The size and organisation of?the Alpha Legion contingent assigned to the Chondax system remains difficult to fully confirm. The information provided by the Unbalanced Scales and other Imperium sources does not tally with the account of?the White Scars present at that engagement, though it should also be noted that several of those White Scars who recorded their recollection of events have contradicted each other. Such is the nature of the Alpha Legion, given as they were to deception and trickery, that it is likely that much of the confusion was an intentional battle tactic. As such, the author has chosen to include a full listing of?those forces recorded as in-system by all sources. Those assets that can only be confirmed by one of the many sources, and must therefore be considered potential errors, have been noted as such.

被派往Chondax星系的阿爾法軍團部隊的規(guī)模和組織仍舊難以完全確認。失衡天稱號星艦和帝國其他資料來源提供的信息與參戰(zhàn)的白疤軍團阿斯塔特的證言并不一致。不過我們也應該注意：很多白疤戰(zhàn)士對此次戰(zhàn)役的回憶記錄也是互相矛盾的。阿爾法軍團天性如此，他們負責欺詐和欺騙，很可能大部分混亂是他們有意的戰(zhàn)術策略。因此，作者選擇包括所有來源的記錄作為星系內雙方軍力的完整清單。有些參戰(zhàn)的軍事資源只能被眾多資料來源中的某一項加以確認，因此我們必須認為它們是存在著潛在錯誤的，我們已經指出了這一點。（機仆：說白了，下文有些內容是孤證，未必符合真實戰(zhàn)況）

Alpha Legion Fleet Assets:?

阿爾法軍團艦隊力量

The Alpha Legion fleet, which managed to deploy combat flotilla against multiple Legions in disparate sections of the galaxy and still maintain numerical superiority, has been shown to be vastly larger than any pre-Heresy estimates and had two distinct components at Chondax. The first of?these was made up of several squadrons of small, fast destroyers. These squadrons interdicted all traffic bound for the Chondax system, and are assumed to have accounted for the destruction of over a dozen merchant craft as well as four Imperial cargo-arks, and a single Thousand Sons cruiser that escaped sanction during the assault on Prospero and sought sanctuary with the White Scars. These ships are thought to number no more than 100 vessels, all kept supplied by the Tenebrae stations and active from some point in early oo 1.M31.

阿爾法軍團艦隊設法在銀河的不同區(qū)域部署戰(zhàn)斗艦隊來與多個軍團對抗，而且他們仍然保有數量優(yōu)勢。阿爾法軍團艦隊規(guī)模已經被證明比大叛亂之前的任何估計都要大得多，他們在Chondax有兩支不同的分遣艦隊，第一支是由小型快速的驅逐艦們組成的多個中隊構成的，她們攔截了所有前往Chondax星系的交通線，而且被認為要對超過十幾艘的商船、四艘帝國貨運艦以及一艘在普羅斯佩羅會戰(zhàn)中逃過制裁并向白疤軍團尋求庇護的千子軍團巡洋艦的毀滅負責。我們認為這些驅逐艦的數量不超過100艘，所有這些艦船都由Tenebrae空間站提供補給，并從001.M31早期的某個時間點就開始行動了。

The second deployment was on a fleet scale, comprising at least 600 capital class craft and upwards of?1,000 smaller strike craft. This second fleet was intended as a last resort, and represents the first stage of the Alpha Legion's deviation from Horus' orders - for it was obviously formed with the intention of engaging and destroying the White Scars fleet in open void war. Assembled during the years which the White Scars spent on-campaign in Chondax, it is not believed to have been on-station until mid-006.M3i，at which point it took up a position in the neighbouring Angvor system. It must be noted that many accounts taken from those involved in the later combat at Chondax make plain that many of the ships fielded by the Alpha Legion were not dedicated combat vessels, but rather converted bulk haulers and other noncombat craft cleverly disguised and provided with minimal armaments. Other ships in use by the Alpha Legion, later destroyed in combat and analysed, have been positively identified as craft originally belonging to other Legions and listed as missing long before the outbreak of the Horus Heresy.

另一支分遣隊則是艦隊規(guī)模，由至少600艘主力級別的艦船和超過1000艘小型攻擊艦船構成。這第二支艦隊被作為最后的手段，而且代表著阿爾法軍團偏離荷魯斯命令的第一步——阿爾法軍團組建這支艦隊顯然是為了在公開的虛空戰(zhàn)中與白疤艦隊交戰(zhàn)并將其摧毀。這支艦隊在白疤軍團于Chondax星系中激戰(zhàn)歐克獸人的那幾年中集結起來，據信該艦隊直到006.M31中期才開始上線運作，這時她們在鄰近的angvor星系中占據了一個位置。必須指出的是，許多取自后續(xù)的Chondax戰(zhàn)役參戰(zhàn)者的證言明確表示：阿爾法軍團部署的許多艦船并非專用的戰(zhàn)艦，而是巧妙地掩蓋了其改裝痕跡的大型運輸船和其他非戰(zhàn)斗艇，并只裝備了很少的武器。阿爾法軍團使用的其他艦船在后續(xù)的戰(zhàn)斗中被摧毀，經過分析，她們已經被確認原本屬于其他軍團，在荷魯斯叛亂爆發(fā)很久之前，這些星艦就已經被列入失蹤名單了。

Alpha Legion Assets: Compared to the vast naval deployment made in and around the Chondax system, the number of?ground troops committed by the Alpha Legion is comparatively small. Based on combat reports from the few known surface encounters and the information contained in the Unbalanced Scales, the total number of?Alpha Legionnaires present within the Chondax system is unlikely to have exceeded 30,000. For the most part, this strength was divided into far smaller strike groups, each tasked with monitoring part of the sprawling Chondax system, though two larger hidden outposts on the fourth moon of the cold gas giant Phemus and the world of Byfrust probably held larger reserve forces. In addition to these forces, there were also small garrison cadres aboard the Tenebrae stations, but these troops were not part of the larger battle within the Chondax system. However, records indicate that several of the Tenebrae stations are noted to have included a small number of?Word Bearers among their garrison. These specialist troops appear to have been linked to the Alpha Legion's efforts to keep the system isolated from warp travel and communications.

相比于部署在Chondax星系內部和周邊的的龐大海軍力量，阿爾法軍團派出的地面部隊數量相對較少。根據少數已知地面遭遇戰(zhàn)的戰(zhàn)斗報告與失衡天秤號記錄的信息，出現在Chondax星系內的阿爾法軍團戰(zhàn)士總數不太可能超過30000。大部分兵力都劃分為了小得多的打擊部隊，每支打擊部隊都要負責監(jiān)視龐大的Chondax星系的一部分。不過，在冰冷的氣態(tài)巨星Phemus的第四顆衛(wèi)星與Byfrust世界上還有兩座隱藏起來的大型哨站，其中可能駐扎了更大規(guī)模的后備部隊。除此之外，在Tenebrae空間站上還有少量的精銳駐軍，只不過這些部隊并非是Chondax 星系內部大規(guī)模戰(zhàn)斗的一部分。但是，記錄顯示多個Tenebrae空間站的駐軍部隊被指出包含了少量懷言者軍團戰(zhàn)士。這些專業(yè)化部隊似乎與阿爾法軍團隔絕Chondax星系的亞空間航行與通訊的嘗試有關。

Command and Control: Even with all of the resources now available to us in the wake of Horus' defeat, it is still unknown who commanded the Alpha Legion task force at Chondax. Some after-action reports by combat veterans of the incident have claimed that Alpharius himself was present, though these accounts are often contradictory, placing him in vastly different locations at the same time. Given the Alpha Legion Primarch's fondness for misdirection, and the diversionary nature of the encounter at Chondax, it is unlikely that the Primarch himself oversaw the combat. The only other insight available is the Unbalanced Scales, and that source of information must be considered to be of dubious provenance, which lists the commander at Chondax only by the pseudonym of“Desidero”, likely some internal cypher with meaning among the hierarchy of the Alpha Legion.

指揮與控制：雖然在荷魯斯戰(zhàn)敗后我們調閱了目前所有可用的資料，但我們仍然不知道是誰在Chondax星系指揮了阿爾法軍團的任務部隊。某些參戰(zhàn)老兵的戰(zhàn)后報告聲稱阿爾法瑞斯本人當時在場，不過這些證言通常是相互矛盾的，結果就是阿爾法瑞斯在同一時間處于了完全不同的地方?？紤]到阿爾法軍團的原體喜好誤導戰(zhàn)術，已經Chondax遭遇戰(zhàn)的牽制性質，原體本人不太可能監(jiān)督這場戰(zhàn)斗。唯一可用的其他見解是失衡天秤號（的記錄），但我們也必須考慮到信息來源的可疑性，這份信息僅用化名“ 設計者”列出了參與Chondax戰(zhàn)役的指揮官們，這些信息可能是一些內部密碼，在阿爾法軍團的指揮等級體系中具有意義。