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Would an Ork Mek be able to take care of a vehicle that uses anti-grav tech, or would it crash immediately?

It would depend on the origin of the vehicle and the Mek, but it's possible. IIRC there was once an Apocalypse datasheet that was a floating mine-layer, in both sense of the words: the vehicle itself was a skimmer, and it laid floating anti-grav fitted mines, so it's not like there are absolutely zero Meks with grav skillz.

Orks have a very broad definition of "maintain"

 Gashrog wrote:
It would depend on the origin of the vehicle and the Mek, but it's possible. IIRC there was once an Apocalypse datasheet that was a floating mine-layer, in both sense of the words: the vehicle itself was a skimmer, and it laid floating anti-grav fitted mines, so it's not like there are absolutely zero Meks with grav skillz.

The Lexicon article is here. It uses "repulsor fields" (inverted traktor beams, perhaps, or something akin to pulsa tech?) instead of true anti-grav, but it's probably similar enough.

Don't ork Roks use reverse trackor beams to slow down their rentry and landing (somewhat)? I seem to remember something about that during the third war for armeggedon campaign all those years ago.

Orks + Technology = until it inevitably goes

Orks can "maintain" anything.

I'm pretty sure there are Ork Kopta variants that are powered by anti-grav rather than propeller blades.

Of course they can, if the Mek and the Orks using it think it should work, it will work. Or explode. Either way, it's all good.

Probably not

I'm sure that they can. Technology being one of the Orks strong points. See forcefields, teleporters, tractor cannons etc. It may not be pretty and have a few wobbly bits tacked on for good measure, but they almost always work.

However the real question is why would they bother? Pretty much Orks vehicles have two primary attributes. Speed and armor. Why bother with antigrav, when four wheels and a big engine will get you where you need to go with little to no trouble at all.

Depends on the Mek, depends on the Clan, depends on the Waaagh. Ghazghkull probably has entire legions of Flash Gitz in blinged-out antigrav 'Trukks', while some minor Warboss in the middle of nowhere likely can barely manage to maintain a few Bikes.

Ork Teknology is a finicky thing.

I'd say that they'd just butter their toast and strap on the back of a cat. Anti-grav in a pinch!

 dusara217 wrote:
I'd say that they'd just butter their toast and strap on the back of a cat. Anti-grav in a pinch!

Until they realize half of them put the butter side on the cat and it crashes and burns.

Good times

Orks are the masters of Force Field technology, greater than the Necrons/Eldar.

If they truly think they can, probably.
Emperor save us if an ork ever figures that special little quirk out...

 Matthew wrote:
Would an Ork Mek be able to take care of a vehicle that uses anti-grav tech, or would it crash immediately?

Well, the lore makes mention of it being possible.



Also one of the Death Watch books has a Bigmek that is maintaining a tau shield drone he looted with a whack of the wrench at times.

Hell yeah, the Orks could build a Robotic Emperor if they're confident of it working.

 Arcsquad12 wrote:
I'm pretty sure there are Ork Kopta variants that are powered by anti-grav rather than propeller blades.

Why would any self respecting Mek just choose one option when he could have both and some rockets and a turbojet and ...... "other stuff" as well ???

 Jayden63 wrote:
However the real question is why would they bother? Pretty much Orks vehicles have two primary attributes. Speed and armor. Why bother with antigrav, when four wheels and a big engine will get you where you need to go with little to no trouble at all.

I suppose for the same reason they'd bother making any extravagant or unusual technology, like that personal forcefield generator Meks can carry around sometimes. Why make a forcefield when you can just make heavier armour? If anything, half the stuff ork meks build seem to follow the "because I can/because it seems like fun" school of thought, rather than any practical consideration. What would be cooler than anti-gravity ramming vehicles, for example? Hell, they might actually go faster over terrain than buggies could, which would be a real selling point to an Evil Sunz mek.