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A few questions about planetstrike.
First off, the book says any unit may claim objectives, not just troops. So am I correct in thinking, that will not include vehicles , or squadrons of vehicles, ( although they can contest?) , or independent characters. Just units of infantry i.e. elites , troops , heavy and fast attack units.
Secondly do the defenders reserves start to come in on turn one, do they use the standard reserve rolls table. I'm sure it says that the defenders use the normal reserve rules , but not sure whether that is just in reference to not being able to deepstrike. What d'ya think?

1) Yes. Any unit.

2) Everyone in PS uses the PS Reserves table/Rolls. And yes, they can deepstrike if they have the rules.

If I read the questions correctly.

1. IIRC vechiles and IC's can claim objectives

2. they would use the special planetstrike one

1. All Units can capture objectives. However, it is best to clear up pre game if units with special rules saying they can never be scoring in fact count as scoring.

2. You use the Planetstrike reserves table.

Gwar! wrote:1. All Units can capture objectives. However, it is best to clear up pre game if units with special rules saying they can never be scoring in fact count as scoring.

I think I missed that. I always figured that the specific in that case was the particular unit - if the unit has a rule saying no scoring, it overrides the general idea that every unit does. A la 4e.

Never hurts to clarify though.

shrug

Yes it says that all "units" can capture an objective. But what constituts a unit? An IC cant be a unit? a vehicle cant be a unit? A MC can't be a unit.

vodski wrote:Yes it says that all "units" can capture an objective. But what constituts a unit? An IC cant be a unit? a vehicle cant be a unit? A MC can't be a unit.

Errrm... Everything is a Unit. Everything except terrain and Bunkers.

Coming up against the mighty gwar. Damn I will just have to pull out the rule book to supplement my hazy and drink dulled brain.
Page 3 of the small rule book. Title models and units. ok ....warriors band together....loose groups...er... usually consist of several models that fight as group...er...oh ...yeh...oh. Everything except terrain then. Right again Gwar , never doubted you.

You mean:

A unit will usually consist of several models that fight as a group, but it can also be a single, very large or powerful model, such as a battle tank, a monstrous alien creature or a lone hero. In the rules that follow, all of these things are referred to as 'units'.

Er yeah I think thats it . Probably. OK I'll meet you half way, and go with that. Well all the way really. Like I said never doubted you. Honest guv.

Wouldn't bunkers be units?

Just neutral. . .

Now your just being silly!

No... not really.
They use vehicle rules.

Not all vehicle rules. Anyhoo time for bed, busy day 2moz. Thank you all and goodnight. vodski has left the building.XD