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Ok, i've been reading through the new nid codex and a few queries have popped up.

1)Ok, in planetstrike the attackers can deep strike all thier units, and the ones that could deep strike normally can charge on the turn they do so, my question is this: lictors can appear near the enemy, as if they'd depp strike, but can they charge on the turn they arrive in planetstrike? Its very similar in some ways, can't assualt but can shoot, it just appears but it doesn't actullay say deep strike? Can it or can't it?

2)Does a Trygon prime have both bio-electric pulse thingys or just the assault 12 one, i think just the one, a staff member at my LGS said so too, but no where can i find where it says to replace it.

Thanks in advance

1.) A Lictor does not have Deep Strike, and so can't Assault on the turn he shows up even in Planetstrike.

2.) Page 50 of the Codex; Containment Spine (Trygon Prime only) [insert fluff here] A Trygon Prime uses the following profile when firing his Bio-Electric Pulse.

....so he only gets the Assault 12 gun, not the Assault 6 as well.

Lictors do NOT arrive via DS, they are placed in the same way as a model would for DS, but does not use the DS rules.

Ok, thanks everyone, that clears a few things up.

It wouldn't be unreasonable to house rule it and say that Lictors/Marbo can assault the turn they come it.

I was wondering how this affected models that used the tunnels created by the Mawloc?

If it states they may enter using Deep Strike, but do not scatter, then as long as there is not a specific prohibition agaisnt assaulting they could assault in Planetstrike.

Tyranid Codex-Trygon entry (pg50) wrote:
After the trygon (or trygon prime) has emerged, mark the position under the creatures base with a suitable marker. Any tyranid infantry units (except those with wings) that arrive from reserve in subsequent turns may attempt to utilise this tunnel network and emerge from it instead of arriving as normal. If they chose to do so, place the entire unit so that all models are within 6" of the marker and in unit coherency. If any models cannot be placed becasue of enemy models within 1" or impassable terrain, the excess are removed as casualties. The unit may move or assault on the same turn it arrives, but may shoot or run as normal. No more than a single unit may emerge from each tunnel entrance on the same turn.

So it's like it has deep-striked (can move, shoot, run but not assault) but it doesn't actually say Deep Strike. I think this case is like the one with the lictor, its like deep striking but isn't, so, like the lictor, i don't think they can assault on the turn they arrive in planetstrike.

Those are the rules for the units following the Trygon - the Trygon itself arrives via deepstrike, as noted in its special rules.