The term 'Blackshield' refers not to a single military body or even a class of warriors as such, but to a phenomenon that came into being in the early to middle years of the Age of?Darkness and which very much had its roots in the most ancient of?martial codes. According to those codes, a warrior might, for any one of?a myriad reasons, choose or be forced to cast off or conceal his allegiance. In ancient times, when a warrior bore the icon of his house, master or nation upon his shield, he might have cause to cover it with cloth or to paint over it entirely. He might very literally paint his shield black, deliberately making it impossible for strangers to know where his true loyalties —— if any remained at all— might lie.

“黑盾”指的不是一個單一的軍事團體，它指的甚至并非一類戰(zhàn)士，而是一種出現(xiàn)在黑暗年代中早期的現(xiàn)象，它在很大程度上源于最古老的軍事法規(guī)。根據(jù)這種法規(guī)，一名戰(zhàn)士可能由于各種各樣的原因而選擇或被迫來拋棄或隱藏他的忠誠。在古代，如果這類戰(zhàn)士在自己的盾牌上佩戴了他的家族、主人或者國家的標志，他可能有理由用布蓋住它或者把它整個涂掉。他可能會在字面意義上把盾牌完全涂成黑色，故意讓陌生人無法得知他真正忠誠于哪一派——倘若他還有忠誠心的話。

While such a practice might have obvious utility amongst the warring clans and states of Ancient Terra or on any number of worlds cast down to barbarism throughout the long Age of Strife, it had no place at all in the Imperium of Mankind which through Unity and the Imperial Truth the Emperor had brought to the scattered and benighted worlds of humanity. The hosts of Mankind that swept out from Terra during the Great Crusade were bonded by seemingly unbreakable chains of fealty, blood and honour, and so to break oath with a line officer was in effect to break oath with the Emperor and those He had saved from Old Night.? With the outbreak of?the Horus Heresy?however, it was proven beyond doubt that the chain?was only as strong as its weakest links.?

雖然在漫長的紛爭紀元時期，這種行為可能在戰(zhàn)爭氏族、舊泰拉諸國或許多退化到了蠻荒時代的世界上有明顯的效果，但是，隨著帝皇將統(tǒng)一和帝國真理帶到各個分散而愚昧的人類世界，這一行為也就完全失去了在人類帝國中的立足之地。在大遠征時期，從泰拉席卷而來的人類軍隊被由忠誠、鮮血和榮譽組成的看似牢不可破的鏈條綁定在一起，打破對上司軍官立下的誓言，事實上就是打破了對帝皇和對那些帝皇從古老舊夜中拯救而出的人類立下的誓言。然而荷魯斯叛亂的爆發(fā)證明：毫無疑問，鏈條的強度取決于它最薄弱的一環(huán)。

It cannot be known when the first Blackshields appeared upon the battlefields of the Age of Darkness, and in Truth the definition is so broad that some may not have been noted as such at the time. Certainly, a small force of Legiones Astartes warriors clad in black and bearing the Terran Aquila in the stead of?any Legion icon was sighted at the climax of the Liberation of?Numinal during the war for the Coronid Deeps in early 008.M31. As the veil of Dark Compliance fell across the northern Imperium and beleaguered Loyalist armies fell back en masse before the traitors inexorable advance towards distant Terra, Blackshields similarly clad were counted amongst the defenders who mustered upon the walls of Fort Stranivar, giving their lives for the Loyalist cause alongside so many other dutiful and stoic servants of the Emperor.

我們無從得知第一批黑盾部隊在何時出現(xiàn)在了黑暗年代的戰(zhàn)場上，事實上，這個定義太寬泛了，以至于有些黑盾部隊當時可能沒有被人們注意到。在008.M31的克羅尼深淵會戰(zhàn)期間，人們就在Numinal世界解放戰(zhàn)役中看到了一群身穿黑色動力甲并且用泰拉天鷹代替任何軍團圖案的阿斯塔特軍團戰(zhàn)士。隨著叛軍們逐漸占領(lǐng)了帝國北部，四面楚歌的忠誠派軍隊集體撤退，隨后叛軍們無情地向遙遠的泰拉進行推進，而在Stranivar堡壘中，聚集在城墻上的防御部隊中同樣存在黑盾戰(zhàn)士，他們和許多其他盡職盡責且堅毅頑強的帝皇忠仆一起為忠誠的事業(yè)而獻出了自己的生命。

These incidents were but the first of?many that would be reported across the entire Imperium as the Age of Darkness progressed,although in most instances such reports would only be collated into a meaningful whole much later on, long after the fate of most such warriors was either settled or irrelevant. Warbands of Blackshields appeared in war zones the length and breadth of the sundered Imperium, evidence not of one overarching will or cause, but of the resurrection of that ancient code that called for a warrior to obscure his colours upon the renunciation of his oaths of allegiance to his master.

這些事件只是此類事件當中的第一批——隨著黑暗年代的推進，整個人類帝國中有很多黑盾戰(zhàn)幫活動的情況被匯報，雖然多數(shù)情況下，此類報告只會在很久之后才會被整理成有意義的完整資料，但這些資料要么是在大多數(shù)黑盾戰(zhàn)士們的命運被決定很久之后的形成的，要么就是與他們不相關(guān)。黑盾戰(zhàn)幫出現(xiàn)在被切分開的人類帝國的各個戰(zhàn)區(qū)，沒有證據(jù)表明他們有一個總體的意愿或參戰(zhàn)原因，他們的參戰(zhàn)是一種古老法則的復活——這種法則要求戰(zhàn)士們在放棄自己向主人發(fā)下的忠誠誓言時，也要一并遮掩起自己紋章標志的顏色。

While many groups of Blackshields were identified, no two were exactly the same in origin or constitution. While the term invariably describes a warrior of?the Legiones Astartes, even this is not universal as the origins and nature of some Blackshields simply cannot be ascertained, while others were accompanied by mortal auxiliaries in a manner similar to the Legions?employment of bonded auxiliary units. Likewise, the true allegiance of many Blackshield bands was often far from clear. Even when their deeds spoke clearly of their cause, they rarely fought alongside the conventional forces of either side in Mankind's civil war or when they did, they refused to integrate themselves into established chains of command. Many Blackshield bands simply fought for their own cause—often that of simple survival in a galaxy consumed by insanity and chaos. Some however had clearly abandoned themselves to the very madness that had birthed them. Gripped by insanity that knew no distinction between Traitor or Loyalist, they ravaged across the stars throughout the Age of Darkness and in many cases well into the current age.

雖然我們識別出了很多黑盾部隊，但并不存在兩個在起源或結(jié)構(gòu)上完全相同的黑盾部隊。雖然“黑盾”這個稱呼總是在描述阿斯塔特軍團的戰(zhàn)士，但甚至這也不是通用的，因為某些黑盾部隊的起源和性質(zhì)無法確定，其他的黑盾部隊則有凡人輔助軍配合作戰(zhàn)——兩者的配合方式類似于阿斯塔特軍團與綁定的輔助軍的配合。同樣，許多黑盾戰(zhàn)幫的忠誠狀況是非常不明朗的。哪怕他們的行為已經(jīng)清楚地說明了他們的參戰(zhàn)原因，他們也很少與人類內(nèi)戰(zhàn)中任何一方的常規(guī)部隊并肩作戰(zhàn)；即便他們與某一方并肩作戰(zhàn)了，他們也拒絕將自己融入既定的指揮鏈條中。很多黑盾戰(zhàn)幫僅僅是為自己的理由而戰(zhàn)——通常只是為了在這個被瘋狂和混亂吞噬的銀河系中存活下來。但是，有些人明顯已經(jīng)拋棄了自己，陷入了造就他們的極度瘋狂之中。他們受困于瘋狂，看不出忠誠派與叛軍之間的區(qū)別。在整個黑暗年代當中，他們在群星間肆虐，在很多情況中他們甚至持續(xù)到了現(xiàn)在（機仆：黑皮書設定上是帝國學者寫作的歷史上，寫作時間是hh結(jié)束不久）

Some have compared the Blackshields to the Shattered Legions, thus putting Truth to the observation that the two occupied different points in a spectrum of irregular or non-conventional Legiones Astartes forces. The disparate elements of the Shattered Legions, however, maintained a definite sense of Legion identity and inheritance, while the Blackshields invariably went to great lengths to reject, denounce or obscure their origins, or in some cases may even have been ignorant of them. Indeed, while the Shattered Legions were constituted of?units from several different parent Legions, they ever sought to uphold and maintain their own traditions even as they acknowledged those of their compatriots. This was not the case in most Blackshield bands, and it is likely that even individual squads were made up of warriors born of different Legions, the identity of which might remain unknown even to his brothers.

有些人將黑盾部隊與破碎軍團作比較，他們也確實觀察到了一些事實：兩者都在在不規(guī)則或非常規(guī)的阿斯塔特部隊中占據(jù)了不同的位置。然而，破碎軍團中各支不同的部隊仍然保持著明確的軍團認同感和傳承感，而黑盾們總是不遺余力地拒絕、譴責或掩蓋他們的出身，在某些情況下甚至可能對它們一無所知。而且，雖然破碎軍團是由來自多個母軍團的戰(zhàn)士們組成的，即使他們承認同袍兄弟的傳統(tǒng)，他們也一直試圖維護和保有自己軍團的傳統(tǒng)。大多數(shù)黑盾戰(zhàn)幫不存在這種情況，很可能一支獨立的黑盾小隊是由來自不同軍團的阿斯塔特組成的，但即便是小隊里的兄弟之間也不知道彼此的身份。

While the term 'Blackshield' is fitting, it was not always a literal description of?the warriors in question. Some groups were observed clad in highly idiosyncratic, personalised heraldry, no two Legionaries bearing the same colours. Some applied camouflage patterns to their armour, a practice only rarely observed amongst the Legions. At least one group was observed to wear composite battle plate, each part scavenged from other Legions and mixed together with no rhyme or reason, a sea green vambrace taken from a slain Legionary of the Sons of?Horus worn alongside a bone white gorget torn?from the corpse of a defeated World Eaters?for example.

雖然“黑盾”這個稱呼很合適，但這并不總是對被提及的戰(zhàn)士的字面意義上的描述。人們觀察到某些黑盾部隊佩戴著極其獨特的個性化紋章，而且沒有哪兩個兩個軍團戰(zhàn)士的紋章顏色是相同的。一些黑盾在動力甲上涂了偽裝圖案，這種行為在阿斯塔特軍團中很罕見。人們觀察到至少有一支黑盾部隊穿著混搭的動力甲——每個部件都是從其他軍團的戰(zhàn)場遺物中撿拾回來，并且被莫名其妙地混雜在一起，例如：從被殺荷魯斯之子軍團戰(zhàn)士身上拔下來海綠色前臂鎧甲搭配著從戰(zhàn)敗的吞世者軍團戰(zhàn)士尸體卸下來骨白色護喉甲。

The Steadfast, the Turncoat and the Renegade

忠誠者、叛徒與變節(jié)者

The most difficult class of?Blackshield to define or identify with any certainty were those who were constituted en masse from the ranks of a parent Legion having refused to align themselves with the declared allegiance of?their Primarch. Though their true numbers remain unknown, they cannot have been great for most of the Traitor Primarchs proved horrifyingly willing and able to purge their Legions of those sons they suspected would not stand alongside them against the Emperor. It is well known to us now that the Sons of Horus, Death Guard, World Eaters and Emperor's Children were all purged by the hands of their own fathers at Isstvan III, while it appears that Lorgar rid his Legion of?such elements at a much earlier point. Of the other Traitor Legions, it can only be assumed that similar fratricides were enacted, although none appear to have been carried out with complete effectiveness for there were ever detached units serving far afield or beyond communications range. What trauma such warriors experienced upon learning of their masters' treachery can only be imagined and the bloodshed that ensued between brother Legionaries must have been every bit as terrible as the slaughter at Isstvan III.

由那些從母軍團中集體脫離的阿斯塔特組成的黑盾部隊是最難定義或確定的，他們已經(jīng)拒絕向自己的原體宣誓效忠了。雖然他們的真實數(shù)量仍然未知，但他們的人數(shù)不會太多，因為多數(shù)叛徒原體們非常愿意并且有能力清除軍團中那些他們懷疑不會與自己同流合污背叛皇帝的子嗣們?，F(xiàn)在眾所周知的是，荷魯斯之子、帝皇之子、死亡守衛(wèi)和吞世者四個軍團都在伊斯特萬三號遭到了自己父親的清洗，而珞珈看起來在很早之前就清洗掉了懷言者軍團中疑似忠誠派的戰(zhàn)士們。至于其他叛徒軍團，我們只能假設他們也發(fā)生過類似的自相殘殺，不過這種內(nèi)部清洗似乎沒有哪一場是能夠完全有效地進行，因為曾經(jīng)有一些分遣部隊是在遙遠的戰(zhàn)場上或通訊范圍之外的地方作戰(zhàn)（機仆：比如丹提歐克這種半流放性質(zhì)的，長期駐守某些極其遙遠的邊境哨站）。我們只能想象這些戰(zhàn)士在得知他們的原體叛變后經(jīng)歷了什么樣的心理創(chuàng)傷，那些隨后發(fā)生在軍團兄弟之間的流血事件也一定像伊斯特萬三號上的屠殺一樣可怕。

Many of those warriors?who escaped the betrayal of their kins fled into the darkness and never seen again，while others embarked upon short-lived campaign of bleedy?vengeance，determining?to sell their lives dearly and consumed by hatred for a galaxy in which they no longer bad a place.?

很多從自己同胞兄弟們的背叛中逃過一劫的阿斯塔特們逃入了黑暗中，再也沒有被別人見到過，而其他人則開始了短暫而血腥的復仇戰(zhàn)役，他們決心付出自己的生命（來復仇），他們對這片已無他們立足之地的銀河充滿仇恨，而這份情感也吞噬了他們的身心。

The Disavowed

被否定之人

It is a Truth that sits ill with many who are? to such knowledge that?not all blackshields were the son of the Traitor Primarchs. The warrior lodges had spread their pernicious philosophies far and wide in the years prior to Isstvan，and few indeed were the legions entirely unaffected by their hidden workings. Indeed，it is notable that in some bands of blackshields，adherence to the tenets of the various warrior lodges remained strong and some were even accompanied?small covens of Davinite lodge priests. How many blackshield bands were in fact renegade elements of otherwise loyal legions，or how many individual blackshield warriors in the?ranks of a Marauder squad were secretly turncoat sons of Guilliman，Dorn，Russ or any other loyal son of the Emperor is a matter that even now has to be fully accounted.?

對于很多了解黑盾部隊的人來說，有一個事實令他們感到不快：并非所有黑盾都來自那些背叛帝皇的阿斯塔特軍團。在伊斯塔萬事件爆發(fā)的很多年之前，戰(zhàn)士結(jié)社就已經(jīng)在廣泛傳播他們那險惡有害的哲學了，事實上，也很少有軍團能完全不受他們背地里的活動的影響。在實際情況中，很明顯某些黑盾戰(zhàn)幫堅持遵守著各種戰(zhàn)士結(jié)社的信條原則，有些甚至還伴隨著小規(guī)模的達文結(jié)社牧師式的集會。那么，有多少黑盾戰(zhàn)幫其實是其他忠誠軍團中的變節(jié)者？有多少掠襲者小隊中獨立的黑盾戰(zhàn)士其實是秘密背叛了基里曼、多恩、魯斯以及其他忠誠派原體的不肖子弟？哪怕到了現(xiàn)在，這些問題也仍需要我們加以充分考慮。

The Damned

詛咒之人

Despite their rejection of visible Legion heritage, most Blackshields remained nonetheless recognisable as Space Marines. A small number however stretched such a definition to a point where onlookers may not have taken them for the product of the Emperor's vision at all. Throughout the Age of?Darkness and beyond, accounts of Legionaries fallen to physical mutation persisted, hinting at a creeping instability in gene-seed purity, corruption of the implantation process, exposure to certain influences or even deliberate tampering with the Legiones Astartes genetic template. At first sight these warriors might appear blessed of superior strength, speed or resilience, but invariably they proved unstable in other ways. Some were prone to physical or mental collapse in the heat of?battle, while others experienced spontaneous and uncontrolled mutation under stress, their limbs distending into horrific forms as bones re-knit and muscles distorted, battle plate splitting apart in the process. Some were indistinguishable in appearance from any other Legionary, yet possessed of such an unnatural mien or aura that others could not stand their presence, and with prolonged exposure would be driven by an inexplicable urge to strike them down.

盡管他們拒絕了可見的軍團傳承之物（和標記來隱藏自己的身份），多數(shù)黑盾仍然被視為星際戰(zhàn)士。不過，一小部分人這個定義擴展到這樣一個程度，以至于旁觀者可能根本沒有將他們視為帝皇愿景的產(chǎn)物。在整個黑暗年代及其之外的時間段中，關(guān)于阿斯塔特軍團戰(zhàn)士墮入靈能變異的報告不斷出現(xiàn)，這些報告暗示了基因種子純度的逐漸不穩(wěn)定性，植入過程中的污染，也暗示這軍團阿斯塔特的基因模板暴露在了某些因素的影響中，甚至可能已經(jīng)遭到了篡改（機仆：千子，懷言者，帝子…）乍看之下，這些戰(zhàn)士似乎被賦予了更為強大的力量、速度或恢復力，但是他們總是在其他方面出現(xiàn)不穩(wěn)定。有些阿斯塔特在激烈的戰(zhàn)斗中容易出現(xiàn)生理或精神崩潰，其他的則在壓力下經(jīng)歷自發(fā)的和不受控制的突變，他們的四肢膨脹成可怕的形狀，骨骼重新編織，肌肉扭曲，動力甲都在這個過程中被撐到破裂；有些阿斯塔特在外表上與其他軍團兄弟沒有區(qū)別，卻擁有如此不自然的風度或氣質(zhì)，以至于其他人無法忍受他們在場（機仆：不是，長得帥也算變異？那ba的變異確實挺嚴重的…），如果他們長時間暴露在人前的話，會導致其他人莫名其妙地產(chǎn)生將其擊倒的沖動。（機仆：長得帥也有錯？！）

It has been suggested by some of our Order that not every band of such genetic aberrations classified as Blackshields were truly outcasts from the other Legions. Some may actually have been deliberately created in secret within one of the Legions and then released into the war-torn galaxy as living weapons of mass destruction. Created ignorant of their heritage, such forces would?have reaved across the stars in pursuit of some implanted imperative, burning fiercely albeit briefly in the depths of the Age of Darkness.

我們的修會當中的某些成員認為其他軍團并沒有真正拋棄所有那些被歸類為黑盾的基因畸變者。實際上，其中某些人可能就是在某個阿斯塔特軍團中被秘密制造出來的（機仆：第三軍團…），之后他們就作為某種活生生的大規(guī)模破壞性武器被投放到了這個戰(zhàn)火紛飛的銀河。這些部隊將會根據(jù)某種事先植入的命令在群星間大肆劫掠，在黑暗年代中造成短暫卻劇烈的破壞。

Command Hierarchy

指揮等級體系

If the Shattered Legions were irregular in their command structure, the myriad bands of Blackshields were downright idiosyncratic. Many appear to have been ruled by sheer brute strength or force of will with no apparent reference to any formal rank their leaders may once have held. What qualified a leader to rule a Blackshield warband can only be guessed at, but it has been observed that the fate of many such?bands was intrinsically linked to their master's own goals.

如果說破碎軍團的指揮結(jié)構(gòu)還只是無規(guī)律的話，那么無數(shù)黑盾戰(zhàn)幫的指揮結(jié)構(gòu)就是徹頭徹尾的另類。許多黑盾戰(zhàn)幫似乎是被擁有純粹的蠻力或者意志力的領(lǐng)袖統(tǒng)治著（機仆：比如恩德瑞德 哈爾老哥就曾經(jīng)徒手打死過膽敢反對自己意見的下屬），而沒有明顯提及這些領(lǐng)袖們曾經(jīng)擔任的正式職務。我們只能猜測什么樣的領(lǐng)袖有資格統(tǒng)領(lǐng)黑盾戰(zhàn)幫，但根據(jù)我們的觀察，很多黑盾戰(zhàn)幫的命運與戰(zhàn)幫領(lǐng)袖的個人目標有著內(nèi)在的聯(lián)系。

Aside from the reaver lords, most Blackshield bands exhibited a comparatively flat?Organisational hierarchy.?The reaver lords invariably led their warriors from the front and because overall strengths were rarely more than a single Legiones Astartes company equivalent, the line officers, specialised sub-ranks, command cadres and equerries utilised across the Legions were largely superfluous and therefore rarely seen among Blackshields.

除了掠奪者領(lǐng)主們，大多數(shù)黑盾戰(zhàn)幫展現(xiàn)出了一種相對扁平化的組織等級制度。掠奪者領(lǐng)主們總是帶領(lǐng)著他的戰(zhàn)士在前線作戰(zhàn)，而且因為黑盾戰(zhàn)幫的整體兵力很少超過一個同等的軍團阿斯塔特連隊，所以阿斯塔特軍團中普遍配置的前線軍官、專業(yè)化的次級部隊、指揮核心以及侍從武官對黑盾戰(zhàn)幫而言在很大程度上是多余的，因此在黑盾戰(zhàn)幫中這些職務幾乎不會被看到。

Materiel Strength

軍備力量

Observed strengths among Blackshield warbands varied from as few as two dozen to as many as 2,000, with around 500 being the most commonly encountered level. No recognisable orders of battle dominated and each force was constituted according to the demeanour of its lord, its warriors and the logistical limitations imposed upon them by fate.?While recognisable Legiones Astartes squad types were encountered, it was common for the core squads of Blackshield groups to carry a wide range of equipment, often with no two warriors being armed in the same manner. This phenomenon set the warriors of the Blackshields far apart from their Legiones Astartes roots and such squads came to be known as “Marauder”as the Age of Darkness progressed.

我們觀察到的黑盾戰(zhàn)幫兵力少則24人，多則2000人，最常見的兵力水平是500人左右。沒有可辨認的戰(zhàn)斗命令支配他們，每支部隊都是根據(jù)其領(lǐng)主的行為舉止、部隊中的戰(zhàn)士和命運強加給他們的后勤限制等因素組建而成的。雖然黑盾戰(zhàn)幫中也偶爾出現(xiàn)過可識別的阿斯塔特軍團小隊類型，但黑盾戰(zhàn)幫的核心小隊通常會攜帶種類繁多的裝備，而且通常來說，不存在兩個用同樣方式武裝自己的黑盾戰(zhàn)士。這一現(xiàn)象讓黑盾戰(zhàn)士們遠遠地脫離開了他們阿斯塔特軍團的根源。而隨著黑暗年代的推進，這類小隊開始作為“掠襲者小隊”為人們所知。

The strength of most Blackshield warbands was very much concentrated in its core infantry elements, for, divorced from conventional Legion logistical chains, stocks of heavy equipment very quickly dwindled. It was rare indeed for such groups to utilise disposable equipment such as drop pods, for recovering such items for re-use generally called for support assets the Blackshields did not have ready access to. Instead of drop pods, most Blackshield warbands relied upon?the lighter classes of gunships to transport forces to a planet's surfece and to provide them with fire support. Storm Eagles and Fire Raptors being commonly encountered, and it is likely that many Blackshield bands prioritised their capture from enemy forces.

多數(shù)黑盾戰(zhàn)幫的兵力非常集中于其核心步兵部隊。因為黑盾部隊脫離了其傳統(tǒng)的軍團后勤鏈，他們的重型設備庫存迅速減少，事實上黑盾戰(zhàn)幫幾乎不會使用空降艙這種一次性裝備，因為要回收這些裝備以再次使用的話，通常要呼叫支援設備——但黑盾戰(zhàn)幫沒有現(xiàn)成的此類裝備。多數(shù)黑盾戰(zhàn)幫依賴輕型炮艇而非空降艙來將部隊運送到星球表面并為他們提供火力支援。他們通常使用風暴鷹和火焰猛禽炮艇，而且許多黑盾戰(zhàn)幫很可能把從敵軍手中俘獲奪取這類炮艇列為優(yōu)先任務。

Given?the circumstances of their creation and the manner in which they operated, it has proved impossible to assay the total number of?Legiones Astartes warriors turned Blackshield who fought throughout the Age of Darkness.?Given that some may have come into being as a result of accelerated implantation regimes or unsanctioned replication protocols and therefore never entered on the official rolls of the later Great Crusade, the numbers may be far higher than any could imagine, albeit spread across the unimaginably vast reaches of the galaxy over?which Mankind sought dominion.

考慮到他們的誕生環(huán)境和運作方式，確定在整個黑暗年代中轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)楹诙軕?zhàn)士的阿斯塔特軍團戰(zhàn)士的總數(shù)被證明是不可能的。鑒于某些黑盾戰(zhàn)士可能是利用器官加速植入機制或禁忌的復制規(guī)程制造出來的，所以他們也就從未加入過大遠征晚期的官方統(tǒng)計名單，雖然他們分布在人類尋求統(tǒng)治的難以想象的銀河系廣闊地帶，但他們的數(shù)量可能仍然遠遠超出任何人的想象。

Blackshield Specific Equipment

黑盾特殊武器

The nature of the Blackshield forces and their often erratic and unorthodox lines of?supply forced many into the adoption of?ragged and modified equipment and weapons in order to maintain an effective fighting force.

由于黑盾部隊的特性與他們通常不穩(wěn)定且非正統(tǒng)的供應線，很多黑盾戰(zhàn)幫被迫使用破舊不規(guī)則且改良過的設備和武器來保持有效的戰(zhàn)斗力。

'Pariah' Wargear

“遺棄者”戰(zhàn)爭裝備

Various Blackshield groups were observed throughout the Age of Darkness to wield arms and armour obviously field-modified in a variety of ways, sometimes simply to keep it functioning in the isolated conditions under which such forces operated, but often to improve its performance in some manner. Such modifications were not authorised by Legiones Astartes battle doctrine and often in flagrant contradiction of the laws of the Cult of the Machine. Such weaponry came to be known as "pariah" wargear, a term indicative of the outcast status of those who implemented such modifications.

在整個黑暗年代中，不同的黑盾部隊都被觀察到使用各種以各種方式進行過明顯的戰(zhàn)地改造的武器和動力甲，有些時候這么做僅僅是為了讓武器在黑盾部隊那孤立的作戰(zhàn)環(huán)境下運作，但這種做法經(jīng)常是為了以某種方式提高武器性能。阿斯塔特軍團的戰(zhàn)斗信條禁止此類改造，這種行為也經(jīng)常公然違反機械神教的律法。這類武器開始被稱為“遺棄者武器”——這個術(shù)語表示了實施此類修改的人員的流亡狀態(tài)。

Pariah wargear may be chosen as a direct replacement of?the base type, by any unit with access to it, for the same cost. For example, a unit that is taken equipped with power armour may replace this with Pariah power armour at no additional cost, while a squad with access to flamers may, having purchased the weapons, exchange them for Pariah flamers for no additional cost. When taking Pariah wargear options, all eligible weapons in the unit must be upgraded in the same way

任何能夠得到遺棄者戰(zhàn)爭裝備的單位都可以將其作為基本型號裝備的直接替代品，而且資源消耗相同。例如，黑盾戰(zhàn)士們可以把自己的動力甲替換為遺棄者動力甲，這不需要消耗額外的資源；小隊中已經(jīng)配備了的火焰噴射器也可以用遺棄者火焰噴射器加以替換，而且沒有額外的資源耗費。當選擇遺棄者戰(zhàn)爭裝備時（機仆：這部分是棋子規(guī)則和背景介紹混合在一起了…），單位中所有合格的武器必須以同樣的方式升級。

Pariah Power Armour

遺棄者動力甲

Some Blackshield forces were observed to modify their power armour in a manner not prescribed by any doctrine of the Legiones Astartes. By stripping back reactor casings , re-routing power couplings and foregoing components such as gauntlets, motive stabilisers, vambraces, pauldrons or helm, the wearer is afforded a combination of power and dexterity not provided by standard patterns, albeit at the expense of some protection against lieavy weapons fire.

某些黑盾被觀察到使用某種未被任何阿斯塔特軍團戰(zhàn)爭信條所規(guī)定的方法改進了他們的動力甲。通過剝離背后反應堆的外殼、重新布線電源耦合與前述組件——比如排氣管、動力穩(wěn)定器、鞋面支架、護肩甲或頭盔，穿戴者被賦予了力量和靈活性的結(jié)合——標志型號的動力甲無法提供這樣的性能。不過這犧牲了一些對于輕武器火力的防御性能。

Pariah Bolter

遺棄者爆彈槍

Though it grieves those inducted into the mysteries of?the machine, some Blackshields have learned to strip the iconic bolter of its casing and any extraneous fittings in order to make it easier to handle during the fury of?a charge or the tumult of?a Zone Mortalis engagement.

盡管這讓那些被機器的神秘性所吸引的人感到悲傷，但某些黑盾已經(jīng)學會了剝?nèi)ケ瑥棙屇菢酥拘缘耐鈿づc任何無關(guān)的配件，這是為了讓爆彈槍更為易于在憤怒的沖鋒或混亂的區(qū)域交戰(zhàn)中使用。

Pariah Flamer

遺棄者火焰噴射器

These weapons, produced from battle-damaged and field-repaired units, have been modified by their bearers to remove safety cut-off, allowing a greater volume of fuel to be fired, albeit at risk and with less regularity of pressure than standard issue Imperial flamers. Such protocols are not approved by the battle doctrines of the Legiones Astartes and are in contravention of the laws of?the Cult Mechanicus.

這種武器是戰(zhàn)損和戰(zhàn)地改造的產(chǎn)物。使用者們改良了這些武器——拆除安全切斷裝置，這一做法允許火焰噴射器燃燒更為大量的燃料，不過相比于標志分配的帝國火焰噴射器，這類武器處于危險之中而且壓力不太穩(wěn)定。而且這種做法并不被阿斯塔特軍團的作戰(zhàn)理論所認可，也違反了機械神教的律法。

Xenos Deathlock

異形死亡之鎖

There exist many terrifyingly powerful xenos technology weapons encountered during the Great Crusade, which, though incredibly effective, have been declared prohibited by Mechanicum and Emperor alike for their detrimental effects on the body and mind of a human wielder. The desperation of certain Blackshield forces, however, has overcome such concerns. Those weapons sought out by certain groups of Blackshields are prized for the trauma they inflict upon the foe—enemies not torn?apart by their horrifying effect are assailed by a storm of soul-wrenching alien horror. Such weapons have been encountered in a range of classes, such as the extinction carbines of the Khrave or the psycho-mobius claw-guns of the Kala Sistrum being the most commonly sought after amongst Blackshield force。

在大遠征當中，帝國遇到了很多威力恐怖的異形科技武器，雖然這些武器非常有效，但帝皇和機械神教明令禁止使用這些武器——因為他們會對人類使用者造成身心傷害。但是，某些黑盾部隊的絕望感克服了這種擔憂。這些武器被某些黑盾部隊所尋獲，而且因其能對敵人造成的創(chuàng)傷而受到重視。敵人們要么被異形武器的恐怖效果撕碎，要么就是遭受了一場折磨靈魂的異形恐怖風暴的襲擊。黑盾戰(zhàn)幫會使用種類繁多的異形武器，例如，黑盾戰(zhàn)幫中中最受追捧的是異形武器卡拉沃異形種族的滅絕卡賓槍或卡拉-西斯特魯姆異形種族的心理莫比烏斯利爪槍。