I think this is incorrect Ginger.

The formation is only considered part of the WEs formation for the duration of any Engage or shooting taken while disembarking, not while simply being transported. (EA 3.1.3)

A WE must dismount transported troops at the end of a move just like a normal transport, so a broken WE cannot dismount troops except as part of a withdrawal move. If it does so the transported troops may not take an action that turn as per EA 3.1.3.

Note that it is possible to mount up troops into a broken WE though since it is the troops formation that is activating in this case. (Edit: Why one would want to do such a thing is perhaps a different discussion...)

. . . Note that units do not have to disembark, and may remain in their transport if they prefer. Units may not be picked up and disembark as part of the same move, though a formation making multiple moves as part of a march or double action could pick up units in one move and drop them off as part of a subsequent move. Units may embark or disembark as part of a counter-charge move (see 1.12.4), unless the transport vehicle carrying them is already in base contact with two enemy units – in which case they must stay on board (they are trapped inside!).

Once the units being transported have mounted up, the war engine can move off with them inside as part of one of its own actions in a subsequent turn. It can dismount the transported units at the end of a move in the same way as a normal transport vehicle (i.e., the units are placed within 5cms of the transport at the end of a move).
My emphasis

hi all

when can a formation leave a broken WE

in our game tonight my squat Leviathan was broken by BM from shooting with a bezerker brotherhood still inside

when can they get out

do they have to wait until the WE rallies or is assaulted ?

cheers

PAR

Once the units being transported have mounted up, the war
engine can move off with them inside as part of one of its own
actions in a subsequent turn. It can dismount the transported
units at the end of a move in the same way as a normal transport
vehicle (i.e., the units are placed within 5cms of the transport at
the end of a move).
Formations that dismount in this way may not take an action in
the turn they dismount, but are allowed to either shoot or fight
in an assault if the war engine that was transporting it is able to
shoot or assault. In both cases, the war engine and the
transported units are treated as a single formation until the
shooting attack or assault has been resolved. The war engine and
the formation that disembarked are treated as being separate
formations once the war engine has completely resolved its
action.

Two followup questions:

1) Would the disembarking formation be allowed an activation? As written it seems disembarking from a WE loses you your activation for the turn, however it's not clear that it is intended for this to be so if the WE is not the active formation.

Formations that dismount in this way [at the end of a WE move] may not take an action in
the turn they dismount

2) What if the formation were trapped by having 2 enemy units per DC in B2B? I would think since it didn't disembark it wouldn't participate, including for the purposes of BMs, Outnumbering, Inspiring, etc. Not certain though.

cheers all for the answers

one more thing

would the bezerker formation that dismount a broken WM have any BM or be broken themselves ?

cheers

PAR