這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)是錯誤的。事實(shí)上6E codex當(dāng)中已經(jīng)指出，人類從科技時(shí)代早期接觸到的異形文明當(dāng)中絕大多數(shù)都與人類保持著敵對態(tài)度，區(qū)別僅僅在于對方是基于與人類爭奪宜居世界和珍貴資源的理性/生存需要，還是秉持更加橫暴的“將人類完全消滅”之態(tài)度。

Mankind is not the only race that walk among the stars. Since they first traveled beyond their own star system, in the early days of the Age of Technology, Mankind has encountered alien races, most of which have proven hostile. While some xenos exist only on a single planet, other civilisations might occupy a star system and there are a few that are widely spread across the great void of the galaxy. It has never been in Man's nature to share his worlds with aliens, and bloodshed has ever formed the foundation of empire. Sometimes, humans and aliens are forced to fight over inhabitable planets or vital resources at other times, humans must do battle with the most dangerous types of xenos, whose only aim is to eradicate humanity wherever their paths cross.

人類并非唯一行走于群星之間的物種，從科技時(shí)代早期他們首次抵達(dá)自己的恒星系以外以來，人類已經(jīng)遇到了許多外星物種，絕大多數(shù)都被證明懷揣敵意。雖然一些異形僅僅在單獨(dú)的世界上存在，其他文明可能已經(jīng)占據(jù)了一整個(gè)恒星系，還有一些在銀河系的巨大虛空當(dāng)中廣泛分布。與外星人分享他的世界從來就不是人類的天性，而血腥的殺戮是帝國建立的根基。有些時(shí)候，人類與外星人被迫為了爭奪宜居世界或重要資源而彼此征戰(zhàn)，而其他時(shí)候人類必須與最危險(xiǎn)的異形種族交戰(zhàn)，后者的唯一目的便是將所到之處的人類完全消滅。

- Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Core Rulebook Page 196

但是同樣要注意到，科技時(shí)代人類同樣并不是什么良善之輩。黑暗科技時(shí)代人類諸帝國（Empire，而非后世的人類帝國Imperium of Man）同樣建立在基于血腥橫暴的基礎(chǔ)之上，對異形秉持著清理和滅絕的態(tài)度與手段，可見下文當(dāng)中便是一個(gè)抵抗人類殖民其世界的異形種族遭到完全消滅的故事。

Discovered in the early years of the Age of Technology, Alpha Shalish was originally known as the crimson planet, for it glowed a deep red hue when glimpsed from orbit. Warmed by the energies of two suns, the planet was verdant, rich in both flora and fauna. The pioneers who named Alpha Shalish and marked it for prime conquest did not need to employ any of the atmosphere-fixing wonders invented at that time - neither the oxy-converter, self-sustaining hab-domes, nor ion discharging reactors. There was strong resistance to human colonisation, however, by a xenos species whose very type has been lost over the years. Early resistance was rectified by planet scorching - a slash and burn bombardment that, a decade later when the colonists arrived,left an unpopulated world, ripe for cultivation. The new settlers found ancient xenos ruins predating their arrival by many thousands of years, but these were dozed over and buried beneath their new endeavours.

Alpha Shalish被發(fā)現(xiàn)于科技時(shí)代的早期，最初被稱為深紅之星，因?yàn)樵谲壍郎纤尸F(xiàn)出深紅的色澤。這個(gè)被兩顆太陽照耀的世界郁郁蔥蔥，動植物都很豐富。命名Alpha Shalish并將其作為主要征服而標(biāo)記的先驅(qū)們并不需要使用當(dāng)時(shí)發(fā)明的任何固定大氣的奇跡——無論是oxy-converter, self-sustaining hab-domes, 還是ion discharging reactors。然而，一種具體類型久已消亡的異形種族強(qiáng)烈抵抗著人類的殖民。早期的抵抗被一場對行星進(jìn)行的猛烈轟炸所鏟除，十年以后到達(dá)此地的殖民者們發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)適于耕種的無人星球。新的定居者發(fā)現(xiàn)了比他們到來早幾千年的古代異形廢墟，但是這些遺跡被他們竭力抹去和掩埋了。

- Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Core Rulebook Page 199

黑暗科技時(shí)代的人類對異形秉持?jǐn)骋饨佑|態(tài)度，正如同絕大多數(shù)異形文明也對人類如此一般。這一時(shí)代的人類諸帝國既非Fanon當(dāng)中所描繪的璀璨開明文明，也非與異形和睦友善的包容聯(lián)邦。他們只是這片銀河當(dāng)中以血腥和橫暴維系統(tǒng)治的無數(shù)種族之一。

Fanon2：“曾經(jīng)的科技時(shí)代/黃金時(shí)代人類的科技樹比帝國時(shí)代更加符合現(xiàn)代人類的審美，更加貼近傳統(tǒng)黃金時(shí)代科幻。”

這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)也是錯誤的。8E禁軍codex當(dāng)中描繪了黑暗科技時(shí)代的人類大擴(kuò)張以及其終結(jié)的緣由。無所顧忌的科學(xué)家君王與科技煽動家毫無顧忌地?fù)]灑著操控人類基因的創(chuàng)造力，他們打造出各色各樣的基因造物（其中絕大多數(shù)在后世被稱為“舊夜基因恐怖”，見黑皮書HH7），并最終因?yàn)槠淇癜炼兄铝俗陨淼哪┤??；驊?zhàn)爭，人類當(dāng)中靈能者的大規(guī)模出現(xiàn)和黑暗科技時(shí)代末期的亞空間風(fēng)暴合基本處于同一時(shí)期的鐵人叛亂把當(dāng)時(shí)的銀河化作了世界末日一般的戰(zhàn)場。引發(fā)這一切災(zāi)難的科技以任何角度上來說都不能被稱為是理智和更加符合現(xiàn)代審美的。

Thinking machines and the development of ever more esoteric weapons and transportation technologies played their part, but the single greatest factor to drive this expansion was the ability – and the reckless will – to manipulate human genetics. Utterly certain of their own primacy, scientist-kings and techno-demagogues followed every strand of curiosity and exercised powers of creation that made them seem like gods. Ultimately, their hubris led them to catastrophe, and onwards to the very brink of extinction. Worlds were overrun by bloody uprisings within their own populations, much of which were mutated beyond sanity and recognition. Gene-wars consumed entire star systems, while a psychic apocalypse drowned the stars in fire. The vast empire of Humanity was shattered amidst horror and anarchy, and the oppressive shroud of Old Night settled over all.

思維機(jī)器與愈發(fā)深奧的武器及運(yùn)輸技術(shù)的發(fā)展發(fā)揮了作用，但推動這一擴(kuò)張的最大因素是操縱人類基因的能力——以及無所顧忌的意志?？茖W(xué)家君王與科技煽動家全然確信自己的至高無上，他們順著自己的心血來潮行使著讓他們?nèi)缤褚话愕膭?chuàng)造力量。最終，他們的狂傲令其走向?yàn)?zāi)難和毀滅的邊緣。世界們被其自身的人口中發(fā)生的血腥暴動所淹沒，其中絕大多數(shù)人都已經(jīng)變異得超出了理智和認(rèn)知的范疇?；驊?zhàn)爭吞噬了整個(gè)星系，而一場靈能天災(zāi)將群星淹沒在烈焰之中。龐大的人類帝國在恐怖和無政府狀態(tài)之中被粉碎，舊夜的壓迫籠罩著一切。

-Custodes Codex (8th Edition) Page 8

而泰拉作為人類的發(fā)源地，同樣也遭受了最為可怕的災(zāi)難。這些科技并非導(dǎo)致了僅僅一次末日場景的到來——即使是那些在災(zāi)變當(dāng)中幸存下來的遺留，在技術(shù)蠻人手中也險(xiǎn)些讓人類的家園世界陷入第二次末日。

At the heart of this galactic disaster lay Terra, transformed from a glittering jewel to an apocalyptic hellscape by forbidden weapons and biological atrocities. Yet though its people fell into darkness and ignorance, many of the technologies that had led them to ruin survived, sealed away in hidden bunkers and biomantic crypts. Sure enough, as Humanity clawed its way back from the brink beneath the lashes of cruel warlords, so those self-appointed rulers discovered the weapons of old and tried once again to turn them upon one another. Terra faced the threat of a second apocalypse as gene-bred barbarians and ghastly fleshstitched ghouls made war at the behest of madmen, fanatics and techno-cannibalistic murderers.

泰拉是這場銀河級災(zāi)難的中心，它由禁忌武器和生物災(zāi)難從一顆閃亮的寶石轉(zhuǎn)變成了地獄般的天啟景象。但盡管它的人民已經(jīng)墮入黑暗與無知，許多曾導(dǎo)致他們毀滅的科技幸存下來，密封在隱藏的掩體和地穴之中。果不其然，當(dāng)人類在殘酷軍閥的鞭笞下從懸崖邊爬回來的時(shí)候，那些自封的統(tǒng)治者們發(fā)現(xiàn)了古老的武器，并再次試圖用它們來攻擊彼此。泰拉面臨著二度末日的威脅，因?yàn)榛蚍鄙男U族與可怕的血肉食尸鬼在瘋子、狂人和同類相食的科技?xì)⑷丝竦拿钕掳l(fā)動了戰(zhàn)爭。

-Custodes Codex (8th Edition) Page 8

總結(jié)：黑暗科技時(shí)代的人類既不能被稱為理智，也稱不上是開明。相反，他們是這個(gè)黑暗殘酷宇宙當(dāng)中秉持橫暴手段的文明之一——正如同這個(gè)宇宙當(dāng)中其他一貫以橫暴行事的異形文明一樣。他們制造破壞和毀滅的能力搭配上其無所顧忌的野心、自視為神明的狂傲，曾一度將整個(gè)銀河沒入血泊當(dāng)中，其規(guī)模（雖然意義之深遠(yuǎn)不及）根據(jù)HH廣播劇的回憶，足以令戰(zhàn)帥的叛亂為之汗顏。這樣的文明無論如何也不能被視作是一個(gè)“理智”“開明”的“黃金時(shí)代”。

引文來源：

- Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Core Rulebook

-Custodes Codex (8th Edition) Page 8

因此，結(jié)合最新的瓦什托爾疑似誕生于無良科學(xué)大行其道黑暗科技時(shí)代；沃坦聯(lián)盟鐵裔資料暗示了黃金時(shí)代和黑暗科技時(shí)代人類對石人和鐵人的傲慢暴行；曾經(jīng)白矮人雜志上的短篇故事展現(xiàn)了自稱“理智”“具備光輝未來”的黃金時(shí)代人類無底線縱欲之景......《帝國真理》所宣稱的理性從來就是個(gè)笑話。所謂理性，早已潛移默化的發(fā)展成打著“先進(jìn)啟蒙”之旗號的極端利己主義和種族沙文主義。而帝皇對人類的過于信任和抱有希望，也是導(dǎo)致他陷入如今這個(gè)絕望處境的重要原因。

在戰(zhàn)錘的世界下，一切的一切將朝著最扭曲的方向發(fā)展。早在人類墮落成40K這般模樣前，早在靈族之隕引出恐懼之眼前，早在懼亡和古圣的被奴役者和混沌存在重創(chuàng)前，早在混沌出現(xiàn)于亞空間前，早在天堂之戰(zhàn)造成的苦難永久影響凡世和亞空間前......世間萬物，無論清濁，被自身創(chuàng)造的罪惡吞噬便已是必然之事。

相比星船傘兵、星際爭霸、魔戒、魔獸世界的故事與它們代表的思想，戰(zhàn)錘系列、賽博朋克系列一類真的是既反傳統(tǒng)，又非常消極。戰(zhàn)錘的浪漫太空肉搏單挑，賽博朋克的絢麗科技霓虹燈，兩者皆是表象。它們的內(nèi)在無一不是警示錄，警示世人不要陷入它們這般田地。末日時(shí)鐘距離子夜已近在咫尺。