Orks

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Orks
Original Name	欧克兽人
Alias(es)	Greenskins 104 154
Species/Race	Green-skinned xenos with innate fighting instincts and collective Waaagh! energy 36 96 125
Affiliation	Numerous tribes and warbands, gathered into larger Waaagh! invasions under powerful warlords 97 160
Occupation/Role	Warriors, warbosses, engineers, looters, and occasional mercenaries 38 104 764
Principal Deities	Gork and Mork 96 101
Major Campaign Locations	Armageddon, Commorragh, Ohm III, and the conflict involving Abaddon's forces 96 204 764 906

Background / History

Ancient Degeneration

The Silent King modified a gene bomb to divide and mutate Ork genes, producing a new social structure involving Squigs and Gretchin. Szeras received knowledge intended to provoke an Ork civil war and created the energy constructs Gork and Mork to maintain their divisions 729.

Facing extinction, the Orks activated a Negation Compensation Device as a final attempt to preserve their knowledge. Necrontyr Immortals reversed time and altered knowledge-bearing spores to make them revolting, preventing the Orks from recovering what they had lost 729.

Modern Waaagh!s

Modern Orks gather around exceptionally strong leaders, combining their desire for battle with extensive scavenging and weapons production. Bonecrusher Salaka's fleet traveled aboard converted space hulks to Ullanor—now Armageddon—which his visions identified as an Ork holy land. The fleet broke through orbital defenses and crashed onto the planet, disregarding those killed on impact 38 96.

Their development changes during Lin Fan's involvement. After encountering Loba's shields and teleporter, Lin Fan recognizes that the Orks' technological advances have become a growing danger and connects these altered details to the effects of his transmigration 150.

Appearance

• Physique: Hulking green bodies and enormous hands; particularly powerful warbosses can make Space Marines appear scrawny 36 101.
• Headgear: Some wear metal helmets decorated with spikes or animal horns, while others favor crudely spiked hairstyles 36.
• Armor: Equipment ranges from exposed vehicle crews to heavily armored warriors with plates bolted directly to their shoulders and chests 36 695.
• Weapons: Oversized pistols, massive axes, power claws, and saw-toothed weapons assembled with wire and scrap are recurring features 36 97 695.

Culture and Society

Fighting as Recreation

Orks fight for excitement, memorable opponents, and stories worth boasting about—not merely survival or conquest. Veterans of particularly satisfying battles are carried onto rubbish heaps so other Boyz can hear their accounts 36 96.

An easy victory can disappoint them. At Hades Hive, evacuated streets, mines, and the absence of useful loot leave many Orks bored enough to destroy buildings, abandon the invasion for other fights, or attack one another 53.

Leadership and Hierarchy

• Strength establishes authority. Bosses are generally stronger and richer than ordinary Orks; Iron Foot Bad Gut earns obedience through repeated battlefield victories 53 101.
• Leadership losses fracture armies. Killing the largest boss can scatter a force into smaller tribes that fight until another formidable warlord emerges 97.
• Succession can interrupt an ongoing battle. After Loba is believed dead, his followers fight one another to select a replacement while still facing Imperial troops 154.
• Subordinates are expendable. Boyz killed in internal brawls may be dismissed as weaklings unworthy of further thought 53.
• Domination extends downward. Gretchin serve as cooks, mechanics, and laborers; the ancient account also depicts Gretchin abusing Snotlings 38 101 729 1090.

Scrap, Teeth, and Food

• Scrap is both loot and industrial material. Captured machinery, ammunition, and vehicles are taken to factories for additional armor, guns, and rockets 38.
• Teeth are used in transactions: an Ork recounts selling a strange red creature to a Mek for five hundred teeth 96.
• Squigs, mushrooms, and spores serve as food; spicy spores are prepared by Gretchin cooks 101 1088 1155.
• Cannibalism is openly practiced. At Hades Hive, Boyz fight over a roasted companion before their boss eats his head 53.
• Humans may also be eaten. Bad Gut has slain Guardsmen minced and added to his meal 101.

Cunning and Social Change

The Blood Axes trade equipment with humans, sometimes work as Imperial mercenaries, and favor concealment, infiltration, and sabotage. Their willingness to borrow human methods distinguishes them from less adaptable kin, although their bright, crude vehicle camouflage has limited practical value 104.

Later Ork society displays more elaborate economic coercion. Big Mek Miser uses loans, interest, financial reports, and threatened wage deductions to control his workers; the narration explicitly describes Orks becoming more civilized and cunning, with immediate fistfights less common 1090.

Ongron's settlement develops electrical infrastructure and slogans urging Orks to “breed less and think more.” He promotes moderation because the planet cannot support unchecked Ork growth 1155.

Abilities & Skills

Waaagh! Energy and the Power of Belief

• Population strengthens the field: More Orks produce stronger Waaagh! energy 125.
• Belief supports physical growth: Bad Gut's enormous size is attributed to the Power of Belief and growth forged through battle 101.
• Morale can enhance performance: Bunglak gains speed and strength during his assault after adopting the cry “Waaagh! for the Emperor” and killing a disloyal Ork 56.
• Understanding creates limits: An Ork who believes his axe can break anything may chop open a tank; learning that its armor should resist that weapon can remove this advantage 125.
• The effect can extend beyond Orks: Vulkan's Warp essence begins to suffer contamination by Waaagh! energy, alarming the other Primarchs 1110.

Innate Combat Instincts and Resilience

• Orks possess fighting instincts that guide them toward battles and enable rapid reactions despite their cumbersome appearance 96 97.
• Larger, longer-lived Orks develop stronger instinctive responses; Ughulhard evades gunfire and demonstrates superior close-combat technique against Yarrick 97.
• Severe wounds do not always immediately incapacitate them. One disemboweled Boy kills his attacker, then stuffs his intestines back into his abdomen to continue fighting 36.
• Toughness does not guarantee steady morale: the defeat of a leader or the appearance of a feared enemy can trigger mass flight 97 106.

Improvised Engineering

• Rapid imitation: Orks need not follow a conventional technology tree; seeing advanced equipment inspires them to construct cruder equivalents 125.
• Mechanical compensation: Waaagh! energy can overlook minor construction faults, including mismatched bullets and disconnected wiring 125.
• Structural dependence: Without Waaagh! power sustaining it, an abandoned factory becomes significantly less sturdy 1090.
• Advanced inventions: Documented creations include repulsion shields, teleporters, gravity towing cannons, and several varieties of defensive shield 150 204 906 1090.
• Continued improvement: Later tanks receive complete armor coverage and produce less visible exhaust, denying Imperial artillery an easy targeting cue 1087.

Psychic Coordination

• Orks transmit combat orders through their own psychic network faster than the Astra Militarum's communicator-based system 139.
• This allows forces under pressure to stop charging, withdraw, and switch to ranged Gorkanaut support 139.
• Coordination is not constant: their usual scattered assaults contrast sharply with the disciplined infantry, armor, and airborne attack at Hades Hive 105.

Music and Battlefield Morale

• An Ork bard's electric guitar boosts nearby Orks' morale and firepower during Dakka Bang Bang's assault 59.
• Dakka Bang Bang reacts angrily when the music is interrupted, pursuing the Iron Fist Squad before being forced to retreat 59.

Forces and Equipment

Infantry and Specialists

Unit / Role	Documented Features
Boyz	Core warriors using oversized firearms and choppas 36 56.
Choppa Boyz / Shoota Boyz	Melee- and firearm-oriented troops encountered by Lin Fan's 3rd Company 128.
Burna Boyz / Lootas	Additional specialist units present in the lower industrial district; the Loota Bad Tooth collects scrap with a magnet 128 764.
'Ard Boyz	Warriors encountered during the Space Wolves' assault on Loba's basin 154.
Mekboyz / Big Meks	Engineers who construct weapons, maintain vehicles, and sometimes command forces of their own 38 150 201.
Blood Axe Kommandos	Specialists in stealth, infiltration, and sabotage; assigned an airborne role in Bone Uncle's offensive 104.
Speed Freeks	Vehicle-borne pursuers whose obsession with speed includes running over other Orks rather than stopping 1087 1088.
Gretchin auxiliaries	Cooks, gun crew, mechanic assistants, and construction laborers 38 98 101 906 1090.

Weapons and Vehicles

• Buggies and trucks: Common transport, often painted red and fitted with welded-on machine guns. Exposed drivers are vulnerable to sniper fire 36.
• Big shootas, Dakkaguns, and Deffguns: Firearms and heavy weapons supplied through scavenging and Mek production 38 59.
• Choppas and power claws: Principal melee weapons, ranging from ordinary axes to enormous powered claws 56 97.
• Bandage Rockets and rocket lumps: Improvised clustered rockets used to damage hive walls and destroy Heglas's main gate 38.
• Tanks and Killa Kans: Armored forces used in fortress assaults and later counterattacks 55 1087.
• Gorkanauts: Heavy mechanical constructs used for ranged support and encountered around Loba's banner tower 139 154.
• Loba's emergency teleporter and repulsion shield: Advanced equipment that allows the Mek to escape Lin Fan 150.
• Bubble and Shimmer Shields: Defensive systems fitted to the Gork-Emperor; the Shimmer Shield deflects energy attacks 204.
• Gork's Head: An Ork-head-shaped space fortress made by welding dozens of space hulks together, supported by multiple shield systems 906.
• Gravity towing cannon: Miser's salvage weapon, which projects a sphere that releases a powerful pulling force 1090.
• Rocket-propelled planetary fragments: Ironhide's forces destroy a planet and fit its surviving pieces with engines to accompany their fleet 654.

Gork-Emperor

• Built around the living Lorn aggregate, initially called Gork's Yellow Thing, with Rys serving as its control hub 203.
• Armored into a colossal steel train with hundreds of heavy cannons, segmented fortress sections, and anti-aircraft guns 203.
• Emerges from beneath Commorragh to attack the Drukhari, broadcasting the combined cry of tens of millions of consciousnesses 204.
• Suffers engine and communication damage from Blink missiles, requiring Mekboyz to perform emergency repairs with welding torches and iron plates 205.

Notable Orks

Name	Role and Significance
Bonecrusher Salaka / Bone Uncle	Also named Bone Mag Uruk Salaka; leads the Armageddon Waaagh! and later declares his ambition to unite every Ork tribe and conquer the galaxy 96 160.
“Thick Armor” Bunglak	Warboss who attacks Crossroads Fortress, including a nighttime approach using cardboard boxes and diversionary gunfire 55 56.
Dakka Bang Bang	Big-shoota-wielding warboss supported by the Gretchin Lao Ganma and an electric-guitar-playing bard 59.
Ughulhard	Snakebite warrior described as Bone Uncle's fiercest fighter; his encounter with Yarrick helps establish the commissar's legend 96 97.
Iron Foot Bad Gut	Enormous warboss subordinate to Bone Uncle; abandons a port battle when ordered to join the larger fight at Hades Hive 101.
Loba	Big Mek and command boss whose advanced technology concerns Lin Fan; his presumed death triggers a succession brawl 150 154.
Old Ironhead and Old Ironleg	Surviving Meks from a force captured by Drukhari; help turn the Lorn aggregate into a mobile fortress 200 201 205.
Ironhide	Warlord and master Mek whose forces pursue a greater challenge after Yarrick tells him about Abaddon and the Planet Killer 768 906.
Bad Tooth	Loota robbed and intimidated by Yarrick before seeking resources at Ironhide's Taikula camp 764 765.
Big Mek Miser	Engineer-businessman who exploits loans, interest, salvage work, and wage penalties 1090.
Waa'rgan	Vulkan-mimicking Waaagh Body, armed with a giant green-flame projector and accompanied by the Fire Four-Legged Snakes 1110.
Ongron	Angron's Ork counterpart; later leads a settled community and orders ships painted purple for an infiltration mission 1111 1155.

Relationships

• Commissar Yarrick — Feared and admired as Dead-Eye. Stories of his strength circulate among Boyz, and his presence can rout Orks without first killing their bosses 103 106.
• Lin Fan — Primarily an enemy during the Armageddon campaign, but later collaborates with captive Ork engineers against the Drukhari 135 150 201.
• Space Wolves — Frequent opponents who exploit leadership decapitation and superior weapons to break Ork forces 97 135 154.
• Jaghatai Khan — Fights alongside Orks in Commorragh, expressing surprise at their capacity for camaraderie; later battles their vehicle forces elsewhere 203 1087 1088.
• Drukhari — Captors and targets of revenge. Old Ironleg despises their poison, ambushes, and quiet vehicles 200 204.
• Tyranids — Consume Orks as biomass but fail to obtain obedient organisms from their genetic material. Orks dislike fighting them because they offer no attractive metal loot 690.
• Alpha agents — Infiltrate Ork ranks so convincingly that Jaghatai initially struggles to recognize them as Space Marines 1089.
• Tzeentch — Introduces the Primarch-mimicking Waaagh Bodies onto the battlefield 1110.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Events
Heglas offensive	Ork vehicle attacks precede the destruction of Heglas's gate. The hive falls after three months, supplying the invaders with machinery and scrap 36 38.
Hades Hive and Crossroads Fortress	Yarrick exploits dispersed, bored Orks through sniping and ambushes, while Bunglak attempts repeated assaults on Crossroads Fortress 53 55 56.
Bone Uncle's offensive	The warlord redirects forces toward Hades Hive and prepares a multi-pronged attack. A coordinated ground-air assault disables Imperial artillery and forces a withdrawal 101 104 105.
Imperial counteroffensive	New lasguns and Space Marine decapitation strikes fragment Ork forces. Lin Fan attacks their camps and encounters Loba's advanced inventions 135 136 150 154.
Bone Uncle's revelation	After emerging from wreckage, Bone Uncle announces a galaxy-conquering Waaagh! and prepares to depart; Lin Fan attacks the withdrawing force 160.
Commorragh alliance	Orks and humans celebrate together before launching the Gork-Emperor against their shared Drukhari enemy 203 204 205.
Ironhide's campaigns	Fighting on Ohm III leads into Yarrick's departure and Ironhide's determination to challenge Abaddon. His fleet later fields Gork's Head 764 768 906.
Later Imperial assaults	Improved Ork armor and vehicles resist attacks by the White Scars and other Imperial forces; Alpha agents infiltrate their ranks 1087 1088 1089.
Waaagh Bodies and settlement	Ork counterparts confront the Primarchs. Ongron later maintains a settled community beside the World Eaters and attempts an unwanted infiltration of Macragge 1110 1111 1155.

Notable Quotes

“As long as I stuff 'em back in, I can keep fighting!”
— A disemboweled Ork Boy 36

“The more Orks there are, the stronger the Waaagh! energy. The more advanced the equipment they see, the more it inspires them.”
— Explanation of Ork technological development 125

“Boyz, stop picking mushrooms! We've got a new job now! Refit all our ships and paint them purple!”
— Ongron 1155

Trivia

• The Armageddon Steel Legion can use Ork weapons and, in emergencies, operate their ramshackle vehicles—abilities other Astra Militarum regiments generally lack 768.
• The Orks encountered in the Overlord side story are explicitly contrasted with the expedition's green-skinned Orks as far weaker opponents; their nations include an Ork Federation 1283 1284.