The Stalker is a Space Marine air defence vehicle.

追猎者是一种星际战士防空载具。

Stalker 追猎者战车

Overview 概述

The Stalker consists of a Icarus Stormcannon Array mounted on a Rhino chassis. Its design is based on the Hunter STC that was unearthed only a few millennium ago. A vital part of the Space Marine armoury, Stalker's are rapid-firing anti-aircraft platforms able to track and engage multiple targets simultaneously. Unsubtle but devastating, they fill the sky with hundreds of rounds of ammunition. The front of the vehicle has been reinforced to deflect incoming fire, while the flanks have been enhanced with additional armour and hydraulic stabilizers to anchor it to the ground when it fires its anti-aircraft artillery.

追猎者由安装在犀牛底盘上的伊卡洛斯风暴炮阵列组成。它的设计基于几千年前出土的猎手战车STC。作为星际战士军械库的重要组成部分，追猎者是能够同时跟踪和打击多个目标的快速开火防空平台。它们虽然不可靠，但具有毁灭性，天空中布满了数百发弹药。车辆的前部经过加固，可以偏转来袭的火力，而侧翼则通过额外的装甲和液压稳定器进行了加固，以便在发射防空炮弹时将其固定在地面上。

Stalker 追猎者战车

The secret to the Stalker's success lies not in its weaponry but that of its tracking system, which is able to accurately engage fast moving aerial targets. The system itself is made up of altered brains and neural interfaces from Servitor operators. The servitors must be specially chosen, their brains possessed of a mental agility in life that is then re-purposed in near-death. These withered gunners are often chosen from failed Chapter initiates should they be too damaged to become Serfs, either those crippled during their training or that have rejected the sacred implanting processes. Chapter serfs can also find a place as a target-servitor, if they show promise and serve well, earning the right to accompany the Chapter into war. In both cases, the brain, and as much of the head and torso of the initiate as possible, will be salvaged so that he might serve the Chapter in another way. Where possible, the servitor’s limbs are used to operate controls and weapons, but most importantly their brain is linked into the augur arrays of the cannons. The process is not always successful and many servitors may die before one merges with the tank’s machine spirit, creating a deadly symbiotic relationship.

追猎者成功的秘诀不在于它的武器，而在于它的跟踪系统，该系统能够准确地打击快速移动的空中目标。该系统本身由机仆操作员的改造大脑和神经接口组成。机仆必须经过特别挑选，他们的大脑在生活中具有一种精神敏捷性，然后在濒临死亡时被重新利用。这些干枯的炮手通常是从失败的战团信徒中选出的，如果他们受到的伤害太大而无法成为机仆，要么是在训练中致残的，要么是拒绝了神圣的植入过程的。战团侍从也可以找到一个地方作为指向机仆，如果他们表现出迹象并服务良好，就有权陪同战团参战。在这两种情况下，信徒的大脑以及尽可能多的头部和躯干都将被抢救出来，以便他可以以另一种方式为战团服务。在可能的情况下，机仆的四肢被用来操作控制装置和武器，但最重要的是，他们的大脑与大炮的占卜阵列相连。这个过程并不总是成功的，许多机仆可能会在与坦克的机魂融合之前死亡，造成了一种致命的共生关系。