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==Overview==
The flagships of the [[Warboss]] known only as [[The Beast]], an Attack Moon was a hollowed out planetoid that traveled via transitioning into the [[Materium]] from a realm known as "subspace".{{Fn|1e}} It's Its arrival from subspace could take some time, and nearby planets were wracked with gravity and geological catastrophes.{{Fn|1a}} Attack Moons were constructed through a complicated process of placing one gravitic nexus into orbit and another on the surface of a planet, which would send the contents of the doomed world into space to be reformed into a massive space vessel.{{Fn|5}}
Once in-system, the Attack Moon would "recharge" by shattering and consuming worlds via powerful tractor beams.{{Fn|1b}} The largest feature of the Ork Moon was an enormous snarling face, which could move and even speak in sync with the will of The Beast.{{Fn|1b}} In truth, the Attack Moon was neither a true sphere or an independently operating vessel. It was simply the end-point for the Ork subspace tunnel dubbed a "Waaagh! Gate" by the greenskins.{{Fn|1c}} This allowed it to employ endless waves of Orks warships and landing craft.{{Fn|1d}} The main weapon of the Attack Moon was a "gravitic whip", a massive gravity weapon that would decimate entire squadrons of [[Cruiser]]s and crush even [[Battleship]]s in a single volley.{{Fn|2}}
Ominously for mankind, it appeared that the Orks operated several of these monstrosities{{Fn|2}}, whose technological sophistication dumbfounded even the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]].{{Fn|2b}} However several weaknesses did become apparent during the battle for [[Port Sanctus]]. The Moon's [[Void Shield]]s dropped after repeated firing of the gravitic whip, allowing for a desperate charge of half of [[Segmentum Solar]]'s fleet to destroy the moon's gravitic drives with [[Attack Craft]]. With it's its reactors destroyed, an attack moon immediately explodes.{{Fn|3}} If the moon itself could not be destroyed, the Waaagh! gate could be disabled to prevent further Ork reinforcements.{{Fn|4}}
Attack Moons were not purely machines of war, but rather simple experiments as the Orks sought to perfect their gravitic planetoid concept. The perfected method, the "Attack Planet" of [[Ullanor]], was intended to wipe out [[Terra]] while the Attack Moons acted as mere beacons for it's its travel.{{Fn|6}}
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