MANTA?

The Manta?is the?Tau's Super-heavye dropship.

It is so large that it is actually a small spacecraft.The?Manta is?the Tau's closest equivalent of the Imperium’s Titans or Ork Gargants. and carries comparable firepower. It is well armed and armoured for use in frontline combat. where it is expected to deploy and fight as an attack craft .

曼塔是鈦帝國(guó)的超重型空降艇。它的體積非常龐大，事實(shí)上，它就是一種小型太空飛船。曼塔是鈦帝國(guó)最接近人類帝國(guó)泰坦和獸人剛加特的武器，而且攜帶了與他們類似的火力。曼塔武備精良、裝甲堅(jiān)固，能用于前線戰(zhàn)斗，他預(yù)計(jì)將是作為攻擊艇進(jìn)行部署和戰(zhàn)斗。

A Manta carries a fearsome amount of firepower .Its main weapons are twin heavy railguns .These guns fire a fin-stabilised round for extra lift (and therefore extra range）whilst in an atmosphere. The heavy railgun's sub-munitions shell is equipped with a drone processor. which is programmed to direct the shell to its target. This is mostly used during starship combat. to find weak points in the armour of enemy ships (sub-munitions lacking the penetrating power of the standard round). but is also useful in ground combat. As back-up to the main weapons. the Manta mounts twin ion cannon batteries in its wings .These provide shorter ranged saturation fire when in the thick of battle. The rest of the Manta's arsenal consists of prow-mounted launch ports for up to ten Seeker missiles These can be controlled by the crew. or by other Markerlight operators on the ground. The Manta's last weapons are its sixteen drone-controlled burst cannon turrets. These are positioned all around the Manta's hull for close defence whilst landed and as anti-aircraft weapons when in flight. The turrets are positioned so that all angles of approach are covered by multiple burst cannons .

曼塔擁有著總量可怖的火力，它的主武器是兩門重型磁軌炮。即便是在大氣層中，這種炮也能發(fā)射鰭穩(wěn)定彈以獲得額外的升力（而且也因此獲得了額外的射程）。而且重型磁軌炮子母彈的彈體中裝備了機(jī)蜂處理器，這種處理器被編程以引導(dǎo)炮彈沖向自己的目標(biāo)。這通常在星際飛船間的戰(zhàn)斗中被用于尋找敵艦裝甲上的薄弱點(diǎn)（子母彈缺乏標(biāo)準(zhǔn)炮彈的穿透力），但在地面戰(zhàn)斗中也同樣有用。作為主武器的備用品，曼塔在機(jī)翼上安裝了兩門離子加農(nóng)炮炮塔，它們能在在戰(zhàn)斗最激烈的時(shí)候提供短程飽和火力。曼塔所配備的其他武器還包括安裝在船頭的導(dǎo)彈發(fā)射艙，內(nèi)置的尋路者導(dǎo)彈多達(dá)多達(dá)10枚，這種武器可由船員或者地面上的其他標(biāo)記光操作員進(jìn)行控制。曼塔最后的武器是是十六門由機(jī)蜂控制的脈沖速射炮炮塔，它們被安裝在曼塔的船體周身，既能在降落時(shí)用于近程防御，也能在飛行中用作防空武器，而且炮塔的安裝位置能使得從任何角度接近的目標(biāo)都會(huì)遭受到來(lái)自多門速射炮的打擊。

The Manta is the Tau's smallest interstellar capable spacecraft It has limited etherdrive capacity but because?of?its size a Manta can only make very short?hops, restricting its use. For longer trips it most be transported?inside the far larger carriers. As a spacecraft. Mantas are entirely crewed by members of the Air Caste.?

曼塔是鈦帝國(guó)最小型的星際飛船，它具備有限的亞空間航行能力，但由于其尺寸，曼塔只能進(jìn)行非常短途的單次亞空間折躍，這限制了它的使用。需要進(jìn)行長(zhǎng)途航行時(shí)，曼塔大多數(shù)情況下是在遠(yuǎn)為大型的航母中進(jìn)行運(yùn)輸。作為一種太空艦艇，曼塔完全由氣氏族成員駕駛。

As well as Its firepower the Manta has a large transport?capacity The ships main body is split into two transport decks The upper deck holds troops or battlesuits. the cavemous lower deck can hold up to four (fully loaded)?Devilfish or Hammerheads. The entire lower transport deck is an elevator, which is lowered to allow access. It can also be fitted to carry extra troops. battlesuits. Kroot, or just about any vehicle or equipment operated by the Fire?Caste.

除開火力，曼塔還有很強(qiáng)大的運(yùn)輸能力。飛船主體被分隔為了兩層運(yùn)輸甲板，上層甲板安置部隊(duì)或戰(zhàn)斗服，廣闊空曠的下層甲板（在滿載的情況中）能裝下四臺(tái)魔鬼魚或錘頭鯊。整個(gè)下層運(yùn)輸甲板是一臺(tái)電梯，能夠降下以允許人員貨物通行。曼塔也適合運(yùn)輸額外的部隊(duì)、戰(zhàn)斗服、克魯特人，或者任何由火氏族操作的載具或設(shè)備。

As well as Its own cockpit. each Manta also contains a sophisticated command bridge. From here a Tau commander can oversee battlefield operations. This allows a Manta to act as a forward command post. fire control and communications hub.?

除了自己的駕駛艙，每臺(tái)曼塔也都包含一個(gè)復(fù)雜精密的指揮艦橋，鈦星人指揮官們能從這里監(jiān)督戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)行動(dòng)。這允許曼塔被用作前線指揮站，以及火控與通訊中心。

On Taros. Mantas were widely used to transport the Hunter Cadres and their heavy equipment into the deserts, positioning the troops for counter-attacks and quickly extract them afterwards. Their fleet of Mantas gave the Tau forces superior strategic mobility over the ground-based Imperial Guard. This allowed the outnumbered Tau Hunter Cadres to match the Imperial Guard in equal force for local counter-attacks and battles.?

在塔羅斯上，鈦星人廣泛地使用曼塔來(lái)運(yùn)輸獵核與他們的重型裝備，使部隊(duì)做好反擊準(zhǔn)備，然后快速帶他們撤離。曼塔艦隊(duì)給了鈦星人部隊(duì)相比于只有地面部隊(duì)的星界軍們更好的戰(zhàn)略機(jī)動(dòng)性，這使得數(shù)量上處于劣勢(shì)的鈦星人獵核能夠在當(dāng)?shù)氐姆磽艉蛻?zhàn)斗中與星界軍旗鼓相當(dāng)。