Terror Ship

The Ork Terror Ship is a variation on the standard Kill Kroozer that has primarily been associated with attacks against lightly-defended outposts and watch stations throughout the Cyclops Cluster of the Gothic Sector. Like the Kill Kroozer, Terror Ships are generally built around salvaged hulks, but forgo the usual broadside Heavy gunz in favor of the relatively easy expedient of simply chopping out large sections of the sides of the hull to create makeshift launch bays for Attack craft. The Fighta-Bommers and Ork Assault Boats that a Terror Ship carries are supported by a large array of forward and broadside Gunz as well as either a forward Heavy gunz battery or a forward torpedo launcha.

The effectiveness and brutality of Terror Ships was perhaps most ably illustrated during the attack on the small resupply base on the planet Mirrobel, which was mostly used by long-range patrols. Two Terror Ships, accompanied by a half-dozen Escorts, appeared in-system, took up orbit around Mirrobel's moon, and began launching repeated waves of Assault boats filled with Ork warriors to overwhelm the station's small garrison. The Terror Ships then got a chance to demonstrate the power of their crude weapons when a scout patrol consisting of the Dauntless-class Light Cruisers Abdiel and Uziel and a squadron of four Firestorm-class Frigates arrived and counter-attacked the Ork ships. Even with their Attack craft occupied on Mirrobel, the Terror Ships were able to cripple the Abdiel and destroy one of the Firestorms, driving off the Imperial force.