930.M41 - SLAUGHTER ON SCHRODINGER vii

The forces of the Stormlord descend upon the frozen planet of Schrodinger Vii. They drive the local defenders to the shelter of the labyrinthine cryonite mines, but are unable to prevent the planet's Astropath choir from dispatching a distress hymnal. A counterattack swiftly arrives in the form of a Black Templars strike force under the command of Marshal Helbrecht. Yet Imotekh is not caught by surprise so easily, and has already shifted his armies into a formidable defensive configuration
Helbrecht's assault, intended as a crippling alpha strike, is instead blunted by a series of impeccably planned ambushes on the Drop Pod and Thunderhawk drop zones. As the frozen caverns echo to the roar of explosions, scores of Black Templars and Necrons alike are hurled into rivers of molten cryonite. Imotekh and Helbrecht meet in battle atop the stalactite-heavy span of an ice bridge. In the contest that follows, Helbrecht deals Imotekh a dozen ruinous blows, but each time the Phaeron recovers in a matter of seconds to land a strike of his own.
Helbrecht finally collapses, blood flowing from a score of serious wounds. However, instead of finishing his opponent, Imotekh brings his scythe down to sever Helbrecht's right hand to 'serve the Marshal as a much-needed reminder of defeat'. Helbrecht is still roaring in fury and pain as Imotekh pitches him off the bridge to the cavern floor far below. The surviving Black Templars rally to their fallen Marshal's side and make a fighting retreat, leaving Schrodinger VII in the Stormlord's hands.

Dear lady, let me express my fulsome appreciation for your most generous gift. It is so very rare to discover another of my own kind that appreciates my work, therefore to find understanding amongst a member of another race is nothing short of a revelation.

I realize that you briefly trod my galleries, but the fact that you spotted in so short a time that my Acabrius War collection was lacing three regiments of Catachan warriors reveals that you have a collector's eye for detail. And to send five regiments! Such generosity will allow me to weed out and replace a few of the more substandard pieces in my collection.

If I may level a minor criticism, the instructions issued to your gift were manifestly not as clear as you thought, as most of them had to be forcibly restrained - sadly it seems that the lower orders will always behave like an army of invasion, whether that be their purpose or not. However, this is a minor complaint and seems almost churlish under the circumstances, so please allow me to repay your gift with one of my own. Accompanying this message is the Hyperstone Maze, one of a series of Tesseract Labyrinths constructed at the height of the Charnovokh Dynasty. It is a trinket really, of interest only to scholars such as you and I, but I trust you will find it amusing - assuming you have the wit to escape from its clutches.

- Hyperscroll message from Trayzn the Infinite to Inquisitor Valeria, c. 887.805.M41

Essentially mindless feeding machines, Canoptek Scarabs are typically controlled by interstitial carrier waves from Canoptek Spyders or Crypteks. If this signal is disrupted or jammed, Canoptek Scarabs simply revert to their most basic instincts and devour anything in the immediate vicinity - even other Scarabs or Necrons. However, the interstitial interfaces are incredibly difficult to detect, let alone disrupt. Should the controlling entity be destroyed, another automatically assumes control within moments. Even if the enemy can completely remove the carrier waves, this often creates a far greater problem than before. The Canoptek Scarabs will no longer operate under the Necrons' direct control, an as part of their reversion to base programming they will expend any accumulated energy on fashioning ever more Scarabs, thus creating a voracious self-replicating swarm that only something on the order of saturation bombardment has any hope of exterminating.

799.M41 Конец Вааагх! Хэдкрампы

Биг мек Хэдкрампа повел свой Ваагх! к недавно проснувшемуся миру-гробнице на Суранусе. Первые стычки показали, что сонные некрон не чета оркам. Лорд Нептк заключил пакт с Хэдкрампой. В обмен на несколько дюжин орудий судного дня Хедкрампа согласился покинуть Суранус и продолжить свои грабежи в каком-нибудь другом месте (хотя, в тайне решил вернуться на Суранус позднее). Три месяца спустя, когда его Ваагх! обрушился на сельскохозяйственный мир Иден Прима, Хэдкрампа не смог устоять от соблазна осмотреть системы орудий судного дня. Единственное сломанное удерживающее ядро и Хэдкрампа, его Ваагх, а также вся планета Иден Прим закончили свое существование.