can an IC disattach and attach in the same movement phase?

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**warboss**

this came up because i needed to shimmy over my jump pack chaplain from one side of a tactical squad in a general line formation to the other. can you disattach by moving two inches away and then jump over most of the squad for the next 10" to reattach?

**Shas'O Dorian**

Yes he can, as long as he ends his movement within 2" of the new unit.

**Thor665**

You're asking if they can disattach and then reattach to the same squad in the same turn?

The answer is no. As long as you're attached to the tactical squad you cannot use your jump pack movement. You can only become unattached or reattached at the end of your movement phase, so you cannot unattach to then use jump pack movement. The Tactical squad also can't move away from you to unattach you since only the IC's movement may unattach it from a unit.

**Gwar!**

He can to a different squad, he cannot do it to leave then re-join the same squad.

**coredump**

Coherency is checked after the unit moves, not sometime in the middle.

Further, moving is a single action, there is nothing in the rules that happens in the middle of a movement action.

Thus, you are not considered 'out of coherency' until after the unit completes its movement; and there is not even a mechanism to check or do anything until the movement is complete.

So the unit moves, then you see if the IC is still attached or not.

For the same reason, the IC and unit must follow the same movement rules for that turn. (Thus no jump packs, etc.)

**Shas'O Dorian**

My mistake I thought you asked if he could jump from one squad to another. He cannot leave & rejoin the same squad.

**Battle Brother Loken**

What about if you have a jet pack
could you leave your squad and join back up with it in the assault phase?

**Gwar!**

Battle Brother Loken wrote:What about if you have a jet pack
could you leave your squad and join back up with it in the assault phase?

No. IC's can only leave or join in the Movement Phase.