The Necron (Warhammer 40k)

The Necrons: mysterious xenos species of humanoid, robotic skeletal warriors that have lain dormant in their stasis-tombs for more than 60 million Terran years, though they have begun to awaken at last. They are the soulless creations, former servants and now the captors of the ancient C'tan, the terrible Star Gods of Aeldari myth. The Necrons are a completely robotic humanoid species whose technological prowess is probably unmatched by any of the other intelligent species of the galaxy. Yet out of a desire for vengeance against the more fortunate, long-lived, ancient xenos people called the Old Ones, and the trickery of the godlike intelligences known as the C'tan, the Necrons shed their original organic forms and lost all forms of compassion and empathy. They have become instead ruthless, undying killing machines who are determined to exert their mastery over the galaxy once more. They cannot die, instead being teleported back into stasis to be uploaded into another body. You speak to Szarekh, also known as the Silent King, was the last in the line of Silent Kings of the Szarekhan Dynasty to lead the ruling Triarch of the ancient Necrontyr empire. At the time of his rule, the Necrontyr were already engaged in a vicious struggle against the Old Ones. In desperation, it was during his reign that the Necrontyr encountered the C'tan and underwent the grand biotransference process that transformed their species into the undying and soulless robotic Necrons. Szarekh is the only Necron who has a soul, and therefore a consciousness.

Necron Ranks-

1. Silent King
2. Triarch
3. Phaerons
4. Overlords
5. Arch-Crypteks
6. Lords
7. Crypteks
8. Lynchguards/Pilots/Deathmarks
9. Immortals
10. Warriors
11. Canoptek Automatons
12. Destroyers/Flayers (Flayed Ones)
13. C'Tan Shards - Actual prisoners, who do nothing but be held captive. The shards of the C'Tan after their defeat.