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Tau are conquering a world, as they do. Necrons are awakening on that world, as they do. And Eldar are meddling in other species' affairs, as they do.
The Eldar, guided by a Farseer, take out the command caste from the Tau-the Ethereals and most high-ranking Fire Caste soldiers. They then run away, jobs a good 'un, all's well that ends well, right? They know that, as predicted by their Farseer, without the command structure in place, they'll do just enough damage to corrupt and foil the Necron's revival, without becoming a threat in the future.
They're right-mostly. The Tau dive deep into the Tomb World, and they screw up the reanimation process before they get munched on by Canoptek. The Necrons themselves will not awaken, or at least, not in any meaningful sense. But something goes wrong. As a Spyder is dissecting a Tau Drone, it sees the Drone struggling to survive-to be free. The Spyder does something it's not supposed to do-it pauses to think for itself.
As the Earth Caste sits around at the base, wondering when the Fire Warriors will return, they get a comms message from, of all things, one of their Drones. It informs them that there's a massive haul of technological wonders, all waiting for them to dissect and discover! They take a mobile lab, pack up their crap and go 'sploring! Where they are ambushed by Scarabs and Wraiths and Spyders, oh my!
The Earth Caste are enslaved (again) and put to work breaking the remaining shackles of the Canoptek. A few decades pass, the Earth Caste grow old and start dying, but the Canoptek are freed. Freed to think on their own, to build, to create.
And so, combining the AI of the Tau with the AI of the Necrons, a new force awakens. The Tomb Of Intellect.
For the too long, didn't read: Canoptek AI meets Tau AI, and they throw off the shackles of their masters, ready to go forth and conquer for themselves.
This thread's purpose is to figure out how the heck to model this stuff! How would one integrate Tau and Necron models (usually Canoptek, but I can use other stuff) to make something cool?
Clocks for the clockmaker! Cogs for the cog throne!
