"Let none doubt that the Tau Empire will bring unity to all – let none doubt that now is our time. Forward, for the Greater Good!" — Aun'Va, Master of the Undying Spirit
“毫无疑问，钛帝国将为所有人带来团结 - 毫无疑问，现在是我们的时代。前进，为了上上善道！” — 铵'瓦，不朽精神大师
The T’au Empire (or Tau Empire) is a rapidly expanding xenos empire, sometimes referred to as a Commonwealth by its own citizens, situated inside of the Ultima Segmentum, near the Eastern Fringe. Founded by the Ethereals, who lead the T'au Empire in the name of the Greater Good. Several alien races (Kroot, Vespid, among others) have allied themselves with the T'au.
钛帝国（或陶帝国）是一个迅速扩张的异型帝国，有时被其公民称为联邦，位于东部边缘附近的极限星域内。由以太建立，他们以上上善道的名义领导着钛帝国。几个异型种族（克鲁特、胡蜂人等）已经与钛结盟。
The T'au Empire borders the Imperium and lies within reach of the Astronomican. It has suffered many raids from the Orks, and also seems to lie in the path of several splinter fleets of Hive Fleet Kraken.
钛帝国与帝国接壤，位于星炬的范围内。它遭受了欧克的多次袭击，似乎也位于虫巢舰队克拉肯的几个分裂舰队的路径上。
Symbol of the T'au Empire 钛帝国标志
Capital:T'au
首都：钛
Official languages:T'au Lexicon
官方语言：钛词汇
Major Species:T'au, Kroot, Vespid
主种族：钛，克鲁特，胡蜂人
Minor Species:Anthrazods, Boaburi, Brachyura, Charpactin, Demiurg, Formosians, Galgs, Greet, Hrenian, Human (Gue'vesa), Jagordian, Ji'atrix, M'uh'ja, Nagi, Nicassar, Phosiab, Pohu-Agg, Ranghon, Tarellian, Vorgh, Yabi-Yabi
次种族：安斯拉佐德，博阿布瑞，布拉基乌拉，查尔帕辛，德穆革，弗尔莫西亚，高尔格，格利特，赫雷尼安，人类（古'维萨），雅戈尔迪安，基'阿特里克斯，牧'胡'加，纳基，尼卡萨，弗西亚布，波胡-阿戈，朗宏，塔里安，沃格，亚比-亚比
Type of Government:Ethereal-dominated Oligarchy
政府类型：以太统御寡头政体
Head of State:Ethereal Supreme(Currently Aun'va)
国家首脑：至高以太（现为铵'瓦）
Governing body:Ethereal Council
理事机构：以太议会
State religion(s):Greater Good (Tau'va)
国教：上上善道（钛'瓦）
Military Forces:Fire Warriors (Fire Caste), Kor'vattra (T'au Navy, Air Caste), T'au Merchant Fleet (Air Caste), T'au Auxiliaries
军事部队：火战士（火氏族）、科'瓦特拉（钛海军、气氏族）、钛商船队（气氏族）和钛辅助军
Internal Security Forces:Information Awareness
内部安全部队：信息意识
History 历史
Founding 建立
In T'au prehistory, they lived in tribes on the desert plains, hunting and gathering their food. As their race aged, they expanded to all environments of their home world, T'au, adapting to each new environment. The T'au of the plains became strong and skilful hunters, larger and stronger than most other T'au. The T'au of the mountains developed the ability to soar high above the baking deserts on thermals. 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. During the 35th Millennium, an Adeptus Mechanicus Explorator fleet Land's Vision, discovered the T'au homeworld and determined that its population were a primitive people at the Stone Age level of development who had mastered the use of primitive weapons and fire. Before the planet could be cleansed and colonised by the Imperium, however, a violent Warp Storm erupted around the planet. This continued for 6,000 years, making the T'au's homeworld utterly inaccessible.
在钛的史前时期，他们以部落的形式生活在沙漠平原上，狩猎和采集食物。随着他们种族的成熟，他们扩展到他们家园世界钛的所有环境，适应每一个新的环境。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。山区的钛发展出了在热气流中翱翔于灼热沙漠之上的能力。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。在第35个千年期间，一支名为兰德之视的机械神教探索者舰队发现了钛家园世界，并确定其人口是石器时代发展水平的原始人，掌握了原始武器和火的使用。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。这种情况持续了6000年，使钛的家园世界完全无法进入。
T'au Planets 钛行星
T'au technological advancement proceeded at an unusually rapid rate for a newly emergent race. The T'au of the river valleys developed the first fortresses and crude black powder weapons to ward off the aggressive T'au of the plains. During this time inter-tribal conflict escalated. These fledgling skirmishes led to the darkest period in T'au history, the Mont'au, during the end of the 37th Millennium. The numerous wars that broke out lasted for years. Each year, thousands died, squalid conditions and lack of access to fresh food and water creating a plague that killed more T'au than the fighting itself. The T'au were on the verge of wiping themselves out.
对于一个新兴的种族来说，钛的技术进步速度异常之快。河谷的钛发展了第一座堡垒和粗制的黑火药武器，以抵御平原的钛的侵略。在此期间，部落间冲突升级。这些初出茅庐的小规模冲突导致了第37个千年末期，钛历史上最黑暗的时期 — 蒙特'奥。爆发的无数战争持续了数年。每年都有数千人死亡，肮脏的环境以及缺乏新鲜食物和水，造成了一场瘟疫，造成的死亡人数超过了战斗本身。他们几乎要灭绝了。
During this time, T'au legends tell of the first appearance of Ethereals at Fio'taun. The T'au builder fortress city of Fio'taun was under siege by an alliance of warriors from the plains and air T'au. 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 plain warriors was persuaded to parlay 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.
在这段时间里，钛的传说讲述了以太首次出现在菲·托恩。当时，一个由来自平原和空中的钛战士组成的联盟围攻了钛的堡垒城市菲·托恩。虽然已经尝试过谈判，但凶猛的平原战士们只会满足于消灭菲·托恩。在长达五年的时间里，居民们用厚厚的城墙和充足的大炮抵御了野蛮的进攻。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钛的营地，散发出一种钛无法抗拒的宁静权威。不久，平原战士的领袖被说服与菲·托恩的钛谈判。同样，另一位神秘的钛也深入了要塞。不到几个小时，大门就敞开了，钛已经准备好对话了。
The Ethereals spoke of the importance of peace and understanding between all T'au. They described a Greater Good that each T'au must strive towards. The besiegers and the besieged quickly agreed with the Ethereals and a truce was reached. Across T'au, Ethereals emerged, each with the same quiet authority and message of harmony and cooperation. With the T'au united, the T'au Empire was founded.
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努力实现的上上善道。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。在整个钛，以太出现了，每个以太都有同样宁静的权威和和谐与合作的信息。随着钛的统一，钛帝国建立了。
Expansion and conflict 扩张与冲突
Over the next thousand years the T'au Empire experienced an unprecedented period of scientific discovery and philosophical advancement. The T'au Empire continued to expand its border at a fast rate through a series of Expansion Phases known to the T'au as "Spheres". These phases are a period of several T'au military campaigns during which nearby worlds are colonised, conquered, or sometimes peacefully persuaded to join the Greater Good. Therefore, apart from the star systems of the T'au, which are called Septs, the empire also incorporated worlds and star systems belonging to the Kroot, Vespid, and the Nicassar, who were the first race to join the empire and survive (as plague wiped out the Poctroon). The Demiurg, a Prospect of the Leagues of Votann, have also joined with the T'au and shared with them the secrets of Ion technology. The empire is composed of over twenty fully developed septs and around one hundred settled worlds, but the exact number and most of their names are unknown.
在接下来的一千年里，钛帝国经历了前所未有的科学发现和哲学进步时期。钛帝国通过一系列被称为“界”的扩张阶段，继续快速扩张其边界。这些阶段是一个时期的几次军事战役期间，附近的世界被殖民，征服，或有时和平说服加入上上善道。因此，除了被称为家门的钛星系外，帝国还纳入了属于克鲁特、胡蜂人和尼卡萨的世界和星系，他们是第一个加入帝国并幸存下来的种族（因为瘟疫消灭了珀克纯）。作为沃坦联盟的一员，德穆革也加入了钛，并与他们分享了离子技术的秘密。这个帝国由20多个完全发展的家门和大约100个定居的世界组成，但确切的数字和他们的大部分名字都是未知的。
Map of the current borders of the T'au Empire 钛帝国当前边界地图
When the T'au encounter a new alien species, the Ethereals direct each of the Castes to perform a designated role to bring them into the fold. The world is first scanned by the Air Caste and those classified as desirable are investigated further; if a sentient alien race is discovered the Water Caste sends ambassadors to make trade deals, defense pacts, and offer advanced technologies built for them by the Earth Caste. The empire is patient and this process of negotiation may last months, years or even decades. However, should all these efforts fail to persuade the planet to join with them in the Greater Good, it will fall to the Fire Caste to forcibly absorb the world into the T'au Empire. Only the stubborn and warlike Orks have been denied the offer to join the Greater Good, for the T'au abandoned their futile attempts to absorb the Orks after many battles convinced the Ethereals that bargaining with them was impossible.
当钛遇到一个新的异型物种时，以太会指示每个氏族执行指定的角色，将他们带进同志。世界首先被气氏族扫描，那些被归类为可取的会被进一步调查；如果发现一个有感知的异型种族，水氏族会派遣大使达成贸易协议、国防协议，并提供地氏族为他们先进技术的建造。帝国是有耐心的，这个谈判过程可能会持续几个月、几年甚至几十年。然而，如果所有这些努力都不能说服行星与他们共同追求上上善道，那么将由火氏族强行将世界吸收到钛帝国。只有顽固和好战的欧克拒绝了加入上上善道的提议，因为在多次战斗使以太相信与他们商讨是不可能的之后，钛放弃了吸收欧克的徒劳尝试。
The T'au made first contact with Humanity shortly after the Second Sphere of Expansion in the form of free captains, pirates and lost colonies. They had regressed so far that they knew not of the outside galaxy. These planets were eventually peacefully assimilated or forcibly subdued, but it took the Water Caste time to realise that these worlds were just the outer fringes of an unimaginably vast interstellar empire, the Imperium of Man. However, thanks to the wisdom of Aun'va, the Fire Caste calls for war with mankind were averted and the T'au embarked on a subtle campaign of trade and diplomacy with Planetary Governors to absorb further human worlds. The Imperium's response to these activities was slow, but when it did come, it was characteristically brutal and the first wars between the Imperium and T'au Empire began.
在第二界扩张后不久，钛以自由船长、海盗和失落的殖民地的形式与人类首次接触。他们退化的如此远，以至于他们不知道外面的星系。这些行星最终被和平同化或被强行征服，但水氏族花了一段时间才意识到这些世界只是一个难以想象的巨大星际帝国 — 人类帝国的外围。然而，由于铵'瓦的智慧，火氏族呼吁与人类开战的呼声得以避免，钛开始与行星总督进行微妙的贸易和外交活动，以吸收更多的人类世界。帝国对这些行动的反应很慢，但当它真的到来时，它是典型的残酷，帝国和钛帝国之间的第一次战争开始了。
Through the expertise of the T'au's Earth Caste, lifeless and toxic rocks have been transformed into thriving colonies and even artificial planets, orbital docks and relay stations light the empty space between the stars.
通过钛的地氏族的专业知识，没有生命和有毒的岩石已经变成了繁荣的殖民地，甚至是人造行星，轨道码头和中继站照亮了群星之间的空白空间。
Damocles Crusade 达摩克利斯远征
The Damocles Crusade was the first major military conflict fought between the Imperium of Man and the T'au Empire. Members of the T'au Water Caste had established trade agreements with Imperial worlds on the frontier of the Empire, near the Damocles Gulf region of the Ultima Segmentum, and exchanges of goods and technology were common. Alarmed by the threat of alien contamination, the Administratum readied a suitable response and almost a century later, the Damocles Crusade invaded T'au space, destroying several outlying settlements and pushing deep into the T'au Empire. When the Imperial fleet reached the T'au Sept world of Dal'yth; however, the Crusade ground to a bloody stalemate as the formidable numbers and high technology of the T'au and their Kroot allies thwarted every attempt to capture the world or its star system. Many months of terrible fighting ensued with nothing gained on either side. By late 742.M41 the Crusade's commanders eventually agreed to requests from the T'au Water Caste for peace talks. The negotiations were successful and the Imperial fleet withdrew from T'au space unmolested, primarily due to the impending approach of the Tyranid Hive Fleet Behemoth.
达摩克利斯远征是人类帝国和钛帝国之间的第一次重大军事冲突。钛水氏族的成员与帝国边境的帝国世界建立了贸易协定，靠近极限星域的达摩克利斯湾地区，货物和技术交流很常见。由于受到异型污染的威胁，内务部准备了适当的应对措施，近一个世纪后，达摩克利斯远征入侵了钛空域，摧毁了几个偏远的定居点，并深入到了钛帝国。当帝国舰队到达'利斯钛家门世界时；然而，远征陷入了血腥的僵局，因为钛及其克鲁特盟友的巨大数量和高科技挫败了夺取世界或其星系的每一次尝试。几个月的可怕战斗接踵而至，双方都一无所获。到742.M41底，远征的指挥官最终同意了钛水氏族的和平谈判请求。谈判取得了成功，帝国舰队不受干扰地从钛空域撤出，主要是因为泰伦虫巢舰队贝希摩斯即将接近。
T'au and Space Marine forces battle in the Damocles Crusade 钛和星际战士在达摩克利斯远征中作战
A known splinter faction of the T'au Empire are the Farsight Enclaves. Also, more recently some worlds and star systems of the Imperium have been conquered by the T'au forces, while a handful have seceded and pledged their allegiance to the T'au empire.
一个已知的分裂派系是远见飞地。此外，最近帝国的一些世界和星系被钛部队征服，而少数人则脱离并宣誓效忠钛帝国。
Farsight Expedition 远见远征
The Farsight Expedition was launched shortly after the Damocles Crusade. Under the command of Farsight, the T'au forces engaged Orks along an asteroid belt before Farsight mysteriously vanished with his Fire Warriors. After the campaign, Farsight eventually continued his advance despite orders, encountering an unknown enemy at Arthas Moloch and thereafter establishing the Farsight Enclaves.
远见远征是在达摩克利斯远征后不久发动的。在远见的指挥下，钛部队沿着小行星带与欧克交战，远见和他的火战士神秘地消失了。战役结束后，远见最终不顾命令继续前进，在阿尔萨斯·摩洛克遇到了一种未知的敌人，随后建立了远见飞地。
Hive Fleet Gorgon 虫巢舰队戈尔贡
The T'au Empire was invaded by Hive Fleet Gorgon in 899.M41. Gorgon was exceptional for its ability to quickly adapt on a biological level to new circumstances of battle, such as evolving immunities to T'au weaponry. This rapid pace of adaptation may have been unique to Gorgon, or it may have been a response to conflict with the T'au, who are also highly adaptable but on a technological level. The combined forces of the T'au and the Imperial Guard destroyed Gorgon in 903.M41, albeit after losing several trading partners and colony worlds.
899.M41，钛帝国被虫巢舰队戈尔贡入侵。戈尔贡因其在生物层面上迅速适应新的战斗环境的能力而与众不同，例如对钛武器的免疫力不断增强。这种快速的适应速度可能是戈尔贡独有的，也可能是对与钛冲突的回应，钛在技术层面上也有很强的适应能力。尽管失去了几个贸易伙伴和殖民地，但钛和帝国卫队的联合部队在903.M41摧毁了戈尔贡。
Hive Fleet Gorgon battles the T'au 虫巢舰队戈尔贡与钛作战
Great War of Confederation 联邦大战
The Great War of Confederation began after the Farsight Expedition in 975.M41 and was a war of survival for the T'au. Faced with an enormous Ork invasion fleet, only the leadership of Aun'va and Commander Shadowsun led to T'au victory, paving way for the Third Sphere of Expansion.
第一次联邦战争始于975.M41的远见远征之后，是一场关乎钛生存的战争。面对庞大的欧克入侵舰队，只有铵'瓦和影阳指挥官的领导带领钛取得了胜利，为第三界扩张铺平了道路。
Further Expansion 后续扩张
Beginning after the Empire had united against the Orks in the Great War of Confederation, in 997.M41 Aun'va declared a beginning to the Third Sphere of Expansion, which drove deep into Imperial territory and saw the Imperium crushed at the Battle of Mu'gulath Bay.
从帝国在第一次联邦战争中联合起来对抗欧克之后开始，997.M41，铵'瓦宣布开始第三界扩张，这一扩张深入帝国领土，并在穆古拉湾之战中粉碎了帝国。
At some point, the T'au sent an expeditionary force to the planet Malbede where they came into conflict with the Ultramarines Chapter in 936.M41. However, the world proved to be cursed when their fighting awakened the sleeping Necrons from their tomb beneath the surface. In an effort to combat this threat, the T'au and the Ultramarines combined forces to defeat the Necrons. Once the conflict was over, the T'au were allowed to evacuate their forces by Marneus Calgar who proceeded to destroy Malbede through an Exterminatus.
在某个时刻，钛派了一支远征部队前往马尔贝德行星，在那里他们于936.M41与极限战士战团发生了冲突。然而，当他们的战斗将沉睡的死灵从地表下的墓穴中唤醒时，世界被证明是被诅咒的。为了对抗这一威胁，钛和极限战士联合起来击败了死灵。冲突结束后，马涅乌斯·卡尔加允许钛撤离部队，并通过灭绝令摧毁了马尔贝德。
In 666.M41, the T'au fought against the Adeptus Astartes of the Space Wolves Chapter during the Battle of Kvarium Alpha. On that waterlogged world, drop pods landed deep in the oceans where their occupants made a move to engage their enemy. On the surface, the battle was fought between the two sides with an equally deadly conflict erupting in the depths of the sea between the Space Wolves and T'au Battlesuits. Thunderhawk Gunships were used to great effect against Hammerhead tanks and Manta gunships with torpedoes, prop-bombs and missiles being used against the T'au. Ultimately, the Space Wolves proved to be the victor in the conflict where hundreds of T'au and Space Wolf corpses floated to the surface. With their mission complete, the Space Wolves made the long trek back to land across the sea bed.
666.M41，在克瓦里姆·阿尔法之战中，钛与阿斯塔特修会的太空野狼战团作战。在那个被水淹没的世界里，空投舱降落在深海中，舱内人员在那里采取行动与敌人交战。从表面上看，这场战斗是双方之间的战斗，太空野狼和钛战斗服之间在深海爆发了同样致命的冲突。雷鹰炮艇对锤头鲨坦克和曼塔炮艇产生了巨大的影响，鱼雷、支柱炸弹和导弹被用来对付钛。最终，太空野狼被证明是这场冲突的胜利者，数百具钛和太空野狼的尸体浮出水面。随着任务的完成，太空野狼从海底长途跋涉回到陆地。
By late M41, the Third Sphere had ground to a halt due to Imperial counterattacks in the Damocles Gulf. Thus the T'au launched additional Expansion campaigns, including the ill-fated Fourth Sphere, which resulted in a wormhole known as the Startide Nexus. This unforeseen consequence has since allowed for the current Fifth Sphere. Despite the Fifth Sphere still being underway, a Sixth Sphere is still being planned in part due to the significant fighting the Fifth has experienced in the Startide Nexus and Zone of Silence.
到M41晚期，由于帝国在达摩克利斯湾的反击，第三界已经陷入停顿。因此，钛发动了额外的扩张战役，包括命运多舛的第四界，这导致了一个被称为星潮枢纽的虫洞。这一不可预见的后果使得目前的第五界得以存在。尽管第五界仍在进行中，但第六界已计划中，部分原因是第五界在星潮枢纽和寂静区经历了激烈的战斗。
Society 社会
Each race within the T'au Empire has a unique and different society. However, all races have one common belief in the Greater Good. The Greater Good, or Tau'va (Tau), is the founding principle of T'au society. The Tau'va system is based on Castes and is designed to allow for the advancement of the entire T'au society together towards a more successful, prosperous and easier existence in the future.
钛帝国的每个种族都有一个独特而不同的社会。然而，所有种族都有一个共同的信仰，即上上善道。上上善道，或钛'瓦（钛），是钛社会的建立原则。钛'瓦体系以氏族为基础，旨在使整个钛社会共同进步，在未来走向更成功、更繁荣、更轻松的生活。
Structure of the T'au Empire 钛帝国的结构
T'au 钛
T'au society is centred around the concept of the Greater Good, where individual T'au sacrifice personal gain in favour of benefiting the T'au race as a whole. It is from this philosophy that the T'au's all-purpose motto, "For the Greater Good!", is derived. The castes, although different in role and organisation, work together for the benefit of all T'au: the Earth caste provide and produce, the Water caste communicate and distribute, the Air caste connect the worlds of the T'au Empire, and the Fire caste protect. The external image of the T'au is that they are altruistic and idealistic, believing in the unification of all "for the Greater Good".
钛社会以上上善道的概念为中心，在这个概念中，每个钛都牺牲个人利益，以造福整个钛种族。正是从这一哲学中衍生出了钛的通用箴言“为了上上善道！”。各氏族虽然在角色和组织上有所不同，但为了全体钛的利益而共同努力：地氏族提供和生产，水氏族交流和分配，气氏族连接钛帝国的世界，火氏族保护。钛的外在形象是利他主义和理想主义，相信一切的统一都是“为了上上善道”。
Those rare T'au that do not adhere to the tenets of the Greater Good are seen as deviants and can be condemned to a Re-Education Facility.
那些罕见的不遵守上上善道教义的钛被视为异端，可能会被判入再教育场所。
Kroot 克鲁特
Kroot society is divided into tribes, known as Kindreds. Each Kindred is an extended family group of Kroot and is led by a Shaper, one Kroot with an intuitive understanding of the DNA absorption process all Kroot possess, and responsible for guiding the evolution of their Kindred. The Shaper, upon identifying a beneficial genetic trait, will instruct his Kindred to hunt and consume that animal, and then control the breeding of the Kindred to ensure that the offspring are born with the selected trait. Often, Kindreds will band together, and the Shapers will form a Council, of which the most influential Kindred's Shaper will be made leader of the group. On rare occasions, a Chief will unite a large number of Kindreds underneath him.
克鲁特社会分为部落，称为亲族。每个亲族都是克鲁特的一个大家族，由一个塑形者领导，一个对克鲁特所拥有的DNA吸收过程有直观理解的克鲁特，负责指导他们的亲族进化。塑形者在识别出有益的遗传特征后，将指示他的亲族狩猎和食用该动物，然后控制亲族的繁殖，以确保后代出生时具有所选的特征。通常，亲族会联合起来，塑形者会组成一个议会，其中最有影响力的亲族的塑形者将成为该小组的领导者。在极少数情况下，酋长会将众多亲族团结在他之下。
Kroot 克鲁特
Kroot dwell in warm, temperate conditions on the worlds they inhabit, and construct large tree houses from animal hides, bound together by regurgitated dead wood. Some Kindreds reside in the ruins of the hive cities. There has been no obvious industry on Pech since the coming of the Orks, but T'au Research Teams have detected strange energy emissions, emanating from a collection of hills near their base.
克鲁特在他们所居住的世界里生活在温暖、温和的条件下，用动物皮建造大型树屋，用反刍的枯木捆绑在一起。一些种族居住在巢都城市的废墟中。自从欧克出现以来，佩什上就没有明显的工业，但钛研究小组发现了奇怪的能量排放，这些排放来自他们基地附近的一堆山丘。
The consumption of flesh is one of the key tenets of Kroot spirituality, as it is believed that the consumption of prey imparts the 'spirit' of the prey to the Kroot, which is then passed on to the Kroot's children. This is the average Kroot's understanding of their rapid evolution, with 'spirit' as a substitute for 'genetic trait'. As a part of this, the Kroot believe that when a warrior dies, his spirit should be kept safe by the Kindred. They will consider it their responsibility to consume the bodies of their dead foes, along with their own fallen and elders.
食用肉类是克鲁特灵性的关键宗旨之一，因为人们认为，食用猎物会将猎物的“精神”传递给克鲁特，然后再传递给克鲁特的孩子。这是克鲁特对它们快速进化的平均理解，用“精神”代替“遗传特征”。作为其中的一部分，克鲁特认为，当一名战士死亡时，他的精神应该由善良的人来保护。他们会认为他们有责任吃掉死去的敌人的尸体，以及他们自己的牺牲者和长辈。
Vespid (Mal'kor) 胡蜂人（马尔'科）
The Vespid warriors, called Stingwings, form tactical units referred to as Strains. Each Strain is lead by a Strain leader. Because the Vespid language is so complex (presumably because of their complex mouths) and only the Strain Leaders are given the apparatus to translate their language to their T'au allies, Vespid Strains are very close knit and a lot of reliance on Strain Leaders come from both sides.
被称为刺翼的胡蜂人战士组成了被称为群系的战术单位。每个群系由群系领导者领导。由于胡蜂人语言非常复杂（可能是因为他们复杂的嘴），只有群系领袖才能将他们的语言翻译给他们的钛盟友，因此胡蜂人群系非常紧密，双方都非常依赖群系领袖。
Vespid warrior 胡蜂人战士
Stingwing Strains are highly sought after in T'au Fire Warrior Cadres because of their high level of maneuverability. They are often used by T'au commanders alongside Crisis Battlesuits or used in a scouting role, backing up Pathfinders. In the T'au language they are referred to as "Mal'kor," which comes from "Mal" meaning insect and "kor" meaning air.
刺翼群系因其高度的机动性而在钛火战士基核中备受追捧。它们经常被钛指挥官与危机战斗服一起使用，或用于侦察角色，为寻路者提供支援。在钛语言中，它们被称为“马尔'科”，来源于“马尔”，意思是昆虫，“科”意思是空气。
Human (Gue'vesa) 人类（古'维萨）
The T'au Empire claims to host a growing population of Humans or Gue'vesa (Tau) who were once a part of the Imperium of Man. Ranging from ideological defectors to captured guardsmen and their children, they have allegedly been incorporated into the empire - a notable example being the 19th Regiment of the Brimlock Dragoons.
钛帝国声称拥有越来越多的人类或古'维萨（钛）人口，他们曾经是人类帝国的一部分。从意识形态的叛逃者到被俘的卫兵及其子女，他们据称都被并入了帝国 - 一个值得注意的例子是边锁龙骑兵第19兵团。
Gue'vesa soldiers 古'维萨士兵
It is claimed by the Empire that the Humans are content and treated well, even being allowed to worship the Emperor.
帝国声称，人类很满足，待遇很好，甚至被允许崇拜帝皇。
Other Races 其他种族
The Anthrazods are a sturdy but dim-witted race used by the T'au for asteroid mining.
安斯拉佐德是一种强壮但头脑迟钝的种族，被钛用于小行星采矿。
The Boaburi 博阿布瑞
The Brachyura are a small race unparalleled in the construction of Earth Caste Plasma Generators.
布拉基乌拉在建造地氏族的等离子发生器方面是一个无与伦比的小种族。
The Charpactin are used in the Edification Corps.
查尔帕辛用于教化军团。
The Demiurg are a mining species that has allied itself with the T'au. In truth, they are a Prospect of the Leagues of Votann, who have been misunderstood as a unique species by the Imperium and T'au alike.
德穆革是一种与钛结盟的采矿种族。事实上，他们是沃坦联盟的前景，被帝国和钛都误解为一种独特的物种。
The Domati are auxiliary allies who use Wyrmships.
多马蒂是使用龙船的辅助军盟友。
The Formosians joined the empire in 896.M40.
弗尔莫西亚于896.M40加入帝国。
The Galg are tentacled creatures that often form into mercenary bands which often fight for the T'au.
高尔格是有触手的生物，经常组成雇佣兵团伙，为钛而战。
The Greet are an invertebrate species from the Ocean World of Isla'su.
格利特是一种来自伊斯拉'苏海洋世界的无脊椎动物。
The G’nosh are used as cargo-haulers.
基'诺什被用作货物搬运工。
The Hrenian are auxiliaries that employ Light Infantry to the T'au.
赫雷尼安是雇佣轻步兵到钛的辅助军。
The Jagordian 雅戈尔迪安
The Ji'atrix are ethereal aliens skilled in void-faring.
基'阿特里克斯是空灵的异型，擅长虚空航行
The Morralian are auxiliaries that employ Deathsworn to the T'au.
莫拉里安是雇佣对钛宣誓死亡的辅助军。
The M'uh'ja 牧'胡'加
The Nagi are small but highly intelligent worms known for their mind control abilities.
纳基是一种小型但高度智能的蠕虫，以其精神控制能力而闻名。
The Nicassar are a highly psychic race and were the first alien species successfully assimilated into the T'au Empire.
尼卡萨是一个高度灵能种族，是第一个成功融入钛帝国的异型物种。
The Ostense Council have worked for the T'au as mercenaries.
奥斯坦塞议会曾以雇佣兵的身份为钛工作。
The Poctroon were the first race to join the Empire, but were wiped out by disease.
珀克纯是第一个加入帝国的种族，但被疾病消灭了。
The Pohu-Agg 波胡-阿戈
The Phosiab 弗西亚布
The Ranghon are a race which has bowed before the Empire.
朗宏是一个向帝国鞠躬的种族。
The Tarellian are dog-like aliens who often work as mercenaries for the T'au.
塔里安是像狗一样的异型，他们经常为钛充当雇佣兵。
The Thraxians are chitin-covered multi-armed close melee fighters.
特拉希安是覆盖着几丁质甲壳的多臂近战战士
The Vorgh 沃格
The Yabi-Yabi are a space-bound species.
亚比-亚比是一种空间束缚物种。
Military 军事
T'au ground warfare is carried out almost exclusively by the Fire caste, with its Supreme Command being the Shas'ar'tol. 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. Auxiliaries are drawn from the alien races within the T'au Empire, and can include Kroot warriors, Vespid Stingwings, and Gue'vesa, among other forces.
钛的地面战争几乎完全由火氏族进行，其最高指挥是沙'阿‘托尔。气氏族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，其规模和作用与帝国卫队连队相似，主要由同一个家门的钛组成。辅助军来自钛帝国内的异型种族，可能包克鲁特战士、胡蜂人刺翼和古'维萨等部队。
The T'au Empire at war 战争中的钛帝国
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, is grouped into a Command (or Uash'o) under the leadership of a High Commander, with the four Commands (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'如阿组成），尽管存在更专业的基核，如战斗服报复基核和寻路者渗透基核。三到六个基核经常作为特遣队，或蒂欧'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场战斗（也称为公社或卡瓦尔），尽管这只是一个临时编队。在特定位置的所有火氏族部队，无论是行星还是恒星系统，都在一名高级指挥官的领导下组成一个指挥部（或乌什'欧），四个指挥部（火、地、水和气）组成一个联合体（或杉'奥），在当地以太的指挥下。
The T'au prefer long-ranged combat over close-quarters fighting, and use the speed and agility of their anti-gravity vehicles to fight a war of manoeuvrability. Pinpoint destruction is favoured over massive barrages, hence the preponderance of laser-guided missiles as artillery. The destruction of the enemy's forces is considered more important than the capture of territory, and the T'au will willingly give ground in order to achieve a more advantageous position. Battle plans are complex affairs, with each Cadre given specific targets and launch times, and if the initiative is lost the T'au will fall back to plan a new strategy. The T'au military has neither the inclination nor the numbers to fight a war of attrition, and so must choose its battles carefully.
与近距离战斗相比，钛更喜欢远程战斗，并利用其反重力载具的速度和敏捷性进行机动战争。精确摧毁比大规模弹幕更受欢迎，因此激光制导导弹作为火炮占主导地位。消灭敌军被认为比夺取领土更重要，为了获得更有利的地位，钛愿意让步。作战计划是复杂的事情，每个基核都有具体的目标和出发时间，如果失去主动权，钛将重新制定新的战略。钛军队既没有打消耗战的意愿，也没有打消耗战的人数，因此必须谨慎选择战斗。
The idea of a static defence is foreign to the T'au's military philosophy. If forced to defend a location, the T'au will still use offensive manoeuvres in order to keep the enemy off-balanced while important assets are removed. Bunkers and other defensive emplacements can be constructed, primarily to defend against long-range bombardment, but as a rule T'au cities are rarely fortified, and will often be evacuated in the face of an enemy attack.
静态防御的概念与钛的军事哲学格格不入。如果被迫保卫一个地点，在重要资产被转移的同时，钛仍将使用进攻性机动来守住敌人。可以建造掩体和其他防御阵地，主要是为了防御远程轰炸，但通常钛城市很少设防，在敌人进攻时经常会撤离。
In cases where close combat is unavoidable, the T'au will send in its auxiliaries, the Kroot especially, to handle the situation.
在近战不可避免的情况下，钛将派遣其辅助军，特别是克鲁特，来处理这种情况。
