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If you hold a valkyrie in reserve, when the vehicle comes on from the board edge, does the valkyrie get to fire all of its weapons or does it get to fire only one? The vehicle is more than 6" in length so technically it would only be able to fire one. Is there any FAQ or clarifcation of what can fire. I got into a fight with a person at the FLGS and they said that they all got to fire the turn they came on.

This is the case for many vehicles in 40k, ie landraiders, battlewagons and the like.

The vehicle moves onto the table from the edge. If it moves more than 6" to get fully onto the table, it would fire as such. I believe this was different in 4th, as you placed the model at the table edge prior to movement.

It was the same in 4E.

There is no rule saying you must move fully onto the table. If the valk moves 6", it can fire as such, if it moves more than 6", it can fire as such.

If any part of the hull of a vehicle is off-table, the vehicle (and its contents) is destroyed.

Hey yakface, can i get a ruling on this to the Adepticon FAQ

Fantasy4life wrote:Hey yakface, can i get a ruling on this to the Adepticon FAQ

Yes and while you're at it make me a cup of tea and some scones.

I am going to assume you didn't even bother reading the latest Faq (v2.2) did you? because, lo and behold, they actually did cover this!

Page 16 INATFAQ V2.2 wrote:RB.94D.02 – Q: Some vehicles are so big they cannot move on from the table edge without moving faster than combat speed. Are such vehicles forced to move faster than combat speed on the turn they move onto the table?
A: No, if a vehicle is so large it cannot totally fit onto the table when moving onto the table at combat speed, players are allowed to leave the back end of the vehicle hanging off the edge of the table [clarification]. If players are concerned about their model falling off the table they can mark the spot where it is supposed to be and then temporarily move the model fully onto the table.
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Note: While a vehicle is partially ‘hanging off the table’, any access points off the table may not be used and any blast with the center hole over the vehicle will hit it, even if the blast is technically off the table.
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KaloranSLC wrote:If any part of the hull of a vehicle is off-table, the vehicle (and its contents) is destroyed.

There is no rule to that effect, that only applies to units that are falling back, which is an impossibility for vehicles given thier lack of a leadership characteristic.

In my club, we measure its movement to the front end of the base (it's an oval) which is slightly under 6", allowing it to move 6" onto the table and therefore fire TWO weapons (it is a FAST, skimmer) unless one is a hellstrike (when it's one of them).

It's a based vehicle, just like a Falcon. For convenience we use the base for movement calculations, as you would for any other based model.

Kaloran, there is no rule that states what you are asserting.

Ok, I'm probably transferring the issues with deep striking pods. My bad.

To the OP. When you got into the 'fight' at the FLGS, was the other guy trying to fire his Rocket Pods? Because those are only Str 4 and are defensive weaponry and as I understand it even if he moved over 6 inches, with a Fast vehicle (ie Valkyrie), he could still fire both Rocket Pods as well as his main weapon.

Aye, with rocket Pods you might as well move 12"