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While the nobility of the Necrontyr society had willingly pledged themselves to the [[C'tan]], the civilians of their society were not so willing to abandon their mortal lives. They resisted biotransference, and so the nobles sent agents to force the unwilling into the Ghost Arks to be carried away: all that was needed was a flicker of life and memory, and so they assaulted the unwilling before throwing their broken, barely-living bodies onto the wagons to be converted. Tales of these beatings spread fear throughout the civilian populace of the Necrontyr, and the Ghost Arks' reputation grew ever darker. Those who saw the Ghost Arks traveling through the streets claimed to see the victims' spirits flying thickly around the wagons, filling the air with their mournful voices. The mere sight of a Ghost Ark eventually became enough to drive those who could still feel emotion into terror.<sup>2</sup>
The Ghost Arks are now anti-gravitational vehicles that serve in battle. They no longer carry the unwilling, living Necrontyr in their great cities, but redeem the fallen Necrons in war. The remains of Necrons [[Necron Warrior]]s too damaged to reanimate themselves are collected by Ghost Arks, trawling along the battlefield, whereupon they are attended by swarms of reconstructor scarabs. The Necron Warriors are either repaired or, if damaged too far for even the Ghost Arks to mend, broken down into raw, reusable energy. Resurrected Necron Warriors are either held in stasis to be brought back to the Tomb World, or are redeployed onto the battlefield to wage war anew.<sup>2</sup>
