Silver Sentinels

“Many talk of reclaiming the technology of the ancients but they know nothing of the true ancients, the ones who built such wonders we can scarcely dream of long before our ancestors first stood up on Terra. And now all that technology is ripe for the taking” Adept Harevian

The Silver sentinels are an ideological faction dedicated wholly to the reverse engineering and understanding of necron technology.

### Beliefs

The sentinels have seemingly straightforward beliefs : They believe the quest to accumulate all knowledge of reality was already completed by the ancient Necrontyr who had such information imparted on them by the C'tan star gods.

As such they see that necron technology, having the advantage of being immune to chaos corruption is the key to mankind's salvation.

To that end they will ruthlessly scour entire sectors should there even be a rumor of necron sightings and seek any scrap of technology or ruins no matter how small (and are willing to pay rather handsomely for them too, should that be possible). Which is rather justified when one remembers how vanishingly rare intact necron technology is.

such scarcity has led some of its members to seek more unscruplus paths, such as using entire imperial worlds as bait for necron forces, selling billions of slaves to Tomb lords and crypteks , tradimg their lives for valuable schematics and information (though often ending up as test subjects themselves) or in the case of some truly demented indvisuals turn their backs on mankind completely and turn to worship the necrons or one of the dreaded Star gods.

When it comes to the later , most claim to worship the true machine god hidden beneath underneath Mars, these "Dragon cultists" are a small sect reviled and hated by the rest of the sentinels but they seem to be the ones who have made the most progress when it comes to their quest of unlocking the secrets of the ancients.

The ultimate goal that many aspire to is to be able to find and capture an intact Tomb World or better yet a World Engine intact. It is a very unlikely (which is to say near impossible) goal as Tomb Worlds are guaranteed to be activated by intruders who would be promptly swarmed by the metal hordes and capturing a world engine is even less likely given the sheer amount of troops and fleets needed to barely destroy one. However should even one group be successful in either endeavors they are guaranteed to become a galactic power almost overnight .

Most sentinels however are far more realistic with their goals and are content to barter their services to worlds were necron ruins were discovered and try to scrounge up anything useful from there

### Status in the dominion

Within the dominion the sentinels have a "mixed" reputation to put things mildly. The atlanteans have not forgotten the atrocities committed by madmen such as Deotor and thanks to a seemingly unending conflict with the dragon cultists , many Atlanteans view them with disdain bordering on murderous hatreds .

Yet conversely the silver sentinels have an important task within the research appeateus as the utmost experts and advisors when it comes to combing the many necron ruins that dot Atlantis and researching any technology found, their efforts being exemplified in the phantom plane design which has quickly become one of the most valuable assets of the Airforce.

Though highly distrusted, subject to security checks, surveillance and mind probing , the sentinels still flock to Atlantis as if it were the promised land and because for all the scrutiny, distrust and hatred they face here it is still far better than most fates they can expect anywhere else.

The other dominion worlds have very little knowledge of dragon cultists and are less hostile to them but still follow the Atlantean's example in keeping an eye on any sentinels sent their way.

### Status outside the dominion

In the rest of the galaxy , Silver sentinels are in a bit of a weird position of being offically heretics but having many of its members whisked away by the inquisition to make use of their knowledge on necron capabilities. In addition, while very few adepts would confess to being part of such a heretical movement , there is little doubt that most in the Mechanicus up to the higher echelons have sought out necron technology on occasion before to sometimes ridiculous degrees.

De jure the cult is abhorred and any members exposed or openly professing to be part of it are hunted down mercilessly. De facto ; those who keep their heads down and whose research is deemed to be valuable (or simply not likely to cause much disaster in the case of failure) are quietly tolerated so long as they report any results to their superiors. As such it is likely that the number of those who subscribe to the Sentinel philosophies is higher than expected.

The Dragon cultists and other C'tan worshippers however are rightfully not given any option except death

It is unknown if there are any Silver sentinel forge worlds out there.

### Bonuses when faction is the majority

* Necron technology research action time and costs reduced by -50%
* Necron ruins action times reduced by -25%
* +20 to necron ruin and necron research action rolls
* ?????