Helik Redknife and the small company under his command were a single facet of a larger gambit. Conceived by Malcador and the Primarch of?the VIth Legion, Leman Russ, after the events on Prospero, this plan sought to place a force of the Space Wolves within striking distance of each remaining Primarch, ideally in a place of trust attached to their Legion. The orders given to these strike forces were simple - IF?their charge took action against the Imperium or the Great Crusade in violation of their oath of?loyalty, then the watchers were to eliminate them by any and all means possible. This was an explicit order for the death of any given Primarch, as judged necessary by the VIth Legion officer in charge of the watch force, a contingency that if made common knowledge would likely lead to no small amount of?dissent and as such, its full scope and detail remained secret.

海力克 紅刃和他麾下的小型連隊(duì)（機(jī)仆：這群人在《懼于踏足》里被紅渴上頭的阿密特和第五連給屠了）是某個(gè)更大的策略的一個(gè)方面。在普羅斯佩羅事件之后，馬卡多和第六軍團(tuán)原體黎曼 魯斯設(shè)想了一個(gè)計(jì)劃：他們?cè)噲D在能攻擊到剩下的每位原體的范圍之內(nèi)部署一支太空野狼部隊(duì)，最好是放置在與他們的軍團(tuán)相連的信任之地。下達(dá)給這些打擊部隊(duì)的命令很簡(jiǎn)單：倘若被監(jiān)視的目標(biāo)們違背忠誠(chéng)誓言、采取了反對(duì)帝國(guó)和大遠(yuǎn)征的行為，監(jiān)視者們就要使用一切可能的手段消滅他們。對(duì)于任何被給定這一命令的原體，這都是一個(gè)明確的死亡命令，只要掌管這些監(jiān)視部隊(duì)的第五軍團(tuán)軍官們認(rèn)為有必要時(shí)。這種情況可能只是一個(gè)偶然事件，但如果它成為了共識(shí)，此類問題很可能就會(huì)變多，因此，它的全部范圍和細(xì)節(jié)仍然保密。（機(jī)仆：意思大概就是，在普星之焚后，帝國(guó)仍然認(rèn)為原體公然反抗帝國(guó)是偶然現(xiàn)象，但如果“原體會(huì)反抗帝國(guó)”成為一種共識(shí)，懷有不臣之心的原體就會(huì)越來越多，所以要暗中監(jiān)視他們，不能讓他們有所察覺。當(dāng)然，事實(shí)證明，這一計(jì)劃徹底失敗了）

The full and complete rosters of?these so-called?“watch packs”?have remained sealed within the restricted archive-vaults beneath the Imperial Palace and as such any judgement on the effectiveness of this initiative is rendered moot. Some observers have noted that these forces often appeared to be little more than squad strength deployments, but this seems a futile gesture in the face of?a Primarch's fury, not to mention the assembled force of his Legion. Such an understated response to the threat level presented by their targets is unlike the standard operating practices of the Space Wolves, and other sources speculate that the small watch packs were only the tip of?the spear aimed at each of the Primarchs, with additional forces remaining within striking distance.

這些所謂“監(jiān)視獵群”的完整花名冊(cè)仍然封存在帝國(guó)宮下面那限制進(jìn)入的歷史檔案庫當(dāng)中，因此，任何對(duì)這一舉措有效性的判斷都是沒有意義的。某些觀察者指出，這些部隊(duì)看起來的兵力部署通常不會(huì)超過小隊(duì)規(guī)模，但這似乎只是一個(gè)面對(duì)原體怒火的徒勞姿態(tài)，更不用說集結(jié)起來的軍團(tuán)部隊(duì)。如此低調(diào)地應(yīng)對(duì)其目標(biāo)帶來的威脅不像是太空野狼們的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)作法，其他資料則推測(cè)：這些監(jiān)視獵群只是瞄準(zhǔn)每位原體的矛尖而已，打擊距離之內(nèi)還有額外的部隊(duì)。

However, any debate regarding Malcador's and Russ' attempts to enforce the Primarchs' loyalty is made largely inconsequential by the obvious failure of the plan. Instituted on the very threshold of the Horus Heresy, while Horus?own plans were well-established, many of the watch packs failed to even reach their targets before the civil war was underway. Those who did rendezvous with the Legions they were assigned to were plainly unable to complete the missions assigned to them, for not one of?the Traitor Primarchs is known to have been so much as injured by Leman Russ' hand-picked executioners. Indeed, those who arrived at the courts of?the various Loyal Primarchs, such as the warriors assigned to Sanguinius, appear to have aided the Traitor cause more than their own by spreading discord and suspicion among the ranks of the Loyalist Legion .

然而，由于這個(gè)計(jì)劃的明顯失敗，任何有關(guān)馬卡多和魯斯加強(qiáng)原體們忠誠(chéng)度的嘗試的辯論在很大程度上都是無關(guān)緊要的。這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃構(gòu)建了荷魯斯叛亂的所有限制因素，然而荷魯斯自己的計(jì)劃還是成為了既定事實(shí)，當(dāng)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)進(jìn)行時(shí)，監(jiān)視獵群們甚至都沒能接觸到他們的目標(biāo)。那些與他們被指派前去的軍團(tuán)會(huì)合的太空野狼們顯然無法完成分配給他們的任務(wù)，據(jù)我們所知，沒有哪位叛徒原體被黎曼·魯斯親手挑選的劊子手們所傷害。事實(shí)上，那些到達(dá)了各位忠誠(chéng)原體的宮廷中的太空野狼戰(zhàn)士們——比如被指派到圣吉列斯身邊的那些就在忠誠(chéng)軍團(tuán)的部隊(duì)中散布不和諧與懷疑，他們對(duì)于叛變軍團(tuán)的幫助似乎比叛軍本身還大。（機(jī)仆：得，狼團(tuán)哈士奇形象更穩(wěn)固了）