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====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