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*''[[Sin of Damnation]]'' - Genestealer infested, assaulted by the [[Blood Angels]] in the board game [[Space Hulk (Board Game)|Space Hulk]], and the [[Dark Angels]] in the 1993 video game ''[[Space Hulk (video game)|Space Hulk]]''.{{Fn|4}}{{Fn|5}}
 
*''[[Sin of Damnation]]'' - Genestealer infested, assaulted by the [[Blood Angels]] in the board game [[Space Hulk (Board Game)|Space Hulk]], and the [[Dark Angels]] in the 1993 video game ''[[Space Hulk (video game)|Space Hulk]]''.{{Fn|4}}{{Fn|5}}
 
*''[[Spawn of Damnation]]'' - Overrun with [[genestealer]]s and [[ork]]s that menaced several Imperial Worlds, until it was interdicted by the [[Reclaimers]] [[Chapter]] and [[Commissar]] [[Ciaphas Cain]].{{Fn|7}}{{Fn|8}}
 
*''[[Spawn of Damnation]]'' - Overrun with [[genestealer]]s and [[ork]]s that menaced several Imperial Worlds, until it was interdicted by the [[Reclaimers]] [[Chapter]] and [[Commissar]] [[Ciaphas Cain]].{{Fn|7}}{{Fn|8}}
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*''[[Unseen]]'' - Used by the [[Alpha Legion]] [[Chaos Warband|Warband]] the '[[Ghost Legion]]' as a base of operations in the [[Ultima Segmentum]] {{Fn|19}}
 
*''[[Wurld Killa]]'' - Infested by [[Ork]]s.  Crashed into [[Armageddon]]
 
*''[[Wurld Killa]]'' - Infested by [[Ork]]s.  Crashed into [[Armageddon]]
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*''[[Unseen]]'' - Used by the [[Alpha Legion]] [[Chaos Warband|Warband]] the '[[Ghost Legion]]' as a base of operations in the [[Ultima Segmentum]] {{Fn|19}}
 
  
 
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Revision as of 13:34, 4 May 2024

Targetdrone.gif This article is about the massive space debris. For other uses of Space Hulk, see Space Hulk (disambiguation).
Space Marine ship alongside the space hulk Sin of Damnation

A space hulk is a massive conglomeration of lost ships and wrecks fused together. They drift through space and in and out of the warp and during the millennia the lost ships join together into one enormous body. Frequently, they are so huge that they have their own atmosphere and gravity. Since the hulks often exit and re-enter the warp seemingly at random, searching or traveling in them is dangerous in the extreme.[4]

Overview

Ork space hulk

The Imperial Navy, and all Imperial forces and authorities as a whole, have standard orders to survey such objects and to report their location. The hulks consist of ships and items of technology millennia old and the recoverable technology can be of immense value to the Imperium, and especially to the Adeptus Mechanicus, thus elite Imperial forces are sent aboard to clear out infestations. Depending on the strategic situation (availability of troops, proximity to vital Imperial star systems, safety margins, etc), Space Marines are sent to purge the hulk of any alien infestations.[4]

Space hulks are dangerous, as they are commonly used as a means of transport by certain unsophisticated factions. Orks, Genestealers, and Chaos renegades use them occasionally to invade other worlds. As the warp jump of space hulks is essentially made in a random direction this gives them the advantage of surprise.[4]

Therefore the mission of boarding space hulks is extremely dangerous and normally entrusted to Terminators, the Chapters' most experienced elite who are heavily armed and armoured. In some cases this is an impossible task, due to too-powerful enemy resistance, too few available Imperial troops, too close to vital systems, etc. In such cases, the bombardment and total destruction of the hulk is the only viable alternative.[4]

Space hulks are huge and durable, as even Nova Cannon blasts are not enough to cause significant damage.[1]

Notable space hulks

Main article: List of Space Hulks

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