Necrons rising obliterated

The necron menace that slept under the surface of Hexis began to show its hand in late 11.018M42. The invaders had no idea of the extent of the necron catacombs beneath the planet, and the armies that sallied forth from hidden entrances to the north and south of Praxis represented but a small fraction of the total strength of the aliens. 

The first armies to arise and march out in force were of the Ha’Tek Dynasty, lead by first prime Teal’c. The necron lord led his first army out into the ruins to the south of Praxis, but he had underestimated - or was not aware of - the size of the chaos army that now had its base in the Shifting Sands. 

The arrival of Warsmith Stahl via his own arcane device had coincided with the arrival of the Emerald Serpent, who had given up on their conquest of the Echo Cluster. The daemonic brothers leading the faction did not want the final victory of chaos on Hexis to be claimed by Stahl, but upon arrival their first task was to prevent the armies of Teal’c from overrunning the chaos base. 

Led by the daemonic hordes the army of the Emerald Serpent charged into the necron lines, destroying their cohesion and forcing the remainder of the host to phase out, returning to their underground labyrinth. The Emerald Serpent has arrived at a fortuitous moment, as Stahl’s eyes were fixed on defeating the Federacy. They had ensured that the glory of chaos on Hexis would not be the Warsmith’s alone. 

In the north the first prime’s second army faired little better. Emerging from their northern gates the Grey Knights reacted swiftly, attaching the necrons and driving the xenos back to the walls of Praxis, consolidating the imperial hold over the northern part of the city. So far the necron rising had been little more than an inconvenience to the invading powers, and Teal’c now sought to rouse more of his hibernating forces before his enemies overran the planet completely.