗修士們被教導(dǎo)要用鮮血來報(bào)復(fù)對(duì)于他們榮譽(yù)的侮辱詆毀，哪怕是在他們自己人之間。但與其他某些戰(zhàn)團(tuán)（例如太空野狼和掠奪者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)）不同的是，在處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)中，這種行為是可以容忍甚至是被鼓勵(lì)的，他們之間很少發(fā)生爭(zhēng)吵或激烈的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，因?yàn)閷?duì)處刑者們而言，所有這些戰(zhàn)斗的目的都是令參與者殘廢或死亡——榮譽(yù)要求他們必須如此。外人還會(huì)從處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)中觀察到另一個(gè)讓人不安的癖好：他們傾向于從戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上那些值得注意的受害者身上拿走戰(zhàn)利品，比如顱骨、頭顱和武器——這一舉動(dòng)并無任何儀式性的目的，而是在戰(zhàn)后用于述死者記錄他們的功績(jī)。在完成使命后，這些戰(zhàn)利品就會(huì)被迅速丟棄，除非是被認(rèn)為特別重要的那些——在這種情況下，它們可能會(huì)被作為圣物保存下來，通常會(huì)在一段時(shí)間內(nèi)被用于裝飾星際戰(zhàn)士們的武器和動(dòng)力甲。其他接觸過處刑者們生活方式的人也對(duì)他們的精神信仰提出了質(zhì)疑，這種信仰在帝國國教崛起之前就已經(jīng)存在了。處刑者們信仰的主要形式主是萬物有靈論和祖先崇拜，而且他們將之歸因?yàn)榛实鄣纳裥郧楹蜋?quán)利。處刑者們幾乎用不上國教教義與教會(huì)的神圣裝飾物及其“瑣碎的”宗教觀念，只是將其用作一種有用的工具，用于將分散在帝國各處的人群綁定起來。

As with most Chapters posted in the further reaches of the void, the Executioners Chapter is highly independent in operation and deployment, undertaking its own ongoing war with the enemies of Mankind. But unlike some, they have never allowed themselves to become isolationist or insular, maintaining ties of communication and pacts of service and allegiance with the Segmentum Tempestus authorities at Bakka. Drachus and Gryphonne. further cementing these ties by allowing the cavernous Darkenvault station to serve in extremis as a refuge for Explorator missions and deep range fleet patrols. The Executioners themselves have benefited from these relationships by gaining access to the Segmentum's fleet anchorages and supply stations.?Their pacts with the Mechanicus at Gryphonne have resulted in the Chapter gaining many gifts of wargear and heavy arms with which to wage their wars. although given the Chapter's reputation it must be said that many of their allies have been loathe to call upon them in return, except in times of dire need.?

就像大部分駐守在虛空深處邊境的戰(zhàn)團(tuán)那樣，處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)在運(yùn)作和部署上有高度的獨(dú)立性，進(jìn)行著他們自己對(duì)于帝皇之?dāng)车某掷m(xù)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。但與某些戰(zhàn)團(tuán)不同，處刑者并不允許自己成為孤立主義者或保守主義者，他們和位于Bakka、Drachus和Gryphonne等世界上的風(fēng)暴星域帝國政府機(jī)構(gòu)保持溝通，為其服務(wù)和效忠；他們還允許執(zhí)行探索任務(wù)的帝國部隊(duì)和遠(yuǎn)程巡邏艦隊(duì)在緊急情況下將空洞巨大的巨龍穹頂空間站用作避難所，這進(jìn)一步鞏固了兩者的關(guān)系。處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)自己也從這種關(guān)系中獲益：他們被允許進(jìn)入星域的艦隊(duì)錨地和補(bǔ)給站。處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)與Gryphonne世界上機(jī)械神教的協(xié)約讓他們獲得了大量用于進(jìn)行戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的軍械和重武器。不過考慮到該戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的惡名，我們也必須說明一點(diǎn)：處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的大部分盟友都極不喜歡向他們尋求回饋，除非是在急需的情況下。

ORGANISATION

組織

Perhaps surprisingly for a Chapter with so barbaric and unsophisticated a reputation, the Executioners adhere very strictly to the tenets of the Codex Astartes in their structure and organisation, with only a few minor changes in orthodoxy which largely reflect a tendency towards close-range fire fights and brutal hand-to-hand combat. These tactics are preferred as the Chapter's brethren may more readily prove themselves in such decisive combats than in operations carried via long range firepower or using hit-and-run tactics.?

對(duì)于處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)這樣一個(gè)以野蠻和簡(jiǎn)單直率而著稱的戰(zhàn)團(tuán)而言，他們?cè)诮M織和結(jié)構(gòu)上對(duì)于阿斯塔特圣典教義的恪守或許是令人驚訝的。處刑者們只是對(duì)圣典中的正統(tǒng)（戰(zhàn)術(shù)）觀念進(jìn)行了一些微小的改變，這些改變?cè)诤艽蟪潭壬戏从沉颂幮陶邆儗?duì)于近距離交火和殘酷的肉搏戰(zhàn)的傾向。這些戰(zhàn)術(shù)是處刑者星際戰(zhàn)士們的首選，因?yàn)橄啾扔谀切┦褂眠h(yuǎn)程火力和游擊戰(zhàn)術(shù)的戰(zhàn)斗中，他們更容易在此類決定性的戰(zhàn)斗中證明自己。

Operationally this tactical bias has been represented most obviously in the Chapter's battle companies by the replacement of one of their standard Codex approved Devastator squads for a Sternguard Veteran squad of the Company's finest warriors in their organisational line of battle. Conversely. the use of bikes and attack bikes is disdained by the Executioners. who have a preference for the use of Land Speeders for scouting duties, and heavy armour wherever possible for assault and reconnaissance in force. Capable of subtlety when the need arises. the Executioners prefer to assure victory and the glory of their warriors by engaging the enemy as closely as possible. and are unafraid of battles of attrition or mutual destruction. relying on the ability of their Battle Brothers to overcorne and endure anything the enemy can throw at them and return it with greater force. At times this has proved a flaw. leading the Chapter to fight on once engaged where its better judgment may have otherwise prevailed before its bloodlust had been roused, a failing that has also been said of their ancient progenitors in the past.?

在實(shí)際操作中，這種戰(zhàn)術(shù)偏好在戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的戰(zhàn)斗連隊(duì)中表現(xiàn)得最為明顯：在自己的戰(zhàn)斗陣線中，他們會(huì)將標(biāo)準(zhǔn)圣典要求設(shè)立的破壞者小隊(duì)之一替換為由連隊(duì)中最優(yōu)秀的戰(zhàn)士們組成的宿衛(wèi)老兵小隊(duì)。處刑者們也鄙視對(duì)于戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)車和攻擊機(jī)車的使用，他們偏好使用蘭德速攻艇來負(fù)擔(dān)偵查職責(zé)，并會(huì)在任何可能的情況下動(dòng)用重裝甲單位來進(jìn)行突擊和偵察。當(dāng)有必要時(shí)，處刑者也能巧妙地處理各種問題，但他們還是更偏好盡可能地通過與敵人近距離交戰(zhàn)來確保勝利和奪取勇士的榮耀，而且也并不懼怕消耗戰(zhàn)與兩敗俱傷的戰(zhàn)斗。他們會(huì)依靠戰(zhàn)斗修士們（自身）的能力來壓倒并忍受敵人發(fā)起的所有進(jìn)攻，并以更強(qiáng)悍的力量進(jìn)行還擊。這種行為在有些時(shí)候被證明是一種錯(cuò)誤，會(huì)導(dǎo)致處刑者們?cè)诮粦?zhàn)中一旦被喚醒嗜血欲望，他們更理智的判斷力就會(huì)占下風(fēng)，據(jù)說這種缺陷過去也曾出現(xiàn)在他們古老的祖先身上。

Within the Executioners Chapter. each Company Captain is treated as a warlord in their own right by the Chapter, with a great independence of action afforded them. The Chapter's master. also known as the High Executioner. although possessing ultimate authority, must also heed his Company captains, who along with? the Chapter's Chief Librarian, Master of the Forge and Lord Speaker of the Dead, form a war council which by ancient right may, by unanimous assent, overthrow the Chapter Master should he prove unfit or unworthy in their eyes. Unlike the traditions of most Space Marine Chapters, leadership contests for the command of the Executioners can be bloody affairs; with each of the company Captains having the right to challenge for the title of High Executioner in trial by combat should they so wish.?

在處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)內(nèi)部，每位連長(zhǎng)都被視作一名軍閥，他們被給予了極強(qiáng)的行動(dòng)自主性。戰(zhàn)團(tuán)長(zhǎng)也被稱為至高處刑者，盡管他手握戰(zhàn)團(tuán)中最強(qiáng)的權(quán)柄，但他也必須聽取連長(zhǎng)們的意見。連長(zhǎng)們與戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的首席智庫、制造大師和述死者尊主組成戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)議會(huì)，如果他們認(rèn)為戰(zhàn)團(tuán)長(zhǎng)不稱職，他們就能利用手中古老的權(quán)力來一致同意罷免戰(zhàn)團(tuán)長(zhǎng)。與大多數(shù)星際戰(zhàn)士戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的習(xí)俗不同，處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)中的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)權(quán)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)是血腥的：如果他們?cè)敢獾脑挘课贿B長(zhǎng)都有權(quán)通過決斗的方式來挑戰(zhàn)至高處刑者的頭銜。