Not every xenos-related crisis demands the full deployment of a Deathwatch Kill-team, but many seemingly inconsequential incidents can be harbingers of a greater threat that would be foolhardy to ignore. Under these kinds of circumstances a Watch Captain may elect to send a single Space Marine, a specially trained "Kill-marine" skilled in solo operations, to investigate and exterminate where possible or to call in backup where it is truly needed.

不是每個(gè)異形相關(guān)的威脅都要求一整只殺戮小隊(duì)的部署，但很多無(wú)關(guān)緊要的意外可能預(yù)示著會(huì)被魯莽忽視掉的更大威脅。在這些情況下，一位守望連長(zhǎng)會(huì)派出一位星際戰(zhàn)士，一位受過(guò)特殊訓(xùn)練，精于獨(dú)立行動(dòng)的“殺戮修士”，殺戮修士們會(huì)在可能的情況下進(jìn)行調(diào)查和消滅，當(dāng)真的有必要時(shí)，他們會(huì)呼叫支援。

Overview綜述

Kill-marines are naturally denied the reliable supporting firepower of their Battle-Brothers and fall back on the stealth and infiltration techniques they first mastered as Scout/Initiates to perform their duties. Scout Sergeants often make superlative Deathwatch Kill-marines with little additional training but these specialists are drawn from all ranks of the Deathwatch as needed. A certain independence of thought and great strength of spirit are in many ways more important than exceptional stealth skills for a Kill-marine. A Kill-marine must possess the right temperament to operate for long periods cut off from their kind and from the sacred touchstones of their Chapter.

殺戮修士們天生就對(duì)戰(zhàn)斗兄弟們可靠的支援火力保有否定，他們依靠自己還是偵查兵或者信徒（機(jī)仆：黑獸人偵查兵）時(shí)首先掌握的隱形和滲透技巧來(lái)完成任務(wù)。偵查軍士們經(jīng)常只需要很少的額外訓(xùn)練，就能培養(yǎng)出最優(yōu)秀的殺戮修士，不過(guò)，這些專家要根據(jù)需要從死亡守望的各個(gè)軍銜中挑選出來(lái)。對(duì)一名殺戮修士而言，在各個(gè)方面來(lái)說(shuō)，思想的某種獨(dú)立性和強(qiáng)大的精神力量比杰出的隱形技巧更重要。一名殺戮修士必須擁有適合進(jìn)行長(zhǎng)期任務(wù)的氣質(zhì)，這要求他能夠長(zhǎng)期與戰(zhàn)斗兄弟和戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的神圣試金石相隔離。

Space Marines ordinarily live a cloistered existence in their Fortress-Monasteries. Their contact with the outside world is normally limited to fighting wars in it and their interactions with humans only come in chance encounters on the battlefield. By contrast a Kill-marine has to interact frequently with the existing authorities and power structures of the Imperium, often acting as a direct representative of the Deathwatch before planetary Governors, war councils and ruling bodies of Adepts.

星際戰(zhàn)士們通常在要塞修道院里過(guò)著隱居生活，他們與外界的接觸通常僅限于外出參戰(zhàn)，他們與凡人的互動(dòng)僅僅是在戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上的偶然相遇。相比之下，殺戮修士則要頻繁與帝國(guó)的政府官員還權(quán)力機(jī)構(gòu)打交道，也經(jīng)常在行星總督，戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)議會(huì)和各修會(huì)統(tǒng)治機(jī)構(gòu)面前作為死亡守望的直接代表。

Kill-marines spend time living alongside those they must ultimately defend, sharing their trials and seeing the world through their eyes. In their missions a Kill-marine will make allies and enemies of many that they meet, and hear tales that would never reach a Watch Fortress. He might become involved in events that ultimately have little to do with the Deathwatch directly but rebound to the greater security of the Imperium. In this way the remote Deathwatch maintains a limited connection to the great masses it is charged to protect even as it stands vigil in the darkest gulfs surrounding mankind.

殺戮修士要和那些他們最終要保護(hù)都人一起生活，分享他們的考驗(yàn)，并用自己的眼睛觀察這個(gè)世界。在任務(wù)中 他們會(huì)與自己遇到的很多人成為盟友或敵人 ，聽取那些最終會(huì)傳到守望要塞的故事。他們可能卷入最終與死亡守望沒(méi)有直接關(guān)系的事件，但這也是為了帝國(guó)更大的安全。因此，這些死亡守望們也與他負(fù)責(zé)保護(hù)的大眾們保持著有限的聯(lián)系，即便他是人類周圍最黑暗峽谷的守夜人。

In practical terms the greatest step a Kill-marine must take is to secure travel between the stars as Deathwatch vessels can rarely be spared for their direct deployment. Interstellar ships are such rare and precious things that even the word of a Space Marine will not turn one from its course. More militant Battle-Brothers have sometimes opted for the expedient of capturing a pirate vessel and forcing its crew to do their will, exterminating their unwilling hosts once they reach journey’s end. However many less drastic opportunities exist for a Kill-marine that is prepared to think more broadly. He might travel aboard Imperial Navy warships and Rogue Trader vessels for example, or join the retinue of an Inquisitor for a time if it will serve his purposes. To do this the Kill-marine may have to use his natural humility to ask, and not demand, his passage by offering his assistance in trade for reaching his destination.

實(shí)際上，殺戮修士必須邁出的最大一步是確保星際間的旅行，因?yàn)樗劳鍪赝呐灤苌倌茉谒麄兊闹苯硬渴鹑蝿?wù)中不受傷害。星際飛船是極其稀有而珍貴的財(cái)產(chǎn)，即使是星際戰(zhàn)士提出了要求，飛船的航線也不能改變。更為激進(jìn)的戰(zhàn)斗兄弟們有時(shí)會(huì)選擇一種權(quán)宜之計(jì)：捕獲一艘海盜船并且強(qiáng)迫船員們把自己送到目的地，旅行結(jié)束后，阿斯塔特還要處決掉這些不情愿的主人們。不過(guò)對(duì)于一位準(zhǔn)備從更廣的角度考慮問(wèn)題的殺戮修士來(lái)說(shuō)，也存在很多不是那么激進(jìn)的辦法。比如，他會(huì)搭乘帝國(guó)海軍或者行商浪人的艦船，如果有助于他的目的，他也會(huì)加入一個(gè)審判官的隨從隊(duì)伍。為了實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)，殺戮修士們需要用人性去交談而非命令，他要通過(guò)提供幫助的方法來(lái)交換到達(dá)目的地所需要的交通方式。

Imperial authorities will usually welcome the opportunity to gain access the knowledge and experience of a Space Marine for their own purposes in some vexing matter. The singular skills a Kill-marine can bring to bear are liable to open whole realms of possibility that were previously out of reach to a Rogue Trader Captain or an Inquisitor. A previously unknown and potent player entering the game can be invaluable for their schemes. The guarantees of transportation to an undisclosed location that a Kill-marine may ask for are a small price to pay to secure his help.

出于自己的目的，在某些棘手的問(wèn)題上獲取阿斯塔特的知識(shí)和經(jīng)驗(yàn)的機(jī)會(huì)往往會(huì)受到帝國(guó)當(dāng)局的歡迎。一位殺戮修士可以帶來(lái)的非凡技能可能會(huì)打開整個(gè)的潛在領(lǐng)域，而這些領(lǐng)域?qū)巳舜L(zhǎng)和審判官而言可能珍貴到了無(wú)價(jià)的地步。對(duì)于他們的計(jì)劃而言，一位事先未知而且強(qiáng)悍有力的盟友的加入的極其寶貴的。殺戮修士可以尋求到一份搭乘順風(fēng)船前往未知地點(diǎn)的保證，而且他只需要支付很少的報(bào)酬：提供幫助就行。

More cynical commentators have noted that the portrayal of the Kill-marine as some kind of diplomatic emissary is disingenuous at best and an outright lie at worst. A Kill-marine is still a Space Marine, a super-humanly fast and strong warrior trained in the very highest arts of war. Some accuse Kill-marines of being spies and assassins operating at the behest of the Watch Commander, independent and unregulated agents of a shadowy organization with a reputation for exterminating entire worlds. The coming of a Kill-marine may be treated with great alarm by some, an unsubtle reminder that the harbingers of death are near.?

更為憤世嫉俗的評(píng)論家們則指出：將殺戮修士作為某種外交使節(jié)的形象充其量是不真誠(chéng)坦率的，最壞的情況則是徹頭徹尾的謊言。殺戮修士仍然是星際戰(zhàn)士——擁有超越凡人的速度和力量，接受過(guò)各種最為高級(jí)的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)藝術(shù)訓(xùn)練的超人戰(zhàn)士。有些人則指控殺戮修士們是在按照守望指揮官的命令執(zhí)行監(jiān)視和暗殺任務(wù)，是某個(gè)以毀滅整個(gè)世界而聞名的陰暗組織獨(dú)立且未受監(jiān)督的特工（機(jī)仆：這么說(shuō)好像也沒(méi)毛病…）。有些人會(huì)以極強(qiáng)的戒心對(duì)待殺戮修士的到來(lái)，他們視殺戮修士為一個(gè)不為人知的提醒：死亡的預(yù)兆就在附近。

Kill-marines do often forego power armour and use non-standard weaponry of a somewhat stealthier demeanour than the sacred boltgun and holy chainsword. They maintain that this practice is born of practicality when they are commonly moving through environments designed for an unarmoured man, and that employing more easily concealed weaponry only serves to soften their otherwise intimidating and warlike aspect. It is to be expected that such peerless warriors would adapt to their circumstances by honing their stealth and unarmed combat skills to exceptional levels so that they can slay quickly and quietly in case of trouble.?

殺戮修士們經(jīng)常會(huì)放棄動(dòng)力甲并且使用某些更適合隱秘舉止的非標(biāo)準(zhǔn)武器，而非使用神圣的爆彈槍和鏈鋸劍。他們堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為這種做法源于實(shí)用性：他們通常要穿過(guò)為沒(méi)穿動(dòng)力甲的人所設(shè)計(jì)的環(huán)境，使用更易隱藏的武器則是為了軟化阿斯塔特原本令人生畏和好戰(zhàn)的一面（的形象）?？梢灶A(yù)料到，這些無(wú)可匹敵的戰(zhàn)士們會(huì)以依靠把他們的隱形和徒手格斗技巧到非凡的水平的方式來(lái)適應(yīng)自己所處的環(huán)境，這樣他們就能在困難的情況下快速而無(wú)聲地殺戮。

However such paranoid accusations may have some foundation in reality. At times Kill-marines have turned on those apparently giving them aid, even unto slaying entire households from within on the pretext of uncovering corruption in their ranks. How often these events are rooted in coincidence and spontaneous action as opposed to the carefully considered orders of the Watch Commander is impossible to say. The responses of the Deathwatch to those brave enough to level such charges are simply that those who have no truck with the alien have nothing to fear.

不過(guò)這些偏執(zhí)的指控可能是有一些現(xiàn)實(shí)依據(jù)的。有時(shí)殺戮修士會(huì)攻擊那些明顯給他們?cè)娜?，甚至是以揭露他們階層的腐敗為借口，從內(nèi)部屠殺掉一整個(gè)家族。在這些事件中，有多少次是植跟于巧合，有多少次是殺戮修士違背了守望指揮官深思熟慮的命令，做出了相反的自發(fā)行動(dòng)，很難說(shuō)清。死亡守望對(duì)于那些敢于提出這些指控的人的反應(yīng)也僅僅是：那些和外星人沒(méi)有勾結(jié)的人沒(méi)有什么可害怕的。（機(jī)仆：個(gè)人感覺(jué)這句話有兩重重含義?。褐缚卣咧灰獩](méi)和異形勾結(jié)，企圖給攘外修會(huì)找麻煩，那他的指控就是正常上訪，沒(méi)啥大不了的；還有就是我攘外修會(huì)從來(lái)沒(méi)有勾結(jié)過(guò)異形，你告狀我也不怕）

It is true that Kill-marines are often sent on missions obscure to their Battle-Brothers in the Deathwatch and even to themselves. The Librarium and the Apothecarion can layer mental blocks and hypno-conditioning into a Space Marine’s mind to make it receptacle for the most sensitive knowledge. Secret orders or communiqués that a Watch Captain will not entrust to Astropathic communication may be buried deep in a Kill-marine’s subconscious for him to transport to another Watch Fortress. A Kill-marine may carry, knowingly or unknowingly, relics or other items of key importance for delivery into the hands of specified individual. They may be assigned to guard an individual while having pre-programmed assassination protocols in place to eliminate them if the call arises. Some whisper that these enigmatic figures have even dealt directly with aliens, a feat that would surely require extreme Hypno-indoctrination for a Deathwatch Space Marine to achieve.

事實(shí)上，殺戮修士們也經(jīng)常被委派對(duì)于他們的守望兄弟甚至是他們自己而言都不被知曉的任務(wù)。智庫(kù)和藥劑師能夠?qū)⑺季S封鎖和催眠調(diào)節(jié)融入星際戰(zhàn)士的意識(shí)中，用這種方式來(lái)讓它成為最敏感知識(shí)的容器。當(dāng)一位守望連長(zhǎng)有秘密的命令或者報(bào)告要進(jìn)行傳遞，但又不能依靠星語(yǔ)通訊（以防止泄密）時(shí)，他會(huì)將這些信息深埋入一位殺戮修士都潛意識(shí)當(dāng)中，由殺戮修士帶往另一座守望要塞。一名殺戮修士可能會(huì)有意識(shí)或者無(wú)意識(shí)地?cái)y帶著一些圣物或者其他極其重要的事物，將它們傳遞到某個(gè)具體人物的手中。他們可能被派去保護(hù)某個(gè)人，但在他們的大腦中已經(jīng)預(yù)習(xí)設(shè)定好了暗殺協(xié)議，一切到位之后，一旦協(xié)議被喚醒，他們就會(huì)處決保護(hù)對(duì)象們（機(jī)仆：草，66號(hào)密令?。Ｉ踔劣行┧较聜餮哉f(shuō)這些神秘人物會(huì)直接和外星人打交道，要讓一名死亡守望這種近乎不可能的行為，一定需要極端的催眠灌輸。