Tesseract Vault

A Tesseract Vault is vast, monolithic, and near-indestructible Necron construct built specifically to contain a Transcendent C’tan, a mighty C’tan Shard of divine power that was once one of the Necrons’ deadliest foes. These Transcendent C’tan are of such size and indomitable will that they are too powerful to be contained within a Tesseract Labyrinth, and a Tesseract Vault serves as both a prison and conduit for them instead.

Bound within the vault’s heart, the star vampire will fight against its bonds; and such is the elemental might of the C’tan that the walls of the Tesseract Vault are perpetually being destroyed by the insane energies the star god generates. It is only the unceasing ministrations of the ever-vigilant Canoptek Leech guardian constructs arrayed and docked around the exterior hull of the Tesseract Vault that keep the C’tan in check; these, and the Canoptek Sentinel that encloses the C’tan itself in a force shield held together by eight writhing mechanical tentacles and generated using a portion of the C’tan’s own power. However, there are only so many scarabs and Canoptek Leeches holding the Tesseract Vault together, and as the Shard bends reality and tears metal off the vault in its bids for freedom, the Canoptek automatons rebuild its prison using the debris in a cyclical process of destruction and reconstruction.

However, a Tesseract Vault is not only a prison, but also the ultimate machinery of destruction. The Transcendent C’tan imprisoned within the construct’s heart is trammelled and ready to be used for war, and conduits and cabling channel away the arcane energies emanating from the C’tan. The Tesseract Vault’s hull itself contains layers of node matrices that redirect a portion of the Transcendent C’tan’s energies into the cage that holds it captive, but the being within can still age foes to dust, set acres ablaze, or trigger seismic shifts in the planetary crust with but a gesture. As such the living metal walls that surround the Transcendent C’tan acts as both a prison and a focus for its blinding puissance. Upon the battlefield, a Tesseract Vault represents a near-indestructible engine of war that annihilates all in its path. However, the construct is exceedingly well-armoured and protected for good reason; should the prison and force field systems ever fail and the trapped C’tan be released, doom is all but assured for everyone and everything nearby as the Tesseract Vault detonates in a catastrophic explosion of energy.

Notable Formations

 * Baleful Necropolis – A complex known as a Baleful Necropolis is the most potent of all a Tomb World’s defences. These colossal hovering fortresses are more than mere battle stations, but the very buildings of a Necron Tomb, raised into the sky to rain destruction upon the luckless invaders. To hold so many massive structures aloft requires a power source beyond the ken of lesser races, yet a single Tesseract Vault is equal to the task. These multi-phasic prisons not only cage the most powerful C'tan Shards, but also leech and redirect their essence to fuel other arcane devices. Such is the sheer spectacle and destructive fury of a Baleful Necropolis’ cyclopean assault that the ranking Nemesor will also inevitably commandeer it to spear his own phalanxes. A Baleful Necropolis formation usually consists of a single Tesseract Vault that powers eight Monoliths around it. When operating in such a manner, the Tesseract Vault is able to harness a specialised Annihilator Beam weapon, and can draw power from nearby Monoliths to enhance the beam's range. The Tesseract Vault also projects a Supreme Shield Matrix around itself, protecting nearby Monoliths and itself with an energy field that only grows more powerful with every additional Monolith under its protection.

Powers
A Transcendent C'tan is able to manifest two of the following Ascendant Powers, and can utilise them to devastating effect on the battlefield:
 * Antimatter Meteor - The Transcendent C'tan is able to unleash a huge meteor composed of antimatter upon the battlefield, a single catastrophic blow that will annihilate all normal matter within range.
 * Cosmic Fire - The Transcendent C'tan unleashes a wave of fire hotter than the interior of some suns upon the battlefield, incinerating everything in its path.
 * Seismic Assault - The Transcendent C'tan causes rumbling earthquakes with a flick of its hand, crushing enemy units to pulp.
 * Sky of Falling Stars - A rain of blazing meteorites falls from the sky to impact the foe at the whim of the Transcendent C'tan.
 * Transdimensional Maelstrom - The Transcendent C'tan uses its command of transdimensional energies to unleash a huge swirling extra-dimensional vortex upon the battlefield that can banish all it touches to an alternate reality.
 * Wave of Withering - The Transcendent C'tan sends out a wave of force that withers all metal and flesh it happens to contact.

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