The Adeptus Astartes and the agents of the Officio Assassinorum have never seen eye to eye, despite the fact that their ultimate goal is essentially the same.

盡管他們的最終目標(biāo)在本質(zhì)上相同，但阿斯塔特修會(huì)和刺客庭特工們從未達(dá)成過(guò)共識(shí)。

Because of the long-standing warrior traditions and codes of honour by which the Space Marines operate, the vast majority of Chapters see the Assassin’s trade as distasteful at best. Some have even gone so far as to brand the Officio Assassinorum a despicable blight on the Imperium’s honour, little realising that in doing so, they are courting the crosshairs themselves.

由于星際戰(zhàn)士們奉行悠久的戰(zhàn)士傳統(tǒng)和榮譽(yù)準(zhǔn)則，所以絕大部分戰(zhàn)團(tuán)認(rèn)為刺客們的行為充其量也是令人反感的。有些戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的表現(xiàn)甚至更為激進(jìn)，他們將刺客庭貶斥為對(duì)于帝國(guó)榮譽(yù)的卑鄙損壞。但幾乎沒(méi)有人知道，在他們這樣做時(shí)，自己也正在成為刺客庭武器準(zhǔn)星的瞄準(zhǔn)對(duì)象。

Though the Officio’s operatives have fought alongside the Space Marines on countless battlefields across the Imperium, there are several incidences in the history of the Adeptus Astartes where Assassins have been implicated as enemies rather than allies. There is evidence to suggest their presence in shipyard reports prior to the abortive Warp translation that led to the disappearance of the Fire Hawks Chapter. A strangely empty set of early-model power armour was discovered near the site of the ambush at Alantor X, where the Angels of Retribution fell to a man. It is widely rumoured amongst the Adeptus Astartes present on Armageddon that the snipers that picked off the Celestial Lions’Apothecaries – and therefore doomed the Chapter to a slow death without geneseed – were in the employ of the Vindicare temple. Some amongst the Crimson Fists blame the Officio Assassinorum for the disaster at Rynn’s World, where a faulty missile ignited the very arsenal from which it was launched, killing over half of the Chapter and ruining its fortress monastery in a single apocalyptic explosion.

盡管刺客庭的特工們已經(jīng)在全帝國(guó)的無(wú)數(shù)戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上與星際戰(zhàn)士們并肩作戰(zhàn)過(guò)，但在阿斯塔特修會(huì)歷史上的多起事件中，刺客們也是作為敵人而非盟友牽涉其中。有證據(jù)表明，在那次導(dǎo)致火鷹戰(zhàn)團(tuán)失蹤的失敗亞空間折躍事故發(fā)生之前，刺客們出現(xiàn)在了船塢中。人們?cè)贏lantor X世界上的伏擊區(qū)旁邊發(fā)現(xiàn)了一套奇怪的無(wú)人使用的早期型號(hào)動(dòng)力裝甲，而就是在這里，報(bào)應(yīng)天使戰(zhàn)團(tuán)隕落到僅剩一人。參與了阿瑪吉頓會(huì)戰(zhàn)的阿斯塔特修會(huì)間也廣泛存在著一個(gè)謠言：是文迪卡神廟部署的狙擊手逐個(gè)射殺了天獅戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的藥劑師們——這樣一來(lái)戰(zhàn)團(tuán)就會(huì)因?yàn)闆](méi)有基因種子而緩慢死亡。緋紅之拳戰(zhàn)團(tuán)中的某些成員也聲稱(chēng)刺客庭要為發(fā)生在瑞恩世界上的災(zāi)難負(fù)責(zé)——在這次事件中，一枚有缺陷的導(dǎo)彈點(diǎn)燃了發(fā)射它的武器庫(kù)，之后一次極其災(zāi)難性的爆炸殺死了戰(zhàn)團(tuán)中超過(guò)一半的成員，并且摧毀了他們的要塞修道院。

The truth, as is usually the case when the Officio Assassinorum is involved, will remain shrouded in mystery. Suspicion thrives nonetheless. It is a rare day indeed when the Imperial Assassins and the Adeptus Astartes will work together in harmony, for each institution is convinced that the other is a wayward perversion of the Emperor’s Will。

但就如同刺客庭通常所參與過(guò)的其他事件那樣，這些事件的真相仍是一個(gè)迷。這些事件疑點(diǎn)重重。事實(shí)上，帝國(guó)刺客與阿斯塔特修會(huì)和諧共事是很罕見(jiàn)的，因?yàn)閮烧叨颊J(rèn)為對(duì)方是對(duì)帝皇意志難以控制的顛倒扭曲。