Editing Ordinatus (section)

===Ordinatus Armageddon===
[[Image:OrdinatusArmageddon.jpg|300px|left|thumb|The Ordinatus Armageddon, for when you really need a continent bathed in plasma.]]
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{{topquote|This is the tomb of ''Oberon'', where the Mechanicus hid the Ordinatus after the First War.|[[Grimaldus]], having his hunch confirmed.}}
The Ordinatus Armageddon was designed during the First War for Armageddon to defend against a particularly dangerous horde of [[Daemon Engine]]s. The plasma-based cannon gives it the ability to melt Titans in one shot and disintegrate entire tank battalions with a salvo. Supposedly, it was [[Original character, do not steal|'inspired']] by an old [[Squat]] [[Cyclops War Machine|anti-Titan vehicle.]] The book ''Helsreach'' speculates that the Ordinatus Armageddon's main gun was basically a [[Nova Cannon]] (a weapon typically used only on [[Imperial Navy]] warships) modified to use an auto-loading system instead of a crew of thousands of slave workers.

It is the only 'large' Ordinatus that can be properly estimated based on size. While not official, it can assumed that its maximum size puts it in the same weight category as Imperial Destroyers or Frigates. We got this size by estimating its Nova Cannon with that of Imperial Battleships and scaling it with the Armageddon. Of course do note that this is just taking into the presumption that the [[Nova Cannon]] on the Armageddon is the same size as those found on Battleships and that changes in its size can fluctuate. This is unlikely to be true because a titan is a hell of a lot smaller than a ship and requiring a "salvo" to destroy a tank battalion implies (relatively) rapid fire capability so the shots must be far smaller than those of a true nova cannon. So we may or may not be looking at a [[Macrocannon]] scenario with the likes of the [[Aquila Strongpoint]]. Nevertheless, an alternate answer is that the Nova Cannon is of the same size, but sacrifices power with an increase rate of fire. After all, starship Nova Cannons takes tens-of-minutes ''at best'' to reload every shot, whereas the one on the Armageddon could fire in 'salvos'. It also makes sense both in terms of behavior and cost-effectiveness to modify a pre-existing Nova Cannon than creating a entirely new, small but modular pint-size powerhouse (Just look at the AdMech and the [[Stormsword Cannon]] fiasco); the implications of which would be a game changer for the Imperium. [[Rape|Imagine, fielding Nova Cannons small enough that could be put on a ''Ordinatus Minoris''.]]

Anyway, during the battle of Helsreach the ranking Space Marine commander, Chaplain Grimaldus, ordered his Techmarine to go find the Ordinatus and reactivate it. This took about five straight weeks of hacking, just to get in the hangar bay's door. And when the Titan Legions found out the Marines had done this they threatened to ''destroy the Ordinatus and kill all the Space Marines'', that's how big a deal these machines and the "never use, ever" doctrines are to the Mechanicus. Luckily basic logic prevailed ("if you don't let us use this the Ork gargants are going to kill us and loot all our Titans) and the Mechanicus Titans stood aside to let the Ordinatus start shooting. The battle changed from an imminent Imperial defeat to a tentative victory shortly thereafter.

*'''Length:''' 0.5-1.8km; approx
*'''Mass:''' 0.8-7 megatonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 3-5 crew including 2,000-14,000 Groundsmen, Technicians and [[Servitor]]s; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 0.2kph; approx