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[[Image:OWP.jpg|thumb|right|An Orbital Weapons Platform<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}]]
'''Orbital Defense Platforms''' are orbiting [[Space Stations]] used by the [[Imperial Navy]] and [[Planetary Defense Force]]s for defense of a world against enemy spacecraft. They are deployed within a planet or moon's gravity well and are armed with a variety of weapons. The most sophisticated Orbital Defense Platforms, those used to defend [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] worlds and key planets, have no crew at all and use complex logic engines to detect and fire at enemy vessels that do not broadcast the correct identification codes.{{Fn|1}}