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IA8 introduces a new unit - the Valkyrie Sky Talon. This is a valk with no crew compartment that can carry a buggy or a couple of drop sentinels.
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Navy/VALKYRIE-SKY-TALON_.html

It is not a transport vehicle. Rather, it has a special rule: Sky Lift
A Sky Talon can carry one Tauros or Tauros Venator or two Drop Sentinels. If you have sufficient Sky Talons, they may carry a vehicle squadron. The Sky Talons must remain in coherency whilst transporting a vehicle squadron.

This raises a number of questions:
1. Can it release the vehicles?
2. Is there any restriction on when the vehicles can be released?
3. Is there any restriction on the released vehicles moving and shooting?
4. Can the vehicles that are being carried be targeted?
5. What happens to the vehicles being carried if the Sky Talon is Wrecked or Destroyed?

The FAQ offers the following:
When a Tauros (or Drop Sentinel) ‘disembarks’ from a Sky Talon,
what can they do? Can they still move and shoot?
They disembark like infantry from a vehicle. So if the Sky Talon has
moved the Tauros can’t. If the Sky Talon hasn’t moved, then the .Tauros
can move as normal. They may still shoot.

This is not very helpful since they were never "embarked" as the Sky Talon is not a transport. However, it does offer a little guidance as to what was intended.

With no RAW at all for this, it comes down to how would you play it. Below is my thoughts on that but I'm curious to see what everyone else thinks.

1. Yes, because otherwise it's pointless.
2. I would follow the same restriction as disembarking passengers - only if it's moved 12" or less.
3. Again, I would follow the rules for passengers - may shoot. May not move unless the vehicle did not move before they disembarked.
4. No
5. ??

Since A) I rarely buy IA B) even more rarely get to play ... all i can give you is how i play it in apoc.

How far the transport vehicle has move is how far the transported vehicle has moved. In the case of squadrons its the largest distance.

Do you play that the carried model can be targeted? I'm not convinced it should be but nothing says it isn't.

What do you do with the embarked vehicles if a talon is wrecked or destroyed?

if the RAW aren't clear for #5, i'd go with the closest example available for RAI, the blood angels storm raven carrying a dreadnought. if the storm raven explodes, the dread suffers a strength 4 rear armor hit. that carries over easily to your example. as always, discuss it with your opponent.

Scott-S6 wrote:This raises a number of questions:
1. Can it release the vehicles?
2. Is there any restriction on when the vehicles can be released?
3. Is there any restriction on the released vehicles moving and shooting?
4. Can the vehicles that are being carried be targeted?
5. What happens to the vehicles being carried if the Sky Talon is Wrecked or Destroyed?

While it's not the best wording in the world, I would assume that when they say the vehicle may be 'carried' they mean that it is embarked as any other unit would be in a transport vehicle. This would be backed up by the FAQ pointing out that they disembark as infantry would.

Which nicely answers all of those questions.

It's a shame they didn't make it

Type:
Vehicle
Skimmer (fast)
Transport (Tauros, Venator or 2x drop sentinels)