“The galaxy is filled with horrors unknown, unborn, unrecognized. It is the duty of the Ordo Xenos to deal with these horrors. The rise of the Necrons is not to be feared. It is to be hated. It must raise within us a fierce hatred of these xenos, […]
+ + Inquisitorial Order, X-006-3802 + + TO: Admiral Hausu Dinola, commander, Battlefleet Bellious Nguyen Naval Base. Belliose System SUBJECT: Necron Threat Level ORDER BY: Inquisitor Georgene Serililan AUTHORITY: Imperial Inquisition, Ordo Xenos INPUT DATE: 3 521 740.M41 ACCESS CLEARANCE: Senior Command Only Thought for the Day: An […]
“You dare to claim this world? It was ours when your ancestors still lived in the trees. You are vermin, an irritating infestation that must be exterminated.“—Rohotep, Lord of Tophet and vassal of the Dryllian Regency. Strategic Background Tophet is a lightly populated, industrialized world on the eastern […]
“I’ve been battling these metal skeletons for almost three years, night and day. I fight them during the day. At night, I fight them in my nightmares. My hair has turned gray, most of my squad is dead, and I doubt I’ll live through this war. But while […]
“Advance! Advance! Keep moving forward! There aren’t that many of the xenos. Just get in close and drag them down with numbers. Arghh!“—Final worlds of an unidentified sergeant, just before he was struck by a Necron gauss flayer. Necron Turn Five On the east flank, the Tomb Blades […]
The first fully documented military engagement between the Imperium and the Necrons occurred in 666.M41 in the Yuctan System, a sparsely inhabited star system close to the Eastern Fringe. The next confirmed military clash occurred seven decades later in a collection of backwater Imperial sectors collectively known as the […]
“We are withdrawing. Hostile xeno forces are in pursuit. Prepare shuttle for immediate takeoff, and anticipate enemy attack. ETA is five minutes … the Emperor protects.”—Transmission from Inquisition agent Adonai Drusus, Dryilian IV, 6 687 737.M41. Background Investigating an apparent xeno attack on Outpost DY732, orbiting over Dryilian […]
A muffled rumble, a slight vibration in the deck plating—these were the first signs of activity that the dimly lit corridors of Outpost DY732-A had experienced in months. In one corridor, which led to an airlock in the outer hull, a control panel lit up, and the faint […]
It was on Level IX, Section 2-B, a corridor intersection only 100 meters from the outpost’s generator chamber, when enemy contact was made. With a multi-scanner in hand, Brother Nadael was at the forefront of the squad. The ten Space Marines and Abnightus had descended eight levels, moving […]
“Let’s move it, people,” Drusus yelled, targeting a xeno’s head and blowing away a sizable chunk of the metallic skull. The xeno attack had come quickly. No sooner had Drusus and his men left the security room that auspexes warned of approaching bodies. His storm troopers had set […]
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