Damnos, an Imperial Mining World located in the Ultima Segmentum, was first colonised by the humans of the Imperium of Man during the Great Crusade, though in fact it was actually already an ancient Necron Tomb World. The Necron presence was first discovered in the north by the Imperials after their awakening in 973.M41, whilst the city of Mandos Prime's geothermic fusion stations were under repair following severe seismic activity. The Adeptus Mechanicus tech-priests rapidly claimed the right to the xenos artefacts and extradited several specimens to the nearby Forge World of Goethe Majoris for closer study. Soon after, under waves of atmospheric interference that clouded the entire northern hemisphere of the planet, the Necrons emerged from their tombs. The planet went on alert, but the