The Five Hundred Companions

機仆：hh9新出的那群死翼保鏢就叫The Deathwing Companions。其實我挺想缺德一把，把題目改成五百圣軍/五百伙友之類的…

The first 500 warriors of the Dark Angels to stand alongside their Primarch on Caliban would come to be known simply as the Five Hundred, an honourary Company embedded within the Legion's system of Orders Militant. Each of the Five Hundred were sworn to a unique duty, bound to gather information and to keep it hidden for the benefit of the Legion just as the other Orders Militant, save that the subject of their scrutiny was the Primarch himself .For among all the doctrines of the Hosts, each carefully crafted and honed by centuries of war, they had never accounted for such a manifest icon of war and death. Study was required that they might learn how best to fight at his side, which weapons were best suited to be deployed alongside the Primarch and how the Legion would need to be re-shaped to serve his will. The Lion himself would prove no more forthcoming to his sons than he had been to his brother Primarchs, prone to silence and self-reliance. He offered his new Legion the chance to prove itself in battle, but gave them no guidance on the means by which they would best earn his respect.

在卡利班上侍立在原體身側(cè)的500名最初的黑暗天使戰(zhàn)士將會被簡單地統(tǒng)稱為“五百友伴”，他們是一個被嵌入到軍團軍事修會體系中的榮譽團體（機仆：company確實有連隊的含義，軍事修會體系指的是“百藝”，而連隊是正常的PB體系——或者根據(jù)hh1的說法，泰拉式的軍團組織結構下的單位，而百藝和PB體系平行，所以我覺得不應翻譯為“連隊”）。當中的每位成員都要發(fā)誓履行一項獨特的職責:就像其他軍事修會那樣，為了軍團的利益而收集信息并將之隱藏；保證他們的效忠對象是原體本人。對于所有的天軍（機仆：host也是DA的一種部隊組織形式，塔西佗和鐵加曼兩位大佬討論過后認為可以翻譯為“天軍”。在此向兩位大佬在我翻譯時提供的幫助表示感謝）信條，每一項都在戰(zhàn)爭的世紀中被精心制訂和磨礪，他們從來沒有解釋過如此明顯的戰(zhàn)爭和死亡的象征。他們被要求研習那些武器最適合在跟隨原體時使用，已經(jīng)需要怎樣重塑軍團才能執(zhí)行原體都意志，他們可能學會如何最好地在原體身邊戰(zhàn)斗。萊昂本人對于兒子們就像他對于其他兄弟原體們那樣不怎么坦誠，他傾向于沉默和自力更生。萊昂給了他的新軍團一個證明自己的機會，但他并未指導軍團戰(zhàn)士如何才能最好地贏得他的尊重。

The Five Hundred would serve as his life guard, to fight and die ever in his shadow, that the Legion might learn that which their new master was reticent to speak of and earn his favour in war. Their hard-won secrets, the Lion Codex, is among the most cleverly and completely ciphered records within the Legion, for it contains the sum of their knowledge of?Lion El'jonson - his fighting style and strategies. Such secrets would be valuable beyond reckoning to any foe of the Legion, and just as priceless to his sons, for with the guidance of the codex the Council of Masters has sought to re-shape their Legion in his image. As such, the Five Hundred are its only keepers and they accept no new initiates, ensuring that the secrets within will live or die with them. The Lion himself has never mentioned this enterprise, never uttered one word of praise for the ever-present guard at his side even as their numbers dwindle over time. Yet； nor has he forbade them their study and on the eve of battle he waits patiently for those of the Five Hundred present to assemble at his side before he sets forth. This silent acceptance is counted by the Dark Angels as the ultimate mark of recognition, worth more to them than any honour marking or gaudy token of victory.

五百友伴將會擔任原體的護衛(wèi)，他們在萊昂的身影中作戰(zhàn)，也就在雄獅的背影中戰(zhàn)死，第一軍團可能會領會到新主宰的無聲之言并在戰(zhàn)爭中贏得他的青睞。他們來之不易的秘密（記錄）——《雄獅法典》是軍團中加密得最為精妙和完整的記錄之一，因為其中保有著關于萊昂 艾爾莊森的知識總和——他的戰(zhàn)斗風格和他的戰(zhàn)略。這些秘密不僅是在懲戒第一軍團的任何敵人方面有價值，對于萊昂子嗣們亦是無價的，導師議會就是根據(jù)圣典的指引按原體的構想重塑他們的軍團。嚴格來講，五百友伴是圣典僅有的守護者們，他們不接納新的侍僧，確保書中的秘密將會與他們同生共死。但萊恩本人從未提起過這個計劃，也從對那些曾經(jīng)侍立他身邊的護衛(wèi)們有過一個字的贊揚，哪怕隨著時間推移，他們的數(shù)量逐漸減少。不過，萊昂也未曾阻止過他們的研習，在戰(zhàn)斗的前夜，他會耐心地等待五百友伴的成員們現(xiàn)身，在他動身前往戰(zhàn)場之前，友伴們會集合在他的身側(cè)。這種靜默的容忍被黑暗天使們視為（原體）認可的終極標志，對他們來說，這比任何榮譽標志或華麗的勝利標志都更有價值。