Imperiul Ardboyz

The symbol painted upon the weapons and armor of the Imperiul Ardboyz

The Imperiul Ardboyz is an Ork warband, who after a series of defeats by the Imperial Guard, their leader decided to emulate the Imperial Guard. The boss took the title of Genral and formed a rudimentary chain of command with higher ranking Orks getting bigger and more decorated hats. They use both captured Lasguns and Imperial body armor as well as using slaves who manufactured items for the Guard to make new weapons. They control a minor empire and are currently lead by Genral Thorag Bighat.

## History

### Founding

#### First Battle of Terion Hive (478.M41)

Terion Hive was the capital of the world of Teri before the Orks arrived on the world through the use of a Space Hulk known as the Days of Sorrow. The Days of Sorrow would pass by Teri and disgorge a fleet of Ork warships into the system. Caught by surprise, the SDF had only enough time to warn the Imperial Guard Garrison on the world of the impending Ork invasion. The defensive shields of the hives and gun batteries would be readied for battle. Expecting a good scrap boss, Rotrog Bighand, would attack Terion Hive. The shield of the city would hold despite the bombardment of numerous Ork Kannons, Stompas, and Gargants. Rotrog's army would be destroyed by the more fortified gun emplacements of the city alongside airpower and guard from the un-attacked hives. Rotrog Bighand would be killed by a strafing run from an Avenger strike aircraft. Bighand's army would be scattered to the surface wastes to scavenge and fight amongst themselves.

#### The Great Reform (481.M41)

After the death of Boss Rotrog Bighand and the scattering of his army, an Ork nob named Gitzgok sat down and did something rare for his kind. He started to think. He thought about how the 'umiez won despite being weak. Then he realized that to be even stronger he would need to do as the 'umiez did. He would watch the Guard send in strike forces to eliminate the larger and stupider groups and note the tactics and terms used by the guard. Eventually, Gitzgok would begin to round up other warbands and gather them into a long forgotten tunnel network that linked between the hives in days long past. He would organize the Orks as best he could and started raiding and looting from these tunnels using them to pop up unexpectedly, killing, stealing, and returning to the tunnels with the loot. After 8 years of pleasing Mork, Gitzgok decided to start pleasing Gork too.

#### Second Battle of Terion Hive (489.M41)

It was early in the morning in Terion Hive if such a term can be applied to such a place. The residents of the underhive would be woken by huge explosions and cries of WHAAAGH. Gitzgok had explosives planted upon the rubble and gates blocking access to the tunnels from all the hives. These explosives would detonate as simultaneously as possible to attack all hives at once. Underhive gangs would rapidly fall to the green tide as it rapidly surged upward clearing lanes for the tanks and battlewagons. This tide would only be slowed for a short time as the waves met the PDF and enforcer checkpoints guarding the underhive. The Orks would spread uncontrollably throughout the hive with Gitzgok killing the Imperial Guard general, stealing his medals to decorate his movin chair, and throwing his body from the governor's personal hanger. He would pin the General's star to his hat and declare himself as Genral Gitzgok and declaring his victorious klan as the Imperiul Ardboyz.

### Notable WHAAAGHS (WIP)

* **First Great WHAAAGH (494.M41):** With the victory of Genral Gitzgok, the WHAAAGH energy began attracting nearby Orks. Gitzgok ordered the Mekanikus to start constructing warships and transports. He would make for two nearby Imperial worlds with the smaller fleet going for a nearby agriworld with the larger fleet and Gitzgok himself going to Ironsburg, an under-defended Forgeworld. Landing ships (if such a term could even be used for Ork craft) would touch down amidst the refineries complexes to force the Skitarii to engage the Orks in close range engagements and too let the boyz get into battle with Skittari faster.
* **WHAAAGH of two Genrals (743.M41):**
* **Prophet's WHAAAGH (972.M41):**
* **WHAAGH of Gorks Grin (000.M42):**
* **Da Fun Times (002.M42-Now):**

## Structure

### Ranks

* **Genral:** Leader of the Imperiul Ardboyz
* **Konel:** Leader of a regment
* **Maja:** Leader of a kompany
* **Kaptin:** Leader of a platon
* **Sergit:** Leader of a quad

#### Specialist Ranks

* **Lootenet:** An Ork who is tasked with acquiring equipment from the enemy.
* **Orkisar:** A nob with a black coat and red hat attached to regments to ensure proper Orky-ness and that the Orks stay true to Gork and Mork.
* **Starboss:** The leader of the Starboyz sub-klan.
* **Fleetboy:** The admiral of a Starboyz fleet.
* **Shipboy:** The captain of a vessel of the Starboyz.
* **Big Mekanik:** The leader of the Mekanikus
* **Mekanik:** A Mekanob in red mega armor
* **Enginboyz:** A Mekboy in a red robe

### Organization

Organization
 Kompany
 Platon
 Quad

## Notable Sub-Klans

### Regments

A Regement is a mob of Orks lead by a Konel containing anywhere from 2 to 16 thousand boyz of varying specialties from boyz and stormboyz to flyboyz and stompa pilots although many regiments specialize in certain units. Regments will take the name of their Konel. Promotions are gained by the Ork either killing their current direct superior or killing any challenger if the position is to be vacated.

#### Notable Regments

* **Genral's Boyz:** The personal regment of the Genral of the Ardboyz made up of some of the toughest Goffs around. Also the largest regment with some of the most recent counts putting the number of Genral's Boyz at 16,200 Orks.
* **Zogbob's Squig Riderz:** A mob of snakebites known for some of the fastest and toughest squigs and squiggoths.
* **Red Manfrod's Flyboyz:** The fastest flyboyz in the Ardboyz with (according to them) the most air to air kills. They land on a giant airbase held high in the air by a mix of balloons, propellers, jets, rockets, and looted hover technology.
* **Porta's Tanky Gits:** A large mob of Deathskulls with the highest amount of tanks, battlewagons, and APCs both looted and made by the Meks. They rumble across the battlefield belching death at anyone who crosses their gunnery sights.
* **Grog's Sneaky Gits:** A mob of Bloodaxe Kommandos known for digging under enemy fortifications, planting bombs, and making the enemy lines go bomb.
* **Ironfoot's Stompin Gits:** Due to the nature of Bad Moons, the Mek known as Ironfoot was able to pay for a large amounts of Gorkanauts, Morkanauts, Deff Dreads, Stompas, and Gargants. Ironfoot personally leads his Stompin Gits in his Mega-Gargant known as "Da Big Green Boomer"
* **Kybush's Speed Boyz:** The largest band of evil sunz speed boyz. Bikes and buggies fill the skies with dust and gunfire as Orks drive at reckless speeds towards and around the enemy.

### Starboyz Fleets

The fleets of the Imperiul Ardboyz is little different from the fleets of other warbands. Ships made out of scrap next to looted Imperial vessels and hollowed out asteroids. However, one should never underestimate the Orks, for that is a quick way to the grave or more likely the stomach.

#### Notable Fleets

* **Genral's Fleet:** The personal fleet of the Genral. Wherever the fleet goes, the Genral himself will probably be on the world below. The flagship of the fleet is a looted and modified grand cruiser now named "Gork's Big Dakka Boat"
* **Dakkahand's Raiders:** A freebooter fleet that raids Imperial shipping and Navy patrols as well as marking out worlds for invasion.
* **Morgo's Black Fleet:** The largest of the fleets. Black painted Kill Kroozers battle in the blackness of space.
* **Redeye's Big Boomers:** The Big Boomers are a fleet that specialize in torpedos, missiles, and rockets. They have a love of big explosions that is well realized by the toothed yellow rockets stuffed with explosives.
* **Hamgond's Mooncrushers:** A fleet made up of mostly Roks constructed from the shards of a destroyed moon.
* **Nimgot's White Choppa Reavers:** The vessels of the White Choppa Reavers are fitted with giant blades upon the prows. They ram these ships into enemies, cutting them in half, and then releasing boarders to take over these halfs. These ships are turned into more ships of the Reavers.

### Mekadocs (WIP)

In the Ardboyz, the Mekboyz and Painboyz of the warband are unusually high ranked. Often replacing their limbs and faces with metal, they mimic the Adeptus Mechanicus in their appearance. Meks will replace their arms with tools like wrenches, blowtorches, and hammers while Painboyz often get surgical tools.

## Notable Members

* **Genral Gitzgok:** The founder of the Imperiul Ardboyz.
* **Genral Thorag Bighat:** The current leader of the Imperiul Ardboyz. A Blood Axe in shiny golden mega armor with a set of many shootas and kannons on one hand and a truly gargantuan powerclaw on the other hand. Upon his shoulders sit two grots named Gib and Gob manning zappa turrets made out of looted Imperial Hellguns.
* **Konel Zogbob Squig Rider**
* **Konel Red Manfrod**
* **Konel Porta:** Riding in his looted baneblade, he leads his tanks into the enemy line from the turret of his looted Leman Russ.
* **Konel Sneeky Grog**
* **Konel Ironfoot**
* **Konel Kybush the Speedy**
* **Mek Gobzog Metalface:** The highest ranking Mek, he his just a brain wired up to a crude metal re-creation of an Ork body.

## Territory

### Notable worlds

#### Greensworld

A former Imperial hive world that serves as the "capital" of the territory of the Imperiul Ardboyz. Orks have moved into the hives, deporting the human population into the lower levels and underhives. Naturally, these human areas have fortified themselves into enclaves. These enclaves are allowed to exist by the Orks who use them for entertainment. Speed Freeks tear across the surface wastes while Flyboyz burn through the smog choked skies. Terion Hive, the place where the invasion began, has been renamed to "Gorkamorka's Tall Stick" after the victory of the Orks.

#### Meksburg

A minor forge world formerly known as Ironsburg. The world dedicated to the Omnissiah was turned towards producing objects of war for the Orks. Vast manufactoria belch toxic black smoke into the air as armies of enslaved humans and gretchen create everything from weapons and uniforms to Leman Russes and Chimeras.

#### Zogging Good Time

A highly irradiated deathworld covered in ruins of an Imperial civilized world. The world erupted in civil war over a reason long forgotten. Both sides in this civil war would create dirty atomic bombs and launched them at each other. The world to this day remains a pit of irradiated ruins and hazards. Feral tribes of humanity fortify small enclaves or wander in search of loot. Hostile mutated creatures, native and invasive, rove the world's surface looking for prey. Roaming servitors driven mad by the radiation and lack of repair take remaining humans and turn them into servitors. These factors, understandably, makes the world worthy of the name granted to it by the Orks.

## Relics

* **Genral's Movin Chair:** A looted Baneblade with it's turret blown off and replaced by a giant chair. This chair serves as the command throne of the Klan's Genral. Mounted weapons cover the hull firing in all directions. Trophies taken from all races adorn the spiked hull as the Genral himself shouts abuse and encouragement at his boyz.
* **Da Big Green Boomer:** The largest mega-gargant in the klan. It's surface is covered in weapons from shootas stuck through portholes to cannons looted from Baneblades. The lower arms are close range weapons, a giant claw and chainblade, to represent the strength of Gork. The upper two weapons are able to take out foes from afar, a Hellstorm Cannon and Plasma Annihilator looted from an Imperator Titan, represent the cunning of Mork.