A power fist is a formidable close combat weapon capable of pulverising armour, flesh and bone with horrific ease. Taking the form of a heavy servo-powered gauntlet, it is commonly worn as part of a suit of power armour, replacing the ceramite plates from forearm to fist. The real killing might of a power fist comes not from its piston-enhanced grip, though this alone could crush a man’s helmet and the skull within, but rather the disruption field that surrounds it. This field tears into matter at a molecular level and anything that remains for more than a moment within its grip is ripped apart in the most appalling fashion.

動力拳是一種可畏的近戰(zhàn)武器，能極為輕易地粉碎裝甲、肉體和骨骼。它的形態(tài)是一只由伺服裝置提供動力的沉重拳套，使用者通常會用其替換從前臂到拳頭的陶鋼板甲，將之用作動力甲的組成部分。動力拳真正的殺傷力并非來自于其用活塞（馬達(dá)）增強(qiáng)過的握力——盡管單靠這一項也能捏碎一個人的頭盔和里面的頭顱，而是來自包繞著拳套的崩解力場。這種力場能在分子層面上撕裂物質(zhì)，任何被動力拳握在掌中超過片刻的事物都會被以最可怕的方式裂解開。

A Heroic Weapon

英雄武器

As is befitting for such a potent and fearsome weapon, use of the power fist is limited to such individuals as honoured Space Marine captains and chapter commanders. Sometimes, a sergeant might be rewarded with carrying one of these mighty weapons into battle, blessed by its brutal might so that he might better vanquish the enemies of the God-Emperor. As with many weapons of this ilk created by the Imperium, wealthy Imperial Guard officers, vain planetary commanders and stoic commissars carry lesser versions. However, when it comes to their efficacy, they are as a rusty knife to a well-honed blade.

為了與這樣一件強(qiáng)大且可怕的武器相稱，動力拳的僅限于諸如可敬的星際戰(zhàn)士連長和戰(zhàn)團(tuán)指揮官之類的人物使用。某些時候，一位軍士也會被給予在戰(zhàn)斗中使用這樣一件強(qiáng)大的武器（的權(quán)力）以資獎勵，而在動力拳殘酷力量的祝福下，他可能會更好地消滅神皇之?dāng)?。就像帝國制造的許多這類武器那樣，富有的帝國衛(wèi)隊軍官、自負(fù)的行星指揮官和堅忍的政委們也使用著輕量化的版本。然而，這兩種動力拳的功效區(qū)別就是生銹的刀片與磨鋒利的刀刃之間的區(qū)別

This difference was evident during the battle for Tartarus Hive on Armageddon. The Steel Legion were struggling to hold back the Ork hordes of Warboss Ghazghkull, when Space Marines of the Blood Angels Chapter counter-attacked the aliens. Men stood mute witness as the red-armoured giants fell upon the foe with a horrific rage. In the midst of the carnage, Blood Angels Sergeant Kyron demonstrated the might of the power fist, single-handedly destroying a lumbering Ork Battlewagon covered in ramshackle armour and festooned with cannons. Thrusting his fist into the engine block of the machine, Kyron ripped it apart in an arcing shower of energy and flame.

在阿瑪吉頓世界塔爾塔羅斯巢都之戰(zhàn)中，它們間的差異是明顯的。當(dāng)圣血天使戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的星際戰(zhàn)士們向異星人們發(fā)起反擊時，鋼鐵軍團(tuán)正在努力頂住戰(zhàn)爭老大碎骨者麾下歐克獸群的進(jìn)攻。凡人們沉默地看著紅甲巨人們帶著可怕的怒意攻向敵人。在這場屠殺中，圣血天使的凱隆軍士展示了動力拳的威力，他獨自一人便摧毀了一輛笨重的獸人戰(zhàn)爭貨車——其上覆蓋著搖搖欲墜的裝甲并安裝了火炮。凱隆用動力拳砸中了那臺機(jī)器的引擎區(qū)，在一陣能量與烈焰的電弧流中將之撕開。

Fixed to the mighty arm of a Space Marine, a power fist can punch through almost any defence, even hammering through the side of tanks to tear out the crew. Armed with a power fist, a battle-brother is deadly to anything on the battlefield, easily able to to crush foes within his grip. Equally, fortifications are little defence against an assault from a power fist-armed Space Marine, the coruscating gauntlet able to peel back plasteel bulkheads and batter down ferrocrete bunkers.

在被固定到星際戰(zhàn)士的強(qiáng)壯手臂上后，動力拳能夠擊穿幾乎任何防御，甚至能砸穿坦克的側(cè)面（車體）來拖出里面的乘員。裝備了動力拳的戰(zhàn)斗修士對戰(zhàn)場上的一切都是致命的，他通過抓握便能輕松捏碎敵人。同樣，防御工事在面對裝備了動力拳的戰(zhàn)斗修士的進(jìn)攻時也幾乎毫無防御可言，這種閃閃發(fā)光的拳套能夠剝開塑鋼艙壁，砸爛鐵凝土掩體。

The only drawback of a power fist, apart from the strength required to wield it, is that it remains a slow and prodigious weapon to use. As the disruption field pushes back against the air and the power armour struggles to bear the weight of the fist, its hydraulics whine and hiss. In the time it takes even a Space Marine to raise the weapon for a strike, an enemy with a blade can dart in and land a blow. In a whirling and chaotic melee, a Space Marine must endure dozens of cuts, slashes and thrusts as he methodically pulverises his foes with crippling punches and backhanded strikes.

除了使用其所需的力量之外，動力拳唯一的缺點便是其使用起來緩慢且巨大（沉重）。當(dāng)崩解力場穿過空氣受到反沖，動力甲努力承受拳套的重量時，動力拳的液壓裝置會發(fā)出吱嘎聲和嘶嘶聲。在一名星際戰(zhàn)士舉起這種武器進(jìn)行攻擊的時間段內(nèi)，手持刀劍的敵人就可以沖過來刺出一擊。在混戰(zhàn)中，當(dāng)一名星際戰(zhàn)士用強(qiáng)悍的拳擊和反手進(jìn)攻有條不紊砸碎敵人們時，他也要承受數(shù)十次劈砍和戳刺。

It is perhaps due to the cumbersome and unwieldy nature of the power fist that the Adeptus Astartes are among the few soldiers of the Imperium to use it in high numbers. The protection afforded by power armour and the enhanced frame of a Space Marine means he is able to take the punishment before readying a killing blow. Nethertheless, the speed of the weapon is balanced against the incredible damage it can cause, and many Space Marine commanders gladly accept the sacrifice of speed if it means they only need to strike once.

或許是因為動力拳的笨重且難以駕馭，阿斯塔特修會是帝國中極少數(shù)大量使用此類武器的部隊。動力甲提供的保護(hù)和星際戰(zhàn)士們強(qiáng)化過的軀體意味著他們能夠在準(zhǔn)備揮出致命一擊之前承受敵人的反擊傷害。無論如何，這種武器的攻速都中和了其能造成的難以置信傷害，很多星際戰(zhàn)士指揮官也高興地接受了對于速度的犧牲——畢竟他們只需進(jìn)攻一次。

Symbol of the Space Marines

星際戰(zhàn)士的標(biāo)志

Crafted on forge worlds and in the depths of Space Marine fortress monasteries, each power fist is unique to the Tech-Priest or Techmarine who created it. Hours of painstaking work based on millennia-old templates and designs go into fashioning the weapons from the rare components required to grant the fist its singular strength. So difficult are some of the parts to produce, especially the shielded containment chambers of the power core and the web of field emitters arrayed across the fist’s fingers, that they are often scavenged from older weapons.

每套動力拳都是在鑄造世界和星際戰(zhàn)士要塞修道院的深處制造而成的，對于鑄造它們的技術(shù)神甫和技術(shù)軍士而言，它們都是獨一無二的。鑄造者們要基于流傳千年之久的模板和設(shè)計，耗費數(shù)個小時的艱苦勞作，使用賦予動力拳獨特力量所需的稀有組件，才能造出這樣的武器。某些部分極其難以生產(chǎn)，尤其是能量核心的防護(hù)安置艙和排列在動力拳指套各處的力場發(fā)射器網(wǎng)絡(luò)，這些組件通常是從陳舊的武器中回收而來。

Many rare and exquisite examples of the power fist exist within the ranks of the Adeptus Astartes, such as the paired weapons of Marneus Calgar, the Gauntlets of Ultramar. These ancient weapons served the Chapter Master during the Battle for Macragge, where they split the skulls and spines of countless Tyranid bio-horrors. Pedro Kantor, Chapter Master of the Crimson Fists, also famously wields a power fist. Painted crimson as an icon of his Chapter, Pedro put this sacred weapon to terrible use during the Rynn’s World campaign, where he crushed the invading Orks of Waaagh! Snagrod.

阿斯塔特修會中存在著很多罕見且精致的動力拳，比如馬里烏斯 卡爾加的那對武器——奧特拉瑪之拳，這位戰(zhàn)團(tuán)長在馬庫拉格之戰(zhàn)中便用這對古老的武器撕裂了無數(shù)泰倫惡物的頭顱和脊柱。緋紅之拳戰(zhàn)團(tuán)長佩德羅 坎托也絕妙地使用著一只動力拳。佩德羅將這件武器按照戰(zhàn)團(tuán)的徽章涂成了緋紅色，在他擊碎斯納格羅德的Waaagh!中來犯獸人的瑞恩世界戰(zhàn)役中，他將這件神圣的武器發(fā)揮出了可怕的用途。

A well maintained power fist is a near priceless weapon to its owner, carefully cared for and stored with the reverence reserved for a great treasure. This respect for the weapon goes beyond simple superstition and matters of honour, and has as much to do with the impressive combat capabilities the gauntlet possesses. A Space Marine is wise to respect his weapons, lest they fail him in battle – this is especially true of one as deadly as the power fist.

對其擁有者而言，一只維護(hù)良好的動力拳是一件近乎無價的武器，他們會以對待珍寶的敬畏之心精心照料和保存動力拳。他們對于這種武器的敬意超脫了簡單的迷信和榮譽(yù)感，而是與拳套那令人印象深刻的戰(zhàn)斗能力有莫大的關(guān)系。一名星際戰(zhàn)士會明智地尊敬自己的武器，以免它們令自己在戰(zhàn)斗中失敗——在像動力拳這樣致命的武器上尤為如此。