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==Hierarchy==
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*{{Main|Reanimation Protocols}}
All Necrons possess sophisticated auto-repair systems (dubbed '''[[Reanimation Protocols]]''') throughout their exo-skeletal systems that can repair even the most crippling of damage. While this can keep them functioning constantly, should there be irreparable damage sustained, the Necron "phases out".{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|24b}} Both their minds and their bodies are teleported to the nearest tomb complex or orbiting ship where they either remain in storage until repairs are made or a new body is forged. This act does, however, come at a cost as each act of transference leads to a decay in the Necron's engrams. As such, those Necrons that have "died" and phased out hundreds of times suffer the most for they become little more than automatons who have lost the memory of the creature that they used to be in life.{{Fn|2}}
==Hierarchy==
[[Image:NecronHierarchy9th.jpg|thumb|right|275px|[[Necron Dynasty]] hierarchy{{Fn|18b}}]]
[[Image:NecronHierarchy.jpg|thumb|right|Necron [[Tomb World]] hierarchy{{Fn|9f}}]]
*{{Main|Infinite Empire}}
The Necrons inherited the same form of government as the Necrontyr. The highest political body of the Infinite Empire is the [[Triarch]]y, which consists of the [[Silent King]] and two high-ranking [[Phaeron]]s.{{Fn|4f}}{{Fn|11a}} The agents of the Triarchy are the [[Triarch Praetorian]]s, who enforce the Triarch's will upon the lower [[Necron Dynasty|Dynasties]].{{Fn|4m}}
During the [[Great Sleep]] the Silent King was on a self-imposed exile into the void between galaxies while the majority of the Necron race was still in hibernation. However , at least 10,000 years before the [[M41|41st Millennium]] a number of Necrons had prematurely awoken. To prevent chaos until such a time the Silent King could be found, the Necrons operated the [[Awakened Council]] to settle inter-dynastic disputes.{{Fn|17a}}
The rank-and-file automatons of the Necrons have programming which prevents them from firing on one another. This protocol can only be overridden by a [[Necron Overlord|Overlord]] or [[Necron Lord|Lord]] of their affiliated dynasty.{{Fn|17g}}
**{{Endn|4l}}: pg. 62
**{{Endn|4m}}: pg. 70
**{{Endn|4n}}: pgpgs. 22-23**{{Endn|4o}}: pgpgs. 26-27
**{{Endn|4p}}: pg. 24
**{{Endn|4r}}: pg. 16
**{{Endn|9d}}: pg. 10
**{{Endn|9e}}: pg. 12
**{{Endn|9f}}: pgpgs. 16 -17 — ''Domain of the Phaerons''
**{{Endn|9g}}: pg. 31
**{{Endn|9h}}: pgs. 51-52
