As they reached the top of the stairs they came to what appeared to be a throne chamber. The ceiling was draped in cables and foul xeno-tech. At the very center hovered an empty throne held aloft by evil forces. For a second the machinery around them flickered to life, with a hologram of the galaxy coming into focus above them. Amongst the stars strange symbols marked star systems across the map. At the same time their chronometers started to fail.
The group continued deeper into the maze of rooms and chambers till the criminal wandered into an alien trans-mat. Suddenly he vanished. In his place stood yet another, shinier robot. Quickly the assassin engaged the machine while the merc circled behind to attack. When the rest of the party engaged the homicidal robot the con man found himself teleported back to an earlier spot in the catacombs where the second bot emerged. Quickly he circled back as the robot was put down. Frustratingly, the party again was left with no remains to study.
Bravely the party continued on, passing through rooms with massive energy cylinders, strange looking medical equipment and more wall etchings. While passing through a chamber more scarab robots emerged from the murals and attacked. Meanwhile a blurted out curse from deeper alerted them to further interlopers. Dispatching the swarm of insect machines they pressed forward to confront their new enemies. Cries of panic alerted them to another, greater threat that seemed to be mowing down other humans who had earlier worked their way into the tomb. A panicked Heretek, his eyes wide with terror, blasted his way through a wall with his plasma gun trying to evade ... something. Four lances of energy shredded the criminal leaving only fist-sized chunks of steaming flesh and twisted bits of gear. The rest of the criminal band was picked off one by one till none were left. The tech priest rushed forward to see what was doing the killing only to come face to face with a massive alien floating weapon platform. As the con man tried to flee the new threat he turned a corner to pause. With a gentle tap on his shoulder he turned to face a squad of slender crimson-armored troops with tall black helmets. The assassin recognized them as the enigmatic Eldar. They moved forward to subdue the weapon. In the process the aliens explained how they placed a time altering device that would keep the machines in the tomb dormant. Unfortunately it was a failing prototype. The party found out that the machines lying in the chambers are called the Necrontyr and are a terrible threat to the galaxy. Before being asked to leave the aliens gave the party one last message. Clear the city above in 2 days, as destruction from above will rain down obliterating the dire threat buried underneath it.

So who will the party go to, to issue this order? Will the authorities listen? How will they react to menacing threats for Eldar xenos? Join us next time for Dark Heresy Theater!

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