The Devastation of Baal (also known as the Battle of Baal) was part of the Third Tyrannic War, taking place during the devastating period known as the Blackness.
巴尔的毁灭（也称为巴尔之战）是第三次泰伦战争的一部分，发生在被称为黑暗的毁灭性时期。
The battle for the Dome of Angels 天使穹顶之战
Conflict:Tyrannic Wars
冲突：泰伦战争
Date:Early M42
日期：M42早期
Location:Baal
地点：巴尔
Outcome:Imperial Pyrrhic victory, Hive Fleet Leviathan still active throughout Baal region
结果：帝国取得了惨痛的胜利，虫巢舰队利维坦仍在巴尔地区活动
Combatants:Imperium/Tyranids/Chaos (Late conflict)
作战人员：帝国/泰伦/混沌（后期冲突）
Commanders:Commander Dante (WIA), Chapter Master Gabriel Seth, Chapter Master Ercon, Chapter Master Follordark (KIA), Firstblade Sentor Jool (KIA), Firstblood Kaan (KIA), Castellan Zargo (KIA), Captain Karlaen, Captain Raxiatel (KIA), Captain Zedrenael (KIA), Captain Sendroth (KIA), Captain Asante (KIA), Captain Erwin (KIA), Captain Cantar, Chaplain Fen, Chief Librarian Mephiston, Chief Librarian Scaraban, Forge Master Quaeston, Sergeant Hajjin, The Sanguinor, Lord Commander Roboute Guilliman (Later)/Hive Mind, Swarmlord (KIA)/Ka'Bandha
指挥官：指挥官但丁（WIA），战团长加百列·赛斯，战团长埃尔康，战团长弗洛达克（KIA），第一之刃森托·约尔（KIA），第一之血卡安（KIA），堡主扎戈（KIA），连长卡拉恩，连长拉夏泰尔（KIA），连长塞德纳尔（KIA），连长森德罗斯（KIA），连长阿桑特（KIA），连长埃尔温（KIA），连长坎塔尔，牧师芬恩，首席智库墨菲斯顿，首席智库斯卡拉班，铸造大师奎斯顿，军士哈金，圣吉列诺，领主指挥官罗伯特·基里曼（后期）/虫巢思维，虫群领主（KIA）/卡'班哈
Strength:29,000 Space Marines Total, 21 Battle Barges, 94 Strike Cruisers, Hundreds of smaller spacecraft, Blood Thralls, Later forces from the Indomitus Crusade/Hive Fleet Leviathan consisting of hundreds of thousands of Bio-Ships/Daemonic hordes
力量：29000名星际战士，21艘战斗驳船，94艘打击巡洋舰，数百艘小型宇宙飞船，血奴，后来的不屈远征部队/虫巢舰队利维坦，由数十万艘生物舰组成/恶魔部落
Losses/Survivors:At least twelve Chapter Masters killed, Angels Excelsis, Burning Blood, Brothers of Jarad, Angels Glorious, and 4 other Chapters destroyed, 6 more Chapters almost wiped out, Remaining Chapters/contingents reduced to less than half of their number, All but 1 of the Sanguinary Guard killed./Near total destruction/All killed or moved back into the Warp
损失/幸存者：至少有12个战团长被杀，精益天使，燃烧之血，雅拉修士，荣光天使，以及其他四个战团被摧毁，还有六个战团几乎被消灭，剩余的战团/特遣队人数减少到不到一半，除1人外，所有的圣血卫队都被杀。/几乎完全毁灭/所有被杀或回到亚空间
Overview 概述
After sacrificing many worlds of the Cryptus System to fend off the earliest advances of the Tyranids, the planet Baal itself was assailed by the xenos. The Tyranid fleet from Hive Fleet Leviathan was of such mass that even after its considerable losses it blotted out the stars from the skies. Commander Dante bolstered the defenses of the Blood Angels homeworld and waited for the storm to fall. Dante nonetheless did use some proactive means of defense, launching preemptive strikes to delay, mislead, and whittle down the Tyranid armada. Hundreds of splinter fleets were defeated in this fashion.
在牺牲了冥府星系的许多世界来抵御泰伦的最早进攻后，巴尔行星本身也遭到了异型的攻击。来自虫巢舰队利维坦的泰伦舰队规模如此之大，以至于即使在损失惨重之后，它也会从天空中抹去群星。但丁指挥官加强了圣血天使家园世界的防御，等待风暴降临。尽管如此，但丁还是使用了一些积极的防御手段，发动先发制人的打击来拖延、误导和削弱泰伦的舰队。数百支分裂舰队以这种方式被击败。
Fortunately for the Blood Angels, they were aided by multiple Successor Chapters such as the Flesh Tearers, Blood Drinkers, Carmine Blades, and the Knights of Blood. Gathering the largest force of Sanguinius' bloodline since the Horus Heresy, nearly 30,000 Space Marines were gathered for the battle. These included 12,000 on Baal, 6,000 on Baal Secundus, 5,000 on Baal Primus, and 6,000 in space aboard warships and orbital defense stations.
幸运的是，对于圣血天使来说，他们得到了多个子战团的帮助，如撕肉者、饮血者、猩红之刃和血骑士。自荷鲁斯叛乱以来，近3万名星际战士聚集在一起参加战斗，这是圣吉列斯的血统最大的一支部队。其中包括巴尔上的12000人，巴尔二号上的6000人，巴尔一号上的5000人，以及在太空中的战舰和轨道防御站上的6000人。
Great seismic and psychic disturbances known as the Shadow in the Warp heralded the arrival of the Tyranids. The xenos first had to contend with the great Space Marine fleet defending Baal, which consisted of 21 Battle Barges, 94 Strike Cruisers, and hundreds of smaller vessels divided into four battlegroups under Blood Angels Master of the Fleet Bellerophon. However while this armada was mighty, the number of Tyranid Bio-Ships were in excess of 50,000. The sky above Baal erupted in a firestorm as the vessels of the Space Marines slammed their way into the midst of the approaching Tyranids, launching storms of nuclear-tipped warheads. The Tyranid fleet took grievous losses amounting to over 300 Hive Ships and an untold number of lesser vessels. As impressive as this naval action was, it was hopeless. One by one, Space Marine Battle Barges and Cruisers were isolated and overwhelmed, battered by organic missiles and enveloped by swarms of smaller bio-ships. The entire Angels Excelsis Chapter was wiped out, and a second Tyranid fleet of tens of thousands of more bio-ships revealed itself from behind Balor. The remnant of the Astartes fleet was helpless as this force began landings on Baal and its two moons.
被称为亚空间阴影的巨大影响和灵能干扰预示着泰伦的到来。异型首先不得不与保卫巴尔的庞大的星际战士舰队作战，该舰队由21艘战列舰、94艘打击巡洋舰和数百艘小型战舰组成，分为四个战斗群，由圣血天使舰队之主贝勒罗丰指挥。然而，虽然这支舰队很强大，但泰伦生物舰的数量超过了50000艘。巴尔上方的天空爆发了一场火焰风暴，星际战士的战舰猛烈地撞向了正在逼近的泰伦，发射了核弹头的风暴。泰伦舰队遭受了严重损失，损失了300多艘虫巢舰和无数艘较小的生物舰。尽管这次海军行动令人印象深刻，但毫无希望。星际战士战斗驳船和巡洋舰一艘接一艘地被孤立和淹没，被有机导弹袭击，被成群的小型生物舰包围。整个精益天使战团被消灭了，第二支由数万艘生物舰组成的泰伦舰队从巴罗尔之后现身。当这支部队开始在巴尔及其两个卫星上登陆时，阿斯塔特舰队的残余无能为力。
The Imperials constructed a 3-layer defensive line consisting of not only Space Marines and heavy cannon batteries but also a moat of Thirst Water and large amounts of Baalite Conscripts brutally held in place by Chaplains. The first nineteen waves, each larger than the last, were driven off at great loss by the Imperial forces. However the Imperials held firm, in large part because of the Arx Angelicum's Void Shield array which protected them from heavy artillery and flyer organisms. The Tyranids countered the Thirst Water moat by filling it with their own bodies, allowing for larger Tyranid Warriors, Carnifex's, and Exocrines to cross. This allowed the first line to fall, and the Space Marines covered the retreat of the mortal conscripts back to the Arx Angelicum. However the Tyranids were still unable to penetrate the Void Shield, and the Hive Mind quickly adapted. A Lictor behind Imperial lines identified a derelict tunnel deep beneath the Fortress-Monastery which Trygons tore open. The Lictor along with a large amount of Genestealers infiltrated the depths of the Fortress, with the latter launching themselves at the hall containing the sarcophagi of Neophytes undergoing Insanguination. This enraged the Space Marines, and Dante himself led the counterattack to save their next-generation of warriors. However the Hive Mind had counted on this diversion, and in the meantime the Lictor disabled the Void Shield generator. The Imperial position reversed dramatically as the Tyranids began overrunning the Fortress. Five Chapter Masters died in the desperate battle, including three in the Dome of Angels alone.
帝国建造了一条三层防线，不仅包括星际战士和重炮，还包括一条渴水护城河和大量被牧师残酷关押的巴尔征召兵。前十九波，每波都比上一波大，被帝国部队以巨大的损失击退。然而，帝国坚持了下来，这在很大程度上是因为天使堡的虚空盾阵列保护他们免受重型火炮和飞行生物的攻击。泰伦通过用自己的身体填满渴水护城河来对抗它，允许更大的泰伦战士、刽子手和离子炮虫穿过。这使得第一条防线陷落，星际战士掩护了凡人征召兵撤退回天使堡。然而，泰伦仍然无法穿透虚空盾，虫巢思维很快适应了。帝国防线后的一只利卡特发现了要塞修道院深处的一条废弃隧道，掘蟒将其撕开。利卡特和大量的基因窃取者潜入了堡垒的深处，后者在装有接受染血的新进者石棺的大厅里发动了攻击。这激怒了星际战士，但丁亲自领导了反击，以拯救他们的下一代战士。然而，虫巢思维已经算入了这种转移，与此同时，利卡特禁用了虚空盾生成器。随着泰伦开始占领要塞，帝国的位置发生了戏剧性的逆转。五位战团长在这场绝望的战斗中牺牲，其中包括三位独自在天使穹顶中牺牲。
On Baal Secundus, Gabriel Seth and his Flesh Tearers initially held the Blood Angels Aspirant training facilities while the Carmine Blades held the Astropathic Station. The Space Marines initially held their own thanks to formidable recommissioned Horus Heresy-era fortifications and weaponry, but the presence of the Swarmlord himself turned the tide in favor of the Xenos. Dante managed to slay the Swarmlord, but was badly wounded in the process. As Baal was overwhelmed, the Tyranids began the process of draining the world and her moons, absorbing even the rad-poisoned desert of Baal Secundus. With the defenses smashed, the defenders retreated to the Blood Angels' Fortress-Monastery. Despite the intervention of the Sanguinor, Baal was ready to fall.
在巴尔二号，加百列·赛斯和他的撕肉者最初控制着圣血天使有志者训练设施，而猩红之刃则控制着星语空间站。星际战士最初依靠强大的荷鲁斯叛乱时期重新启用的防御工事和武器保持了自己的位置，但虫群领主的存在扭转了局势，有利于异型。但丁设法杀死了虫群领主，但在此过程中受了重伤。当巴尔被淹没时，泰伦开始消耗世界和她的卫星，甚至吸收了巴尔二号的放射性沙漠。防御工事被摧毁后，守军撤退到圣血天使的要塞修道院。尽管圣吉列诺进行了干预，巴尔还是将要陷落。
It was then that the Great Rift formed across the greater Galaxy. The Baal System was overcome by the powers of the Warp and Daemons battled the Tyranids. The Daemons were led by the vicious Bloodthirster Ka'Bandha, arch-foe of the Blood Angels and Sanguinius. Ka'Bandha declared that none would have the right to destroy the Blood Angels but him. The arrival of the Great Rift and Daemons prevented additional Tyranids from arriving, but killed every defender upon Baal Prime. With Baal itself cut off from the greater Imperium, Chapter Masters Dante and Gabriel Seth of the Flesh Tearers, fell back, harried on all sides. Only the sacrifice of the Knights of Blood, an excommunicated Successor Chapter who had nonetheless been accepted as allies by Chapter Master Dante, allowed the survivors to board their vessels and escape, as Baal Prime was overwhelmed by warp-spawned monstrosities. As Seth’s forces retreated, they caught one last glimpse of the Knights of Blood, hurling themselves into the thick of close combat with mindless ferocity, fully enveloped by the madness of the Black Rage.
就在那时，大裂隙在整个银河系中形成。巴尔星系被亚空间的力量所征服，恶魔与泰伦作战。恶魔由凶猛的嗜血狂魔卡'班哈领导，他是圣血天使和圣吉列斯的死敌。卡'班哈宣称，除了他，没有人有权摧毁圣血天使。大裂隙和恶魔的到来阻止了更多的泰伦的到来，但杀死了巴尔一号的所有防御者。随着巴尔本身与更大的帝国隔绝，战团长但丁和撕肉者的加百列·赛斯退缩了，四面楚歌。只有血骑士的牺牲，一个被绝罚的子战团，被战团长但丁接受为盟友，允许幸存者登上他们的战舰逃跑，因为巴尔一号被亚空间生成的怪物淹没了。当赛斯的部队撤退时，他们最后一次瞥见了血骑士，他们以盲目的凶猛投入了激烈的近战，完全被黑怒的疯狂所笼罩。
However, as all seemed lost, the fleet of the Indomitus Crusade arrived, led by the reborn Roboute Guilliman himself. Guilliman and his newly arrived forces fought a great many battles, liberating Baal. Hive Fleet Leviathan was largely destroyed, though it is a mystery as to what exactly happened to it. A clue lies on the now-barren Baal Prime, where the symbol of Ka'Bandha was formed with the skulls of dead Tyranid organisms. As for Baal, most of the planet and its moons lay devastated. Guilliman oversaw a rapid rebuilding process for the Blood Angels and their homeworlds, for they were desperately needed elsewhere. In the aftermath of the battle the Blood Angels have led a renewed counteroffensive against the Tyranid forces rampaging throughout the Imperium Nihilus.
然而，当一切似乎都失去了时，由重生的罗伯特·基里曼本人率领的不屈远征舰队到达了。基里曼和他新到达的部队打了很多仗，解放了巴尔。虫巢舰队利维坦基本上被摧毁了，尽管它到底发生了什么仍然是个谜。线索在于现在贫瘠的巴尔一号，在那里，卡'班哈的记号是由死去的泰伦生物的头骨形成的。至于巴尔，行星及其卫星的大部分地区都被摧毁了。基里曼监督了对圣血天使及其家园世界的快速重建过程，因为其他地方迫切需要他们。战斗结束后，圣血天使对在帝国暗面肆虐的泰伦军队发动了新的反攻。
The Hour of Reckoning of the Battle of Baal 巴尔之战的清算时刻
Known Contributing Chapters 已知援助战团
The battle saw the largest gathering of the Sons of Sanguinius since the ending of the Horus Heresy.
这场战斗见证了自荷鲁斯叛乱结束以来最大规模的圣吉列斯之子的聚集。
Blood Angels 圣血天使
Angels Encarmine 赤红天使
Angels Excelsis (Destroyed)
精益天使（毁灭）
Angels Glorious (Destroyed)
荣光天使（毁灭）
Angels of Light 光明天使
Angels Penitent 悔罪天使
Angels Numinous 神圣天使
Angels Sanguine 血红天使
Angels Vermillion 朱红天使
Blood Drinkers 饮血者
Blood Swords 鲜血之剑
Blood Wings (Destroyed)
血翼（毁灭）
Brothers of Jarad (Destroyed)
雅拉修士（毁灭）
Brothers of the Red 血红兄弟
Burning Blood (Destroyed)
燃烧之血（毁灭）
Carmine Blades 猩红之刃
Charnel Guard 墓葬守卫
Disciples of Blood 鲜血使徒
Exsanguinators 放血者
Flesh Eaters 食肉者
Flesh Tearers 撕肉者
Golden Sons (Destroyed but subsequently rebuilt)
黄金之子（毁灭，但随后重建）
Knights of Blood (Destroyed)
血骑士（毁灭）
Red Knights 红骑士
Red Wings (Destroyed but subsequently rebuilt)
红翼（毁灭，但随后重建）
Sable Brotherhood 阴暗兄弟会
Sanguine Host 圣血天军
Legion of the Damned - Only appeared later to fight the forces of Chaos
咒缚军团 - 后来才出现与混沌部队作战
