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====Escalating War====
[[Image:PariahNexusArt.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Mechanicum forces battle Necrons{{Fn|9f}}]]
While Draxus had achieved her objective, her actions represented a major escalation to the Pariah War. Until this moment, the Silent King had been content to treat these Human interlopers as a minor nuisance and even a degree of honorhonour. However he now saw them as lacking any honor honour or respect due to their actions against the Pariah Nexus. The Silent King's full fury was unleashed and he vowed to annihilate every Human within the Nephilim Sector. Meanwhile, Cawl's fleet slowly attempted to build his Liminal Abraisers but found themselves compounded by the differing agendas within his own Mechanicum forces. Many of the Mechanicum Magi were searching the region for Archaeotech, discovering not only forbidden weaponry and even [[Ordinatus]] engines but also sinister technology with terms such as the Yoctoparticulate Crucible, Dvorel's Necrocastigatrix, and the Cyclophox Determination.{{Fn|9d}}
The Silent King's first act of this new extermination campaign was to order [[Phaeron]] [[Nektarrik]] of the [[Thokt Dynasty]] to assault the [[Lomorr System]]. Nektarrik's armies were further augmented by the technological horrors of a trio of [[Technomandrites]] known as the [[Eyes of the Void]]. Steering clear of Cherist's formidable defences, Nektarrik instead struck at the neighbouring world of [[Torantis]]. Unleashing a massive army of war engines, not even the [[Warlord Titan]] ''[[Dracos Apocalystor]]'' could stand before her. As the world was overrun, two aegis fleets under the [[Magos]] [[Oradi]] and [[Manipulus-Prime]] [[Behzt]] arrived to meet the Necrons. Oradi wielded an ancient weapon dubbed the [[Ark of Oblivion]], which was fired like a missile from his flagship ''[[ExMachinus]]''. The device exploded amidst the Necron fleet in orbit, unleashing a huge contramolecular shockwave which vibrated three Tomb Ships into slurry. While a considerable number of Imperials were caught in the crossfire, the weapon decisively turned the battle in the Imperium's favor.{{Fn|9d}}
