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Can you do this? Can you take a scout move and then pop smoke so that if your opponent goes first or seizes you get a cover save?Just came up, and I would like to know RAW and adepticon if they conflict. Thanks.

Yes you can as per page 62...it says once per game after completing a move.

NO.

scout move is not pe-se a move.

having said that, why? most scouts have stealth.

MAYBE.

No probly not. I just wanted to be different.

Yes. Unlike some other rules that specify the Movement Phase, the rules for Smoke Launchers do not. They simply specify that they are launched after a move. Scouts get a move. I frankly don't see very much of an argument against it in the rules per se.

Captain Solon wrote:

having said that, why? most scouts have stealth.

...but their tranports dont.

I'd say yes.

The rules for Smoke Launchers just say "after completing it's move." I don't see why it wouldn't count for Scout moves, since the vehicle is in fact moving...

ah, "move" one of the most ambiguous definitions in the rulebook.

Can scouts pop smoke after a scout move?

Can a deep striking vehicle pop smoke after it's deep strike scatter move?

Can a vehicle pop smoke after a Callidus Assassin uses "A word in your ear" to move it?

I believe GW (unfortunately) uses the term move interchangably to reference two different things:

A movement (not necessarily in the movement phase) which follows the rules of movement, and is affected by things such as terrain and intervening models

OR

The relocation of a model from Point A to Point B with no regard for what falls between those two points.

Obviously the movement phase itself falls into the first one, as does assaulting, running and probably a large number of other things. While I'm sure most people would agree, a deep strike scatter falls under the second definition, because if it didn't the mishap table would never have a chance to trigger.

Not all things easily or obviously fall into one of the categories though, such as my Callidus Assassin example, which merely states "can move one enemy unit up to 6" after both sides have deployed, but before the first turn starts". It could be a simple 6" relocation, or would you have the choice to "move" a tank through difficult terrain, hoping to immobilize it, or perhaps drive a bike unit through the same terrain in the hope of wounding them. There's really no sure way to tell.

With Scouts, it's definitely the first option because the move is said to be done "exactly as in their Movement phase", and as such, I would say smoke launchers can be used as part of this movement.

I have to agree. It's not "at the end of the models movement phase" it's "at the end of the models move". Subtle Difference, but important.

So yes, you can pop smoke. Keep ya Baals Alive!