Hi all, I've got a few questions that I'm sure you can all answer for easily

- If a formation moves to and embarks on a war engine transport, can that transport then perform an action later in the same turn, assuming it hasn't already done so?
- Tied in with the above: When a war engine transport makes an action the units inside are allowed to disembark and shoot/assault the same formation the war engine shoots/assaults. Could that mean that the original formation embarks, disembarks and shoots all in the same turn?
- Can a war engine flier start the game deployed on the table?
- If a landed flier passes an air assault/landing test then it has an infinite move?

Thanks in advance!
Asger

1 - Section 3.1.3 covers this. If a formation embarks on a WE transport then it cannot activate that turn if it has not already.

2 - No, see above.

3 - As long as it has transport it can land so I see no reason why not.

4 - All AC have no limit to the distance moved, and must move at least 30cm before they can make a turn.

As I expected.

To Q3, doesn't section 4.2 (very first sentences) indicate that they can not be deployed?


Another question, unrelated to the above ones but I don't want to clutter up the board.

Q5. In the tournament scenario there are a couple of mentions (garrison + objective capturing) of a unit from the formation having to be "within" 15cm. Does that mean the whole base has to be completely within, or is a mm of the front of a base enough?


Even more unrelated: Round bases (1+2 pennies) are they not relatively inferior compared to the allotted wide and slim standard bases? The flexibility gained by being able to cover both a really wide frontage (e.g. capture several objectives) or concentrate on a really small frontage (e.g. FF assaults) seems like a rather big thing. Bear in mind I haven't played much at all, and not at all for years

Asger

PS A mod can change the title of the thread if they feel like it, as it seems I've drifted outside the narrow confines of the initial title

This sentence from 4.2



seems to say they can. I can't think of many situations were I'd want to do this though.

Where to measure from (edge, nearest physical model, center, etc) is something that should be agreed during the 5 min warm up. As long as everyone plays it the same way in a game it shouldn't matter. This normally comes up when asking what counts as hit by barrage templates.

As long as base size is roughly similar it normally makes little difference, but again discuss any issues in the 5 min warm up. I'll be basing my 'nids on 2p and 1p coins and don't expect any issues with it.

The rules for aircraft explicitly prohibit this:



Emphasis mine.



A landed flyer is treated as a ground unit with a 0cm/immobile movement, so it can't actually choose "Air Assault" as an action option and cannot move at all during the Action Phase, only making a disengagement move in the End Phase.

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That means that transported units maybe setup "on board" the aircraft, not on the battlefield/tabletop during deployment. Asger is asking about deploying such a thing to the tabletop during setup, perhaps as a garrison, which is not allowed.

See above.

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Silly me!

Still can't see the problem with transport AC setup on the ground though. I can't think of a situation were it would be an advantage.

A garrisoned Manta on overwatch, surrounded by Pathfinders might bother some people... *laugh*

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I thought the Manta was an always poped up skimmer, but I've not looked at the Tau for a while so I'm probably out of date.

And Asger, don't worry about going off topic. As you can see its easily done  

Sorry, was thinking it was an aircraft, my bad!  *laugh*

Landing Craft then, loaded with tanks?

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There's an FAQ specifically on garrisoning aircraft.  It's not allowed.


There are two ways of reading this question.  If the question is about getting an aircraft on or off the board using an approach or disengage move, Meph answered and he is correct.

If you are asking about a landed aircraft staying on the board and "hopping" to a new location when it activates, the answer is no.  Chroma addressed this but for to expand a bit, once it has landed the aricraft is immobile.  It can only "move" by disengaging as an aircraft in the end phase.

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Thanks for all the answers!



Does anyone know how this is supposed to be played?

Asger

Any part of I believe, so a mm is fine.

The only exception to this is when disembarking from transports, which I think do need the whole model to be placed within 5cm of any part of the vehicle.

Nope. It's the same situation. Depends on the definition of "within". The only instances I can see in the rules where a distance and inclusion/exclusion is defined, is ZoC (use of "enter" means partly within), and coherency 1.2.1 (use of "without any gaps of more than 5cm" again, meaning partly within), and  shooting (within is included as a partly within, but this is a Design Concept, and therefore apparently a joke we're not supposed to take seriously   ).

There has not been, to my knowledge, any actual definition of "within" as "wholly within" or "partly within", when it comes to Transport Disembarking. Some interpret it one way, some interpret it another, neither is incorrect, until a ruling is made.

Morgan Vening