Of course, I realise that I can't just regenerate my entire army. But from the fluffy side, you can never truly kill a Necron. :laugh: But if this was fluffy, well.... just let Serp go on about a Star God, and you'd commit suicide before it even came close.
Oh Darvy, where shall I begin? From the top? Why not? :biggrin:
So basically, the c`tan are beings of pure physical energy. They are literally the oldest entities in existence, the very first life forms to be born when the universe itself was young. They learned to feed on the newly emergent stars as they began to form, draining suns of their very life force in order to satisfy their unquenchable thirst. So when you think of a c`tan in its true glory, think of a being that has fed on entire solar systems since the dawn of time itself and you get an idea of what these things truly are.
Fortunately, no mortal creature need fear facing a c`tan in its true form, but that does not make them any less terrifying in physical form. The metal bodies forged by the necrontyr introduced the star gods to a medium they had not previously encountered, the material.
With this new take on their limitless existence, the star gods discovered a new form of sustanence; the very life force of mortal creatures. Many players seem to confuse this energy with the
soul, but the truth is that the soul is comprised of warp energy, that one dimension the c`tan are unable to perceive...
The young races were desperate to destroy these terrible beings, and they turned to the warp for the answer, reasoning that the limitless depths of the immaterium, a realm unknowable to the c`tan, would hold the key to defeating them. And while it is true that the c`tan are indeed vulnerable to the energies of the warp, it should also be noted that to date the number of c`tan destroyed by a warp based weapon remains firmly at zero. :so_happy:
Once, there were thousands of c`tan. Now, there are only four. Or five if you include mine haha! Their decline is due chiefly to the machinations of one of their own, a star god named Mephet`Ran who desired greater power for itself. IUt tricked the other gods into devouring each other, declaring them to be the sweetest of morsels. The civil war among gods was the salvation of the mortal races, lacking as they were in any true success against the gods.
Indirectly, this pain, war, suffering and constant turmoil is what brought about the formation of what would later become the Chaos Gods, perhaps the only beings to truly rival the star borne for power...
Et Cetera...
Actual discriptions in books and fluff says up to 4 times the size of an imperial battleship I think. Was only really talked about in one book that I have read, and then it was compared to a strike cruiser.
Still a huge mutha. And it destroyed a star by itself.
Yes, these things are badass. They drain the life from stars to power their weapons, which themselves are capable of unbelievable devastation. That planet`s in the way? Not for long...
You can kill a necron. According to one of the ultramarine books if you destroy the energy source in the tomb that a necron is 'bound' to then it will kill the necron. They did it and the living metal making up the necrons simply died, and began to fragment into pieces. Think it was Nightbringer.
Those were simply the Nightbringer`s guardians, a token force diminished by the failure to secure his vessel before he slept. You will remember that he took them with him when he left, so there`s every chance they will be revived elsewhere. It would seem incredibly foolish for a necron to be bound to only one complex. Keep in mind the tomb complexes are capable of becoming linked, as evident in the Cain series.
