Editing Space Hulk (section)

== Fluff ==

[[File:Ork Space Hulk.jpg|400px|right|thumb|[[Dawn of war II|Bludflag's new ride.]]]]

A Space Hulk is a hulk of giant space debris, most often [[imperial_Navy|Imperial]] ships that were either destroyed or lost in the [[Warp]], fused together and drifting in between space and the Warp. Space Hulks are regarded as both dangerous and important for these reasons: [[Dark_Age_of_Technology|lost Imperial technology]], information, relics, and entire ships may be recovered from the Hulk; problem is, it'll probably be infested by [[Tyranid]] [[Genestealer]]s, a [[Chaos Space Marines|Chaos]] warband, or [[Orks]], and sometimes [[Necron|stranger things]] that may threaten the system they are in.

For this reason, if a [[Space Marine]] [[Terminator]] squad is available, they will venture into the Hulk to both purge it of threats and recover anything of value. If they aren't available, the Space Hulk will usually be destroyed by any available battleships in the area to prevent anything from getting out of it.

Why they send Terminators is beyond our understanding, because Termies: 
# Are armed mostly with [[Storm Bolter]]s, don't pack nearly enough firepower to deal with most threats and certainly not enough ammo to purge an entire hulk.
# Are huge enough to block entire corridors, so they cannot focus their firepower.
# While that Invulnerable Save gives them a fighting chance, Termies still get slaughtered by Genestealers the second they come in CQC range.
#* Said Invulnerable Save can also be provided by a simple Refractor Field, which are apparently cheap and numerous enough that they can be issued to every 'Guard Officer.
# Unless you're a [[First Founding]] chapter, Terminator armour is absurdly expensive and often irreplaceable.
Seriously, a squad of [[Stormtrooper#Warhammer_40,000|Stormtrooper]]s or even [[Militarum_Veteran_Squad|'Guard Veterans]] with [[Flamer#Flamer|Flamer]]s and [[Meltagun]]s would be much, MUCH more effective. See [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Headscratchers/SpaceHulk this thread] for more arguments on both sides.

The debate's carried over into canon too: in the book 'Death of Integrity', it was mentioned multiple times that Terminator armour had to be used due to the ridiculous amounts of radiation in some parts of the Hulk, enough radiation that would cook Power Armoured Marines in their suits. Once they had accurate seismic scans of the hulk they were able to deploy [[Devastator_Squad|Devastator]]s and [[Assault Marines]] in areas where the radiation was lower, and even space-suited [[Scout_Squad|Scout]]s on the surface to help the [[Techmarine]]s do shit. Nice to know the guys at [[Black Library]] are still awesome.

Recently [[Abaddon|Failbaddon]] has taken to using them after he ragequitted his last [[Blackstone Fortress]] on [[Cadia]] - these [[Arks of Omen]] are special-made by [[Vashtorr]] using a piece of his essence.

*'''Length:''' 20-70+km
*'''Mass:''' 0.3-2.4+ gigatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 700,000+ crew, 94,000 pilots and support staff; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 1.2 gravities max sustainable acceleration