Immortal

"With a dozen legions of Immortals at my command, I could humble the stars themselves. One will be more than sufficient to crush your pathetic world."

- Imotekh the Stormlord, Phaeron of the Sautekh Dynasty, Regent of Mandragore

The Necron Immortals were the favoured Necrontyr servants of the C'tan in ancient days and now form the vanguard of their undying legions. They were the first of the Necrontyr to willingly give up their bodies of flesh to have their consciousnesses transferred into new forms made of the living metal necrodermis, becoming the soulless Necrons. For their devotion to their C'tan patrons, the Immortals were granted larger and more durable bodies than the Necron Warrior. Though the lustre of their gleaming bodies has been eroded by the ravages of the passing millennia, they are no less terrifying.

History
In life, Immortals were the professional soldiery of the Necrontyr empire. In death, they surpass the Warriors in nearly every way. Possessed of even more resilient frames, Necron Immortals prove almost impervious to small arms. Their training and experience in combat survived the process of bio-transference undiminished, and Immortals seem to have retained a brighter spark of intellect than their less favoured brethren, although only in regard to the practice of war. Outside of combat, Immortals display about as much personality as a monotask servitor. Immortals are typically armed with Guass Blasters, weapons even deadlier than the Gauss Flayers used by Necron Warriors. In one recent incident, however, a Brother Janos of the Crimson Fists reported that his Deathwatch Kill-team encountered Immortals within the Jericho Reach armed with an entirely different sort of weapon, one that emits crackling electrical blasts hot enough to melt ceramite, and capable of arcing between multiple targets. These weapons caught the Kill-team entirely off-guard, as a single glancing hit on one Battle-Brother could prove lethal to another. This unexpected development nearly cost the mission, and it was only through the noble sacrifice of Brother Lars that the Immortals were defeated.

Immortals are similar in appearance to Warriors, but with larger, broader bodies, and spines that jut grotesquely upward from their backs. These living metal bodies are stronger and more heavily armoured than those of Necron Warriors, and even feature superior self-repair protocols. Yet, Immortals also possess faster reflexes, and their movements are not so ungainly as Warriors. When combined with their potent skill in combat, this makes for a foe that can pose a grave threat to even a Deathwatch Kill-team.

Unlike Necron Warriors, Immortals are capable of independently reacting to shifts in battle, adapting their tactics accordingly. This means Immortals are much better suited to countering the unconventional tactics often employed by Deathwatch Kill-teams. It even seems that Immortals are capable of issuing orders to Warriors, allowing a combined force to present a potent threat even when deprived of proper leadership. Still, Immortals must rely on ancient tactics and stratagems, and are little capable of true innovation.

Wargear

 * Gauss Blaster - Gauss Weapons are the most common of all weaponry carried by the Necron soldiery and vary in appearance. Unlike more conventional directed energy weapons, a Gauss projector does not deliver a cutting beam of coherent subatomic particles or bolt of electromagnetic force. Instead it emits a molecular disassembling beam, capable of reducing flesh, armour and bone to their constituent atoms. Necron Immortals commonly utilise Guass Blasters or Tesla Carbines.

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