Exactly, I love that part of the genesis of the Necrons.
They have a pre-history reaching back, from their introduction in White Dwarf 217 (1998), for almost a decade, as Space Crusade was released in 1990, and I'm assuming development would have taken a couple of years at least.
This is also why I've included the Space Crusade Androids (or Chaos Cyborgs; I'm a bit hazy on that to be honest. I must crack open my copy to check now) in my Necron army, be it slightly converted to add more shouldery shoulderpads and a new gun barrel, to match those of the metals.
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