7,688
edits
Changes
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
no edit summary
[[Image:Explorator Report Necron Remains White Dwarf 217 (UK) pg28.jpg|thumb|right|300px|<sup>Early Inquisitorial report on the newfound Necron threat.{{fn|59}}</sup>]]
The first reported contact between the Necrons and the [[Imperium]] of Man came in 897.[[M41]] during the raid on [[Sanctuary 101]]. The report specifies that the invaders might have emerged from the ground itself.{{Fn|3}} Another early instance was the destruction of the hermitage on [[Adric IV]]. It would be raids such as these which would prompt further investigation by the [[Inquisition]]{{fn|59}}, particularly by individuals such as [[Inquisitor]] [[Hoth]] who would himself investigate these twin raids.{{fn|1e}}{{fn|59}} The Inquisition, and by extension the Imperium, would soon realize that the Necrons possessed technology that could disrupt Imperial recording devices, and many places that had simply been marked as "destroyed by raiders unknown" with no trace of the attackers were now very likely linked to this new threat, ultimately leading the Imperium to now finally be aware of the Necron menace.{{fn|59}}
Since that time great battles and wars have occurred not between the increasingly awakened Necrons and the Imperium but other factions of the galaxy as well. Some major examples include:
*The [[Orphean War]] - A great war between the Imperium and the [[Maynarkh Dynasty]], which would see the dissolution of the [[Orpheus Sector]] and heavy losses by both sides.
*The [[Kaurava_system#The_Kaurava_Campaign|Kaurava Campaign]], which saw the Necrons defeated alongside most other factions by the [[Orks]] under [[Gorgutz Headhunter]]
*The [[Imperial]] [[Crusade]] against the [[Ithakas Dynasty]], which saw the dynasty being driven away from their original Tomb Worlds and chased into space by the fleet, only for the Crusade to finally be defeated in the [[Ghoul Stars]]
*The [[Damnos Incident|First]] and the [[Second Battle of Damnos|Second]] and [[Third War for Damnos]] which would see the system exchange hands back and forth between the forces of the [[Szarekhan Dynasty]] and the [[Ultramarines]], a conflict that is still ongoing as of the [[Era Indomitus]]
For more Necron battles see: [[:Category:Battles (Necrons)]]
=====Era Indomitus=====
