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ok this has been gnawing at my mind since the tourny i was in a a few weeks back

i played a game vs tau, 1 objective each and first hq dead is a third objective(irrelevant since neithers died)

i couldnt roll for the life of me(played ig) rolling a 1 for every armour pen roll, so when turn 5 came around and i was surrounded (battlesuits,pirhana,devilfish) huddled around my objective, i obviously tried lasting out to grab a draw..

so i have my objective behind a wall and only had a few grunts to try and make a 3" bubble so needless to say there was some room to make it in...
well knowing it could possibly end after this turn the tau player flew his pirhana 12" over the wall(not within the 3" since it was too big for the small gap)
but then let his drones out, who then rolled for difficult terrain and reached 3" and the game ended

i could pull my hair out for not questioning this movement at the tourny, now i dont know alot about tau , and i could be stressing over nothing but can the drones move after
the pirhana moved over 6 inches?? the only thing i can think without reading the dex is it would act like a transport in which they could not move, but then again does a drone move in the assualt phase? and would this apply?
thanks for the help!!!!

p.s. i wouldnt normally stress over something i overlooked but i would have been 2-0-1 instead of 2-1-0 and it woulda netted me store credit!!!(toward the overcosted stormraven i bought lol)

The drones can disembark HOWEVER, like ANY passengers they cannot move if their vehicle has already moved that turn.

but do they get 6" in the assualt phase?(since most things in a transport arent "jetpack infantry")

Unless they are unit type: infantry they remain the jetpack rule, and can therefore move 6" in the assault phase

ok as long as he's allowed that
thanks

He could also run them in the shooting phase, regardless of the 6" assault move

right...i guess i just overthought the matter since it mattered for prizes lol