Scarab
Canoptek Scarabs[5] are small constructs used by the Necrons, to break down organic and non-organic matter.[1a]
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Overview
Essentially mindless feeding machines, these constructs mind Tomb Worlds and perform a variety of other tasks.[1a] Scarabs are primarily produced by Canoptek Spyders from converting raw energy. Their basest instincts are to repair and reproduce.[4c] They are also used by Crypteks to break down any substance they come across and convert it into energy for further use.[10a] Scarabs come in several sizes and types, and with Nanoscarabs being so small as to be microscopic.[10b]
In battle Scarabs fly ahead of the main army in swarms so thick that they've been known to blot out the sun. They appear out of nowhere, deadly, but making no sound except for the rustle of carapace over carapace. While Scarab swarms have no direct weapons, their claws are sufficiently sharp to slice through an enemy's armour. Because of their size they can find cover easily, but when in swarm they are vulnerable to massed ordnance. They may be armed with Disruption Fields for attacking heavily armoured targets.[1a] Scarabs are capable of breaking down essentially any material into energy. This raw energy is stored in their mechanical guts and is used to create matter.[4e] Scarabs have been seen burrowing through the crust of planets to mine the welling magma from a world's mantle.[4d] They use this to reproduce at an astonishing rate, creating never-ending swarms that devour all in their path.[4a] Some claim to have encountered worlds entirely dissembled by them, having become a ball of endlessly recycling scarabs. A living metal planetoid that continues to fight against the crushing gravity of their own collective mass.[4c]
A scarab's ability of flight is enabled through the use of hyperplastek wings,[4a] contra-grav engines and gravitic impellers.[4b] When not undertaking tasks, Scarabs will go into a state of dormacy, exposing their bellies to absorb radiant energy in order to recharge their energy reserves.[9]
Variants
Flensing Scarab
Flensing Scarabs are swarms of specifically designed Scarabs designed to swiftly and violently separate flesh from bone. Although no more than mere insects in size, in large groups they can nonetheless reduce organisms down to bone with terrifying speed.[2]
Mindshackle Scarab
A smaller variant of standard Scarabs, Mindshackle Scarabs are the Necrons' chief method of controlling alien races. At the bearer's command, they burrow into the victims brains and turn them into little more than a puppet for the scarab's master.[1b]
Bloodswarm Nanoscarab
These tiny Scarabs are used by Imotekh the Stormlord to draw Flayed Ones to a target.[7a]
Nanomines
These nano-scarabs are used by Chronomancers as a minefield to temporally assault their enemy.[7b]
Chronoscarabs
These small Scarabs are used by Chronomancers and can creep forward in time along a temporal web before hauling back a captured net of future moments. Crypteks can scry these futures to predict the future actions of their foes.[10c]
Reanimation Nanoscarabs
These nano-scarabs are used to heal Necron structures and units. They are commonly employed from Canoptek Reanimators.[7c]
Images
Necron Canoptek Scarabs
insectoid Scarab[8]
Miniatures
2nd Edition Scarabs[6]
Scarabs attacking a Leman Russ Battle Tank (2nd Edition)
Necron Scarab Swarms from Forge World[3]
3rd Edition Necron Scarabs
9th Edition Necron Scarabs[5]
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Sources
- 1: Codex: Necrons (5th Edition):
- 2: Imperial Armour Volume Twelve, pg. 105
- 3: Forge World (last accessed 11 June 2015)
- 4: Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work (Novel):
- 5: Warhammer Community: Warhammer 40,000 Preview – What’s in the Box? (Posted on 13/06/2020) (Last accessed on 13 June 2020)
- 6: Belloflostsouls (last accessed 10/13/2020)
- 7: Codex: Necrons (9th Edition):
- 8: Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000 - Canoptek Scarab Swarm, Insect Token
- 9: The Infinite and the Divine (Novel) - Act 1, Chapter 3
- 10: Codex: Necrons (10th Edition)
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