[[File:Bigmek-tellyportblasta.png|thumb|250px|[[Bad Moons]] Big Mek [[Mogrok]] with [[Tellyport Blasta]]{{Fn| width="75%" align="center"7}}]]|align="center"|'''Da best shoota I eva made, dat iz. Loadza barrulz, so dat it’s ded shooty. ‘Sept dat wunMekboyz''' (also known as 'Mekaniaks' or just 'Meks') are [[Ork]] [[Oddboyz]], ‘cos dat’s da skorchaand are the engineers who build all the gunz, dat’s burny insted. Yeahvehicles, good an’ propa. An’ da bullitz is ‘splosiv.and other machinery used by the Orks..dey goez boom inna fings wot you’z shootin.’ An’ dat button dere...dat’s da best bit. Wot it duz, see, iz...iz...oh, zog. Nah, its nuffin’ boss. Nah, you’z don’t need ta see wot dat button duz...‘onist. Don’t push it! '''Last words of Nazdakka Boomsnik, Renowned Mekboy{{Fn|1}}|}

'''==Overview==Mekboyz''' (also known as 'Mekaniaks' are Orks with a natural and innate genetic gift for engineering and building things, nearly all of which have a deadly battlefield application. However, they are jovially imprecise craftsmen, content to weld, rivet, and hammer away at chunks of scrap until they have something resembling a working gun or just 'Meks') are [[Ork]] [[OddboyzBionik]]leg. As a result of this individualistic and unplanned approach, Ork technology develops in a ramshackle and exploratory way. This suits Meks just fine, and are the engineers who build all weaponry they create can easily be just as deadly as the gunz, vehicles, and other machinery used by more aesthetically pleasing weapons of the Orks. [[File:Bigmek-tellyportblastaT'au]] or [[Eldar]].png|thumb|350px|Bad Moon Big Mek{{Fn|58a}}]]

==Description and Variants=====Mekboy===Mekboyz are especially important an essential part of every warband, as without them vehicles and spacecraft would no longer keep running and the Orks would never be able to mount a proper [[Speed FreeksWaaagh!]]. As such, lower-ranked Mek apprentices known as they maintain [[Spanners]] often lead mobs of [[Loota]]s and [[Burna Boy]]z, going around any Ork settlement or ship and keeping all their technology in the greenskin equivalent of working order. Meanwhile, [[Warboss]]es and [[Nob]]z who want a new [[Battlewagon]] or weapon go directly to a Mek and commission him to build it then and there in their prodigious amount personal workshop{{Fn|8a}}, using [[Teef]], scrap, or the opportunity for an interesting field test as incentive.{{Fn|10}} In a scrap, Mekz will themselves take to the field in battle, wielding a variety of bikes crude but exotic and vehicleshigh-tech weaponry. Important Mekboyz {{Fn|8a}} Meks are one of the spiritual leaders of Ork society, as they are at the heart of the spontaneous psychic event known as the [[Big MeksWaa-Ork]], who lead groups which sees the [[psychic]] energy of lesser Mekboyz armed with all variety the Ork race manifest through the building of kustom equipment [[Gargant|great war machines]], and combi-weapons, sometimes even warbands or whole Waaaghs! armed with a better percentage of less than conventional orky weaponrysubsequent military rampage through the galaxy. {{Fn|1c}} ===Ork Technology===Mekboyz are an interesting example of the Ork race because their abilities with machinery are not a learned knowledge. It is less intelligence or skill, and more instinct, as their relative wealth of technological know-how is actually genetically engineered into them, and is expressed in their trademark crude and ramshackle style of building. Although incredible as it sounds, this knowledge at its peak actually surpasses the Imperium's technology levels{{Fn|1a}}[[Image:Bigmek-fullcolour. jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ork Mek{{Fn|9}}]]It should be noted that the bulk of their "technology" is so incredibly crude that its ability to function would apparently contravene not only common sense but the laws of physics as well; a given shoota is, more than likely, literally slapped together out of scrap metal, leaving it by rights incapable of firing. {{Fn|1a}} That it works at all is testament to the power of the Ork Waaagh!, as it's its peculiar psychic field allows them to bypass the physical impossibilities that would ordinarily render their gear useless or broken, simply via belief. Within limits, if an Ork believes a particular gun is working and pulls the trigger, it will fire. Although this doesn't mean that anything will do, and Mekboys create what conceptually might be relatively close to their intended weapon or wargear. {{Fn|1a}} The power of the [[#Waaagh.21_as_a_Psychic_Field|Waaagh!]] gives the item that extra push it needs to operate. Mekboys are therefore critical to the maintenance of Ork technology not only physically, but psychically as well, as they can instill instil sufficient credibility in the Waaaagh! regarding a given device to get it actually working. A related version of this system is why "da red wunz go fasta".<center><gallery>File:Retribution Mekboy.png|{{Fn|4b}}File:Mekboy by Mark Gibbons.JPG|{{Fn|}}File:7e-MekboyMekboyz are especially important to [[Kult of Speed]], as they maintain their prodigious amount of bikes and vehicles.jpg|Mek{{Fn|31b}}File:Meks also oversee the use of various powerful and exotic heavy weapons known collectively as [[Mek KMBGun]]z.jpg|{{Fn|9}}File:EWG Mekboy.jpg|==Variants=====Spanna Boy==={{Fnmain|Spanna Boy}}File:WTO Mekboy'''Spanna Boyz''' are Orks who have a natural inclination with the "worky bits" of guns, buggies, and Ork technology in general.jpg|{{Fn|}}File:Mekboys designing SnazzgunAs they grow older Spannerz become drawn to Mekboyz and work under them as an apprentice of sorts.jpg|{{Fn|}}File:Ia8Every Spanner hopes of one day becoming a fully-fledged Mekboythemselves. Even though they are working by instinct alone, Spannerz can usually keep buggies, traks, and bikes working.jpg|{{Fn|6}}</gallery></center>

'''Big Meks''' are stronger, more powerful [[Mekboy]]s Mekboys who have, over time, gathered a following of Mekboys and acolytes. Their mastery of technology is unsurpassed and they are often seen with [[Kustom Forcefield|forcefields ]] protecting them and their creations.<center><gallery>File:Bigmek-fullcolour.jpg|Big Mek with while wielding bizarre yet devastating weaponry, such as the [[Kustom Force FieldShokk Attack Gun]]{{Fn|6}}File:Big Mek DoW.jpg|Big Mek with or [[TellyportaBlasta]]{{Fn|}}File:bigmek.jpg|A Big Mek with a Kustom Force Field{{Fn|3}}File:bigmekshokk.jpg|A Big Mek wielding a [[Shokk Attack Gun]] (4th Edition){{Fn|8a}}File:ShokkNew.jpg|Big Mek with [[Shokk Attack Gun]] (7th Edition)File:bigmekbosspole.jpg|A Big Mek with Warboss will not often tolerate a Boss Pole{{Fn|}}File:7e-bigmek-tellyportblasta.jpg|Big Mek in Mekboss as a rival and will very often threaten them into exile, where they will be hiring out their skills as [[Mega Armour]] with [[Tellyport BlastaFreebooter]]{{Fn|4}}File:7e-bigmek-kffz.jpg|Big Mek in a [[Mega Armour]] with [[Kustom Force Field]]{{Fn|47}}</gallery></center>

'''Mek-Bosses''' are the biggest and most powerful Meks, whose inventiveness helps them design machines of war beyond any other Mek or Big Mek's, often acting as [[Warboss]]es in allowing them to rise to such a position of power has to lead their own [[Waaagh!#Waaagh.21 as a Group|Warband]].{{Fn|5a}}<center><gallery>File===Mek Musicians===[[Image:BuzzgobMekMusik.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A Mek-BossMusician{{Fn|1d}}]]File:'''MekMusicians''' are Mekboyz who have a technical skill for playing, recording, sampling, synthesizing, mixing "musik". They often Warboss employers and greater Ork mobs with their musical acts, which often take the form of styles such as ''Rokk'', ''Evvy Mettal'', of the [[Goff]]-boss-buzzgoborientated [[Goffik Rok Band|Goffik Rok]]. They often blend the sound of gunfire, machinery, and explosions into their music and can construct great [[Gargant]] stages from which to play. Others prefer tamer and more organic music, utilizing [[Squigpipe]]s. Mek Musicians often utilize [[Grot]] and other Ork performers in their acts.jpg|Some Mek-BossMusicians even construct portable headphones and recording players so other Orks can listen to their works on the go.{{Fn|1d}}</gallery></center>

==Mekboyz of different Ork [[Ork Clan|Clan]]sMek Wargear==<center><gallery>File[[Image:Goff-mekboyBuzzgob.jpg|Mek-Boss|thumb|200px|Mek-Boss [[GoffsBuzzgob]]{{Fn|5b}}]]File:Evilsunz-mekboy.jpg;Ork Technology*[[Bosspole]]*[[Mega Armour]]{{Fn|7b}}*[[Evil SunzCybork Body]]*[[Grot Oiler]]{{Fn|4a}}File:Of67*[[Kustom Force Field]]*[[Shokk-badmoon-mekboy.jpg|Boosta]];Ranged Weapons*[[Bad MoonsSlugga]]{{Fn|7a}}File:Snakebite*[[Kustom Mega-mekboy.jpgBlasta]]{{Fn|7b}}*[[SnakebitesKustom Mega Slugga]]*[[Shokk Attack Gun]]{{Fn|2b}}File:Bloodaxe-mekboy.jpg*[[Tellyport Blasta]]{{Fn|7b}}*[[Blood AxesTraktor Blasta]]*[[Stikkbombs]]{{Fn|7a}}File:Deathskulls-mekboy.jpg;Melee Weapons*[[Mek's Tools]]{{Fn|4a}}*[[Attack Squig]]*[[DeathskullsChoppa]]{{Fn|7a}}File:Of-renegade-mekboyz.jpg*[[Killsaw]]{{Fn|7a}}*[[Freebooter|RenegadePower Klaw]]{{Fn|7b}}</gallery></center>

{{main|;''[[List of Ork Oddboyz#Mekboyz|Main article: List of Mekboyz]]''{{Columns-list|Columns=2|Font-size=|Content=*[[Baddkrasha]]*[[Badlug]]*[[Badmek Rezmekka]]{{Fn|7c}}*[[OrkimedesBig Pyro]]*[[Wazdakka GutsmekBig Tanka]]*[[Buzzkrank]]*[[Buzzgob]] (Mek-Boss ){{Fn|5a}}*[[Da Orkganik Mekaniak]]*[[BuzzgobDa Meklord]]*[[Dregmek Blitzkart]]

*[[BadlugOrkimedes]]*[[BaddkrashaTankskrappa]]*[[BuzzkrankWazdakka Gutsmek]]

*[[Big Pyro]]*[[Lockjaw]]*[[Big Tanka]]*[[GazrogZarkit]]

==Related ArticlesMiniatures==*====Big Meks====<center><gallery mode="nolines" heights=200 widths=200>BigMek2024.jpg|[[OddboyBig Mek]](2024)*File:ShokkNew.jpg|Big Mek with [[Shokk Attack Gun]] (2014)File:7e-bigmek-tellyportblasta.jpg|Big Mek's Toolsin [[Mega Armour]]with [[Tellyport Blasta]] (2014)File:7e-bigmek-kff.jpg|Big Mek in [[Mega Armour]] with [[Kustom Force Field]] (2014)File:Mek-boss-buzzgob.jpg|[[Forge World (Company)|Forge World]] Mek-Boss (2010)File:bigmekshokk.jpg|A Big Mek wielding a [[Shokk Attack Gun]] (2008)File:bigmekbosspole.jpg|A Big Mek with a [[Bosspole]] (2008)File:bigmek.jpg|A Big Mek with a Kustom Force Field (2006)</gallery></center> ====Meks====<center><gallery mode="nolines" heights=200 widths=200>File:7e-Mekboy.jpg|Mekboy (2014)File:Mek KMB.jpg|Mekboy ([[Burna Boyz]] kit, 2008)Mekaniaks-old-mini.jpg|[[1st Edition]] Meks</gallery></center> ==See also==

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