Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-95.148.187.34-20130120214333/@comment-2253300-20130315161153

Actually while the 3rd Edition Necrons went to sleep because the C'tan needed to allow the living beings of the galaxy to replenish, 5th edition Necrons went to sleep because the Silent King did not believe that the Necrons could defeat the Eldar as they were. So he put his subjects in stasis in the hopes that they could wait them out. Like I said you can't compare the current Eldar with how they were at the apex of their power.