Editing Ordinatus (section)

===Ordinati Minoris===
The "small" Ordinati, which are still each the size of three [[Leman Russ]] tanks lined up end-to-end, are typically armed with weaponry normally seen on Titans. They're easily recognized in silhouette by the two pairs of tracks they possess: two at the front and two at the rear. All of the big, "regular" Ordinati have three pairs of treads. Granted, each of those treads could wholly crush an Ordinatus Minoris, but that is besides the point.

They're also the only Ordinati which have rules for them available and they can be taken in 30k Admech lists (40k rules await the release of Fires of Cyraxus). Both of the available Ordinati Minoris are Super-Heavy Vehicles with AV14/13/13, 14 Hull points, Blessed Autosimalcrum, Armored Ceramite, Anbaric Claws, an Ordinatus Dispersion Field (an improved Flare Shield that's most effective early in the game: initially it grants a -3 S to all shooting attacks and rolls on the D chart, which goes down by one until the third turn, where it remains at a -1 penalty to all incoming shooting attacks and strength D hits), three turret-mounted Volkite Culverins, and a built in 6++ save. The catch is that they also have their own Catastrophic Damage table in which the closest range is always Strength D no matter what gets rolled, so if it ever does go down it's guaranteed to fuck over anyone nearby.

The IRL reasons for the Minoris existence is because full size Ordinatus models would not only be larger than Emperor Titans, but also bigger than the table and cost at least double the price of both put together. Therefore, you are never going to see Ordinatus Majoris models outside of [[Epic]]. At the very least with the Minoris people will actually play with you. On that same note, trolling players who deploy Knights and Titans in [[Escalation]] is ''always'' going to be funny.

Currently, three Ordinatus Minoris variants have their own rules:

====Ordinatus Sagittar====
[[Image:99560108149_MechanicumOrdinatusSagittar01.jpg|300px|left|thumb|The Ordinatus Sagittar, the Ordinatus Gehenna's rotten stepchild.]]
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The sniper and anti-titan of Ordinatus Minoris.

The Ordinatus Sagittar was a type of Ordinatus engine used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. A smaller Ordinatus Minoris design, the Sagittar was equipped with a Belicosa-pattern [[Volcano Cannon]] used to destroy enemy Titans and most often carried on Warlord Class machines. Secondary weapons consisted of a trio of [[Volkite Culverin]]s.

Crunchwise, did you ever say to yourself "Hey, I wish I could mount a Titan-grade Volcano Cannon on something other than a Shadowsword"? Well, you're in luck- for "only" 700 points, the Ordinatus Sagittar can fire off a blast of Strength D Apocalyptic Blast goodness from '''180'''' away, allowing you to snipe enemy vehicles and everything vaguely close to them from the other side of the table. The Machine Destroyer rule on it is a little overkill, but very nice against Titans.

*'''Length:''' 16m; approx
*'''Mass:''' 450 tonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 2 crew including targeting [[Servitor]]; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 14kph; approx

====Ordinatus Ulator====
[[Image:99560108145_MechanicumOrdinatusUlator_08.jpg|300px|left|thumb|The Ordinatus Ulator, the little brother of the Ordinatus Mars.]]
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A rare and truly arcane weapon system of [[Star Wars|UNLIMITED POWA!!!,]] the Ulator is one of the most potent war machines at the Imperium’s disposal. In the time of the Great Crusade the Ordinatus macro engines were rarer than even the Battle Titans of the Collegia Titanica, and only a handful of Forge Worlds had the resources or indeed the doctrinal blessing and religious authority to produce or maintain such embodiment of the Omnissiah’s divine wrath. Such was the sacredness of these machines above all others, that an entire subcult of the Mechanicum was devoted to their worship and propitiation. The Ordinatus Ulator carries a trio of [[Volkite Culverin]]s as its secondary armaments, but its primary weapon is the terrifying Ulator class [[Sonic Destructor]].

On tabletop, 1075 points nets you the Ordinatus Mars' little brother, armed with its own Sonic Destructor. At first glance, its rules are nasty as hell- 72' range, AP1, Armorbane, Instant Death, Pinning, and Ignores Cover in one package. However, the meat of its effectiveness comes from its "Ulator Sonic Wave" rule. Instead of measuring the shot normally, you place a Massive Blast marker so it touches the Ordinatus' hull, and move it forward in any direction from its firing arc (so long as the first model hit by it is an enemy; mind you, friendly units can be hit afterwards) until it either reaches the max range or it leaves the table. Everything that the template passes over even partially is automatically hit, with squads taking a number of hits equal to the number of models that the template covered as it moved. Yes, this includes fliers too. From there, its strength changes depending on what got hit- it acts like S5 on infantry/bikes/beasts/jetbikes/cavalry, S8 on MCs and non-tank vehicles, S10 on tanks, and the almighty D to super-heavies, buildings, and GCs. Between its ability to tear apart an entire army in one shot regardless of what's being fielded and the fact that it ''literally'' cannot miss, it says a lot that this is still one of the "small" Ordinati. In addition, it sounds something like [https://youtu.be/P0DUsylJw9E this.]

*'''Length:''' 16m; approx
*'''Mass:''' 485 tonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 2 crew including targeting [[Servitor]]; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 14kph; approx

====Ordinatus Aktaeus====
[[Image:OrdinatusAktaeus.jpg|300px|left|thumb|This fell out from between an Imperator's legs, so they attached treads to it.]]
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The Ordinatus Aktaeus is a type of Ordinatus engine used by the Mechanicum during the Horus Heresy.

Essentially a massive assault drill, the super-heavy transport is actually two vehicles combined into one. The first is the Ordinatus you see while the second is the giant drill, which is called the [[Mole|Mole]]; combined, this allowed for the delivery of troops directly into the heart of the battle. The weapon also unleashes potent seismic forces upon the enemy in the process.

The Adeptus Mechanicus of Forge World AcM3 have done it again, after vigorous field tests in catching the elusive 'road runner' they've finally cleared their giant novelty rocket for use as a war machine, right after they repurposed it into a drill. It's better known as the [[Mole]]. Presumably, they did so after playing a few too many games of [[FATAL]] and they wanted to make something so huge, no roll for [[Anal Circumference]] could possibly save you.

Crunchwise, for 800 points you get a Super-Heavy transport with 14 hull points, AV 14/13/13 and that can carry 42 passengers and it has a Transport Bay for Automata. The Mole (that's what Imperials called it) is armed with a [[Terrebrax Rocket Battery]], which is a 12-shot Autocannon with AP5, and has It will Not Die(6+) and Reinforced Structure making it a hard nut to crack. Its main armament is its giant Macro-drill, which now once per-game can create an earthquake at the end of a turn. Pick a point 6" from the front of the Mole, and everything with 6" x the current game turn (except the Mole) suffers D6 S7 AP4 Pinning hits. After this, the Mole [[Wat|can not move again for the rest of the game.]] Overall this attack isn't great, but it can help clear out the surrounding area. It's odd that it just sets off an earthquake and then [[Derp|taps out instead of using the drill like a ram,]] but clearly the Mechanicum (and GW) think they're on to something with their man-made earthquakes. Where the Mole really shines is the fact that it has Subterranean Assault allowing it to deep strike its 42 transport capacity into your enemy's rear-line and Terrestrial Disregard which means you place an Apocalyptic Blast (10") on the table at least 1" away from impassable terrain and enemy models, you then place the Drills hull over the centre blast template and place it on the table. With that done every model and fortification within 6" of the drill takes a S10 AP2 hit and must make a Pinning test, and the area under the 10" blast template becomes Dangerous and Difficult Terrain for the rest of the game. While this Ordinatus is not as lethal as its sonic friend, it is a great super-transport for your army and it can effectively disrupt your opponent's forces when it arrives and drills them.

*'''Length:''' 16m; approx
*'''Mass:''' 350 tonnes (Without [[Mole]])-600 tonnes (With [[Mole]]); approx
*'''Crew:''' 2 crew including targeting [[Servitor]] and 40 Mechanicum Troops; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 14kph; approx