Basic Data 基础信息
Name:Port Maw
名称：巨口港
Segmentum:Segmentum Obscurus
星域：朦胧星域
Sector:Gothic Sector
星区：哥特星区
Subsector:Port Maw Subsector
分区：巨口分区
System:Port Maw System
星系：巨口星系
Population:Over 200 Billion
人口：超过2000亿
Affiliation:Imperium
隶属：帝国
Class:Hive World
类别：巢都世界
Planetary Image 行星图片
Port Maw refers both to the Imperial hive world, its three large Naval Stations (one of which is the Nexus System - Fleet Command for Battlefleet Gothic and the Gothic Sector's largest shipyard and repair station), and its significant support network of orbital stations and installations. Located within what is now the Port Maw Subsector, it is currently the sector capital of the Gothic Sector of Segmentum Obscurus. During the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy, it served as a major naval installation for what was then the the Coronid Deeps.
巨口既指帝国巢都世界，也指其三个大型海军基地（其中之一是枢纽星系 - 哥特舰队指挥部和哥特星区最大的造船厂和维修站），以及其重要的轨道站和设施支持网络。它位于现在的巨口港分区内，目前是朦胧星域的哥特星区的首府。在大远征和荷鲁斯叛乱期间，它曾是当时的王冠深渊的主要海军设施。
An artificial planetoid, Port Maw distantly orbits around a larger and (at least during the Great Crusade) more habitable planet called Æstellica.
巨口星是一颗人造小行星，它绕着一颗更大、更宜居的被称为埃斯特利卡的行星（至少在大远征期间）运行。
History 历史
The Great Crusade 大远征
An artificial planetoid, port maw was discovered by the 60th Expeditionary Fleet in a region of space then known as the Coronid Deeps. Observing the 500 kilometer wide aperture in the planets surface, giving it the appearance of a vast fanged mouth, the members of the fleet would give it its eponymous name: Port Maw.
第60远征舰队在当时被称为“王冠深渊”的太空区域发现了一个人造小行星。观察到行星表面500公里宽的孔径，使其看起来像一个巨大的尖牙嘴，舰队成员为其命名：巨口。
Port Maw as a part of the Coronid Deeps 巨口星作为王冠深渊的一部分
In 001.M31, in the final years of the Great Crusade, an Imperialis Armada facility would begin construction at the direct behest of the Officio Astra, as part of a strategic plan to consolidate fleet assets and operational structures in the region following the triumph of the Ullanor Crusade and the appointment of Horus Lupercal as Warmaster. It was intended for Port Maw to become one of the most powerful naval facilities in the entire northern Imperium. The hollow artificial planetoid offered unparalleled defense against assault to developments and facilities inside its core, while construction began on vast trans-orbital dockayrds, battlestations and provender belts in the surrounding star system.
001.M31，在大远征的最后几年，帝国无敌舰队的一个设施将在星界庭的直接指示下开始建设，这是在乌兰诺远征胜利和任命荷鲁斯·卢佩卡尔为战帅后巩固该地区舰队资产和作战结构的战略计划的一部分。它的目的是让巨口港成为整个帝国北方最强大的海军设施之一。这颗中空的人造小行星为其核心内的开发和设施提供了无与伦比的防御，同时开始在周围恒星系统中建造巨大的跨轨道码头、战斗站和补给带。
War Fleet of the Port Maw Armada 巨口港舰队的战争舰队
Port Maw's fleet anchorage would be one of a handful of massive fleet bases situated on the borders of the Imperium. Though still dwarfed by Battlefleet Solar, they were built by an Imperium that had largely conquered the galaxy, rather than one which set out to conquer it. At least one of these was built in each Segmentum Majoris, with more planned, to hold and defend a galaxy so hard fought over. As such, they functioned as ports of supply and muster, command-and-control, and as home bases for a permanent armada of warships with their own armies of Auxilia troops. They would serve as a source of deep range patrols and rapid-reaction forces to respond to sudden threats such as civil-disturbances, rebellion, or attacks from within or without the Imperium's new borders.
巨口港的舰队锚地将是帝国边界上为数不多的大型舰队基地之一。尽管与太阳战斗舰队相比仍然相形见绌，但它们是由一个在很大程度上征服了银河系的帝国建造的，而不是一个打算征服它的帝国。每个主要星域都至少建造了一个这样的，并计划了更多，以守住和保卫一个如此激烈争夺的银河。因此，它们作为补给和集结、指挥和控制的港口，以及拥有自己的辅助部队的永久舰队的大本营。它们将作为远程巡逻和快速反应部队的来源，以应对突发威胁，如内战、叛乱或来自帝国的新边界内外的袭击。
"And about Port Maw were ringed many defences. Fortresses in orbit and platforms bristling with weapons lay in wait for an unwary attack. Minefields in abundance were there to discourage the foolish." - The Lexicus Planetarium, M38 “巨口港周围环绕着许多防御工事。轨道上的堡垒和布满武器的平台等待着不警觉的攻击。那里有大量的雷区来阻止愚蠢的人。” - 星表典籍，M38
The Port Maw armada outnumbered and likely out-gunned any single Expeditionary fleet of the Great Crusade, at least on paper. Made up of several hundred first and second rate ships of the line, various cruisers and assault vessels intended to dominate 'small wars' and conduct long patrols, as well as frigates and destroyers meant for escort duty, destroy marauders, and hunt those who would disturb the Emperor's Peace. Such fleets possessed fewer large capital class ships than the conquest forces of the Great Crusade, but those they did possess were often powerful examples of the type, such as Goliath Class Battleship and Legatus Class Battleships - strong support-intensive designs that had been replaced in frontline service by Gloriana and Victory patterns.
至少在纸面上，巨口港舰队的数量超过了大远征中的任何一支远征舰队，而且可能超过了任何一支。由数百艘一级和二级战列舰组成，各种巡洋舰和攻击舰旨在主导“小型战争”并进行长时间巡逻，以及护卫舰和驱逐舰，用于护航、摧毁掠夺者和追捕扰乱帝皇的和平的人。与大远征的征服部队相比，这些舰队拥有的大型主力级舰船较少，但他们拥有的往往是这种类型的强大模范，如歌利亚级战列舰和副将级战列舰 - 强大的支援密集型设计，在前线服役中已被荣光女王和胜利型所取代。
Unlike the fleets of the Legiones Astartes, Explorator Fleet, and Rogue Traders, these fleets were defensive in nature, able to be piecemealed into smaller commands as needed and were manned by Solar Auxilia almost exclusively, without any transhuman (i.e. Astartes) components, and outside the typical command structure of the great crusade. Their Grand Admirals and Lord Marshalls operated under orders directly from the Council of Terra, and were equal or greater in authority to the Lord Commanders of individual planets their ships protected. Of course, in practice, it was a foolish Grand Admiral that did not defer to a Primarch or an emissary of the Terran Court or Mars, but this represented a growing distance between the nascent Imperium's forces of conquest and those of defense. As such, the Traitors influence on these forces in the opening of the Horus Heresy were lessened. This would be demonstrated during the Horus Heresy where those traitor elements of Port Maw's Warfleet that turned were conducted by a minority mutiny or by cadre's of traitor officers, rather than wholesale forces swearing to the Warmaster.
与阿斯塔特军团舰队、探索者舰队和行商浪人舰队不同，这些舰队本质上是防御性的，能够根据需要分成更小的指挥，几乎完全由太阳辅助军控制，没有任何超人（即阿斯塔特）部分，也不在大远征的典型指挥结构之外。他们的海军大将和领主元帅直接根据泰拉议会的命令行事，在权力上与他们的舰船所保护的各个行星的领主指挥官相等或更大。当然，在实践中，一个愚蠢的海军大将不服从原体、泰拉王宫或火星的使者，但这代表了新生帝国的征服部队和防御部队之间的距离越来越远。因此，在荷鲁斯叛乱开始时，叛徒对这些势力的影响减弱了。这将在荷鲁斯叛乱期间得到证明，在那里，巨口港战争舰队的叛徒成员是由少数派叛乱或叛徒军官干部进行的，而不是向战帅宣誓的大规模部队。
By the time of the Manachean War, Port Maw's War Fleet included a score of battleships, dozens of squadrons of cruisers, countless hundreds of escort craft, and thousands of servitor-drone tenders, provision ships, troop transports and orbital lighters.
到马纳切安战争时，巨口港的战争舰队包括数十艘战列舰、数十个巡洋舰中队、无数艘护卫舰和数千艘无人机仆供应舰、补给舰、运兵船和轨道驳船。
Port Maw Imperial Space Station and Star Fort 巨口港帝国空间站和星堡
Horus Heresy 荷鲁斯叛乱
In the early stages of the Horus Heresy, where much of the Imperium was kept in the dark regarding the attrocity at Isstvan and word of Horus' betrayal reaching Terra itself, Port Maw was used as a layover and resupply station for the fleets which would be deployed to the ill-fated punitive mission to Isstvan V.
在荷鲁斯叛乱的早期阶段，帝国的大部分地区都对伊斯塔万的暴行和荷鲁斯背叛泰拉的消息一无所知，巨口港被用作舰队的中转站和补给站，这些舰队将被部署到伊斯塔万五号命运多舛的惩罚性任务中。
The great construction works project surrounding Port Maw was far from complete by the start of Lupercal's war on the Imperium. Nevertheless, Port Maw was already operational in some limited capacity as a naval supply base and muster station, even as the very first drops of blood were being shed at Isstvan. Hundreds of millions of workers as well as planet-side administration and support staff were already firmly established on the habitable planet of Æstellica which Port Maw orbited around. Most importantly, it alongside the rest of the Coronid deeps could call upon regiments kept to the standards of the Solar Auxilia pattern, thanks to the high technological and industrial basis of the Manachean Commonwealth allowing for such troops to be supplied and maintained.
到牧狼神对帝国的战争开始时，巨口港周围的大型建筑工程项目还远未完成。尽管如此，即使在伊斯塔万落下第一滴血的时候，巨口港作为海军补给基地和集结站已经在有限的能力下运作。数亿名工作人员以及行星侧的管理和支援人员已经在巨口港环绕的宜居行星埃斯特利卡上站稳了脚跟。最重要的是，由于马纳切安联邦的高科技和工业基础允许供应和维护这些部队，它与王冠深渊的其他部分一起，可以召集符合太阳辅助军型标准的兵团。
A ship docking at Port Maw 一艘船停靠在巨口港
Horus had not left Port Maw outside of his schemes for rebellion. Traitor Agents were already embedded throughout the Coronid Deeps. By the time of the Isstvan III attrocity, Horus had already used his influence as Warmaster to have elements of Port Maw's armada scattered on deep patrols in space or chasing rumors of threats. By 006.M31 efforts by Port Maw to recall their fleet were greatly disrupted by the warp turbulence so infamously associated with the Horus Heresay, and their fleets found the shadowy threats they chased now very much real.
荷鲁斯并没有离开巨口港，脱离他的叛乱计划。叛徒特工已经渗透到整个王冠深渊。在伊斯塔万三号暴行时期，荷鲁斯已经利用他作为战帅的影响力，让巨口港的舰队成员分散在太空中进行深渊巡逻或追逐威胁的谣言。到006.M31，巨口港召回舰队的努力被与荷鲁斯叛乱有关的亚空间湍流严重扰乱，他们的舰队发现他们现在追逐的阴影的威胁非常真实。
When the war finally arrived to Port Maw, Archmagos-Astral Leit Mercuric, secretly aligned to Horus, would use Port Maw's powerful Control Panopticon to devastating the assembling Coronids Deep fleet at Port Maw, until was at last disabled by the 905th Lethe Cohort and then destroyed by the Kurga under the orders of Grand Admiral Ospheus LaBray.
当战争最终到达巨口港时，秘密与荷鲁斯结盟的星界大贤者莱特·默丘里克利巨口港强大的全景控制摧毁在巨口港集结的王冠深渊舰队，直到最后被第905勒忒大队瘫痪，然后在海军元帅奥斯菲厄斯·拉·布雷的命令下被库尔加摧毁。
Port Maw Imperial Space Station and Star Fort 巨口港帝国空间站和星堡
Post Heresy 叛乱后
Port Maw now functions as the Gothic Sector's main naval base, acting as the headquarters for Battlefleet Gothic. The planet is encircled by hundreds of defensive systems, including monitor ships, minefields and defence satellites, which rendered it impregnable during the 12th Black Crusade, otherwise known as the Gothic War. However, the forces of Chaos were able to blockade the planet for almost the whole length of the war. Port Maw also maintains defence space stations throughout the sector, such as those orbiting Verstap and Luxor, which are rare exceptions to the usual hegemony of the Imperial Navy and Adeptus Mechanicus in controlling such structures.
巨口港现在是哥特星区的主要海军基地，是哥特战斗舰队的总部。行星被数百个防御系统包围，包括监测舰、雷区和防御卫星，这使得它在第12次黑色远征，也被称为哥特战争期间坚不可摧。然而，混沌部队几乎在整个战争期间都封锁了行星。巨口港还维护着整个星区的防御空间站，例如围绕韦斯塔普和卢克索运行的空间站，这些空间站是帝国海军和机械神教在控制此类结构方面通常霸权的罕见例外。
Conflicting Sources 来源冲突
Port Maw as depicted in the Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook 《哥特舰队规则书》中描述的巨口星
The image on the Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook depicted a typical planet, making no reference to any sort of hollow world as the later The Horus Heresy (Game) would.
《哥特舰队规则书》中的图像描绘了一个典型的行星，没有像后来的《荷鲁斯叛乱》（游戏）那样提及任何类别的空洞世界。
It is not impossible the pictured image may instead be Æstellica, its name during the Great Crusade having given way to the much more famed Port Maw by the Gothic War.
这不是不可能的，照片中的图像可能是埃斯特利卡，它在大远征的名字在哥特战争中让位于更著名的巨口港。
Trivia 琐事
Port Maw as portrayed in the Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Video Game) appears to be visually inspired by the depiction of Port Wander in the Fantasy Flight Games Rogue Trader RPG.
《哥特舰队：阿玛达》（电子游戏）中描绘的巨口港在视觉上似乎受到了幻想飞行游戏行商浪人RPG中对漫游港的描绘的启发。
