Hive Tyrants are the commanders of the Tyranid swarms and enact the Hive Mind's will on the field of battle. Though individuals display a wide variety of physical characteristics, all Hive Tyrants are fearsome hulking monsters that tower over even a Dreadnought. They are brutally strong, able to shatter ferrocrete with sickening ease. Every part of such a beast's body is perfectly created to kill, even the layers of chitinous plating that protect them. A Hive Tyrant is a formidable opponent at any distance, as deadly with ranged weapons as it is with bonesword or claw.?

蟲巢暴君是泰倫蟲群的指揮官，在戰(zhàn)場上執(zhí)行蟲巢意志的命令。雖然它們個體會表現(xiàn)出廣泛多樣的生理特征，但所有的蟲巢暴君都是身軀巨大的可怕怪物，它們甚至比無畏機甲都更為高大。蟲巢暴君極其強壯，能夠輕而易舉地粉碎鐵凝土。這些野獸身體上的每個部分都被完美地創(chuàng)造成了殺戮工具，哪怕保護著它們的幾丁質外殼也是如此。蟲巢對手，暴君在任何距離上都是一種可畏的，它們的遠程武器與骨劍和利爪同樣致命。

Hive Tyrants are highly psychic, and their relationship to the Hive Mind is amongst the closest of any known bioform. Indeed, the synaptic link is so strong that they are the primary conduits through which the Hive Mind enforces its dominance over a hive fleet's lesser creatures. The instinctive nature of a Tyranid swarm is smothered with implacable drive and purpose, and the need to hunt and devour is imbued with a cunning and tactical awareness that would put the galaxy's finest strategists to shame.?

蟲巢暴君們擁有高度的靈智，在所以已知的泰倫生物形式中，它們與蟲巢意志的關系是最為緊密的。事實上，這種突觸連接是如此強大，以至于蟲巢暴君就是蟲巢意志統(tǒng)領蟲巢艦隊中低級生物的主要（靈能）導管。泰倫蟲群的天性是被不可改變的強烈欲望和目標所壓制的，它們進行狩獵和吞噬的需要中充滿了令銀河中最卓越的戰(zhàn)略家都自慚形穢的狡詐技藝和戰(zhàn)術意識。

蟲巢暴君不僅能夠壓制征服它的獵物，而且還能在思維能力上超越后者。與很多泰倫生物不同的是，蟲巢暴君聰慧到令人難以置信，而且它們在某種程度上甚至擁有自我意識。盡管它們仍然受到蟲巢意志格式塔意識的奴役，但它們在實現(xiàn)其目標方面被給予了更大的自由度。因此，他們對戰(zhàn)場事件所做出的反應要比神秘莫測的蟲巢意志迅速得多，并且能由此調整其指揮的蟲巢的行為表現(xiàn)。

As a result of their highly developed synaptic connection and greater levels of intelligence, Hive Tyrants are also able to manifest potent psychic powers. By harnessing tiny slivers of the Hive Mind's terrifying will, Hive Tyrants can invigorate the swarm, shatter their foe's morale or shred the minds of their prey.?

由于其具備高度發(fā)達的突觸連接和更高的智力水平，所以泰倫暴君也能夠表現(xiàn)出強悍的靈能力量。通過利用蜂巢意志那恐怖心智的微小碎片，蟲巢暴君可以令蟲群（精神）振奮，粉碎敵人的士氣或粉碎獵物們的心智。

Should the Hive Mind require it, Hive Tyrants can also be adapted to possess a pair of vast, leathery wings. Winged Hive Tyrants dominate the skies above a battlefield, swooping low to disembowel enemy commanders with a lash of their prehensile tails, or unleashing torrents of flesh-melting energy from monstrous bio-cannons. While such organisms may lack the speed of fighter aircraft, they are perfectly capable of smashing an unaware pilot out of the sky with their bladed hooves, sending burning fragments of his vessel raining onto the ground below.?

如果蟲巢意志有需要的話，蟲巢暴君也能在接受過改造后擁有一對巨大且堅韌的翅膀。有翼的蟲巢暴君統(tǒng)治著戰(zhàn)場上方的天空，它們要么俯沖下來用纏繞性的尾巴將敵軍指揮官抽打到肚破腸流，要么就是用巨大的生體炮連射出融化血肉的能量。雖然這些有機生物可能缺乏戰(zhàn)斗飛行器的速度，但它們完全能夠用自己鋒利的蹄爪擊穿機艙，將毫不知情的飛行員從空中丟下來，并摧毀其載具，讓燃燒著的碎片如雨點般落到下方的地面上。

Hive Tyrants embody the Tyranid Hive Mind completely, but their destruction does not in any way diminish it. Death is simply another learning experience that gives insight to the prey's strengths and weaknesses. This goes some way to explain why the Tyranids can rarely be defeated the same way twice. Should a Hive Tyrant be slain on the battlefield, the Hive Mind simply grows a replacement, imbuing it with the same knowledge as its predecessor. Fortunately for the rest of the galaxy, this does not lead to infallibility of purpose. Even the most fearsome Hive Tyrant cannot anticipate its prey's every ploy, nor can it oversee every quarter of the battlefield. However, the Hive Mind's capacity to regrow its fallen leaders does render each Hive Tyrant practically immortal. No matter how many times a Hive Tyrant is killed, sooner or later it will always come back to overcome and devour its prey.?

蟲巢暴君完全體現(xiàn)著蟲巢意志的想法，但毀滅前者完全不會削弱后者。（蟲巢暴君的）死亡只是另一次了解獵物強項和弱項的學習經歷，這以某種方式解釋了泰倫蟲族為何幾乎不會被以同樣的方式擊敗兩次。倘若一只泰倫暴君被在戰(zhàn)場上殺掉，蟲巢意志只會再培育一只替代品，并向其灌輸與前任相同的知識。不過對于銀河系中其他生物而言，幸運的是，這并不會導致蟲巢暴君在選擇目標時毫不出錯。即使是最可怕的蟲巢暴君也不能預料到獵物的所有策略，而且它們也無法監(jiān)視戰(zhàn)場的每一個角落。然而，蟲巢意志擁有令其死去的領袖重生的能力，這使每只蟲巢暴君在實際上都是不朽的。無論一只蟲巢暴君被殺掉多少次，它們遲早會返回戰(zhàn)場，征服并吞噬自己的獵物。

The creature known as the Nephilim King is a particularly notorious Hive Tyrant specimen. This beast leads a splinter of Hive Fleet Behemoth, and fights at the head of a group of synapse creatures and gigantic bio-titans. This so-called Court of the Nephilim King relies not on sheer numbers, but on the ferocity and intelligence of the most advanced Tyranid bioforms, forming a twisted mirror of a knightly brotherhood. Countless foes have sought to slay the Nephilim King, but the monster has thus far turned the tables on all its would-be hunters, swiftly turning them from predator to prey.?

某只被稱為拿非利之王的蟲巢暴君尤為惡名昭著。這只野獸領導著貝希摩斯蟲巢艦隊的一個碎片分支，而且在率領成群的節(jié)點生物與巨大的生體泰坦作戰(zhàn)時，它會沖鋒在前。這支所謂的拿非利王群依靠的不僅是純粹的數(shù)量，還有那些最先進的泰倫生物形式的兇猛和智慧，它們形成了一種騎士兄弟會（組織結構）的扭曲鏡像。曾有無數(shù)敵人試圖殺死過拿非利之王，但到目前為止，這只怪物已經扭轉了所有潛在獵手們所處的局面，讓后者由捕食者淪為了獵物。