The T'au (or Tau) are a young race of technologically-oriented beings from the Eastern Fringe and the dominant species of the T'au Empire.
钛（或陶）是一个来自东部边缘的年轻种族，以技术为导向，是钛帝国的主导种族。
T'au Warrior 钛战士
T'au, the T'au home planet, was discovered in 789.M35 by the Adeptus Mechanicus Explorator Fleet ship Land's Vision. Adeptus Mechanicus records indicate that at that time, the T'au species had mastered the use of simple tools and weapons, as well as fire. Before the planet could be cleansed and colonised by the Imperium, however, a violent Warp-storm erupted around the planet. The outbreak of the wars of the Age of Apostasy shortly thereafter preempted any further Imperial follow-up and the then-minor xenos race was effectively forgotten by humanity outside a few Explorator records.
钛是钛族的家园行星，于789.M35被机械神教探索者舰队舰船兰德之视号发现。机械神教的记录表明，当时，钛族已经掌握了简单工具和武器的使用，以及火的使用。然而，在帝国对行星进行清理和殖民之前，一场猛烈的亚空间风暴在行星周围爆发。此后不久，叛教时代战争的爆发阻止了帝国的任何进一步跟进，当时的少数异型种族实际上被人类遗忘了，除了一些探索者的记录。
It would be another six-thousand years before the Imperium had any further contact with the T'au, when an unknown class of alien vessel was encountered by system defense ships at Devlan in the Ultima Segmentum. After failing to respond to naval challenges, the ship was attacked and destroyed. Bodies recovered from the wreckage were a close match to the records from the Land's Vision. The rapid elevation from a primitive species on a single planet to a starfaring power in only six millennia represented a new danger to Imperial interests, especially as some of the Human worlds on the fringes of Imperial territory were discovered to already have trade relations with the T'au. Almost a century later, the Damocles Crusade smashed into T'au space, bringing the two powers into war.
再过六千年，帝国才与钛有任何进一步的接触，当时一艘未知级别的外星飞船在极限星域的德夫兰被星系防御舰船遇到。在未能回应海军质询后，该船遭到袭击并被摧毁。从残骸中找到的尸体与兰德之视号的记录非常吻合。在短短六千年内，从一个行星上的原始物种迅速崛起为一个星际帝国，这对帝国的利益构成了新的威胁，尤其是当帝国领土边缘的一些人类世界被发现已经与钛有贸易关系时。近一个世纪后，达摩克利斯远征闯入钛空域，使两个帝国陷入战争。
History 历史
Early History 早期历史
The primitive T'au were a plains-dwelling race. In their prehistory, they lived as nomadic tribes on the desert plains, hunting and gathering their food. Some of these tribes eventually expanded into other environments. The T'au of the mountains grew flaps of skin and light bones that allowed them to float over the deserts on thermal drafts. The T'au of the river valleys developed agriculture and metallurgy, forming the first true settlements. The development of settlements led to the need of trade, and wandering T'au began to negotiate and mediate between the disparate tribes, traveling up and down rivers in crude barges. The T'au that remained on the plains became strong and skillful hunters, larger and stronger than most other T'au.
原始的钛是一个居住在平原上的种族。在史前时期，他们作为游牧部落生活在沙漠平原上，狩猎和采集食物。其中一些部落最终扩展到其他环境。山上的钛长出了皮瓣和轻骨，使他们能够在热气流中漂浮在沙漠上。河谷的钛发展了农业和冶金业，形成了第一个真正的定居点。定居点的发展导致了贸易的需要，流浪的钛开始在不同的部落之间进行谈判和调解，乘坐简陋的驳船在河流上来回航行。留在平原上的钛成为了强壮而熟练的猎人，比其他大多数钛都要高大强壮。
Tau Empire 钛帝国
Unfortunately for the T'au, the rapid sociological, biological, and technological shifts they were undergoing led to conflict. The mountain T'au and the plains T'au allied to take the farms and cities of the river valley T'au, and the merchant caravans were regularly sacked to prevent alliances from forming. The T'au of the river valleys leveraged their skill at architecture to build walls and fortresses, and quickly discovered the manufacture of black powder weaponry to defend themselves. But with the harvests disrupted, the breakdown of trade and blocked access to fresh water, disease ran rampant in the squalid conditions most T'au now lived in and as many died from sickness as battle. T'au history records this period as Mont'au, "The Terror" or "death age".
不幸的是，对于钛来说，他们正在经历的快速的社会、生物和技术转变导致了冲突。山脉的钛与平原的钛结盟，夺取了河谷的钛的农场和城市，商队经常被洗劫，以阻止联盟的形成。河谷的钛利用他们的建筑技能建造了城墙和堡垒，并很快发现了黑火药武器的制造来自卫。但随着收割中断、贸易中断和淡水供应受阻，疾病在大多数钛现在生活的肮脏环境中肆虐，死于疾病的人数与死于战争的人数一样多。这段时期在钛历史上被称为“大恐怖”或“死亡时代”。
T'au legends tell of the first appearance of Ethereals at the besiged city of Fio'taun after the strange lights appeared in the skies. The fortress city of Fio'taun was under assault by the warriors from the plains. Though negotiation had been attempted, the fierce plain warriors would settle for nothing less than the annihilation of Fio'taun. For five long years, the inhabitants held off the savage assaults with their thick walls and plentiful cannon. However, disease and starvation began to take their toll. As the tide of the siege turned, two mysterious T'au appeared. One made his way into the camp of the plains T'au, exuding a quiet authority that no T'au was able to resist. Soon, the leader of the plains warriors was persuaded to parley with the T'au of Fio'taun. Similarly, the other mysterious T'au made his way deep into the fortress. Within a few short hours, the gates stood wide open and the T'au stood ready to talk.
钛传说中，在天空中出现奇怪的光亮后，以太首次出现在被围困的菲'托恩城。要塞城市菲'托恩遭到平原的战士的袭击。尽管已经尝试过谈判，但凶猛的平原战士们只会满足于歼灭菲'托恩。在漫长的五年里，居民们用厚厚的城墙和充足的大炮抵御了野蛮的袭击。然而，疾病和饥饿开始造成损失。随着围攻的浪潮转向，两个神秘的钛出现了。其中一人进入了平原的钛的营地，散发出一种钛无法抗拒的平静权威。不久，平原战士的首领被说服与菲'托恩的钛谈判。同样，另一位神秘的钛也深入了要塞。在短短几个小时内，大门敞开着，钛已经准备好对话了。
The two Ethereals spoke of the importance of peace and understanding between all T'au. They described a Greater Good that each T'au must strive for. The besiegers and the besieged quickly agreed with the Ethereals and a truce was reached. Across the land, other Ethereals emerged, each with the same quiet authority and message of harmony and cooperation. Within a few years, the Ethereals had all of T'au working together.
两位以太谈到了所有钛之间和平与理解的重要性。他们描述了每个钛必须为之奋斗的上上善道。围攻者和被围困者很快同意了以太的意见，并达成了停战协议。在这片土地上，其他以太出现了，每个以太都有同样平静的权威和和谐与合作的信息。几年内，以太让整个钛一起协同工作。
Expansion 扩张
First Sphere 第一界
This was a dynamic period that saw the T'au rapidly take from their homeworld T'au to the stars. Losses among the initial colonists were high, but under the protection of the Fire Caste the expansion continued undeterred. During this period the nascent T'au Empire assimilated their first alien cultures under guidance from the Ethereals, the Thraxians, the Nicassar, the Kroot and several others. The Orks were a notable exception, the savage greenskins giving the T'au their first experience of full-scale inter-species war. By the end of this period, eight major Septs had been established.
这是一个充满活力的时期，看到了钛迅速从他们的家园世界钛到群星。最初的殖民者损失惨重，但在火氏族的保护下，扩张仍在继续。在这一时期，新生的钛帝国在以太、特拉希安、尼卡萨、克鲁特和其他几个种族的引导下吸收了他们的第一批外来文化。欧克是一个明显的例外，野蛮的绿皮让钛第一次经历了物种间的全面战争。到这一时期结束时，已经建立了八个主要的家门。
Tau planets 钛行星
Second Sphere 第二界
Fueled by the newly discovered ZFR Horizon Accelerator Engine that allowed T'au ships to make longer voyages into surrounding space, this period of T'au history is characterised by their first ventures across the Damocles Gulf. Several holdings were established on the far side, and several existent local powers were brought into the T'au fold by conquest or trade agreement. Unfortunately for the T'au, this included worlds of the Imperium of Man, a galactic power the scale of which the T'au were then-ignorant. The efforts of the Second Sphere Expansion were cut short when the Damocles Crusade quickly annihilated the T'au holdings on the far side of the gulf and proceeded to penetrate deeply into the heart of T'au territory before being fought to a stalemate at Dal'yth Sept.
在新发现的ZFR水平加速引擎的推动下，钛舰船可以在周围的太空中进行更长的航行，这段时间的特点是他们首次穿越达摩克利斯湾。在远方建立了几个领地，并通过征服或贸易协议将几个现有的地方势力纳入了钛。对于钛来说不幸的是，这包括了人类帝国的世界，这是一个银河帝国，当时钛对其规模一无所知。达摩克利斯远征迅速消灭了湾对岸的钛领地，并深入到钛领地的中心，随后在达'利斯家门世界陷入僵局，第二界扩张的努力就此中断。
Third Sphere 第三界
The wake of the Imperial withdrawl from T'au space left the Empire on the brink of collapse as the enormity of what the T'au faced was made clear. The Ethereals, realising that the Empire must quickly regain the initiative to bounce back from this loss, declared that this would be the catalyst for renewed vigour in their expansion efforts. Fleets of military conquest and colonial expansion, first led by Commander O'Shovah and then later by Commander O'Shaserra, were dispatched to reclaim territory lost to the T'au and they captured several Imperial worlds that had been stripped of their defenders to rally forces for the Battle for Macragge. Each conquest further built the T'au's strategic momentum.
帝国从钛空域撤军的后果使帝国濒临崩溃，因为钛所面临的巨大挑战是显而易见的。以太意识到帝国必须迅速重新获得从这一损失中恢复过来的主动权，宣布这将是他们扩张努力重新焕发活力的催化剂。军事征服和殖民扩张的舰队，最初由欧'肖瓦指挥官领导，后来由欧'沙塞拉指挥官领导，被派往收复钛失去的领土，他们占领了几个为马库拉格之战集结力量而被剥夺了防御者的帝国世界。每一次征服都进一步增强了钛的战略势头。
The T'au battle the forces of Nurgle 钛与纳垢部队作战
Eventually, the Third Sphere of Expansion ground to a halt due to Imperial counterattacks in the Damocles Gulf and the formation of the Great Rift.
最终，由于帝国在达摩克利斯湾的反击和大裂隙的形成，第三界扩张陷入停顿。
Fourth Sphere 第四界
The Fourth Sphere of Expansion was launched shortly after the formation of the Great Rift. Utilising new anti-matter engines, the fleet was thought lost in a mass accident but in truth was cast across much of the Galaxy through a wormhole. Years after its disappearance, the Fourth Sphere was able to make contact with the T'au Empire through the wormhole, resulting in the Fifth Sphere of Expansion.
第四界扩张是在大裂隙形成后不久启动的。利用新的反物质引擎，舰队被认为在一次大规模事故中迷失了方向，但事实上是通过虫洞穿越银河系的大部分地区。消失多年后，第四界能够通过虫洞与钛帝国取得联系，导致了第五界扩张。
Fifth Sphere 第五界
The Fifth Sphere of Expansion was launched on the heels of the ill-fated Fourth. It is the current phase of expansion of the T'au. The expedition moved into the wormhole left behind by the Fourth Sphere, now known as Startide Nexus.
第五界扩张是在命运多舛的第四界扩张之后推出的。这是钛目前的扩张阶段。探索队进入了第四界留下的虫洞，现在被称为星潮枢纽。
Sixth Sphere 第六界
Despite the Fifth Sphere being unfinished, a Sixth Sphere is currently being planned by Ethereal Supreme Aun'va.
尽管第五界尚未完成，但至高以太铵'瓦目前正在计划第六界。
Society 社会
The T'au are the most open and tolerant of the races in the Galaxy, which means that they prefer not to destroy all other races on sight and are nowhere near as xenophobic as the Imperium. They are appreciative of the ways of the humans, Eldar, and other sentient races, but hold their own values as superior above all others.
钛是银河系中最开放、最宽容的种族，这意味着他们不想一眼就摧毁所有其他种族，也不像帝国那样排外。他们欣赏人类、灵族和其他有情种族的方式，但认为自己的价值观高于其他所有种族。
All T'au in all castes have a particular rank in their society, with each individual starting at the lowest and being eventually promoted on merit. However, the T'au attach no stigma to low rank and even the most menial T'au enjoys the respect of their peers.
所有氏族的所有钛在社会中都有一个特定的等级，每个人都从最低的开始，最终根据功绩获得晋升。然而，钛并不认为低等级是可耻的，即使是最卑微的钛也受到同辈的尊重。
T'au Fire Warrior 钛火战士
T'au names are generally seen in the Imperium as long, complicated, and unwieldy, but they can be broken down into the following:
钛的名字在帝国中通常被认为是长而复杂、笨拙的，但它们可以分为以下几类：
Caste and rank within that caste.
氏族和氏族内的等级。
Sept of birth.
诞生的家门世界
Personal name (which is often determined/extended by their notable actions or achievements)
个人姓名（通常由他们的著名行动或成就决定/扩展）
Using a T'au's full name is considered a very formal form of address, while using only their personal name is considered overly-familiar unless one is bonded to them via the Ta'lissera. Using a T'au's caste and rank to refer to them is considered a polite form of address as it acknowledges their role in the Greater Good.
使用钛的全名被认为是一种非常正式的称呼形式，而只使用他们的个人名字则被认为过于熟悉，除非有人通过塔利赛拉与他们联系在一起。使用钛的氏族和等级来称呼他们被认为是一种礼貌的称呼方式，因为它承认了他们在上上善道中的作用。
Castes and Rank 氏族和等级
The Caste System organises all T'au into five different castes and each one of them has a defined social role, be it military, trade, diplomacy, or leadership. The members of a caste are further classified by a specific rank.
氏族制度将所有的钛分为五个不同的氏族，每个氏族都有明确的社会角色，无论是军事、贸易、外交还是领导。氏族的成员按特定等级进一步分类。
The castes are:
氏族是
Aun (Ethereal) - Supreme/Spiritual Leaders, T'au of the Ethereal Caste are the spiritual and political leaders of the T'au, and T'au of other castes submit to their authority in all things. Should an Ethereal order a T'au of a different caste to kill themselves, they would be obeyed instantly and without question.
铵（以太）- 至高/精神领袖，以太氏族的钛是钛的精神和政治领袖，其他氏族的钛在所有事情上都服从他们的权威。如果一个以太命令一个不同氏族的钛自杀，他们会立即毫无疑问地服从。
Por (Water) - Bureaucrats, T'au of the Water Caste are the civil servants, merchants, administrators, lawyers, and diplomats of T'au society, flowing among both the other castes and other allied species and ensuring that all have what they need to optimally serve the Greater Good. They display an easy affinity for languages, and adopt many forms of communications with exceptional nuance across their careers.
波（水）- 行政员，水氏族的钛是钛社会的公务员、商人、行政人员、律师和外交官，在其他氏族和其他联盟种族之间流动，确保所有人都有他们所需要的东西，以最佳方式服务于上上善道。他们表现出对语言的亲和力，并在职业生涯中采用多种形式的交流，具有非凡的细微差别。
Shas (Fire) - Warriors, The T'au of the Fire Caste are the warriors of T'au society and are the most massive and physically powerful of the T'au, generations of breeding having weeded out infirmity.
沙（火）- 战士，火氏族的钛是钛社会的战士，是钛中体型最大、身体最强壮的，几代人的繁殖已经消除了虚弱。
Fio (Earth) - Engineers, T'au of the Earth Caste have the most numerous population of all the castes, most being physically sturdy labourers who staff farms, factories and construction crews, and their brightest minds go on to be engineers and doctors.
菲（土）- 土氏族的钛是所有氏族中人口最多的，他们大多是体格健壮的体力劳动者，在农场、工厂和建筑工人的工作，他们最聪明的头脑后来成为了工程师和医生。
Kor (Air) - Spacefarers, T'au of the Air Caste are sometimes known as "the invisible caste" because they spend most of their time aboard the spacecraft that make up the T'au navy. Generations of exposure to micro-gravity leaves them with hollow bones and a tolerance for high acceleration, though their frailty means they are sluggish and weak in even moderate gravity environments.
科（气）- 气氏族的钛有时被称为“隐形氏族”，因为他们大部分时间都在组成钛海军的航天器上度过。几代人暴露在微重力环境中，使他们的骨骼中空，对高加速度有耐受性，尽管他们的脆弱意味着即使在中等重力环境中，他们也会行动迟缓。
From highest to lowest, the ranks in Tau society are:
从最高到最低，钛社会的等级是：
O 欧
El 埃
Vre 维
Ui 乌
La 拉
Saal 萨
Sept 家门世界
T'au come from many planetary systems, or Septs, and these shape and define their methods of work. Septs are ruled by a Elemental Council, though final say goes to the Ethereal governor.
钛来自许多行星系统，或称家门世界，这些行星系统塑造并定义了它们的工作方法。家门世界由以太议会统治，但最终决定权在于以太总督。
Some of the most important Septs are:
一些最重要的家门世界是：
T'au - Homeworld
钛 - 家园世界
T'au'n - The first Tau colony.
钛'恩 - 第一个钛殖民地
Vior'la - Military centre of the T'au Empire.
维奥'拉 - 钛帝国的军事中心。
D'yanoi - Isolated for a period and considered rustic/backwards.
迪'亚诺伊 - 与世隔绝一段时间，被认为是乡村/落后的。
Bork'an - Manufacturing hub.
博克'安 - 制造中心
Dal'yth - Cosmopolitan.
达'利斯 - 大都会
Fal'shia - Known for its technological innovations.
法尔'什亚 - 以技术创新而闻名
Sa'cea - Heavily urbanised and militarised.
萨'恰 - 高度城市化和军事化
Personal Name 个人姓名
T'au personal names, unlike those of humans, usually mean things in their language, depending on the deeds in their lives. These names are apparently not assigned at birth, but descriptive of the individual as they distinguish themselves. Some examples are 'Kais' (Skillful), 'Vral' (Undercut), and 'Tsua'm' (Middle).
与人类不同，钛的名字在他们的语言中通常意味着什么，这取决于他们生活中的行为。这些名字显然不是在出生时指定的，而是描述了个体的区别。一些例子是“凯斯”（熟练）、“维拉尔”（切割）和“苏阿'姆”（中间）。
Example 示例
Thus, the T'au named "Shas'O Vior'la Shovah Kais Mont'yr" (a.k.a. Commander Farsight) would be broken down as follows:
因此，名为“沙'欧·维奥'拉·肖瓦·凯斯·蒙特'伊”（又名远见指挥官）的钛姓名将分解如下：
Shas - The individual is a member of the Fire Caste...
沙 - 该个体是火氏族的成员...
O - ...who is a high-ranking Commander and hero...
欧 - …是一位高级指挥官和英雄...
Vior'la - ...who comes from the Sept of Vior'la...
维奥'拉 - …来自维奥'拉家园世界...
...and has a personal name translated as being far-sighted (Shovah), skilled (Kais), and having seen many battles (Mont'yr, meaning "blooded").
…并且有一个个人姓名，翻译为有远见（肖瓦），有技能（凯斯），看过许多战斗（蒙特'伊，意思是“血”）。
Biology 生理
The broad role a T'au fulfills in their society is dictated by the caste to which they are born, and each caste is physically distinct from one another, to the point of being practically separate sub-species.
钛在他们的社会中扮演的广泛角色是由他们出生的氏族决定的，每个氏族在身体上都是彼此不同的，几乎是独立的亚种。
Every T'au is humanoid in shape, with two arms, two cloven feet, and a single head. T'au are generally shorter than humans, smaller in stature and with less muscle mass and body weight. Their grey-blue skin is leathery and tough and exudes no moisture, owing to the generally dry conditions of their homeworld. Their faces are flat, wide around the eyes, and their olfactory organs are located inside their mouths. Their eyes can see into the infrared and ultraviolet. T'au eyesight is good, but they take longer to focus on distant objects than humans. The T'au are not very good in close combat, as they find the whole concept uncivilised.
每一个钛都是人形的，有两只胳膊、两只分叉的脚和一个头。钛通常比人类矮，身材矮小，肌肉质量和体重较轻。它们灰蓝色的皮肤坚韧，不含水分，因为它们的家园世界通常很干燥。它们的脸是平的，眼睛周围很宽，嗅觉器官位于嘴里。他们的眼睛可以看到红外线和紫外线。钛的视力很好，但他们比人类需要更长的时间来关注远处的物体。钛在近身格斗中并不擅长，因为他们觉得整个概念都是不文明的。
The T'au have three digits and a single opposable thumb on each hand. The main skeletal difference from humans is the bone structure of their lower legs, feet, and ankles. T'au have shorter tibia and fibia equivalent bones, but their feet have elongated cuneiform bones and tali and two large central weight-bearing toes. The T'au have evolved to stand and move without using their heels.
钛有三个手指，每只手都有一个相对的拇指。与人类骨骼的主要区别在于小腿、脚和脚踝的骨骼结构。钛的胫骨和腓骨较短，但他们的脚有细长的楔形骨和跗骨，以及两个大的中央承重脚趾。钛已经进化到不用脚跟站立和移动。
The colour of a T'au’s skin often depends on their caste as well which sept they call home. In general, it can be said that the Air Caste have the palest pigmentation, while Fire Caste tend to have the darkest. The darker the T'au’s bluish-grey skin, the closer to the sun they live - therefore those living on Vior'la have much darker skin than those from Bork'an. Also it is known that some strange quality in the green-tinged sun of the N'dras sept can leave those from that region slightly mottled.
钛的肤色往往取决于他们的氏族，也取决于他们称之为家的家门世界。一般来说，可以说气氏族的肤色最淡，而火氏族的肤色往往最深。钛的蓝灰色皮肤越深，他们就越靠近太阳，因此居住在维奥'拉的人的皮肤比居住在博克'安的人要深得多。众所周知，恩'达斯家园世界的绿色阳光中的一些奇怪品质会使该地区的人略微杂色。
It has also been suggested by several Imperial observers that T'au blood is bluish-purple, explaining that the blood contains trace amounts of cobalt, rather than iron as common in humans.
几位帝国观察者也提出，钛的血是蓝紫色的，解释说血液中含有微量的钴，而不是人类常见的铁。
It is known that life span of the T'au is short, with a life expectancy of around 50 years. Imperial juvenat treatments can extend this limit to upwards of 83 years, though doing so is considered unnatural. Most T'au need only 1-2 decs (1.5-3 Terra hours) of sleep per every rotaa (rotaa - 15 Terran hours), so approximaley 1.5 Terran hours for 15-hour T'au "day".
众所周知，钛的寿命很短，预期寿命约为50岁。帝国回春手术的治疗可以将这一限制延长到83岁以上，尽管这样做被认为是不自然的。每若塔（若塔 - 15泰拉时），大多数钛只需要1-2戴克斯（1.5 - 3泰拉时）的睡眠，所以15小时的钛“日”近似1.5个泰拉时。
At least some T'au are born and raised as infants in communal Drone-operated nurseries.
至少有一些钛在公共无人机运营的托儿所出生和长大。
The T’au are capable of exuding scents that convey their mood and emotional state to others of their kind.
钛能够散发出气味，将他们的心情和情绪状态传达给同类中的其他人。
The T'au and Human shared similar hearing ranges, with the T'au seem deaf to higher frequencies while capable of distinguishing sounds most humans would perceive merely as uncomfortable vibration. This caused the Imperials to consider the T'au to have lamentable taste in music.
钛和人类的听力范围相似，钛似乎对更高的频率充耳不闻，但能够区分大多数人类只能感知到的不舒服的振动。这使得帝国认为钛的音乐品味令人遗憾。
T'au and the Warp 钛与亚空间
The T'au have no visible psykers whatsoever among their ranks, for their souls are so feeble they barely register in the Warp at all. For a time they were largely oblivious to the malevolent forces of Chaos, who in turn took little interest in the crumbs that are T'au souls.
在他们的队伍中没有任何可见的灵能者，因为他们的灵魂是如此虚弱，以至于他们几乎没有在亚空间中显示。有一段时间，他们基本上没有注意到混沌的邪恶力量，而混沌对量少的钛灵魂也不感兴趣。
T'au Command Centre 钛指挥中心
Because they have no Navigators, T'au ships cannot travel through the heart of the Warp like Imperium ships do. Instead, they make shallow "dives" into the Warp, a much slower form of travel. Because they have no astropaths, the T'au are reliant on messenger ships to communicate across the stars. These handicaps greatly slow the expansion of the T'au Empire.
由于没有导航者，钛舰船无法像帝国舰船那样穿越亚空间中心。相反，它们会在亚空间中进行浅层“潜航”，这是一种速度慢得多的航行方式。因为他们没有星语者，所以他们依靠信使船进行星际通信。这些障碍大大减缓了钛帝国的扩张。
The T'au do seem to have some influence on the Warp and vice-versa, as seen by the apparent Warp Entity made in the T'au's image encountered by the Fourth Sphere of Expansion.
从第四界扩张遇到的钛图像中明显的亚空间实体可以看出，钛似乎确实对亚空间有一定的影响，反之亦然。
T'au Warfare 钛战争
T'au ground warfare is carried out almost exclusively by the Fire Caste, while the Air Caste is responsible for aerial and space combat, and providing transport between systems. The basic Fire Caste military unit is known as a Cadre, or Kau'ui, similar in size and role to an Imperial Guard Company, and is primarily made up of T'au from the same sept.
钛的地面战几乎完全由火氏族进行，而气氏族则负责空中和太空作战，并提供星系之间的运输。火氏族的基本军事单位被称为基核，或考'钨，在规模和作用上与帝国卫队相似，主要由同一个家门世界的钛组成。
The most commonly-fielded Cadre is a combined-arms formation (made up of multiple Teams, or La'rua), though more specialised Cadres exist such as a Battlesuit Retaliation Cadre and a Pathfinder Infiltration Cadre. Three to six Cadres will often fight together as part of a Contingent, or Tio've similar to an Imperial Guard Regiment and commanded by the most senior Cadre commander. Three to six Contingents may be grouped together into a Battle (also known as a Commune or Kavaal), though this is only a temporary formation. All Fire Caste forces in a given location, whether a planet or star system, are grouped into a Command under the leadership of a High Commander, with the four Commands (or Uash'o) (Fire, Earth, Water and Air) grouped into a Coalition (or Shan'al) under the command of the local Ethereals.
最常部署的基核是联合兵种编队（由多个小队或拉'鲁阿组成），尽管存在更专业的基核，如战斗服报复基核和探路者渗透基核。三到六个基核经常作为特遣队或者蒂欧'维的一部分一起战斗，类似于帝国卫队兵团，由最高级的基核指挥官指挥。三到六个特遣队可以组成一个战斗（也称为公社或卡瓦尔），尽管这只是一个临时编队。在给定位置的所有火氏族部队，无论是行星还是恒星系统，都在一位高级指挥官的领导下组成一个指挥部，四个指挥部（或乌什'欧）（火、土、水和气）在当地以太的指挥下组成联合体（或杉'奥）。
The T'au prefer to carefully plan their assaults and tend to fight only after carefully coordinating all available troops. They also prefer to fight offensively, concerned more with the destruction of the enemy than the taking and holding of ground. The T'au believe that territory is much easier to hold when all enemies are dead. Instead of trying to defend a base or city, the T'au would rather dismantle all the important technology, evacuate, and come back to defeat the occupying force at a later time when their army is sufficient for the task.
钛更喜欢仔细计划他们的进攻，往往只有在仔细协调所有可用的部队后才能作战。他们也更喜欢进攻性的战斗，更关心的是摧毁敌人，而不是占领和守住阵地。钛认为，当所有敌人都死了，领土更容易控制。与其试图保卫一个基地或城市，钛宁愿拆除所有重要技术，撤离，并在稍后军队足以完成任务时回来击败占领军。
The two primary T'au tactics (known as metastrategies) are the Mont'ka (Killing Blow, metastrategy of the perfect strike) and Kauyon (Patient Hunter, metastrategy of patience and ambush).
两种主要的钛战术（称为元战略）是蒙特'卡（杀戮打击，完美打击的元战略）和空育（耐心猎手，忍耐和伏击的元策略）。
Aside from these two principles, the T'au also make use of other metastrategies, including the Rinyon (Circle of Blades, metastrategy of envelopment) and the Rip'yka (Thousand Daggers, metastrategy of cumulative strikes).
除了这两个原则外，钛还利用了其他元战略，包括环勇（刃环，包围的元战略）和瑞皮'卡（千匕，渐增打击的元战略）。
T'au Empire forces 钛帝国部队
The T'au have a formidable standing army but also make use of auxiliary units including the Kroot, Gue'vesa Auxiliaries and Vespid, sometimes using them as the lure in the Kauyon attack method.
钛有一支强大的常备军，但也利用辅助部队，包括克鲁特、古'维萨辅助军和胡蜂人，有时在空域攻击方式中用他们作为诱饵。
T'au Warriors 钛战士
The T'au Fire Caste is very much a ranged-combat oriented army. A common tactic is to engage the enemy at the maximum range of their weapons, which typically have a longer range and greater firepower than the equivalent weapons of other armies. T'au usually try to take out the strongest weapons of the enemy as well as keeping enemy troops from reaching the T'au lines, as most T'au units are weak in close combat. A more prevalent tactic amongst T'au veterans is the "Mecha-T'au" approach, which utilities the inherent mobility and speed of T'au vehicles and battlesuits to confuse and overwhelm the enemy by engaging them at all levels of the battlefield.
钛火氏族是一支以远程作战为导向的军队。一种常见的战术是在敌人武器的最大射程与敌人交战，这些武器通常比其他军队的同等武器具有更长的射程和更大的火力。由于大多数部队在近距离战斗中都很弱，因此钛通常会试图逼出敌人最强大的武器，并阻止敌军到达钛战线。在钛老兵中，一种更为普遍的战术是“机甲-钛”方式，该方式利用钛载具和战斗服的固有机动性和速度，通过在战场的各个层面与敌人交战来迷惑和压倒敌人。
The T'au army is highly specialised, with each element normally having a specific task in support of the rest of the force. Fire Warrior teams make up the line troops while forward scouts known as Pathfinders scout enemy positions and provide fire support with Rail Rifles and markerlight target designators. The T'au also deploy Broadside Battlesuits and Crisis Battlesuits in supporting roles, providing specialised weapons to deal with any hot spots on the battlefield or providing heavy anti-tank fire. Stealthsuit teams operate independently of the main force, unleashing devastating fire from hidden positions.
钛军队高度专业化，每个部队通常都有特定的任务来支援其他部队。火战士小队组成了一线部队，而被称为探路者的前方侦察兵则侦察敌方阵地，并使用轨道步枪和标记灯目标指示器提供火力支援。钛还部署了舷侧战斗服和危机战斗服作为支援角色，提供专门的武器来应对战场上的任何热点，或提供重型反坦克火力。隐形服小组独立于主力部队行动，从隐蔽的位置发射毁灭性的火力。
The T'au also make extensive use of small, A.I.-controlled drones, typically equipped with guns or forcefields. Drones can be used to protect teams of Fire Warriors and battlesuits or support tanks, and can even be grouped into independent squadrons.
钛还广泛使用小型人工智能控制的无人机，通常配备枪支或力场。无人机可用于保护火战士小队和战斗服或支援坦克，甚至可以组成独立的中队。
Technology 技术
The Tau have a solid grasp on their own technology and have quickly developed to become one of the more technologically advanced races in the galaxy. Over the span of only a few millennia, they developed from simple hunter-gatherers using stone tools on T'au to an interstellar civilization. They have displayed high levels of proficiency of advanced technological concepts such as Plasma technology, anti-gravitic engines, robotics, and Artificial Intelligence. They are capable of great feats of stellar engineering, such as creating artificial worlds and orbital docks. Tau technology is highly dynamic, and is developing at a rapid pace compared to the other races of the galaxy.
钛对自己的技术有着扎实的掌握，并迅速发展成为银河系中技术更先进的种族之一。在短短几千年的时间里，他们从使用石头工具的简单狩猎采集者发展成为一个星际文明。他们展示了对等离子技术、反重力引擎、机器人和人工智能等先进技术概念的高度熟练。他们能够完成恒星工程的伟大壮举，比如创造人造世界和轨道码头。钛技术是高度动态的，与银河系的其他种族相比，它的发展速度很快。
The T'au are known to incorporate technological designs from other races to improve their own capabilities. This was displayed when they were introduced to Ion weapons by the "Demiurg", a Prospect of the Leagues of Votann and quickly produced their own models.
众所周知，钛会结合其他种族的技术设计来提高自己的能力。当他们被沃坦联盟的探矿组织“德莫格”介绍离子武器时，他们展示了这一点，并迅速制作了自己的模式。
Weaponry 武器
The basic weapons of the Fire Caste propel particles that break down into plasma pulses as they are fired. This is commonly used in the long-range Pulse Rifle and more portable Pulse Carbine, the latter of which sports an underslung Auxiliary Grenade Launcher. A rapid-fire variation of the Pulse Carbine, known as the burst cannon, is also used on vehicles and battlesuits.
火氏族的基本武器推动粒子在发射时分解为等离子脉冲。这通常用于长程脉冲步枪和更便携的脉冲卡宾枪，后者配有下挂式辅助榴弹发射器。脉冲卡宾枪的一种快速射击变体，称为爆裂炮，也用于车辆和战斗服。
The T'au are known to use ion cannons and railguns in their ships as well as their vehicles with various guided and unguided missiles. They also arm their battlesuits with a variety of weapons, ranging from burst cannons and Missile Pods, to Fusion Blasters, Plasma Rifles and Flamers.
众所周知，钛在他们的船上使用离子炮和轨道炮，在他们的载具上使用各种制导和非制导导弹。他们还用各种武器武装自己的战斗服，从爆裂炮和导弹吊舱到融合爆破炮、等离子步枪和火焰枪。
Space Fleet 太空舰队
The T'au space fleet is known as the Kor'vattra, and is crewed by T'au of the Air Caste. Since the earliest days of the First Sphere of Expansion, the Kor'vattra was given high priority by the Ethereals, and their space-faring technology advanced at a rapid pace, increasing their reach substantially in the span of a few centuries. The Kor'vattra suffered tremendous losses to the Imperial fleet during the Damocles Crusade, with their defeat at the Hydass system being particularly noteworthy. Compounding these pressures were exploring tendrils of the Tyranid hive fleets encroaching on T'au space. Following this, the Ethereals provided the very best Earth Caste scientists with whatever resources they needed to modernise and expand the Kor'vattra in a program titled the Kor'or'vesh. It is believed that the T'au's aggressive territorial expansion and the need to upgrade has placed great pressure on the Kor'vattra.
钛太空舰队被称为科'瓦恰，由气氏族的钛驾驶。自第一界扩张的最早时期以来，科'瓦恰就受到了以太的高度重视，他们的航天技术迅速发展，在几个世纪的时间里大大增加了他们的覆盖范围。在达摩克利斯远征期间，科'瓦恰遭受了帝国舰队的巨大损失，他们在海达斯星系的失败尤其值得注意。更糟糕的是，他们正在探索侵犯钛空域的泰伦虫巢舰队的卷须。在此之后，以太为最优秀的土氏族科学家提供了他们所需的任何资源，以在名为科'欧'维许的计划中实现科'瓦恰的现代化和扩展。据信，钛的侵略性领土扩张和升级的需要给科'瓦恰带来了巨大的压力。
Until the recent advent of the Startide Nexus, the Tau lacked the faster FTL of the other major galactic races. Their ships mostly utilize Gravitic Drives, which while capable of faster-than-light travel still see longer voyages that often require the occupants to be put inside Cryostasis Units for much of the duration.
在星潮枢纽最近出现之前，钛缺乏其他主要银河系种族中更快的超光速。他们的船只大多使用重力驱动，虽然能够比光速更快地航行，但仍然可以看到更长的航程，这通常需要在大部分时间内将乘客放在冷冻装置内。
Notable Characters 著名成员
Aun'Va - High Ethereal and Master of the Undying Spirit
铵'瓦 - 至高以太和不朽精神大师
Aun'shi - Hero of Fio'vash
铵'史 - 菲奥'瓦什的英雄
Shas'O T'au Shaserra (aka Commander Shadowsun) - Supreme Commander of the T'au Empire's military forces. Student of Commander Puretide.
沙'欧·钛·沙塞拉（又名影阳指挥官）-钛帝国军队的最高指挥官。清汐指挥官的学生。
Puretide - Legendary T'au Commander during the Second Sphere of Expansion
清汐 - 第二界扩张时期的传奇钛指挥官
Shas'O Vior'la Shovah Kais Mont'yr (aka Commander Farsight) - Leader of the breakaway Farsight Enclaves and a student of Commander Puretide
沙'欧·维奥'拉·肖瓦·凯斯·蒙特'伊（又名远见指挥官）- 分离远见飞地的领导人和清汐指挥官的学生
Shas'O Kais - Leader of the T'au forces on Kronus in Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
沙'欧·凯斯 - 战争黎明：黑暗远征时克罗诺斯的钛部队领袖。
Kor'o Y'eldi - Air Caste High Admiral
科'欧·耶'尔迪 - 气氏族至高海军上将
Shas'O R'myr (aka Commander Longknife) - Supreme Commander of the T'au coalition on Taros
沙'欧·雷'米尔（又名长刀指挥官）- 塔罗斯钛联合体至高指挥官
Shas'O R'alai - Commander from the sept world of Kel'shan. Pilots a XV-9 Hazard Battle suit
沙'欧·瑞'奥艾 - 来自克尔'杉家门世界的指挥官。驾驶XV-9危险战斗服
Shas'O Sa'cea Lasa Aun'Kor Mont'yr (aka Commander Coldfire) - Hero of the Tyrannic War
沙'欧·萨'赛阿·拉撒·铵'科·蒙特'伊（又名冷焰指挥官）- 泰伦战争英雄
Shas'La Kais - Main character of the game Fire Warrior
沙'拉·凯斯 - 游戏《火战士》的主角
Shas'La T'au Sha'ng (aka Longstrike) - Famed Tank Ace
沙'拉·钛·沙'昂（又名长击）-著名的坦克王牌
Shas'El Lusha - T'au Commander in the game Fire Warrior
沙'埃·卢沙 -《火战士》游戏中的钛指挥官
Shas'vre Doros - pilot of the KV128 Stormsurge
沙'维·多罗斯 - KV128风暴潮驾驶员
El'Myamoto (aka Darkstrider) - Famed T'au Pathfinder
埃'玛亚莫托（又名黑暗斗士）-著名的钛寻路者
Vorcah - Shas'el Vorcah commanded the T'au defence on the colony of Sha'draig when it was invaded by Hive Fleet Gorgon in 900.M41
沃卡斯 - 900.M41，当沙'德莱格殖民地被虫巢舰队戈尔贡入侵时，沙'尔·沃卡斯指挥了该殖民地的钛防御
Auxiliaries 辅助军
The T'au ally and hire various alien species, and employ them in their military as Auxiliaries.
钛结盟并雇佣了各种外星物种，并将其作为辅助军用于军队。
Assimilated 同化
Anthrazods 安斯拉佐德
Boaburi 博阿布瑞
Brachyura 布拉基乌拉
Charpactin 查尔帕辛
Demiurg (Squats)
德穆革（矮人）
Formosian 弗尔莫西亚
Galgs 高尔格
G’nosh 基'诺什
Greet 格利特
Human (Gue'vesa Auxiliaries)
人类（古'维萨辅助军）
Hrenian 赫雷尼安
Jagordian 雅戈尔迪安
Ji'atrix 基'阿特里克斯
Kroot 克鲁特
Morralian 莫拉里安
Nagi 纳基
M'uh'ja 牧'胡'加
Nicassar 尼卡萨
Phosiab 弗西亚布
Pohu-Agg 波胡-阿戈
Ranghon 朗宏
Thraxians 特拉希安
Vespid 胡蜂人
Yabi-Yabi 亚比-亚比
Vorgh 沃格
Extinct 灭绝
Poctroon 珀克纯
Trivia 琐事
Development of the T'au originally began when Gav Thorpe sought to create a counterpart to Warhammer Fantasy's Lizardmen within the Warhammer 40,000 setting. Dubbed the "Shishell", they would include a caste system that saw the Slaan Priests of the Lizardmen changed to the Ethereals, though they were made non-psychic to differentiate them from the Eldar. The Shishell would eventually be renamed the Tau, and lose many of their lizardmen qualities, though the envisioned Caste System remained. Jes Goodwin eventually proposed a Japanese/mecha look to the T'au in order to attract new players and take advantage of the popularity of anime. According to Andy Chambers, the T'au were originally developed to be idealistic and altruistic to contrast the other factions of the setting.
钛的发展最初是在加夫·索普试图在战锤40000的设置中创建战锤幻想的蜥蜴人的对应物时开始的。被称为“希谢尔”，他们将包括一个氏族制度，看到蜥蜴人的史兰祭司变成了以太，尽管他们被制成非灵能者，以区别于灵族。希谢尔最终更名为钛，并失去了他们的许多蜥蜴人品质，尽管设想的氏族制度仍然存在。杰斯·古德温最终对钛提出了日本/机甲外观，以吸引新玩家并利用动漫的流行。据安迪·钱伯斯称，钛最初是为了理想主义和利他主义而发展起来的，以与背景中的其他派系形成对比。
The Kroot were originally intended as a separate army, but were eventually folded into the T'au Empire.
克鲁特最初打算作为一支独立的军队，但最终被并入了钛帝国。
Tau vs T'au 陶与钛
When first introduced, the faction was referred to as the Tau. But beginning with 8th Edition, an apostrophe was added to the name, making it T'au, though this isn't intended to change the pronunciation.
首次引入时，该派系被称为陶。但从第8版开始，名字中添加了撇号，使其成为钛，尽管这并不是为了改变发音。
