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An example: 20 Necron Warriors with an attached Necron Lord deep strike with VoD onto an objective, and move/run to form a ring just over 3" surrounding the objective, and a attached Necron Lord, in coherency with his joined Warriors, is within 3" of the objective. Would the objective be held by the troops or just contested by the HQ?

I would say held by troop.

HQ is only separate if
1. he is more than 2" away from troop
2. he is in HTH.

correct me if im wrong please..!

The unit is within 3", thus they're holding it.

The Independent Character is treated as a normal member of the unit, and will score objectives while he's a part of that unit.

However, page 90 says that an army's scoring units are units that come from the Troops allowance.
The exception that is granted is units of troops that are embarked in a transport.
An IC that joins a unit follows the rules on pages 48 and 49, but nothing these says an IC joining a unit suddenly becomes a troops choice.
It is still an IC and still comes from it's own codex entry and it own FOC choice.
I would say that a model that comes from the troops choice would have to be within 3" of the objective to control it, or the transport is within 3".
An IC could certainly contest an objective, but not control it.

time wizard wrote:However, page 90 says that an army's scoring units are units that come from the Troops allowance.

And the unit from the Troops allowance is within range of the objective in this case, as so long as he is joined to them, the IC is a part of the unit. Measurement to the unit is to the closest model in the unit... Since the IC is a part of the unit, measuring to him is fine.

However, page 90 says that an army's scoring units are units that come from the Troops allowance.
The exception that is granted is units of troops that are embarked in a transport.
An IC that joins a unit follows the rules on pages 48 and 49, but nothing these says an IC joining a unit suddenly becomes a troops choice.
It is still an IC and still comes from it's own codex entry and it own FOC choice.
I would say that a model that comes from the troops choice would have to be within 3" of the objective to control it, or the transport is within 3".
An IC could certainly contest an objective, but not control it.

Sorry wizard but using your logic you;ve reached the wrong conclusion. The unit is within 3". Eiether eth unit is troops and scoring or it isn't. So either yes it is held or even if the troops were within 3" having an attached IC stops the unit from scoring (which is pretty plainly ridiculous).

Okay insaniak, that's cool, I'll buy that!
Didn't look at it that way.

Yup.

At Adepticon in one of my games I specifically joined a Sanguinary Priest to a five man assault squad to give them enough reach to stretch and hold two objectives. Doesn't matter if the priest is in the middle or on the end. While he's attached, he's a member of the squad, and the squad is a scoring unit.