The Macharius is one of a variety of what are referred to as 'second generation' Baneblades. These are built by Forge Worlds eager to secure large military contracts, but who do not possess the STC data required to build true Baneblades. Only a handful of Forge Worlds still manufacture Baneblades to the same design as those used during the Great Crusades, and the Adeptus Mechanicus of Mars keep a close guard on which Forge Worlds are allowed access to this data.?

馬卡里烏斯重型坦克是一系列被稱為“二代”毒刃的載具之一，其建造者是那些熱衷于制造大型軍事裝備卻沒有制造真正的毒刃超重型坦克所需STC數(shù)據(jù)的鑄造世界們。僅有幾個鑄造世界仍在制造與大遠征時期所使用的型號相同的毒刃，火星機械修會也嚴格的看守著那些被允許擁有這些數(shù)據(jù)的鑄造世界。

From archive material it is known that, in ancient times, other super-heavy tanks were deployed by the Imperial Army. During the Great Crusades there were many of these 'large' tanks in the Emperor's service, and for years Adeptus Mechanicus munition-adepts have searched for the data for these missing vehicles. This search is made all the more difficult as, in the intervening millennia, they have fallen out of favour and the knowledge of how they were manufactured, or even what they were called, has been lost.?

從檔案資料中我們得知，帝國軍在古早的時代中部署過其他超重型坦克。在大遠征時期，曾有許多“大型”坦克為帝皇征戰(zhàn)，多年來機械修會的軍專家們也一直在尋找這些失蹤載具的數(shù)據(jù)。這種搜尋工作變得更加困難，而在這一過程的數(shù)千年中，人們也失去了對于這些資料的偏好，關(guān)于它們?nèi)绾伪恢圃?、甚至它們名稱的知識都已經(jīng)遺失了。

Through diligent study one man, Magos Nalax, discovered fragments of a blueprint buried deep in the archives of Lucius Forge World. He made it his life's work to re-construct the missing data by cross-referencing it with Baneblade components and other similar vehicles until he had the plans for an entire vehicle. Once completed Magos Nalax's work was forwarded to Mars and placed before the Fabricator-General for approval. This notoriously lengthy procedure took another two hundred years, and Nalax himself did not live to see the outcome.?

但經(jīng)過勤奮研究，一位名為納拉克斯的機械神教賢者發(fā)現(xiàn)了深埋于盧修斯鑄造世界檔案館中的藍圖殘片。通過（將這些資料）與毒刃的部件和其他類似的載具進行交叉對比，他耗費一生的精力去重建了這些遺失的數(shù)據(jù)，直到重構(gòu)出了載具的完整設(shè)計圖。一經(jīng)完成，納拉克斯賢者的作品便被送交到火星，提交給鑄造將軍進行（審核）批準。這次著名的漫長審核過程又耗時二百年，納拉克斯本人都沒能活著看到結(jié)果。

After a long testing process and consultations with many other Forge Worlds, the plans were finally accepted, and Forge World Lucius was sanctioned to start production. The tank was named the Macharius, after the great Lord Commander Solar Macharius whose crusades at the beginning of the 41st Millennium had liberated one thousand worlds in the name of the Emperor. Ironically, in the meantime, Lucius had also lobbied for and been granted the right to build STC Baneblades, and it seemed that Magos Nalax's work would be wasted.?

在經(jīng)過長時間的測試過程和與其他鑄造世界的協(xié)商后，這份設(shè)計圖最終被接受，鑄造世界盧修斯也被批準開始生產(chǎn)。該坦克被命名為馬卡里烏斯型，這是為了紀念那位在第41千年初期發(fā)起遠征并以帝皇之名解放了一千個世界的偉大領(lǐng)主指揮官——太陽領(lǐng)主馬卡里烏斯。但頗具諷刺意味的是，與此同時，盧修斯鑄造世界也進行了游說并被授于了建造STC型毒刃的權(quán)力，納拉克斯賢者的心血看似要付諸東流。

Forge World Lucius started production of its Baneblade but soon found that demand outstripped supply and struggled to keep up with the Departmento Munitorum's requirements. Then the world of Krieg returned to the Imperium's fold and suddenly offered a vast amount of new regiments for service with the Imperial Guard. The Departmento Munitorum in turn looked to Lucius to provide much of their equipment. The sudden increase in demand meant that the Adepts of Lucius turned to the Macharius, and in 852.M41 the first tanks rolled off the production lines destined for Krieg. Thus began Krieg's association with the Macharius tank, although other regiments have been equipped with them since, and the Lords of Mars have also now begun to allow the production data to be used by further Forge Worlds.?

鑄造世界盧修斯開始生產(chǎn)自己的毒刃超重型坦克，但它很快就發(fā)現(xiàn)這種載具供不應(yīng)求，自己很難滿足軍務(wù)部的（生產(chǎn)）要求。此時克里格世界也回歸了帝國，并且突然向帝國衛(wèi)隊提供了大量的新衛(wèi)軍團，軍務(wù)部轉(zhuǎn)而指望盧修斯為其提供大部分裝備。需求的突然增加意味著盧修斯的專家們要轉(zhuǎn)向馬卡里烏斯坦克（來彌補產(chǎn)量），第一批駛下生產(chǎn)線的馬卡里烏斯坦克在852.M41被運往了克里格世界。這便開始了克里格與馬卡里烏斯坦克的結(jié)合——盡管其他衛(wèi)軍團也從此開始裝備此類武器，火星的領(lǐng)主們也開始允許更多的鑄造世界使用其生產(chǎn)數(shù)據(jù)。

The Macharius tank has eight crew, comprising the commander, gunner and two loaders in the turret, with the driver, vox-operator (who also doubles as the heavy stubber gunner) and two sponson gunners in the hull. The vehicle lacks the Baneblade's massive size and many of its weapons, but is more than capable of fulfilling the same battlefield role and is a potent war machine, even if it cannot match the Baneblade's massive firepower, its heavy armour bracing, advanced logis engines and engine performance. Despite this the Macharius is still a heavy tank, with very thick frontal armour, and its twin battle cannons provide devastating firepower. Some entries surrounding the Macharius' data core, stored on Mars, hint that Magos Nalax also developed plans for alternative armaments. This may be true but as yet no such files have been found.?

馬卡里烏斯坦克擁有八名乘員，包括一名指揮官、一名炮手、兩名炮塔裝填手、一名駕駛員、一名音頻通訊器操作員（兼任重型伐木槍的射擊手）和兩名側(cè)舷副炮的炮手。這種載具并沒有毒刃那般巨大的體積和毒刃的諸多武器，其性能也無法匹敵毒刃強大的火力、沉重的裝甲支撐、先進的邏輯引擎和（卓越）的引擎性能，但它仍能勝任同樣的戰(zhàn)場角色，也是一種強悍的戰(zhàn)爭機器。馬卡里烏斯坦克仍是一種重型坦克，擁有厚重的前裝甲，其裝備的雙聯(lián)火炮也能提供毀滅性的火力。馬卡里烏斯坦克的數(shù)據(jù)核心儲存在火星上，與其密切相關(guān)的某些條目暗示納拉克斯賢者也開發(fā)出了替代武器計劃。這可能是真實的，但此類文件至今未被發(fā)現(xiàn)。

MACHARIUS VANQUISHER & VULCAN?

馬卡里烏斯勝戰(zhàn)者型與火神型

There are two primary variants of the Macharius tank. The Vanquisher replaces the Macharius' original battle cannons with powerful Vanquisher cannon. These weapons, although harder to manufacture and never available in great numbers, fire a very high velocity anti-tank shell that can penetrate the thickest armour with devastating results. The addition of these weapons turns the standard Macharius into a deadly tank killer.?

馬卡里烏斯坦克有兩種主要改型。勝戰(zhàn)者型是將原有的戰(zhàn)斗炮替換為強悍的勝戰(zhàn)者加農(nóng)炮。這種難以制造也從未大量生產(chǎn)過的武器發(fā)射出極其高速的反坦克炮彈能穿透最厚重的裝甲，造成毀滅性的后果。增加這種武器能令標準的馬卡里烏斯坦克轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)橹旅奶箍藲⑹帧?/p>

The Vulcan mega-bolter is a weapon usually carried by Titans. It is a multiple barrel gatling autocannon which can fire thousands of rounds per minute ire a destructive torrent, turning the standard Macharius into a highly effective anti-personnel weapon. Due to the weapon's and the Macharius' size, ammunition storage is restricted and is the variant's main drawback, carrying only enough ammunition for twenty seconds continuous firing. It is not unusual for the crew therefore to fill the tank's stowage bins with extra ammunition and carry more ammunition crates as external stowage.?

火神巨型爆彈炮是一種通常安裝于泰坦上的武器。這種多管轉(zhuǎn)膛自動炮每分鐘能發(fā)射數(shù)千發(fā)炮彈，形成一股毀滅洪流，將標準的馬卡里烏斯坦克轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)榱烁咝Х床奖淦?。由于武器和馬卡里烏斯車體的尺寸，其彈藥儲存受到限；這也是此類改型的主要缺點，其攜帶的彈藥僅足夠進行二十秒的持續(xù)射擊。因此乘員們通常會用額外的彈藥裝滿坦克的積載箱，并攜帶更多的彈藥箱作為額外積載。

MACHARIUS OMEGA

馬卡里烏斯歐米茄型

A relatively new addition to the Imperial arsenal, the Macharius 'Omega' is a war machine built around a single focus — the battlefield deployment of the Omega pattern plasma blastgun, a variant of the more common Ryza design employed on the Stormblade.?

馬卡里烏斯“歐米茄”型是帝國武庫中一種相對較新的裝備，這種載具是圍繞一個中心——對于歐米茄型電漿爆裂炮的戰(zhàn)場部署來建造的，這種電漿武器是安裝于風暴之刃上的更為常見瑞扎型電漿爆裂炮的改型。

The Omega pattern, although available since its rediscovery in late M39 by Explorator Magos Valistle Hum'nal, suffered doctrinal wranglings over the purity and completeness of its template within the Adeptus Mechanicus. This would delay its field testing and eventual deployment for centuries. The weapon's design, although more widely replicable than the arcane technologies of its forebear, lacks the stability of the superlative Ryza pattern weapon, and generates considerably more waste heat. However, the Omega also utilises a more compact generator design and force crucible, allowing it to be mounted on smaller super-heavy hulk.?

盡管自從被探索賢者瓦里斯特爾 胡納爾于M39后期重新發(fā)現(xiàn)后，歐米茄型電漿爆裂炮（一直）是可靠的，但機械修會內(nèi)部還是對其模板的完整性和純潔性展開了理論爭辯。這將導致其現(xiàn)場測試和最終部署被拖延數(shù)個世紀之久。雖然相比其前輩的神秘技術(shù)，這種武器的設(shè)計更具廣泛的可復制性，但也缺乏那些最卓越的瑞扎形制武器所具有的穩(wěn)定性，并會產(chǎn)生相當大量的廢熱。不過歐米茄型電漿爆裂炮采用了更緊湊的發(fā)電機設(shè)計和加力坩堝，這使得它可以安裝在更小的超重型坦克車體上。

The comparable ease with which the Macharius 'Omega' can be manufactured and repaired has more than overcome its shortcomings in the eyes of the Lords Militant, and large quantities of production capacity have been devoted to the design on the dogmatically allied Forge Worlds of Lucius, Hellgrace and Dynax Primus. Subsequently, the Omega has proved its worth on the battlefields of Orask, Nicanodes and in the counter-assault that has driven the Tyranids out of the Sable Nebula, offering a palpable victory against the devouring tide.?

在軍務(wù)領(lǐng)主們看來，馬卡里烏斯“歐米茄”相對容易的建造和維修已經(jīng)彌補了其不足之處，（形成）對于此類武器進行大量生產(chǎn)的能力已經(jīng)被納入到了獨斷聯(lián)合的鑄造世界盧修斯、Hellgrace和Dynax Primus的布局中。之后，歐米茄型在Orask和Nicanodes世界的戰(zhàn)場上證明了自己的價值；而且在將泰倫異形趕出漆黑星云的反擊戰(zhàn)中，這種武器讓帝國在對抗大吞噬者蟲潮的戰(zhàn)斗中獲取了明顯的勝利。