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So a friend of mine plays tau and is thinking of including this formation in an upcoming apoc game. The question is this:

Do the models in this formation scatter when arriving via deepstrike? can they scatter outside the designated area? We are undecided on the matter and we have both decided to post questions on our respective forums. Any help is appreciated.

A little more details would be useful!

If it states they deepstrike in, and give NO allowance for not scattering, then they scatter as normal.

Hold on, let me find the exact wording...

"each unit *must* arrive within 18" of the nominated objective".

This is the point of contention. A lot of other formations (but not all) state that they may scatter out of their 6" or 12" "coherency" for being in a formation, but this one uses *must*.

I don't really know how to call it. It's also quite critical as we are playing a king of the hill style game with only 1 objective and different deployment rules.

"Arrive" is fine - when you place the first model you are "arriving" at that point.

At most you can argue that they scatter but if they would end up more than 18" away you reduce the scatter.

TBH like most things apocalypse - discuss this before the game as to how you think it is reasonable to play it. Worst thing you can have is an argument midgame.

you have to place the model within the 18" and then they scatter as usual