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*an encounter in the Kaloth system in 147.M41 when an [[Imperial]] [[cruiser]] force swept the region for pirates, leading to the destruction of seven enemy [[escort]] class ships, along with four Roks.{{Fn|2}}
*In 148.M41, twenty-one Roks were encountered by another expedition in the same system but were forced to disengage after the [[battlecruiser]] ''Stalwart Warrior'' suffered crippling damage in the battle, that nearly led to it being overwhelmed by Ork boarding parties.{{Fn|2}}
*886.M41, the [[Black Templars]] [[Fortress-monastery-fortress]] on the planet [[Solemnus]], is attacked by an Ork armada from the [[Blood Scar]] tribe. Withstanding an initial orbital bombardment, thanks to the fortress' shield generators, the fortress finally falls after a Rok crash lands near the fortress and fired its weapons at point-blank range. The fortress' shields are overloaded and collapse, allowing the Orks to invade and massacre the Black Templars within the keep.{{Fn|6}}
*In 997 or 998.M41, shortly before the outbreak of the [[Third War for Armageddon]], [[Ghazghkull Thraka]] sent seventeen Roks on a collision course with the Imperial World [[Palmeros]], forcing a hasty evacuation of the [[Imperial Guard]] Army Group Exolon{{Fn|3a}}. Most of the Army Group managed to escape the planet, but the majority of the planet's several billion civilians did not{{Fn|3b}}.
[[File:|thumb|350px|Ork Roks{{Fn|4}}]]
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine]] collectors edition artbook
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Crusade for Armageddon (Novel)]], Prologue, pgs. 20-21
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