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The first gargant prototype: 'Stompa' class has rolled off of WG military production lines. The mini-gargant is 50 ft tall with reinforced armour. Due to the small size of the gargant, however, the energy shield generators were unable to fit inside of the war engine. The Stompa is built in the image of Gork and Mork the ork gods of Brutality and Cunnin' (though it is unsure which is which) Armament is:

*4 twin-linked 'Eavy Shootaz (High Calibur machine gunz)
*1 skorcha (fires napalmlike substance)
*1 Supa-Shoota (fires small/midsized tank rounds at high speeds)
*1 Turbo Zzap Gun (fires concentrated energy beam, does not have standard setting so every shot draws a random amount of power from core resulting in drastic variation of power, from simply setting flamable targets ablaze to cutting through solid metal and negating shields.)

The gargant is very resilent versus standard explosives and somewhat resilent versus lower-mid powered energy weapons. The only defect noted so far is that when uder heavy fire, the combustion-based engine has been known to set parts of the stompa ablaze...

WG mekz are hard at work on plans to create a Gargant proper, which will be the peak of the Ork gound forces (well actually the Mega-Gargant, and Great Gargant are superior....) This may be in the future however, as the imediate next goal of WG mekz are also testing their first interplanetary spacecraft, a non-armed exploratory craft.

The ground speed of the large walker is about 25 MPH. The tactical use of the Stompa is of mobile anti-infantry and assaulting fortified targets. When relocation is required, the stompa is placed on the back of a large wheeled vehicle and trucked to its next location.

OOC: I love Ork technology... well done.

OOC: No denying it, Orks rokk! :D
BTW, nice mekk. I'd offer to buy production rights if my nation wasn't piss poor... and if Orks knew how to pronounce 'proddukshun rites'. Hey, any chance I could 'recruit' a few Orks for some money? Our Guinean echidna population's growing a bit big, and they need a bit bashing... and Orks are just damn cool. :)

'Take note of this, Records department, we no longer are alone int he Titan department. The Orks have arived, we need to watch this situation for any further devolpments.'

Farseer Council deliberations.

OOC: No denying it, Orks rokk! :D
BTW, nice mekk. I'd offer to buy production rights if my nation wasn't piss poor... and if Orks knew how to pronounce 'proddukshun rites'. Hey, any chance I could 'recruit' a few Orks for some money? Our Guinean echidna population's growing a bit big, and they need a bit bashing... and Orks are just damn cool. :)

Yes, my nation is always willing to supply mercenaries to other nations. The pay rate is very cheap, because orks like fighting alot :lol:

klingons are better

klingons are better

Dunno about that. Klingons die when they take a round to the chest or neck. Maybe in some respects, but not in toughness.

OOC: No denying it, Orks rokk! :D
BTW, nice mekk. I'd offer to buy production rights if my nation wasn't piss poor... and if Orks knew how to pronounce 'proddukshun rites'. Hey, any chance I could 'recruit' a few Orks for some money? Our Guinean echidna population's growing a bit big, and they need a bit bashing... and Orks are just damn cool. :)

Yes, my nation is always willing to supply mercenaries to other nations. The pay rate is very cheap, because orks like fighting alot :lol:

OOC: Sorry Klingons, not a Trekkie fan. :wink:
Hmm, they're cheap because they like to fight a lot... Hmm, that'll be a problem since I'm a bit of a pacifist natured nation. Eh, I'm sure I can find a corner on my islands where they can fight those pesky giant Guinean man-eating (insert harmless animal name here) while off-duty :lol: . How many Orks could I get for... say... 100 thousand dollars?

OOC: No denying it, Orks rokk! :D
BTW, nice mekk. I'd offer to buy production rights if my nation wasn't piss poor... and if Orks knew how to pronounce 'proddukshun rites'. Hey, any chance I could 'recruit' a few Orks for some money? Our Guinean echidna population's growing a bit big, and they need a bit bashing... and Orks are just damn cool. :)

Yes, my nation is always willing to supply mercenaries to other nations. The pay rate is very cheap, because orks like fighting alot :lol:

OOC: Sorry Klingons, not a Trekkie fan. :wink:
Hmm, they're cheap because they like to fight a lot... Hmm, that'll be a problem since I'm a bit of a pacifist natured nation. Eh, I'm sure I can find a corner on my islands where they can fight those pesky giant Guinean man-eating (insert harmless animal name here) while off-duty :lol: . How many Orks could I get for... say... 100 thousand dollars?

As a peaceful nation, you should definately *not* have orks around. Their presance practically guarantees that there *will* be violence of some kind. Orks just love fighting so much....

As for payrate. The equivalent of 20 american dollars a day is usually sufficient for ork mercs.

As a peaceful nation, you should definately *not* have orks around. Their presance practically guarantees that there *will* be violence of some kind. Orks just love fighting so much....

As for payrate. The equivalent of 20 american dollars a day is usually sufficient for ork mercs.

Eh, I guess you're right. Maybe if there comes a time when I'm in war I could hire a few mercs (unless you're up against me :shock: ). However, I'll wire you 100 thousand dollars anyway so you can develop more kickass mechs and I can buy their production rights once I'm out of the n00b zone. :) Until then!

1 of my AT-AT's could destroy that POS

Yeah but your AT-AT will get eaten by his mekboy gargant once he gets around to biulding one.


Now the mega gargant, that is one hilarious unit esspecially the kroozre missiles. Just a shame that Emperor titans can kill one each turn (if they get lucky).
but nothing beets the original Beetle back Warlord titan for pure class.

Agreed. Used to have 1 of 'em. I really like the Imperator class, though.

i belive the Imperator was just one example of the emperor class (it was only official one released despite promises in the titan legions rule book of more to come, but they did relent and give us the warmonger kit from forge world after they redid epic and began adeptus titanicus 2).

The Stompa is built in the image of Gork and Mork the ork gods of Brutality and Cunnin' (though it is unsure which is which)

A Message from Bad Boss Grim Gull Stragga:- Grrr :evil:

Translation from a human slave:- HOW CAN SO MANY PEOPLE REPLY TO THIS AND NOT POINT OUT THAT GORK IS VIOLENCE AND MORK IS CUNNING!!!! Call yourself Orks! pah! A Grot is more Orkie than you pink fleshy oomies! :x

Nope they are gods of cunning and brutality:
One is Brutally cunning and the uther is cunningly brutal, but noone knows with absolute certainaty which is which who is who (although if you look at what you each head types gives you a clue can be found).


Crookfur- Reformed 40kaholic.

WG, good to see yet another 40k race. I have a space based Tau nation. If you ever want to give wargames a try, let me know. I wanna see how this can stand up to Hammerhead gunships firing railguns, or indeed 25 Broadside battlesuits.

Bah silly tau!! i remeber the day when tyranids and Space wolves were new!!!! (it was the 1st edt space wolf stuff that got printed in WD that really got me into 40k).

Anyway stompa's are fairly small, quite a bit smaller than knights in fact.

Now if you want a shooty army get the squats ;) (shame GW decided to bugger them in favour of space undead and silly anime rubbish).

Nope. Sorry Crookfur. Best army has to be the newer rules Blood Angels. Strategy goes right out the window and the whole army tries to rip the enemy a new ass hole with their bare hands.

I never had a Tau army, but had about a 10,000 point Blood Angels army.

Space Marines rock.

Nope they are gods of cunning and brutality:
One is Brutally cunning and the uther is cunningly brutal, but noone knows with absolute certainaty which is which who is who (although if you look at what you each head types gives you a clue can be found).


Crookfur- Reformed 40kaholic.


OK Mr "I Play 3rd edition" n00b! I'll give you brutally cunning and cunningly brutal but it is Gork who is the most brutal just and Mork who is the most cunning. Its like 'dreds, unless you can tell which one is shooty and killy and which one is killy and shooty then your not a proper Ork...

Also a stompa is not a gargant!

Please not this is coming from a guy who has played since 2nd ed, read the 3rd edition rule book cover to cover seven times (twice in a row) and has been reading WD since issue 208 (thats the release of epic). However I have not played by 2+ years so I won't get to far up my high horse but I'm fairly sure I'm right.

Future tech?

Haha be careful who you call A 3rd edt player my freind.


Oh look the release of Epic 40k! how about the original release of space marine? or the original adeptus titanicus rules for the reaver and warhound? or better yet the instructions to biuld your own 40k baneblade and blitz wagon?

I never played Orks much (bar as fodder for the heavy bolters for other people using my sucessive space marine, imp gaurd, inqusition and khorne armies). i never really got into 3rd edt much and didn't take too kindly to the new "nasty" orks (i liked the sheer insanity from freeboterz and Ere we Go etc much better, Storm boyz of Khonre were rather fun).


Ok i'll put away my beard now

and McLeod03 i never really got into blood angels (god they have changed from the days of the tactical genisus from the 2nd armageddon war) i got tired of space marines when the first decent chaos stuff arrived.

i never cared for what was good but what was cool (hence the necromunda gang with the missile launcher...)

Well i startd in 2nd Edition, so had blood angels from teh start, and realised how fking hard they really are when i fielded an entire army (about 2,500 pts) of Death Company in a three-way battle. Slaughtered anything else on the table, and i really had no control over them. They just kept going forward.

Future tech?

Yes. And no. A gargant is a giant war machine from the 41st milenium (sp I know sorry).

Well i startd in 2nd Edition, so had blood angels from teh start, and realised how fking hard they really are when i fielded an entire army (about 2,500 pts) of Death Company in a three-way battle. Slaughtered anything else on the table, and i really had no control over them. They just kept going forward.

Now THATS a beard! 2500pts of DEATH COMPANY! WTF!

Well i startd in 2nd Edition, so had blood angels from teh start, and realised how fking hard they really are when i fielded an entire army (about 2,500 pts) of Death Company in a three-way battle. Slaughtered anything else on the table, and i really had no control over them. They just kept going forward.

Now THATS a beard! 2500pts of DEATH COMPANY! WTF!

There were house rules in an ancient White Dwarf for a n entirely DC army. I tried them out. THe other two didn't thnk i'd win. I took one chaplain, they shot him with a Vindicare. The DC went insane and just hacked through an entire Guard army, and then an Ork army.

Haha be careful who you call A 3rd edt player my freind.


Oh look the release of Epic 40k! how about the original release of space marine? or the original adeptus titanicus rules for the reaver and warhound? or better yet the instructions to biuld your own 40k baneblade and blitz wagon?

I never played Orks much (bar as fodder for the heavy bolters for other people using my sucessive space marine, imp gaurd, inqusition and khorne armies). i never really got into 3rd edt much and didn't take too kindly to the new "nasty" orks (i liked the sheer insanity from freeboterz and Ere we Go etc much better, Storm boyz of Khonre were rather fun).


Ok i'll put away my beard now

and McLeod03 i never really got into blood angels (god they have changed from the days of the tactical genisus from the 2nd armageddon war) i got tired of space marines when the first decent chaos stuff arrived.

i never cared for what was good but what was cool (hence the necromunda gang with the missile launcher...)

How old ARE you? Also "the original adeptus titanicus rules" are not the orginal Titan rules so why bother bring that up? I'm sorry about the sucessive posts but I havn't quite mastered the art of quoting more than one person at once (I can but its arkward).

Well i startd in 2nd Edition, so had blood angels from teh start, and realised how fking hard they really are when i fielded an entire army (about 2,500 pts) of Death Company in a three-way battle. Slaughtered anything else on the table, and i really had no control over them. They just kept going forward.

Now THATS a beard! 2500pts of DEATH COMPANY! WTF!

There were house rules in an ancient White Dwarf for a n entirely DC army. I tried them out. THe other two didn't thnk i'd win. I took one chaplain, they shot him with a Vindicare. The DC went insane and just hacked through an entire Guard army, and then an Ork army.

I am awear of the rules you are refering to. I merely wish to point out that they where never intended for three way 2500pt battles, just as the new Chaos rules are not meant for 2500pt Korne Beserker armies that all have the Feel no Pain option. Do you not know what a beard is? Just because something is leagal it can still be against the SotG.

Nope they are gods of cunning and brutality:
One is Brutally cunning and the uther is cunningly brutal, but noone knows with absolute certainaty which is which who is who (although if you look at what you each head types gives you a clue can be found).


Crookfur- Reformed 40kaholic.


OK Mr "I Play 3rd edition" n00b! I'll give you brutally cunning and cunningly brutal but it is Gork who is the most brutal just and Mork who is the most cunning. Its like 'dreds, unless you can tell which one is shooty and killy and which one is killy and shooty then your not a proper Ork...


Also a stompa is not a gargant!

Please not this is coming from a guy who has played since 2nd ed, read the 3rd edition rule book cover to cover seven times (twice in a row) and has been reading WD since issue 208 (thats the release of epic). However I have not played by 2+ years so I won't get to far up my high horse but I'm fairly sure I'm right.

I no the stompa isn't a gargant, it is a smaller vershun of it. Thus I said that I am beginning on contrucshun of a 'proper' Gargant next. You are obviosly not a real ork if you go around trying to tell da uvver boyz dat dey aren't 'proper' orkz just cuz you sayz so. Dat sounds like what a weedy 'uman would do.

Don't fink dat u is speshul cuz you have 'da older vershun' of da game thats speshul cuz it iz older. Dat makez no sense cuz dere are lotsa boyz out dere who have played for a lot longer den you, but dey don't need to rub it in...

Haha be careful who you call A 3rd edt player my freind.


Oh look the release of Epic 40k! how about the original release of space marine? or the original adeptus titanicus rules for the reaver and warhound? or better yet the instructions to biuld your own 40k baneblade and blitz wagon?

I never played Orks much (bar as fodder for the heavy bolters for other people using my sucessive space marine, imp gaurd, inqusition and khorne armies). i never really got into 3rd edt much and didn't take too kindly to the new "nasty" orks (i liked the sheer insanity from freeboterz and Ere we Go etc much better, Storm boyz of Khonre were rather fun).


Ok i'll put away my beard now

and McLeod03 i never really got into blood angels (god they have changed from the days of the tactical genisus from the 2nd armageddon war) i got tired of space marines when the first decent chaos stuff arrived.

i never cared for what was good but what was cool (hence the necromunda gang with the missile launcher...)

How old ARE you? Also "the original adeptus titanicus rules" are not the orginal Titan rules so why bother bring that up? I'm sorry about the sucessive posts but I havn't quite mastered the art of quoting more than one person at once (I can but its arkward).

Its ok, as to my age i'm now just about in my mid 20s (i actually cheated on the really old stuff i started at 144 but my M8 had inherited a collection going way way back to sub 100 numbers to when GW still produced judge dredd stuff).

Anyway what i ment was the first appearance of titans other than the Warlord.

(hides beard, of if you want a beardy army try a Lv4 psyker Inquistior lord and a chief librarian in the same army that also happen to run around in a rhino with an assault cannon... as to khonre hordes bean there done that and been blown up by basilics while trying to do it too).

Heh, interesting.

*glances at his 'lowballed' VC3x Valence Claw MBT-Ultra mainbattle tank and wonders what a SABOT round rated at +3500 RHAe would do to the knee joint*





-Kanuckistan; learning about 40k through the process of passive diffusion 8)

*thinks about releasing the Warhound Titan to counter this...ph33r my small titans*

Nice work... Ork...

Heh, interesting.

*glances at his 'lowballed' VC3x Valence Claw MBT-Ultra mainbattle tank and wonders what a SABOT round rated at +3500 RHAe would do to the knee joint*





-Kanuckistan; learning about 40k through the process of passive diffusion 8)

Are you refering to the Stompa's kneejoint? It doesn't have one, the armour plating covers the entire body down to the feet. The stompa's feet don't work on legs, their is a system of hydraulic-like machinery moving them up and down, side to side.

Are you refering to the Stompa's kneejoint? It doesn't have one, the armour plating covers the entire body down to the feet. The stompa's feet don't work on legs, their is a system of hydraulic-like machinery moving them up and down, side to side.

Atleast it's not a clasic hunamoid mecha; the tanker in me can rest happy(re) :wink:

I was more wondering if I'd have to revise my armed forces to make some heavier firepower avalible, so I wouldn't have to worry about being forced to resort to Close Orbital-Fire Support.

3500 RHAe is about tripple a modern Abrams M1A2's frontal armour, BTW.

'Take note of this, Records department, we no longer are alone int he Titan department. The Orks have arived, we need to watch this situation for any further devolpments.'

Farseer Council deliberations.

[ooc: I'll note you havn't been alone for a while, as I've had a few dozen Warhounds for a looong time :p]