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The Orks threw themselves into the brawl with feverish enthusiasm. Unlike their Warlords, who were busy plotting all sorts of things, ordinary Orks just wanted to have fun. And what made them happy? Fighting.
The war had already lasted a very, very long time, and would continue for much longer, until this vast gathering of fleets finished exchanging **Waaagh!**s and decided a winner.
Under Boomblasta's frenzied offensive, countless well-equipped Orks stormed the enemy ships. They even boarded shattered vessels that enormous torpedoes had blown into several pieces.
Beat 'em, take 'em in, and I'll be the most Waaagh! Ork Warlord of all.
Boomblasta had an advantage going in, a tremendous advantage the enemy knew nothing about: even their entire Decapitation Squad could not defeat him in his enormous Mek. Or perhaps it was better described as a specialized Morkanaut?
Both sides fought seesaw battles across their respective Battle Moons. Vast numbers of Deff Dreads and Killa Kans slaughtered one another there, and even Gork Dreadnoughts landed directly on the Battle Moons' surfaces, all for control of the ground.
The brutal fighting and the mountain-high, sea-filling onslaught of warships terrified everyone who dared watch, including the crews of several hidden vessels.
The Ordo Xenos had initially believed they could tip the scales of this war. But once their probes entered the star system, they discovered they were wrong-spectacularly wrong. Inquisitor Collins had not simply been scared out of his wits. His descriptions had actually fallen far short of the war's current intensity.
The Inquisitors knew