The Sicaran is one of the rarest relic tanks in the possession of the Adeptus Astarte, and while there are larger vehicles secreted deep within their armouries, most require extensive and time consuming rites of reactivation to bring back to life. The Sicaran in contrast, so some Techmarines state, slumbers lightly, even fitfully, ever ready to heed the call of the Master of Relics?and continue the wars of a bygone age.

西卡然戰(zhàn)斗坦克是阿斯塔特修會所擁有的最稀有圣物坦克之一。星際戰(zhàn)士軍械庫的深處隱藏著更大型的載具，其中大多數(shù)都需要用漫長且耗時的復(fù)活儀式來令其復(fù)蘇。但西卡然則相反，所以某些技術(shù)軍士聲稱西卡然是處于淺層甚至斷斷續(xù)續(xù)的睡眠中，它們隨時準(zhǔn)備回應(yīng)圣物之主的召喚，并繼續(xù)進(jìn)行過往時代的戰(zhàn)爭。

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Many adepts of the machine deny that the Sicaran is anything but a myth, an imagined or at best half-remembered phantom of an age long ago shrouded in blood and shadow. Others, especially more senior Techmarines, know that the Sicaran is real and once served the Legions Astartes as they prosecuted the wars of the Great Crusade. They know that it survives into the 41st?Millennium and may still occasionally be seen upon the battlefield, its potent Herakles pattern accelerator autocannon spitting a torrent of deadly accurate, rapid fire death at the foes of the Emperor.

很多機(jī)械教士都否認(rèn)西卡然的存在，他們認(rèn)為西卡然只是一個神話傳說，是一種被人們想象或頂多是人們記憶不清的幻影，來自于某個很久之前便被隱藏于鮮血和陰影中的時代。而其他教士，尤其是那些級別地位更高的技術(shù)軍士們則知道西卡然戰(zhàn)斗坦克是真實存在的，也知道他們曾在大遠(yuǎn)征的戰(zhàn)爭中服務(wù)于阿斯塔特軍團(tuán)。他們還知道西卡然幸存到了第41個千年，而且人們可能偶爾還會在戰(zhàn)場上看到它們，其強(qiáng)悍的赫拉克勒斯型速射炮向帝皇之?dāng)硞儑娚涑鼍珳?zhǔn)且快速的致命炮火激流。

The Sicaran is possessed of some of the most advanced and therefore ill-understood machine systems, and it is the subject of deep-rooted awe and superstition, even amongst the most venerable Masters of the Forge.

西卡然配備了某些最先進(jìn)也因此而令人難以理解的機(jī)械系統(tǒng)，哪怕是最可敬的鑄造之主也對其抱有根深蒂固的敬畏和迷信。

Even when held in stasis, the Sicaran must be ministered to constantly by its overseers, never less than a score of servo-lectors combining their efforts to ensure the machine's?continued rest, as should the Sicaran awake before being called, its machine spirit is prone to behave in an unpredictable manner.

哪怕是在保存于靜滯狀態(tài)時，看護(hù)者們也必須不停地照看著西卡然坦克，負(fù)責(zé)聯(lián)手協(xié)作讓機(jī)械處于持續(xù)休眠中的伺服講經(jīng)者永遠(yuǎn)不能少于20名，因為倘若西卡然戰(zhàn)斗坦克在被召喚之前便醒來的話，其機(jī)魂會傾向于按不可預(yù)料的方式做出行為。

Some witnesses of such a premature awakening have reported a baleful, all-too aware glow emanating from the vehicle, cyclopic primary auspex block. Others have heard garbled battle-cant from an age long passed sputtering from its vox?systems, clipped orders and vengeful oaths flying back and forth across a non-existent vox net using terms unknown to the warriors of the 41st?Millennium.

某些目睹過西卡然戰(zhàn)斗坦克過早蘇醒事件的人們聲稱：自己看到了載具上獨(dú)目的主鳥卜儀散發(fā)出惡毒且過于敏感的光芒。其他目擊者則聽到音頻通訊系統(tǒng)中傳出噼啪作響的聲音——那是從很久之前流傳下來的戰(zhàn)斗黑話，簡短的命令和復(fù)仇的誓言在一個不存在的音頻網(wǎng)絡(luò)上來回傳遞，而且使用的術(shù)語并不為第41個千年的戰(zhàn)士們所知。

Stasis chambers housing slumbering Sicaran battle tanks are therefore commonly sealed with the most potent of wards, their blast doors smothered in blessed wax and fluttering Purity seals, and the air all about is heavy with the most sacred of incense and the continuous chants of the servo-lectors echo down passageways where few dare to tread without the express leave of the Master of the Forge.?

因此，安置沉睡中西卡然戰(zhàn)斗坦克的靜滯艙通常會被用最強(qiáng)大的安保艙室來進(jìn)行封存，防爆門上覆蓋滿了受祝的蠟封和飄動的純潔封印，空氣中彌漫著最神圣的焚香，伺服講經(jīng)者們不斷吟唱著的圣歌回蕩在過道中——在未曾得到鑄造之主明確許可的情況下，幾乎無人膽敢涉足此地。

The Sicaran represents a rarity amongst the battle tanks of the Adeptus Astartes, for it is not a variant of the Rhino or the Land Raider. Its hull is a unique pattern, thought by the most knowledgeable of adepts to have been commissioned by a Primarch of the Legones Astartes in the long lost, golden age of the Great Crusade.The tank combines numerous highly advanced and all but forgotten technologies, their capabilities far exceeding the sum of their parts. Its engine is capable of far greater output than its mass would suggest, meaning the tank can carry heavier armour than others of its size while travelling at a greater speed. It mounts a number of autonomous systems, including auto-drive and auto-aim mechanisms that require little in the way of attention from the Space Maine crew, but the most potent system the Sicaran carries however are its twin, turret-mounted accelerator autocannon, which are capable of a rate of tire and degree of accuracy far in excess of most other weapons of their class .It is likely that variant sub-types of the Sicaran must once had existed, perhaps mounting such legendary weapons as the graviton cannon or the volkite carronade, but if this is the case, no such examples are known to exist even within the stasis chambers of the most ancient of Chapters.

西卡然是阿斯塔特修會戰(zhàn)斗坦克中的一件珍品，因為它并非蘭德掠奪者或犀牛運(yùn)輸車的改型。其車體型號是獨(dú)一無二的，而且是在某位阿斯塔特軍團(tuán)原體的委托下，由最為博學(xué)多才的專家于早已失落的大遠(yuǎn)征黃金時期構(gòu)思設(shè)計而成的。這種坦克融合了諸多極其先進(jìn)但也幾乎被（現(xiàn)代人）遺忘的科技，它們的能力遠(yuǎn)超過各部分的總和。西卡然引擎所產(chǎn)生的（動力）輸出遠(yuǎn)比推動車體質(zhì)量所需的力量大得多，這也就意味著相比于和其他同尺寸的載具，西卡然能裝備更厚重的裝甲，同時還能以更快的速度前進(jìn)。西卡然安裝了很多自動系統(tǒng)，其中就包括自動駕駛和自動瞄準(zhǔn)設(shè)備，星際戰(zhàn)士乘員們幾乎無需對其加以關(guān)注。不過西卡然戰(zhàn)斗坦克最強(qiáng)大的系統(tǒng)是其安裝在炮塔上的雙聯(lián)速射自動炮，此類武器的射速和精度都遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過了同級別的其他武器。西卡然戰(zhàn)斗坦克可能也必定存在過各種各樣的次級類型，它們或許安裝了諸如重力炮或爆燃臼炮之類傳奇般的武器。但倘若如此的話，即使是那些（歷史）最古老戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的靜滯室里也并不存在此種實例。

As with so many other relic war machines, the Sicaran is only rarely committed to the war zones of the 41st?Millennium.No?functioning STC imprints are known?to exist, making it all but impossible to produce new vehicles to replace battlefield losses. For many Techmarines, the recovery of this long lost machine canon represents a lifetime's ambition whilst others continue to stubbornly deny that such a war machine ever existed at all, whilst others secretly believe, that this is the sacred STC imprint so long sought after by the disciples of Arkhan Land.?

就像很多其他圣物戰(zhàn)爭機(jī)器那樣，西卡然戰(zhàn)斗坦克在第41個千年很少被投入戰(zhàn)場。已知（目前）并不存在可運(yùn)行西卡然STC模板的跡象，所以要通過生產(chǎn)新載具來彌補(bǔ)戰(zhàn)場損失幾乎是不可能的。對很多技術(shù)軍士而言，尋回這種早已失傳的機(jī)械精品是其一生的宏愿；而其他技術(shù)軍士仍舊繼續(xù)地頑固否認(rèn)此類戰(zhàn)爭機(jī)器曾經(jīng)存在過。同時還有某些其他的技術(shù)軍士們在背地里相信：阿坎 蘭德的門徒們在長期尋找此種神圣STC模板的蹤跡。