Tyrannic War Veterans are an elite section of Ultramarines Chapter originally created under the watchful eyes of Chaplain Cassius. These veterans are made up of the warriors who have fought and survived battles against Tyranid forces since the attack of Hive Fleet Behemoth. Since then the Ultramarines have spared others the difficulty of fighting the Tyranids while constantly rebuilding their First Company with these specialists. Over half the First Company is now made up of Tyrannic War Veterans.

泰伦战争老兵是极限战士战团的精英部分，最初是在牧师卡西乌斯的监督下创建的。这些老兵是由自虫巢舰队贝希摩斯袭击以来与泰伦军队作战并幸存下来的战士组成的。从那时起，极限战士在与这些专家不断重建他们的第一连的同时，也让其他人免受了与泰伦作战的困难。第一连现在有一半以上是由泰伦战争老兵组成的。

Tyrannic War Veteran 泰伦战争老兵

Some Ultramarines Successor Chapters, such as the Imperial Reavers, are also known to operate formations of Tyrannic War Veterans.

一些极限战士的子战团，如帝国收割者，也以控制泰伦战争老兵编队而闻名。

History 历史

In the aftermath of the Battle of Macragge, the Ultramarines had suffered grievous losses, losses which would take decades to replace. In order to accelerate the process, the Ultramarines' Chapter Master, Marneus Calgar, began offering his warriors for secondment to the Deathwatch, the chamber militant of the Ordo Xenos. In service to the Inquisition these Ultramarines quickly gained experience fighting against the xenos threat, particularly Tyranids, and with the successive assaults of more Hive Fleets more warriors became quick learners in how to efficently kill the beasts. Under the personal direction of Chaplain Cassius, this new breed of warrior were formed into specialized squads called Tyrannic War Veterans.

在马库拉格之战之后，极限战士遭受了严重的损失，这些损失需要几十年的时间才能弥补。为了加快这一进程，极限战士的战团长马涅乌斯·卡尔加开始将他的战士借调给攘外修会的军事辅军死亡守望。在为审判庭服务的过程中，这些极限战士很快获得了对抗异型威胁的经验，尤其是泰伦虫族，随着更多虫巢舰队的连续攻击，更多的战士成为了如何有效杀死野兽的快速学习者。在牧师卡西乌斯的亲自指导下，这种新型战士组成了名为泰伦战争老兵的专业小队。

Tyrannic War Veterans 泰伦战争老兵

However, despite the Master of Sanctity's approval, there was resistance to such a specialized formation created within the Chapter, especially its lack of sanction by the Codex Astartes. To break the deadlock of arguments for and against their formation, Marneus Calgar called for a great meeting, the Conclave of Hera, to be held after the Feast of Remembrance where every member of the Chapter would have their say in the matter. Waiting for as many Space Marines to arrive as possible, Calgar began the proceedings within the shadow of Roboute Guilliman himself, and for the next several months each warrior was allowed to speak before the assembly, with Cassius and Captain Severus Agemman passionately pleading in favor of the Veterans.

然而，尽管获得了圣洁导师的批准，但战团内创建的这种专业形式仍遭到抵制，特别是它缺乏阿斯塔特圣典的批准。为了打破支持和反对成立该组织的争论僵局，马涅乌斯·卡尔加呼吁在纪念盛宴后举行一次伟大的会议，即赫拉最高会议，届时战团的每个成员都将对此事发表意见。在等待尽可能多的星际战士到达后，卡尔加在罗伯特·基里曼本人的影子下开始了一系列行动，在接下来的几个月里，每个战士都被允许在会议上发言，卡西乌斯和西弗勒斯·阿格曼连长热情地恳求老兵。

At the end, Calgar declared he had heard everything he had needed, and for the next several weeks he retired to his chambers, fasting and praying for guidance from Guilliman and the Emperor. At dawn on the 40th day, Calgar emerged and declared his answer: the Tyrannic War Veterans would prove themselves on Espandor, where word had just arrived of Tyranid forces infesting its forests. Should they prove successful in extinguishing this threat, the Veterans would prove themselves worthy and be formally recognized into the Chapter and Codex Astartes. Captain Agemman, Chaplain Cassius and several squads of Tyrannic War Veterans set off to Espandor, where they successfully cleansed the xenos taint without losing a single battle-brother in combat. Thanks to their unmitigated success, the formation was formally recognized, and soon Tyrannic War Veterans began sharing their skills and knowledge with all Ultramarines, as well as be seconded to other Imperial units likely to see combat with the Tyranids.

最后，卡尔加宣布他已经听到了他所需要的一切，在接下来的几周里，他回到自己的房间，禁食并祈祷基里曼和帝皇的指导。第40天黎明时分，卡尔加出现并宣布了他的答案：泰伦战争老兵将在埃斯潘多证明自己，那里刚刚传出泰伦军队侵扰森林的消息。如果他们成功地消除了这一威胁，老兵将证明自己是值得的，并被正式纳入战团和阿斯塔特圣典。阿格曼连长、卡西乌斯牧师和几队泰伦战争老兵出发前往埃斯潘多，在那里他们成功地清除了异型的污点，在战斗中没有失去一个战斗兄弟。由于他们取得了彻底的成功，该编队得到了正式认可，不久，泰伦战争老兵开始与所有极限战士分享他们的技能和知识，并被借调到其他可能与泰伦作战的帝国部队。

Combat Doctrine 作战理论

Each squad is composed of a Space Marine Sergeant and four to nine Space Marines, armed with a bolter, frag and krak grenades, wearing their distinct power armour displaying purity seals and, should they earn it, Terminator Honours. One squad member may take a heavy bolter, while another may take a flamer, in place of their bolter. They may also take a Rhino or Razorback for transportation.

每个小队由一名星际战士军士和四至九名星际战士组成，他们配备了一个爆矢枪、破片和穿甲手榴弹，身穿独特的动力盔甲，上面印有纯洁印章，如果他们获得了终结者盔甲，还将获得终结者十字章。一名队员可能会携带重型爆矢枪，而另一名队员则可能会携带火焰枪来代替他们的爆矢枪。他们也可能配备犀牛装甲车或豪猪战车进行运输。

Tyrannic War Veterans are specially trained in how to kill Tyranids, both with close-combat and long-range weaponry, by targeting known weak points for maximum penetration and damage. Tyrannic War Veterans have honed their reflexes to incredible heights to better combat Tyranid warriors in hand-to-hand combat, particularly the use of krak grenades normally reserved only for armoured vehicles. They also use special Hellfire Rounds in their heavy bolters, and are trained to work with other Space Marine squads to bring down both large and small Tyranid creatures.

泰伦战争老兵经过专门训练，通过瞄准已知的弱点以获得最大的穿透力和伤害，使用近战和远程武器杀死泰伦虫族。泰伦战争老兵已经将他们的反应能力磨练到了令人难以置信的高度，以便在肉搏战中更好地与泰伦战士作战，特别是使用通常只用于装甲车的穿甲手榴弹。他们也在重型爆矢枪中使用特殊的地狱火弹药，并接受过与其他星际战士小队合作的训练，以击落大大小小的泰伦生物。