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Didn't the recent fluffening see a bunch of Necron Lords rebel against the C'tan?
I'm thinking it's the C'tan & Co's interest to eventually eradicate all life in the galaxy, or at least, all sapient life., so in that case, I guess the Rebel Lords don't want to do such a thing, and as mentioned above by Selym, some want to return to Fleshiness, and thus, remove their link to the C'tan?

Maybe they'd use a vassal forgeworld to learn how to undo machinification. (Although I'm pretty sure fleshcraft is heretical), and so in that case, maybe mild slavery, or some sort of collaborative effort. Could just end up being like a business hierarchy.

What if their AI is advanced enough to watch and learn from the Human's behaviours, in order to then be able to replicate being properly sapient again?

Also:
You're hanging your coat,
They're hanging their coats over there.

 =Angel= wrote:

Torquar wrote:

 =Angel= wrote:

FTL Travel- even trade ships go faster than Necron stuff. The 'Crons have an aversion to travelling through the warp themselves, but human or xeno vassals can act as vanguard forces to spread the 'good word' regarding the benevolent reign of Overlord Governator, the red fisted Tyrant of Cohleifurnya.

Necrons already have the most effective FTL in their Inertialess Drives. I know people thought they'd been retconned out as they weren't mentioned in the 5e codex, but they were confirmed in the Shield of Baal campaign.

That's great news. The webway reliance was dumb.
I know they'd be reliable and 0% chance of being dragged into hell for eternity, are they as fast/faster than warp travel?

I'm pretty sure their Pylon system was near-instantaneous.
As for the Inertialess drive, that has a precise travel time scale, due to it not using the warp at all. It's like driving a car, in that sense.
Can't find any mention in the lore, anywhere, as to how fast it typically is. Best bet is to assume it's as fast as the Planet Express ship from Futurama, which roughly does the same thing.

Now I believe the Inertialess drive is based off the Alcubierre drive, if you're willing to have a gander at that on Wikipedia. NASA actually proved the principal works, which is exciting.
You may have seen concept art for a spacecraft that has 2 large rings around it; one in front of the other. - That's an Alcubierre powered vessel.