Warhammer 40k orks are just a shitpost. Reading up on the lore of them is a true test because they’re so absurd you cant tel the dufference between theory and actual canon.
Shit i’ve read.
-every one possesses a form of psychic willpower that affects reality.
-technically could not be killed, but a human taunting them described how he would kill them so they became killable.
-they believe the color red increases speed so it does, including their enemies ships.
-they believe the color yellow makes explosions more powerful, so it does.
- they believe the color purple is stealthy so anything purple that they see is now invisible.
-they have windows on their spaceships to do drive-by’s because they dont know theres no air to breathe in space.
-their guns dont actually have any proper functioning parts. But since they believe its a gun, its now a gun.
-an out of ammo imperium squad once used empty guns to kill orks by shouting “bang” and since the orks didnt know they were empty it still killed them.
And now my personal favorite.
-while the emperor is believed to be kept alive by continuous sacrifices of his own techpriests. It is believed that the only reason the emperor is still alive is because the orks believe he is alive.
I cant tell what is true and what is made up because it all reads like that.
The only thing I know about Orkz is just as you said. If they believe something will work it usually does. They can put together a bunch of scrap metal and duct tape it together and if they believe it’s a tank then fuck you it’s a working tank. Which is super cool and super frightening.
It’s not a matter of belief, it is a matter of knowing.
Every Ork knows the red wunz give fasta because they can just take any red trukk for a ride and see it. Your gun works because a mekboy made it, and you know they make thibgs work.
And there are a lot of stories that show the Ork devices are completely functional, but work better near orkz (the Cain novels in particular).
How could you neglect the fact that their economy is based on punching each other’s teeth out?
I don’t actually know much about Orkz. It’s just what I’ve heard and they get more and more interesting the more I hear about them