Necron Fleet
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The Necron fleet is made up of a few incredibly powerful, technologically advanced, and highly manoeuvrable ships. They have the ability to strike at will and often a smaller vessel can defeat a greater one with ease due to the advanced technology it carries.[2]
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Overview
All Necron ships are made of living metal and as such are immune to natural phenomena such as solar flares and gas giants and are also capable of self-repairing the vessels. Wielding devastating weaponry and advanced energy shielding not understood by the Imperium, Necron ships can maneuver in astonishing ways that seem to ignore the laws of mass and gravity.[5] Necron vessels are individually some of the toughest warships in the Galaxy, able to reap massive amounts of damage on their enemies before falling. Most Necron ships, when faced with imminent destruction, will instead phase out to retreat from the battlefield instead of letting themselves be destroyed.[5] The superiority of individual Necron ships vs. their Imperial counterparts was evident at the encounter at Paradyce II during the Pariah Crusade, where it took 23 capital ships of the Imperial Navy to defeat just three Necron Cruisers.[5] Fortunately for the other races of the Galaxy, large Necron fleets are rarely encountered.[1][2][3a]
Each Necron Dynasty operates its own fleet of ancient warships, though they sometimes will work together in larger armadas for mutual benefit.[3b] For interstellar travel Necron ships utilize Inertialess Drives[2] or Webway-hacking Dolmen Gates.[4]
The first major encounter between Imperial and Necron fleets was in the Yuctan System, close to the eastern fringes. It was a small settlement but had a Navy depot. The depot was being used by a small Imperial squadron consisting of the Dauntless Class Light Cruiser Farsight and 6 other smaller escort ships. Squadron Farsight was refuelling and rearming on Yuktan before heading back out on patrol. They received a distress message from a colony on the outlying planet of Merida. Only one Imperial vessel survived (Cobra Class Destroyer ON37452) and the Necrons didn't lose any ships. By the time a full fleet was assembled, the Necrons were gone.[1]
Since then, there have been many more further encounters with Imperial ships, as well as some between Necrons and Eldar, Orks or Chaos. The only way to defeat them is with superior numbers. When fleets of equal numbers engage, the Necrons' superior craft give them an enormous advantage, and are almost always victorious over whatever foe was unfortunate enough to face them. Their encounters are spread across the galaxy with no apparent plan or objective, except taking every man, woman and child without trace.[1]
Vessels
Battleships
| Battleships | ||
| Name | Images | Notable Vessels |
| Cairn Class Tomb Ship |  |
Inevitable Conqueror |
| Henet Class Battleship | ||
| Scythecraft Carrier | ||
Battlecruisers/Grand Cruisers
| Grand Cruisers | ||
| Name | Images | Notable Vessels |
| Scourge Class Grand Cruiser |  |
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| Scythe Class Harvest Ship |  |
Zodiac's Fury |
Cruisers
| Cruisers | ||
| Name | Images | Notable Vessels |
| Shroud Class Light Cruiser |  |
Lord of Antiquity |
| Khopesh Class Light Cruiser |  |
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| Cartouche Class Light Cruiser |  |
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| Sekhem Class Light Cruiser |  |
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Escorts
| Escorts | ||
| Name | Images | Notable Vessels |
| Dirge Class Raider |  |
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| Jackal Class Raider |  |
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Other
| Other | ||
| Name | Images | Notable Vessels |
| Pylon Ship | ||
| Scythecraft Carrier | ||
| Taweret Class Light Assault Carrier | ||
| Song of Oblivion | ||
Attack Craft
| Attack Craft | |
| Name | Images |
| Doom Scythe |  |
| Night Scythe |  |
| Night Shroud |  |
Space Stations & Orbitals
| Space Stations & Orbitals | |
| Name | Images |
| World Engine | |
Equipment
| Weaponry | |
| Name | Notes |
| Contra-empyric beam | |
| Death Ray | |
| Energy Drain | |
| Sepulchre | |
| Lightning Arc | |
| Nightmare Field | |
| Star Pulse Generator | |
| Particle Whip | |
| Portal | |
| Quantum Shielding | |
Gallery
Necron fleet locked in battle with an Imperial fleet.
Necron fleeet on the attack.
Necron fleet.
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See also
Sources
- 1: BFG Necrons, pg. 72
- 2: Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Book), pgs. 72-78
- 3: The Twice-Dead King: Ruin (Novel):
- 4: Codex: Necrons (5th Edition), pg. 8
- 5: The Silent King (Novel) - Chapter 29
