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A common if thoroughly unglamorous and unpopular job for the men and women of the Astra Militarum and various Planetary Defense Forces across the Imperium is Podbursting. The Orkoid life-cycle involves the constant release of Spores, with a particularly large release happening when the Greenskin dies. The end result of which is that even a small raid by orc forces can result in green-skins establishing themselves on a planet, with photosynthetic fungal growths taking root in soil which establish subterranean womb pods in which new gretchens and orks gestate and eventually emerge, bursting out of the ground and causing mayhem. At best being a violent nuisance for local authorities and a hazard to people in the countryside and at worst growing into a threat which can overrun worlds. Podbursting seeks to prevent things from getting to that point.

It is typically done by a group at least two troopers, one operating a mobile sonar rig and another with a Podburster. When a pod is found, the podburster is deployed. In short it's a drill like device with a drill head on a telescopic shaft, though some models instead use a sequence of interlocking pipes. Regardless, one places the mechanism on the ground and it sends it's shaft down into the Greenskin pod. Once in, the drill head opens up and an explosive charge is fired down. This is usually comprable to a Bolt in force and is often laced with various toxic chemicals. In most cases this is more than enough to kill the nascent greenskin and the pod itself. Usually the area is burned afterwards as a precautionary measure.

To the people who do this job, Podbusting is a mixture of boredom and dread. At best it means spending long hours walking around a fungus field searching for subterranean pods while lugging around heavy equipment to pop them like zits. On the same note it's fairly common for Orks to frequent areas where new Greenskins are growing to collect a fresh crop of boyz for the local Nob or Warboss and they generally object to people killing their kin before they can have a proppa scrap. Similarly there's always a risk of a hundred kilograms of green rowdy bellicosity coming up from beneath their feet eager to Krump their First Git. Finally there are occasions in which the Podburster is not 100% successful. Sometimes the Greenskin manages to survive and the penetration of their womb pod. This can cause them to wake up immediately, but in other cases the mangled greenskin recovers and comes out in due course, if maimed and scared. In many regiments, Podbursting is a punishment duty.

The T'au employ Drones to do this job, using flexible drilling tubes to deliver explosive charges with more precision. The Necrons also have specific models of scarabs to do the job.

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Description

A common if thoroughly unglamorous and unpopular job for the men and women of the Astra Militarum and various Planetary Defense Forces across the Imperium is Podbursting. The Orkoid life-cycle involves the constant release of Spores, with a particularly large release happening when the Greenskin dies. The end result of which is that even a small raid by orc forces can result in green-skins establishing themselves on a planet, with photosynthetic fungal growths taking root in soil which establish subterranean womb pods in which new gretchens and orks gestate and eventually emerge, bursting out of the ground and causing mayhem. At best being a violent nuisance for local authorities and a hazard to people in the countryside and at worst growing into a threat which can overrun worlds. Podbursting seeks to prevent things from getting to that point.

It is typically done by a group at least two troopers, one operating a mobile sonar rig and another with a Podburster. When a pod is found, the podburster is deployed. In short it's a drill like device with a drill head on a telescopic shaft, though some models instead use a sequence of interlocking pipes. Regardless, one places the mechanism on the ground and it sends it's shaft down into the Greenskin pod. Once in, the drill head opens up and an explosive charge is fired down. This is usually comprable to a Bolt in force and is often laced with various toxic chemicals. In most cases this is more than enough to kill the nascent greenskin and the pod itself. Usually the area is burned afterwards as a precautionary measure.

To the people who do this job, Podbusting is a mixture of boredom and dread. At best it means spending long hours walking around a fungus field searching for subterranean pods while lugging around heavy equipment to pop them like zits. On the same note it's fairly common for Orks to frequent areas where new Greenskins are growing to collect a fresh crop of boyz for the local Nob or Warboss and they generally object to people killing their kin before they can have a proppa scrap. Similarly there's always a risk of a hundred kilograms of green rowdy bellicosity coming up from beneath their feet eager to Krump their First Git. Finally there are occasions in which the Podburster is not 100% successful. Sometimes the Greenskin manages to survive and the penetration of their womb pod. This can cause them to wake up immediately, but in other cases the mangled greenskin recovers and comes out in due course, if maimed and scared. In many regiments, Podbursting is a punishment duty.

The T'au employ Drones to do this job, using flexible drilling tubes to deliver explosive charges with more precision. The Necrons also have specific models of scarabs to do the job.

Warhammer 40,000 belongs to Games Workshop