I love that over the course of the series shy gets slowly sassier and sassier with the inserts

A planet: *has people on them* Necrons: What are you doing in my swamp

"OOPS, All Nightmares" is the best tag line for 40k.

*Mortarion just detroys four tomb worlds* Necrons : wait no >:(

A picture of Doge with his High Lord of Terra hat on and "I'm the cutest piece of shit" written underneath

Bricky: they have like, one eye. Shy: puts up a photo of a horrid cyclopean beast.

Scarab swarms? How many wounds? For how many points? And I can run how many of them in a list? Auto wound on sixes? “Oops, all Canoptek!”

The scary thing about flayed ones is that they hide in another dimension and pop up behind the enemy

37:38 actually the reason the Thousabd Sons were fighting them was to enforce their copyright on the egyptian aesthetic.

In the lore the necrons that turned into the flayed ones killed a ctan known as the flayed king and before it died it cursed those specific necrons to have that flayer virus during the war in heaven.

Lore and new fluff goes into a LOT of detail about the horror of the Necron existence. Necron Biotransferrence was performed without modification of mentality to the mechanical form, meaning they are brains of people of flesh and blood with flesh and blood needs and instincts in a metallic body. As such, they feel themselves needing to breathe when they don't have lungs, need to eat but can't, probably have more carnal needs too, without being able to fulfill those either. Source: Severed, by Nate Crowley Necrons can perform amazing feats in battle by overclocking their systems, but at great cost. As an example, Obyron killed an entire squad of Severed (mindless Necrons) one by one in melee before the first one hit the ground. The cost? Memories. In this case, the name of his father and the memory of the taste of food. Source: Severed, by Nate Crowley Warriors, the most mindless of the Necron troops, were created out of children, elderly and infirm. They suffer the greatest existential dread of all, existing in a state of being sufficiently aware to realize their own condition and torment but not enough so to do something about it. Sort of like in "I have no mouth and I must scream". Source: Either the Codex or Severed by Nate Crowley, but I think the latter (can't recall exactly which one). Obyron is a Lychguard with an Overlord body, because he was an extremely decorated soldier. Zahndrekh's sanity is hinted at being self inflicted, as a coping mechanism to deal with PTSD from the biotransferrence. Source: Severed by Nate Crowley. Necrons all suffer from extreme PTSD from the Biotransferrence, but their methods of coping vary greatly, as well as their intended sollutions for the problem. While the vast majority seek a return to flesh, others (especially crypteks) look for them to transcend into a form closer to the C'Tan instead, as beings of light. The debate is divisive, but the vast majority belong to the former camp. Source: Severed by Nate Crowley and The Infinite and the Divine by Robert Rath Necrons are extremely obsessive over their time of flesh and culture, as it is the only thing that keeps most of them sane in the existential dread of their existence. As a direct result, memories and artifacts of such time are extremely precious and guarded carefully to the point of hoarding. While true artistic sense is lost for the most part in the Biotransferrence, evocations of ancient times are performed to the very minute details, as Necrons have time to spare. For example, it is not unusual for a Necron theatrical piece to take several decades, as each detail of the events is reproduced accurately. Source: The Infinite and the Divine by Robert Rath Necrons dread the Severed, as they are truly soulless machines, beyond saving for there is nothing left to save. As beings, they are literally erased from reality, into oblivion, empty bodies marching under command of AI. Their sight was enough to make Zahndrekh go into a catatonic state and sob uncontrollably for 3 days. Source: Severed by Nate Crowley. A more sympathetic light was brought on the dreadful existence of the Necrontyr before the War in Heaven, making the overall stirred hate towards the Old Ones much of an act of desperation. Trazyn recalls in a memory how they used to pray to their gods to keep the cancers at bay for another year. Source: The Infinite and the Divine, by Roberth Rath The reason the Necrons cannot revert the Biotransferrence is because they don't understand the process. This is both because it was performed under heavy C'tan intervention, as well as because the memories of that time appear to be oddly hazy for, apparently, everyone. The only one with intact memories would probably be the Silent King himself. Source: Severed by Nate Crowley and The Infinite and the Divine by Robert Rath In at least some cases, the form granted to the Necron has been done as a punishment, to mock a predicament or a trait. In the case of Trazyn, his transferrence was done as an old man, so his body was created to mock this feature, hence his position looking crooked and decrepit. Orikan's snake-like appearance was created to mock his personality, as, supposedly, he was always a snake, even if by character. This sort of punishment was, apparently, reserved for those who fought back against the process. Source: The Infinite and the Divine, by Robert Rath Flayed Ones aren't just infected with the virus that makes them mutate and hunger for flesh. They exist as a cult of the dead Llandu'gor the Flayer. Theories suggest that the Flayer curse IS Llandu'gor, or, at the very least his remains, if barely aware. While not so much existential dread, it is closer to cosmic horror as, among other things, Flayed ones appear to be able to link and perfectly copy the minds of the victims they flay, and use them to lure their loved ones. Source: Psychic Awakening: Gone Dark Destroyers are not just a random corruption caused by the long sleep, but an actual curse. Necrons call them "The tainted ones". They seek to exterminate all life and then themselves, and their disease is contagious. When used in battle, the destroyers and all they came in contact with is thoroughly destroyed afterwards, including the troops. Source: Codex: Necrons 9th Edition and The Infinite and the Divine, by Robert Rath. It is not uncommon for the Crypteks, who, as scientists, are less bound to their fleshy forms and pasts, to extensively modify themselves in order to expand their capabilities, to the point they no longer look remotely "human". Other practices include using empty bodies of people still in hibernation to expand processing power. Source: The Infinite and the Divine, by Robert Rath For a Necron, the mind, located in the core and existing as software, is the only important part, while bodies themselves are spares. Not all Necrons, however, are able to freely bodyjump. As a result, the experience of the destruction of the body, while not technically lethal as long as the mind is recovered, can be deeply traumatic and cause damage to the personality engrams of the Necron, making them die inside little by little with each death. Nowhere is this more clear than the Warriors, who have died countless times, yet cannot even exteriorise their suffering as they slowly decay into true mindlessness, their trapped true selves lost into oblivion. Source: Severed by Nate Crowley and The Infinite and the Divine by Robert Rath

Shy's powerpoint show skills get better every episode. Great as always you three!

37:40 Imagine some crazy necron using archimedes mirrors to reflect light upon himself proclaiming "Behold I have become a creature of LIGHT!" XD

Blackstone, also known as Noctolith, can be both positively and negatively charged towards warp energies, enabling artifacts made with it to either act was Warp nullifiers or as warp conductors, hence why chaos makes use of things like the Noctolith Crown, or its use in the warp conductive Blackstone fortresses.

"That was twenty years ago now, i wanna be cade-6.. oh wait.." *too soon bricky*

Bricky: Whatever happened to the drumset DK I thought we got rid of it? DK: I didn't *badum tsss* there's no drums! Trazyn: 😏

cryptek: "I am a master of technology, reality itself is at my command!!" * throws a fucking smoke bomb and runs away* i mean, the veil of darkness, seriously?

,,AFTER OUR THOUSAND YEAR OLD SLUMBER WE ARE FINALLY ALIVE. FOR EONS I HAVE AWAITED THIS DAY. WARRIORS, OUR TIME TO CONQUER THIS PLA-NEETHHH AND THE ,,NEXT" BEGINS TO-DHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYH. THE WORLD SHALL TREMBLE AT A OUR WAR - CRY. AND OUR WAR - CRY IS SOI SOI SOI SOIIIIIIIII (SWEY)!"

"How do you fight that?!" Deathkorps of Krieg : *waggles trenching shovel*

never been into warhammer in terms of tabletop but i will not lie . it's enjoyable listening to you two guys talking about the lore and i actually understand it .

World Engines are typically deployed in fleets according to one Phaeron. If the Necrons fully awoke, they would sweep over the galaxy effortlessly.

This podcast is a good way to listen to something while the tanks are being blessed Magos approved

*HYPE!* Destroyer cults and the Flayed Ones are arguably my two favorite units in 40k lore. They're just so horrific. Destroyers are psychological horror, Flayed Ones physical / body horror.

C'tan "define" reality in contrast to Daemon Princes "defying" reality. Masters of the Materium as opposed to Immaterium.

Lady Dimitrescu as a Sister of Battle? OH YES PLEASE!!!

If shy edits these it would be dope to see her lol avatar float down and whisper something in Bricky's ear when he talks about something she said

"I love and hate that there's a very obvious face on his shoulder!" " *I know right it's so cool!* " ahh yes the typical response to things in 40k

I love the Mephrit dynasty and their pure destroyer firepower and unique look compared to the other dynasties, I just wish they'd have some unique characters like the other dynasties do.

The spooky bois out tonight. Keep an eye out boys, OH EMPEROR MY LEG ITS GOT ME!

nobody: psychomancer: "Let's give it everything we've got! It's punishment time!~"

WAIT WAIT WAIT, necrons but with orange instead of green? I dont even care what the lore is, sign me the frick up. Wait hold on my wallet is holding me at knife point saying "dont you fricken dare"

Lol, Bricky be like: wait, those mad lads actually almost got the patron there... I didn’t think we would actually get this far. Also Shy always on point with the memes in the background.

Favorite Necron moment ever was playing against Tau with The Stormlord, did the start of game lightning and MELTED a friggen Heavy Supp battle suit. First time my opponent fielded it in his army too. I was filled with joy...and also felt like a dirtbag...

A army of necromancy sprinting in the dead of night without guns with the sole purpose to tear every living creature to shreds. Without a single sound besides the screams in the dead of night sounds terrifying

I want a Doge Vandire plush that says "I don't have time to die! I have many wiki feet pages to edit." When you squeeze it.... or bonk it.

This podcast is the way to introduce someone into the shitty grimdark w40k universe, and I'm about to buy my first set and is gonna be Necrons. This series pushed me into finally starting collecting minis. Ty guys

BOYS WE MADE IT SOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOI

Literally just found out about the flayed ones yesterday, insomnia sucks, *especially if it’s for 60 million years*

In the book The Infinite and the Divine (10/10 necron book, Orikan the diviner and Trazyn the infinite engage in spy vs. spy shenanigans over a relic), we learn that necron nobles can somewhat reshape their necrodermis, doing things like softening their feet for stealth and turning their hands into spikes. It's entirely possible that if he wanted to, Nemesor Zandrekh could have some......assets.....

Shy's editing making it worth to watch this on KZfaq .

The Celestial Orrery is the most amazing thing ever. I am disappointed that the World Engine(s) was not covered though, since those things are just.. Death Stars... TIMES 1000.

Also, could Shy keep a DK 'JEEZUZ / OOF! / OUCH' counter? That way we could figure out what's the most badass faction/piece of lore?

Just imagining a necron desroyer all alone on the plains chasing gofers and blasting tufts of grass... "must destroy all life!"

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES. MORE IN-DEPTH SKELLY BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOIS. SOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOISOI

Here's the thing about Imotekh the Stormlord: as DK mentioned, his name is based off "Imhotep", which literally means "he who comes in peace" in Ancient Egyptian.

As Bricky was describing the Pariah Nexus’ affect on people, I was thinking that sounds like the origins of Reavers from Serenity then DK mentions Serenity. We think the same DK.

This always makes me wonder how the Imperium has survived

the third reason why necrons didnt f everything is because the two biggest guys, who both together would rule over more than half of all Necrons, really dont like each other and the third powerfull party, who got the biggest weapon in 40k are Like German neighbours -not interrestet If it is exactely one nanometer Off their property

when you think about it,the Necron gauss weapons are rather mericull weapons due to a sucessfull hit dismanteling the target in a heartbeat of time and doing so down to the atom you will never bleed out slowly from a gauss weapon (assuming its a lethal hit and not a dismembering hit ofcourse)

You just know there's a Necron Lord out there who's basically just Mr. Plinkett and all he wants out of his Cryptkes is a way to watch his night court tapes.

The drum sound effect startled me, I dropped my phone, it bounced on two corners and is very cracked. Still worth it for this content, keep it up 👍

*Drunk Nemesor Zahndrekh, popping star systems" "H-hey, Obyr-Obyron. We gotta... we gotta stop the Separatists, Obyron..." "Ah, jeez, Zahndrekh, I don't think you're supposed to be doing that..." "Sh-shut up, Obyron..."

My favourite thing as Bricky's "talk about one more thing" turns into several! I love this take on lore.

The true hero of this podcast is the "Sister That We Don't See"...

I have been really enjoying these to be honest. They are a highlight of the week and make my Wednesdays go so much faster. Keep it up boyos

Hey I get to Aktually Bricky for once. The timesplinter cloak, while made by chronomancers, is also usable by other necrons to make them do chronomancer things. Trazyn got his hands on one in The Infinite and The Divine book to counteract Orikans time fuckery to an extend.

Presumably, the anti-matter meteor is only, like, a couple molecules in size, encased in a force field as it drops. So it only detonates when the Necrons release the force field, right where they want it. It would be more of a localized explosion. Still devastating af.

Hearing the pure joy and excitement for the lore has rekindled my love for the necrons and warhammer as a whole.

The title says 'Necrons Today', hopefully they'll also talk about 'Necrons Yesterday' or Oldcron because boy I'm still a bit miffed that GW had swept the Pariahs under their rug.

On the one Hand I want to watch brother Dimitrius Artwork, on the other Hand is a new potcast Episode. (Brother Dimitrius is a prn-series )

Zandric tries to seduce a sister and I can just imagine her using a heavy flamer on him and he is just annoyed.

Watching this video while I'm drunk so I forget most of it, so that then I can listen to the podcast version at work while sober

I just realized the bookshelf is part of the armour... Neat!

"Stop talking about Firefly! That was 20 years ago! I want to be Cayde-6 now- OH WAIT." This hurt. Right in my feels. I miss my boy.

Bricky:Turbonerd that cringes at anime for reasons unknown D.K:Overreacts at every little thing Bricky says Shy: Only decent person

As a narcoleptic, I relate to the necrons on a personal level

ALWAYS ANGRY! Please do the Angry Marines after the mono tone OMS read about them directly off the 1D4chan. You guys will kill it.

I knew there be something about necrons when the glorious video called get necron'd showed up in my feed.

I love how Rogal Dorn is in the live chat (at around the 30 minute mark) just being himself.

I wish you mentioned Anrakyr the Traveller, champion of Necron-kind, coming in to wake up tombworlds and fight for the Necron cause across the galaxy. And then bill them for his services.

So glad Bricky counts Pluto as a planet🙏

50:14 greatest Bionicle reference ever

The Nercons are what Arthur C. Clark once said technology advances to a point where magic and tech can't tell the difference between the two

25:30 considering how big Nietzsche was for nihilism giving a name of his work to star destroyers makes sense

Other Necrons: NO YOU CANT DESTROY A WHOLE SYSTEM ITS DISHONOURABLE!!! Mephrit Dynasty: HaHa Star Go BOOM

1:02:19 DK: So... W-what the f is in that GIGANTIC cannon that Destroyers got? Is that Bricky: Ehm.. Death? DK: a Giant Deatomizer? LMAO

Taking the million worlds at face value, the imperium must have a human population in the quadrillions or even septillions

so I saw the map for all the necron territories and that got me thinking about all the other faction maps and how they overlap, mainly around the damocles gulf because I'm running a tabletop campaign set there. Today I have discovered that the Tau empire is not only imbedded with Sautek tomb worlds, but also surrounded on all sides. They got orks to the west, ultra marines to the south, hive fleets on the east, and more necrons to the north. They are FUCKED unless they manage to like, reverse engineer necrodermis or something

I just like collecting, painting, and learning about the lore. I have no interest in the tabletop, so hearing Bricky talk about how dope some factions are on the tabletop is pretty sick. This is my favorite podcast!

I heard the favorite dance at parties is to " Hit the Cron "

Shy does a fantastic job with the editing, got some good chuckles from the pictures alone.

I need this rn, I got to level 20 on the Guantlet and need some air

Zahndrekh drunk on alcohoil casually blowing up stars: "this game is fun"

I’ve watched all your videos on repeat seeen all of them 5 times or more. Never stop u do the emperors work brother

HEELL YEEAAA TE SKELLY BOIIIS ARE BACK

Never forget, never Forgive.

The scariest flayer necron I have ever seen was a necron powered by WAAAAGH energy

Bricky : 'What Serenity?' Me : 😦

You had to bring cayde back up to memory huh Brick?😭

Hey! I'm a huge Necron fan, I collect necrons since 2014 and I love this episode! And (if you don't mind) there's trivia you might mist! 1- another reason why necrons hasn't take the galaxy yet is because their overlords are too busy fighting each other for power, if they all united their forces probably has some chance to conquer it. 2 - The flayer virus its actually a curse! From the c'tan Llandu'gor, the flayer (duh) Who was annihilated during the silent King betrayal. Everybody infected has a terrible appetite for flesh, but they are robots! so they all gonna have this hunger for meat forever. They have their own tomb world call Drazak (basically where everyone exiles them) 3 - there are so many other dynasties, obiously with less lore, like the Thokt who, like the Mephrit, has blue energy in their weapons instead of green and the Kayra and the Rytak dynasties, who hated each other so both hired deathmarks to kill the opposite Royal court, both succsessfully did it and now there are leaderless dynasties 4 - the inferior race that hate Imotekh the most are the orks, because despite being the best strategist in the galaxy, he doesn't have a solid Victory againts them, they defy all logic so all strategy are mostly useless and they just keep coming and coming (I'm not a english speaker, sorry if there are some errors i did my best!)

The editing in these videos always makes me laugh, but this episode's editing was just perfection. Well done, and thank you!

Imagine: Big daddy silent king manages to get all Necrons their souls back, only for every Necron in the Pariah Nexus to remain soulless 'Crons due to being completely cut off from the warp.

Do you think Bricky knows of the Ghoul Stars and how something there made a Tyranid Hive Fleet insane? Kind of unique since the Tyranids are inmune to Chaos and used to The Warp.

Uploaded on my Birthday! What a great episode. The Necrons were actually the first Codex I ever got back in 6th, so that’s a pretty funny coincidence. I’m sorry I’m not able to support you guys on Patreon, even though I really want to. Moneys just a tad tight at the moment.

48:46 Bottom right of Picture, "their guns are silly" *giggles in atomising handheld wepon that can crack vehicle armour*

I'm pissed that the Heavy Construct is no longer sold on Forge World, but those things were amazing.

The irony is that despite how powerful they mention the necrons are...they didn't even touch on the many necron doomsday weapons that they have had in lore: 1. World engines: literal death stars, the only one in lore practically worth a entire story in itself. 2. Abbatoirs: the largest necron land vehicle in lore 3.Aeonic orbs: literally the fragments of stars 4.oblisks and tessuract vaults: while pokeball C'tan are a meme, the units are actually scary 5.Megalith: the monoliths big Chad brother.

To this day, I still miss the original Scarabs. They were like 3x the size of the ones now, with only one per base instead of swarms. They would climb on top of vehicles and for every one of them that was on a vehicle, it's armor value would be reduced by 2. They also used to have the rule that all Necrons had where they would put off a disruption field that would increase the roll needed to hit depending on the number of them with range of the attacker. it made them really hard to hit and when you did finally hit them, their armor was better than a space marines and their toughness was through the roof. Scarabs were so much better back then.

When they started talking about the electric arc gun, I immediately thought of the arc weapon in star wars rebels used against the mandalorians.

the cyde-6 joke was a low blow.