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I've been reading a few Black Library books and it seems Techpriests love Necron tech like a teenager loves porn, despite it not being blessed. Has this ever been explained? My guess is that somehow it's okay for them to have this necron obsession because necrons are ancient and ancient makes it OK. On the ther hand I've only seen revulsion toward Tau tech by IG and it strikes me the techpriests wouldn't have much love for their newfangled technosorcery. Any thoughts, background info?

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Napalm wrote:I've been reading a few Black Library books and it seems Techpriests love Necron tech like a teenager loves porn, despite it not being blessed. Has this ever been explained? My guess is that somehow it's okay for them to have this necron obsession because necrons are ancient and ancient makes it OK. On the ther hand I've only seen revulsion toward Tau tech by IG and it strikes me the techpriests wouldn't have much love for their newfangled technosorcery. Any thoughts, background info?


One explanation may lie in the belief that the Machine God of the Mechanicus may actually be one of the C'tan. Should this be true, the attraction of the Mechanicus towards Necron technology may not be that far-fetched. Besides not being blessed, I can also imagine that the elements of Tau technology that are superior to that of the Mechanicus is not only seen as a threat to their power but their knowledge/religion.

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Che-Vito wrote:I can also imagine that the elements of Tau technology that are superior to that of the Mechanicus is not only seen as a threat to their power but their knowledge/religion.


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Napalm wrote:I've been reading a few Black Library books and it seems Techpriests love Necron tech like a teenager loves porn, despite it not being blessed. Has this ever been explained? My guess is that somehow it's okay for them to have this necron obsession because necrons are ancient and ancient makes it OK. On the ther hand I've only seen revulsion toward Tau tech by IG and it strikes me the techpriests wouldn't have much love for their newfangled technosorcery. Any thoughts, background info?


The necrontyr and their tech is closer to the mechanicum than Tau could ever be. Necron tech involves the change from living creatures to mechanized beeings, thus similar to
the aim of the Ad mech adepts. Tau on the contrary use AI, something the ad mech would never do ( remeber most logic machines of the imperium use "brains" as source ).
I guess it was part of the age of strife ( machines turning on the humans? ) that made the research of new tech near impossible. A good example is "mechanicum", where
inventing new things seems to be a sacrilege to some tech magi.

Conclusion:

The techpriests want to find out how the necrontyr turned themselves into eternal mechanical creatures ( flesh is weak ).
Also interst in the mastery of ancient tech as teleportation, disintegratorweaponry, self repair systems, nullshields, high power generators and so on.

Since those C'tan were everywhere in the galaxy, necron-tech can be found all over the galaxy. Tau are restricted to their little lair.
Inactive necron tombs could be more attractive than populated and actively guarded Tau worlds.

Finally, AI may be a nightmare for Ad mech adepts.



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But aren't tomb spyders, scarabs, and possibly monoliths and such AIs?

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ph34r wrote:But aren't tomb spyders, scarabs, and possibly monoliths and such AIs?

Tomb spyders and scarabs, sure. Monoliths maybe, not much to find.
Possible to imagine necron AI as servants with restricted programs and Necron lords seem to have an iron grip at every piece of necron technology.
Tau may differ, they seem to trust technology and field AI more independently.
I believe the ad mech approach on AI is compatible with necron tech. Both strictly control AI.
Tau tech would need a change in thougth for the ad mech. To invent and accept independent AI isn't a concept of them.


Codex necrons hints also on the Ad mech plundering necron tech long ago.


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ph34r wrote:But aren't tomb spyders, scarabs, and possibly monoliths and such AIs?


i remember reading that the c'tan put some of the souls of the necrontyr into monoliths and tomb spyders to control them as well as cutting up some souls and putting bits of each into each scarab in the swarm (leading to a swarm consciousness).
   
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Necron weaponry is pretty awesome. Why wouldn't they love it?
   
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It's worth noting that the Mechanicum is, like every other group in the Imperium, not as monolithic as it appears. There are several factions within the Adepts of Mars that have different opinions of xeno technology.

True purests within the mechanicum don't trust Necron technology any more then they trust Tau Technology. Indeed they consider anything not constructed from an STC template to be heratical, and a perversion of the machine spirits true form.

Where'as many explorers beleave that every technology, no mater who cretes it, contains an fragment of the divine, and is worthy of study. The great study is to find the divine within it's heretical pacageing.

In addition, there are those among the mechanicum who beleave enemy technology must be understood, so it can be properly combated. These are the anylists who look in to things such as armor weak points and ship critical systems to aid the Imperial armed forces.

Most of the time, however, when a Techpriest enters a necron tomb looking for technology, the're not looking for necrons, they're looking for STC fragments or other Human technology hidden within the tombs.

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