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yeah thats why they became necrons and most of what you say hasnt changed
>crippled and dying because of solar radiation
>old ones are immortal
>refuse to help them
>necrontyr go to war because theyre jealous and very mature
>lose obviously
>collapse into civil war
>c'tan offers to make them necrons
>they do it and go beat up the old ones
>old ones are wiped out leaving just their pet races like orks etc
>silent king decides he doesnt want to do it anymore and that it was all a bad idea and somehow btfos c'tan
>necrontyr are now the not! imperium of necrons
>silent king goes and sulks and the necrons have a nap until the plot starts again
the faustian bargain aspect is still there except its undermined because the necrons obviously didnt give up their humanity since the silent king still had his (and this is the whole reason for the change)
so now necrons are just men in robot suits instead of people stripped of their souls (since they lost contact with the immaterium) who are slaves to c'tan and suffer the same things he suffers
they still had some residual regret, yearning or essence to then as illustrated by the flayed ones draping themselves flesh to try and immitate humanity
perhaps its a subtle change but for me it reduces the necrons from an incomprehensible and mysterious otherworldly force to just another faction of people who want to conquer the galaxy for no particular reason