A Genestealer Cult is a community of Genestealers, genestealer hybrids, as well as the completely human convert-hosts, infected victims and genetic relatives known as Brood Brothers, existing within another society.
基因窃取者教派是一个由基因窃取者、混血基因窃取者以及完全人类转变宿主、受感染的受害者和被称为族裔兄弟的遗传亲属组成的团体，存在于另一个社会中。
Genestealer Cult forces battle Space Marines 基因窃取者教派部队与星际战士作战
Genestealer cults form if a Genestealer infects members of another species with its genetic code. The resultant changes in the genome of the host cause a fanatical loyalty to the genestealers, as well as a drastic change to their reproductive system; their firstborn children will be hybrids, a grotesque mixture of the host's race and genestealers. These hybrids infect further victims, and the infection spreads exponentially. Fourth generation hybrids produce purestrain genestealers, and the cycle starts once again. This brood of purestrains, hybrids, and neophytes is held together by strong psychic and genetic bonds, and assembles around the original genestealer, which becomes the patriarch. Because this community is often hidden behind the facade of a religion or political movement, it is called a genestealer cult by the Imperium.
如果基因窃取者用其遗传编码感染另一个物种的成员，就会形成基因窃取者教派。宿主基因组的变化导致了对基因窃取者的狂热忠诚，以及他们的生殖系统的剧烈变化；他们的长子将是混血，这是宿主种族和基因窃取者的奇怪混合体。这些混血会感染更多的受害者，感染呈指数级传播。第四代混血产生了纯血的基因窃取者，循环再次开始。这群纯血、混血和新血被强大的灵能和遗传纽带联系在一起，围绕着最初的成为族长的基因窃取者聚集在一起。由于这个团体往往隐藏在宗教或政治运动的表象之下，因此被帝国称为基因窃取者教派。
As the cult's numbers grow, more specialized types of hybrids are created to serve the patriarch, which is now worshiped as a god. These include magi, primuses, loci, etc.. The cult will often grow and plot below the surface of their host world, using this base of operations to gradually infiltrate into the above society. Later generations are less monstrous than their forbears and can freely walk among Imperial society without much notice. Often a genestealer cult will recruit from the downtrodden underbelly of society, characterizing themselves as liberators from the brutal yoke of Imperial rule. A fully mature cult can be huge, numbering in the billions and covering several worlds.
随着教派人数的增长，人们创造了更特殊类型的混血来为族长服务，族长现在被尊为神。这些包括主教、领军、卫士等。教派往往会在宿主世界的表面下生长和策划，利用这个行动基地逐渐渗透到上层社会。后代不像他们的祖先那么可怕，可以在帝国社会中自由行走，不受太多关注。通常，一个基因窃取者教派会从社会底层招募成员，将自己描述为帝国统治残酷枷锁的解放者。一个完全成熟的教派可能是巨大的，数量可达数十亿，覆盖了几个世界。
The Cult's primary concern is their propagation, but overtime this transitions to preparing their host world for the coming of a Tyranid Hive Fleet. Cultists often see this as an anointed holy day of salvation, and they will work fanatically to see a victim population is ready for consumption. At the chosen hour the Genestealer Cult rises up, unleashing a devastating and well-planned assault that can devastate entire Systems.
教派的主要关注点是他们的传播，但随着时间的推移，这将过渡到为他们的宿主世界做好准备，迎接泰伦虫巢舰队的到来。信徒们经常把这看作是一个受膏的救赎圣日，他们会狂热地工作，让受害者群体做好消耗的准备。在选定的时刻，基因窃取者教派崛起，发动了一场毁灭性的、精心策划的攻击，可以摧毁整个星系。
Hierarchy and Organization 层次结构和组织
Brood Coven 族会
At the top of a Genestealer Cult stands the Patriarch — he determines every action of the cult as its progenitor - he is beloved and seen as a kind of father-figure or, in the case of the Brood Brothers, as a god. Using the Broodmind to maintain control over his forces, besides him in the hierarchy stands the Magus and Primus. These hybrids are of the fourth generation, who operates as a public leadership figure. Patriarch, Magus, and Primus form, together with the other hybrids and Genestealers, an inner circle known as the Broodcoven, which is responsible for leading the cult.
在基因窃取者的顶端站着族长 — 他将教派的每一个行为都视为其先驱 — 他受到爱戴，被视为一种父亲般的人物，或者在族裔兄弟的情况下，他被视为神。使用族裔思维来保持对他的部队的控制，除了他在等级制度中之外，还有主教和领军。这些混血是第四代，他们作为公共领导人物运作。族长、主教和领军与其他混血和基因窃取者一起组成了一个被称为族会的内环，负责领导教派。
Genestealer Cult hierarchy 基因窃取者教派等级制度
The Patriarch and the Magus hold the highest level of leadership within the cult. The death of either figure, or worse, both figures causes, at first, confusion among the cult members. The cult's hierarchy, however, can adapt and recover quickly, and even the deaths of both figures will not shatter or destroy a cult. In the case of the Patriarch's death, the Magus assumes the sole leadership over the cult until the next oldest Purestrain Genestealer becomes the new Patriarch.
族长和主教在教派中拥有最高级别的领导权。任何一个人物的死亡，或者更糟糕的是，两个人物的死亡，最初都会在教派成员中造成混乱。然而，教派的等级制度可以迅速适应和恢复，即使两位人物的死亡也不会粉碎或摧毁教派。在族长死亡的情况下，主教将承担对教派的唯一领导权，直到下一位最年长的纯血基因窃取者成为新的族长。
Specialized Hybrids 特殊族裔
A wide variety of specialist Hybrids have also been observed, such as the Clamavus, Biophagus, Nexos, Sanctus, Reductus, Kelermorph, Locus, and Benefictus. Beneath these are the standard Genestealer Hybrids, Genestealer Aberrants, Abominants, and Genestealer Familiars.
还观察到了各种各样的特殊混血，如宣道者、传疫者、指挥者、圣裁者、隐蔽者、决斗者、卫士和受祝者。下面是标准的基因窃取者族裔、基因窃取者畸变体、畸变主宰和基因窃取者魔宠。
Infestation 侵扰
All the cultists of a given world are known as an infestation, and each population area can propagate several full brood cycles. All the cultists in a given population center are known as a gene-sect. Some populations are only numerous enough to support one gene-sect, but on those worlds that are heavily populated, several can coexist. Though each gene-sect may further differentiate itself with markings and subtleties of coloration, ultimately they all hail from the same Patriarch, and usually work together seamlessly. Each gene-sect has its own specialist organisms and leaders. These usually hail from the fourth generation, and hence can pass for human. So close are they in thought and deed that they and their peers in other gene-sects may even band together to fight in the same place at the same time. These gene-sects, usually at least several hundred members strong, are further subdivided into claws. Claws typically number between fifty and a hundred warriors, formed for specific duties, these are assembled and disbanded according to the cult’s needs. Claws will have at least one leader figure that guides them in their mission, and each Magus and Primus will have several claws at their disposal, ranging from neophyte groups that can pass for human to monstrous broods of aberrants that are unmistakably alien.
一个特定世界的所有信徒都被称为侵扰，每个人口区域都可以繁殖几个完整的族群。一个特定人口中心的所有信徒都被称为基因教派。有些人口的数量只足以支持一个基因教派，但在那些人口稠密的世界上，几个可以共存。尽管每个基因教派可能会通过标记和微妙的颜色进一步区分自己，但最终它们都来自同一个族长，并且通常无缝地协同工作。每个基因教派都有自己的特殊生物和领导者。这些通常来自第四代，因此可以被视为人类。他们在思想和行为上如此接近，以至于他们和其他基因教派的同辈甚至可能在同一时间、同一地点联合起来作战。这些基因教派通常至少有几百个成员，进一步细分为利爪。利爪通常有五十到一百名战士，为特定的任务而组成，根据教派的需要进行组装和解散。利爪将至少有一个领袖人物来引导他们的任务，每个主教和领军都将有几个利爪可供支配，从可以被误认为是人类的新血群体到明显是异型的可怕的族裔畸变体。
The cycle of reproduction of a Genestealer Cult 基因窃取者教派的繁殖周期
Once the cult reaches a point of maturity where it feels secure enough that it can spare the resources to spread, it sends out a Genestealer – or even an entire brood – to find new prey. These will either come from the original brood to have made planetfall, known as the First Curse, or the Purestrain Genestealers of a brood cycle’s fifth generation. These vectors of infection will start a new gene-sect should they find another suitable population center on the same world, or an entirely new infestation if they reach a planet that can support a splinter of the parent cult.
一旦教派达到足够安全的成熟点，可以腾出资源进行传播，它就会派出一只基因窃取者 — 甚至是一整个族裔 — 去寻找新的猎物。这些要么来自造成行星陷落的原初族裔，被称为第一诅咒，要么来自族群第五代的纯血基因窃取者。如果这些感染媒介在同一个世界上找到另一个合适的人口中心，它们将开始一个新的基因教派，或者如果它们到达一个可以支持母教派分裂的行星，它们将发起一次全新的侵扰。
Brood Brothers may exist outside the cult but are still ultimately part of the clan. Even further outside stand the uninfected allies of the cult, mostly members of suppressed minorities, social fringe groups as well as mutants. These groups are not considered ideal hosts as they cannot contribute to the cult's political power. They are mostly seen as unessential elements, of use only when the cult actively rebels, and are exploited ruthlessly.
族裔兄弟可能存在于教派之外，但最终仍是氏族的一部分。更远是教派的未受感染的盟友，他们大多是受压迫的少数群体、社会边缘群体以及变种人。这些团体不被认为是理想的宿主，因为他们不能为教派的政治权力做出贡献。他们大多被视为不必要的成员，只有在教派主动叛乱时才有用，并被无情地利用。
Genestealer Cults and the Tyranids 基因窃取者教派和泰伦
To a Genestealer Cult, the Tyranid is worshipped as a deity. Often the cults call the Tyranids Star Children or describe them with similarly grandiose-religious titles like Father's Fathers or Emperor's angels. The Cult views the coming Hive Fleet as a long-awaited prophecy, its arrival heralding their lifting into the light forever.
对于基因窃取者教派来说，泰伦被当作神来崇拜。教派经常称泰伦为星之子，或者用类似的宏伟宗教头衔来描述他们，比如祖父或帝皇的天使。教派将即将到来的虫巢舰队视为一个期待已久的预言，它的到来预示着他们将永远升入光明之中。
Genestealer Cult Shrine 基因窃取者教派圣地
Genestealers are effectively the heralds of Tyranid invasions, because the psychic power of the Patriarch shines like a beacon in the Warp and is perceived by the Hive Fleets of the Tyranids. As the cult's power grows over the world, the beacon becomes stronger, signaling to the Tyranids the location of a biologically rich world. By the time the Hive Fleets arrive, the world may already be completely in the hands of the Genestealer Cult, or torn apart by civil war between the cult and the remaining free society, or at least weakened and rife with traitors. Acting in concert with the Hive Mind, a Genestealer Cult will fanatically fight for the Tyranids once it has arrived over their world.
基因窃取者实际上是泰伦入侵的先驱，因为族长的灵能力量像亚空间中的灯塔一样闪耀，并被泰伦的虫巢舰队所感知。随着教派的力量在世界各地增长，灯塔变得越来越强，向泰伦发出了生物质丰富世界的位置信号。当虫巢舰队到达时，世界可能已经完全掌握在基因窃取者教派手中，或者被教派与剩余的自由社会之间的内战撕裂，或者至少被削弱并充斥着叛徒。与虫巢思维协同行动，一旦到达他们的世界，基因窃取者邪教将狂热地为泰伦而战。
However, a Hive Fleet's arrival usually seals the destiny of a cult. Either their host society destroys them and their Xenos allies or the Tyranid invasion succeeds, resulting in all surviving cult members being absorbed like the rest of the planet. After the opposition is defeated, the Genestealer Patriarch and its Brood of Purestrain Genestealers will massacre its own without hesitation. The cult's biomass is harvested and consumed by the Tyranid Hive Fleet. Genestealer Cults differ greatly in their reaction to this fate. Some cultists are aware of their ultimate destiny long before the Hive Fleet's arrival and welcome the idea to be absorbed into a greater whole; many will weep in joy or sing praises even as they are torn apart by their former allies. However, other cults or even individual cultists are surprised and horrified when the truth is revealed to them, sometimes embracing their human nature just before their demise. In rare cases, cultists may even rebel against the Tyranids after understanding what is happening to them.
然而，虫巢舰队的到来通常决定了教派的命运。要么他们的宿主社会摧毁他们和他们的异型盟友，要么泰伦入侵成功，导致所有幸存的教派成员像行星上其他地方一样被吸收。在反抗者被击败后，基因窃取者族长及其纯血基因窃取者兄弟将毫不犹豫地屠杀自己。该教派的生物质被泰伦虫巢舰队收割和消耗。基因窃取者教派对这种命运的反应大不相同。一些信徒早在虫巢舰队到来之前就意识到了他们的最终命运，并欢迎这个想法被吸收到一个更大的整体中；许多人会高兴地哭泣或歌颂，即使他们被以前的盟友撕裂。然而，当真相被揭露时，其他教派甚至个别教派都会感到惊讶和恐惧，有时甚至在他们死亡前接受了他们的人性。在极少数情况下，信徒甚至可能在了解了泰伦的情况后对抗他们。
Genestealer Cult 基因窃取者
Genestealer Cults in the Imperium 帝国内的基因窃取者教派
Even before Genestealers were revealed as being a part of the Tyranid race, their infiltration of human worlds was a dire threat. A single Genestealer or infected human on a planet can easily lead to the corruption of the planet's entire human population. Once a cult achieves numerical advantage, the planet becomes doomed. At a certain point the only sensible option would be to sterilize the planet through exterminatus. The first known Genestealer Cult encountered by the Imperium was discovered in 680.M41 on Ghosar Quintus.
甚至在基因窃取者被揭露为泰伦种族的一部分之前，他们对人类世界的渗透就是一个可怕的威胁。一个行星上的一个基因窃取者或受感染的人很容易导致行星上整个人口的腐化。一旦一个教派获得了数量优势，这个行星就注定要灭亡。在某种程度上，唯一明智的选择是通过灭绝令来对行星进行灭菌。帝国遇到的第一个已知的基因窃取者教派于680.M41在戈萨尔五号上发现。
mass of a Genestealer Cult's forces 基因窃取者教派的庞大部队
At first Genestealers and their methods of reproduction were poorly understood, and the menace they presented terribly underestimated. With the investigation of the reproductive cycle and the aggressive propagation resulting from it, this changed. As deeper knowledge of Genestealer cults was gained by the Imperium and the Inquisition, subtle hints could uncover the existence of Genestealer cults within human societies. Infiltrated planets could be recognized and cleansed of Genestealers and infected humans by Space Marine troops or even by Exterminatus.
起初，人们对基因窃取者教派及其繁殖方法知之甚少，他们所带来的威胁被严重低估了。随着对繁殖周期及其引发的侵略性传播的研究，这种情况发生了变化。随着帝国和审判庭对基因窃取者教派有了更深入的了解，微妙的线索可以揭示人类社会重基因窃取者教派的存在。被渗透的行星可以被星际战士部队甚至灭绝令识别并清除基因窃取者和受感染的人类。
A cult is often not recognized as a threat to the planet - its activity in achieving power at first being purely through subvert, non-violent means. A Cult will bide its times for generations, slowly gaining power behind the scenes and propagating its numbers. However if the threat is recognized for what it is, the cult takes overt military action to survive. Genestealer Cults will also violently respond to outside threats that threaten their hold over a world, be it a Warp breach, Ork Waaagh!, or Hrud migration.
教派往往不被视为对行星的威胁 — 它最初纯粹是通过颠覆、非暴力手段获得权力的。一个教派将世世代代等待时机，在幕后慢慢获得权力，并传播其数量。然而，如果人们认识到威胁是什么，教派就会采取公开的军事行动来生存。基因窃取者也会对威胁他们对世界的控制的外部威胁做出暴力回应，无论是亚空间突破口，欧克Waaagh！，或赫鲁德迁移。
Genestealer Cults thrive among the downtrodden and oppressed classes of Imperial society, often seeming as nothing more than a typical planetary insurgent sect. The Cultists eagerly await the day of liberation from the Imperium, which the Cult leadership insists will come with the arrival of the Star Children. The Cult itself fosters such a belief, inspiring generations of sedition and revolution in preparation for their inevitable uprising.
基因窃取者教派在帝国社会的受压迫阶层中蓬勃发展，往往看起来只不过是一个典型的行星叛乱教派。教派急切地等待着从帝国中解放出来的那一天，教派领导层坚称，随着星之子的到来，这一天将会到来。教派本身就培养了这种信仰，激发了几代人的煽动和变革，为他们不可避免的叛乱做准备。
Genestealer Cults Infestations 基因窃取者教派侵袭
Known Infestations 著名侵扰
Arcadium 阿卡迪亚姆
Darvon VI 达尔丰六号
Ghosar Quintus 戈萨尔五号
Ghyre 吉尔
Graia 格拉亚
Gravalax 格拉瓦拉克斯
Ichar IV 伊卡尔四号
Lamarno 拉马尔诺
Necromunda 涅克罗蒙达
Radnar 拉德纳
Sabulorb 萨博洛布
Scitalyss 西塔利斯
Serenade 小夜曲星
Stalinvast 斯大林瓦斯特
Terra 泰拉
Thranx 特兰克斯
Torhaven 托尔黑文
Triton 海卫一
Vigilus 警戒星
Zaisuthra - Genestealers infect an entire Eldar Craftworld.
扎苏特拉 - 基因窃取者感染了整个灵族方舟世界
Known Imperial Genestealer Cults 著名帝国基因窃取者教派
Though only a few Genestealer cults have been formally documented by the Ordo Xenos, based on information provided on Ghosar Quintus it appears that there could be hundreds if not thousands of cults in Ultima Segmentum alone.
尽管只有少数基因窃取者教派被攘外修会正式记录在案，但根据戈萨尔五号提供的信息，仅在极限星域就可能有数百甚至数千个教派。
Officially Documented Cults 官方记录的教派
Cult of the Bladed Cog 刀刃齿轮教派
Cult of the Four-Armed Emperor 四臂帝皇教派
Cult of the Hive Cult 虫群崇拜教派
Cult of the Innerwyrm 内龙教派
Cult of the Pauper Princes 乞丐王子教派
Cult of the Rusted Claw 锈爪教派
Cult of the Twisted Helix 扭曲螺旋教派
Genestealer Cults in Xenos Societies 异型社会的基因窃取者教派
Genestealers are not limited to infecting humans; virtually any race or species can be infested, including Orks. However, broods within a society such as Orks are seldom big or long-lasting on account of the special life cycle and the extremely intolerant structure of society of the Orkoid species. Orks are also able to sense a wrongness about those infected that disturbs them. In fact, Orks seem to be rather unpopular hosts, and serve mostly only as a kind of interim solution, until more worthwhile victims are available. Genestealer infections can only thrive in large, and relatively open societies such as those of humanity. However Genestealer Cults can cause catastrophic damage when they spread through Ork communities, most notably during the Xenos War.
基因盗窃者不仅限于感染人类；几乎任何种族或物种都可能受到侵扰，包括欧克。然而，由于欧克物种的特殊生命周期和极其不宽容的社会结构，像欧克这样的社会中的幼崽很少巨大或持久。欧克也能感觉到那些感染者的错误，这会干扰他们。事实上，欧克似乎是相当不受欢迎的宿主，在有更多有价值的受害者之前，主要只是作为一种临时解决方案。基因窃取者感染只会在人类这样的大型、相对开放的社会中茁壮成长。然而，当基因窃取者教派在欧克团体传播时，可能会造成灾难性的破坏，尤其是在异型战争期间。
Ork/Genestealer Brood 欧克/基因窃取者族裔
Genestealer activity has also been observed on the Tau Empire Sept of Ksi'm'yen, though the Tau's connection to their Ethereal Caste makes infection by Genestealers difficult. The Kroot are known to have been affected as well, though they are generally able to avoid those infected thanks to their ability to taste pheromones, and the wisdom of the Shapers guiding their evolution. Kroot who have consumed genestealer hybrids can smell other infected individuals, which helps detect infestations in other auxiliary races like the Vespid.
在科西'姆'延的钛帝国家门上也观察到了基因窃取者的活动，尽管钛与其以太种姓的联系使基因窃取者难以感染。众所周知，克鲁特也受到了影响，尽管他们通常能够避免感染，这要归功于他们品尝信息素的能力，以及塑形者引导他们进化的智慧。食用过基因窃取者的克鲁特可以闻到其他感染者的气味，这有助于检测其他辅助种族（如胡蜂人）的侵染。
Genestealers are known to have started colonies among the Eldar too, such as in the lost Craftworld Zaisuthra, but the Eldar's very long gestation times prevent them from being truly viable hosts. The Eldar of Zaisuthra had their own version of the Broodmind, dubbed the "Groupmind", which they claimed protected them from the predations of Slaanesh.
众所周知，基因窃取者也在灵族中建立了殖民地，比如在失落的方舟世界扎苏特拉，但灵族漫长的妊娠期使他们无法成为真正可行的宿主。扎苏特拉的灵族有他们自己的族裔思维版本，被称为“群体思维”，他们声称这可以保护他们免受色孽的捕食。
The Greet and Tarellians are also known to have had Genestealer colonies, though these species have not been as successful hosts as humans either.
格利特和塔里利安也有基因窃取者殖民地，尽管这些物种也没有成为像人类那样成功的宿主。
Development History 发展历史
Genestealers were introduced in the First Edition of Warhammer 40,000. At the time, though Genestealers could infect and reproduce with any type of creature, purestrain Genestealers could originate only from the infection of a creature known as a Csith. There was no Genestealer cult, as a host died with the "birth" of the hybrid-genestealer.
《战锤40000》第一版引入了基因窃取者。当时，尽管基因窃取者可以感染任何类型的生物并繁殖，但纯血基因窃取者只能来自一种被称为奇斯的生物的感染。没有基因窃取者教派，因为宿主随着混血基因窃取者的“诞生”而死亡。
With the appearance of the board game Space Hulk and extensive articles in White Dwarf issues 114, 115 and 116, the Genestealers and their offspring were newly conceived as cult-like communities of Genestealers, hybrids and fully human Brood Brothers, with a strict hierarchy, and a complicated and unique generation cycle. They represented a terribly insidious threat to the Imperium, infecting it from within and spreading like a virus. These Genestealer Clans could also become "Genestealer Cults" by worshipping Chaos. Such Chaos cults included Beastmen, mutants and daemons in the army.
随着桌游《太空废船》的出现以及《白矮人》第114、115和116期的大量文章，基因窃取者及其后代被重新设想为基因窃取者、混血和完全人类族裔兄弟的教派的团体，具有严格的等级制度和复杂而独特的世代周期。它们对帝国构成了极其阴险的威胁，从内部感染并像病毒一样传播。这些基因窃取者氏族也可能通过崇拜混沌而成为“基因窃取者邪教”。这些混沌教派的军队包括野兽人、变种人和恶魔。
With the board game Advanced Space Crusade, the Genestealers were associated with the Tyranids and now their infiltration served as a preparation for the invasion by a Hive Fleet. This version has remained the same to this day and led to a certain decrease of the importance of Genestealer cult armies in Warhammer 40,000. While in the Second Edition they were still a separate army, and an additional force list in Codex: Tyranids (2nd Edition), in the Third Edition the Genestealer cult army appeared only as a semi-official Chapter Approved army list in the Citadel Journal (40 and 41), written by Tim Huckelbery.
在桌游《高级太空远征》中，基因窃取者与泰伦有联系，现在他们的渗透为虫巢舰队的入侵做了准备。这个版本一直保持到今天，并导致《战锤40000》中基因窃取者教派军队的重要性有所下降。虽然在第二版中，他们仍然是一支独立的军队，并且在《圣典：泰伦虫族》（第二版）中还有一份额外的部队名单，但在第三版中，基因窃取者教派军队仅在《城堡杂志》（40和41期）中作为半官方文章批准的军队名单出现，该杂志由蒂姆·哈克尔伯里撰写。
Genestealer Cult with Chaos allies (Rogue Trader era) 基因窃取者教派与混沌盟友（行商浪人时期）
In February 2016, Games Workshop re-released Genestealer Cults in the board game Deathwatch: Overkill. They were introduced into Warhammer 40,000 proper with the release of Codex: Genestealer Cults.
2016年2月，GW在桌游《死亡守望：赶尽杀绝》中重新放出了基因窃取者。随着《圣典:基因窃取者教派》的发布，它们被引入到《战锤40000》中。
