Atranxias Petition

Die Atranxias Petition wurde 998.M41 von Inquisitor Luthus Griadne vom Ordo Xenos vorgebracht. Sie behandelt die Bedrohung durch die Necrons und lautet wie folgt:

Fellow Inquisitors, if you'll allow me to continue… be still, brethren… thank you. A decade ago, the ancient Necrontyr were numbered amongst hundreds of thousands of extinct civilisations that the Imperium had encountered in its holy crusade. The information concerning the dead worlds on which their megalithic structures were uncovered was field in the annals of the Adeptus Mechanicus amongst innumerable similar entries. Six year ago., it was ascertained that the remnants of this ancient empire were attacking unprotected outposts of the Imperium. Ordo Xenos kill-team were sent to investigate, and a number of Inquisitors diverted their attention to the new threat, incidental as it may have seemed at the time However, the Imperium was far more concerned with the encroaching invasion of Hive Fleet Leviathan and the Ork Waaagh mustering in the Armageddon sector. The Necrons were designated Threat Index Omega. Since that time, the Necrons have (attacked) in force. They have (slept) in stasis for untold millions of years, under the guard of the comparatively primitive constructs which the Imperium first encountered at Sanctuary 101. But what we thought were random and unconnected acts of violence on the outskirts of Imperial civilisation proved to herald the awakening of an entire civilisation of aliens that had lain dormant beneath our own. We have sorely underestimated the threat they pose to the Imperium. The Necrons exist for one purpose only: to exterminate or enslave the entire Human race. For those of you scoffing at this notion allow me to point out a few pertinent facts. The Necron form a macabre mockery of the human skeleton, is intended to strike fear into our hearts. They attack without warning and disappear without trace. In every engagement, be it a small-scale raid or a full naval engagement, we have recovered nothing. Their technology is so advanced that even our most respected Techpriests arc at a loss as to how to neutralise the threat it poses. They have spent aeons in stasis only choosing to emerge now. This suggests that whatever criteria the Necrons masters have specified for their awakening have now been fulfilled, suggesting in turn that they believe they have the military capacity to achieve their nefarious ends. But the Imperium is mighty indeed and we have conquered this manner of menace before. The fact that causes me the most consternation is how little we know about the Necrons and their motives. We have speculated at length, but recovered nothing. The Adeptus Mechanicus, at the time when we need their guidance most, seem divided and confused. Requests for Exterminatus on the Necron tomb worlds have been vetoed time and time again. And most disturbing of all is the fact that not one of us can claim to understand the motives behind their seemingly random bur clinical and efficient raids. They move against us in ways we cannot comprehend or hope to counter, and to underestimate them is folly of the worst kind. I advocate that they are designated Threat Index Beta, effective immediately.

Anm.: Wörter in Klammern ( ) wurden von uns ergänzt, da ohne sie die Sätze keinen Sinn machen würden, und es die logischsten Ergänzungen sind.

Quelle

• Index Xenos: Necrons