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'''Mekboyz''' (also known as 'Mekaniaks' or just 'Meks') are especially important to [[Ork]] [[OddboyzKult of Speed]], as they maintain their prodigious amount of bikes and are the engineers who build all the gunz, vehicles, and other machinery used by the Orks. [[File:Bigmek-tellyportblasta.png|thumb|350px|Bad Moon Big Mek{{Fn|51b}}]]
==Description and Variants=====Mekboy===Mekboyz are especially important to [[Speed Freeks]], as they maintain their prodigious amount Meks also oversee the use of bikes various powerful and vehicles. Important Mekboyz are exotic heavy weapons known collectively as [[Big MeksMek Gun]], who lead groups of lesser Mekboyz armed with all variety of kustom equipment and combi-weapons, sometimes even warbands or whole Waaaghs! armed with a better percentage of less than conventional orky weaponry. Mekboyz are an interesting example of the Ork race because their abilities with machinery are not a learned knowledge. It is less intelligence or skill, and more instinct, as their relative wealth of technological know-how is actually genetically engineered into them, and is expressed in their trademark crude and ramshackle style of building. Although incredible as it sounds, this knowledge at its peak actually surpasses the Imperium's technology levels. It should be noted that the bulk of their "technology" is so incredibly crude that its ability to function would apparently contravene not only common sense but the laws of physics as well; a given shoota is, more than likely, literally slapped together out of scrap metal, leaving it by rights incapable of firing. That it works at all is testament to the power of the Ork Waaagh!, as it's peculiar psychic field allows them to bypass the physical impossibilities that would ordinarily render their gear useless or broken, simply via belief. Within limits, if an Ork believes a particular gun is working and pulls the trigger, it will fire. Although this doesn't mean that anything will do, and Mekboys create what conceptually might be relatively close to their intended weapon or wargearz. {{Fn|9}}
The power of the [[Waaagh!]] gives the item that extra push it needs to operate. Mekboys are therefore critical to the maintenance of Ork technology not only physically, but psychically as well, as they can instill sufficient credibility in the Waaaagh! regarding a given device to get it actually working. A related version of this system is why "da red wunz go fasta".==Variants==<center><gallery>===Spanna Boy===File:Retribution Mekboy.png|*{{FnMain|Spanna Boy}}File:Mekboy by Mark Gibbons'''Spanna Boyz''' are Orks who have a natural inclination with the "worky bits" of guns, buggies, and Ork technology in general.JPG|{{Fn|}}File:7e-MekboyAs they grow older Spannerz become drawn to '''Mekboyz''' and work under them as an apprentice of sorts.jpg|Mek{{Fn|3}}File:Mek KMB.jpg|{{Fn|}}File:EWG Mekboy.jpg|{{Fn|}}File:WTO Mekboy.jpg|{{Fn|}}File:Mekboys designing Snazzgun.jpg|{{Fn|}}File:Ia8Every Spanner hopes of one day becoming a fully-fledged Mekboythemselves.jpg|{{Fn|}}Mekaniaks-old-miniEven though they are working by instinct alone, Spannerz can usually keep buggies, traks, and bikes working.jpg|1st Edition Meks{{Fn|86}}</gallery></center>
*[[Kustom Mega Slugga]]*[[Kustom Mega-Blasta]]*[[Shokk Attack Gun]]*[[Tellyport Blasta]]*[[Kombi-Weapon]]*[[Slugga]]*[[Burna]]==Mek Wargear==*[[Killsaw]];Ork Technology*[[Power KlawBosspole]]*[[ChoppaMek's Tools]]{{Fn|4}}*[[Mega Armour]]{{Fn|7b}}
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*}}{{Clear}}==Images==<center><gallery>File:Retribution Mekboy.png|[[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution]] Mekboy artworkFile:Mekboy by Mark Gibbons.JPG|A Mekboy. (Illus. [[Mark Gibbons]])File:WTO Mekboy.jpg|Ork Mekboy with [[Grot Oiler]]File:Mekboys designing Snazzgun.jpg|A pair of Mekboys working on a [[Snazzgun]]File:Bigmek-fullcolour.jpg|Big Mek with [[Kustom Force Field]]</gallery></center> ==Miniatures======Big Meks====<center><gallery>BigMek2024.jpg|[[Big Mek]] (2024)File:ShokkNew.jpg|Big Mek with [[Shokk Attack Gun]] (2014)File:7e-bigmek-tellyportblasta.jpg|Big Mek in a [[Mega Armour]] with [[Tellyport Blasta]] (2014)File:7e-bigmek-kff.jpg|Big Mek in [[Mega Armour]] with [[Kustom Force Field]] (2014)File:Mek-boss-buzzgob.jpg|Mek-Boss (2010)File:bigmekshokk.jpg|A Big Mek wielding a [[Da MeklordShokk Attack Gun]](2008)*File:bigmekbosspole.jpg|A Big Mek with a [[Dregmek BlitzkartBosspole]](2008)File:bigmek.jpg|A Big Mek with a Kustom Force Field (2006)</gallery></center> ====Meks====<center><gallery>File:7e-Mekboy.jpg|Mekboy (2014)File:Mek KMB.jpg|Mekboy ([[Burna Boyz]] kit, 2008)Mekaniaks-old-mini.jpg|1st Edition Meks</gallery></center>
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''- Last words of [[Nazdakka Boomsnik]], Renowned Mekboy.''{{Cite this}}
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[[File:Bigmek-tellyportblasta.png|thumb|350px|[[Bad Moons]] Big Mek [[Mogrok]] with [[Tellyport Blasta]]{{Fn|5}}]]
'''Mekboyz''' (also known as 'Mekaniaks' or just 'Meks') are [[Ork]] [[Oddboyz]], and are the engineers who build all the gunz, vehicles, and other machinery used by the Orks.{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
===Place in Ork Culture===
Meks are 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 psychich energy of the Ork race manifest trough the building of great war machines, and a subsequent military rampage trough the galaxy.{{Fn|1c}}
===Ork Technology===
Mekboyz are an interesting example of the Ork race because their abilities with machinery are not a learned knowledge. It is less intelligence or skill, and more instinct, as their relative wealth of technological is expressed in their trademark crude and ramshackle style of building.{{Fn|1a}}
[[Image:Bigmek-fullcolour.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Ork Mek{{Fn|9}}]]
It should be noted that the bulk of their "technology" is so incredibly crude that its ability to function would apparently contravene not only common sense but the laws of physics as well; a given shoota is, more than likely, literally slapped together out of scrap metal, leaving it by rights incapable of firing.{{Fn|1a}}
That it works at all is testament to the power of the Ork Waaagh!, as its peculiar psychic field allows them to bypass the physical impossibilities that would ordinarily render their gear useless or broken, simply via belief. Within limits, if an Ork believes a particular gun is working and pulls the trigger, it will fire. Although this doesn't mean that anything will do, and Mekboys create what conceptually might be relatively close to their intended weapon or wargear.{{Fn|1a}}
The power of the [[#Waaagh.21_as_a_Psychic_Field|Waaagh!]] gives the item that extra push it needs to operate. Mekboys are therefore critical to the maintenance of Ork technology not only physically, but psychically as well, as they can instill sufficient credibility in the Waaaagh! regarding a given device to get it actually working. A related version of this system is why "da red wunz go fasta".{{Cite this}}
===Big Mek===
'''Big Meks''' are stronger, more powerful [[Mekboy]]s Mekboys who have, over time, gathered a following of Mekboys and acolytes. Their mastery of technology is unsurpassed and are often seen with forcefields protecting them and their creations.<center><gallery>File:Bigmek-fullcolour.jpg|Big Mek with [[Kustom Force Field]]{{Fn|63}}File:Big Mek DoW.jpg|Warbosses do not tolerate such rivals and will very often threaten Big Mek with [[Tellyporta]]{{Fn|}}File:bigmek.jpg|A Big Mek with a Kustom Force Field{{Fn|}}File:bigmekshokk.jpg|A Big Mek wielding a [[Shokk Attack Gun]] (4th Edition){{Fn|}}File:ShokkNew.jpg|Big Mek with [[Shokk Attack Gun]] (7th Edition)File:bigmekbosspole.jpg|A Big Mek with a Boss Pole{{Fn|}}File:7e-bigmek-tellyportblasta.jpg|Big Mek in a [[Mega Armour]] with [[Tellyport Blasta]]{{Fn|4}}File:7e-bigmek-kff.jpg|Big Mek in a [[Mega Armour]] with Meks into exile, where they will be hiring out their skills as [[Kustom Force FieldFreebooter]]z{{Fn|47}}</gallery></center>
===Mek-Boss===
'''Mek-Bosses''' are the biggest and most powerful Meks, whose inventiveness helped them design machines of war beyond any other Mek or Big Mek's, often acting as [[Warboss]]es in allowing them to rise to such a position of power has to lead their own [[Waaagh!#Waaagh.21_as_a_Group|Warband]].<center><gallery>File:Buzzgob.jpg|Mek-Boss{{Fn|}}File:Mek-boss-buzzgob.jpg|Mek-Boss{{Fn|5}}</gallery></center>
===Mek WargearMusicians===Meks have access to the most advanced wargear in any Ork warband, including[[Image:MekMusik.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A Mek Musician{{Fn|7a1d}}{{Fn]]'''Mek Musicians''' are Mekboyz who have a technical skill for playing, recording, sampling, synthesizing, mixing "musik". They often Warboss employers and greater Ork mobs with their musical acts, which often take the form of styles such as ''Rokk'', ''Evvy Mettal'', of the [[Goff]]-orientated [[Goffik Rok Band|7b}}Goffik Rok]]. They often blend the sound of gunfire, machinery, and explosions into their music and can construct great [[Gargant]] stages from which to play. Others prefer tamera nd more organic music, utilizing [[Squigpipe]]s. Mek Musicians often utilize [[Grot]] and other Ork performers in their acts. Some Mek Musicians even construct portable headphones and recording players so other Orks can listen to their works on the go.{{Fn|2c1d}}
*[[Cybork Body]]
*[[Grot Oiler]]{{Fn|4}}
*[[Kustom Force Field]]
*[[Shokk-Boosta]]
;Ranged Weapons
*[[Kustom Mega-Blasta]]{{Fn|7b}}
*[[Kustom Mega Slugga]]
*[[Shokk Attack Gun]]{{Fn|2b}}
*[[Tellyport Blasta]]{{Fn|7b}}
*[[Traktor Blasta]]
*[[Stikkbombs]]{{Fn|7a}}
;Melee Weapons
*[[Attack Squig]]
*[[BosspoleChoppa]]*[[Mek's Tools]] Meks also oversee the use of various powerful and exotic heavy weapons operated by [[Grotz]], known collectively as [[Mek Gun]]z.{{Fn|97a}} ==Mekboyz of different Ork *[[Ork Clan|Clan]]s==<center><gallery>File:Goff-mekboy.jpg|[[GoffsKillsaw]]{{Fn|7a}}File:Evilsunz-mekboy.jpg|*[[Evil SunzKustom Mega Slugga]]{{Fn|8b}}File:Of67-badmoon-mekboy.jpg|*[[Bad MoonsPower Klaw]]{{Fn|7b}}File:Snakebite-mekboy.jpg|[[Snakebites]]{{Fn|}}File:Bloodaxe-mekboy.jpg|*[[Blood AxesSlugga]]{{Fn|7a}}File:Deathskulls-mekboy.jpg|[[Deathskulls]]{{Fn|}}File:Of-renegade-mekboyz.jpg|[[Freebooter|Renegade]]{{Fn|}}</gallery></center>
==Notable Mekboyz==
*[[Baddkrasha]]
*[[Badlug]]
*[[Badmek Rezmekka]]{{Fn|77c}}
*[[Big Pyro]]
*[[Big Tanka]]
*[[Buzzkrank]]
*[[Buzzgob]] (Mek-Boss )*[[Da Orkganik Mekaniak]]*[[Da Meklord]]*[[BuzzgobDregmek Blitzkart]]
*[[Fragrak da Planetsmasha]]
*[[Gazrog]]
*[[Zarkit]]
*[[Zogbag]]
==Related ArticlesSee also==*[[Oddboy]]*[[Mek Guns]]*[[Mek's Tools]]
*[[Ork Technology]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|'''1}}''': [[CodexWaaargh: Orks (3rd Edition)]]**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 25-26**{{Cite thisEndn|1b}}: pg. 27**{{Endn|21c}}: pg. 63-64**{{Endn|1d}}: pg. 59*'''2''': [[Codex'Ere We Go: Orks (4th Edition)in Warhammer 40,000]]**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 1140 **{{Endn|2b}}: {{Cite this}}pg. 105 **{{Endn|2c3}}: [[Codex: Orks (3rd Edition)]], pg. 979*{{Endn|34}}: [http[Codex://wwwOrks (4th Edition)]], pg.games-workshop.com/en-WW/Mek GW website- Ork Mek]34*{{Endn|45}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/en-WW/Big[Imperial Armour Volume Eight -MekRaid on Kastorel-in-Mega-Armour GW website - Big Mek in Mega ArmourNovem]]*{{Endn|56}}: [[Gorkamorka: Da Uvver Book]], pg.22*'''7''': [[Codex: Orks (7th Edition)]]**{{Cite thisEndn|7a}}: pg. 56**{{Endn|67b}}: [[Sanctus Reach: Hour of the Wolf]] pg. 57*{{Endn|78}}: [[Codex: Orks (8th Edition)]] pg.131**{{Endn|7a8a}}: pg. 38**{{Endn|7b8b}}: pg. 94**{{Endn|88c}}: [['Ere We Go: Orks in Warhammer 40,000]], pg. 40 131*{{Endn|9}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140902102351/http://www.games-workshop.com:80/en-NLGB/MekSanctus-Reach-GunzHour-Smashaof-Gun the-Wolf-English Games Workshop Mek Gunz Smasha Gunwebstore : Sanctus Reach: Hour of the Wolf] (saved archive, last accessed 421/2107/202123)
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