The necron threat on Hexis had not been taken seriously by the imperial or chaos forces. Attacks from the Ha’Tek dynasty had been disorganised and relatively easily to fend off since the planet had been invaded, and other forces of necrons had been sighted, but these seemed more strange than intent on removing either force.
General Randolph’s second army had been cut off for weeks following the chaos victory over the alliance, and were unprepared for the ferocity of the necron attack that suddenly developed from the wastes. These necrons were new, and angry. The force managed to stay behind the Lycaon defences, weathering the hail of imperial guard fire and then ripping into the wall of Leman Russ Randolph had sent to meet the threat. In a violent engagement the isolated second army was annihilated in just a few hours.
Simultaneously the necrons suddenly appeared in the centre of Konev’s lines further east. Assaulting the Last of Sycorax heavy tank regiment, the imperial force was quickly forced into an all out retreat. Several super heavy vehicles were destroyed in the ensuing rout, and Konev scrambled to plug the gap in his lines. Fearing being overrun by the resurgent necrons, the imperial general seriously considered evacuation, but the necrons suddenly vanished as quickly as they had appeared.
Dumbfounded by the actions of the alien army, the imperial forces reorganised their tattered defences, and the chaos armies seemed content not to push this sudden catastrophe that had befallen their enemies, presumably fearing an attack on their own lines. The motives of the necrons remained a mystery, as once again no communication was forthcoming from the xenos, but the obvious capability of the necron threat that now lurked in the deserts and under the ground gave the commander of humanities forces in Hexis even more headaches.
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