CHAPTER NAME：THE ASTRAL CLAWS

戰(zhàn)團(tuán)名稱(chēng)：星辰之爪

FOUNDING：RECORDS CONTRADICTORY, BELIEVED?10th (CIRCA MID-M.35)

組建時(shí)間：記錄自相矛盾，據(jù)信是第十次建軍(大概在M35中期)

CHAPTER WORLD：BADAB PRIMARIS, FORMERLY FLEET BASED.

戰(zhàn)團(tuán)母星：巴達(dá)布主星，之前是艦基戰(zhàn)團(tuán)。

FORTRESS MONASTERY：THE PALACE OF THORNS/HIGH GUARD ORBITAL FORTRESS

要塞修道院：王座宮/至高守衛(wèi)軌道要塞

GENE-SEED?(PREDECESSOR)：UNKNOWN (INFORMATION?CONTRADICTORY]

基因種子來(lái)源（母團(tuán)）：未知（信息自相矛盾）

KNOWN DESCENDANTS： TIGER CLAWS/UNKNOWN（THE APOCRYPHA KAALI?LISTS THE CHAPTER AS HAVING 'THREE SONS’ BUT DOES NOT NAME THEM）

已知子團(tuán)：虎爪/未知（藥劑師卡艾里列舉出戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的“三個(gè)子嗣”，但沒(méi)有名稱(chēng)）

The Astral Claws; a name vilified?within the Imperium, synonymous now with infamy and treachery, and in time perhaps a name that will be wiped from history altogether, but it was not always so. For more than five thousand years, the Astral Claws Space Marine Chapter stood shoulder to shoulder with the finest of the Imperium's warriors, their deeds were legendary and their honour unquestioned. It was in fact this glorious record of exemplary service that won for them the singular honour of the overall command of the Maelstrom Warder force when they were assigned to the Badab Sector in 587. M41. lt is remarkable to think that one man, even one as extraordinary as Lugft Huron who rose to the leadership of his Chapter in 697.M41 could bring so mighty and loyal a force over to the brink of heresy and rebellion, but do so he did. There are some, however, who would argue that Lugft Huron was no more than the result of the Chapter's long standing sins finding fruition, and without a fissure created by the Astral Claws' overweening arrogance and self-imporiance, a man like Lugft Huron would never have been allowed to rise to command, nor would have the Chapter so blithely and wilfully followed him to damnation.

星辰之爪這個(gè)名稱(chēng)在帝國(guó)中倍受蔑視，它現(xiàn)在是恥辱和背叛的同義詞，也許在某個(gè)時(shí)候，它就會(huì)被從帝國(guó)所有的歷史中清理出去，但它也并非向來(lái)如此。在超過(guò)五千年的歲月中，星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)也曾位列帝國(guó)最偉大的戰(zhàn)士之中，他們的故事曾是傳奇，他們的榮耀無(wú)可置疑。事實(shí)上，當(dāng)他們?cè)?87. M41被指派前往巴達(dá)布星區(qū)時(shí)，星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)因?yàn)槠浔砺拾愕臉s譽(yù)記錄而獲得了全權(quán)指揮大漩渦守衛(wèi)部隊(duì)的非凡榮譽(yù)。他們是一股如此強(qiáng)大且忠誠(chéng)的力量，而他們會(huì)被一個(gè)人，哪怕是在697.M41獲取了戰(zhàn)團(tuán)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)權(quán)的休倫這樣一個(gè)非凡人物代入異端和反叛的邊緣，想來(lái)都令人驚奇。但休倫確實(shí)做到了。不過(guò)，也有人會(huì)爭(zhēng)辯到：休倫也不過(guò)是戰(zhàn)團(tuán)某些長(zhǎng)期存在的罪惡所結(jié)出的惡果，是星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的傲慢自負(fù)與妄自尊大所造成的裂隙允許拉夫特 休倫得到了戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的指揮權(quán)，導(dǎo)致戰(zhàn)團(tuán)如此任意且樂(lè)意地隨著他淪為變節(jié)異端。

The Astral Claws Chapter of old is believed to have been part of the 10th?Founding although some sources differ on this . Created amid the dark times of the Nova Terra Interregnum. Few records remain surrounding this Founding, which was believed to be created to try to counteract the rapid erosion and contraction of the Imperium's borders during the period. The few such records that survive relating to the Astral Claws in this period paint them as a crusading Chapter, despatched from warzone to warzone in order to battle Mankind's enemies. Evidence of their presence can be found on Departmento Munitorum records relating to the Perfidian Wars and anti-Ork purges of Lord Solar Jurastis Macro, while further traces of their exploits can also be found on battle shrines relating to the later battles against Nova Terran forces during the Cataclysm of Souls. One of the Chapter’s greatest accolades is known to have been gained in the defence of Cadia from the 5th?Black Crusade, for which their standard was taken for display in the halls of the Eternity Gate in the Palace of Holy Terra itself. For much of M37 and early M38 the Astral Claws appear to have confined their range of operations to the Segmentum Obscuras (and may have maintained a Chapter world there for the time). Their deeds are mentioned repeatedly in the Apocrypha Kaali, a valuable historical resource compiled by, and still held in the great Scholastica Corpus on Cypra Mundi, which details the turbulent events of the Occluisad War and its aftermath. The Apocrypha further mentions the Astral Claws Chapter as having “three sons" which most likely Implies that three Successor Chapters had been drawn from their ranks, which would be a remarkable number if true, given their relative youth as a Chapter at the time, and if so a testament to the high regard in which they were held. Matters seem to have taken a darker turn for the Chapter in early M38 however, as the Astral Claws are recorded as being destroyed in action during the Altid Crusade while fighting alongside the Dark Angels in 288.M38。

人們相信曾經(jīng)的星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)建立于第十次建軍，但有一些資料與該結(jié)論相左。他們創(chuàng)建于新星泰拉中斷期的黑暗歲月中。關(guān)于這次建軍的記錄幾乎沒(méi)有留存，據(jù)信這次建軍的目的是要努力抗擊這一時(shí)期的侵襲和帝國(guó)邊境的淪陷收縮。遺留的少數(shù)關(guān)于星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的記錄聲稱(chēng)他們?cè)谶@一時(shí)期是個(gè)遠(yuǎn)征戰(zhàn)團(tuán)，他們被從一個(gè)戰(zhàn)區(qū)派往另一個(gè)戰(zhàn)區(qū)，對(duì)抗人類(lèi)之?dāng)?。我們可以在軍?wù)部關(guān)于太陽(yáng)領(lǐng)主烏萊斯提斯對(duì)于獸人的凈化戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)和背信戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的記錄中找到他們出戰(zhàn)的證據(jù)，而在關(guān)于靈魂災(zāi)厄時(shí)期那些帝國(guó)討伐新星泰拉勢(shì)力的戰(zhàn)斗圣地上，我們也能找到更多關(guān)于他們的英勇事跡。他們已知的最為崇高的榮譽(yù)之一是在第五次黑色遠(yuǎn)征中參與了卡迪亞的防御戰(zhàn)，他們的軍旗因此被陳列到了神圣泰拉帝國(guó)宮永恒之門(mén)的大廳中。在M37的大部分時(shí)期與M38早期，星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)似乎把他們的行動(dòng)范圍限制在了朦朧星域（他們?cè)谠摃r(shí)期可能保有過(guò)一顆戰(zhàn)團(tuán)母星）。這些事跡被藥劑師卡艾里反復(fù)提及，這份有價(jià)值的歷史資料被編纂并依舊保存在Cypra Mundi世界（機(jī)仆：朦朧星域的首府兼朦朧星域艦隊(duì)司令部）上那篇幅宏大的經(jīng)院文獻(xiàn)中，其中詳細(xì)記述了封禁戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)及其之后的混亂情況。藥劑師另外提到星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)有“三名子嗣” ，這最有可能是暗示星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)從自己的部隊(duì)中取出基因種子組建了三個(gè)子團(tuán)，倘若屬實(shí)，這將是一個(gè)驚人的數(shù)字，畢竟在當(dāng)時(shí)他們?nèi)允且粋€(gè)相對(duì)年輕的戰(zhàn)團(tuán)，不過(guò)倘若真是這樣的話(huà)，這也是他們受到高度重視的證明。但在M38，這個(gè)戰(zhàn)團(tuán)似乎陷入了某種更為黑暗的命運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)變：根據(jù)記錄，星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)于第38千年288年在阿爾提徳遠(yuǎn)征的行動(dòng)中被摧毀，他們當(dāng)時(shí)在與黑暗天使戰(zhàn)團(tuán)并肩作戰(zhàn)。（機(jī)仆：所以是被誰(shuí)摧毀了…）

It is not until the fall of the Gorgon Pentarchy nearly eighteen centuries later that the Astral Claws are reported again fighting at full strength, with some mention of them undertaking a penitent crusade in-between. Their war record for M39 and M40 places the Astral Claws firmly as a fleet-based crusading Chapter, ranging within the Segmentum Solar and Segmentum Tempestus responding to emergencies and adding their strength to ongoing conflicts, often tipping them in the imperium's favour. Although some commentators at the time accuse the Chapter of a greater lust for glory than the rewards of duty. One action by the Astral Claws which was to have unforeseen later repercussions was the relief of the besieged Executioners Chapter at Stygia-Aquilon. The battle engendered a blood-debt between the two Space Marine forces that Lugft?Huron would later call on to gain the Executioners’ aid during the Badab War.

直到十八個(gè)世紀(jì)之后的戈耳工五星同盟覆滅時(shí)，星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)才再次被報(bào)告以滿(mǎn)員兵力作戰(zhàn)，有些材料提到他們?cè)谶@之間的時(shí)間中是進(jìn)行了一場(chǎng)贖罪遠(yuǎn)征。M39和M40的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)記錄堅(jiān)稱(chēng)星爪是一個(gè)艦基遠(yuǎn)征戰(zhàn)團(tuán)，他們?cè)谔?yáng)星域和暴風(fēng)星域中流浪，回應(yīng)各種緊急事件，前往各個(gè)沖突中助拳，帝國(guó)也經(jīng)常給予他們恩惠。不過(guò)在當(dāng)時(shí)也有某些評(píng)論者指責(zé)他們貪圖比職責(zé)回報(bào)更多的榮譽(yù)。星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)曾在Stygia-Aquilon地區(qū)救助了被圍困的處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)，這次行動(dòng)之后將會(huì)給他們帶來(lái)未曾預(yù)料的影響。這次戰(zhàn)斗讓兩個(gè)戰(zhàn)團(tuán)之間形成了一筆血債，在之后的巴達(dá)布戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中，拉夫特 休倫將會(huì)呼叫處刑者戰(zhàn)團(tuán)要求援助。

It was in recognition of their service that the High Lords named them to the Maelstrom Warders and entrusted them with the overall leadership of the force. During this time at Badab Primaris, the Chapter thrived, taking to the overlordship of the Badab sector with skill and diligence. They used their new home world's production capacity and connections to the isolated forge world of Angstrom to further augment their abilities and increase their capacity to wage war. Once Lugft Huron took over mastery of the Chapter, the Astral Claws' grip on the Badab Sector grew measurably and rapidly tighter, as did the visibility of the Space Marines as the sector's direct rulers and defenders. This very much fed into the existing psychology of the Chapter, who had always been proud and imperious, much enamoured of martial glory and the veneration of the heroes of the past. They saw themselves as the inheritors of the Emperor's will and sworn to his task of reuniting all of Humanity under the Space Marines' protection. While it cannot be doubted that in the past they saw themselves as first and foremost as Mankind's defenders, they also believed Space Marines to be set above those they ruled and worthy of subservience, even reverence by the common citizen. Under Lugft Huron's command, the fervour and degree in which this belief was held strengthened greatly, as did his Chapter's conviction in their own superiority over other agencies of power within the Imperium, along with a growing resentment of what they saw as outside interference in the Chapter's holy mission. This hubris resulted first in the Astral Claws secretly absorbing the remnants of their long-lost successor Chapter, the Tiger Claws, into their ranks and ultimately led to Lugft Huron's dreams of expanding his Chapter into a force with the strength of one of the Space Marine Legions of antiquity, in order to pacify the Maelstrom permanently and crush Mankind's enemies.

出于對(duì)他們效忠的認(rèn)可，高領(lǐng)主們?nèi)蚊麄優(yōu)榇箐鰷u守衛(wèi)，并且放心地允許他們?nèi)珯?quán)領(lǐng)帶守衛(wèi)部隊(duì)。在這一時(shí)期中，戰(zhàn)團(tuán)在巴達(dá)布主星上繁榮發(fā)展，靠著能力與勤奮成為了巴達(dá)布星區(qū)的霸主。他們利用新家園世界的生產(chǎn)力以及與偏遠(yuǎn)鑄造世界Angstrom之間的聯(lián)系進(jìn)一步增強(qiáng)了自己的實(shí)力，提升了自己發(fā)動(dòng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的能力。而在拉夫特 休倫掌管戰(zhàn)團(tuán)后不久，星爪對(duì)巴達(dá)布節(jié)區(qū)的控制顯著增加并迅速收緊，星際戰(zhàn)士們有成為節(jié)區(qū)的直接統(tǒng)治者和保衛(wèi)者的跡象。這一現(xiàn)象在很大程度上融進(jìn)了戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的現(xiàn)有心態(tài)：現(xiàn)在的星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)傲慢專(zhuān)橫，非常沉迷于（奪取）軍事榮耀和崇拜過(guò)去的英雄。他們自視為帝皇意志的繼承者，發(fā)誓要讓全人類(lèi)在星際戰(zhàn)士的保護(hù)下重新統(tǒng)一起來(lái)。在過(guò)去，他們無(wú)疑是優(yōu)先將自己視為人類(lèi)的守護(hù)者，他們還相信星際戰(zhàn)士（的地位）優(yōu)于受到他們統(tǒng)治的凡人人，阿斯塔特值得凡人表示臣服，甚至應(yīng)當(dāng)受到普通公民的尊敬。在拉夫特 休倫的指揮下，星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)持有這種信念的熱情和程度極大加強(qiáng)，他們確信自己比帝國(guó)當(dāng)中的其他勢(shì)力都更優(yōu)越，同時(shí)他們也對(duì)所謂“外界對(duì)于戰(zhàn)團(tuán)神圣使命的干涉”愈發(fā)不滿(mǎn)。這種傲慢在一開(kāi)始就使得星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)秘密收編了他們長(zhǎng)久失散的子團(tuán)——虎爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的殘軍，并最終導(dǎo)致拉夫特 休倫妄圖將戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的兵力擴(kuò)張到古早時(shí)期星際戰(zhàn)士軍團(tuán)的水平，以永久性地平定大漩渦地區(qū)，驅(qū)逐人類(lèi)之?dāng)场?/p>

To Huron and the Astral Claws, the triumph of the Imperium over all other forms of life was a long crusade that would last millennia, and while Humanity was to be preserved at all costs, they believed that individual human lives mattered little. While this may indeed be the case, and the sacrifice of millions, even billions, are sometimes a tragic necessity in these dark times, this authority was not invested in Lugft Huron's hands as far as the daily lives of those that toiled in the Maelstrom Zone was concerned, but in the hands of the High Lords -a fact he soon came to resent. It was such presumptions as these, embraced by the Astral Claws Chapter as they were, that lay at the heart of the secession and the Badab War.

在休倫和星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)看來(lái)，人類(lèi)帝國(guó)要通過(guò)一場(chǎng)持續(xù)千年之久的漫長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)征來(lái)戰(zhàn)勝其他所有生命形式，同時(shí)也要付出任何代價(jià)來(lái)保衛(wèi)人類(lèi)整體，但他們認(rèn)為單個(gè)人類(lèi)的生死無(wú)關(guān)緊要。雖然情況可能確實(shí)如此，在黑暗時(shí)期中犧牲掉數(shù)百萬(wàn)甚至數(shù)十億人有些時(shí)候也是一種悲劇的必要性，但對(duì)那些在大漩渦地帶辛勤工作過(guò)著日常生活的人們而言，這種權(quán)力并未被給予拉夫特，而是握在高領(lǐng)主手中——但休倫很快就對(duì)這一事實(shí)感到憤憤不平。這種妄自尊大的想法被星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)欣然接受，這也正是日后分裂行徑與巴達(dá)布戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的核心。

When Lugft Huron rose to power within the Astral Claws, it was the start of a significant re-organisation and shift of focus for the Chapter that would eventually lead to outright heresy. An undoubted genius both on the battlefield and in the realms of logistics and politics, Huron was the first to fully exploit the economic power of the Badab Sector to his Chapter's advantage, massively increasing the Astral Claws' stockpiles of arms and equipment far beyond the possible operational needs of a single Space Marine Chapter. There were some items of wargear such as Terminator armour or Land Raiders the Aslral Claws could not readily produce (because they required many lost techno-arcane arts and rare resources) but less exotic materiels such as Rhino STC pattern vehicles and bolt weapons were well within Badab's advanced manufacturing capacity to fabricate. As a result, such things became almost disposable to the Chapter, and were distributed to the other Warder Chapters, further binding them to Huron's debt.

當(dāng)拉夫特 休倫攫取到星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的權(quán)力后，他開(kāi)始對(duì)戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的工作重心進(jìn)行明顯的重組和改變，而這些行徑最終會(huì)導(dǎo)致公開(kāi)徹底的叛亂。休倫在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)、后勤和政治方面都是無(wú)可置疑的天才，休倫是第一個(gè)完全發(fā)揮出巴達(dá)布星區(qū)經(jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)力的人，他將這份實(shí)力轉(zhuǎn)化為戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的優(yōu)勢(shì)，大量增加星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的武器裝備庫(kù)存，數(shù)量遠(yuǎn)超單個(gè)星際戰(zhàn)士戰(zhàn)團(tuán)可能的運(yùn)作需要。雖然星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)不能輕易生產(chǎn)諸如終結(jié)者動(dòng)力甲和蘭德掠奪者之類(lèi)的某些裝備（因?yàn)樗鼈冃枰芏嗍涞目萍济匦g(shù)和稀有材料），但諸如基于犀牛STC模板的載具和爆彈武器等較為普通的軍備巴達(dá)布還是能夠依靠自己先進(jìn)的生產(chǎn)能力進(jìn)行制造的。結(jié)果就是星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)幾乎可以任意支配這些裝備，并且可以分送給其他守衛(wèi)戰(zhàn)團(tuán)，進(jìn)一步用債務(wù)綁定他們。

Organisation

組織結(jié)構(gòu)

While still a crusading Chapter, and during the opening centuries of their Chapter's deployment to the Maelstrom Zone, the Astral Claws maintained an organisational structure very close to that of?the Codex Astartes with its standard division of ten companies, Chapter command，Apothecarion and?large armouries. The Chapter stained a strong fleet and favoured rapid strike missions and boarding actions, and as such fielded strong additional auxiliary contingents of assult bikers and Dreadnoughts in its armouries. Rapid speed and relentless attack?were the cornerstones of the Astral?Claws combat tactics, although their?pride in their prowess occasionally led?them into overconfidence, and to assaulting superior forces or failing to retreat when a more rationally governed?Space Marine Chapter?might have otherwise regrouped?or withdrawn. The Astral Claws themselves saw no folly in this - there was?no foe they would not challenge, and they were proud to fight and proud to die?if needs be in the Imperium's great?cause, and the graver the odds the greater the chance for glory.

在他們還是一個(gè)遠(yuǎn)征戰(zhàn)團(tuán)，以及被部署到大漩渦地區(qū)的最初幾個(gè)世紀(jì)中，星爪保持著極其接近阿斯塔特圣典要求的組織結(jié)構(gòu)：部隊(duì)劃分為十個(gè)連隊(duì)，有戰(zhàn)團(tuán)指揮部、醫(yī)療會(huì)和大型軍械庫(kù)。星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)擁有一支強(qiáng)悍的戰(zhàn)團(tuán)艦隊(duì)，偏好快速進(jìn)攻和跳幫行動(dòng)，他們也因此在軍械庫(kù)中組建了由突擊騎士和無(wú)畏機(jī)甲組成的額外的強(qiáng)大輔助分隊(duì)。快速和無(wú)情進(jìn)攻是星爪戰(zhàn)術(shù)的基石，不過(guò)他們對(duì)于自身實(shí)力的自負(fù)偶爾也會(huì)導(dǎo)致他們過(guò)度自信，所以在遭遇到那些更為理性的星際戰(zhàn)士戰(zhàn)團(tuán)會(huì)進(jìn)行重整和撤退的境況時(shí)，星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)（反而）會(huì)去進(jìn)攻更為強(qiáng)大的敵軍或拒絕撤退。但星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)并不認(rèn)為這是一種愚行——他們會(huì)挑戰(zhàn)任何敵人，如果需要為帝國(guó)的偉大事業(yè)而戰(zhàn)，他們就會(huì)自豪地戰(zhàn)斗，自豪地犧牲。越是嚴(yán)峻的逆境，獲取榮譽(yù)的機(jī)會(huì)也就越多。

As the Badab Schism worsened in the lead-up to the war，and later as the cession gathered pace, the Astral Claws Chapter changed, expanding dramatically beyond the limits set down within the Codex Astartes. Slowly but with?gathering speed they became something more akin in structure to Space Marine Legion (or least Lugft?Huron's conception of one at any rate). As part of this transformation an entire additional Chapter-sized force of battle companies is raised, with a heavy emphasis on?the use of concentrated firepower and fighting close boarding actions inherent in their makeup, and seeded throughout the Chapter fleet. Further this another force, totalling well over thousand additional battle brothers is dispersed widely throughout what is known as the Tyrant's Legion. This?force was a series of mixed armies comprising human Defence Auxilia troops (following largely an Imperial Guard pattern) formed around a specialised core of Astral Claws Space?Marines, whose task it was to secure the?Badab Soctor from any who would dare to Invado. It was the creation of the?Tyrant's Legion that most crossed the?bounds of?what was permissible for an Adeptus Astartes Chapter, let alone Huron's massive expansion in the ranks of Space Marines he commanded. The Tyrants Legion Space Marines forces specialised in using their 'inferiors' as disposable cannon fodder and as living shields to maximise their own effectiveness in battle. Found within their ranks were?both the infamous 'Retaliator' squads and the so-called 'Corpse Takers',non-codex forces of Huron's personal design. The Reialiators were hand-picked Space Marine assault troops, selected for their brutality and unquestioning obedience who served as line breakers in battle and as the bloody hand of the Tyrant's will inside his own realms, conducting punitive extermination missions against 'dissidents' when needed. appearing only in the final years of the Badab war, the Corpse Takers were specially tasked Apothecaries who specialised in harvesting gene-seed from fallen Space Marines —that of both enemy and friend alike. This final betrayal of?their fellow Astartes by the Astral Claws was a blasphemy too far and ensured the bitter hatred and enmity of any loyal Astartes they fought in open battle and meant that no prisoners were taken on either side.

隨著巴達(dá)布的分裂（傾向）在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)前越演愈烈，已經(jīng)后續(xù)的割據(jù)步伐不斷加快，星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)也發(fā)生了改變，他們的兵力拓展明顯超過(guò)了阿斯塔特圣典所規(guī)定的限制。星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的改變速度雖然緩慢，但是也在不斷加快，他們?cè)诮Y(jié)構(gòu)上變得更為類(lèi)似星際戰(zhàn)士軍團(tuán)（或者至少是拉夫特 休倫自己的概念）。作為這種轉(zhuǎn)變的一部分，星爪組建起了一整個(gè)由戰(zhàn)斗連隊(duì)組成的額外的戰(zhàn)團(tuán)規(guī)模部隊(duì)。星爪戰(zhàn)團(tuán)非常強(qiáng)調(diào)使用集中火力和近戰(zhàn)跳幫戰(zhàn)術(shù)（星際戰(zhàn)士的固有身體素質(zhì)也支持這一戰(zhàn)術(shù)），這些戰(zhàn)術(shù)也在戰(zhàn)團(tuán)艦隊(duì)中播種傳播。此外，還有一支總?cè)藬?shù)超過(guò)一千名戰(zhàn)斗兄弟的額外部隊(duì)被廣泛分散到了所謂的“僭主軍團(tuán)”當(dāng)中。僭主軍團(tuán)由一系列的混合部隊(duì)組成，由凡人防御輔助軍（在很大程度上模仿星界軍的模式）圍繞一個(gè)專(zhuān)門(mén)的星爪星際戰(zhàn)士（指揮）核心組成，他們的任務(wù)是保衛(wèi)巴達(dá)布星區(qū)免受膽敢入侵的部隊(duì)的進(jìn)攻。組建僭主軍團(tuán)完全超過(guò)了阿斯塔特戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的（權(quán)力）許可范圍，更不用說(shuō)休倫還對(duì)自己指揮的星際戰(zhàn)士部隊(duì)進(jìn)行了大規(guī)模擴(kuò)張。僭主軍團(tuán)中的星際戰(zhàn)士們擅長(zhǎng)將自己的“下屬”用作炮灰部隊(duì)或活體盾牌以最大化自己在戰(zhàn)斗中的效率。這些人中也有臭名昭著的“報(bào)復(fù)者”小隊(duì)和所謂的“掠尸者”，他們是休倫個(gè)人設(shè)立的非圣典單位。報(bào)復(fù)者是休倫親手挑選的星際戰(zhàn)士突擊部隊(duì)，成員們都是因?yàn)樽约旱臍埲毯蛯?duì)命令毫無(wú)質(zhì)疑的遵守而獲選，他們對(duì)外在戰(zhàn)斗中充當(dāng)戰(zhàn)線(xiàn)突破者，在自己的疆域內(nèi)則是執(zhí)行暴君休倫意志的滿(mǎn)手血腥的殘忍鎮(zhèn)壓者，在需要時(shí)，他們也會(huì)對(duì)“異見(jiàn)分子”進(jìn)行懲罰性的滅門(mén)抄斬。掠尸者只出現(xiàn)在巴達(dá)布戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的最后時(shí)期，他們是執(zhí)行特殊任務(wù)的藥劑師，專(zhuān)門(mén)從敵我雙方戰(zhàn)死的星際戰(zhàn)士遺體上一視同仁地回收基因種子。星爪的這種行徑是對(duì)自己阿斯塔特兄弟們的最終背叛，這種極其嚴(yán)重的褻瀆行為確保所有與他們交戰(zhàn)的忠誠(chéng)阿斯塔特都在公開(kāi)戰(zhàn)斗中對(duì)他們滿(mǎn)懷仇恨和敵意，這也以為著雙方都不會(huì)留存戰(zhàn)俘。