Why Do The Necrons Protect The Diggas? - 40K Theories

[@Detahramet]

I like the idea of the necrons just adopting the tribe essentially as pets on a lark. Not for any practical reason, nor for any cruel plans, but because the overlord thought it would be funny.

[@wakcedout]

Knowing my necrons i would say thats the most fitting. They would accept willful subjecation by the diggas and the orks were pushing into their realm. Like kings sending.knights to destroy invaders attacking their peasent village, not out of compassion but because its their property.

[@NodDisciple1]

@@wakcedout What about the Pariah Gene?

[@DaroriDerEinzige]

I think we can also assume that there are probaly some Necrons which are aware of the threat the Chaos, Orkz, Tyrannids and Dark Eldar still are. We shouldn't forget that Necrons hate the Chaos, Orkz, Tyrannids and Eldar in general. And Humans are also to my knowledge a Race, besides the Tyrannids and Tau, which weren't created by "The Old Ones" which the Necrons hated. So basically - I wouldn't be too surprised if there would be at least a few Necrons which advocate for "Ally us with the Humans, destroyin' the Warp, make the Orks, Tyrannids and Eldar extinct and then pickin' up the rest to create finally a Galaxy after our likin' and maybe even obtain true immortality.".

[@Troleandocreyentes]

Necron: I just think they are neat.

[@timm2428]

Because even the necrons have a sense of humor.

[@mr.buttram2837]

After they retconned that garbage about them just being machines and revealed that they still have souls, they sure do have a sense of humor.

[@indrickboreale7381]

@@mr.buttram2837 Well, Destroyers are still cold killing machines

[@mr.buttram2837]

@@indrickboreale7381 and on the tabletop I prefer them that way.

[@mr.buttram2837]

@Anupam Datta Sarkar if they dont have souls, how do they transfer to new bodies when their old bodies are destroyed?

[@АрвигБадмаев-и1э]

@@mr.buttram2837 they are degraded copies of their former biological minds in the machine. One of the main conflicts within their race is about lost souls

[@CidGaius]

My theory? The Necrons had a bet to see who would win, Da Orks or the Diggas and one of the necrons really didn’t want to lose.

[@robertnelson9599]

This is my favorite theory.

[@primusstar5995]

Probably Trayzn

[@tedcross5362]

@@primusstar5995 And Orikan

[@NodDisciple1]

Pariah Gene?

[@iang257]

I think the idea of an overlord "adopting" the Diggas, since I can imagine the overlord basically treating the humans like he's playing one of those civilization building games.

[@Puddingskin01]

Overlord DangerouslyFunny?

[@alyseleem2692]

Well,at least some of them care about administration, it seems. This one will try to actually rule people, which is impressive.

[@BierBart12]

Helping them out directly would be like using cheats when the game isn't going the way you want it to

[@idontno6d105]

humans: literally disembowel themselves necron overlord: "that is literally the cutest thing I've ever seen"

[@Lykyk]

Literally? Literally.

[@scottlidstone1902]

Necron Overlord: Oh that's so cute, I remember when I use to have a digestive system" *sighs

[@DaimothCL]

Literally tho?

[@richardorta8960]

"Let's see if they'll do it again."

[@crispylizard8295]

@@DaimothCL literally

[@zakleclaire1858]

"DIGGANOBS" "But sir, they are Wolfen, they are horri...." *SMACK* "DIGGANOBS!" "Yes, Grandmaster, they are Digganobs"

[@battlin]

GOOOD

[@Klomster88]

Where is this from, i recall it but not from where. ETTSD?

[@foxtubelp6359]

@@Klomster88 yeh

[@Klomster88]

@@arthurchong5271 thank you!

[@nathanieljernigan1147]

FWUCK YOU! 'Slams hammer'

[@Starman_Dx]

Necron Pharon: Don't you ever communicate with myself or my diggas ever again.

[@isaiahgrey2458]

lol

[@Manfromthenorth0551]

Old war vet discovers a group of mangy dogs in his back yard. Decides to adopt them. Local gang shows up and tries to hurt and steal dogs. Old man gives them an old-fashioned ass whooping. Gang doesn't come around anymore.

[@denis197534]

Wait ive seen this movie!!!!

[@Cs-ny5mw]

@@denis197534 GRANNNNN TORINOOO

[@cavareenvius7886]

@@Cs-ny5mw I was just thinking about this movie

[@PandorasFolly]

Shit. Now I need a necron army lead by a lord that looks like every Clint Eastwood character ever.

[@benives254]

@@PandorasFolly so.... a bog standard necron with a cheroot and bloody great hand gun?

[@xTechnoWOW]

The Infinite and The Divine was a great book that provides insight into how Necrons view things like the passage of time, newer races, and their overall goals. Highly recommend!

[@draconicworkshop5679]

It is indeed an amazing book.

[@DoctorCataclysm]

Thanks! I'll pick it up today.

[@akantor0811]

It was awesome and you get a great insight into how time is nothing to them years go by without a word passing between two characters mid conversation at one point XD

[@robertnelson9599]

@@akantor0811 When some Necrons have been active for 60 million years, and there are no biological processes to impede them, it makes sense that time is just a number.

[@VierAlder]

Never have heard of them before, what are the authors names please?

[@TDBoedy]

I like the idea of Necrons using humans as flesh farms and then taking over. When the Necrons find out Humans also built pyramids - they gonna be salty.

[@diggernick01]

What if Earth is not actually Terra, but rather a necron tomb world, TRICKED through a popular tabletop game into thinking, that we are going to be Terra in some millennia?

[@cmelton6796]

@@diggernick01 Venus would be a good place to hide out and chill for a few eons if you could deal with the horrifying conditions of the planet. No biological life would want to live there except for those pesky humans that want to build Cloud City.

[@gungasc]

Well when you destroy all History of Pyramids besides your own, you win.

[@DoomStarRequiem]

What if Humans are actually Surviving Necrontyr that somehow overcame whatever it was that was plaguing the necrontyr race pre bio-transfer .

[@diggernick01]

@@DoomStarRequiem now that's just actual proper heresy

[@viewernewest]

Why? Because the indigenous wildlife were deemed too easy to domesticate, and the Necrons wanted a challenge.

[@judgestrix5106]

I had forgotten all about the game Gorkamorka until this video. Thanks Rem. I did enjoy playing it back when.

[@lukeburky8344]

Me: *has homework* 40k Theories: Wanna know why space mummies protect human moles? Me: DO I??

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

A severely underrated comment

[@LogisDavoth]

@@TheRealRusDaddy I swear it is.

[@Le-cp9tr]

“Digger” is our word, but you can say “Digga.”

[@Connor.SG-1Ring]

WUZZ UP MY DIGGA!

[@IapitusMcHeimer]

Lmao

[@herbertgearing1702]

@@Connor.SG-1Ring Digga please?!

[@amorphoussolid8512]

If you use the hard R we are going to have problems!

[@a.N.....]

Such a great joke some.people are instantly gonna get butt hurt about haha

[@charlesman8722]

Necron lord to his subordinates: Be sure to feed and water your Digger daily, and don’t forget to take it out for walkies.

[@tyrstark8673]

Necron overlord Lev'Kreft: I like this human. I think I'll call him Diggerman.

[@shrek6723]

'Ewww... A Greenskin'

[@theguardlorenzo5898]

I feel like the necrons just did the submit or die thing, but holded their end of the bargain when the tribes submit, and they are just protecting their servants when they demn necesary

[@thewheezychieftain5488]

The Necrons are paying reparations to the Diggas who were the rightful inheritors of the Egyptian theme and motif bases.

[@grabdfightersger7339]

We wuz nekronz n sheit

[@easycheese6409]

Necron 1: "Its so ugly that it's cute" Necron 2: "Phaeron said no pets" Necron 1: "But Phaeron dead" Necron 2: "Ok, just the one, and remember to spay/neuter it" Ten years later: many pets Necron 2: "NECRON ONE!!!"

[@TheMemphisxlr8]

Secretly, the Necrons just wanna be our friends: they're just VERY shy about it.

[@theenderdestruction2362]

So tsundarey?

[@TheMemphisxlr8]

@@theenderdestruction2362 the tsunderest

[@theenderdestruction2362]

@Calvin Smith I need a adult

[@arsenelupin5424]

@@theenderdestruction2362 They’re older than the oldest adult of our species so......best find a better phrase pal

[@anoninunen]

👉👈💀 I LIKE YOU FLESHED ONE/AS A FRIEND

[@captainanopheles4307]

Orks, previously krork, were the tools of the Necron's enemy. Seems like the only reason needed to attack the orks. Humans would be new and considered harmless.

[@Waagghhboy]

Where is that in lore, because according to lore korks fought Necrons because the old ones made them to fight Necrons , died mostly during the void plague then devolved into Orks. While Necrons slept . Where is this in lore I'd like to read it

[@Minecraftian2345432]

Yeah, I think you got that backwards. Krorks were enemies of the Necrontyre and the Ctan made by the Old Ones to fight them. My best bet would be that the Necron in charge mostly just hates the old races that fought them long ago a lot compared to some apes that popped up only like a couple million years ago. So why pass up some loyal apes that are willing to fight with you.

[@captainanopheles4307]

@@Waagghhboy how is that different from what I said?

[@RichterBelmont2235]

@@captainanopheles4307 cuz you said the proto orks are proto Necron's tool which is obviously not.

[@captainanopheles4307]

@@RichterBelmont2235 the necron''s enemy. Is there a word missing your end?

[@sirgideonofnir6840]

I didnt even know these guys existed, now I really like them

[@ElectromagNick]

_DIGGANOBZ!_

[@Lebannehn]

BIGGUS DIGGUS

[@joebrimm4188]

What’s so funny about biggus diggus? I have a very good friend on ultramar named biggus diggus

[@GnomeChompskiGnomesYou_Bruh]

@@joebrimm4188 *laughs harder

[@altansirin5830]

@@joebrimm4188 He has a sister of battle you know. You know she is called. She is called CHOKSON............ CHOKSON DIGGUS.

[@EthanKristopherHartley]

Wouldn't it make sense for the Necrons to attack the Orks, having fought the War in Heaven against the Krorks? They're an obvious enemy, whereas humans were unknown at the time. So the Necrons may have viewed the primitive Diggas as something of a novelty, maybe even assuming they were the product of evolution. If they also saw the similarities between the human skeleton and their regular forms then they might have thought they were descendants or (to tie in with Rem's idea of using the humans as bodies to inhabit), specifically grown for the purpose?

[@azmanabdula]

Or maybe they just thought we were cute Like elephants think humans are cute Or perhaps we woke them up from one hell of a nightmare Thankful, they let us live

[@EthanKristopherHartley]

@@azmanabdula I have a mirror, if any of the Diggaz look like me I guarantee the Necrons aren't thinking "Awww, cute". They're thinking "Thank C'tan we have this shiny living metal!" 😁 😂

[@awesomehpt8938]

FU! DIGGANOBZ! Affirmative grand master. They are indeed digganobz. Good!

[@1vandread]

I thought they were Wulfen?

[@awesomehpt8938]

@@1vandread digganobz!

[@supremeghost7950]

BEHOLD!

[@jacthing1]

@@1vandread *smashes you into the ground with a giant hammer* FOOLS BEHOLD

[@owenlindkvist5355]

DIIIGGGAA NOBZ!!!

[@An_Imperial_Guard.]

When the Orks crashed their ship into their world they most likely destroyed a good portion of the Necron ground force and structures underground. So they decided to make an alliance with the Ork cosplayers in order to redirect the Orks attention away from themselves.

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

Probably the radiation damage the Diggas endured: if anything can evoke pity in a Necron, it's probably seeing people irrevocably damaged by radiation. It's also a good chance to study the Warp, and how human and Ork interactions might affect it.

[@Ether101_Prime]

They were impressed by their sick rap skills and fly dance moves.

[@philiptai233]

Diggas

[@Ray-yv7kn]

LMAO.

[@zdemaskowanychomik1258]

Damn strait, my Digga'

[@Ether101_Prime]

@@zdemaskowanychomik1258 I'm going to thumbs up this but that's not what I was going for.

[@owenbevt3]

We need a new gorkamorka game - with insane necrons racing speed freeks

[@InquisitorKryptman]

They have a code of conduct protecting the natives or one of the natives got their hands on a staff of light.

[@keithharris5196]

Could it be that they worshipped the void dragon and maybe had some iconography of that, that the tomb Lord recognised?

[@gryphonofmight]

Ordo Notificus Present! We Will Provide the LIKES!

[@amorphoussolid8512]

*Ordo Notifcus* *Notifcus Received * *Protocol Like Initialized * *Commence Like And Comment To Support Algorithm * *Machine Spirit Appeased *

[@hunterv9983]

Wait. Kaldor Drago?

[@amorphoussolid8512]

I'm honestly more in favour of making a deal with the Necrons than dealing with those damn knife ears!

[@jesseberg3271]

Humans, Necron, and the Tau could form an alliance on the basis of everyone else being The Old Ones bioweapons or warp spawned mistakes. That is assuming that Humanity wasn't the last work of the last Old One and that the Tau weren't created by the Eldar.

[@vyanesh6487]

I don’t need sleep, I need answers to this!

[@easycheese6409]

Astartes of the lake, what is your wisdom?

[@vyanesh6487]

@@easycheese6409 Emperors Children and Craftword Eldar should get their own shared box set since both factions need new models and Slaanesh is the enemy of the Eldar and vice versa.

[@WanderingVictorious]

Okay but this is the best Digga lore ever

[@PreggoJohn]

Topics to avoid: how to abbreviate a Necron Digga.

[@nikoclesceri2267]

What’s wrong with necggas

[@dovik0s56]

N- ++*Terminated*++

[@ahmataevo]

What's wrong with Digrons?

[@scottland8698]

I think we should get a Vtuber to try and sort this out

[@scrubsrc4084]

Leave that the the subtitles

[@valbourne1797]

They put on a grand festival with plays and jugglers and acrobatics, death-defying stunts and grand dramatic displays and the bored Necrons were like 'you know what? you guys are alright. Need an entire army destroyed anytime just hit us up' and they have been fast friends ever since

[@InquisitorKryptman]

Is this a re-upload or did another channel cover it?

[@40KTheories]

It's a remaster to give additional information and correct a couple of minor errors.

[@punkrockmartian]

@@40KTheories that’s great to hear. Always good to hear good channels improving and bettering them selves

[@GrnRaptor]

They're all generally at peace with each other it seems, which is quite fascinating in itself!

[@nodermark8922]

Didn't the original ork lifeforms fight the necrons in the war in heaven? Maybe the necrons, after seeing the humans fighting the orks, decide that the enemy of my enemy was my friend.

[@tachyon7904]

perhaps that could be part of it, perhaps the necron overlord was merciful and thought that keeping the humans would be a good idea in case they needed them later, perhaps the necron overlord was empathetic and it was amplified by the fact that they were fighting the orks and losing to them, so instead of letting them die they helped the humans kill off the orks

[@lazarus9165]

@@tachyon7904 so basically Necrons: ok I can tolerate you guys but stay off my lawn Humans: **fight a losing battle against the orks** Necrons: **war in heaven flashbacks** ok no your mine now.

[@tachyon7904]

@@lazarus9165 yes

[@daywither927]

3:57 "...leading to the events of the Big Dig." Uhhh... right. Big Dig, of course.

[@triratna1397]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@kulovicz3152]

I want to see this Necron overlord meet with Trazyn. I think it would be like a meeting of cat lady and antiquary.

[@AmentiVZ]

Nice! I was going to go to bed, then....

[@Chloe_Athey]

Same lol

[@Archangel_Kali]

Yup.

[@lord-commander4732]

Yeah, same.

[@user-bw4ec4bm2t]

Now you're not sleeping at all Lost like me

[@Ake-TL]

I always assumed that necrons keep diggas so that they defend the tombs and necrons don’t need to bother with every inconvenience

[@bgcvetan]

Not all the Necrons were willing to buddy up with the nom-nom star eating mongrels, perhaps this tomb-world contained some of those folks ?

[@TheGamechair]

I like the idea of merging these theories. The diggers do worship the necrons as the living dead. At some point at the pinnacle of a ceremony a cryptek sarcophagus popped open revealing the staff light. The priests took the staff and thus activated the mindless warriors and scarabs. Eventually the Phearon awoke found this amusing and now keeps the diggers as loyal guards as the diggers worship him as a true God

[@NingenSlayerZamasu]

Alright I’m watching this, this seems too good.

[@khangusdong9723]

I gotta ask this question, where's all these magazines coming from? Do even astartes use magic to keep mags topped off, or they just appear? Probably not the best video to bring this up... Yeah, not very orky of me

[@someonesomething1600]

Oh it took me a minute to realize these guys are DIGGANOBZ

[@Sigismund697]

I know absolutely nothing about Gorkamorka but the idea now seem super interesting

[@sardauk3038]

you mean, the only one who know the truth are GW and since they forgot Gorkamorka existed, we will never learn it ?

[@IceLizardsUnited]

DIGGANOBZ!

[@MrBluman999]

Ohh the ork murder channel

[@Del_S]

Someone said it. Good!

[@Baldermort]

Cobblers day. But saved this to redeem the night. Thank you, Grand Master. :).

[@adrienwatson2179]

Lord Baldermort! Any chance of a narration in regards to the Diggas/Orks? Your voice acting would make it a hilarious and fantastic subject!

[@benoitterneyre5064]

5:52 the orkish naming conventions are the most glorious thing to come out of 40k

[@guardianofthetoasters2323]

9:03 big e would be furious when he heard humans bowing to xenos

[@rpbp4468]

What do I think...? I think you're good at this. All the stuff MCU and DC has released lately and I'm still coming back to watching/listening/learning 40k Theories ... Thank You Brother.

[@MageWarren]

After the explorators killed the Pharaoh of Angelis by chance, the necrons turned on them. The explotators then convinced the Necrons to view them as friends using the Codex Astartes maneuver known as doing the "weekend at Bernie's".

[@XavierFunklestien]

“It’s not easy being green” -old ork proverb

[@jjvagnar1]

My Headcanon is this particular dynasty of Necrons found Diggas to be cute and need to Protecc!

[@hughgedney3393]

A very extremely awesome video as always 40k Theories.

[@electricskull2505]

Necron Overlord protects his weird human pets that are really into orkz for some reason.

[@suddenlythatenderman5800]

becuse they know trayzn would show up and steal em so the Necrons decided to protect them for that mechanical magpie

[@glowingunknown5625]

I once met a Tyranid named Steve. He said he's friends with the Necrons, and tells me they're not as bad as they seem. True story.

[@scurvydog20]

I like arch's theory that the collision basically knocked a screw loose

[@fatalshore5068]

Arch has a screw loose, whats his excuse?

[@christopherg2347]

4:55 Oh, that was just the Necrons saying: "Get of my lawn. I do not want another Krork Fungus infestration. Last time I had to sterilize the whole damn planet!" 12:07 Most likely they got the staff of one of the lower lords, allowing them to command that Lords forces. Not a lot of Necrons in the grand scheme of things. But still easily enough to conquer a bunch of tribal humans! It is possible that part of the Tomb Complexes guards is unable to leave the tomb complex. I found it interesting that the Diggas never used their Standing Necron army to beat back the Orks, only that much larger force. Wich would confirm my idea that this was a automatic response to (Kr)ork presence.

[@jamesbigglesworth4677]

Gorka Morka was one of my favourite games, kept all my minis' too. Loved the Diggas and Muties.

[@Archangel_Kali]

Good timing!

[@lmao2118]

Ive readd the title too fast and spilled my coffe on my desk.

[@Roadrun98]

I feel like the diggaz were made when someone kitbashed orks stuff onto human bodies.

[@shrek6723]

'Hey, uh... Doug, I think someone switched up the molds for the Guardsmen and the Ork sets...' 'It's fine, Tim, just figure something out. It's not a bug, it's a feature.' 'Alrightie then, whatever you say, Doug.'

[@dragonhunter4592]

I like your idea that the Diggas were just running around in the tunnels beneath the surface of Gorkamorka until they discovered the nearly destroyed tomb of a Necron lord and just decided to pinch his nice shiny staff.

[@jonbarnes2424]

Gorkamorka was a wonderful game, it completely redrew the Ork character and began to move 40k away from the background of a stifled, stagnating human empire of 2nd ed. toward the the galaxy wide, war-torn battle of survival that 3rd ed introduced. Where the Diggas and Necrons are concerned, it's worth remembering that Gorkamorka is seemingly set in M35/6 and theimperium's first official contact with the Necrons was 897.M41 (at Sanctuary 101, one of the best 40k battle reports ever). As such, these could be the first Necrons to have awakened in the 'new' galaxy. They might be faulty, curious or atypical, as the video suggests. I'm inclined to say that they were curious: they may have been trying to figure out the people who they'd woken up to find, perhaps with a goal to creating their own bodies. There again, there may have been no actual Necrons and it was just their support constructs in the tombs which might not necessarily have been hostile to the humans.

[@lukalovric2463]

Necrons to Diggas: We are generous gods

[@Dariushellstrome]

I really liked the skirmish games back when I played. They were easier to set up than full battles, smaller amounts of figures to transport. Painting was more detailed and more fun than painting 20 identical figures.

[@neonthepartycat4990]

"Oi gark. Is that one of those spooky fellas.?...oh nevermind. We lost bok.." *Last message from a local Ork camp*

[@PoolNoodleGundam]

Is it april first already? This topic is complete nonsense, and I am *here* for it

[@supernovavortex3069]

I think that the necron lord on this planet may be a bit more empathic than his brothers leading it to do this.

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

I actually really like the idea of a Necron Overlord looking at the Diggas and going "You know what? These....things..are our pets now" sorta like Pugs. Ugly as hell yet kinda cute

[@amusician644]

Digganobz *says in a scrumptious tone*

[@legionaireb]

So what new information inspired you to revisit this video at this time? I'm interested in any source that refers back to Gorkamorka.

[@40KTheories]

More a case of correcting a couple of mistakes that I had made in the previous video.

[@andy7666]

A combination surely, curiosity, Orky threat, and having humanity as a handy experimental resource.

[@elizabethtana8862]

The diggas were prototypes for the Etherials, who are Necrons

[@cyborgcatrj6794]

My favourite theory. Tau are all just Necron Thralls, as all should be.

[@PrimordialAnnihilator]

Question do you think it possible the cog boys created th Steel Confessor chapter specifically to combat the Necton?

[@40KTheories]

To be honest, I don't wanna speculate anything regarding the Steel Confessors, given that the majority of the info surrounding them hasn't actually been verified. I, for the life of me, cannot track down a copy of their supposed Index Astartes article from their Games Day appearance, and even after asking Black Library authors and long time GW staff about it, none of them seemingly can either. So until we can actually verify the info about them (I.E: What's legit and what's fanon/fan speculation), I won't be touching the Steel Confessors anytime soon.

[@es83stevenson88]

diggas are really flayed one with a sense of humour

[@czarcaine]

Ik what im getting for Christmas "money" so let's run my luck and get the $100 patron .

[@mrgamerguy9104]

Da WAAAAAGH doesn't end for da Nekronboyz, unlezz you'z a Digga boy.

[@svagglaorde4387]

Some game dev is bound to turn this into a video game one day. Probably like a 40k Borderlands 2 and Rage mix but it's about the Diggas, Necrons and Da Orks.

[@40KTheories]

We were supposed to have a Gorkamorka video game on the Dreamcast, but it got cancelled :(

[@cthulhluftagn3812]

I wonder if the pharon feels pity for the diggas, seeing in them a vauge kinship in these small things, slaving under a blazing Star to fill the whims of things far stronger then they.

[@seamusrichardson6011]

I think it is probably them being the patrons pet science project.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

something to do with Trazan the infinite probably watching holofeeds of their antics that have been arranged into saturday morning cartoons by his minions

[@Kameth]

(Bored Necron Lord, drumming his fingers on a throne) NL: Waiting thousands of years is staggeringly boring. (Wreckers accidently stumble into the throne room) NL: Dafaq is this? Dafaq are you? Are... Oh my word you're humans. But. Ohhhhh myyy look at you! You've devolved even further! That's adorable! Look at you, look at your little faces! You're all so cute! Ah. Get outta here, you crazy kids. No murder today, not with those itty bitty faces. Cue zany hijinks as the Necron Lord adopts their tribe.

[@kulrigalestout]

I like to think that the Overlord saw the Diggas, thought they were adorable, and decided to adopt them.

[@eldetraquer]

Just a guess. They needed manual worker, ''fixer'', gardian while they slumber.

[@basos1888]

playing gothic armada 2 as necron i think that it was their protocol,surrender and be sparred..as we can all experience during the mission where the player must capture the white scar space marine..1stly the necron offers a very peacefull solution

[@tomoslewis9656]

I think the worship theory fits. The feral humans might have had some cultural memories of a skeletal god-emperor and thought they'd found him in the catacombs. They kneel, Orks don't, Necron lord protects the respectful primitives from the noisy ones.

[@dstubby82]

Remleiz "digging" deep into the old lore for this one. I'll see myself out.

[@TheAnon03]

More likely the Diggers make a good largely harmless early warning meatshield.

[@engirenouf5955]

I remember reading one of the necron books, about Obyron and Zandrekh or however you spell his name, something about the ghoul stars there too, maybe its got something to do with whatever happened there.

[@andrewmcnally5013]

Mindshackle Scarabs for sleeper agents could be a possibility. I know that GW have basically abandoned the concept of them, but it was always an interesting thought.

[@DocWolph]

DIggas are far less costly units to mobilize against the Orks, who have become quite effective with some aid in development. So a little uplifting has made these humans very good assets to the Necron.

[@DwAboutItManFr]

If they got control over the necrons this would eb a HUGE gamechanger for the imperium.