The Ymga Monolith...

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**Footsloggin**

http://www.joachim-adomeit.de/wh40k/spacemap/map.html

I was looking at this link posted by Pilau Rice in another thread, and noticed something, on the coordinates x=2075, y=885 mark, near Ymgarl...

The Ymga Monolith... What is it?! Could it have any realationship as to why Genestealers are located in this sector?

**Mr Nobody**

Could be necron relics, not sure.

**Footsloggin**

Hmmm, seems suspicious, wonder why GW hasn't fleshed it out too much...

**AgeOfEgos**

All the info on it;

The Ymga monolith is a mysterious black obelisk in space on the Eastern Fringe. There are only a few primary sources on the Ymga monolith. These include a small picture in Codex Tyranids 2nd ed, a brief mention in the Warhammer 40K 3rd ed rulebook where it is cited as having "sinister architects", and star map locations in the 40K 4th ed and 5th ed rulebooks. In the small picture it looks similar to the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey and its existence may be an artifact from the early GW days of heavy IP "borrowing". GW has kept it through four editions so maybe they will use it at some point. Any connection between the Ymga monolith and Necrons is highly circumstantial. The Ymga Monolith, as a Games Workshop concept, certainly pre-dates the development of Necrons. However, the reference to "sinister architects" from the 3rd ed rulebook is at least contemporaneous with early development of the Necron line. Sinister architects could refer to Chaos, Dark Eldar, Necrons, or any of the minor races. Based on the similar names, one hypothesis is that the Ymga monolith is associated with the Ymgarl Genestealers. Although populations Ymgarl Genestealers were established on opposite side of the galaxy in the far galactic north-west and Tyranids don't have a reputation as architects. As vangaurd organisms, the Ymagrl Genestealers may have been some of the first Tyranids in the galaxy. In keeping with the increasing emphasis on the Necron/ Tyranid conflict, one (admittedly speculative and retcon) theory is that the Ymga monolith could have been put in place by the Necrons to alter the Ymargl Genestealers or to suppress their ability to summon the Hive Fleet by dampening or breaking their psychic link. Of course, a simpler way to stop the Genestealers would have been to kill them.

Sources: Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader, Warhammer 40K 3rd ed rulebook (p. 278), Warhammer 40K 4th ed rulebook, Warhammer 40k 5th ed rulebook, Codex Tyranids 2nd ed (p. 9, 36), Codex Tyranids 4th ed, Codex Tyranids 5th ed, Codex Necrons 3rd ed, Codex Blood Angels 5th ed.

Pic (It's in the top left)

Credit to Kemen'tep and his awesome article: The Apocrypha Necronis. A catalogue of Necron and C'tan references. History

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/The_Apocrypha_Necronis._A_catalogue_of_Necron_and_C%27tan_references.

**MrDAKKA**

What is it?

**Grass4hopper**

See AgeOfEgos post ^