Map 地图
Basic Data 基础信息
Name:Medusa IV
名称：美杜莎
Segmentum:Segmentum Obscurus
星域：朦胧星域
Subsector:Medusan Sub-sector
分区：美杜莎分区
System:Sthenelus System
星系：斯忒涅洛斯星系
Population:500,000 approx.
人口：大约50,0000
Affiliation:Imperium
隶属：帝国
Class:Adeptus Astartes Homeworld, Waste World, unofficially a Death World
级别：阿斯塔特修会家园世界，废弃世界，非正式的死亡世界
Tithe Grade:Adeptus Non, post-industrial resource null as a Waste World
什一税等级：特级免税，后工业时代的无资源废弃世界
Planetary Image 行星图像
Medusa IV, commonly referred to as Medusa, is the Homeworld of the Iron Hands Space Marine Chapter.
美杜莎四号，通常被称为美杜莎，是钢铁之手星际战士战团的家园世界。
Overview 概述
Medusa is a Waste World, that is a harsh realm of perpetual gloom, located extremely close to the Eye of Terror. With a dark and polluted sky, Medusa's sun rarely shines on the planet's surface and the world's geology is highly unstable, with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions constantly creating and destroying mountain ranges and seas. The people of Medusa are hardy and flourish despite the hostile environment. The population is broken up into clans who viciously compete and vie for natural resources and safe ground, as the unpredictable nature of Medusa's landscape means little can built in one place for long, save a few areas of relative calm which are mostly reserved for the Iron Hands Chapter. As the nomadic clans seek a new settlement, great caterpillar-like mining haulers carry their personal possessions and resources. It is because of its harsh environment that Medusa is considered to be a Death World, in all but name.
美杜莎是一个废弃世界，这是一个永远黑暗的严酷领域，离恐惧之眼非常近。由于黑暗和污染的天空，美杜莎的太阳很少照射到行星表面，世界的地质非常不稳定，地震和火山爆发不断创造和破坏山脉和海洋。尽管环境恶劣，美杜莎人坚韧不拔，茁壮成长。由于美杜莎地貌的不可预测性意味着几乎没有什么可以在一个地方长期建造，除了一些相对平静的地区，这些地区大多是为钢铁之手战团保留的，因此人口被分成几个氏族，他们恶性地竞争和争夺自然资源和安全地带。随着游牧部落寻求新的定居地，像毛毛虫一样的大型采矿车会携带他们的个人财产和资源。正是由于其恶劣的环境，美杜莎被认为是一个死亡世界，除了名字。
History 历史
It is speculated by the Ordo Astra that Medusa was once the site of a battle between the Necrons and their ancient foes, and that a Necron presence on the world could endure to this day.
据星界修会推测，美杜莎曾经是死灵和他们古老敌人之间战斗的地点，死灵在世界上的存在可以持续到今天。
Medusa was also referenced as a world rich in rare elements and technological wonders in the ancient human text, Legend of Sthenelus. This led it to be actively sought after by Rogue Traders and Mechanicum Explorators alike, when the Age of the Imperium began.
美杜莎在古代人类文本 斯忒涅洛斯传说 中也被称为一个富含稀有元素和技术奇迹的世界。这导致它在帝国时代开始时受到行商浪人和机械教探索者的积极追捧。
When the Primarch Ferrus Manus arrived on Medusa, he developed a great love for the harsh world that tempered him. He later became troubled by the weakness he saw in the Imperium, after being reunited with the Emperor, and deliberately chose not to conquer or change Medusa's environment because of this. As a result, the world was largely untouched by the Primarch, save for the creation of the Iron Hands and locations meant to support them.
当费鲁斯·马努斯到达美杜莎时，他对这个严酷的世界产生了极大的热爱，这使他变得温和。后来，在与帝皇重聚后，他被帝国中的弱点所困扰，并因此故意选择不征服或改变美杜莎的环境。因此，除了钢铁之手的创造和旨在支持他们的地点外，世界在很大程度上没有受到原体的影响。
During the 13th Black Crusade of Abaddon the Despoiler, Medusa would come under massive invasion from Chaos forces. The ensuing clash saw the largest tank battle in the Imperium since the Horus Heresy.
在掠夺者阿巴顿的第13次黑色远征期间，美杜莎遭到混沌部队的大规模入侵。随后的冲突是自荷鲁斯叛乱以来帝国最大的坦克战。
Sometime after the formation of the Great Rift, Chaos Space Marine forces from the Death Guard, Cleaved, and Purge raided Medusa. Though the Iron Hands drove off the attack, the damage was great and parts of Medusa have since been quarantined due to infection.
大裂隙形成后的某个时候，来自死亡守卫、分裂者和净世疫军的混沌星际战士突袭了美杜莎。尽管钢铁之手击退了袭击，但损失惨重，美杜莎的部分地区因感染而被隔离。
Geography 地理
Known Locations 著名地点
Felgarrthi Mountains is a great mountain range that rose high over the basin of the plain. It consists of ten big countenances, each hundreds of metres in height, towering from the stormblasted summit.
费尔加泽山脉是一条高耸于平原的盆地之上的山脉。它由十个巨大的面容组成，每个面都有几百米高，从风暴肆虐的山顶高耸而起。
The Eye of Medusa — sacred place deep in this region. Acts as the meeting place of the Iron Council
美杜莎之眼 — 这个地区深处的圣地。作为钢铁议会的聚会场所
Felgarrthi Steppe is a plain at the foot of the mountains of the same name.
费尔加泽草原是同名山脉脚下的一片平原。
Meduson, the only permanent settlement on Medusa.
梅杜森，美杜莎唯一的永久定居点。
Spukarri - The Land of Shadow. The most mysterious region of Medusa, said to be where Ferrus Manus spent his formative years. Locals consider this continent to be haunted and inhabited by monsters and devolved Artificial Intelligences. Few venture there, even amongst the Iron Hands themselves. It is said to be the site where Ferrus Manus bested Asirnoth, the Great Silver Wyrm. The mountain raise is said to have been personally collapsed by Ferrus himself.
斯普卡里 - 暗影之地。美杜莎最神秘的地区，据说是费鲁斯·马努斯度过成长岁月的地方。当地人认为这片大陆被怪物和退化的人工智能所困扰和居住。很少有人敢去那里，即使是钢铁之手自己。据说，这里是马努斯击败巨大银龙阿西诺斯的地方。据说，这座山是由费鲁斯本人亲自倒塌的。
Karaashi, the great Ice Pinnacle where Ferrus Manus originally crashed onto Medusa, is still present to this day. However it is said to be half the size it once was.
卡拉希，巨大的冰峰，即费鲁斯·马努斯最初撞击美杜莎的地方，至今仍存在。然而，据说它的大小只有以前的一半。
Oraanus Rocks — a mountain ridge that extended for several hundred kilometers (north to south of the planet) and consists of ultra-hard lumps of diorite — a metamorphic crystal peculiar only to Medusa planet. It is a place of the Trial of Rocks — a test for Neophytes of the Iron Hands.
奥兰努斯岩 — 一条绵延数百公里（从行星南北）的山脊，由超硬的闪长岩块组成 — 一种只有美杜莎行星特有的变质晶体。这是一个岩石试炼的地方 — 一个考验钢铁之手新进者的地方。
Halls of Conquest - The 10 mobile Land Behemoths of each Iron Hands Clan.
征服大厅 - 每个钢铁之手氏族的10个移动陆地巨兽。
Telstarax, a colossal planet-circling space station dating back to the Dark Age of Technology. It is believed that the Telstarax was used to plunder Medusa of its resources.
荒讯星环，一个可以追溯到黑暗技术时代的巨大行星环绕空间站。据信，荒讯星环被用来掠夺美杜莎的资源。
Gorgon's Forge - Tech-Vault originally built by Ferrus Manus.
戈尔贡铸造厂 - 最初由费鲁斯马努斯建造的技术秘库。
Oraanus - Realm of Clan Dorrvok which serves as a testing ground for new recruits.
奥兰努斯 - 多弗克氏族的领地，是新兵的试炼场。
Vaults of Medusa 美杜莎秘库
Fauna and Flora 动植物群
Mountain Yarrk — Creatures resembling something between a giant leopard and primate, several meters tall and with broad shoulders. Their long arms and powerful bodies are covered with black shaggy hair and their heads had manes. Yarrks are very fierce beasts and frequently used by the young Medusan clanmen to compete with for the attention of the Iron Hands recruiting new neophytes.
山脉亚尔克 — 类似于巨型豹子和灵长类动物之间的生物，几米高，肩膀宽阔。它们的长臂和强壮的身体上长满了黑色蓬松的毛发，头上长着鬃毛。亚尔克是非常凶猛的野兽，经常被年轻的美杜莎氏族成员用来争夺钢铁之手招募新新进者的注意力。
Oryx — Beasts with antlers.
大羚羊 — 有鹿角的野兽。
Society 社会
The inhabitants of Medusa, including the Iron Hands, speak a variety of dialects of a language known as Medusan. Known dialects include:
美杜莎的居民，包括钢铁之手，讲着美杜莎语的各种方言。已知的方言包括：
Ekfrasi - Spoken by Clan Kaargul.
埃克弗拉西语 - 由卡尔古氏族使用。
Tergiza - Spoken by Clan Raukaan.
泰尔吉扎语 - 由劳坎氏族使用。
Notes 注释
Before Medusa was written as a Waste World, the start of Farseer (Novel) (2002) was set on the Hive World Medusa, near the Eye of Terror. When Farseer was republished in 2010, it was released under the Heretic Tomes banner, indicating that parts of its background were no longer consistent with the current setting.
在美杜莎被写成荒废世界之前，先知（小说）（2002）的开头设定在恐惧之眼附近的美杜莎巢都世界。当 先知 于2010年重新出版时，它以异端托姆斯的名义发行，表明其部分背景不再与当前的背景一致。
There is another one Medusa IV, - a planet of the Medusa System in the Ultima Segmentum and it was a part of lore of The Fall of Medusa V campaign (2006).
还有另一颗美杜莎四号，它是极限星域中美杜莎星系的一颗行星，也是美杜莎五号陷落战役（2006）传说的一部分。
