Global Crossing: Empire of Stars

It slowly turned around and looked at Murak. "Andrik, Photonic Emperor of the Hereticus Dynasty, was the First Apostle beneath the Lord's throne. A few days ago, he issued a summons: every member of the Spirit Machine Race across the entire Hereticus Dynasty must gather as soon as possible and embark on a Pilgrimage Journey across the galaxy.

"This was destined to be a great journey, bearing witness to the return of the Hereticus Dynasty's people beneath the Lord's divine throne. We would witness eternity in the radiance of the Lord!"

Murak's heart pounded. Hearing the keywords "18 pháp hoàng" and "Hereticus Dynasty" immediately made him realize that these deranged Necrons weren't joking.

As one of the traitors from the era of the Great Expedition, he had once launched a counterattack against the Imperium under Warmaster Horus's command. After the rebellion failed, he wandered the Milky Way for tens of thousands of years. Over that long span of time, he had witnessed countless factions. The ones that made him and the Chaos Gods most wary were the Necrons.

This obscure species from Warhammer had once been the overlords of the Milky Way. During the War of Heaven, they had even toppled the rule of the First Generation Galactic Overlord, the Old Ones.

The most terrifying thing about this civilization was its impossibly advanced technology. While the other races of the Milky Way relied on the Warp to travel, and even the Eldar could only manage limited FTL Travel through the Webway left behind by the Old Ones, the Necrons already possessed a means of FTL Travel through the purely physical Material Realm—the Inertialess Engine.

This technology allowed the species to escape the threats posed by the Warp, an especially rare advantage in an age when the Chaos Gods were awakening.