Of course, if the necrons can eliminate all the other factions' strongholds, they would conquer the entire planet.

The faction is headquartered in the Thur'abis Plateau, and if that territory ever were to fall, the necrons would be defeated in the single-player campaign. However, the surviving necrons locked themselves away on tomb worlds, such as the planet Kronus that's at the heart of the Dark Crusade campaign, to await the return of the living.Īppropriately, the necrons' central base exists under the surface as a vast network of catacombs. Like a plague, the necrons swarmed the worlds of the living ages ago until they were finally defeated. The necrons are a soulless, mechanical race dedicated to waging war against the living to sacrifice their victims to their gods. With a name like necron, you might expect that this faction would be an undead one. The necron lord, clad in all his war gear, is a sinister-looking unit. But who are these new factions? Read on for a briefing on what to expect when Dark Crusade ships later this year. Dark Crusade will also introduce two new factions to the mix, adding the mysterious necrons and the powerful tau empire, boosting the total number of playable factions to seven. On a strategic map of Kronus, you'll decide where to attack with your army, and then you will resolve those battles in intense real-time combat where you can command the menacing units of Warhammer 40,000 yourself. The upcoming Dark Crusade expansion for 2004's acclaimed real-time strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is going to add a considerable amount of new content, including a new single-player campaign that will let you try and conquer the planet Kronus your own way.

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