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An '''Attack Moon''' was the [[Imperial]] designation for a class of massive [[Ork]] vessels encountered during the [[Great Crusade]] and the [[War of the Beast]].
==Overview==
One of the earliest encounters of an Attack Moon by the Imperium occured during the [[Great Crusade]] at the [[Taras Division]] by the [[XVIII Legion]].{{Fn|8}} The [[Primarch]] [[Vulkan]] himself would lead a task force inside a [[Termite]] drill to bore into the very core of the Attack Moon in order to defeat it.{{Fn|8a}} As 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}} Its arrival from subspace could take some time, and nearby planets were wracked with gravity and geological catastrophes,{{Fn|1a}} sometimes even torn apart.{{Fn|2a}}
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|2a}}
**{{Endn|6b}}: Chapter 22
*{{Endn|7}}: [[The Last Son of Dorn (Novel)]], Chapter 12
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Vulkan: Lord of Drakes (Novel)]], Chapter 1
**{{Endn|8a}}: Chapter 5
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