(Just so you know this first post is realy long, so i used spoiler tags)
Hello Escapists, I just wanted to share my opinion on something but i thought while i was at
it i would throw open the floor to let everyone share their warhammer and 40K armies. Backstories, photos, whatever you like I'm sure we'd all like to hear from you.
Now, on to what I wanted to say.
I know i may be dragging up an old topic but what the hell.
So thats about it, my fan version of the Necron backstory. Feel free to hate on it to your hearts content, i just wanted to put it out there.
Hello Escapists, I just wanted to share my opinion on something but i thought while i was at
it i would throw open the floor to let everyone share their warhammer and 40K armies. Backstories, photos, whatever you like I'm sure we'd all like to hear from you.
Now, on to what I wanted to say.
I'm sure many of you who keep abreast of these sorts of things will have read the 40K 5th edition, and know of the travesty of the new Necron backstory.
This is part 2, i broke it up like this to avoid the Wall of Text.
Anyway, i decided to come up with a new and better story for the Necrontyr. *Ahem*. Oh yeah, and when you read this, do it in a James Earl Jones voice.
Long ago in the mists of time the Necrontyr were a technologically advanced race, plagued buy a short lifespan. As such they began to experiment in faster warp travel and during an experiment to send an entire planet through the warp, a hellstorm of warp spawned Chaos demons emerged and began to wreak havoc upon the Necrontyr. The war was long and bloody, and the Necrontyr, learning that its horrors would not end with death they began to develop technology to preserve their spirits beyond death within bodies of living metal.
Anyway, i decided to come up with a new and better story for the Necrontyr. *Ahem*. Oh yeah, and when you read this, do it in a James Earl Jones voice.
Long ago in the mists of time the Necrontyr were a technologically advanced race, plagued buy a short lifespan. As such they began to experiment in faster warp travel and during an experiment to send an entire planet through the warp, a hellstorm of warp spawned Chaos demons emerged and began to wreak havoc upon the Necrontyr. The war was long and bloody, and the Necrontyr, learning that its horrors would not end with death they began to develop technology to preserve their spirits beyond death within bodies of living metal.
An unexpected side effect of the preservation was that those subjected to it were utterly cut off from the warp. As their race finaly dwindled to extinction, and only the mechanical Necrons remained, the demons to began to vanish. It appeared that without the influence of psychers to maintain them, the demons could not survive long in the material realm. And so the remaining Necrons began their great work, to defeat Chaos once and for all, by sealing the galaxy off from the warp.
While the technology to nullify psychers was still being developed the Necrons mobilised to scour the galaxy of psychers either by killing them or assimilating them (and i may have just turned the necrons from a giant terminator reference to a giant borg reference. didnt mean to do that) But now, in the 41st Millenium they are almost ready.
Now then, this creates some interesting relationships between the Necrons and the other 40k races which i will now go into.
Imperials Now, because the necrons want to seal off the warp that means no warp travel. No warp travel & no psychers means no way of maintaining the imperium of man. Alternatively they could opt to become necrons themselves, but we know they wont because of their indoctrinated xenophobia.
Eldar and/ or dark eldar Because the eldar rely so heavily on warp travel and psychic ability in general they're never going to join the Necrons or let the necrons complete the psychic nullifier. Also they can keep the canon that the Eldar & Necrons are ancient enemies.
Orks The Orks aren't a major threat to the Necrons, but because they are so numerous they provide alot of psychic energy for demons to enter the physical. So they are inadvertently one of chaos' greatest allies. And, if you were an ancient, super intelegent machine race would you want them hanging around? Cluttering up your galaxy, that you saved?
Chaos similar reasons to the Eldar, but the Necrons, far from being emotionless, feel a deep seated hatred for all those who side with Demons. Wouldn't you if they extincted your entire species?
Tau While the Tau themselves have no psychic influence, and as such have nothing to loose from the psi nullifier, their ally races the kroot and so on will have to go. as for as the tau joining the necrons, you can just imagine that meeting:
(tau ambassador) Hello metal friend, would you like to join our empire and serve the etherials on the path of the greater good?
(necron ambassador) ... *writes down* No, we would not like to join your empire. However you are welcome to join us.
(Tau amb) No, thank you.
(necron amb) *writing* Well then, i bid you good day sir. *leaves*
Tyranids now the tyranids pose the greatest potential threat to the galaxy, because once the tyranid overmind arrives in the galaxy it would be so psychicly powerful it would tear the warp right open. It would be the Fall of the Eldar all over again, except who knows what would emerge from the mind of a giant alien mega brain. Certainly not a god of hedonism, thats for sure. But if the nullifier is completed successfully it would sever the overminds controll over the tyranids in the galaxy allready making them much easyer to eradicate.
Imperials Now, because the necrons want to seal off the warp that means no warp travel. No warp travel & no psychers means no way of maintaining the imperium of man. Alternatively they could opt to become necrons themselves, but we know they wont because of their indoctrinated xenophobia.
Eldar and/ or dark eldar Because the eldar rely so heavily on warp travel and psychic ability in general they're never going to join the Necrons or let the necrons complete the psychic nullifier. Also they can keep the canon that the Eldar & Necrons are ancient enemies.
Orks The Orks aren't a major threat to the Necrons, but because they are so numerous they provide alot of psychic energy for demons to enter the physical. So they are inadvertently one of chaos' greatest allies. And, if you were an ancient, super intelegent machine race would you want them hanging around? Cluttering up your galaxy, that you saved?
Chaos similar reasons to the Eldar, but the Necrons, far from being emotionless, feel a deep seated hatred for all those who side with Demons. Wouldn't you if they extincted your entire species?
Tau While the Tau themselves have no psychic influence, and as such have nothing to loose from the psi nullifier, their ally races the kroot and so on will have to go. as for as the tau joining the necrons, you can just imagine that meeting:
(tau ambassador) Hello metal friend, would you like to join our empire and serve the etherials on the path of the greater good?
(necron ambassador) ... *writes down* No, we would not like to join your empire. However you are welcome to join us.
(Tau amb) No, thank you.
(necron amb) *writing* Well then, i bid you good day sir. *leaves*
Tyranids now the tyranids pose the greatest potential threat to the galaxy, because once the tyranid overmind arrives in the galaxy it would be so psychicly powerful it would tear the warp right open. It would be the Fall of the Eldar all over again, except who knows what would emerge from the mind of a giant alien mega brain. Certainly not a god of hedonism, thats for sure. But if the nullifier is completed successfully it would sever the overminds controll over the tyranids in the galaxy allready making them much easyer to eradicate.
So thats about it, my fan version of the Necron backstory. Feel free to hate on it to your hearts content, i just wanted to put it out there.
