钛式战斗机 TIE fighter
机长：6.3米 Height: 6.3 meters long
厂商：西纳海军系统 Manufacturer: Sienar Fleet Systems
型号：星际战斗机 Type:Starfighter
武器：激光炮 Weapon: Laser cannons
阵营：银河帝国 Affiliation: Empire
Bursting from Imperial hangar bays in gnat-like clouds are the standard starfighters of the Imperial arsenal ?the Twin Ion Engine craft known as the TIE starfighter.
帝国军的标准战斗机难道是那些机库中蜂群般的战机吗？这就是双发离子引擎战机,即众所周知的钛式星际战斗机。
The single-seater short-range vessel lacks a hyperdrive, and as such requires deployment from launch bases and capital ships. It features two fire-linked laser cannons chin-mounted on the ball-shaped cockpit.
这种短程单坐战斗机缺少超太空引擎，必须配置在发射基地或大型母舰。它的两部火力同步激光炮安装在球型驾驶舱的下部。
TIE fighters were typically employed en masse to make up for their shortcomings. Speedy and maneuverable, these fighters are nonetheless fragile. Though hard to hit, even a glancing blow can destroy a TIE.
钛战机通常集体出击以弥补它们的弱点。虽然快速灵活，但它却很脆弱。尽管很难击中，但一次轻微的打击就足以摧毁它。
Though TIEs presented a formidable challenge to pirates and civilian craft, the skilled pilots of the Rebel Alliance made short work of them in combat. The Alliance workhorse, the T-65 X-wing starfighter, continually bested the TIE in numerous engagements. As the Galactic Civil War raged on, the standard TIE arsenal was supplemented with more advanced and specialized craft, such as the fearsome TIE interceptor and the dedicated TIE bomber.
钛战机对于那些那些乌合飞行队与民用飞船是严峻的威胁，不过义军同盟中老练飞行员却在交战中却对它们视若等闲。义军的铁拳，T-65型X翼星际战斗机，在无数次交战中连续不断的痛击钛战机。随着银河内战的加剧，标准型钛战机军械厂开发出更先进更有针对性的战机，比如可怕的钛式截击机和专用的钛式轰炸机。
During the waning years of the Republic, Republic Sienar Systems first developed the original T.I.E. fighter, the craft that was the forerunner to the standard Imperial vessel. When Palpatine cemented his rule, the rechristened Sienar Fleet Systems entered into an exclusive arrangement producing the starfighters of the Imperial Starfleet.
在共和国日渐衰落的岁月里，共和西纳系统企业开始开发双离子引擎战斗机的原型机，这就是后来帝国标准式战机的先驱。当帕尔普廷巩固了他的统治后，重组的西纳舰船系统企业即加入到为帝国舰队生产星际战斗机的特权系统中。
With this transition came the upgrated TIE, which went under continual revisions until the TIE/ln became the standard line starfighter in Imperial use.
钛战机不断的接受升级向更先进的方向发展，直到钛ln型成为帝国的标准前线战斗机。
The hexagonal solar panels supply power to a unique propulsion system. Microparticle accelerators propel Ionized gasses at a substantial fraction of lightspeed. These gasses are then expelled from rear vents to generate thrust. The ion streams can be directed along amost any vector, allowing for the TIE's incredible velocity and maneuverability. The twin ion engines have few moving parts and require comparably less maintenance to the starfighters of the Alliance.
利用六边型的太阳能板提供的能，独特的微型化加速推进器将电离气体加速到接近光速。气体在通过后方喷口射出时产生推进力。离子射流可以被引导射向几乎任意方向，这为钛战机带来了难以置信的速度和机动性。双离子引擎几乎没有活动部件，这使得它比义军的星际战斗机更易保养。
TIE fighter units are typically organized into wings -- a grouping of 72 fighters carried aboard a Star Destroyer. These wings are subdivided into six squadrons of 12 fighters each.One of these squadrons is typically made up of TIE interceptors while another consists of TIE bombers. Each squadron consists of three flights of four fighters each. Each flight contains two elements. An element is the smallest tactical unit of starfighters ever deployed, and consists only of a leader and a wingman.
钛战机作战单位通常由飞行大队组成——即72架战机由一艘星际驱逐舰携带。大队由分为6支拥有12架战机的中队。通常这些中队中的一个装备钛式截击机，另一个装备钛式轰炸机。每个中队下辖3个4机作战集群，每个作战集群又包括2个作战单元。作为最小作战展开单位的作战单元仅仅包括一架长机和一架僚机。
TIE production was extremely modular and automated, as the Sienar foundries churned out countless starfighters to fuel the insatiable Imperial war machine. Variant models of the basic TIE include the TIE/rc (a model with advanced sensors and communication gear for reconnaissance missions), the TIE/fc (equipped with accurate fire control and target designation for long-range naval bombardments), the TIE/gt (with an enlarged hull to delivery heavy ordnance).
钛战机的生产执行严格的标准化和自动化，原因来自西纳公司必须赶造出无数的战机来补充无止境的帝国战争机器。不同型号的基本型钛战机包括钛rc型（装有先进传感器和通讯装置的专用侦察型号），钛fc型（装备精确火控仪和目标指示器的海军专用远程攻击型号），钛gt型（配备加大机舱的重武器投掷型号）。
The TIE fighter design was first established in a concept model by Colin Cantwell. The simplified model defined the TIE's most distinctive features -- its ball cockpit and twin hexagonal wings. Subsequent sketches built up the TIE's form. Limitations in visual effects technology at the time dictated that Cantwell's blue color scheme be replaced with a more bluescreen-friendly gray. As the classic trilogy progressed, the TIEs regained a bit of their blue hue, although use of that color was fairly muted.
钛战机的设计最初来自科林斯-康坦维尔的概念模型。这个简约的模型定下了钛战机那最为与众不同的特点——球形驾驶舱和一对六边型机翼。随后的绘略图确立了它的外型。受当时的视觉特效技术限制，康坦维尔的蓝色设计方案被更适合蓝幕技术的灰色取代。随着经典三部曲的向前发展，钛战机部分的恢复了蓝色调，尽管这种颜色少被使用。
The distinctive scream of a TIE fighter's engines came from sound designer Ben Burtt mixing the sound of cars streaking by on a rain-slicked highway and the trumpeting cry of an elephant.
钛战机引擎发出的那种与众不同的尖叫声，是由音效设计师本-伯特通过将汽车飞驰过雨中的高速公路的响声与大象的叫声混合调制后创造的。
Although literature attests that TIEs lack such pilot-friendly features as ejection seats, LucasArts' popular TIE fighter simulator game of 1995 showed that at least some Imperial units retrofitted the life saving devices into the craft. After all, it wouldn't do to have players die after every botched mission.
虽然原作表明钛战机没有像弹射坐椅这样的飞行员救助设备，但1995年卢卡斯艺术公司的热门模拟飞行游戏《钛战机》表明至少部分帝国单位利用救生设备改进了战机。毕竟，没有必要让玩家死于那些糟糕的任务。
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韦爵爷专用机
Developed to Darth Vader's specifications, Sienar Fleet Systems constructed the TIE Advanced x1 as a predecessor to their later cutting edge fighters, the TIE Avenger and the TIE interceptor. Like the standard TIE fighter, the x1 prototype features powerful twin laser cannons and two solar gather panels that provide power to the ship's systems. Twin ion engines propel the craft at amazing speeds.
为了满足达斯·维达的特殊需要，西纳船舰系统设计了这款钛增强型X1。它成为了后来的边缘锐利类战机，比如说钛复仇者和钛截击机的原型。和标准钛战机一样，X1型的标准装备有一对激光炮，还有一对太阳能接受板为战斗机的系统提供能量。双离子引擎以令人惊叹的速度驱动战机。
Unlike the standard TIE/ln starfighter, the x1 had a much more robust spaceframe, with reinforced durasteel-alloy hull, providing greater protection from enemy fire and stability during strenuous maneuvers. Also, abandoning previous Imperial design policies, considerable resources were spent to make the TIE Advanced hyperspace-capable, and the fighter was even equipped with deflector shields.
与标准钛/LN战机不同的是，X1的空间结构要坚固得多。它有结实的硬质钢合金外壳，提供了在敌人火力下的更大保护，以及在繁复的操纵下更好的稳定性。同时，在以前帝国放松的政策下，数量可观的资源被用于使钛增强型具有超空间能力，这种战机甚至还装备有偏导护罩。
In the end, the TIE Advanced proved too expensive to mass-produce. It continued to be an elite fighter craft assigned only to certain squadrons. Imperial Navy scuttlebutt has it that the higher echelons of officers were wary at promoting a starfighter with shields and hyperdrive, since it would undermine the use of capital ships as launch platforms. Rather than see the capital ship budget slashed, the TIE Advanced was sacrificed instead.
最后，钛增强型因为太贵而不能批量生产。它仍然作为一种精品战机，只配给某些古代的中队使用。帝国海军仓库存有一些，于是比较高级的军官都想方设法把自己的战斗机升级到拥有超光速推进器和偏导护罩，因为它可以代替主力舰作发射平台之用？？？。看着主力舰按预计中受损，还不如牺牲一架钛增强型？？。
Years after the Battle of Yavin, enough TIE Advanced fighters had been produced to end up on the open market. Lando Calrissian, a private citizen of the New Republic, used a modified version of the fighter for spectator sports in the Dubrillion asteroid belt.
雅汶战役之后的几年，足够的钛增强型被制造出来，最后被投放到市场上。兰度·卡瑞森，一个新共和国的公民，驾驶着一架改装的钛增强型，去都伯瑞安小行星带观看体育比赛。
