Oversized cannons were everywhere on the Orks' junk ships.
Their firepower even surpassed that of the Imperial Fleet.
The T'au fleet's fragile shields were soon shattered by the Ork fleet.
The fragility of the ships themselves was also laid bare before these ramshackle Ork warships.
And the Orks did not only enjoy trading broadsides.
Crude boarding craft, torpedoes, and hastily cobbled-together heaps of scrap were launched from the fleet. Then they slammed into the T'au ships.
The enormous Guardian-class and Explorer-class battleships bore the brunt of it.
"Waaagh!"
With savage roars, the excited Orks charged out of their junk boarding devices, ready to start slaughtering and enjoy a good fight.
Yet the sight before them left the enthusiastic Orks at something of a loss.
Corpses littered the interiors of the boarded ships.
Blue, red, and green blood flowed everywhere.
Signs of fighting were all around.
The ships' interiors looked as though a massacre had taken place.
Soon, the T'au battlesuits began fighting the Orks throughout the blood-soaked hulls.
Led by several Bosses, the Ork Boyz waved their Choppas and Shootas, firing wildly at the battlesuits.
The Iron Boys wore crude armor plates made by Mekboys and carried slabs of unidentified metal as shields, pushing forward at the front.
XV8s served as basic troops, holding the front line, while XV86s provided flanking attacks and aerial support.
XV88s delivered firepower from the rear, soon blasting the Orks off their feet.
But the Ork boarding forces were not limited to ordinary Boyz.
Gretchin suicide carts, Killa Kans, and Squigs carrying explosives in their jaws soon hit back at the T'au equipment.
The Orks' crude Fighta-Bommers fired freely around the space station, paying no attention whatsoever to their lines of attack and simply pouring out firepower.
Bloated fuselages, as many guns as could be