The Paternova is the leader, and most powerful, of all the Navigators. The current holder of the title is Francisco M'edici 14th of the Great Navigator House M'edici.

星父是所有导航者中的领导者，也是最强大的。该头衔的现任持有者是美第奇大导航者家族的弗朗西斯科·美第奇十四世。

Overview 概述

The Paternova lives in the Palace of the Navigators, in the centre of the Navigator's Quarter on holy Terra. From the moment he is installed, the Paternova never leaves this palace. The staff, soldiery and other retainers of the palace are all drawn from the Paternova's own House, and are replaced with each new Paternova. The chief among his servants is the Paternoval Envoy, who often becomes one of the High Lords of Terra, representing the Navis Nobilite on the Senatorum Imperialis. If anybody were to know the secrets of the Navigators' origins, it would be the Paternova.

星父住在神圣泰拉的导航者区域中心的导航者宫殿。从他上任的那一刻起，星父就再也没有离开过这座宫殿。宫殿的工作人员、士兵和其他仆人都来自星父自己的家族，并被每一个新的星父所取代。他的仆人中的首领是星父特使，他经常成为泰拉高领主之一，在帝国参议院代表导航者宗族。如果有人知道导航者的起源秘密，那一定是星父。

The chief role of the Paternova is his ability to somehow control, or amplify, the ‘warp sense’ of the other Navigators. This is a direct result of the extreme mutations they suffer during their ascension from one of the Heirs Apparent. For this reason the Paternova is sometimes described as the guiding father whose powers transcend the warp itself. The importance of this link is demonstrated during the rare interludes between the reign of a Paternova and his replacement. During these times, all Navigators other than the Heirs Apparent suffer a considerable reduction in their ability to navigate the Warp. Were this state of affairs continue for long, much of the Imperium would collapse into anarchy, as ships would be unable to quickly traverse the warp, with many being lost completely.

星父的主要作用是他能够以某种方式控制或放大其他导航者的“亚空间感知”。这是他们在从法定继承人之一的晋升过程中遭受极端突变的直接结果。因此，星父有时被描述为指引之父，其力量超越了亚空间本身。这种联系的重要性在星父的统治和他的继任者之间罕见的间歇期得到了证明。在此期间，除法定继承人之外的所有导航者在亚空间中的导航能力都会大大降低。如果这种状况持续很长时间，帝国的大部分地区将陷入无政府状态，因为舰船将无法快速穿越亚空间，许多舰船将完全消失。

The Paternova can often live for a thousand years. When he does die, his successor is chosen from among the waiting Heirs Apparent, the most powerful Navigators of the Great Families. From the moment of his death, all the existing Heirs Apparent undergo dramatic change. They grow larger and stronger, and the mutations that characterise all Navigators become even more pronounced. They gain the ability to survive underwater, in poisonous environments and even in the hard vacuum of space. Their natural aggression is increased, and they are drawn into combat with each other. As each Heir Apparent is killed, those who survive change even more, until only one remains alive. It is this vastly changed and extremely powerful individual who becomes the new Paternova.

星父通常可以活一千年。当他去世时，他的继任者是从等待的法定继承人中选出的，他们是大家族中最强大的导航者。从他去世的那一刻起，所有现存的法定继承人都经历了巨大的变化。他们变得更大更强，所有导航者特有的突变变得更加明显。他们获得了在水下、有毒环境甚至空域高真空中生存的能力。他们的本能侵略性增强，他们被卷入了相互的战斗。随着每个法定继承人被杀，那些幸存下来的人会发生更大的变化，直到只有一个人活着。正是这个巨大的变化和极其强大的个人成为了新的星父。

As soon as the new Paternova is installed, the Navigators' powers are restored, though not all are restored to the same degree. Those Navigators belonging to the same House as the Paternova find their abilities enhanced, as though their blood tie enabled the Paternova to transmit his powers more effectively. Navigators belonging to the House of the old Paternova lose this benefit, and many Navigators suddenly find their powers greatly diminished. The reasons for this are unknown.

一旦任命了新的星父，导航者的力量就会恢复，尽管并非所有人都恢复到相同的程度。那些与星父属于同一家族的导航者发现他们的能力得到了增强，仿佛他们的血缘关系使星父能够更有效地传递他的力量。属于旧星父家族的导航者失去了这一优势，许多导航者突然发现他们的力量大大减弱了。其原因尚不清楚。

During the Horus Heresy, the Paternova was so threatened by the Dark Glass and Golden Throne projects (as they threatened to render the Navigators obsolete) that he dispatched agents to destroy at least the former.

在荷鲁斯叛乱期间，星父受到黑暗琉璃和黄金王座项目的威胁（因为它们威胁要使导航者淘汰），他派遣特工至少摧毁了前者。