Gorkz Hamma

Gorkz Hamma (formerly Emperor's Hammer during its Imperial service) was a looted Baneblade used by Warboss Urtsmog Dekkmaff as part of his Waaagh! in Innsmouth Sector during the 800th century of M41. Gorkz Hamma played a pivotal role in the Ork victory at the First Battle of Invictus Majoris, when Waaagh! Urtsmog overran Imperial defenders protecting the industrial hive city Invictus Majoris Industrius.

Imperial Service
From what few records are available, the war machine later known as Gorkz Hamma began life as Emperor's Hammer, a Banesword-variant Baneblade manufactured in the forges of Mars somewhere around the 500th century of M41. Emperor's Hammer was deployed with the Krieg Death Korps' 84,562nd Siege Army, and Departmento Munitorum archives show that it spent most of its active Imperial service fighting alongside this force.

Somewhere around 600.M41, Emperor's Hammer and its accompanying Death Korps army was deployed in the pacification of Ork forces on Amadeus IX in Ultima Segmentum. After several months of heavy combat, Imperial forces were overrun by the sheer mass of Ork forces that had flocked to Amadeus to join the Waaagh!, and Emperor's Hammer was recorded as destroyed with all hands at the Battle of Hive Goltha.

Ork Service
How Emperor's Hammer managed to travel the 800 lightyears from Amadeus IX to Innsmouth Sector is unknown, but records kept by the Rogue Trader Ingatius Blakk indicate that the Waaagh! on Amadeus soon fell apart to the squabbling normally seen after the Ork's main enemy of focus has been destroyed. A wholesale looting of the world was undertaken by the more profit-minded of Ork Klans, and it is suspected that Emperor's Hammer was salvaged and sold to the highest teef bidder some years later. When Urtsmog Dekmaff solidified his control over the Ork tribes on Invictus Majoris and declared Waaagh! Urtsmog in 825.M41, Emperor's Hammer fell into his possession from the vehicle pool of one of these united tribes.

The now-renamed Gorkz Hamma was first seen in active service during the First Battle of Invictus Majoris, where it played a key role in overrunning Imperial defenders seeking to protect Hive Invictus Majoris Industrius from the oncoming tide of Waaagh! Urtsmog.