Although the super Tomb Stalkers' spatial cutting weapons were lethal, their numbers were limited, and every cut required a brief charging and cooldown period.
Through evasive maneuvers and precise long-range suppressive fire, the Men of Iron units had already reduced their relative losses to the Tomb Stalkers to a minimum.
More importantly, the Necrons' ground forces—the basic units that formed the bulk of their battle line—were suffering permanent destruction at an exponential rate!
"Tactical update: priority change. Target: basic Necron infantry units."
Iax's orders instantly spread through the quantum network to every combat unit.
"Maximize fire coverage. Accelerate the depletion of their reawakening protocols."
The instant the orders went out, the Men of Iron forces radically changed their attack patterns.
The Punisher Titans no longer insisted on exchanging fire with the Tomb Stalkers. The Bombardment Variant Punishers swung their enormous gun barrels around and hurled devastating, gigantic plasma spheres into the densest formations of Necron Warriors like a torrential downpour.
Every explosion cleared a molten void in the green tide, accompanied by clouds of metal dust that could never reawaken.
The Assault Variant Punishers abandoned their clumsy greatsword swings and instead pushed the output of their enormous electromagnetic rapid-fire cannons to the limit.
Solid electromagnetic projectiles, each comparable in size to a Tauros armored vehicle, formed a devastating torrent of metal that swept across the battlefield in a fan. Wherever it passed, entire ranks of Necron Warriors were shattered like wheat beneath a scythe.
The nano-swarm became a thin mist across the ground, feeding the living metal dust left by the Necrons directly into the machines' ammunition magazines, where it was reforged into shells and then fed onto the humming Electromagnetic Rails.
The faster the Necrons died, the more ammunition material became available, and that plentiful ammunition accelerated the collapse