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[[Image:OrkMob.jpg|thumb|right|250px|An Ork Mob{{Fn|6b}}]]
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'''Orks''' are a warlike, crude, and highly aggressive green-skinned [[Xenos]] race. Orks are the dominant subspecies of the [[OrkoidsOrkoid]]s, which includes the smaller [[Gretchin]] and [[Snotling]]s. Although their society is entirely primitive and brutal, the Orkoid race is also the most successful species in the whole galaxy, spread throughout the galaxy and outnumbering possibly every other race. However, due to this aggressive and warlike nature, the massive race is split into hundreds of tiny empires, warring as much between themselves as against other races. In the purely theoretical event all the Orks were to unite, they would undoubtedly crush all opposition.
==History==
*[[Flash Git]]z: Nobz equipped with the most exotic and expensive ranged weapons
*[[Cybork]]s: Nobz who, either by choice or due to injury, have been extensively surgically altered by a [[Painboy]]
*[[Nob BikerBikerz]]z: Nobz who ride into battle on [[Ork Warbike|Warbike]]s
====Boyz====
*[[Loota]]z: Orks equipped with the heaviest weapons that they can find and who specialise in scavenging equipment from the battlefield or enemy camps.
*[[Stormboyz]]: Orks equipped with [[Jump Pack]]s, they are often young Orks with an uncharacteristic disciplined streak.
*[[Biker BoyBoyz]]z: Speed-loving Orks riding Warbikes
===Religion===
===Language===
{{Main|Ork Language}}
Orks speak their own language. It is very crude and has many dialects varying across the galaxy. Often it incorporates loan words from other languages, including [[Imperial ]] [[Gothic]].{{Cite This}} Writing is beyond the abilities of most greenskins, but they do use a limited range of pictograms and glyphs for, among other things, drawing crude maps.{{Fn|7}}
==Technology==
{{main|Ork Armoury}}
[[Image:Ork War Trukk.jpg|300px|thumb|An image of an Ork War Trukk]]
Ork "teknologee" appears ramshackle and slapped-together, but is as potent as any weaponry used by the [[Imperium]]. Ork technology is characterised by a constant stream of poorly thought-out experimentation and constantly trying to outdo the competition to build the biggest gun, the largest [[Gargant]], or the fastest [[Warbuggy]]. Therefore Ork technology is not uniform, lending Ork Warbands a cobbled together and random appearance. Ork Mekboyz are specialists in the field of producing powerful [[Ork Force Field|Force Field]]s that can protect against damage, and at battlefield improvisation of repairs. They can salvage almost any burnt-out wreck, and many Ork vehicles have been reported destroyed dozens of times, only to be cobbled back together, given a fresh lick of paint (if even that), and sent back into the fray. The tough, resilient nature of Orks means they accept crude [[bionic]] enhancements, transplants, and other medical shenanigans being performed on them with ease.
==Orks in the Galaxy==
*Mighty Mangler of Bork{{Fn|2}}
*Warchief of Alsanta{{Fn|2}}
*The [[Arch-Arsonist ]] of [[Charadon]]{{Fn|2}}*[[Garshul ]] the Destroyer]]{{Fn|3}} (Possessed by a Daemon)
===Others===
