When Leman Russ took over the VIth Legion, it adhered rigidly to the guidelines and dispositions laid down by the Principta Belicosa of the Imperium's High Command. This rule was clung to by the warriors of the Legion as an anchor against the disorder their own increasingly fractious character was sowing in their ranks. Enforced discipline was common and even executions in the field were not unknown in the VIth. With the rediscovery of Leman Russ and the cultural influence of Fenris which he imprinted on the Legion, these factors however rapidly fell by the wayside. The fury which lay within the Legion's heart was given form and discipline mastered by will, and this wellspring of savagery was channelled and directed in battle rather than left unfocused, providing a catharsis which purged the Legion of its selfdestructive tendencies and unified it under the Wolf King's banner. Both the Fenrisian way of warfare as adapted by Leman Russ and the natural tendencies of the Legion to want to close and get to grips with its foes at close quarters led to a rapid and shifting focus away from the generalist and combined arms approach advocated by the Principia Belicosa and towards tactics dependent on highly mobile shock infantry units, with heavier support elements maintained, but largely focussed in specialised detachments rather than as part of the general line of battle. The Space Wolves were conditioned to hold a near-suicidal disregard for danger and trained to exploit this to the fullest on the battlefield, pitting their courage and might where it would be most effective; in the very teeth of the foe, overwhelming opponents by sheer speed and ferocity of attack, both in hand- to-hand combat and in brutal short ranged fire fights. As time went on, their tactical dispositions shifted to better accommodate this preference, leading to the creation of unique shock units such as the “Grey Slayers”and 'Bloodied Claws', which gradually came to comprise the bulk of the core infantry of the Legion by the time of the Burning of Prospero.

當(dāng)黎曼 魯斯接手第六軍團(tuán)時(shí)，他們嚴(yán)格遵守帝國(guó)最高指揮部頒布的《基礎(chǔ)軍典》中寫(xiě)下的準(zhǔn)則和規(guī)劃。軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)士們堅(jiān)持著這些規(guī)定，將其作為對(duì)抗當(dāng)時(shí)正軍團(tuán)中的混亂狀態(tài)的錨點(diǎn)——這種問(wèn)題是由在第六軍團(tuán)中傳播的阿斯塔特們?nèi)遮呉着愿褚l(fā)的。（執(zhí)行）強(qiáng)制紀(jì)律是常見(jiàn)情況，甚至戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)處決也是存在于第六軍團(tuán)的。不過(guò)，由于黎曼 魯斯的回歸以及他銘刻在軍團(tuán)中的芬里斯文化的影響，這些因素很快就被淘汰掉了。盤(pán)踞在軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)士心中的暴怒被給予了意志掌控的形式和紀(jì)律，黎曼 魯斯在戰(zhàn)斗中引導(dǎo)和指揮這種野蠻的源頭，而非置之不理，他提供了一種凈化第六軍團(tuán)自我毀滅傾向的情感宣泄通道，讓第六軍團(tuán)的戰(zhàn)士們統(tǒng)一在狼王的戰(zhàn)旗之下。黎曼 魯斯改良過(guò)的芬里斯戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)之道和第六軍團(tuán)想要接近敵人并與其展開(kāi)近戰(zhàn)的天然傾向?qū)е碌诹妶F(tuán)的注意力迅速轉(zhuǎn)移，不再注重基礎(chǔ)軍典所倡導(dǎo)的全面通才和復(fù)合式武器（配備）方法，而是轉(zhuǎn)向依賴(lài)于保有重型支援單位的高度機(jī)動(dòng)突擊步兵部隊(duì)的戰(zhàn)術(shù)，但是（重型支援單位）主要集中于專(zhuān)業(yè)化的分遣隊(duì)而非作為常規(guī)陣線部隊(duì)的一部分。通過(guò)訓(xùn)練，太空野狼們對(duì)危險(xiǎn)懷有近乎自殺式的無(wú)視，他們被訓(xùn)練在戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上充分利用這一點(diǎn)，并在最有效的地方發(fā)揮他們的勇氣和力量；野狼們會(huì)在敵人的進(jìn)攻據(jù)點(diǎn)上中以驚人的速度和兇猛的攻擊壓倒對(duì)手，即在徒手搏斗中，也是在殘酷的近距離交火作戰(zhàn)中。隨著時(shí)間推移，他們的戰(zhàn)術(shù)部署發(fā)生了變化以更好地適應(yīng)這種偏好，導(dǎo)致了某些獨(dú)一無(wú)二的突擊單位例如“灰獵手”和“血爪”的創(chuàng)建，等到普羅斯佩羅之焚時(shí)，此類(lèi)單位逐漸開(kāi)始組成了第六軍團(tuán)的大部分核心步兵單位。

By the late Great Crusade era, the Space Wolves Legion had strongly deviated from the Principia Belicosa’s definition of the Legiones Astartes structure and organisation, although they could, if pressed, readily enunciate how each warrior would fit in such a structure should it be needed. At the macro level, the Legion consisted of thirteen 'Great Companies' designated by their number in the order of battle, with each nominally composed of a theoretical 10,000 Legiones Astartes, though in practice attrition and casualty rates meant this was never more than a notional figure. Below this strategic level, the Legion's host was now broken down into a shifting array of ad hoc formations either put together for a particular mission or beholden strongly to the personal authority of a particular company commander, and below them to a series of tributary sub-commanders, known variously as *Wolf Lord' (Jarl) or 'Claw Leader”?(Thegn), regardless of their notional or accorded rank within the Imperiums order of battle. These warband-like forces —while each was part of one of the overarching Great Companies which comprised the Legion— were largely autonomous and heavily infantry-focussed. They often lacked certain specialised units and formations found in other Legions, and could range in size from between banalion to chapter strength in conventional terms, while below this, the more general terms of'Pack' or 'Claw' became an accepted descriptor of any small tactical unit, be it a single squad of warriors or a small combined taskforce. These arrangements could be confusing to outsiders with, for example, a particular Great Company having within it several “Jarls”，?whose relative seniority or areas of command were far from clear to any but the Space Wolves.

在大遠(yuǎn)征后期，太空野狼軍團(tuán)已經(jīng)嚴(yán)重偏離了基礎(chǔ)軍典對(duì)于阿斯塔特軍團(tuán)組織結(jié)構(gòu)的定義，不過(guò)倘若被施壓的話(huà)，他們也可以在需要時(shí)輕易地闡明每個(gè)戰(zhàn)士如何適應(yīng)這樣的組織。太空野狼軍團(tuán)在宏觀層面上由十三個(gè)根據(jù)其在戰(zhàn)斗序列中的編號(hào)加以命名的“大連”組成，名義上每個(gè)大連都擁有理論上的10000名軍團(tuán)阿斯塔特戰(zhàn)士，但在實(shí)際上第六軍團(tuán)的自然減員率和傷亡率意味著這他們的數(shù)量永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)超過(guò)理論上的人數(shù)。在戰(zhàn)略層面之下，軍團(tuán)的戰(zhàn)群現(xiàn)在被拆分為專(zhuān)門(mén)編隊(duì)組成的不斷變化的戰(zhàn)斗隊(duì)列，他們能因?yàn)樘囟繕?biāo)或者具體某位連隊(duì)指揮官的個(gè)人權(quán)威而聚合在一起，在他們之下是一系列的附屬次級(jí)指揮官，這些次級(jí)指揮官被不同地稱(chēng)為“狼主”（部落首領(lǐng)）或者“狼爪頭領(lǐng)”（大領(lǐng)主）——不考慮他們?cè)诘蹏?guó)戰(zhàn)斗序列中名義上或被給予的軍銜。這些類(lèi)似戰(zhàn)幫的部隊(duì)（每支部隊(duì)都是某個(gè)構(gòu)成軍團(tuán)的綜合大連的組成部分）在很大程度上是自主的，并且以步兵為主。他們通常缺乏其他軍團(tuán)中存在的某些專(zhuān)業(yè)化單位與編隊(duì)，兵力介于常規(guī)的戰(zhàn)斗營(yíng)與戰(zhàn)團(tuán)之間；在這些部隊(duì)之下，是以“狼爪”或“狼群”等統(tǒng)稱(chēng)作為可接受稱(chēng)呼的任何小型戰(zhàn)術(shù)單位，這類(lèi)單位是一支獨(dú)立的軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)士小隊(duì)或者一支小規(guī)模復(fù)合特遣隊(duì)。這些安排可能會(huì)使局外人感到困惑，例如，某個(gè)特定的大連內(nèi)部有多個(gè)“狼主”，除了太空野狼軍團(tuán)成員之外，其他軍團(tuán)的成員們很不清楚這些狼主們相應(yīng)的資歷和指揮領(lǐng)域。

The formation of the Great Companies themselves varied considerably, both as a result of their history and the preferences and dispositions of their commanders, who had much leeway in determining their composition. Of particular note was the First Great Company (or 'Onn' in the Fenrisian) which served as Leman Russ?core of veterans, including his chosen elite, the Varagyr. The Seventh Great Company in contrast held the distinction of being the Landayvan —the destroyers and layers waste——and in this company were concentrated many of the Legions siege warfare and artillery assets, as well as those skilled in the use of such sanctioned weaponry as phosphex. It was also the home of the largest concentration of a particular sub-cult of the Fenrisian mythos centred around the wolf-spirit Morkai, a pseudo—deity of death and the dead. The Space Wolves who were attracted to this cult were said to be those who most 'felt the breath of the wolf in their bones' and within them the fiery passions of their brethren had chilled to a bleak killing frost and only the prospect of immediate bloodshed could bestir them with feeling once more. Many such warriors were drawn together to form the packs of the Black Cull, an extermination corps which also specialised in near-suicidal and all but unstoppable line breaker attacks, embracing the touch of death as one might a lost friend.

大連的編隊(duì)自身也有很大差異，這是太空野狼軍團(tuán)歷史與其指揮官的偏好和性情的共同結(jié)果，后者在決定他們部隊(duì)組成的方面有很多余地。需要特別注意的是擔(dān)任黎曼魯斯的老兵核心都第一大連（或者說(shuō)芬里斯語(yǔ)中的Onn），其中也包括原體挑選出的精銳：狼衛(wèi)；第七大連則相反，他們享有擔(dān)任“舞焰者”——?dú)缯吆蛷U土制造者的榮譽(yù)，這個(gè)大連也集中了軍團(tuán)中的大量攻城裝備和火炮，以及擅長(zhǎng)使用諸如磷火之類(lèi)被批準(zhǔn)使用的武器的軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)士。第七大連也集中了最多的莫?jiǎng)P教徒：莫?jiǎng)P教派是一個(gè)圍繞芬里斯神話(huà)中的狼神莫?jiǎng)P——亡者與死亡之（偽）神的特定次級(jí)教派。據(jù)說(shuō)，被吸引到這個(gè)教派中的太空野狼戰(zhàn)士們最能夠“感受到他們骨血中的野狼之息”，在他們心中，他們的弟兄們那種熾烈激情已冷落為凄涼的霜凍，只有鮮血淋漓的前景才能再次使他們感到振奮。很多此類(lèi)戰(zhàn)士被從自己的狼群中挑選出來(lái)并組成黑色屠宰手的獵群（機(jī)仆：這群人的常見(jiàn)稱(chēng)呼是死誓群狼）——這是一支專(zhuān)門(mén)執(zhí)行近乎自殺且?guī)缀醪豢勺钃醯年嚲€突破攻擊的滅絕部隊(duì)，他們會(huì)像擁抱一位失去的朋友那樣去擁抱死亡的觸摸。

Also of particular note within the Legion was the role played by the so-called 'Priests of Fenris'. This sealed chamber within the Legion embodied much of the special command functions provided by the separate Apothecarion, Librarius and Armourium in other Legions. They were suffused both with an aura of ritual and secrecy, for as well as the continuation of the Legions martial culture, the maintenance of its wargear and the preservation of its gene-seed, these “priests”?also occupied the role of keepers of the Legion’s occluded history and superstitions, and served as the wardens of its secrets. The senior representatives of this varied priesthood, be they Priest of Iron, Caster of Runes or Speaker of the Dead, had a place of honour on the Einherjar, the Legions council of war, which advised their Primarch, and on which every Jarl and Thegn had a place, and where every warrior of the Space Wolves had the right to speak.

我們也要特別注意軍團(tuán)中所謂的“芬里斯牧師”擔(dān)任的職責(zé)。軍團(tuán)中這個(gè)未知的機(jī)構(gòu)體現(xiàn)出了許多特殊的指揮功能，這些功能在其他軍團(tuán)中被獨(dú)立分配給了軍團(tuán)藥研會(huì)（機(jī)仆：藥劑師的組織）、軍團(tuán)智庫(kù)和軍團(tuán)武庫(kù)。他們充滿(mǎn)了儀式和保密的氣氛，也要負(fù)責(zé)傳續(xù)軍團(tuán)的尚武文化、保養(yǎng)軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)裝備和保存軍團(tuán)的基因種子（機(jī)仆：狼牧師、鐵牧師、符文牧師），這些牧師也要擔(dān)任軍團(tuán)被遮蔽的歷史和迷信的守護(hù)者以及軍團(tuán)秘密的守衛(wèi)者。這些不同職位的芬里斯牧師的高級(jí)代表是鋼鐵牧師與符文法師（或者死者代言人），他們?cè)谟㈧`大殿——向原體提出建議的軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)議會(huì)中享有一個(gè)榮譽(yù)位置，在英靈大殿中，每位狼主和狼爪頭領(lǐng)都享有自己的位置，每位太空野狼戰(zhàn)士都有權(quán)發(fā)言。

War Disposition

戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)配置

At the time the order reached the Space Wolves Legion for the censure of the Thousand Sons, it was able to muster what is believed to have been roughly two-thirds of its active strength. This comprised some 75,000 Legiones Astartes assigned to the Prospero assault, with the estimated remaining 20,000-25,000 either scattered across various sub-fleets and taskforces beyond their masters immediate call, with a small contingent left to garrison Fenris in the Legions absence. This itself reflected the heavy degree of campaigning the Space Wolves had conducted in the preceding decades, having fallen in overall strength from about 130,000 after a series of actions, some of whose nature remains sealed. Its fleet is believed to have comprised some sixty capital vessels at this time, with perhaps four times this number of smaller strike craft and escort vessels. In particular, the Legion was disposed towards heavily armed and augmented frigate designs, which allowed for the long-range independent operations of small task forces. In contrast, its flagship by the time of the Heresy, the Hrafnkel, was one of the largest patterns from the Gloriana class frame, and configured both as a heavy battleship and capable of conducting independent planetkill operations.

人們相信當(dāng)太空野狼軍團(tuán)受到前去申飭責(zé)罰千子軍團(tuán)的命令時(shí)，他們能夠召集起大概三分之二的運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)中的兵力。太空野狼的兵力中有75000名軍團(tuán)阿斯塔特被分配前去參加進(jìn)攻普羅斯佩羅戰(zhàn)役，而據(jù)估算，還有20000至25000名的剩余阿斯塔特分散在各支分遣艦隊(duì)和特遣部隊(duì)中，他們未能響應(yīng)原體的緊急號(hào)召，還有一支在軍團(tuán)外出時(shí)負(fù)責(zé)衛(wèi)戍芬里斯的小規(guī)模分遣隊(duì)。這一事件本身就反映了太空野狼軍團(tuán)在過(guò)去幾十年中進(jìn)行的大規(guī)模戰(zhàn)役的嚴(yán)重慘烈程度：經(jīng)過(guò)一系列的行動(dòng)之后，太空野狼軍團(tuán)的總體兵力從大約130000名阿斯塔特下降到普羅斯佩羅戰(zhàn)役之前的水平，其中某些行動(dòng)的性質(zhì)至今都未解封。人們相信在此期間太空野狼軍團(tuán)艦隊(duì)包含大約60艘主力艦，而小型突擊艇和護(hù)衛(wèi)艦船的數(shù)量或許是主力艦數(shù)量的四倍，野狼們尤其傾向于允許小規(guī)模特遣隊(duì)執(zhí)行長(zhǎng)距離獨(dú)立任務(wù)的帶有重型裝甲且增強(qiáng)過(guò)的護(hù)衛(wèi)艦型號(hào)。但大叛亂時(shí)的太空野狼軍團(tuán)旗艦哈拉法卡爾號(hào)則恰恰相反，她是最大的榮光女王級(jí)戰(zhàn)列艦之一，她既可以被配置為重型戰(zhàn)列艦，又可以進(jìn)行獨(dú)立的行星登陸作戰(zhàn)。