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Can terminators arrive in a drop pod? Yes I know you can deep strike them in, but I just wondered, as I can't find anything to say they can or can't. I'm particularly interested 'cause for my CSM army I've noticed the dread claw assault pod is actually a flyer so you can re-embark and move around the battlefield. Obviously the two for one rule would still apply.

Also, regardless of whether they can use pods or not, is there any other way I can get a single squad of ten terminators onto the battlefield, (other than Deep Strike) so they can disembark and assualt in the same turn? I guess what I really want is a Land Raider that holds 10 Termies! (the reason for this is I want to give the squad the Mark of Khorne - but don't want to have to pay the points value of doing this twice for two units in Land Raiders) and before anybody says anything, I can't afford to fork out £300 for a Thunderhawk!

Yes they can. However Only space wolves (and black templars?) can choose them as dedicated transports.

This means that normally you will only ever see an IC in terminator armour joined to another unit arrive this way.

Tri wrote:Yes they can. However Only space wolves (and black templars?) can choose them as dedicated transports.

This means that normally you will only ever see an IC in terminator armour joined to another unit arrive this way.

Black Templars Termi squads can take them as dedicated transports. It's just not listed in the unit entry, but earlier in the codex (pg 22ish I think).

Deathwing terminators can have them as well

They still take up 2 transport slots though right (so SW/BT? can transport 5 max in a pod)?

Drop pods have a transport of twelve so technically you could take 6

Sounds kinda weird but I couldn't find anything to the contrary.

DODcrazy wrote:Deathwing terminators can have them as well

No they can't.

Ridealgh wrote:Drop pods have a transport of twelve so technically you could take 6

Only Codex: Space Marines Drop Pods have a cap of 12. Everyone else is 10.


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Andilus Greatsword wrote:They still take up 2 transport slots though right (so SW/BT? can transport 5 max in a pod)?

That's correct.

Ridealgh wrote:Drop pods have a transport of twelve so technically you could take 6

I dunno what chapter that is for (if any) but it's only 10 for Space Wolves.

Codex: Space Marines

...as I just pointed out...

Ah ok sorry 'bout that.

Guys your right but I think the OP was talking about Apocolypse...I think, as he mentions many Apocolypse units.

I don't know much about the Dreadclaw but if it can be taken as a dedicated transport for Chaos Terminators then yes you can put them in it but you can only fit as many as the Dreadclaws capacity will allow, and remember, Terminators take up 2 slots in transports.

No there is no way for any army (except in Apocolypse) to get 10 Terminators on the battlefield in a single transport and still be able to assault. I'm also pretty sure Chaos can't take Thunderhawks in a Apocolypse as I don't see it listed as a Chaos unit in any Apocolypse book, IA or other.

Sanguinis wrote:No there is no way for any army (except in Apocolypse) to get 10 Terminators on the battlefield in a single transport and still be able to assault. I'm also pretty sure Chaos can't take Thunderhawks in a Apocolypse as I don't see it listed as a Chaos unit in any Apocolypse book, IA or other.

It's Apocalypse. A Tau player could take a thunderhawk if he wanted.

Plus the Apoc book also has a note about Chaos being able to use Imperial datasheets if they want. I forget the page number, but it's on the Line Breaker formation page.

Lol gotcha I forgot Apocolypse rules were very loose regarding units and armies.

I too remember seeing something about Chaos using Imperial Datasheets, probably before they created the Chaos variant of Titans, and to stop them from having to create a new datasheet for something thats essentially the same as its Imperial equivelant.

Sanguinis wrote:Guys your right but I think the OP was talking about Apocolypse...I think, as he mentions many Apocolypse units.

I don't know much about the Dreadclaw but if it can be taken as a dedicated transport for Chaos Terminators then yes you can put them in it but you can only fit as many as the Dreadclaws capacity will allow, and remember, Terminators take up 2 slots in transports.

No there is no way for any army (except in Apocolypse) to get 10 Terminators on the battlefield in a single transport and still be able to assault. I'm also pretty sure Chaos can't take Thunderhawks in a Apocolypse as I don't see it listed as a Chaos unit in any Apocolypse book, IA or other.

Further to my original query, I've been reading the 'experimental' rules on the Caestus Assault Ram, and I'm thinking I could use those rules and scratch build a similar chaos version so I can get 10 Terminators into assault all in one go.

monkeyh wrote:

Sanguinis wrote:Guys your right but I think the OP was talking about Apocolypse...I think, as he mentions many Apocolypse units.

I don't know much about the Dreadclaw but if it can be taken as a dedicated transport for Chaos Terminators then yes you can put them in it but you can only fit as many as the Dreadclaws capacity will allow, and remember, Terminators take up 2 slots in transports.

No there is no way for any army (except in Apocolypse) to get 10 Terminators on the battlefield in a single transport and still be able to assault. I'm also pretty sure Chaos can't take Thunderhawks in a Apocolypse as I don't see it listed as a Chaos unit in any Apocolypse book, IA or other.

Further to my original query, I've been reading the 'experimental' rules on the Caestus Assault Ram, and I'm thinking I could use those rules and scratch build a similar chaos version so I can get 10 Terminators into assault all in one go.

Don't expect people to play you if you try to use the Caestus. It and the Lucius Pattern Drop Pod are widely regarded as the two most OP things to ever come out of Forgeworld.

If your going to scratchbuild a Cestus Ram you may just as well cobble together a Thunderhawk.
Take the StormRaven kit, extend it (or get the aftermarket extension kit). Do not instal the airscoop on the top. Add Leman Russ Turret with battlecannon to the top.

As for any other methods of getting 10 terminators onto the field as a single unit:
(Sarcasm) they can walk on and run each turn.
OR:
Buy Shrike and attach him to the Termies. You can then infiltrate all 10 Termies (and a second attached HQ??) to within 18" (12" out of LOS).

To MORE THAN 18" and MORE THAN 12"

dkellyj wrote:If your going to scratchbuild a Cestus Ram you may just as well cobble together a Thunderhawk.
Take the StormRaven kit, extend it (or get the aftermarket extension kit). Do not instal the airscoop on the top. Add Leman Russ Turret with battlecannon to the top.

As for any other methods of getting 10 terminators onto the field as a single unit:
(Sarcasm) they can walk on and run each turn.
OR:
Buy Shrike and attach him to the Termies. You can then infiltrate all 10 Termies (and a second attached HQ??) to within 18" (12" out of LOS).

That is IMHO a Hilarious idea. infiltrate to as close as possible, and Shrike gives your whole army fleet! Termi's with fleet?! LOL With the dice gods on your side and good placement it just might be possible, albeit very tricky to pull off. But just imagine the look on your opponents face when you get it to work.

Salted Diamond wrote:

dkellyj wrote:If your going to scratchbuild a Cestus Ram you may just as well cobble together a Thunderhawk.
Take the StormRaven kit, extend it (or get the aftermarket extension kit). Do not instal the airscoop on the top. Add Leman Russ Turret with battlecannon to the top.

As for any other methods of getting 10 terminators onto the field as a single unit:
(Sarcasm) they can walk on and run each turn.
OR:
Buy Shrike and attach him to the Termies. You can then infiltrate all 10 Termies (and a second attached HQ??) to within 18" (12" out of LOS).

That is IMHO a Hilarious idea. infiltrate to as close as possible, and Shrike gives your whole army fleet! Termi's with fleet?! LOL With the dice gods on your side and good placement it just might be possible, albeit very tricky to pull off. But just imagine the look on your opponents face when you get it to work.

Don't need to imagine... did this last week... 3 drop pods, two scout squads, and a terminator TH/SS squad all parked on a Grey Knight flank... with 2 riflemen dreads firing from my DZ (empty drop pods assigned to them). It almost brought a tear to my eye (I think he got a little misty too)

dkellyj wrote:If your going to scratchbuild a Cestus Ram you may just as well cobble together a Thunderhawk.
Take the StormRaven kit, extend it (or get the aftermarket extension kit). Do not instal the airscoop on the top. Add Leman Russ Turret with battlecannon to the top.

As for any other methods of getting 10 terminators onto the field as a single unit:
(Sarcasm) they can walk on and run each turn.
OR:
Buy Shrike and attach him to the Termies. You can then infiltrate all 10 Termies (and a second attached HQ??) to within 18" (12" out of LOS).

I had no idea there was an after market extension kit to modify the storm raven into a thunderhawk - where do you get it from? (I assume it's not GW)

Your tactic with Shrike is only flawed in that I don't think he'll want to play with my Chaos Termies!

monkeyh wrote:

dkellyj wrote:If your going to scratchbuild a Cestus Ram you may just as well cobble together a Thunderhawk.
Take the StormRaven kit, extend it (or get the aftermarket extension kit). Do not instal the airscoop on the top. Add Leman Russ Turret with battlecannon to the top.

As for any other methods of getting 10 terminators onto the field as a single unit:
(Sarcasm) they can walk on and run each turn.
OR:
Buy Shrike and attach him to the Termies. You can then infiltrate all 10 Termies (and a second attached HQ??) to within 18" (12" out of LOS).

I had no idea there was an after market extension kit to modify the storm raven into a thunderhawk - where do you get it from? (I assume it's not GW)

Your tactic with Shrike is only flawed in that I don't think he'll want to play with my Chaos Termies!

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