What? Mechanicus do not hate progress? What happened with "the sin of innovation" thing because of which ppl are being hated and called hereteks even if they made some unfathomably great things like reviving (or helping revive) the primarch and making emperor's greatest work ten times greater? And because of which some vehicles suck because no1 can improve it since its blasphemy to improve on scared standart templates and will get u burnt on the stake along with ur research even if you actually did smth better. Even if new stuff does extremely good like that macharius omega (or what was that tank with plasma blastgun called?) it will still get hated and no1 will produce it cuz blasphemy.



Also making tiny flying vehicles and not puting a skull on top of it will look more sci-fi and futuristic and not like death fetishists



And to re-finish up those were 4th edition necrons! Newcrons are so unfathomably stronk and have literally unlimited resources cuz they have magic that turn matter into energy and energy into matter with 100% efficiency. And that they can obliterate entire human race with one swing of a magic wand and they just dont want to cuz they are too busy arguing with themselves and crying about how good it was before. Turned out they could even close the eye of terror by just pressing 1 button but they were like "meh" and didnt even thought about it untill their eye of terror closing machine was destroyed. Plus some dynasties just want to enslave humanity which i cant say is too bad considering whats happening now. Even with half the galaxy burning, being warped with cicatrix maledictum, dark crusaded upon and invaded by ghazkulls mega waaagh, they are still too cool to even notice such a "minor" annoyances