The Sternguard are members of the 1st Company of a Space Marine Chapter. Their primary role is to cover a fighting retreat by the rest of a Space Marine force, holding the enemy at bay with their superior training and ranged weaponry.

肃卫是星际战士战团第一连的成员。他们的主要作用是掩护星际战士其他部队的战斗撤退，用他们高超训练和远程武器将敌人挡住。

Crimson Fists Sternguard Veteran 绯红之拳肃卫老兵

Overview 概述

While every member of a Chapter's 1st Company is proficient in all manner of weaponry, Sternguard Veterans prefer ranged combat over close-quarters fighting. Though occasionally armed with heavier weapons such as lascannons or heavy flamers, Sternguard Veterans prefer to use their bolters, meticulously modified with enhanced scopes and specialised ammunition.

虽然一个战团第一连的每个成员都精通各种武器，但肃卫老兵更喜欢远程战斗而不是近距离战斗。虽然偶尔会配备重型武器，如激光炮或重型火焰枪，但肃卫老兵更喜欢使用他们的爆矢枪，经过精心改装，配有增强的瞄准镜和专用弹药。

Sternguard Veterans Squad 肃卫老兵小队

Sternguard Squads deploy wherever the battleline is most fierce, facing down the most impossible odds with icy calm and precise bursts of bolter fire. They are the image of what every Space Marine aspires to become, and the pinnacle of any Chapter's fighting force. Though there is friendly rivalry with their counterpart Vanguard Veterans, such competition does not get in the way of their bonds in battle, and each will fight to the death for the other.

肃卫小队部署在战线最激烈的地方，用冰冷的平静和爆矢枪精确的开火射击来面对最不可能的困难。他们是每个星际战士渴望成为的形象，也是任何一个战团战斗力量的巅峰。尽管他们与先锋老兵有着友好的竞争，但这种竞争不会妨碍他们在战斗中的关系，双方都会为对方战斗至死。

Special Equipment 特殊装备

All Sternguard Veterans are equipped with extra kinds of specialised ammunition for use in battle. In addition to standard Bolter rounds they have access to:

所有肃卫老兵都配备了额外种类的专用弹药，用于战斗。除了标准的爆矢外，他们还可以使用：

Sternguard Veterans Squad 肃卫老兵小队

• Dragonfire Bolts: These hollow shells explode with superheated gas, allowing them to bypass cover with ease.

• 龙火爆矢：这些空心外壳在过热气体中爆炸，使它们能够轻松绕过覆盖。

• Hellfire Rounds: Replacing the bolt's explosive charge with needles of mutagenic acid, these were originally designed to combat Tyranids.

• 地狱火弹药：用诱变酸针代替爆矢的炸药，这些最初是为了对抗泰伦而设计的。

• Kraken Pattern Penetrator Rounds: Modified with an adamantine core and more propellant, Kraken Bolts have a longer range and better armour penetration.

• 克拉肯型穿甲弹：克拉肯爆矢采用精金弹芯和更多推进剂进行改装，射程更远，装甲穿透力更好。

• Metal Storm Shells: Capable of wreaking havoc against unarmoured foes.

• 金属风暴弹药：能够对未穿盔甲的敌人造成严重破坏。

• Tempest Bolts: These rounds incorporate tiny plasma shock generators that emit electromagnetic and thermal radiation when the shell detonates. Produced only on the Forgeworld of Mars, tempest shells are noted as particularly effective against machines and other mechanical targets.

• 暴风爆矢：这些子弹装有微型等离子冲击发生器，当子弹爆炸时会发射出电磁和热辐射。暴风弹药仅在火星铸造世界生产，被认为对机械和其他机械目标特别有效。

• Vengeance Rounds: Employing unstable flux core technology which makes them hazardous to use, but superior at penetrating power armour. these were originally designed to combat Traitor Marines.

• 复仇弹药：采用不稳定的通量核心技术，使其使用起来很危险，但在穿透动力盔甲方面表现出色。这些最初是为了对抗叛徒星际战士而设计的。