Tank shocking own unit?

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**Dashofpepper**

What happens when a wave serpent tank shocks 20" in a direction and runs into a unit of its own stuff?

**Brother Ramses**

Don't your own units just move out of the way?

**Pika_power**

I thought it stopped...

**Warboss Tufgrim**

I´d say it stops 1" short.

Edited out the untrue stuff..

**Gorkamorka**

'friendly models still cannot be
moved through, so a tank shock cannot be attempted
if friendly models are in the way.'

'If the tank accidentally moves
into contact with a friendly model or comes to within
1" of an enemy vehicle, it immediately stops'

Both from page 68. Assuming whatever special rule this is uses the normal tank shock rules.

**Gwar!**

Warboss Tufgrim wrote:Since you´re not allowed to be within 1" of your own units, I´d say it stops 1" short.

What? You are not allowed to be within 1" of ENEMY units. You can get as close as you want to friendly units.

**Razerous**

Dashofpepper wrote:What happens when a wave serpent tank shocks 20" in a direction and runs into a unit of its own stuff?

+

BGB P86, right side of tank-shock section, wrote:If the tank accidentally moves into contact with a friendly model..., it immediately stops moving.

Volia.

**Warboss Tufgrim**

Gwar! wrote:What? You are not allowed to be within 1" of ENEMY units. You can get as close as you want to friendly units.

Yeah... that's what I get for not checking the rulebook first..

**Dracos**

Skimmers may move over their own troops, I see no reason you can't just choose to go overhead of your troops and shock only enemies.

**sbeasley**

Exactly a wave serpent is a skimmer and thus can fly over his own units and tank shock enemy units.

Pg 71: Moving Skimmers

It never comes in contact with the friendly unit, because it is flying over the top.

**insaniak**

sbeasley wrote:Exactly a wave serpent is a skimmer and thus can fly over his own units and tank shock enemy units.

...unless you take the 'must move in a straight line' to mean that skimmers can't change altitude whilst Tank Shocking.

Although that interpretation doesn't tend to see much use, as it causes all sorts of problems for non-skimmer tanks on tables that aren't perfectly flat

**sbeasley**

insaniak wrote:
sbeasley wrote:Exactly a wave serpent is a skimmer and thus can fly over his own units and tank shock enemy units.

...unless you take the 'must move in a straight line' to mean that skimmers can't change altitude whilst Tank Shocking.

Although that interpretation doesn't tend to see much use, as it causes all sorts of problems for non-skimmer tanks on tables that aren't perfectly flat

That's funny. You can't tank shock me because you would have to go through that hill to get to me. YOU HAVE TO MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE.