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I searched for this and couldn't find it. Sorry if it is here! I saw someone do this and I am not sure it is legal.
Please let me know where in the rule book it deals with your answers if possible.

1-Can I hold my marine squad in reserve and drop the drop pod and move the marines squad on from the table edge when they become available?

2- If so can I do this with the stuff arriving 1st turn with "drop pod assault"?

3-Can I put my marine squad on the table and hold my drop pod in reserve and drop it empty?

Thanks lot!

ohiowargamer wrote:I searched for this and couldn't find it. Sorry if it is here! I saw someone do this and I am not sure it is legal.
Please let me know where in the rule book it deals with your answers if possible.

1-Can I hold my marine squad in reserve and drop the drop pod and move the marines squad on from the table edge when they become available?

2- If so can I do this with the stuff arriving 1st turn with "drop pod assault"?

3-Can I put my marine squad on the table and hold my drop pod in reserve and drop it empty?

Thanks lot!

1) Yes, but you have to roll for each one separately.
2) Yes, but the unit has to roll for reserves normally.
3) Yes.

And I can't give you a page ref because it doesn't explicitly deal with this. However, the rules for reserves let you do this, and nothing prevents doing it with Drop Pods, so you can.

Just to clarify #2. If you hold the pod and the squad in reserve, you can bring the pod in empty on 1st turn due to drop pod assault rules, but the squad must roll for reserves as normal beginning with turn 2.
The only way for the squad to come on in the 1st turn would be to arrive in the pod.

As for number 3, it depends on the number of pods you have. If you have 1 pod, it HAS to come in on turn 1, unless you are Black Templars. ( However, BT squads can't drop empty pods, so its a moot point).

If you have 2 pods, than yes, you can hold the empty pod back and drop it later, while the other pod has to come in on turn 1.

Agree with the above. Make sure you/theguyyou'restalking declares how he is holding his reserves. You can't declare you have a squad deepstriking in a pod and then walk them on later.

Edit @ General Hobbs: I think they're referring to deploying the squad and dropping the pod at the appropriate time, not necessarily after turn one.