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you know that thing that you put on a base and it isn't a marker drone or a hardwired stealth field generator, that thing, what is it? i ask jokingly but I'm very curious, as iv never heard it named and i have looked, believe me I've looked

Objective Marker. It was in an Issue of White Dwarf.

Or you could use it as a deep strike marker for when they're straying. The Terminator box comes with a marine equivalent of one.

I always imagined it to be some sort of Robo Tau pet.

It's the Tau equivalent of a teleport homer.

The technical term is doohickey.

No no no, it's a thingamabobber.

Im with Luna, that whatzidinger is some sort or company mascot. Like a little injured puppy or something

I always used it as a weapon. When your opponent isn't looking, throw it as hard as you can into their tightly packed infantry formations. I modified mine with weights, spikes, etc.

I put it on my TV once and I got killer reception.

It's a widget.

Use it as an objective marker, deep strike homer, whatever. It has no game rules in and of itself.

great answers kids, i love my new whatchamabobber

Its just for looks, Mainly used for a objective marker in my case.

by the way, Hard wired devises

arent actually on the model

(according to the book)