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Rok
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A '''Rok''' is a form of spaceship used by the [[Ork]]s, basically a large hollowed out asteroid fitted with guns, engines, guns, targeting systems and some more guns. Roks are incapable of [[warp]] travel and are used to drift from one world to another within a [[system]].{{Fn|1}}
It is known that any system containing Orks will quickly gather a large number of Roks as they are "built" at a startling rate.
== Notable Examples ==
*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]] 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}}.
*During the [[War of the Beast]], the Orks employed several planeload-sized Roks known as [[Attack Moon]]s.{{Fn|7}}
==Gallery==
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Orks (4th Edition)]], ppg.18
*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?community=&catId=cat1290319&categoryId=1100007&aId=4300022 Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Xenos Fleets], pg. 63
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Mercy Run (Short Story)]] by [[Steve Parker]] - — [[Hammer of the Emperor (Omnibus)]]):
**{{Endn|3a}}: pg. 17
**{{Endn|3b}}: pg. 16
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 162
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine]] collectors edition artbook
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Crusade for Armageddon (Novel)]], Prologue, pgs. 20-2120–21
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Predator, Prey (Novel)]] Chapter 1
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[[Category:Fleet (Orks)]]
[[Category:Naval Vessels]]
[[Category:Other Spacecraft]]