ORDO CHRONOS （THE GUARDIANS OF HISTORY ）

時(shí)序修會(huì)（歷史的守護(hù)者）

Few have heard of the Ordo Chronos, and fewer still have any inkling of its mission, which is to study the effects of Warp travel and the passage of time. It is common knowledge that a vessel occasionally arrives at its destination much later than its Navigator intended, the crew experiencing the passage of many months, whilst centuries pass in the real world. Such events are the subject of many legends, but accepted as one of the risks associated with Warp travel. Far less common, but by no means unheard-of, are those occasions when a vessel has become embroiled in a Warp phenomenon that results in it being expelled into realspace before it actually set out. The Ordo Chronos are concerned with preventing and combating any anomalies created by such events. Its members are motivated by the concern that travellers appearing in the past might somehow alter the proper flow of events, or otherwise disrupt the Emperor's intentions. It is hard to gauge their success or failure, partly due to the paradoxical nature of their work, but also because the entire Ordo is said to have disappeared without trace. Of course, this would not be the first time an Inquisitorial Ordo has 'vanished' — over the millennia, many have gone quiescent, or simply stepped so deep into the shadows that even their brother Inquisitors cannot find them. Nevertheless, those few who knew of the Ordo Chronos' existence believe that there is a deeper meaning to its silence, though no two Inquisitors can agree on precisely what that meaning is.?

很少有人聽說過時(shí)序修會(huì)，了解他們使命的人則更少——該修會(huì)旨在研究亞空間旅行與時(shí)間流逝的影響。眾所周知，艦船抵達(dá)目的地的時(shí)間偶爾會(huì)比導(dǎo)航者所計(jì)劃得要晚得多，船員們經(jīng)歷的是數(shù)月的旅行時(shí)間，而現(xiàn)實(shí)世界中已經(jīng)過去了數(shù)個(gè)世紀(jì)。這樣的事件是許多傳說故事的主題，但都被認(rèn)為是與亞空間旅行相關(guān)的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)之一。更不常見但絕非聞所未聞的情況是：一艘船卷入了某種亞空間現(xiàn)象，導(dǎo)致它在真正出發(fā)之前就被丟回了現(xiàn)實(shí)宇宙。時(shí)序修會(huì)所關(guān)注的是防止和對(duì)抗由此類事件造成的所有異?，F(xiàn)象。修會(huì)成員們的動(dòng)機(jī)是擔(dān)心出現(xiàn)在過去的游客可能會(huì)以某種方式改變事件的正常流程，或擾亂皇帝的意圖。我們很難判斷他們的成功或失敗，部分原因是他們工作的矛盾性質(zhì)，但也是因?yàn)檎麄€(gè)修會(huì)據(jù)說都已經(jīng)消失得無影無蹤。當(dāng)然，這也不是審判庭修會(huì)的第一次“消失”——數(shù)千年來，很多修會(huì)都陷入了沉默；或者只是過于深入地走進(jìn)了陰影，以至于他們的審判官兄弟們也不能找到他們。盡管如此，極少數(shù)知曉時(shí)序修會(huì)存在的人相信它的沉默有更深的含義，不過沒有哪兩位審判官能就其確切含義達(dá)成一致。

ORDO SCRIPTORUM （THE UNSLEEPING EYE）?

抄繕修會(huì)（不眠的明瞳）

One of seventeen Ordos based on Terra itself, the Ordo Scriptorum is dedicated to the examination and investigation of records and communiqués. This may seem a trivial, almost facile task in light of the weighty matters pursued by other branches of the Inquisition, but nothing could be further from the truth.?

抄繕修會(huì)以泰拉作為基地的七個(gè)審判庭修會(huì)之一，致力于審查和調(diào)查（各類）記錄與公報(bào)。相比于審判庭其他分支修會(huì)所追求的偉大事業(yè)，這似乎是一項(xiàng)微不足道、（甚至）幾乎是輕而易舉的任務(wù)，但事實(shí)遠(yuǎn)非如此。

The Imperium constantly strains under the weight of its own colossal bureaucracy, and all manner of vital bibelots of information are lost or misfiled through simple human error. Far from Terra, a planetary governor whose world is in uproar looks to the skies for sign of assistance, little knowing that his request for aid has been bound into the spine of an eight hundred page missive on lumen design. Elsewhere, an Imperial Fleet — hundreds of ships all told — hangs silent in interstellar space, because the documentation updating its orders has travelled from desk to desk, never reaching a recipient with sufficient authorisation. The Ordo Scriptorum can only intercept a handful of these failures, but even one can prove the difference between the life and death of billions. Moreover, even the rumour that an Inquisitor is supervising a scribe's work is enough to galvanise him to more careful practice, ensuring that fewer such errors occur in the future.?

帝國不斷承受著自身龐大官僚機(jī)構(gòu)所造成的壓力，而且由于簡單的人為錯(cuò)誤，各種重要的信息都被遺失或錯(cuò)誤歸檔了。而在遠(yuǎn)離泰拉的地方，當(dāng)一位行星總督所統(tǒng)治的世界陷入一片混亂時(shí)，他望向天空尋求援助，幾乎不知道他的請求已經(jīng)被寫進(jìn)了一份800頁的關(guān)于流明燈設(shè)計(jì)的公文的書脊里。而在其他地方，一艘總計(jì)有數(shù)百艘艦船的帝國艦隊(duì)沉默地懸在星際空間，因?yàn)楦缕涿畹奈募囊粋€(gè)辦公桌傳到另一個(gè)辦公桌，卻從未報(bào)送給有足夠授權(quán)的收件人。抄繕修會(huì)只能攔截到此類失敗中的一些，但即使是一個(gè)也能改變數(shù)十億人的生死命運(yùn)。另外，甚至有謠言稱該修會(huì)的審判官正在監(jiān)督抄寫員的工作，這足以激勵(lì)后者更加仔細(xì)地練習(xí)以確保今后能減少此類錯(cuò)誤的發(fā)生。

ORDO MACHINUM （THE JUDICATORS OF THE FORGE ）

督機(jī)修會(huì)（鑄爐執(zhí)法官）

Just as the Ordo Hereticus pay close attention to the Ecclesiarchy, the Ordo Machinum scrutinise the Adeptus Mechanicus. Specifically, they are concerned with the reintegration of recovered STC variants into the Imperium's armies and the rare adoptions of alien technologies into established Mechanicum protocols. The purpose here is twofold. Firstly, the Ordo Machinum ensure that laxness on the part of the Omnissiah's worshippers does not permit a flawed technology to enter the Emperor's service. More importantly, the Ordo Machinum ensures that no Magos is tempted to withhold vital systems from other factions of the Adeptus Terra with a view to increasing the Adeptus Mechanicus' power within the Imperium. Inquisitors of the Ordo Machinum often accompany Adeptus Mechanicus archaeological teams to distant worlds, the better to see for themselves exactly what has been recovered. They often work in concert with the Ordo Xenos — especially when the world in question has been under alien control or there is any suggestion of non-human origin for the technology the Adeptus Mechanicus seek to recover.?

就像討逆修會(huì)密切關(guān)注著國教教會(huì)那樣，督機(jī)修會(huì)詳細(xì)檢查著機(jī)械修會(huì)。具體來說，他們關(guān)注著STC變種裝備重新進(jìn)入帝國軍隊(duì)的過程，以及根據(jù)已建立的機(jī)械神教協(xié)議的對(duì)于外星人技術(shù)的罕見應(yīng)用。其目的包含兩部分：首先，督機(jī)修會(huì)要確保萬機(jī)之神的崇拜者們沒有允許有缺陷的技術(shù)進(jìn)入為帝皇服役的行列；更重要的是，他們要確保沒有機(jī)械教賢者會(huì)為了增加機(jī)械修會(huì)在帝國內(nèi)部的權(quán)力而被勸誘拒絕向泰拉修會(huì)的其他部門提供重要的系統(tǒng)。督機(jī)修會(huì)的審判官們通常會(huì)陪同機(jī)械修會(huì)的考古小隊(duì)前往遙遠(yuǎn)的世界，這樣他們就能清楚地親自看到被回收的事物。他們通常會(huì)與攘外修會(huì)協(xié)同工作，尤其是被探索的世界處于外星人的控制下，或者有任何跡象表明機(jī)械修會(huì)尋求回收的技術(shù)并非源自人類時(shí)。

ORDO SICARIUS （THE EXECUTIONERS ）

刺殺修會(huì)（處刑者）

Founded by the legendary Inquisitor Jaegar in the wake of the Age of Apostasy, the Ordo Sicarius is responsible for investigating and controlling the Officio Assassinorum. Since Jaegar's reforms, no Imperial Assassin may be deployed without the majority approval of the High Lords of Terra. This is, of course, immensely impractical, and quite often, an Inquisitor of the Ordo Sicarius will sanction the Officio Assassinorum under the guise of an edict from Terra. While some believe this to be an abuse of their power, in a galaxy-spanning civilisation, such measures are essential to maintain a level of response required by the myriad threats to Mankind.?

刺殺修會(huì)由傳奇般的審判官賈卡爾在叛教時(shí)代之后創(chuàng)建，他們負(fù)責(zé)調(diào)查和控制刺客庭。自從賈卡爾的改革以后，在沒有大多數(shù)泰拉高領(lǐng)主批準(zhǔn)的情況下，任何帝國刺客都不能被部署。當(dāng)然，這是非常不切實(shí)際的，而且很多時(shí)候刺殺修會(huì)的審判官們都會(huì)以泰拉的法令為幌子制裁刺客們。雖然有些人認(rèn)為這是對(duì)他們權(quán)力的濫用，但在一個(gè)跨越銀河系的文明中，這些措施對(duì)于維持人類在面對(duì)無數(shù)威脅時(shí)所需的反應(yīng)水平至關(guān)重要。

+++Ordo Redactus report+++?

編校修會(huì)報(bào)告

+++Excerpt from Document: 'Branches of the Inquisition'+++?

節(jié)選自文件《審判庭分支機(jī)構(gòu)》

+++Marked for deletion 978.M41+++?

被標(biāo)記刪除于978.M41

DESIGNATION - INITIAL FOUNDING - EST. STRENGTH - AREA OF VigilANCE?

名稱—最初創(chuàng)建時(shí)間—?jiǎng)?chuàng)建時(shí)的人數(shù)—負(fù)責(zé)監(jiān)視的領(lǐng)域

Ordo Aegis - M40?- ?unknown? - The Cadian Gate

圣盾修會(huì)—M40—未知—卡迪安之門

Ordo Astartes - M32 - >50?Inquisitors - Chapters of Adeptus Astartes?

阿斯塔特督軍修會(huì)—M32—50名審判官—阿斯塔特修會(huì)的戰(zhàn)團(tuán)

Ordo Astra - M34 - <50?Inquisitors - Stellar Cartography?

星辰修會(huì)—M34—50名審判官—星圖繪制

Ordo Barbarus - ?unknown? - <10 Inquisitors - Pre-Industrial Worlds?

蠻族修會(huì)—未知—10名審判官—處于工業(yè)文明之前的世界

Ordo Custodum - M35 - >50?Inquisitors - Terra

禁衛(wèi)修會(huì)—M35—50名審判官—泰拉

Ordo Desolatus - ?unknown? - 1 Inquisitor - ?unknown??

荒蕪修會(huì)—未知—1名審判官—未知

Ordo Excorium - ?unknown? - >100 Inquisitors - Monitoring Exterminatus?

難責(zé)修會(huì)—未知—100名審判官—監(jiān)督滅絕令

Ordo Militarum - M35 - >500 Inquisitors - Imperial Guard

軍務(wù)修會(huì)—M35—500名審判官—帝國衛(wèi)隊(duì)

Ordo Necros - M37 - 5 Inquisitors - ?unknown?

亡靈修會(huì)—M37—5名審判官—未知

Ordo Sanctorum - M36 - ?unknown>> - The Ecclesiarchy?

圣教修會(huì)—M36—未知—國教修會(huì)

Ordo Scriptus - M38 - 6 Inquisitors - Officio Historica on Terra?

文書修會(huì)—M38—6嗎審判官—泰拉歷史庭

Ordo Senator= - M33 - ?unknown? - ?unknown??

元老修會(huì)—M33—未知—未知

Ordo Thanatos - <<unknown? - ?unknown? - ?unknown??

死神修會(huì)—未知—未知—未知

Ordo Vigilus - M37 - <<unknown>> - Ordo Necros?

警戒修會(huì)—M37—未知—亡靈修會(huì)