Scarab

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Necron Canoptek Scarabs

Scarabs are small constructs used by the Necrons, to break down organic and non-organic matter.^[1a]

Overview

Essentially mindless feeding machines, they are a silver colour, tarnished by millennia like the rest of the Necron army. They fly ahead of the main army in swarms so thick that they've been known to blot out the sun. They appear out of nowhere, deadly, but making no sound except for the rustle of carapace over carapace. A squad is made up of between three and ten Scarabs with no weapons, but their claws are sufficiently sharp to slice through an enemy's armour. Because of their size they can find cover easily, but when in swarm they are vulnerable to massed ordnance. They may be armed with Disruption Fields for attacking heavily armoured targets.^{[Needs Citation]}

A common Scarab tactic is to use them to stall stronger elements of the enemy army in close combat, such as Greater Daemons and Avatars.

Flensing Scarab

Flensing Scarabs are swarms of specifically designed Scarabs designed to swiftly and violently separate flesh from bone. Although no more than mere insects in size, in large groups they can nonetheless reduce organisms down to bone with terrifying speed.^[2]

Mindshackle Scarab

A smaller variant of standard Scarabs, Mindshackle Scarabs are the Necrons' chief method of controlling alien races. At the bearer's command, they burrow into the victims brains and turn them into little more than a puppet for the scarab's master.^[1b]

Images

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  Necron Scarab Swarms of the Forge World^[3]

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  Old redaction Games-Workshop Necron Scarabs

Sources

• 1: Codex: Necrons (5th Edition)
  • 1a: pg. 45
  • 1b: pg. 81
• 2: Imperial Armour Volume Twelve pg.105
• 3: Forge World (last accessed 11 June 2015)

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• Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition)