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I saw something in a game this weekend that I think wasn't quite correct, but I didn't wanna correct them during a game.

One player had an IC joined to a squad in one transport.  He wanted to disembark the IC from that transport, move it over to another transport, and then enter that second transport.  There was room for the IC in the second transport.

I am thinking that he couldn't do that because the IC never satisfied the conditions to join the unit in the second transport, so he couldn't enter their transport.

Correct?

Sal.

Unfortunately, I can't find anything on page 62 about IC's embarking and joining a previosly embarked unit. They cover leaving and disembarking but not the other way around. The one thing they do stress though is that infantry can never disembark and embark on the same turn though. So at least the player would have to wait a turn to do it. Sounds like time to make a house rule for it, but since it explains that IC's can disembark leaving a previously attached unit behind it doesn't seem to far fetched to think they can join an embarked unit too (just not during the same turn).

It's entirely possible that I missed something too. It's probably best to consult the rulebook.

As long as there is room in the vehicle for them I dont see any reason why they couldn't. That being said, I cant see any tactical reason why you would get out of one vehicle and get into another, but hey, people do strange things.

Yeah, tactically, it was kind of silly. The player had the IC with Unit A. He decided he wanted Unit A to do something where he didn't want his IC. He moved up Unit B's transport, wanted to switch the IC over to Unit B, and send Unit A off on a suicide mission of some sort or another.

The reason I'm not sure it is legal is the specific criteria for joining a unit. (I am paraphrasing, BGB is at home). The BGB states that to join a unit, the IC must be moved into coherency with the unit and then be declared to be joining the unit. Unit B (from above) is in the transport, and many argue that since they are in the transport, they are not "on the board." If they are in the transport, how does the IC first move into coherency with the squad to declare that he is now part of the unit? Is merely moving within 2" of the transport sufficient?

We all know that the IC must be part of the unit in order to board the transport; he cannot board the transport first and then join the unit later as only a single unit may use a transport at a time, and only one specific unit may use a dedicated transport. It's just a question of whether or not an IC can join a unit (during the movement phase, not during set up) that is currently embarked in a transport.

Yup, weird question. I've been playing since 1988, and I think this is the first time I've ever even wondered this

Sal.