Although Szarekh had played humanity for fools over the Void Dragon shard from the Sautekh Dynasty, he did deliver the other promised C'tan shards to Terra at the fastest possible speed.
Warships from dozens of Necron dynasties escorted their respective Void Dragon shards, using their inertialess engines to appear directly within the Solar System's alert perimeter, giving the stationed commanders quite a fright.
However, humanity was not afraid of Necron faster-than-light warships maneuvering directly into the heart of the Solar System.
The dimensional technology Lox had brought back had long borne fruit under the analysis and research of the Advanced Technology Community, producing achievements beyond the dimensional engine itself.
One particularly important development was that humanity could install dimensional interference generators in the Oort Cloud at the edge of the Solar System, disrupting faster-than-light methods such as inertialess engines.
After all, inertialess engines still needed to move through space, while dimensional interference generators distorted and folded space itself, altering its dimensional distribution.
This line of defense stood like an invisible wall at the edge of the Solar System, protecting humanity's heart.
If an inertialess engine crashed directly into it, the ship would most likely be ground to dust along with it in the twisted space.
In truth, humanity was not the only side startled. The Necrons sent here on the Silent King's orders were equally shocked and astonished.
Before this, aside from the Old Ones, ancient Aeldari, and ancient Orks they had faced during the War in Heaven, Necron warships had always gone wherever they pleased.
Humanity had never been within the Necrons' sphere of concern.
Had their ship systems not issued warnings, those arrogant Necrons had intended to fly straight into low Terra orbit and give humanity a show of force.
Now, the defensive measures humanity displayed had proven