The Caestus Assault Ram is one of several assault rams found throughout the Imperium of Man and the most common one used by Space Marine Chapters. Smaller in size compared to a Thunderhawk or Boarding Torpedo, the Caestus and other assault rams are designed to participate in close range boarding actions in space. This Attack Craft's compact and heavily-armoured frame can not only survive but is intended to directly collide with another space craft in order to deliver its cargo.
拳套突击艇是人类帝国中发现的几种突击艇之一，也是星际战士最常用的突击艇。拳套和其他突击艇的尺寸比雷鹰或跳帮鱼雷小，旨在参与太空中的近距离跳帮行动。这种突击艇的紧凑和重型装甲框架不仅可以生存，而且旨在直接与另一艘太空船碰撞以运送货物。
Caestus Assault Ram 拳套突击艇
History 历史
Caestus has been in Imperium service as ship-to-ship boarding vessel since the Great Crusade. Going through the time of Horus Heresy and all of the wars that followed this dim and ancient period, it is still used in the Space Marines armies in 41st Millennium.
自大远征以来，拳套突击艇一直在帝国服役，担任船对船登舰船。经历了荷鲁斯叛乱时代以及这个昏暗而古老的时期之后的所有战争，它在第41个千年仍然被用于星际战士。
Technical Information 技术信息
The Caestus' chief advantages over other boarding methods is its incredible speed and durability, thanks to extra armouring and additional short-fire rocket-motors and afterburners, although it has less range and versatility. Operated from a blast shielded cockpit, the Caestus' principle armament is a Magna-Melta supported by two wing-mounted Firefury Missile Launchers, while its twin heavily-armoured prows can together carry an entire Space Marine squad. In order to properly fulfill its assault ram role the Caestus' forward superstructure is further buttressed by a near-unique inertial and recoil compensation system. This 'misericorde' (or 'Misericordia') system consists of multiple retractable inertia suppression clamps which connect with a Space Marine's Terminator Armour or Power Armour, locking them in place and protecting them from any impact short of one which could destroy the entire craft. It is capable of carrying ten fully armored Space Marines.
与其他跳帮方式相比，拳套的主要优势在于其令人难以置信的速度和耐用性，这要归功于额外的装甲和额外的短火火箭发动机和加力燃烧室，尽管它的航程和多功能性较小。拳套由一个设有防爆盾的驾驶舱操控。其主要武器是一门巨型热熔，另有两门安装在机翼上的炽怒型导弹发射器作为辅助。此外，它那一对重型装甲舰首能够搭载整整一支星际战士小队。为了正确地发挥其突击撞锤的作用，拳套的前部上部结构进一步得到了近乎独特的惯性和后坐力补偿系统的支撑。这种“托臂”（或“仁慈”）系统由多个可伸缩的惯性抑制夹具组成，这些夹具与星际战士的终结者盔甲或动力盔甲连接，将他们锁定在适当的位置，并保护他们免受任何可能摧毁整艘飞船的冲击。它能够搭载10名全副武装的星际战士。
While it was originally constructed only for boarding operations, the rediscoveries of Arkhan Land has allowed the Caestus to be fitted with anti-gravitic plating for participation in groundside operations. Common upgrades for the craft include a Teleport Homer and Frag Assault Launchers.
虽然它最初只是为跳帮行动而制造的，但对阿坎·兰德的重新发现使拳套能够安装反重力板，以参与地面作业。该飞船的常见升级包括传送信标和破片突击发射器。
Deployment Strategy 部署策略
In its typical role of assault ram the Caestus uses its Mega-Melta to weaken an enemy spacecraft's hull armour, allowing for the armoured prows to more easily penetrate and disgorge their passengers, who exit through the forward assault ramps. However since the addition of grav coils the craft can also participate in orbital insertions and provide ground support; acting as a heavy battle skimmer its' massive melta weapon can be devastating against enemy tanks and bunkers. However most Chapters still maintain Thunderhawks and Drop Pods for these missions, reserving their assault rams for space operations or only the most dangerous drop zones. Fleet-bound chapters in particular make heavy use of the Caestus for combating the likes of asteroid bases and Space Hulks.
在其典型的突击艇角色中，拳套使用其巨型热熔来削弱敌方太空船的船体装甲，使装甲船首更容易穿透并释放乘员，乘员通过前方的突击坡道离开。然而，由于增加了反重力线圈，该飞行器还可以参与轨道空降并提供地面支持；作为一种重型战斗悬浮载具，其巨大的热熔武器对敌方坦克和掩体具有毁灭性。然而，大多数战团仍然为这些任务保留雷鹰和空投舱，将其突击艇保留用于太空行动或仅用于最危险的空投区。特别是那些舰基战团，他们大量使用拳套来对抗行星基地和太空废船。
Despite the damage that Caestus Assault Rams sustains in the run of operations, the reverence that Space Marines hold to this holy devices is such that Caestus' always recovered from the battle lines, even if it is a guts of an enemy vessel or fortress.
尽管拳套突击艇在行动中受到了破坏，但星际战士对这种神圣装置的崇敬使拳套总是从战线上恢复过来，即使它是敌方船只或堡垒的核心部分。
Technical Information 技术信息
Type:Assault Ram
类型：突击艇
Vehicle Name:Caestus
载具名称：拳套
Forge World of Origin:Mars
起源铸造世界：火星
Known Patterns:I-XI
已知型号：I - XI
Crew:Pilot, Gunner
乘员：驾驶员，炮手
Powerplant:3 x RX-98-25 combination rocket/afterburning turbofans
动力装置：3台RX-98-25火箭/加力涡扇发动机
Weight:85 tonnes
重量：85吨
Length:16.8 m
长度：16.8米
Wingspan:12.5 m
翼展：12.5米
Height:6.5 m
高度：6.5米
Operational Ceiling:N/A
操作升限：无
Max Speed:1,800 kph approx.
最大速度：约1800公里/小时
Range:22,000 km in atmosphere
射程：大气层内22000公里
Main Armament:Dual-mounted Haephestus pattern Magna-Melta
主武器：双联装式赫菲斯托斯型巨型热熔
Secondary Armament:2x Firefury Missile Launchers
二级武器：2个炽怒导弹发射器
Main Ammunition:24 rounds
主要弹药：24发
Secondary Ammunition:N/A
次要弹药：无
Armour 装甲
Superstructure:60 mm
上部结构：60毫米
Hull:60 mm
船体：60毫米
Known Named Caestus Assault Rams 著名拳套突击艇
Amaranth Fang — of the Salamanders
不朽獠牙 — 火蜥蜴
Gore Dagger — of the Space Wolves
戈尔匕首 — 太空野狼
Secutor Crimson — of the Red Hunters
绯红追击者 — 红色猎手
Spectre of Death — of the Star Phantoms
死亡怨灵 — 星辰幻影
