40k Lore, Necron Destroyers! If i Can Not Live, Neither Shall You!

[@cryptosporidium1375]

C’tan: “You can’t just destroy our source of nourishment!” Necron Destroyer: “Ha ha, gauss flayer cannon go brrrghzzzzap!”

[@JeanLucCaptain]

Flayers: Edward Scissorhands BUT MUCH SCARRIER. Destroyers: SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND! EXTERMINATE!!!!

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

I realize why the Adeptus Mechanicus gets pitted against the Necrons so much. It really is fitting. One desires the strength of steel over flesh, and the other knows the consequences of following that path to completion and wants to reverse it.

[@honorguard7616]

STIMULATION!

[@Maskof7eyes2]

Except the ones who want to ascend to godlike energy being status, I wonder if there is as well a faction who is comfortable in their necrodermis and has just made their bodies capable of simulating or emulating the things that keep an organic mind calm, like breathing, feeling well fed etc, maybe that's just some people's homebrew dynasties.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@Maskof7eyes2 well... in the 40 universe thing the whole 'god' status is not so much being a pure enrgy blob or such so much as ...hoarding..tranfesring..inter weaving ? or something.. yourself to imaterium ..stuffs... though in that event you also start become a bit of a subject to that whole ''can only project yourself as a entity to a x point without starting to be lees an entity and more a pocket piece of reality that needs more minds to worship you or so'' ..at least as far i know , since the imaterium not is supposed to just be some 'dimension of engery x' but a dimension that breaks space time and physics where 'emotional projection' can weigh as heavy like any gun

[@lordmaximus5]

Duh

[@DeathBYDesign666]

Also the reason why they often work together in many circumstances, they each see a little bit of themselves in one another and they are of a similar technological lineage seeing how they pretty much achieved everything they know from a C'tan. If the mechanicus never endured the age of strife they might be as advanced as at least a low level Necron by now. It makes me wonder if any mechanicus members have undergone full bio transference and I wonder if they kept their original augmentations but upgraded. A Necron/Mechanicus hybrid would be pretty awesome if you ask me. The flesh might be weak but it is also just as sacred to them as their mechanical parts, but hell even a regular adept just getting a necrodermis upgrade would be pretty cool. Necrodermis Space Marines would be pretty OP as well.

[@Pr0fila]

Ah yes the Necrons, the definition of the phrase "I do not know who I am, all I know is that I must kill"

[@phreakazoith2237]

some dreadnoughts share that very feeling when they are unleashed from their chambers onto an enemy not knowing who they are, when they are, who they are fighting.

[@DaLkalts]

@@phreakazoith2237 "When" is probably what they know the less, et the most disturbing

[@phreakazoith2237]

@@DaLkalts just point in the direction of the enemy, make way and let them serve the emperor before putting them to rest until their next engagement.

[@phreakazoith2237]

@@DaLkalts though I like the idea that they all maintain enough sanity to realize they are surrounded by their fellow battlebros and their ongoing service is treasured by their chapter and the emperor so it does not really matter if they know it's M41 or still Great Crusade.

[@Matihood1]

I love how every single word in the title is capitalized except for the one that should be.

[@notinspectorgadget]

Hey, *details.*

[@albreal]

@@notinspectorgadget hey. Details,

[@PedanticNo1]

@@albreal *horrified screaming*

[@Pax.Britannica]

I

[@SephirothRyu]

I love how Arch is apparently secretly a xeno, as it is possible for him to put his socks on the wrong feet.

[@mistershadier8577]

This unit in a Nutshell Destroyer: “I’m taking my ball and I’m going home” Imperial: “oh emperor why are you killing me” Destroyer: “I’m TAKING MY BALL AND I’M GOING HOME”

[@bradbrobst5118]

Necron destroyers are all 2002 Stone Cold

[@steelgreyed]

I feel this is more a "Flayer" mentality. The ball of course being the Imperial's skull or some other mishmash of former organs and skin that resembles a ball.

[@accywacky2699]

@@steelgreyed No no, the flayers are all too happy to invite their friends back home, and will be wearing the best birthday suits in the imperial brigade for when they show up to the next party.

[@UGNAvalon]

“The best way to utilize the Destroyers is to point toward the general direction of the enemy, shout "MEATSACK!" and stand out of their way." -The Silent King

[@zigzag1630]

Destroyers: "Darkness! Imprisoning me! All that I see! Absolute horror! The C'tan! Have taken my legs! Taken my soul! Left me with life in Hell!"

[@ieuanhunt552]

I can imagine that Metallica songs playing really loudly from speakers strapped to the Necrons.

[@seansimpson4472]

Apocalypse Now style.

[@jesusisherelookbusy]

The C’tan Deceiver: “Master! Master! Master of Puppets, I'm pulling your strings Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams Blinded by me, you can't see a thing Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream Master! Master! Just call my name 'cause I'll hear you scream Master! Master!”

[@The_Crimson_Fucker]

Flayers be like: "Craaaaawling in YOUR skin..."

[@marcustrajan4873]

@@ieuanhunt552 It would have to be pre-Black Album when the metal was fast, loud and angry.

[@Starman_Dx]

[Necron wakes up after 65 million years and takes first step out of stasis chamber] [Steps on Lego] Necron: Life must die!

[@Marinealver]

Not just any Lego, one left by a Mechamicus Explorer Fleet

[@FrstSpctr88]

@@Marinealver Made out of adamantine or diamantine, since plastic cannot harm metal, only something stronger than metal will damage it.

[@S71xx]

Been there.

[@blackvial]

@@FrstSpctr88 I take it you've never stepped on a Lego before, god damn things are caltrops

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

@@blackvial I've stepped on legos and crushed them. I've walked on glass unscathed sometimes. Now, stepling on a damn nail, *that* hurts a lot and for a fair while.

[@enoughothis]

Necrons: Our most basic gun can wreck your most advanced tank, in one shot. This is fair and legal.

[@gmradio2436]

Necrons: We fight enemies that make gods for weapons. Your tank is no god.

[@phreakazoith2237]

Ratling snipers take your position! Watch for fat metallic dudes with enormous weapons for arms and target the sparkling green parts from a safe distance! One good shot will be enough. fair and legal.

[@theenderdestruction2362]

Imperial guard in the distance: move the line *sounds of a bunch of bane blades coming in*

[@JeanLucCaptain]

and 40k FDA approved!

[@jesusisherelookbusy]

The designers of DooM Eternal definitely took inspiration for the Doom Hunter from the Necron Destroyer. If not, then they’re uncannily similar.

[@ryansweet3640]

Same thing crossed my mind

[@robertnelson9599]

That's what I thought when I first saw the Doom Hunter.

[@jehovasabettor9080]

As Frank Herbert told George Lukas after seeing the first Star Wars movie "after that you at least owe me a beer"

[@lordvarrax5060]

Yep, it has a sled and even an arm cannon. Plus its mechanical eyes look kind of similar to the Destroyer’s.

[@jesusisherelookbusy]

Jack Murphy Yes you’re right. The Sabaoth could also be a combat Servitor too.

[@victorselve8349]

Now that's a motto I can get behind.

[@donwebber9071]

so what's a motto nothing what a motto to you

[@paulhuston9991]

I agree with you

[@annatarlordofgifts5767]

“If I cannot live, neither shall anyone else”

[@thetruth45678]

Wasn't that Biden's campaign slogan?

[@BaronVonMott]

"The Architect had done well, but the Undying was finding it increasingly difficult to keep hold of his thoughts. His mind was awash with visions of destruction and annihilation. The cold emptiness of eternity clawed at his resolve. Far from being an unfeeling golem of metal and machinery, he was deeply afraid of the long dark. He had already slept, it had seemed, endlessly, and now awake he was confronted by oblivion of an altogether different stripe. Unlike most of the Necrontyr, the Destroyers had already abandoned all hope of returning to 'fleshtime'. Abhorred by those who could still comprehend such an emotion, simply avoided by those with simpler engrams, they were both loathsome and terrifying at the same time. Their bodies were... amended, given over to the pursuit of decimation. And although it scared him to admit it, the Undying... liked the idea. He could imagine repulsors where his legs now were, a gauss-cannon to replace his arm; perhaps his war-scythe could be merged with the other limb too. He surveyed the metal multitudes of skeletal warriors, each the same as the last, without the need for banners or laurels of any kind, and knew the days of humankind were finite. *Such carnage I will reap... all the souls of this world...* With a wordless command, the Undying impelled his army forward and imagined the slaughter to come." - From "Space Marine Battles: Damnos" by Nick Kyme.

[@Asmogan]

The Necrons are still my favorite race other than the Imperium and the story of the Necrontyr is very fascinating! The C'tan got their comeuppances in a very fitting fashion.

[@nothuman3083]

How do some get over the fact they will never live in the flesh again Necron Overlord: "I am sorry I can't hear you over the sounds of my human Zoo that has been modeled after our civilization. Tryzan: "you can't healthy process turma living through another being Necron Overlord: "Says the asshole try to steal my shit." Tryzan: I never said I was processing Turma healthily. Necron overlord 2: look at those idiots, can't process the life death of our race. Alright Bob fire up that conscious transformer and strap in that piraha I got a life to live.

[@Blording]

Yet, I can only wonder if the C'tan will nonetheless have had the last laugh. Chaos always loses to entropy.

[@draochvar9646]

@@Blording well you see, that rule is only true in a closed system of finite energy. The 40k Universe is very much NOT a closed system, as there is a dimension of infinite energy that pours said energy into the reality. The 3rd. law of thermodynamics is truly and properly screwed here.

[@Blording]

@@draochvar9646 oh wow, old comment. Nonetheles, you have a point. To a certain extent. The warp can only interact with the material plane when there are enough of the warp sensitive persons or artifacts in an area. Such things are still subject to change and entropy, thus the connection is temporary. Even the eye of madness is supposed to be temporary, and cannot be held open without the direct efforts of the chaos gods themselves. The continued energy output of the warp can only be maintained so long as it is not disturbed by an outside source, but as the old saying goes, "if something can go wrong, inevitably given enough time, it will go wrong." Thus, the connection to the warp at any point in the W40k universe is only a temporary setback to entropy, not a solution.

[@jordanscherr6699]

I think the destroyers are a case of plain gone-loco compared to the flayed ones. This is a good back to back, because they really are different branches of the same idea. The flayed ones sound more like the purposeful perversion of existing factors than just plain unhinged. I.E. A curse. Where as the destroyers are trigger happy crazed lunatics on a level of chaos servitor pilots. Except in this case, there isn't even the pleasurable drugs. It's just plain crazy town where it's death for death's sake.

[@catsareevil101]

They wake up wanting everything to die? So these are the Necrons that woke up on a Monday?

[@eternalsentinel2089]

Agents of Gorefeild if i ever saw one

[@Autechltd]

EVERYDAY IS A MONDAY, *FOR THE LAST SIXTY. FIVE. MILLION. FOOKING. YEAAARS* !!

[@illuvitarv5]

But why evil? Why not turn into pure bliss lounging around? They're xenos why would lack of emotion turn them bad just how humans would with lack of emotion?

[@Noxims47314]

Everyday is monday, you're late for work, your at the bottom of the barrel of everyone's priorities, karen took the kids and got eaten by the C-tan, you've got a splitting headache and a case of phantom itching, and you haven't slept for 36 million years. excuse to stomp on puppies and make ash-pattern portraits of kittens? *GRANTED*

[@JGalt-em4xu]

"Someone has a case of the Mondays." Did you really do that joke?

[@mannysong1752]

In their 65 million sleep clycle Necron destroyer dream:"kill all lifeforms must kill all life" "Hey sexy lady want to kill all lifeforms?"

[@DeinosCZ]

................Necron lady..............comes by............ Hey there you sexy you necrodermis can. Iam not looking in your eyes. I look at your sexy reinforced frame and that BIG, POWERFUL, QUADROBARELLED gauss cannon. Isnt your name a Bender by the way? xD

[@phreakazoith2237]

I gonna build my own Necron Destroyer with BlackJack and hoo-+s!

[@colmcorbec7031]

Even in death I... Continue to kill stuff?

[@annelisemeier283]

Destroyers are just the Necron equivalents of Angry Marines

[@panzerschliffehohenzollern4863]

@@annelisemeier283 Can they *REALLY* compete with the ANGRYYYY that is ANGRY MAHRINEEE thou?

[@theenderdestruction2362]

@@SwedishBroManDude *violently side eyes doomslayer*

[@MizantropMan]

Lore: "The process can never, ever be undone." GW: *snaps fingers* Yvraine: *puts out a cigarette* "Wait your turn, darling, I can't be everywhere at once. One logic-defying world development per edition. Cawl: *skitters closer* Yvraine: *glares forty thousand daggers at him* Cawl: "What? You resurrect Sanguinius, I take care of this one. I need a side project to take half of my minds off closing the Great Rift and rebuilding Cadia."

[@Marinealver]

GW is going to be doing a lot of finger snapping, so much that it is going to make the Disney retconning of Star Wars seem like mild clarification.

[@bradbrobst5118]

@@Marinealver New Sanguinius model's gonna look like Mongo Slade in power armor 😂

[@hallo-mt5tx]

arch is wrong about necrons never being able to go back to being living beings though they are experimenting with that and have failed so far, but it seems that its not an impossibility Locked within the lambent glow of pulsing stasis chambers are to be found rank after rank of once sentient beings, including humans, Orks, Eldar, Tau, and a dozen others, each of which has had a Necron consciousness transferred into its mind. In each case, the body has proven too weak, or the mind too strong for the process, and the Codifier has failed, creating some hideous, mindless insane creature more terrible still than a Flayed One. its in deathwatch: the outer reach from 2012 its actually the plan of the silent king aswell, so him returning could be huge progress in that aspect hes inaccurate pretty often i have noticed, he never even mentions that it could be wrong and acts like his headcanon is always accurate if you want to actually know accurate lore, you shouldnt completely rely on arch

[@MizantropMan]

@@hallo-mt5tx I know that Arch makes mistakes, but I know the lore well enough to I catch most of them myself, and those that slip by are of no significance. I just like listening to Arch's videos while I work, it's good stuff.

[@elysiankentarchy1531]

@@hallo-mt5tx Arch admits on several occasions that he uses conjecture on his part. And has noted in the past that if he paused and said "this is what I believe" it would (a) break immersion and (b) drag out the video even more. That and, in the case of Arch saying it is an impossibility, Arch did say "never say never" and essentially that it might be possible given the setting. But, in light of the consistent failures you so helpfully outlined, I am leaning in agreement with Arch that it might just be impossible to actually succeed in such experiments. Well that and any lore person that doesn't monotonously read off of Lexicanum or the wikia will get things wrong and that (in my opinion) is boring. Personally I like Arch since he is willing to engage with the lore and give his own view on things.

[@Zalnos7]

"sells crons , for Eldar" i didn't expect to be attacked in such a way arch

[@draochvar9646]

Or do it like me and have both 🤣

[@Demolitiondude]

I thought destroyers were just heavy weapons specialists.

[@Japaneseanimeguy]

That's kind of every necron unit. They only do heavy infantry and machines. There are the regular destroyers with anti-infantry weapons, heavy destroyers who specialize in anti-armour and the destroyer lords who are lords that are part of the Destroyer Cult. haven't watched it all yet, but details can likely be found above, in Arch's video.

[@S71xx]

I am heavy weapons guy, and this is my weapon. *CHARGES HEAVY GAUSS CANNON*

[@stevenguy1873]

They are.

[@GI_D204]

@@S71xx Wait a second! I replace your second arm then you can carry two of them instead of one!

[@darkomihajlovski3135]

Those are the immortals at least I think they were if dark crusade portrayed them correctly

[@Roger2Czerwonobrody]

Everything offends them and it must be therefore cancelled!

[@arnantphongsatha7906]

At least they're willing to do the canceling themselves, not just throwing a temper tantrum.

[@NetMoverSitan]

Well, the battle cry "Exterminate" is taken.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

no heavy destroyers are only offended by big things.

[@michelveilleux2075]

GW be like:

[@jackdaalfbrainork6392]

So in short The necrons are in mix between raging alcoholics and crippling depression

[@stewardgilbert8823]

With a dash of columbine... jk

[@JKgyaru6969]

@@stewardgilbert8823 you're not wrong tho

[@Turnil321]

Destroyers: Acts 2 times a turn. Trap them in a corner and they will not be able to fire.

[@mannofdober873]

TFW a 'light skimmer' oneshots a Land Raider.

[@jeru_jj1161]

Something lives. Destroyer be like: 8r0ther get the g4uss f1yer. The he4vy g4uss f1yer.

[@monsterhunterrivi6303]

i can almost hear Heavenly or Badger saying that with an even deeper metallic voice than they did before 🤣

[@Grissbane]

Necron flayers: I can live again by wearing you. Destroyers: I wish only to rip and tear

[@lordvarrax5060]

*BFG Division plays*

[@Marinealver]

@@lordvarrax5060 and they called him, the Warp Slayer

[@kalamander8563]

UNTIL IT IS DONE

[@Le-cp9tr]

We all thought it couldn’t get worse until the Skorpekh Destroyers realized melee was an option

[@toddkes5890]

How about a Destroyer with a massive Lighting Arc projector? Not as damaging to individual targets, but it would be a lawnmower against an army with lots of weaker units (Gaunts, Ripper Swarms, Imperial Guard troops, Eldar Guardians, Tau, Sisters Repentia, Chaos cultists, Dark Eldar Warriors, etc)

[@CBRN-115]

I kinda understand and relate to how the Destroyers feel. I am a college student bombarded with assignments and tests and I am a serious gamer. I love playing games and games are the only things that really make me happy But with those important shit I have to do, I cannot play games yet the discord notifications and other people playing games constantly remind me of the games I cannot grasp. Fuuuuuuuuuck

[@marlonyo]

Same with working all day from home while everyone else is wow quarantine so much free time

[@inquisitionagent9052]

Can relate bro. College sucks balls. At the end of my first semester I developed a nasty twitch in my eye from the sheer stress these mfs put me through. Literally killing us here.

[@Evil0tto]

"An overwhelming urge to do something, a raison d'etre, something you cannot deny, something inherent within your very being that you also intellectually understand can never happen." Me getting laid?

[@CBRN-115]

Fuck.......... I felt this

[@Psychoangel-d23]

unless you get a hooker

[@QixTheDS]

Psychoangel she would just run away

[@HiddenEvilStudios]

With that attitude, certainly not. Take a page out of the Orkz' playbook and will your own reality into being by pure bull-headedness and *DETERMINATION!*

[@Psychoangel-d23]

@@QixTheDS Then you didnt pay her.

[@patrickbuckley7259]

Classic case of "my suffering is so great it justifies making others suffer."

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

the canonical response is "why don't you start with yourself?"

[@OfficioAudiorum]

Yey, more shiny ancient murder-skellies! Gimme gimme :D

[@hydrogenone6866]

When you desire flesh, but can't have it.

[@rex1buster]

Also think of destoryers as the inverse of the flayed ones where the flayed ones want to go back to being flesh the destroyers wanted to get so far away from it they opted to have there legs replaced with those hover domes

[@edwardcoomer5865]

life: exists necron destroyers: A N G E R Y

[@ahel4523]

I once woke up wanting to exterminate and destroy. But I had fell asleep during a classic Dr Who marathon and dreamed that I was a Dalek.

[@NetMoverSitan]

What's next, the Obliterators of the traitor Astartes? That involved a mix of the Dark Mechanicum, Perturabo (Daemon Primarch of the Iron Warriors) and Mortarion (Daemon Primarch of the Death Guard) | 1:00 - The Imperium of Man sounds like pacifists by comparison. | 2:35 - ...and possibly the Tyranids. | 9:20 - So, they're WORSE than the Imperium in terms of being genocidal killers? At least the more primitive life (e.g. the Grox) are utilised for food production. | 11:52 - So, they're genocidal maniacs by Necron standards? | 18:24 - Now that's some strong Necron dakka.

[@Marinealver]

Honestly, I want to make Hashut a minor 40k Chaos god, the slave God of the Dark mechanics. So Hashut started as one to the big 4 (before the Fall of the Eldar) and he was the God of the machine. However during the rise of the C'tan a certain Star Vampire only known as the Void Dragon rised up as the God of the machines. Naturally this was a problem with Hashut and conflict was inevitable. Sadly for Hashut, the Void Dragon gave him such an ass whooping that put Hashut in a celestial coma. After the some time Hashut finally was able to pull himself back together only to find his place at the table was taken, and not just by someone, but by a god who's first action when coming into existence was to defeat a xeno God that defeated the very Void Dragon that smacked Hashut down. The food chain has been established and Hashut was no longer on the top of the totem poll. It now went this newcomer Slaanesh, Kaine, Void Dragon, Hashut. He was now demoted to barley more than a greater daemon. So now Hashut has to sell his services to the big 4 creating infernal machines in his soul forge. A typical transaction would be Grandfather Nurgle paying their disgraced ex-peer a visit and asking Hashut if he could make 666 million plague drones. Hashut may respond with a demand for 666 souls, in which GrandDaddy will simply grab him by the throat and threaten him if he doesn't get his plague drones he will hand him a bigger can o whoop-ass than the Void Dragon had given him in his fall. Hashut will cower and begin his work. Then Khorne will pay him a visit asking for 1 billion Blood Slaughterers, instead of making a demand of payment he will regretfully inform his better that he is already toiling for Nurgle, and if he quit now he is just as much in a problem as to earn the ire of the blood God. In which Khorne will visit Nurgle for a brief discussion, then go back to Hashut to inform him of the good news that Nurgle has reduced his order from 666 million, to 666 thousand, in which Hashut would have completed and thus is now free to work on Khorne's rage machines.

[@Xenophaige_reads]

Ah Arch, your pronunciation is awesome sometimes, "Bringing their warriors out of Stacy's [stasis]". Sounds like Necron lords trying to get their recalcitrant warriors out of a bar.

[@michelveilleux2075]

"Alright alright, I think you have had enough for one night." "Life is meaningless, nothing matters. I want to die and take everything with me." "Alright. Just put the Gauss cannon down and we'll find something to blow up." "A galaxy." "No." "I wanna blow up a galaxy!" "Dial it down a bit." "...half a galaxy." "You'll get one more try." "...A sector..." "Ok, you can destroy a sector." "Heh." "Feel better?" "No, not really."

[@Xenophaige_reads]

@@michelveilleux2075 brilliant 👏

[@napkinz4unap85]

Arch "Just think about it, you want this thing so bad but you can never have it." "And yet there are reminders of this thing you cannot have all around you." My love life. :(

[@michelveilleux2075]

Well...if I can't love, neither shall anyone else.

[@AZ240992]

I remember the old days of the Necrons. It felt like all there was were warriors, destroyers, scarabs, flayed ones, lords and monoliths.

[@darkblood626]

Just imagine if one of these things were infected with the flayer virus.

[@Marinealver]

The Necron Wraiths make a return.

[@Jack-kn1mr]

Ngl there have been a couple mornings I've woken up grumpy enough that the idea of destroying all life has popped sounded reasonable for half a second.

[@derekburge5294]

Wish I had pictures of it, but a buddy of mine kitbashed a destroyer flayed lord. She had a sick mind.

[@ryngak]

I never knew that the Destroyers CHOSE to replace their legs with hover jets. I just assumed that they had been built that way. Does that mean that all Necrons have the ability to change their form at will? I guess this raises the question of why they don't just go T-1000 on everybody.

[@victorselve8349]

Their body can remodel itself in a limited fashion

[@marcustrajan4873]

I've only been only this rotted spot in the galaxy a couple of decades and I have no problem seeing all life getting vaporised. I think I've found my spirit creature.

[@DocWolph]

Daleks: Exterminate! Exterminate! *Firing plunger guns Destroyers: You have a pulse! Die! *Fires insta-fry weapons Daleks: Our weapons have no effect! They have no living cells to disrupt! Our screams fall on deaf ears! Evacuate! EVACUATE! *Flees aimlessly and pathetically Destroyers: Just DIE! *Firing intensifies violently

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

"this is not a war, this is pest control"

[@Marinealver]

Daleks are Superior to Destroyers in one thing. They are Superior at dying.

[@NetMoverSitan]

They fire their industrial egg-whisks, the plungers are for physical manipulating and directly choking their enemies to death, they can cause damage to inorganic parts...also, they also have personal shielding...they also learn quickly and develop more effective weapons.

[@Nempo13]

@@NetMoverSitan Their shields are electric disruption based, not gravitational distortion based. IE the gauze will rip right through it as if it wasn't there. Arc shielding and Void shielding uses magnetic and gravitation technology to actually turn aside blows or absorb and release the energy. Daleks have electronically aligned atoms, it is molecules, IE technically a physical field. Gauze will punch a hole through it without losing any effectiveness due to it not even being a proper barrier. As for the plungers? Inorganic things we see it doing damage to is always pretty flimsy things. We never see them dent tank armor, and that is essentially what Necron bodies are made from. Dalek are like puppies compared to Necron. That is the whole point of 40k, crank the rediculousness up to 11 and make things from other IPs appear tame.

[@NetMoverSitan]

@@Nempo13 They're also less intimidating than the Necrons, they're basically large waste receptacles.

[@Balevolt]

You also referenced Maynarkn Dynasty can we get that video? I am willing to bribe you. Please?

[@florianwilke2162]

how about a miniseries about The Fall of Orpheus?

[@BigPapaKaiser]

Huh, my girlfriend on a period is a necron destroyer.

[@ChaosLemonVIII]

False, Warhammer fans don't have girlfriends

[@charlesballiet7074]

oh how these buggers have changed I remember back in 2end edition they were basically necron jetbikes armed with a D - cannon

[@rustkarl]

Destroyers... when every motherfucker simply MUST DIE! WHEN YOU DIE! WHERE’S YOUR GOD!?

[@wernermarais8493]

7:12 Would have been a prime place to put a "reverse fossilization" joke in from futurama.

[@gammaspector]

I’m so glad today’s lore is about the destroyers more over to hear arch’s take on the grumpy and testy robo zombies lol

[@nickypenn5841]

What if...What if what inflicted the Destroyers are not as simple as being driven by madness? What if what driven the Destroyers _have beem nurtured and fostered for ages?_ Now, remember the history of the Necrontyr, and subsequently, the Necrons? In their previous lives as mortals, they were damnably cursed in life, as they are in their current undeath state. They had to lead an excruciatingly and unreasonably difficult lives due to their afflictions caused by their sun being consumed by the nascent star gods. They had to toil so much to undo their bleak destiny- and when they found the mythical Old Ones, and pleaded for the cure to their affliction from the wise immortal race of life-keepers, they were rejected so callously, and driven back so cruelly to their miserable lives. In their desperation, they had to turn to _other_ powers, who later deceived them, betrayed them and enslaved them. Although later they wrestled back their leash, broke the chains that bound them, and repaid the "favor" to their slavemasters a hundred fold- the damage was done, and their transformation is irreversible. They are forced and condemned to "live" a damned existence, permanently. Now, even after millions of years had passed after the conclusion of the *War in Heaven,* they had to witness how the galaxy replenished itself with teeming life-forms, while they are eternally consigned to their undeath state, as if the Old Ones were mocking them from beyond their graves. Oh, I can only imagine A FRACTION of the intensity of what these Necron Destroyers are feeling. No wonder that Necrons are the *God-killers.* "Hatred on all life" is infinitely an understatement of what they are truly feeling, and yet, it is the closest thing I can put as a label on. If I could exaggerate, what these Necron Destroyers are feeling, could summon back *Malal* from his exile, only to be _murdered outright_ as he stepped into the material plane, from the sheer intensity of their weaponized *_HATRED on everything._* P.S.: God, I didn't mean to channel my inner _Baldermort,_ but Hey! Necrons are fun!

[@marcustrajan4873]

I prefer the line from the movie, 'The Usual Suspects', where the character of Kobayashi says, "One cannot be betrayed, if one has no people."

[@kostakatsoulis2922]

Damn, seems like a "severely brain damaged but just smart enough to realize what's happened to them" situation. I would feel bad if they weren't trying to murder me

[@Brenhydra]

Oh how I missed that background music it's so relaxing.

[@c.fyffe0]

Alright, finally found someone who hates mornings as much as me all life is at risk untill I get some coffee.

[@surtaandume_psykermystyk4010]

*《EXTERMINATE!!!!!》* Or is that another franchise...? Um... Bite Szarek's shiny, metal... No no no. Every time Trazin shouted 'KILL ALL HUMANS!' He would whisper... _'ᴱˣᶜᵉᵖᵗ ˢᵃⁿᵍᵘᶦⁿᶦᵘˢ.'_ That's the one!

[@rex1buster]

If you want to do a necron army having a line of 6 heavy destroyers is a bread and butter play if you go first be ready to watch them destory your enimies

[@archades115]

Arch: I have never woken up wanting to annihilate all life in the galaxy. But then I have never slept 65 million years! Me: *Getting ready for work on only 65mins of sleep* F*ck everything and everyone! JuSt DiE aLrEaDy!

[@isaakeverson9083]

thankyou for putting out some good content during these times, much appreciated.

[@rustkarl]

The Necrons have some of my favourite lore in the setting.

[@Marinealver]

You know what I want to see return, Necron Wraiths and Parariahs.

[@thorveim1174]

well, wraiths returned (kinda) with the Ophidian destroyers

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

Pardon the humor but in all honesty, I am 9 minutes in, and the psychology and history of the Nekrons here basically sound like; "My mind's telling me "No!", but my body! My body's telling me "YEEEEEEEEEEEES"!"

[@phreakazoith2237]

well, they trustfully put the fate of their entire race into the hands of somebody known as the Deceiver. What does this tell you about their psychology?

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

@@phreakazoith2237 Well honestly it sounds familiar. Had a few run ins with some occult folks I think. Really makes you wonder why people would directly worship the devil when it's very obvious he's the problem. But more importantly, it sounds like they weren't as smart as they thought they were.

[@raisttlyn]

I'd love for the upcoming fluff to drop some info on what is going on outside the galaxy via the returning king

[@IRMentat]

destroyers, fow when you are so angry that even walkig forever into battle with a gauss gun is not enough for you. so you forgo legs for a hover-jet engine and forgo an arm to simply gimbal mount an anti-tank grade beam weapon to your shoulder. good times for everyone (on your side of the gun).

[@chrissinclair8705]

Ahhh another lovely bedtime story by Uncle Arch. How lovely, oh wait....I'm a little scared....

[@PC-qb1ug]

"you can hear the grin on my face" satisfaction roll of 20

[@Will831100]

Arch if you'd had a screaming baby deny you sleep for enough days you'd have felt the urge to wipe out all life in the universe. You don't come across like the kid type though if honest.

[@KeacePeeper]

We need a Vid about the holy Priests of the Dragon - ...eh I mean Machine God - soon.

[@PeteofHartainia]

Destroyers would not only not listen to the Necron Lords but may actually get caught in time wasting logic loops. Imaging a whole legion of robot skeletons obsessively stomping ants and shooting flies with their guns. Yes, they could be helpful or useful in some circumstances, but would quickly lose utility.

[@Terminator484]

So... they're omnicidal maniacs. Cool!

[@LeadSkillets]

Missed a great opportunity to say "There's always a silver lining" at the end.

[@blainedangerously6492]

They're essentially the people of Krikkit from Hitchhiker's,but angrier. "It'll have to go."- in regards to EVERYTHING.

[@silenthunter5074]

Pretty please could you do an episode on another Adeptus Astartes chapter? *Cough* salamanders *cough*

[@TherealSBlair]

Having visions of a repulsor equipped very grumpy Arch. "Greetings and salutations victims"!

[@helldrake77777]

This has got to be Zee's most favorite month. :D

[@firefang600]

As you said in a siege of vraks video you may be having the shittiest day ever but it can always get worse.

[@Jason-jb3xt]

So basically the Daleks of the necrons

[@smoothknyte]

"but I have never woken up so grumpy as to consider the annihilation of all life. then again i have never been asleep for 65 million years either..." or apparently worked a year or two in retail customer service.

[@TheStrossicro]

Well done Arch! These are the videos we love you for ;)

[@robrib2682]

After learning about the destroyers, I absolutely adore them the same way that I adore the mechanicus. Because it's basically a case of the mechanicus and mutants in 40K in that the more you look into it the more horrifying the one that doesn't initially seem as bad is

[@r.connor9280]

After being asleep for so long what's to say they even know for certain if they are seeing reality properly and not some stasis induced dream.

[@streicherPRIV]

Oh pls keep them lore videos coming, i love listening to these in bed. They just transport my imagination, especially the extra dark ones and the wh fantasy too.

[@frankverisco4722]

The Necrons are amazing. Id love to see a big budget movie about them.

[@nickm501]

Unexpected rise in Necron millenoteen pregnancys sees Necron overlords fast tracking family planning office construction in their tomb worlds by more than 30%.

[@shanehudson3995]

I love Destroyers. "Nice tank you brought. Im'ma fuck it up."

[@stewardgilbert8823]

I think the only way to transfer back would be to release the C-tan but that would throw a bunch of wrenches into the works for everyone

[@SephirothRyu]

Arch: Here is Necron Lore. Blah blah tin skeletons blah blah socks blah blah horrible weapons blah blah... Me: Wait. What? What kind of weird xeno socks does Arch wear where he has to worry about putting them on the wrong feet?

[@spectreknight1352]

Imagine if a Destroyer have gauss cannons on each arm.

[@_Carlos]

I love your Necron videos, all of them, listened to the war in the heavens video a few dozen times at this point

[@psymcdad8151]

Ah, the destroyers. A Mighty unit indeed. I am playing Necrons since a little over a year now, and prety much all my oponents learn one thing very, very quick; "Focus ALL fire at the Destroyers until they are gone. There is no such thing as Overkill when removing Destroyers." Good: All my other units can do whatever the heck they want without geting too much flak doing so, Including 'Get Victory Points'. Bad: I allmost never have any Destroyers left over at the end of Turn 2. :(

[@IRMentat]

now I want to do another run of the soulstorm campaign map with the near-invulnerable necron lord. I swear used to solo 3-4 (hard)units for long periods of time while slow-marching squads towards objectives elsewhere before eventually sending over the tomb spiders flayers and and wraith to smash a squad each

[@meyou6556]

The Destroyers know only three words: Good... Ball... And Kill...

[@smithself411]

So...the Destroyers are Necron Daleks?

[@Docktavion]

Basically yes. Could also say cybermen are warriors and above.

[@donwebber9071]

EXTERMINATE

[@joshrogers4399]

I feel the destroyer was the inspiration for the doom hunter in doom eternal

[@Iserior]

Am I the only one who misses the Pariahs? I am? Well, back to purge with my kin.

[@isaacschmitt4803]

". . . wake up desiring to annihilate all life in the universe. . . " Monday's, amiright?

[@danyael777]

I always asked myself, how or why Karl Friedrich Gauss turned traitor and why he chose the Necrons.

[@Flaggot]

Wrapping yourself up in hopes and dreams actually sounds like a pretty solid plan in WH40K

[@revendarkbriar3030]

I mean..... if you believe hard enough, it might actually work

[@fulccrum2324]

orks in a nutshell

[@leegauntlett2144]

The first time I did mushrooms, I wanted to wipe out all life in the galaxy when I woke up the next day.