A guest article by Gareth Topping
INTRODUCTION
HELLO, JUNGLE VISITORS! My name’s Gareth (I’ve been here before), and Wicked Uncle Kenton has kindly permitted me to share with you a re-telling of a classic piece of 40k lore: the Massacre at Sanctuary 101!
For those of you not in the know, way back in the elder days of Warhammer 40,000, when the Necrons were introduced to the game, there was a battle report in White Dwarf called Sanctuary 101, where some unlucky Battle Sisters were thoroughly destroyed by a force of Necrons (mostly because 2nd edition Necrons were busted–I mean seriously, Toughness 8 Scarabs!?). Over time, this battle report became part of the 40k canon, as the first encounter the Imperium had with the awakening Necron Dynasties.
My buddy Ian and I have both recently been collected Battle Sisters and Necrons respectively, ever since those two ranges had their 8th/9th edition glow-up, and it seemed like the perfect opportunity to replay this classic piece of 40k history.
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