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|quote = '''''"Da best shoota I eva made, dat iz. Loadza barrulz, so dat it’s ded shooty. ‘Sept dat wun, ‘cos dat’s da skorcha, dat’s burny insted. Yeah, good an’ propa. An’ da bullitz is ‘splosiv...dey goez boom inna fings wot you’z shootin.’ An’ dat button dere...dat’s da best bit. Wot it duz, see, iz...iz...oh, zog. Nah, its nuffin’ boss. Nah, you’z don’t need ta see wot dat button duz...‘onist. Don’t push it!"'''''
|source = ''- Last words of [[Nazdakka Boomsnik]], Renowned Mekboy.''{{Cite this}}
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==Overview==
Mekboyz are Orks with a natural and innate genetic gift for engineering and building things, nearly all of which have a deadly battlefield application. However , they are jovially imprecise craftsmen, content to weld, rivertrivet, and hammer away at chunks of scrap until they have something resembling a working gun or [[Bionik]] leg. As a result of this individualistic and unplanned approach, Ork technology develops in a ramshackle and exploratory way. This suits Meks just fine, and the weaponry they create can easily be just as deadly as the more aesthetically pleasing weapons of the [[TauT'au]] or [[Eldar]].{{Fn|8a}}
Mekboyz are an essential part of every warband, as without them vehicles and spacecrafts spacecraft would no longer keep running and the Orks will would never be able to mount a proper [[Waaagh!]]. As such, lower-ranked Mek apprentices known as [[Spanners]] often lead mobs of [[Loota]]s and [[Burna Boy]]z, going around any Ork settlement or ship and keeping all their technology in the greenskin equivalent of working order. Meanwhile, [[Warboss]]es and [[Nob]]z who want a new [[Battlewagon]] or weapon go directly to a Mek and commission him to build it then and there in their personal worskhopworkshop{{Fn|8a}}, using [[Teef]], scrap, or the opportunity for an interesting field test as incentive.{{Fn|10}} In a scrap, Mekz will themselves take to the field in battle, wielding a variety of crude but exotic and high-tech weaponry.{{Fn|8a}}
Meks are one of the spiritual leaders of Ork society, as they are at the heart of the spontaneous psychic event know as the [[Waa-Ork]], which sees the [[psychic]] energy of the Ork race manifest trough the building of [[Gargant|great war machines]], and a subsequent military rampage trough the galaxy.{{Fn|1c}}
===Big Mek===
'''Big Meks''' are stronger, more powerful Mekboys who have, over time, gathered a following of Mekboys and acolytes. Their mastery of technology is unsurpassed and they are often seen with [[Kustom Forcefield|forcefields ]] protecting them and their creations while wielding bizarre yet devastating weaponry, such as the [[Shokk Attack Gun]] or [[Tellyporta Blasta]].{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|8a}}
A Warboss will not often tolerate a Mekboss as a rival and will very often threaten them into exile, where they will be hiring out their skills as [[Freebooter]]z.{{Fn|7}}
