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How do these two factions feel about each other? While the mechanicus are still organic they praise replacing their flesh with bionics and mechanical equipment. The more venerable and old you become the more machine you are. So my question is what happens when the necrons encounter them? Is it just *beeP robot kill kill kill* or are they like "oh hey fellow robot dudes!"?

Brother Thomas wrote:How do these two factions feel about each other? While the mechanicus are still organic they praise replacing their flesh with bionics and mechanical equipment. The more venerable and old you become the more machine you are. So my question is what happens when the necrons encounter them? Is it just *beeP robot kill kill kill* or are they like "oh hey fellow robot dudes!"?

What about the Adeptus Biologicus (sub-faction under the Ad-mech). I'd take a guess that they'd prefer to keep their flesh and no doubt improve it with additional organics.

On Necrons I'd say, from the Mechanicus side, it'd be a cross between "Abominable Intelligence! Purge!" to "Ooo, must disable that unit for my research".

zedmeister wrote:

On Necrons I'd say, from the Mechanicus side, it'd be a cross between "Abominable Intelligence! Purge!" to "Ooo, must disable that unit for my research".

Pretty much. Although the Void Dragon is probably quite thankful it's imprisoned on Mars assuming its not shattered (which I believe), seeing as how the Imperials are keeping the Necrons out of its hair. Heck, we don't even know if the Emperor actually 'imprisoned' it. All we know is that He took the Dragon elsewhere after He narrowly won - who's to say they didn't make a deal where no one could see?

Personal theory on this.

The Dragon, the whole thing or possible a shard, was imprisoned on Mars very early in the life time of Emperor. He was quite possibly aware that the Dragon was able to control machines and that as it slumbered, its dreams would influence the early settlers of Mars to create wondrous technologies. As a by product of this the Dragons dreaming led to the creation of the Iron Men, those soulless robots that instigated the Age of Strife, being based on the Necrontyr that had served and then rebelled against the Dragon.

Some of the Mechanicum would be intrigued and willing to learn the secrets of the Necrons at all cost. But like Zedmeister says, there would also be those that would like nothing more than to eradicate the Necrons entire existence.

The Necrons point of view would be no different from the way they treat all other life forms.

I am not sure how the cult of the Dragon would react to the Necron, I do not know if they are aware of the ties between the Necron and the C'tan.

Wait, isn't the Void Dragon supposed to be ridiculously powerful? Like all C'tan, but even better?

Lord Rogukiel wrote:Wait, isn't the Void Dragon supposed to be ridiculously powerful? Like all C'tan, but even better?

Pretty much. Supposed to have survived getting hit by multiple Blackstones and winning the battle. Its warriors were supposed to be invincible (though I'm not sure about this). Which is why I simply can't accept the idea that this god among gods could be shattered - the only reason the Emperor was even able to win against it was because the Dragon was starved of energy.

First I see the Ad-Mech to the Crons like the Inquision to Chaos. They will all hate them because of the threat but some will want to kill at all costs and some will want to use them. I don't know if the Ad-Mech (not knowinf what we know) see the Necrons as the perfetion some of them seek in the ultimat melding of man and machine or if they see them like the Iron Men.

The Necron Codex, on pg 41, under the heading of "C'Tan Shards" provides your Necron Army with the power of "Sentient Singularity" by paying for the C'Tan Shard MC, which is, basically, all the machine-affecting power that were previously listed as belonging to the Void Dragon.

I would interpret this as indicating that, yes, the Void Dragon is, indeed, in pieces, and various Necron Armies are in possession of one or more shards of it, with one or more shards of it remaining buried on Mars.

That said? The Mechanicus seek to obtain the sciences of the Necrons. The Necrons themselves? They're Xeno, thus inferior to Mankind, and thus need to be exterminated.

They may not be as "HAIL EMPRAH" as the other factions, they aren't just seperate from all of them, allowed to voice their opinion. They wouldn't like the necrons simply because they're robotic too, and isnt it supposed to be hinted at that even most of the adeptus mechanicus dont know about the void dragon on mars etc.
So yeah. robot bro'hood probably wouldn't have anything to do with it. the adeptus mechanicus are still imperial. They wouldnt be friendly to necrons simply because they are robots. as someone else here said, they would do the traditional mechanicus response to othe rpeoples tech of it being heretical etc, or want to study it.

I suspect that the Ad-Mech Khamrians or the Legio Cybernetica would particularly want to get their hands on a Necron construct.

Actually, the void dragon wasn't that starved of energy, true, it had been hit by a Blackstone fortress which caused it to seek refuge on earth, but it had eaten a crapton of earthly maidens to regain it's strength.

winnertakesall wrote:Actually, the void dragon wasn't that starved of energy, true, it had been hit by a Blackstone fortress which caused it to seek refuge on earth, but it had eaten a crapton of earthly maidens to regain it's strength.

It was directly stated to still be regaining its strength.

One would imagine that if it wasn't that weakened, it would just leave Terra and eat the sun.

The Necrons would see the Mechanicus as they do any other non-Necron faction. An inferior race to be exterminated at worst, subjugated at best (If not right away).

The Mechanicus find all of the shiny Necron technology either abhorrent and inferior (As they do all other xeno tech, and in the latter part they are just in denial really), or would be super interested in it. I doubt they would want to be bros4life with the Necrons though.