Craftworld Arroseer

Mission Background
Craftworld Arroseer has arrived in Sub-Sector Hades to investigate reports of Necron remnants in the area which may have survived the War in Heaven. The Necrons pose an existential threat to the Aeldari—with a virtually limitless force, Necrons would inevitably weaken and eventually annihilate the limited forces of the Aeldari. Craftwold Arroseer’s mission is to investigate reports of Necron presence in Sub-Sector Hades and if necessary, destroy any remnants to ensure that reanimation protocols are not given a chance to engage. If a Necron force is permitted to assemble, the fate of not only the Aeldari, but the entire galaxy would be in jeopardy.

An initial survey of the sector has indicated the presence of Imperium and Chaos forces, along with evidence of an Ork WAAAGH and a Genestealer Cult. The exact reasons for the sudden interest in the Sub-Sector Hades is unclear to Craftworld Arroseer, so they will have to tread carefully until more is known about the interests of the other forces.

In anticipation of an extended investigation into the presence of Necrons in the area, as well as the potential for conflict with Imperium, Chaos, and other Xenos forces, the Council of Craftworld Arroseer authorized the strategic colonization of a small number of planets in order to develop additional resource capacity and establish forward bases of operation. These colonies have allowed Craftworld Arroseer to widen their search for the Necrons as well as support in the defense of the Craftworld should the need arise.

Cognizant of their limited force, Craftworld Arroseer have adopted a defensive posture—engaging in conflict only when absolutely necessary as resources cannot afford be squandered on non-critical mission objectives.

Craftworld Arroseer is willing to form alliances which stand to further their objectives, but they will not hesitate to engage any force which poses a threat to the mission.

Notable Characters

 * Autarch Elyon Leioren
 * Farseer Aewyn Fenwryk
 * Spirirseer Kaerendil Aralor

Warlord traits

 * Weapon improvement - Shredder: Pick one of this model's melee weapons. Add the following ability to that weapon: "You can re-roll failed wound rolls for attacks made with this weapon".


 * Character modifier - Enhanced physiology: Add 1 to this model's Toughness characteristic.


 * Additional ability 1 - Camouflage: Add 2 instead of 1 to saving throws made for this model when it is receiving the benefit of cover.


 * Additional ability 2 - Swift advance: When this model Advances, add 6" to its Move characteristic for that movement phase instead of rolling a D6.

Resources

 * Arroseer - Throne World
 * Kaltyr - Hive World
 * Elrion - Shrine World
 * Lenrith - Agri World

Initial encounter
Following-up on the possible discovery of Necron artifacts by a small scouting force of Rangers, a strike team from Craftworld Arroseer were deployed to the ice planet to investigate further.

As the group of Rangers, now supported by a group of Guardian Defenders and Dire Avengers, were surveying the frozen Necron artifacts, sensors detected the arrival of an Ork transport. Expecting to be outnumbered, the Eldar strike team formed a defensive line and awaited the arrival of the green skins.

As the Orks arrived at the ruined facility, unaware of the Eldar lurking in the shadows, shurikens and sniper fire erupted from dimly lit corners. Several Ork Kommandos and Grots were brought down by the Eldar fire as the Orks were caught off guard by the surprise attack.

Although the Eldar had initial success in repelling the Orks, the green tide ultimately reached the Eldar line and forced them to fall back after taking a number of casualties. While these losses were unfortunate, as well as unexpected due to the nature of the mission, Craftworld Arroseer’s reconnaissance reports from around the system had been suggesting that engagement with hostile forces was all but inevitable.

The surviving members of the strike team fell back into the shadows and left the Necron artifacts to the Orks. Upon returning to the Craftworld, the strike team reported their concerning findings to the Council. First, the initial reports of an Ork WAAAGH were accurate, and second, Necrons artifacts were in fact present on the arctic world.

As the strike team leader was reporting that the artifacts appeared to be no longer functional, one of the Rangers spoke up: “moments before the Orks entered the facility, I was surveying the perimeter and noted a faint glow surrounding a collection of Necron artifacts. Upon further inspection, I observed that a small green light on a severed Necron hand had illuminated.”

It was clear from that moment: the Necrons had returned.

Encounter 1: WAAAGH! Morzzag
Craftworld Arroseer’s mission to investigate and eliminate an impending Necron resurgence has been complicated by the presence of other hostile factions in the sector.

Recent scouting reports suggested that the Orks have been in the initial stages of preparing a new mining installation in the Thoth System. The additional resources of this Mining World would augment the already dangerous Ork WAAAGH in the sector. Limited on resources themselves, Craftworld Arrorseer dispatched an assault force to the planet to eliminate the Ork presence and establish a mining colony for the Craftworld.

Upon arriving in orbit around the planet, scans indicated a concentrated Ork horde near the location of a significant vein of natural resources. Although the Eldar would be outnumbered by the Orks, the open terrain would allow for an attack from the Eldar on multiple fronts.

The Eldar moved swiftly from the south, led by Autarch Elyon Leioren. He was joined by a Farseer Skyrunner along with a Wave Serpent carrying two squads of Dire Avenger and a unit of Ranger snipers to hold the backline. One Fire Prism battle tank was placed alongside this primary attack front, while another was positioned to the north of the Ork stronghold in order to offer crossfire support.

As the assault began, the Dire Avengers squads were ordered to protect the east and west and flanks and impede the inevitable Ork counter-attack. With the Dire Avengers in place, the Fire Prisms linked their fire and in a single discharge of bright blue energy, the Ork bikers were reduced to small puddles of molten scrap metal.

From the distance, a Hemlock Wraithfighter burst through the clouds and with several successive notes of piercing sound, one of the Ork Dakkajets came crashing to the ground. The other attempted to return fire, but only inflicted superficial damage to the hull of the Eldar flyer as its Spiritseer pilot weaved his craft through the endless barrage of quite uncivilized firepower. Linking fire once again, the Fire Prisms unleashed their crystalline weapons to ground the remaining Dakkajet, leaving the skies clear for their Wraithfighter ally to maneuver freely.

Initially shaken by the Eldar attack on their mechanized units, the sea of Ork Boyz charged to the south. Although a volley of shuriken fire reduced their numbers, the Boyz ultimately overwhelmed the Dire Avengers. Seeing this loss of brave warriors, Autarch Elyon Leioren called for reinforcements. Within moments, a unit of Guardian Defenders emerged from a webway portal behind the Ork line and unleashed their archetypal shuriken fire on the horde of greenskins.

With the battle quickly turning in the Eldar’s favor, an Ork Battlewagon suddenly appeared behind the Eldar line and bounded directly toward the Wave Serpent. The Battlewagon’s roller significantly damaged the Eldar transport, but the threat was quickly eliminated as a now familiar beam of blue energy blasted a hole directly through the engine of the Ork vehicle.

As a small unit of Orks, joined by Morzzag himself, scrambled out of the crippled transport, they surveyed the devastation—it was clear the Orks had been beaten. With the knowledge that he had already conquered two other Mining Worlds, Morzzag declared that the Orks did not need this planet and called for a retreat. To avoid any further losses, Elyon did not order a pursuit of the retreating Ork force.

The removal of remaining Ork mining equipment was swift as supply crafts carrying Eldar mining drills were immediately dispatched to the planet’s surface to begin extraction.

Encounter 2: IXth Macroclade
Following his success in claiming a Mining World from the Orks in the Thoth System, Autarch Elyon Leioren received a report which indicated a cache of ancient and powerful artifacts had been discovered on a Death World in the Adhira system.

Leading the excavation team himself, Elyon Leioren descended to a forested region of the planet’s surface. Reports led them to a ruined, though otherwise seemingly ordinary, Imperial colony. As Elyon and his team approached the area, short-range sensors detected the presence of a group of Adeptus Mechanicus on the opposite side of the compound. Unusual energy signatures emanating from the planet’s core must have obscured the Eldar’s initial scans for enemy forces. After their encounters with the Orks and the detection of multiple other hostile forces in the sector, including the Adeptus Mechanicus, Elyon did not arrive on the Death World unprepared to defend himself.

Having battled the Imperial cyborgs in the past, Elyon knew which elements of the Mechanicus force must be targeted first to reduce the threat potential to his warriors. Striking swiftly and decisively, he ordered the Fire Prisms to link fire and direct their energy weapons at the Dunecrawler armed with the Icarus Array, a critical threat to his skimmer and flyer support units. Following multiple discharges, the enemy crawler, although not destroyed, was severely weakened, leaving its ability to target the Eldar significantly reduced.

A Hemlock Wraithfighter screamed through the sky over the bursts of interlocked blue energy and fired its wraith weapons at a group of three Dragoons, as their combat mastery posed a significant danger to this group of Eldar. As the piercing sound of the ghostly weapons rang out, one of bipedal walkers immediately collapsed to the ground as sparks leapt from the rider’s body.

In an effort to flank the Mechanicus force, Elyon ordered the Wave Serpent carrying Dire Avengers around the north side of the compound, but the move was met with a devastating assault from two Kastelan Robots, which pulverized the Wave Serpent in just a few destructive blows. Losing two of their numbers in the wreckage, the surviving Dire Avengers continued to fight back valiantly against the imposing robots, but could not escape and ultimately succumbed to their superior strength.

The remaining Dragoons charged Elyon and his Farseer. Supported by fire from a nearby Vanguard squad, the Farseer was wounded. Under orders from Elyon, the Farseer opened a webway portal and retreated to the Arroseer Throne World. As he was ordering his friend to escape, Elyon himself was gravely wounded from a Dragoon taser lance attack. Evading a final blow which would have killed him where he stood, Elyon activated his swooping hawk wings and shot into the sky to command the battle from the safety of his ship still in orbit around the planet.

Furious at the attack on their commander, the Eldar unleashed. Rangers fired a mortal volley of fire at the Cybernetica Datasmith and the Hemlock Wraithfighter eliminated the threat of the Icarus Array Dunecrawler with a final lethal pass. A webway portal opened behind a group of enemy Rangers protecting a Mechanicus communication relay, and a squad of Guardian Defenders emerged. They immediately fired on the Rangers, and in a hail of shuriken fire, reduced the majority of the enemy snipers to a cloud of shattered metal and oil. The remaining Rangers elected to strategically retreat knowing that their position was no longer defensible.

The final Dragoon, limping from significant damage, charged one of the Fire Prisms, damaging its armor, but was quickly cut down by a quick turn of the battle tank’s winged hull.

The Mechanicus Tech-Priest Dominus commander, joined by a newly arrived squad of Infiltrators, returned fire on the Guardians—only a single civilian warrior survived. Knowing that he would not be able to stand against the Warlord of this Adeptus Mechanicus force for much longer, the lone Guardian Defender charged towards the communication relay, activating his plasma grenade as he was shot down by Magos Kuilas Ostraxos himself. The Guardian’s final act of bravery melted the base of the comms tower, causing it to come crashing down thereby preventing Battle Cohort III, IXth Macroclade Forgeworld Ryza’s LXII Expeditionary Reclamation of Sacred Texts and Diagrams in the light of the Omnissiah’s Benevolence from calling for reinforcements.

Both sides suffered significant losses, but the Eldar ultimately achieved an oily victory as Battle Cohort III retreated from the battle grid. Once the area was secure, the Craftworld Arroseer’s excavation team discovered a hidden door under a pile of rubble in a ruined supply depot. Unsealing the door revealed a small, subterranean room which had clearly been concealed to prevent its discovery. The room appeared to have been left untouched for a significant period of time, and did in fact contain a selection of Eldar artifacts. Images of the relics were transmitted to the orbiting ship for initial analysis. Elyon took note of one particular relic as it appeared to resemble his own helm.

Encounter 3: Order of the Void
The report that Autarch Elyon Leioren was waiting for had arrived—evidence of a Necron presence had been discovered. He ordered the immediate dispatch of a strike force to the third planet in the Zelos system.

Elyion landed his force on the outskirts of the seemingly abandoned outpost on the desert planet. The investigation team fanned out to investigate while the Fire Prism tanks, Dire Avengers, embarked in a Wave Serpent, and Rangers took up sentry positions in case of an unexpected assault.

As survey equipment was beginning to triangulate the Necron energy signatures, short-range sensors indicated an approaching Genestealer Cult from the north. The Eldar took defensive positions in the outpost. The Genestealers, supported by several monstrous Tyranid creatures, moved quickly and caught the vigilant Eldar off-guard. Autocannon and Lascannon fire shot across the outpost as a Hive Crone swooped in to furiously attack the Wave Serpent. Acid rained down and a flurry of attacks from the winged-monster left the Eldar transport damaged, but still functional.

Seeing the approaching creature, the Dire Avengers had disembarked from the Wave Serpent, and in an efficient display of Eldar firepower, they shot the Hive Crone out of the sky with not a single shot wasted.

With the most immediate thread neutralized, Elyon turned his attention to the remaining Genestealer force. Even in its damaged state, the Wave Serpent swiftly eliminated the Lascannon team, which had landed a critical hit on the transport moments before. A Hemlock Wraithfighter screamed past the outpost, turning its heavy d-scythes on one of the Carnifexes. Their piercing sound was followed quickly by the Carnifex’s lifeless body collapsing to the ground.

As the Fire Prism tanks disintegrated the remaining Carnifex, a webway portal opened behind the Autocannon team and unit of brave Guardian Defenders emerged. A quick volley of shuriken fire left the Autocannon team with no surviving members.

Recognizing that the day would not be theirs, the Genestealers fell back in the rocky outcrops of the desert world with their remaining forces. Staying focused on their mission at hand, Elyon did not order a pursuit.

Once the area was secured, the survey of the outpost continued. The presence of Necron remains on this planet was undeniable, but the exact locations of the energy signal sources was difficult to identify. Additional scanners would be deployed to the surface to aid in the search.

Resources
- Conquest points in

- Bold = starting world
 * Arroseer - Throne World
 * Kaltyr - Hive World
 * Elrion - Shrine World
 * Lenrith - Agri World
 * Kallion - Outpost/Tomb World (+1)
 * Orosan - Mining World (+1)
 * Elshor - Death World (+1)
 * Aliria - Hive World (+2)
 * Belsa - Agri-World (+1)
 * Caldras - Fortress World (+2)

Event
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Summary
The moment had come. A contingent of Necrons had been located Sub-Sector Hades. Autarch Elyon Leioren knew he had to seize this, thus far, rare opportunity and engage the ancient enemy.

Landing a strike force on a deserted planet, the Autarch led his forces in the search. Records indicated that an outpost located on the surface had been abandoned over one hundred years by the Imperium. The Autarch made the determination that the outpost, though sparse, would make for a reasonably defensible position which could serve as a base of operations during his search for the cybernetic skeletons.

A heavy sandstorm on the desert planet was disrupting sensor effectiveness so the Eldar were moving cautiously. As they approached the outskirts of the outpost, disrupter fire flashed over their heads. The Necrons were already here.

The Eldar took defensive positions as best as they could, but the Necrons were prepared and clearly already had the upper hand. Autarch Leioren took early losses, but responded in kind.

Due to the sandstorm, the Eldar had been forced to engage the Necron closer than he would have preferred. It was clear that the Necrons are a devastating force at short-range and cannot be underestimated.

Autarch Elyon Leioren was ill-prepared for the initial engagement with the Necrons. He will not make that mistake again.

The battle was blow for blow. Elyon Leioren devastated the forces of the Sons of Malaise, but in turn, took heavy losses which left him without any troops.

Pox walkers and plague marines descended on the center of the battlefield. Elyon Leioren, holding the center defense emplacement, ordered all of his remaining firepower on the forces of the Death Guard. Massive bursts of blue energy erupted from fire prism cannons and lethal psychic energy struck down the death guard troops one after the other, but it wasn’t enough. Three plague marines emerged from the Eldar firestorm.

Elyon defended his position for as long as he could, but was ultimately forced to fall back. The Death Guard had captured this sector of the fortress.

After reforming his force, the Autarch led a response back to the planet. He took control of an abandoned section of the fortress, knowing that the Death Guard would detect their approach and would quickly descend on the Eldar’s position.

As anticipated, the Death Guard did not let this landing of Eldar reinforcements on the contested planet go unanswered. They called down an orbital strike of horrific weaponry which instantly devastated Elyon’s forces. A fire prism tank was disabled and one of the two defense bastions was left in all but a pile of rubble. A unit of rangers fell to the orbital firepower as well—all before the Sons of Malaise fired a single terrestrial weapon.

While the Eldar were distracted during the bombardment, the forces of the Death Guard swiftly took up aggressive positions inside the fortress walls. Blighted firepower caused additional casualties for the Eldar.

The Eldar were crippled, but determined to return the favor. Once they reestablished their bearings, the Eldar returned fire. The Death Guard were resilient, but their numbers began to dwindle.

The fight lasted for what seemed like an eternity. Advantage alternated during the struggle as each side took and caused casualties.

Although Elyon once again fought until the bitter end, he simply did not have the force to push the forces of Father Nurgle back. Their unrelenting advance ultimately led him to call for a retreat. He would fall back to regain his strength and the strength of his forces, and fight another day. The Death Guard had tightened their grip on this fortress world and it would remain theirs for the time being.

Encounter 1: IXth Macroclode
Elyon Leioren had been searching for opportunities to reinforce his foothold in Sub-Sector Hades as recent encounters with the Necrons and Death Guard had left his resources dwindling. This abandoned Hive World in the Thoth system was the perfect opportunity to strengthen Eldar supply lines, especially considering its proximity to the Orosan mining world.

Upon entering orbit around the second planet, sensors indicated that the IXth Macroclade had already landed. Not to be underestimated and knowing their penchant for heavy artillery, Elyon ordered a unit of Wraithguard to join the assault force destined for the planet’s surface.

Elyon’s ranger reconnaissance force located the Adeptus Mechanicus in the southeast sector of a semi-ruined city. Although the IXth Macroclade had set up in defensive positions, Elyon struck quickly, knowing his force would not last under sustained firepower from the enemy.

Dragoons were sent to meet Elyon’s force, but as they raced forward, their advance was cut short by Elyon’s Hemlock pilot. The flyer’s heavy d-scythes swiftly cut down two of the dragoons, with the nearby Guardian squad shattering the remaining dragoon in a hail of shuriken fire.

The Icarus Array posed a significant threat to the Eldar flyer and hover tanks, and Elyon knew it must be destroyed. He ordered his fire prism tanks to direct firepower at the Dunecrawler. Following multiple flashes of blue light illuminating this sector of the ruined city, all that remained of the Dunecrawler was a pile of warped, molten slag. The IXth Macroclade were not content to leave this attack unanswered. The battle line of Kataphron Destroyers and Kastelan Robots unleashed a display of devasting firepower on the Guardians as well as the Hemlock Wraithfighter as it screamed passed. Several round of plasma fire damaged the Eldar flyer, but it remained airborne. The Guardians, even with the protection of their celestial shield, could not withstand the response from the IXth Macroclade.

On the other side of the battlegrid, an Armiger Warglaive fired on a Wave Serpent hidden in the remains of a ruined building. The pilot, confident that he would melt the unsuspecting Eldar transport with ease, unleashed his knight’s thermal spear, but the building’s ruins offered the Wave Serpent an unexpectedly significant amount of protection and it remained unscathed. With the knowledge that this stroke of luck could not be counted on a second time, Elyon called for the Wave Serpent’s passengers to disembark and engage the Armiger. The rear door of the Wave Serpent unfolded and a unit of Wraithguard emerged.

The wraithbone constructs fired their weapons at the Armiger, but were initially unsuccessful—the heavy ruins now protecting the Armiger from destruction. The Wave Serpent pilot having now moved forward, saw the danger the Wraithguard were now in, quickly turned 180 degrees and advanced toward the Armiger. The Wave Serpent pilot began performing close flybys of the Armiger to disorient and distract it as the Wraithguard repositioned. The Armiger swung its chainsword at the Eldar transport, but inflicted no substantial damage. As the Wave Serpent made its final flyby, the Wraithguard charged their weapons and the Armiger was ripped in two as its lower half was torn into the warp.

Ostraxos responded in kind. During its second strafing run, the Hemlock Wraithfighter was blasted out of the sky by plasma fire from the Kataphron Destroyers. The Dire Avengers and Farseer Skyrunner, which had been holding back to protect a strategic location, were brought down by several volleys of sniper fire. With his jetbike disabled and himself wounded, the Farseer fell back out behind the Eldar line and out of the battle.

In response, the Fire Prisms fired on the Kataphon Destroyers, melting one and severely damaging another. As the damaged Destroyer powered its weapon to return fire, the last remaining Guardian picked himself up from the rubble and bravely charged forward. Just before he was brought down by enemy fire, he activated his plasma grenade and threw it into a hole on the damaged Destroyer left by the Fire Prism. As it prepared to discharge its weapon, the the Servitor exploded in a cloud of purple energy.

The battle raged on and a squad of Adeptus Mechanicus Infiltrators appeared from the shadows and advanced toward the Fire Prism, which had been left to protect the point previously guard by the Dire Avengers and Farseer. Although they were successful in their initial capture of the area, the could not withstand multiple discharges of the tank’s primary weapon and ultimately fell.

The Wraithguard and Wave Serpent, now clear to advance, moved toward a critical defensive position held by the IXth Macroclade. They cleared the snipers positioned there as the remaining Kataphron Destroyers and Kastelan Robots eliminated all but one of the Wraithguard.

Elyon had now pushed the IXth Macroclade into a corner. Ostraxos knew continuing would only lead to further losses for his force. He called for a retreat.

Craftworld Arroseer colonization teams were dispatched to the planet’s surface to begin surveys to determine how best to utilize the resources of this Hive World.

Encounter 2: Order of the Void
The threats to Craftworld Arroseer’s primary mission in Sub-Sector Hades were growing more numerous by the day. Elyon Leioren had received reports that the Genestealer Cult, known as the Order of the Void, was beginning to gather strength on a Hive World in the Odysseus System. Well aware that he should not underestimate how rapidly a Genestealer infestation can spread, Elyon ordered an assault force to the Hive World to purge the infestation and establish control over the planet’s resources. But he was too late.

Leading the force himself, Elyon landed in a sparsely-developed and seemingly abandoned sector of the Hive World in order to establish a base of operations from which to scout from. It was determined that the sector was stable and preparations began for scouting parties to launch survey missions of the surface.

Suddenly, and without any prior indications, multiple squads of Neophyte Hybrids burst from the ground directly ahead of Elyon’s forces. The Eldar scrambled to take up defensive positions. Through the eruptions of earth, Elyon could see the silhouettes of mutiple monstrous Tyranid creatures approaching from the same direction.

The winged Hive Tyrant assaulted the Eldar’s Wave Serpent, but the transport’s heavy armor and energy shielding protected it from suffering significant damage. Fire Prisms attempted to return fire on the creature, but failed to land shots due to the dust clouds still lingering from the arrival of the Hybrids.

As the dust settled, Wraithguard and Spiritseer Kaerendil Aralor disembarked from their transport and approached the Hive Tyrant. After an exchange of fire, the monster was left crippled as sections of its body were sent to the warp by the Wraithguard’s weapons. A Dire Avenger, seizing an opening, landed the killing blow and brought the creature down.

Another creature, armed with massive bio-blades, rushed towards the lead Fire Prism and landed several devastating blows on the Eldar tank, damaging its targeting systems. The Hemlock Wraithfighter pilot, seeing the Fire Prism in danger, executed an almost physics-defying turn and raced towards the now wounded Tyranid. As he flew over, the Hemlock’s weapons screamed out and the big bladed bug fell motionless to the ground.

Kaerendil led his unit of Wraithguard toward the center of the battlegrid as the leader of the Order of the Void moved in to intercept. The Eldar were caught off-guard as the Order’s warlord began to channel psychic energy. Sensing this disturbance, Farseer Aewyn Fenwryk reached out and dispelled the psychic threat. Fazed by inert psychic abilities, the Warlord was left momentarily defenseless. Seizing on this momentary opportunity, the Wraithguard open fired. Although the Warlord somehow appeared to resist being dragged into the warp, he was clearly weakened by the attack and withdrew from the battlegrid.

In an attempt to firmly seize control of this sector, Elyon ordered his Guardians in. A Webway portal opened behind the enemy line and a mass of white armor emerged. An immediate volley of shuriken fire, supported by the Hemlock Wraithfighter as it flew over the area, shredded the Toxicrene, which had been aiding the Order of the Void in holding a critical sector of the battlegrid. Although the Guardians took heavy losses from a nearby Genestealer Brood, they were ultimately able to secure control of their sector with support from a nearby group of Rangers.

The Eldar were victorious in this skirmish as the remaining forces of Order of the Void retreated back into their tunnels, but scans performed by Eldar ships in orbit during the fight indicated that the infestation of the planet was too severe to purge at this time. Elyon made the decision to withdraw from the planet and directed colonization resources to a nearby unoccupied Agri-World.

Encounter 3: Neta Dynasty
Kallion was in the process of being analyzed by Craftworld Arroseer, but impenetrable force fields had been blocking the most critical areas of the Tomb World from being entered so the analysis was proceeding slower than expected. A Wraithseer and two Fire Prism were led by Farseer Aewyn Fenwryk in standing watch in the early morning hours on at the primary research station as the ground began to rumble.

In a flash of green light, forces from the Neta Dynasty appeared on the surface and opened fire on the Eldar sentry, immediately cutting down the stoic Wraithseer and damaging one of the Fire Prism tanks. The Eldar returned fire, but caused only moderate damage to the Tesseract Ark.

During its volley on the Fire Prism, the energy weapon discharges from the Tesseract Ark managed to damage the generator powering the shielding around the research outpost. Once the shields were down, Neta was able to deploy her reinforcements close to the Eldar defensive line. Destroyers, Immortals, and Scarabs were joined by Neta herself and pushed aggressively towards the Eldar.

Scarabs rushed the center of the minimal Eldar contingent as the Destroyers disintegrated the damaged Fire Prism. Farseer Fenwryk fought back against the metal bugs, but was overwhelmed and was forced to fall back to await reinforcements.

The remaining Fire Prism was seemingly safe from attack when a Necron Tomb Stalker burst from the ground and charged the Eldar tank. Doing only minimal damage, the Fire Prism pilot fell back from the dangerous cybernetic beast.

When the Necrons had arrived, Farseer Fenwryk put out a distress call on all Eldar frequencies calling for immediate support and reinforcements had finally arrived. Elyon himself led the first wave of reinforcements down to the surface with Spiritseer Kaerendil Aralor. They were joined by Wraithguard, a full contingent of Guardian Defenders, and a Hemlock Wraithfighter. The Hemlock pilot strafed the Tesseract Ark while the Guardians opened fire on the Destroyers which had been weakened by Fire Prism fire earlier.

Assessing that they were at risk of being completely overrun, Elyon called fire support in on his position to clear the mass of Scarabs in his lines. While he was successful, this redirection of resources away from more dangerous threats would put the Eldar on the defensive for the remainder of the encounter.

The Necrons continued to assault the Eldar lines in waves. Just as soon as the Elyon and his forces would clear their line, another assault would threaten to push them back.

The battle was devastating. Almost a complete loss on both sides, the battle continued to rage in the Eldar lines. As the battle lines grew thin, Elylon and Kaerendil fought valiantly against the remaining Necron forces. As Elyon swung at the last remaining Immortal in his line, the Necron summoned a mysterious console and activated it before he was cut down.

The rumble, which had continued throughout the entire struggle, suddenly increased in magnitude—the Tomb World had been reactivated. Instantly, Neta knew something was wrong. In what was foreseen to be her moment of victory, she instead was forced to immediately alter course. The planet was in control by the Nekthyst Dynasty and a complete purge of the Tomb World was the only viable option to not risk this traitorous power from reemerging.

“STOP.” Neta called to Elyon as they stared each other down from across a ruined building. “You do not know what power has just been released. I have a proposal, but we must act now.”

Neta explained to Elyon that the reemergence of the Nekthyst Dynasty was a threat to both of them. She offered that in exchange for the treasures of the nearby Death World currently being patrolled by Eldar forces, she would activate the elimination protocols of the Tomb World, rendering it lifeless. Although sacrificing the resources of the Death World would be unfortunate, Elyon quickly concluded that purging the Necron presence on this planet was more important.

“Your proposal is acceptable,” replied Elyon.

As the Necrons retreated off the planet, a burst of green light flashed across the battlefield. The rumblings which had begun upon the arrival of the Necrons were instantly silenced.

In the days following the battle, research teams returned to the surface and found that the force fields protecting the innermost sections of the Tomb World had been deactivated. Analysis of some of the most ancient Necron technology was now possible thanks to an unexpected end to this encounter with the Necrons.

Resources
- Conquest points in

- Bold = starting world
 * Arroseer - Throne World
 * Kaltyr - Hive World
 * Elrion - Shrine World
 * Lenrith - Agri World
 * Kallion - Outpost/Tomb World (+1)
 * Orosan - Mining World (+1)
 * Elshor - Death World (+1)
 * Aliria - Hive World (+2)
 * Belsa - Agri-World (+1)
 * Caldras - Fortress World (+2)
 * Alsela - Outpost/Tomb World (+1)

Encounter 1: IXth Macroclade
In the intervening years since they were last encountered, the IXth Macroclade had begun to reignite the forges on the Fortress World of Sabastus IX. Intelligence reports suggested that a strange piece of Eldar technology had been discovered by the Adeptus Mechanicus during the refurbishment of the planet, and Elyon was determined to recover it and deal a crippling blow to the cyborgs.

Calling on the full weight of Craftworld Arroseer, the Autarch landed his forces on the planet as near as possible to the suspected location of the Eldar relic. As the Eldar prepared deliver a decisive first strike against the IXth Macroclade, the Eldar’s holo-fields failed, revealing their positions to the dug-in and well-armed forces of the enemy.

The Adeptus Mechanicus immediately opened fire, catching the Eldar off-guard. As weapons fire littered the sky, Farseer Aewyn Fenwryk had the presence of mind to observe that all of the enemy’s fire was being directed at his position, even though his brothers-in-arms had the enemy surrounded on all sides. It was clear that his detachment of Dire Avengers, Rangers, and a Fire Prism in support was the sole target for a reason. Focusing his psychic insight, he discovered that he and his troops were directly above the Eldar relic. As fire rang out over his head, he called on his troops to defend this position at all costs.

Aewyn began to open a webway portal at the relic’s underground position in order transport it away to the safety of the Craftworld. His troops were quickly slain one after the other under the massive weight of firepower from the IXth Macroclade. As the webway portal began to open around the relic, the brave Farseer was charged by a weapon not yet encountered by the Eldar in sub-sector Hades—an Imperial Knight. Though he initially evaded the attacks, Aewyn was outmatched by the monstrous mechanical construct who picked up the Farseer and began to tighten its grip. The psychic force of Farseer Fenwryk’s rune armor was initially able to prevent the Knight from crushing him as he struggled to open the portal deep underground, but the Knight’s grip would prove unrelenting. Aewyn knew death would be only moments away as the psychic force of his armor began to fail. Over his communication device, he heard the voice of Elyon—“save yourself.”

Aewyn, who had calmly resigned himself to his soul joining the Infinity Circuit, was jolted back to full consciousness. He immediately halted his attempt to open a webway portal to retrieve the Eldar relic and instead opened a portal around himself and vanished from the grasp of the Imperial Knight.

In the moments following the Farseer’s disappearance, the IXth Macroclade, concerned that the Eldar could still recover the relic through conventional means, activated the auto-destruct sequence of the analysis equipment surrounding the relic. An underground explosion shook the surface—Elyon knew what the Adeptus Mechanicus had done. The death of Farseer Fenwryk’s detachment and the destruction of the Eldar relic would not go unanswered. He directed his remaining forces to assault the central Adeptus Mechanicus position.

Wraithguard, supported by Spiritseer Kaerendil Aralor, emerged from their Wave Serpent and moved swiftly towards the Icarus Array Duncrawler, crippling it with their d-scythes and surrounding it to confuse its targeting protocols before it had a chance to return fire.

As Elyon was about to move out with his force of Guardian Defenders, an assassin and a group of Sicarian Infiltrators appeared from the shadows and critically wounded the Autarch. With the support of the mighty Avatar oh Khaine, Elyon struck back and cut down his assailants.

He ordered his Guardians up the field to lay down supporting fire for the now overwhelmed Wraithguard, who had engaged the Imperial Knight along with an unidentified Inquisitor and Ostraxos himself. A Farseer Skyrunner shot toward the Inquisitor as well and wounded him with a strike from his singing spear, but the Inquisitor was ultimately able to retreat to safety.

Ostraxos was not so lucky. Already wounded from his encounter with the Wraithguard, a lucky shot from the just arrived Rangers dropped the cyborg leader to the ground, though it would not go unnoticed by Elyon that the leader of the IXth Macroclade’s body was not a resilient as it has appeared in previous encounters…

With the Wave Serpent pilot occupying the attention of the Kastelan Robots, the only remaining firepower threat from the Adeptus Mechanicus was the towering Imperial Knight. It had thus far only suffered superficial damage to its exterior hull. If the Eldar were to retreat with their remaining forces intact, the mechanical construct would need to be disabled.

Elyon called on the severely damaged remaining Fire Prism tank to overcharge its main weapon and fire at the Knight. Diverting all available power to the prism cannon, the pilot landed several successful discharges on the Knight, dealing a crippling blow as bright blue energy cut through it.

The Avatar of Khaine had been sent on a mission of destruction to cut down as many Kastelan Robots as it could. Although the molten body of the Eldar construct ultimately fell, it left a path of slag in its wake.

The battlefield had grown quiet as the damaged Imperial Knight lurched toward Elyon’s position. Before the Autarch was even able to steady his weapon to fire, Kaerendil Aralor unleashed a wave of psychic energy and crushed the damaged Knight into the ground.

He had taken significant losses and the Eldar relic, now vaporized, would remain a mystery, but the path to retreat was now open. Elyon called for his forces to fall back and return to the Craftworld.