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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}} Roks control their descent by random discharges of modified [[force field]]s, reversing polarity charges at the molecular level. It is unknown if this technology was developed by the Orks themselves or simply looted from other sources. This force field, in combination with modified [[Traktor Kannon|traktor beams]], produces a pressure bow-wave extending for over 420 kilometres and a temperature of over 159 degrees above the surface mean during the descent operation, resulting in a crater ten metres deep, coated in a silicon-based layer. This crater provides additional stability for the rock, at least until its support structures, consisting of thousands of automatically adjusting spike-tipped anchors, are deployed, allowing the Rok to disperse its cargo by a series of hydraulic ramps.{{Fn|9}} Ross can transport vast numbers of infantry, large vehicles and even [[gargant]]s, with one example deploying at least eight and perhaps carried as many as seventeen more. This Rok was also armed with massive weapons arrays, featuring [[Missile Launcher|missile launchers]], [[Lascannon|las-cannons]] and other large scale weapons.{{Fn|9}}
It is known that any system containing Orks will quickly gather a large number of Roks as they are "built" at a startling rate. Roks come in a variety of classifications, such as standard ''Roks'', larger ''Big Roks'', and massive ''Mega Roks''.{{Fn|8}}
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Predator, Prey (Novel)]] Chapter 1
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2]]
*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Battle for Armageddon (Background Book)]], pgs. 80-81
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