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I read a post which gave someone the advice of "If you had a Big Mek in a vehicle you can fix other vehicles in base to base with the vehicle the Mek is in". I think this is a liberal interpatation of the rules (not to mention a little over powered as he can fix weapon destroyed results also). As it says "models the Mek is in base to base with" and just because the Mek is in the transport I don't think it makes the transport his new base. Although if this would work it would be frickan awsome and would switch up some of my taktics. Any one with clarification

If the big mek himself isnt in contact with a vehicle he cant repair it. Although you are allowed to measure certain effects from the edges of transports containing other units, things that require base to base contact, like being is assault, need you to actually be in base to base contact. A transport doesnt become a new base.

Regwon wrote:If the big mek himself isnt in contact with a vehicle he cant repair it. Although you are allowed to measure certain effects from the edges of transports containing other units, things that require base to base contact, like being is assault, need you to actually be in base to base contact. A transport doesnt become a new base.

It's worth noting that the Mek rules also allow him to fix vehicles he is inside, unlike several other units in the game with repair powers that use only base contact.
But yes, he needs to be inside the vehicle or outside standing in contact with it to repair it.

I thought so. Thanks for the clarification.

Just to throw in the other side... when this was discussed recently, there were a few people who felt that the rules allow for the 'fixing a vehicle in contact with the one he's in' interpretation, based on the rule allowing you to measure distances from the vehicle he's embarked in. Base contact is the same as measuring '0 inches'... so determining whether or not a model is in base contact is measurement.


That being said, I believe that requiring the model to actually be in base contact was the predominant view. The other interpretation leads to a few peculiarities, like being able to assault a unit inside a transport vehicle by charging the vehicle, and so probably isn't what was intended.