How A Necron Tomb World Awakens And Eradicates All Life On It's Surface!

[@magicmanbran54]

I love how Arch actually narrates the lore and adds his own opinions rather than being a glorified wiki text to speech device.

[@TheDandyMann]

Ironically hes not of one mind even though he's one person 🤣

[@GrimSqueaker]

Arch is the finest repository of 40k lore available (Inclusive of GW)

[@moxtordoki96]

@@GrimSqueaker fuck gw

[@B.von.Bentzen]

Like Gersh Juan

[@robouteguilliman6662]

Ironically that’s what a lot of other lire channels seem to claim he is doing. Just reading from a wiki page rather than a In depth and more nuanced discussion.

[@sonofangron2969]

I for one sympathise with the Necrons’ desire to violently murder everything that moves after being woken up from a nice nap…

[@Marinealver]

I wonder what is Necron Coffee?

[@eclipseslayer98]

@@Yekenahdinnaematter The best way to appease a waking Necron is coffee. *Cries in machine code because of the inability to eat and drink*

[@jakefrost7404]

*_"Sympathize?"_* *_A Son of Angron?_* *_Must have taken more after his mother..._*

[@johnmcmanus7809]

I bet the butchers nails don't let you get much quality sleep huh

[@sonofangron2969]

@@johnmcmanus7809 - only when lying atop a mound of butchered corpses. Space Wolves are best; their pelts are comfy… 😴

[@Liberty_or_Ded]

Necrons waking up be like "Hippity hoppity get the fuck off my property."

[@kenyonwells2139]

"The stain of Com...Tau-ism..." I laughed so hard

[@thebushwacker]

"The necrons dug to deeply and to greedily" I never thought I would compare dwarves and necrons lmfao. But very well put by 40k lore standards arch

[@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876]

Not the necrons, the tech priests where the ones that "dug to deeply and to greedily"

[@thebushwacker]

@@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876 you are correct my mistake. I think mixing a tech priest with a dwarf sounds like it would way more cool anyway

[@mouseblackcat5263]

@@thebushwacker Jem encrusted Iron Toasters o.o

[@Elenrai]

@@mouseblackcat5263 with runes! The tech priest puts the runic toaster on the ground and stands on the toaster until he dies or battle is won! Otherwise he must take the oath or dishonour his forgeworld!

[@mouseblackcat5263]

@@Elenrai Can the TechPreist resist A Big Diode Rune Tattooed Toaster GF for that long? Or is he going to summon Slaaneshi Coffee Makers when he does a Lood in the Toasters Crumb Tray? O.o

[@gruntmasterbroadcast]

Necron Tomb World Awakenings in a nutshell Explorer: "Huh neat, a weird looking tomb thing... I wonder what would happen if I opened it..." *A few moments later* Explorer: "I regret all of my decisions..."

[@lordmaur180]

Mechanicus: i regret nothing - as he dies holding his favorite toaster

[@Marinealver]

Necrons: Exterminate, EXTERMINATE! 💀 ☠

[@olgagaming5544]

@@lordmaur180 Ad-Mech explorer - hey it wasn't my fault..................

[@topkek996]

"YOU OPENED THE BOX AND WE CAME"

[@notinspectorgadget]

go go gadget *curb your enthusiasm outro music begins playing*

[@lllazyboy5498]

Hey Arch! I have no idea if you’ll see this but your content is both a blessing and a curse! Can’t stop listening to it for weeks now because it’s so amazing and now I’m even having dreams about 40K(which is both as awesome and as terrible as you might believe lol). Keep up the good work, easily one of my favorite KZbinrs!

[@TealWolf26]

One of the more prolific and comprehensive ones to be sure. I enjoy all his lore vids.

[@chadcuckproducer1037]

If you run out of arch check out Lutian09, Crimson King, Oculous Impera, and others I'm sure I'm forgetting.

[@chadcuckproducer1037]

*amber king

[@usiak13]

He got me with Tuska demon killa and Da Dok is here videos. I laughed my ass off... And yes, they are ancient :)

[@SuperEndiku]

Once you start listening to Arch discuss 40k lore then you only want more of it. A curse indeed.

[@Fulgrim2]

Known as the ultimate form of “Get off my lawn!” to everyone else.

[@jordanscherr6699]

I don't normally like retcons, but the Necrons ARE one I actually approve of. It makes each dynasty way more interesting, because their goals aren't so streightforward. It also harkens back to the problem that helped destroy their empire to begin with, infighting. The Silent King's command protocol re-united them in servitude without escape. What happens now that both it, and he are absent? Right back to internal bickering. Perfect!

[@sanddoom2089]

Necron tomb world exists. Mechanicist: I’m ah push all the buttons on the Xeno’s device just to see what it does!

[@Gherichto]

Love the "how it feels like to..." that you give to the 40k lore. And love the glorious glorious Arch sardonic twist on it

[@pirig-gal]

Loving the new "planetary operations of different 40k factions". I'm looking forward to continuation of the series. Maybe an Imperial Guard planetary invasion? Or maybe one each for every Chaos God? Or -Eldar- (they don't invade planets, really)?

[@chanachon56]

Arch already has an IG invasion video which is roughly 5 years old

[@pirig-gal]

@@chanachon56 You're right, kinda forgor about that one

[@angelangelis8362]

The Eldar WILL invade worlds, they just won't conquer planets. Usually it has to be something really important for them to dedicate an invasion force (like taking out a sleeping Tomb World, or countering a major threat to them that one of their Seer's has seen will happen in the future if they don't deal with it. Look at the Dawn of War games. While it's before the Necron rewrite, it's accurate about how they operate...though how each Craftworld has their own way of doing things. Would be interesting to see.

[@NPC-rq6vn]

Maybe a planet being integrated into the Tau empire either by negotiation via the Water Caste or by just straight up conquering the planet.

[@chanachon56]

@@NPC-rq6vn Already covered.

[@WarnarI]

Or an Ork fleet warping in violently (as orks tend to do) and "danger close" to a human occupied tomb world. Setting off Necron sensors and defense systems that begin rapid awakening process. As with a certain Ciaphas Cain book depicts just that scenario.

[@zachrich7359]

I loved that book, though I do dislike that some aspects are 'non-canon' now as it depicted old-crons

[@jtfbreedlove]

Refinery/Continent shattering kaboom.

[@zenoblues7787]

I wonder if an Eldar ship would cause the same reaction

[@cirroc213]

@@zenoblues7787 oh definitely

[@dyingearth]

To be honest, Cain and Amberley Vail suspect the Cogboys deliberately put the refinery above the tomb entrance.

[@trapcardactivated1777]

Tomb world awakens. Tomb Lord: This is your eviction notice. You have.5 seconds to leave before your civilization is razed and replaced. Imperial peasant: Wh-

[@enoughothis]

"GET OFF MY LAWN!" -Grimdark style. I love Nemesor Zahndrekh Space Egyptian Don Quixote. Mind you though, some quotes from him indicate that he's not quite so senile as he appears. "Even if we all ceased to be flesh and blood millions of years ago, which of course I don’t believe for a moment,’ - Zahndrekh actually winked - ‘wouldn’t it have suited us better to live in denial of that, as some fools might say I had done? Wouldn’t it be better, Obyron, just to accept our fate, and enjoy immortality for the everlasting life of merry campaigning it has proved to be?"

[@lornbaker1083]

When you look at it through that particular point of view it's really hard to not just crack a smile and think maybe the necrons have figured it out and gotten it right

[@admiraltiberius1989]

Absolutely love the content that Arch puts out. He is so far the only mad lad crazy enough to do a full length series on the Siege of Vraks and War of Badab. And I love these smaller lore videos just as much. They are snack sized and just right.

[@chadcuckproducer1037]

Oculus Impera is doing one now as well.

[@admiraltiberius1989]

@@chadcuckproducer1037 aye indeed he is and id even say his voice is superior for the task. But he is far more serious and immersive then Arch. And I doubt his lore will stretch out beyond 5 or 6 videos. Archs two series combined may exceed the total number of videos Oculus has ever produced to this point.

[@draochvar9646]

@@admiraltiberius1989 Arch is also far better when it comes to explaining the top-down logistics, strategies and formations of any given conflict. Where Occulus gives you the vibe of a scholar recounting history, Arch is more of an operations room kinda feel

[@thomashughes8800]

Dear Arch, thank you for covering a tombworld AND covering a Dynasty awakening ( dynasty covered before the one minute mark - awaken , everything else dead, nekrons drink tea)

[@chanachon56]

Necrons can drink tea?

[@flakbait5771]

lol I heard that last bit as, "They might attempt to re-establish contact with the clown world" instead of "crown world". No no, they won't try to contact Terra any time soon; probably too far away. thanks for another great video, regardless

[@Marinealver]

I for one welcome our Necron Overlords.

[@TheEldritchGod]

@@Marinealver - Couldn't be much worse than Biden.

[@The_Keeper]

@@TheEldritchGod Well, his predecessor comes to mind, especially when the word Clown is thrown around.

[@TheEldritchGod]

@@The_Keeper - Love that guy, hate that guy, I didn't have 7.5% inflation and I could buy cat food without having to order it online.

[@TS-jm7jm]

@@TheEldritchGod also the keystone pipeline would've produced 800k barrels per day of oil, whilst currently the us imports from russia, 300k barrels per day i believe, say what you will about trump, but he made an effort to make you americans independent of foreign oil, and it astounds me the lack of gratitude for that effort i see from americans, and worse the lack of anger at biden for destroying it, if my president emmerson mnangagwa were to try to make us independent of oil imports even though i hate the man, and i do despise him, I'd still appreciate and respect him for that.

[@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876]

"Tomb world awakens" World is full of youngsters Necrons: get off my lawn!!

[@tenebrisnarud9738]

I remember a piece of text from a Necron book where due to some circumstances they couldn't recall and begin repairs on their warriors, however some necrons didn't act like it mattered and the main character noticed how wasteful their way of war was if they weren't able to reclaim the bodies of their soldiers

[@some_shitposting_idiot3023]

Pretty sure that's the twice dead king Where the overlord has gone insane ages ago and the others really didn't have any authority to change tactics

[@darkinnovator2479]

God, I absolutely love your theoretic narration and story telling. Tell me Arch, would you ever do a 40K story of your very own making?

[@Speeddrat]

He probably won't thanks to GW doing what ever heck they are doing ...

[@darkinnovator2479]

@@Speeddrat Yeah, there is that.

[@DeadBaron]

He's definitely the best loremaster in the community, but from what I understand GW doesn't like him for some reason?

[@darkinnovator2479]

@@DeadBaron Because he is far too critical of their failings, and to be fair GW literally came out with their attitude last here where they said "fans who like making our shit, shove off into Hell".

[@DeadBaron]

@@darkinnovator2479 GW is one of the reasons I'm getting into 3D printing. Fuck them lol

[@robouteguilliman6662]

Arch once again proving to be one of the only good 40k you tubers left

[@frankburnstein1195]

@@Kryosleep He's great for some classic 40K stuff. That one about the men of iron and stone/ancient history was great. Would have never heard about it otherwise

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

Baldermort is good too

[@robouteguilliman6662]

@@PelinalDidNothingWrong EEENNNDDD KWOOTE

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

@@robouteguilliman6662 LET US LEAN ON EXISTING WISDOM That man should do Audiobooks imo

[@robouteguilliman6662]

@@PelinalDidNothingWrong I’m unsure what his vocal range is but for non-fiction or just narration it would be pretty good. That and he does have a few vocal tics.

[@CantusTropus]

The only Matt Ward retcon that's been widely accepted by the fanbase

[@Kyeudo]

I always assumed that C'tan was pronounced "Sa'tan", because obvious references are impossible for Games Workshop to resist.

[@tba113]

That's one option. Alternately, it puts a new spin on things to start calling the tabletop city-building game "Settlers of C'Tan".

[@Kyeudo]

@@tba113 What, like after the game is finished, an endless army of undead robots emerges from beneath the ground and atomizes the winner's cities in an orgy of green lasers?

[@Runenschuppe]

@@Kyeudo Yes, the winner is the only one that is able to evacuate themselves.

[@tba113]

Personally, I liked the old lore better. I know, they can tell more stories with Necron dynasties and individualized leaders, but the old lore with the Necrons as these cold, methodical, inscrutable monsters from a forgotten age gave the 40K galaxy a sense of unsettling mystery the other factions mostly lacked. The old lore was more of a slow burn, as you never quite knew what they wanted or why they were moving in. Maybe it's to sterilize the planet, or maybe there's a bit of their old archaeotech sitting in a museum somewhere, and they're gone as soon as they retrieve it, possibly without a single shot fired. Or maybe there's something about left-handed humans they're interested in, and they flatten a city looking for them, but otherwise buzz right off after grabbing their requisite boatload of southpaws. The new lore... Well, like I said, now you can tell stories not just featuring Necrons but _starring_ them, and that's something. But to my mind, under the new lore? They're ultimately just one more group of conquerors, and 40K has never lacked for those.

[@DeusExMachina10001]

It can still be the same tho depending on how you tell the story. Unless you are telling the story from the Cron's perspective, you still never know for sure why they are going to any particular place or doing whatever they are doing. And the majority of them are still inscrutable monsters even if the story is from the Cron's perspective; remember the lower tier Necrons are literally children robbed of personality and put in a metal body. It's just that now you can tell stories from their perspective rather than just having them around to destroy stuff. Szarek, for instance, might be one of the most interesting characters in all 40k. A 60 million year old King who did the best he could with what he had, made major mistakes, had major victories, and ultimately left it all behind because he thought it was the right thing to do.

[@nothuman3083]

Now it's either the wipe you out, or they put you in a fish tank to pretend to be Necrontryr.

[@OljeiKhan]

Aren't the old lore Necrons still there from an in-universe perspective though? Probably next to nobody in the entire galaxy knows about their dynastic struggles and intentions about wanting to have host bodies once more. From the eyes of a farmer , soldier , admech explorer , planetary governor , Astartes captain ; Necrons are still the same mysterious and cold machines of utter annihilation and bullshit hacks. Just my 2 cents.

[@NornQueenKya]

I used to think the necrons were bad. Then my cat woke me up early on my day off. Now I understand why they get so cranky.

[@lloydgush]

I stand with the cat. Knowing full well how annoying they can be. It's your fault it's hungry and bored (according to the cat).

[@NullElemental]

@@lloydgush we must bow before our nya-cron overlords

[@Zipa7]

I still don't know how the Necron tomb world on Kronus got away with only being destroyed by the Blood Ravens, they are lucky they didn't all get stolen.

[@phreakazoith2237]

"Rise and shine Timmy, today I want to teach you how to kill the voles in our field using explosives!" "Daddy, is that a good idea?" "It's totally safe Timmy. What could possibly go wrong?"

[@eichler721]

Love it the Necrons have a phenomenal success rate for awakening and only a handful of times have they been defeated of the thousands of worlds awoken. I would rather be atomized by a Necron then captured by a Drukari or Night Lord but they are the most powerful and deadly force as they have the best technology and the awnser to any other force.

[@NetMoverSitan]

They'll be wielding something worse than industrial grade egg-whisks and sink plungers. | 0:35 - So no Trazyn the Infinite, then? | 2:44 - So the Mechanicum makes the same mistake as the Dwarves in Khazad-dûm, over and over again? | 4:30 - (dances in celebration) | 12:07 - Either that or an Ork tactic. | 37:25 - That required a Blackstone Fortress crashing down to destroy.

[@Bigweave74]

Ah the Necrons, the angry old men of the 40k universe.

[@alexandercross9081]

Which is fitting. There isn't anything older than undead robots

[@Captain1nsaneo]

The lore change effectively traded horror for personality. I miss old'crons because they were the only truly competent major force. Champions of the War In Heaven back for round two.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

*hits a nail with a hammer* *suddenly, the entire ground starts shaking.*

[@STSGingie]

One thing to consider about some Necron Dynasties is how fractious they can be. A fringe world Lord wakes up early and decided to carve a small fief for himself, or a particularly ambitious subordinate lord decides to kill his sleeping overlord and take his place. Necrons can be petty like that.

[@matthewcoster5535]

And sometimes it can really, really backfire. Say, they try that right as their Overlord and his guards are waking up.

[@STSGingie]

@@matthewcoster5535 Its what Makes Necrons fun. They can be both monolithic or fractious. I have a lot of fun with that in my custom dynasty.

[@agentsmith7835]

I've asked for this video several times for years now... thank you arch

[@rustkarl]

Love that image of the fella looking at Arch like ‘What xeno-heresy is this buffoon reading now?’

[@Sleepy_zzzzz]

Honestly I'm surprised Cadia wasn't a tomb world, or at least one of the planets in system.

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

I'm not surprised, actually. In fact I'm amazed the Necrons even had a presence there. The Eye of Terror used to be the core of the Aeldari empire, remember? The fact that the Eldar would tolerate, or be ignorant about about any Necron presence that close to their core worlds is fascinating.

[@lryiss9407]

I would actually feel bad for the robo skeles if they awoke on Cadia.

[@stardestroyer19]

@@Flight_of_Icarus Another W for the Necrons. ALL HAIL THE INFINITE EMPIRE.

[@Raygun9000]

@@Flight_of_Icarus well, consider that the eldar's primary mode of interstellar travel is the webway. It only goes to select planets. So it's quite possible proximity is only really measured from their access to the webway. (Was there a webway portal on cadia? 🤔)

[@Sleepy_zzzzz]

@@Flight_of_Icarus good point, but isn't it heavily implied that the whole Cadian gate thing is containment for the Eye of Terror, and of Necron construction?

[@davidschulz5315]

Would you consider doing a lore video on the Oldcrons (pre-5th ed codex) and contrast it to the more current stuff, I'd be very curious to hear your thoughts there?

[@douglasnelson4592]

The issue with Old Crons was that it was basically "What if Skynet was a Lovecraftian God?" Interesting concept but... We already have Tyranids as a "Hive Mind." Necrons lacked the fundamental flaw that other races in 40k have, which is "They can conquer the galaxy if everyone would just not be idiots." New Crons have that flaw but GW could have reconned the number of C'tan so there were thousands of them all competing with each other. I agree the new lore is better than the old though.

[@toddkes5890]

They also made the C'Tan into shards, instead of full-power C'Tan entities

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

I prefer the new lore with them being actual characters

[@Auriorium]

Oh God now I see something. The first Necron Codex was the first part of the awakening process. The new one is about all the tomb world awakening.

[@lordfrostwind3151]

So can Necron tomb complexes and worlds expand beyond what they originally world? Like for instance a minor resource production fringe world given enough time might expand to a core world and pose an even greater threat or are they limited to fairly close to the capabilities they had previously? I figure you'd be pretty much stuck with the number of warriors you have but they could focus efforts on expanding their infrastructure and production capabilities and could possibly begin constructing void assets, ships orbital stations, etc.

[@taterichter6668]

Not really, most Necrons are limited in what they can learn. So you can’t train any new crews for those ships. But the space station with a lot of constructs and a few specialized Necrons to lead them in the construction and expansion of their current facilities.

[@Nempo13]

Each warrior was a civilian when they were properly fleshy and alive. When you kill a Necron properly and prevent it from teleporting away for repairs, it is dead and gone for good. They will not be able to replace it. The Necron humanoid bots are shells for the consciousness of the people. They are not true robots. You kill the consciousness and you permanently reduce their available military.

[@lordfrostwind3151]

@@Nempo13 makes a lot of sense, so once a tomb world completed reactivation of the residents that's all they have barring stuff like the scarab drones.

[@muninrob]

@@lordfrostwind3151 Generally, keyword "Canoptic" indicates an autonomous drone - it's more than just Spiders and Scarabs these days.

[@alextheman3330]

Arch I’ve been listening to you ever since I came back from overseas when I was still with the marines in 2017 Please keep up the great work! 40k has been my escape and I look forward to more in the future! The Emperor protects!

[@The_Keeper]

So, what was it like being a real-life Imperial Guardsman? Mostly boring, with short intense bursts of pants-shitting terror/action I assume...

[@alextheman3330]

@@The_Keeper lmao The imperial guard is more like the army and the marines are more like the catachin jungle fighters because we fight with anything sharp and with very little supplies lol All jokes aside tho I don’t miss the government but I do miss my marines… The real brotherhood you can only get when you have no one but each other Too many of my friends have dealt with suicide including myself…. It’s the struggle within that’s our biggest enemy Remember the fallen RIP Devin Luke “horsepower” Haynes April 14, 1996 - August 11, 2021

[@alextheman3330]

@trueblueprussian 23 recon marines or navy seals. I’ve had the pleasure of training with both so I can’t decide who hates their job more and wants to die lol us marines stole some seals lunch tables and they weren’t too happy about that. You should’ve seen the face of the kitchen staff! It was like a Mexican standoff without the guns lmao we just talked shit to each other and went our separate ways. But Good times tho :)

[@minutemengeneral1324]

Can you do a lore video on astropathic / interstellar communication and how it works for each faction imperium, chaos, eldar maybe?

[@The_Good_Captain]

Loved the Necrons of the old codex, love them even more in the new.. so what if they seemed "boring".. Guass cannons go ZRRRP! and if played correctly, they dominate.

[@jacobmosovich]

scenario: lets assume for a moment that an imperial excavation unearthed a tomb. guard forces are called they open it up not knowing what it is. little kanoptek spiders come out of the tomb but dont attack leaving the men bewildered. they see the spiders scanning around their surroundings and picking up random rocks presumably metal content rich. the men gather up a team to enter the tomb and witness lifeless husks of machines lining all the walls. the spiders manned a forge that suddenly burst to life further into the tomb and you could see the spiders fashioning limbs and legs and most confusing of all metallic weapons. realizing what they may have found they think it could be some old factory they accidentally activated. going deeper they do not notice the subtle flash of green entering the eyes of the machines lining the wall. they reach the final chamber and see a large tomb door made of stone and two guards protected by a field of blue energy in stasis. just as they were about to turn around the tomb opens and they see a pharaoh like being arms crossed over each other rod in one hand sword in the other. the eyes glow bright green and look up to the interlopers. suddenly the blue fields fade and the machines begin attacking. the machines lining the walls behind them all come to life as they try to rush for the door hundreds of machines blocking their path. the soldiers outside hear the commotion inside and turn weapons raised to see a dark green glow from within. they hear the screams of their comrades dying as they recieve shots of green plasma disintegrating them. the Tomb has Awakened.

[@wert1234576]

I had a slip today and feel like I have the butchers nails but this will ease the hammering.

[@TheWarpmind]

Apparently the mechanicus game is canon via gw which to be said is a legit explorator fleet with a large detachment of skitarri and other machines cuz the crons we're expected to be there

[@Reverberon]

Necron tactical doctrine would be nice. Isn't a lot of Necron logistics handwaved with their magical super teleporters?

[@Marinealver]

You got 2 parts Awakening and Recycling ♻️ Suffer too much casualties and your Resurrection can get jammed leaving your overlords and destroyers stuck behind millions of lower caste warriors.

[@toddkes5890]

@@Marinealver Hopefully there would be different Resurrection systems with different priorities. So the one for the Lord is placed in the middle of the elite wargear vault, the Destroyers are placed in locations with wide corridors so they have access, and the Resurrection systems for the Warriors are placed wherever fits

[@thepsychicspoon5984]

12:00 "Find out how many soldiers an enemy machine gun can kill, then just send more than that". -Luigi Cardona, Chief of Staff of the Italian Army during WW1. "OME, He is a genius." -General in Imperial Guard, probably.

[@TheBurningfreedom]

How many tomb worlds have woken up because a cat has knocked a cup off a table.

[@phreakazoith2237]

and these cats always survived the awakenings just to execute classic "Alien" jump scares. PDF sneaks trough dark corridor and hears a noise "Gee, it's just a cat." Turns around just to face Ncecron warriors and is ripped into atoms by gauss rifles.

[@maddlarkin]

How do Necron Tomb Worlds awaken, well inevitably it starts with a Tech Priest turning to his Magos and asking, 'I wonder what'll happen if I press this button?'

[@doorknockerpingu6932]

"Dead men walking" is a great example of this playing out

[@celsetialarchives5909]

Perfect timing Was just looking for some got tier background audio

[@IansMentalOmega]

"Guh-reetings and Salutations!" When I hear that intro, I just smile. Less [Generic KZbinr Intro] and more [Generic Dad-talk Intro].

[@TheTick20001]

I read the title as "Neocon" not "Necron" and it still made sense....

[@MrTroves]

I remember in Soulstorm how it's lore that had the Imperial Survey Corps of the local system not been so lazy and corrupt and actually did their jobs properly, the Necrons on the third planet in the system likely would have woken up centuries before before the conflict of the game... and Imperial Scholors cannot decide if that is a sign of divine providence or gross negligence with some dumb luck thrown in.

[@sparkyswe396]

I want a video on how the Necrons view the Tyranids and how the Tyranids view the Necrons. It's something I've been wondering about for a long time.

[@Jfk2Mr]

I guess it is "fucking bugs" and confused hunger

[@darthimperious8661]

Really wanting to know the specifics of what happened on that tau world tbh

[@faceless_lurker]

The Necrons seized the means of destruction

[@akumaking1]

They all died.

[@tivor369]

I've been waiting for a long time on Necron lore, I must admit, I'm a necron fanboy, I'm honestly curious on the necrons and their super weapons, and who control which, and how do they measure when to use one or not.

[@ninochaosdrache3189]

I hope you keep doing this for a long time Arch. Your storytelling, combined with a quib thrown in here and there, is really unique and makes listening to you very enjoyable.

[@michaelkimberling7307]

You can also use a fuel refinery and plot armor as an improvised fuel air bomb as Ciaphas Cain did to destroy a tomb complex

[@somewhatamusing759]

Nice to see you back on form arch, hope to enjoy many more hours of your signature narration.

[@clewintheunissen7438]

Whenever I think of Arch I think exactly the picture on the right. It just fits.

[@multecoduri]

Can the necrons make new warriors ? And if they can , without a necrontyr soul - would that make them just canoptek constructs ?

[@MrSlug-ki9jl]

I like to think that the awakening Necrons have the mentality of Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. "What happened to my freakin Tomb World!"

[@Solid_Snake427]

Oh yes!! more Necron lore to consume with my morning coffee oh yes yes yes

[@Gr_ywind]

The 40k universe screwups can pretty much be summed up as: When in doubt, it always the mechanicum.

[@lordbread8102]

Arch, the following reasons are why you are a good loretuber. 'Confrict...' 'Descwibe...'

[@akumaking1]

Do you think Trazyn the Infinite was the first major Necron to wake up? Did he witness the end of the Dark Age of Technology/Human Federation? Would he have any relics and artifacts from that era?

[@brandonhughes4571]

Trazyn never fell entered the great sleep

[@darkdarklighting]

If I remember correctly there was one time a Necron Dynasty encroached on another Necron Dynasty and that group told everyone to get off it's lawn meaning Sending out a Necron world engine.

[@reginlief1]

Currently writing a crusade campaign for my friend to play using my AdMech vs my Necrons, based around (unoriginally) the priests waking a tomb world. So, yeah, this video is gonna be great! 2:53 …oh, lol.

[@snakeplissken1754]

Imagine growing up as a poor imperial citizen, suffer through hardship and exploitative labour for years.... and then someone hits the red no no button by accident and awakens a necron "sleeper cell" on that very "paradise" you happen to life on. The excitement and fun you can look forward too will be a wholesome experience for your entire family.

[@thetalon100]

Next up: how the Tyranids devour a world? Love your stuff as always Arch :)

[@SamuraiHonor]

Pretty sure he has a video detailing that already. It's a pretty well known subject cause it's one of the few things that make tyranids unique. From the genesteler cults sending out beacons and evacuating the planet. Shadow in the warp. Attrition war Ripper swarms Digestion pools And cappilary towers. Was all packed in 1 vid.

[@irontemplar6222]

Hmm I'm wondering if a neurons might be willing to make alliances with humans and other races in exchange for trade, and perhaps aide to restore their tomb worlds. I mean probably not. Considering that could be very interesting and 40k is often anathema to things that would be interesting, but it's a fun idea.

[@bewawolf19]

If I remember right there is some Necron dynasty that keeps humans as serfs which puts them on the extremely tolerant side of the spectrum, but that is as fair as I am aware of for stuff like that happening.

[@lordmaur180]

This is the one Mr. Inquisitor, he is the one who wants to side with Xenos! Purge with fire!

[@irontemplar6222]

@@lordmaur180 *Holds up Lord Inquistion Rosette in one hand, and a plasma Pistol of the other.* "Inquisitor Jeffrey, how's the wife these days?"

[@irontemplar6222]

@@bewawolf19 hm? I am honestly kind of suprised by that. Becuase 40k often goes out of its way to have alien species be stupidly hostile to each other. Even when mutual cooperation would be in their best interests as a species

[@LethargicGM]

@@irontemplar6222 The Necrons are the tomb kings in space. So them keeping some humans around like their fantasy cousins isn't that surprising.

[@PolarasDominion]

Can we talk more about how our short term perspective still has no idea what the macro goal is of the Necron is after they wake up and establish their empire? (a state they might not get to given the haphazard awakening) Arch mentioned it was originally to grab souls to feed the Star Gods, but now that no longer makes sense, what is the plan? Was there a plan? Do the shards still need to be fed? Was it an anti Chaos mission? Did it have anything to do with the reason they slept? Was this a way for the silent king to grant himself rest and his people "freedom?"

[@toddkes5890]

The Star Gods are the C'Tan, and the Necrons don't want anything to do with the Warp (they are realspace). Some thoughts about what the Necrons want are to defeat the Tyranid fleets that are still on the way to the Milky Way. The reason the Necrons went to sleep is because there were warp entities (Enslavers) getting loose, and the Necrons didn't like that. So the Necrons went into stasis, while th eOld ONes had to clean up the galaxy from the Enslaver plague. For anti-Chaos, check out the Necron ending for the game "Battlefleet Gothic II"

[@knarftahw]

I just finished rewatching your Konrad video and what do I see? Very nice.

[@flyin_solo2573]

More Necron stuff please! imo this is the best part of 40k. The Imperium of Man is probably my least favorite part

[@harbl99]

"Oh mighty Szarekh, I have seen what your legions have done for other worlds, and I want that for me."

[@artilyon]

Our lord Arch asking the real questions!!

[@matthewhumphrey9323]

Can you do the adeptus mechanicus please I am fascinated by the toasters

[@wendigowithaninternetconne9594]

“Its waking up” is my favorite trope no matter whats waking up

[@Cryodrake]

Fun Fact: The new leagues of votann faction lore says the Votann dislike/hate the necrons because too often when they go digging for precious resources, they run into their tombs which in turn wakes them up and then have to then fight a protracted war against them.

[@iurk0_streaming]

Shit, now I gotta play Mechanicus again, thanks Arch lol

[@patricksmith7626]

Mau I suggest a challenge for a ... man of your talents? An interaction/conflict between two xenos races. Chaos and Necron, if you care for a specific suggestion.

[@matthewcoster5535]

Oooo, this is an interesting one.

[@travisarnett8968]

I love 2:52 when he the mechanicus because it is so true

[@ricks5756]

Last time I was this early to a lore video, The Emperor still had a first name :)

[@BlackDeath22341]

I've been on a Necron binge right now so this is a most welcome video.

[@korstmahler]

Arch: Uploads a warning about tomb worlds Me, in the middle of technotheological 'debate' with Dogmatis Videx: "Yeah I'm just going to ignore that."

[@fireballloadout]

Am I the only one who thinks Ben 10 upgrade when I look at video preview? I don't know what it's called but it's the picture before you click on the video

[@XRAY-556]

Ooooo necron lore on a friday?! Under promise and over deliver, as per usual Arch.

[@LtColShingSides]

I would really enjoy some more Necron lore

[@maxxammax0]

Necrons are the goodguys in the 40k setting. They just want their multiverse back.

[@mikeyc2110]

This is making me want to re-read dead men walking.

[@patricksmith7626]

Fan theory: Necrons created a massive banquet of pain and suffering (perhaps laying the ground work for Slannesh, eons later?) bloating their nightmare gods, and allowing their chaining and chattering. The horror might simply have a restorative effect on their alien metal flesh. Micro particles that harvest pain out of the warp.

[@badgamemaster]

How to deal with a fully awoken Tomb World? Answer: Do a Second Battle of Damnos.

[@conan2096]

dont call krieg for help unless you want to be making scared gas mask noises lol.

[@Glitch_Online]

Per the lore, If Necrons were once flesh and were converted to what they are now, are their numbers limited? since they can't reproduce.

[@stereotyped7101]

Something fun to listen to as I'm painting my roboys, sweet.

[@jasonwolfe4205]

You would think that after like their fifth eldritch horror scare species in the 40k galaxy (even the Tau) would be a bit more paranoid about wantonly digging on alien planets.

[@Santient01]

"those little blue-berries" made me choke on my drink...

[@phreakazoith2237]

I'm Mr Platinum, you are Mr Gold, you are Mr Silver, Mr Bronze and ... Mr Pink. Somebody has to be Mr Pink.