KASTELAN ROBOTS

卡斯特蘭機(jī)兵

The Kastelan Robot combines tremendous physical might with a rugged stamina that has seen it fight the Imperium’s foes for ten thousandyears.Indeed,some of the relic robots have existed much longer still.As robotic technology stems from an age prior to the foundation of the Imperium,many forge worlds believe a number of their battle automata survive from those dark times.As damaged robot parts are cannibalised to make repairs upon machines that still function,such claims are doubtless at least partially correct.

卡斯特蘭機(jī)器人結(jié)合了已經(jīng)在十個(gè)千年中見(jiàn)證它們打擊帝國(guó)之?dāng)车膹?qiáng)大的身體力量和堅(jiān)固的持久力力。事實(shí)上，某些遺物機(jī)器人的存在時(shí)間要久遠(yuǎn)得多。由于機(jī)器人技術(shù)起源于帝國(guó)建立之前的時(shí)代，很多鑄造世界相信他們的許多自動(dòng)機(jī)兵是從這些黑暗時(shí)代幸存下來(lái)的。被損壞的機(jī)器人部分被拆解為零件后可用在修復(fù)其他仍在運(yùn)作的機(jī)械上，所以這種推測(cè)無(wú)疑至少是部分正確的。

Standing nearly twice the height of a Space Marine,the Kastelan Robot is a nigh unstoppable force,for it is built of solid metal with a ceramite hide that allows it to stride through hails of fire without pause.In addition to thick armour,they are protected by a wonder from a bygone age–the repulsor grid.The invisible shield emanates outward from each robot with a deep thrumming sound, its force capable of stopping all but the most powerful of shots.

卡斯特蘭機(jī)兵站起來(lái)的高度接近星際戰(zhàn)士身高的兩倍，它是一股不可阻擋的力量——因?yàn)榭ㄋ固靥m機(jī)兵是由允許它毫無(wú)停頓地大步穿越槍林彈雨的混入了陶鋼的堅(jiān)固金屬制造而成的。除了厚重的裝甲，它們還由一種來(lái)自過(guò)去時(shí)代的奇跡——斥力格柵提供保護(hù)。這種從每個(gè)機(jī)器人的內(nèi)部向外發(fā)出的隱形盾牌都會(huì)發(fā)出深沉的嗡嗡聲，它產(chǎn)生的（斥）力能夠阻止幾乎所有射擊，最強(qiáng)的那些除外。（機(jī)仆：說(shuō)白了就是偏導(dǎo)護(hù)盾/力場(chǎng)屏障，但我不知道會(huì)不會(huì)跟sw那樣只防高速射彈/能量束）

Most incoming fire simply fizzles out against the unseen barrier, but should the deflection angle be just correct,the repulsor grid will send enemy shells or focused energy beams ricocheting back at the foe.

大多數(shù)的來(lái)襲火力只會(huì)擊打在這道看不見(jiàn)的屏障上，但只要偏轉(zhuǎn)正確的話，斥力格柵就會(huì)把敵軍的炮彈或者聚焦能量束彈回給敵人。

Kastelan Robots fight in maniples – self-contained units that are sub-divisions of the Legion–composed of between two and six automata.The robots have a number of battle protocols that they follow,and every Kastelan must be carefully programmedfor each new task,lest it simply continue ad infinitum with its existing orders.It is not unknown for a maniple of Kastelans to stride purpose fully into a lake of lava,or slaughter its way through a city even after destroying the techno-insurrectionists it was sent to eliminate. Specialist? Tech-Priests, such as Cybernetica Datasmiths, can adjust the Kastelans’ programs during the course of a battle, allowing the unthinking automata to respond to changing circumstances.

卡斯特蘭機(jī)兵以機(jī)兵中隊(duì)的形式作戰(zhàn)，機(jī)兵中隊(duì)是一種獨(dú)立的單位，屬于智控軍團(tuán)的次級(jí)分支，由2到6名之間的自動(dòng)機(jī)兵組成。這些機(jī)兵有很多要遵循的戰(zhàn)斗協(xié)議，每個(gè)卡斯特蘭機(jī)兵都必須為每項(xiàng)新任務(wù)而仔細(xì)編程，唯恐它無(wú)限地繼續(xù)簡(jiǎn)單執(zhí)行其現(xiàn)有的命令。一支卡斯特蘭機(jī)兵中隊(duì)因?qū)⒛繕?biāo)完全趕入熔巖湖，或即使消滅了它們被派去殲滅的技術(shù)叛亂分子后仍然在城市中屠殺出一條道路而著稱。專業(yè)的科技神甫，比如智控?cái)?shù)匠能在戰(zhàn)斗過(guò)程中調(diào)整卡斯特蘭機(jī)兵的程序，允許這些無(wú)思索能力的自動(dòng)機(jī)兵對(duì)變化中的環(huán)境做出反應(yīng)。

When commanded with the Conqueror protocol,Kastelan Robots will advance and,as they near a target,their stomping stride turns into loping run that shivers the tortured earth.Shrugging off incoming fire,they close with a foe,becoming? battering machines. Each Kastelan uses its pair of barrel-sized power fists like wrecking balls to maul the enemy,the blows striking with force enough to crumple the thickest armour or? tear holes in ferrocrete.Should the foe seek to overwhelm the metal goliaths with sheer numbers,the Protector protocol can be activated,allowing the Kastelan maniple to fire their carapace-mounted incendine combustors, spraying the area with sheets of triple-blessed promethium.The robots’ varied weapon load-outs make them even more versatile. Those Tech- Priests with a penchant for ranged firepower will often replace power fists with twin-linked phosphor blasters,ensuring that when a maniple’s ballistics subroutines trigger, the enemy is riddled with incandescent, glowing shot.

當(dāng)被以征服者協(xié)議指揮時(shí)，卡斯特蘭機(jī)兵將會(huì)前進(jìn)，隨著他們接近目標(biāo)，他們沉重的大步邁進(jìn)轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)榱耸贡徽勰サ耐恋夭缓醯牟煌１寂?。他們輕易擺脫來(lái)襲的火力，接近敵人，化為搗碎敵人的機(jī)械。每臺(tái)卡斯特蘭機(jī)兵都用其那對(duì)尺寸如桶的動(dòng)力拳像破壞球一樣痛擊敵人，這些重?fù)魩е銐蛲呓庾顬楹裰匮b甲或在鋼筋混凝土上撕開(kāi)洞的力道。倘若敵人們?cè)噲D用純粹的數(shù)量來(lái)壓倒這些金屬哥利亞巨人，征服者協(xié)議就會(huì)被激活，這允許卡斯特蘭機(jī)兵中隊(duì)他們使用安裝在背甲上的焚燒炮開(kāi)火，在該區(qū)域成片噴射三重賜福的钷素。這些機(jī)器人多種多樣的武器裝載使其更為多功能。嗜好遠(yuǎn)程火力的科技神甫們通常會(huì)把動(dòng)力拳換為雙聯(lián)燃磷爆裂炮，確保當(dāng)機(jī)兵中隊(duì)的彈道子程序觸發(fā)時(shí)，敵人會(huì)被蓋滿白熾發(fā)光的炮火。

CYBERNETICA DATASMITHS

智控?cái)?shù)匠

Cybernetica Datasmiths are the specialist rank of Tech-Priest that program the Kastelan Robots of the Legio? Cybernetica at the maniple level,often having to do so in the thick of battle.They have access? to the dizzying array of weapons and arcana of their forgeworld’s arsenals,which they use indefence of themselves and their charges.

智控?cái)?shù)匠是科技神甫的某一類專業(yè)職銜，他們?cè)跈C(jī)兵中隊(duì)級(jí)別的部隊(duì)中為智控軍團(tuán)的卡斯特蘭機(jī)兵編程，而且他們經(jīng)常是在激烈的戰(zhàn)斗中進(jìn)行這項(xiàng)工作。他們可以使用其鍛造世界的武器庫(kù)中令人眼花亂的大量武器和秘法——他們使用這些東西來(lái)保衛(wèi)自己和他們的所有物。

Since the aftermath of Warmaster Horus’rebellion,the Legio Cybernetica’s robots have been controlled completely by their masters–not by the bio-plastic cerebra and nerve-like tendril webs of Mechanicum constructs, but by sanctified?sanctified??doctrina wafers,fusions of bio-matter and electronics often in even shorter supply than the robots themselves.No bigger than the cards of the Emperor’sTarot,these slivers of wetware are entrusted to the Cybernetica Datasmiths that accompany the robot maniples to war. Inserted into the dataslot hidden behind each robot’s chestplate, the wafer’s command protocol will dictate every iota of the host’s behaviour,usually optimising its ability to destroy its foes in a spectacular fashion. If the accompanying Datasmith wishes to change the behaviour of his charges–for instance to the assault- oriented Conqueror protocol–he must manually remove the first doctrina wafer and insert a new one in its place.Should a? maniple of robots find itself in battle mode without a Datasmith,it will continue to prosecute its last doctrina protocol until it runs out of power – something that usually takes weeks of unbridled slaughter to achieve.Such risks and limitations are willingly accepted by the Cult Mechanicus,for the act of hardwiring independent thought into a battle automaton is strictly forbidden.

自從戰(zhàn)帥荷魯斯的叛亂之后，智控軍團(tuán)的機(jī)兵完全由它們的主人們進(jìn)行控制——并非是通過(guò)機(jī)械神教構(gòu)造的生化塑質(zhì)大腦或者類神經(jīng)卷須網(wǎng)絡(luò)，而是通過(guò)被批準(zhǔn)的教義晶片和通常比機(jī)器人本身的供應(yīng)更少的生物物質(zhì)和電子產(chǎn)品的融合物。這些濕件薄片并不比帝皇塔羅的卡片更大，但它們受到那些陪同機(jī)兵中隊(duì)參戰(zhàn)的智控?cái)?shù)匠們的信任。這些薄片要被插入隱藏在機(jī)兵護(hù)胸甲后側(cè)的數(shù)據(jù)槽中，它們的指揮協(xié)議將會(huì)決定宿主行為的每個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)，通常會(huì)以驚人的方式優(yōu)化機(jī)兵摧毀敵人的能力。倘若陪同作戰(zhàn)的智控?cái)?shù)匠想要改變受控機(jī)兵的行為（例如進(jìn)攻導(dǎo)向的征服者協(xié)議），他就必須手動(dòng)移除第一張教義晶片并且在數(shù)據(jù)槽中插入一張新的晶片。如果一中隊(duì)的機(jī)兵發(fā)現(xiàn)自己處于沒(méi)有智控?cái)?shù)匠（陪伴）的戰(zhàn)斗模式中，他們將會(huì)繼續(xù)執(zhí)行其最后的協(xié)議直到動(dòng)力耗盡——通常機(jī)兵在進(jìn)行過(guò)數(shù)周不受控制的屠殺之后就會(huì)耗盡動(dòng)力。但機(jī)械教派愿意的接受這些風(fēng)險(xiǎn)和限制，因?yàn)閷ⅹ?dú)立的思想強(qiáng)加于戰(zhàn)斗自動(dòng)機(jī)兵的行為是被嚴(yán)格禁止的。