There are some who name the deliverance of the Raven Guard a miracle. What else could it be called? How is it that Marcus Valerius, the Praefector of the Therion Cohort, an Imperial Army unit bonded to the Raven Guard, could have known of the Legion's predicament? How could a dream have summoned the Therion Cohort and the last of the Raven Guard from their home world of Deliverance to Isstvan V from across the vast reaches of space, only for them to arrive in orbit at the very moment the World Eaters were launching the final charge? When the Stormbirds and Thunderhawks descended from the blasted skies and delivered the Primarch and his last surviving sons to safety, some called it serendipity. Later on, others called it providence, even destiny. Now, there are many that call it a miracle, naming it but the first of many events that, in the coming war, would challenge our view of the universe forever.

有些人稱暗鴉守衛(wèi)的拯救行動是一個(gè)奇跡。不然呢？否則，馬庫斯 瓦萊里烏斯，這位瑟瑞昂步兵隊(duì)——某支隸屬于暗鴉守衛(wèi)軍團(tuán)的帝國軍部隊(duì)的執(zhí)政官是如何得知軍團(tuán)的困境？一場夢又怎能跨域廣袤無垠的星河，將瑟瑞昂步兵隊(duì)和剩余的暗鴉守衛(wèi)們從他們的故鄉(xiāng)拯救星召喚到伊斯特萬五號？當(dāng)風(fēng)暴鳥和雷鷹從被炮火毀壞的天空降臨，拯救出原體和他最后的幸存子嗣們時(shí)，有些人稱之為機(jī)緣巧合。后來，其他人稱之為天意，甚至是命運(yùn)?，F(xiàn)在，有很多人稱之為奇跡，但在即將到來的戰(zhàn)爭中，很多事情將永遠(yuǎn)挑戰(zhàn)我們對宇宙的看法，而這便是其中的第一件事。

Whatever the truth, the Raven Guard survived Isstvan V where so many others did not. Even reduced to a tenth of their strength, the Raven Guard fought on in the face of impossible odds with little or no hope of survival, their continued existence only possible because of the relentless leadership of their Primarch. Against the will of his masters, Praefector Valerius risked all to make for the Isstvan system, acting on the certain belief that the Loyalists' mission had failed and that the Raven Lord was in dire need of rescue. In order to launch his rescue attempt, Valerius had first to convince the commander of the Raven Guard left on Deliverance of its necessity, a challenge which very nearly cost the Praefector his life. Yet he prevailed, and the thousand Legionaries tasked with guarding Deliverance, as well as the Therion Cohort, made the impossibly arduous voyage across half the galaxy and more. The rescue force arrived at Isstvan at the very moment the World Eaters were sweeping down on the last of the Raven Guard survivors, its drop ships snatching them away from the very teeth of death.

無論如何，暗鴉守衛(wèi)從伊斯特萬五號逃出生天——但太多其他人埋骨此地。雖然暗鴉守衛(wèi)的軍力下降到了原有的十分之一，而且面對著極少甚至毫無生存可能性的困境，但他們?nèi)栽诶^續(xù)戰(zhàn)斗。暗鴉守衛(wèi)們的持續(xù)存活只可能是因?yàn)樵w的不斷領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。馬庫斯 瓦萊里烏斯執(zhí)政官冒著一切風(fēng)險(xiǎn)前往了伊斯特萬星系，他如此行動是因?yàn)榇_信忠誠派的任務(wù)已然失敗而且渡鴉領(lǐng)主急需救援。為了實(shí)施他的救援嘗試，瓦萊里烏斯首先讓留守拯救星的暗鴉守衛(wèi)指揮官（機(jī)仆：其實(shí)就是當(dāng)時(shí)的鴉衛(wèi)指揮官branne nev巴蘭 內(nèi)夫）確信了此事的必要性，這一挑戰(zhàn)幾乎搭上了他自己的姓名。不過他最終說服了對方，負(fù)責(zé)守備拯救星的一千名暗鴉守衛(wèi)和瑟瑞昂步兵隊(duì)跨越大半個(gè)銀河，進(jìn)行了一場不可思議的艱難航行。在伊斯特萬五號上，正當(dāng)吞世者們在橫掃最后的暗鴉守衛(wèi)幸存者時(shí)，救援部隊(duì)也正好抵達(dá)。救援部隊(duì)的空降飛船們把原體和暗鴉守衛(wèi)幸存者們從死亡的利齒下?lián)尵攘诉^來。

That a voyage of over fifty thousand light years should result in such a timely rescue is beyond comprehension for many. There are some who claim that it could only have come about through the intervention of the Emperor himself

暗鴉守衛(wèi)守備部隊(duì)竟然能靠著一次超過五萬光年的航行完成一場分秒不差的救援行動，這超出了很多人的理解。有些人斷言：只有通過帝皇本人的干預(yù)，這種事情才可能會發(fā)生。