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[[Image:Cryptek Symbol.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Cryptek symbol{{Fn|1111a}}]]
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'''Crypteks''' are [[Necron]] technological specialists whose purpose is to study the highly advanced and ancient technology of their race.
*'''Ethermancer''' (Harbingers of the Storm): Capable of manipulating the weather against their foes. Their [[Voltaic Staff]] shoots lightning and their [[Ether Crystal]] summons pressure waves and bolts of lightning to buffet their enemies. They are also capable of calling upon emerald [[Lightning Field]]s to protect their allies.{{Fn|2a}}
*'''Geomancer''' (Harbingers of Transmogrification): Also known as '''alchemists'''{{Fn|2a}} or '''metallurgists'''{{Fn|6}}. Practicing an art once known as alchemy, they specialize in the transmutation of matter from one form to another and to animate the inanimate. They use the [[Harp of Dissonance]] that can change [[Adamantium]] to brittle glass with a single booming bass note, the [[Seismic Crucible]] to induce seismic activity in rock, metal and air, and the [[Tremorstave]] causes quakes that knock enemies away.{{Fn|2a}}
*'''Astromancer'''{{Fn|11b}}
*'''Atomancer'''{{Fn|11b}}
*'''Observationer''': Astronomical interpretations are their purview and their skulls contain bristling manes of observational orbs and astrolabes.{{Fn|10}}
*'''Paradomancer'''{{Fn|11b}}
*'''Photachromancers'''{{Fn|11b}}
*'''Plasmancer''' (Harbingers of Destruction): Masters of raw energy who can shoot devastating blasts and [[Solar Pulse|pulses of light]] that illuminate the entire battlefield from their [[Eldritch Lance]]s in battle. Their [[Gaze of Flame|gaze of flickering witch-fire]] falters the onset of even the bravest attacker.{{Fn|2a}}
*'''Prokaryomancer'''{{Fn|11b}}
*'''Psychomancer''' (Harbingers of Despair): Masters of influencing the organic mind and psychological warfare. With their [[Abyssal Staff|Abyssal Staves]] they can spread madness among enemy ranks. They are also capable of [[Nightmare Shroud|causing dread]] in their enemies and of [[Veil of Darkness|dematerialising and rematerialising]] their comrades.{{Fn|2a}}
*'''Technomancer''': These masters possess the power to augment and swiftly repair Necron units and [[Canoptek]] constructs upon the battlefield.{{Fn|7a}}
*'''Voidmancer''': Masters of the void of space and black holes.{{Fn|6}}
===Antithetik Disciplines===
Despite their arrogance and entitlement, even Crypteks have scientific fields which they deem taboo. Dubbed '''Antithetik Disciplines''', these include such fields as the origins and mysteries of the [[C'tan]] and the quantum socio-political mechanisms of conflict. Typically, Crypteks who study these fields require special permission from a [[Necron Overlord]], [[Triarch Praetorian]], and in some cases even the [[Silent King]] himself.{{Fn|11b}}
==Cryptek Technologies==
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Sons of the Hydra (Novel)]], Part II, Chapter ζ: ''Snake Oil''
*{{Endn|10}}: [[The Bleeding Stars (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|11}}: [[White Dwarf 499]], **{{Endn|11a}}: pg. 82**{{Endn|11b}}: pg. 86
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