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Just a few questions about this weapon. It states that you cannot use it if the unit had moved in the movement phase, however...

...what if the unit is in a transport (lets say a rhino) that has moved? Is he able to shoot the orbital bombardment?

If yes..does it require the use of a fire point? Alternatively...is he even able to use orbital bombardment in a vehicle at all?

Finally, is he able to disembark (and perform no further moving) and fire the bombardment?

Thanks in advance.

Disembarking counts as movement.
Being in a vehicle that is moving counts as movement.

In neither case could he call in the OB.

Being in a vehicle should not matter. He isn't firing a weapon, he's talking on a radio.

what about after he uses the OB. does he have to assault the unit that was hit with the OB, or can he assault a different unit?

dashrendar wrote:what about after he uses the OB. does he have to assault the unit that was hit with the OB, or can he assault a different unit?

He can assault a different unit.

IIRC, it was FAQed.


Eric

I'm fairly confident it hasn't been FAQ'd since they haven't released a FAQ for the new space marines codex yet.

The rule specifically says "Calling down an orbital bombardment otherwhise counts as firing a ranged weapon". Which means that the Chapter Master would indeed have to assault the unit that is targetted, as well as target the same unit as a unit he is attached to if he happens to be attached.

Drunkspleen wrote:I'm fairly confident it hasn't been FAQ'd since they haven't released a FAQ for the new space marines codex yet.

The rule specifically says "Calling down an orbital bombardment otherwhise counts as firing a ranged weapon". Which means that the Chapter Master would indeed have to assault the unit that is targetted, as well as target the same unit as a unit he is attached to if he happens to be attached.

"...a unit that fired in the Shooting phase can only assault the unit that it shot at - it cannot assault a different unit to the one it previously shot at."
-from the rulebook

"Calling down an orbital bombardment otherwise counts as firing a ranged weapon and uses the following profile"
-from the space marine codex.

I wonder if there's an exception for it being a barrage weapon in the book somewhere, though I bet he's the only character in the game who counts as firing an ordinance barrage weapon making that pretty unlikely.

Would be pretty ballsy to call down a barrage on a unit that is within assault range of him

Makes sense though. He's staring at the unit he is giving coordinates to fire on, not looking for another unit to rush into combat with.

[disclaimer]->just finished 6 hours of finals, and have 3 more to go today uggggh, so sorry if my grammar is jibberish