Editing Codex - Necrons: /tg/'s 9th Edition (section)

====Command Protocols====
''The Necron nobility make war in a codified and relentless fashion. Their command protocols crackle out across multi-dimensional spectra from carrier-wave projectors, compelling their semi-sentient soldiery into battle one overriding directive at a time.''

If every unit from your army (excluding {{W40kKeyword|DYNASTIC AGENT}}, {{W40kKeyword|C'TAN SHARD}} and {{W40kKeyword|UNALIGNED}} units) is from the same dynasty, and you select a {{W40kKeyword|NOBLE}} model to be your {{W40kKeyword|WARLORD}}, this unit is eligible to benefit from this ability and the following rules apply. 

At the start of each battle round, if any {{W40kKeyword|caharcter}} units from your army are on the battlefield, select one command protocol from the roster; that command protocol becomes active for your army until the end of that battle round. Each command protocol is made up of two directives. When a command protocol becomes active for your army, select one of its directives. Until the assigned command protocol stops being active, all eligible units benefit from the selected directive.

A command protocol may not be selected more than once.


*'''Protocol of the Conquering Tyrant:''' ''The legions employ the strategies of their masters in perfect synchronicity, laying down hails of mechanically coordinated fire.''
::Directive 1: Add 3" to the range of this unit's aura abilities (to a maximum of 12") and increase the range of the following abilities this unit has by 3" (to a maximum of 12"): Lord's Will, My Will Be Done, Rites of Reanimation.
::Directive 2: This unit is eligible to shoot in a turn in which it Fell Back, but if it does, then until the end of the turn, each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, subtract 1 from that attack's hit roll.

*'''Protocol of the Eternal Warrior:''' ''Temporary dimensional shielding flickers into being around the Necrons as they stand tall upon the battlefield like graven statues.''
::Directive 1: Each time an attack is made against this unit, if it did not make a Normal Move, Advance or Fall Back this battle round, this unit receives the benefit of Light cover, as described in the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book.
::Directive 2: Each time an enemy unit declares a charge against this unit, if this unit is not within Engagement Range of any enemy units, it can either Hold Steady or Set to Defend. If it Holds Steady, then until the end of the phase, any Overwatch attacks made by models in that unit score hits on unmodified rolls of 5+ instead of 6. If it Sets to Defend, then until the end of the phase, it cannot fire Overwatch, but until the end of the next Fight phase, each time a model in that unit makes a melee attack, add 1 to that attack's hit roll.

*'''Protocol of the Hungry Void:''' ''The Necrons strike with data-augmented accuracy, their murderous attacks as inescapable as the killing cold of space.''
::Directive 1: Make a note of the number of enemy {{W40kKeyword|Infantry}} models during the Fight phase by each friendly {{W40kKeyword|Necrons}} {{W40kKeyword|Infantry}} unit. When making reanimating protocols for those units, add that number of dice to their reanimating protocols pool. These extra dice may be used to return models to the unit which were slain earlier in the battle, not just in this Fight phase.
::Directive 2: Each time an attack made during the Fight phase against a {{W40kKeyword|Necrons}} {{W40kKeyword|Infantry}} unit results in an unmodified roll of 1, the attacking unit suffers one mortal wound.

*'''Protocol of the Slaughtering Madness:''' ''Blinded by a thirst for slaughter, Necron shells of broken minds launched themselves upon the enemy, their frantic attacks overwhelming anything they encounter.''
::Directive 1: Each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, on an unmodified wound roll of 6, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1
::Directive 2: Each time a model in this unit makes a melee attack, if this unit made a charge move, was charged or performed a Heroic Intervention this turn, add 1 to that attack's Strength characteristic.

*'''Protocol of the Sudden Storm:''' ''Arcing energies leap from one Necron unit to the next, lending speed to their limbs and causing their eye lenses to blaze.''
::Directive 1: Add 1" to the Move characteristic of models in this unit.
::Directive 2: If this unit is performing an action, it can still make attacks with ranged weapons without that action failing.

*'''Protocol of the Undying Legion:''' ''At a hissing static signal, nanoscarabs are released in boiling black clouds that whirl about the legions and effect constant repairs.''
::Directive 1: Each time this unit uses its Living Metal ability, each model in this unit regains 1 additional lost wound.
::Directive 2: Each time you make Reanimation Protocol rolls for this unit, you can re-roll one of the dice.

*'''Protocol of the Vengeful Star:''' ''Criss-cross fire leaps from the Necron ranks, forming a blazing corona of deadly energy from which there can be no escape.''
::Directive 1: Each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack, on an unmodified wound roll of 6, improve the Armour Penetration characteristic of that attack by 1.
::Directive 2: Each time a model in this unit makes a ranged attack that targets a unit within half range, the target does not receive the benefits of cover to its saving throw against that attack.