首先是一切的起点,泰伦的2-4E的背景故事,这一阶段GW的背景设定极度简单粗暴,没有各种花里胡哨的吹逼,就是标准的恐惧片怪物。

The Techno Magi have concluded that theTyranids originateoutside the galaxy. Their voracious genetic structureandbiological existence are different from even the most aliencreatures of ourown galaxy.Whereas human and othergalactic organisms naturally diversify intodistinet speciesover the course of millions of years, Tyranids evolverapidlyand constantly to meet the conscious needs of the entire race.TheTyranids are not one creature but a bewildering array ofmonstrosities createdto perform specific functions.
科技贤者得出结论,泰伦虫族起源于银河系之外。它们贪婪的基因结构和生物存在甚至与我们银河系中最陌生的生物都不同。人类和其他银河生物在数百万年的时间里自然地多样化为不同的物种,而泰伦虫族则迅速且不断地进化以满足整个种族的意识需求。泰伦虫族并不是一种生物,而是一群令人眼花缭乱的怪物,它们被创造来执行特定的功能。

The hive mind appears to require a constantinflux of freshgenetic material and new DNA to create new creatures andadapt todifferent environments. The Adeptus Mechanicuspostulate that the Tyranidsexhausted their own galaxy and.perhaps, others of all life before crossing theinterstellar voidto seek fresh feeding grounds, With its billions of humansandcountless other creatures the Imperium offers the Tyranids aninexhaustiblestock of organic matter and genetic codes toinvigorate the hive mind and enableit to manifest new forms.The Tyranids represent the nightmare pinnacle ofevolutiongone mad, which will make all other life forms extinct if it cannotbestopped.
虫巢意志似乎需要不断摄入新鲜的遗传物质和新的 DNA 来创造新的生物并适应不同的环境。机械教假设泰伦虫族在穿越星际虚空寻找新的觅食地之前耗尽了自己的星系,也许还耗尽了其他所有生命,帝国拥有数十亿人类和无数其他生物,可以为泰伦虫族提供了取之不尽用之不竭的有机物质储备和遗传密码,以激发虫巢意志,使其能够表现出新的形式。泰伦虫族代表着疯狂进化的噩梦造物,一个贪婪饥饿的吞噬群星之灾,如果无法阻止它,将使所有其他生命形式灭绝。

Tyranids travel the galaxies and the voidsbetween them invast, drifting hive fleets. These consist of millions ofsentientcraft, each in tumn home to untold numbers ofmonstrosities evolved from thebubbling geno-organs oftheir mucous-slicked reproductive chambers. Allthesecreatures are born to serve the single entity that is the shipand the shipin turn exists only to serve the hive fleets. Inthis way the Tyranid racethinks, perceives and acts as onegreat whole, allowing it an unparalleled levelof commandover its constituent parts. From the tendril-like shoals of thehivefleets to the tiniest feeder organisms, every Tyranid isbound to the implacablewill of the Hive Mind.
泰伦虫族在星系之间穿行,星系之间的虚空游荡着掠食的虫巢舰队。这些舰队由数以百万计的有知觉的(活体)飞船组成,每艘(活体)飞船又是无数怪物的家园,这些怪物是从它们光滑的粘液生殖室中冒泡的基因器官繁殖而来。所有这些生物生来都是为了服务于单一实体,即(活体)飞船,而(活体)飞船的存在只是为了服务于虫巢舰队。通过这种方式,泰伦虫族作为一个伟大的整体来思考、感知和行动,从而使其对其组成部分拥有无与伦比的指挥能力。从虫巢舰队的卷须到最小的饲养生物,每一个泰伦虫族都受到虫巢意志的无情意志约束。