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Years after the mars indecent, a small expeditionary fleet led by a Tech Priest was sent to explore where this fleet came from. Just like the Tau several ships got hit by a warp storm and crashed on a plant which seemed to be empty of any sentient life forms. They came across nothing but beasts of the wild. One night many months later after the ship had crashed several bright flashes were spotted off in the distance, they immediately went out to check this, they discovered the plant was launching what appeared to be small pods filled with scarabs to check out planets to update the sleeping tombs maps and knowledge of the galaxy. The Tech Priest ordered his Servitors to start building a tunnel down near where the pods were being launched. They were surprised to learn that there were what appeared to be a endless catacomb underneath there feet the catacombs were filled with an ominous green glow. They spent weeks and weeks exploring this underground cavern, until the Tech Priest stumbled upon a pyramid which had a black orb at the top nicely fitted in a staff. Over whelmed with curiosity the Young Tech Priest would not hesitate in pulling the staff out of the ground. Flash, flash Lights were going out everywhere until it was completely dark. The Tech Priest would be dumbfounded at what he did, And no less then the lights went out then it seemed the platform seemed to rise. The Tech Priest would order everyone to evacuate the premise. The tunnel they created started to collapse as the last servitor got out. They ran back to there ship seeing if they could contact the home base but no luck as all they got was static with a failure beat Boom Psshhh Psshhh.... Boom Psshhh Psshhh this would go on for the rest of the day. The next morning the Priest would look around the ship the servitors seemed to be missing, gone, vanished. He had no clue what happened servitors minds would have locked if they got to far from him. He quickly runs outside he would get less than two steps out side the wreck of the ship than spot a hovering hulk floating above them. The sound of the massive anti gravity engines pulsing pushing the massive hulk from the ground. [[To be continued]]

The massive hulk would have been floating in the air no longer than 10 minutes before a loud banging could be heard. A large bomber had dropped several large melta bombs.

Omega bomber "Come in command this is bomber omega coming in with a confirmed hit."

Command "Rodger that what were the results"

Omega bomber "Absolutely no damage. repeat absolutely no damage."


No later than that message got out than a loud static through the comms interrupted, a rather large green beam shot out of the hulk and hit a small imperial guard carrier which has been sent to aid the fallen ship.
Several more quickly appeared in the background as a report was sent out to the Imperium they have discovered an active Tomb world which must be destroyed.

Several landing craft from the imperial cruisers landed on the surface which seemed to be early devoid of life and some how warmer than it was before there seemed to be absolutely no snow left on the ground.
But the guardsmen discovered something strange right below the snow.

Guard 1 "Sir, area secure but some patrols are coming back saying that the ground is littered with what appears to be metal skeletons."
Commissar "Strange i wonder what the tech priest was doing out here."

Since the mars indecent was kept to only few people which one was the tech priest which had crashed landed on this planet. The guards had no idea what they were about to face.

Back to the Tech Priest he was hit with a large pulse which knocked him out he woke up in a strange place, full of machines which seemed to be operating my themselves many needles saws and scalpels were floating around as his vision cleared he saw what appeared to be wraiths circling him slowly pealing off his armor. The Tech Priest although his training taught him not to be was terrified no marine was ever taught to be calm in a situation like this.

[[To be continued]]

The Tech Priest awoke to see his armor had been completely peeled away, the implants that were so meticulously implanted were broken mangled or destroyed. A shadowy figure appeared over him holding the staff he had pulled from the cavern.

The Tech Priest asked, "What are you?" he got no answer from the metallic man right before the wraiths cut open his chest.

The Guard on the ground finally found the ship that was sent out to explore the planet.
Commissar "You three." he pointed at the three guys unloading chimeras from the cargo ship, "Get over here and explore this ship."

As the three ran over to the ship to begin exploring it the mysterious hulk seemed to be moving away to one of the planets poles which wasn't all that far away.

"Guys, it seems quite in here, this was a Tech Priests ship i wonder where the servitors are at."

All the sudden several large Banging noises could be heard.
The door behind the guardsmen collapse and 5 small hunched back figures crawled out.

Over the comms with the Commissar could be heard, "Sir sir there these metalic things here they look like there wearing some sort of human skin on them they look like... Bzzzt." the signal cut out.

the guardsmen stared at the metal figures for a couple of seconds before the lead one charged at the Guard the guard fired several laz shots at the figure and knocked of its head then the other Guards fired and knocked out the other five.

"Sir we got them all." said the guards men to the Commissar
"Well done soldiers." replied the Commissar.

As the Guardsmen were walking away they did not notice the figures begining to repair themselves silently as not to alert the Guards. Only a couple seconds past before the guards ended up as more decorations for the figures.
[[To be continued.]][[Please comment i need opinion and critiques.]]

Very nice story. You'll have to write a novel man!

nice

At each pole there was a hulk floating above it.
At this point the Eldar had several ships in far orbit of the planet in fear and panic they fired several digger missiles which they had very few left of which were used after the war in heaven to clear out silent tombs after the war.


The ships heard a large churning as the poles of the plant began to rapidly shift from one side to the other knocking off all comms and sense of navigation the humans brains could not handles such rapid magnetic changes and caused the iron in there blood to be pulled out.

the ships which were in orbit of the planet fell silent as the shock of over thousand deaths on the planet were recorded. They quickly evacuated from the scene leaving everything that was on the planet where it was when they fell.

Meanwhile the Eldar feared the worst, they knew all to well what was in the planet they decided that it would be best to warn the seer councils of all the forge worlds of the awakening.

as they were leaving, two huge globs of what appeared to be metal slowly protruded from the planet, as they moved farther and the material fell off of them they started to resemble two tomb ships, and several Dirge Class Raider's. the raiders gave chase to the elder ships.

As the warp gate was forming for the Eldar to jump the Raiders easily caught up with the ships not knowing they were being stocked the raiders fired there lightning arcs disabling one, but the other was just merely scratched by the arc.

Origins of the fleet.
Way before the war in heaven turned the Necrotyr race into living machines, this fleet, was a large recon fleet which was sent out to the edges of there galaxy and beyond, as the Necrotyr had not developed the equipment to fully terraform a planet they only have minor outer lying bases. Not all the Necrotyr were as the doom and gloom ones back on there home world, which was slowly dieing do to the dieing sun which they lived by.

Some found a way of escaping the suns grasps. But luck had not been friendly to these Necrotyr. Discovered the secret of transforming planets, the Nightbringer brought his deadly grasp on there home-world. As many did they fought against this being as the deceiver sparked a revolt against his more evil brother telling the surviving Necrotyr, that the Nightbringer was the one who started killing there sun which released the deadly rays upon there small planet.

The Small fleet of Aser was one of the largest fleets they had in space. It didn't take long for the Nightbringer to notice its presents and poison the minds of all those on bored. the Deceiver on the other hand kept trying to turn them against him but he was no match for the power his big brother had.

[[My own version of the necron history which is honorably incomplete and filled with plot holes.]][{History to be continued later}

As the Nightbringer over ran the ship with his metallic minions, fleet commander Jabari bravely with his men led a charge down the corridors of the ship They soon cleared the ship of the metallic beings, his forces left were in the 1000's, he would lead his small fleet, to the small colony on the only other livable planet, they lead a colonie there protected by the deceiver who made the planet disappear.

Many years past the colony grew into a civilization, there fleet also grew they led thousands of small cruisers against the Necron army, mostly unsuccessful be it was still helped in the routing of the many attacks which the Necrons led. Jabari was 39 at the time which was old, in Necrotyr years as they died off quickly.

As the army grew significantly they decided to launch a foolish invasion of the home world, the attack went amazingly well at first, they quickly seized the former capital, which was flowing a dull green, and seemed all but dead, thousands of the metal warriors lay in pieces, at this time the technology that led them to be able to repair had not existed.

They were all knocked out of there false sense of victory, as there small planet appeared out of the empty sky, but somthing was off there was another larger planet close by which wasn't there before. The World Engine, the very first and only, the leader Jabari gasped in terror as the bright green glow was seen eminating from this larger planet all the sudden a small green laser could be seen digging into the colony planet.

The planet, it seemed to be expanding, bright red cracks could be seen emanating from the smaller planet with a BANG the planet quickly imploded then exploded out with a large blast.

The attack force while destracted were quickly rounded up, by the Necron force, the last words recorded by a tomb spider were, "No this cant be."