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Ok so we know that the inertial guidance rules ays you can move a drop pod that scatters the least amount of distance nessisary to avoid landing on a model either friend or foe. Lets say you aim for a unit, that is attempt to drop on a space occupied by an enemy tank, and role a hit on the scatter die. Does this rule allow you to correct the pod and place it the least distance away from the tank nessisary to not hit it, or do you mishapp?

You make the call Dakka....

You would mishap. Guidance only applies if you scatter into mishap, but since you decided to drop in a mishap location, you suffer the mishap.

Actually, iirc, you are not allowed to target a DS on top of another unit - the had to FAQ to allow the Mawloc to do it.

The Deep Strike rules say to place the model on the table. On top of another model is not on the table.

Furthermore The drop pods Inertial guidance only allows you to reduce scatter to avoid a mishap. Hypothetically, with the situation you outlined, moving it when rolling a 'HIT' is increasing scatter, not decreasing scatter. Hypothetically because the situation you outlined is Illegal.

DeathReaper wrote:The Deep Strike rules say to place the model on the table. On top of another model is not on the table.

Furthermore The drop pods Inertial guidance only allows you to reduce scatter to avoid a mishap. Hypothetically, with the situation you outlined, moving it when rolling a 'HIT' is increasing scatter, not decreasing scatter. Hypothetically because the situation you outlined is Illegal.

You would mishap. You can attempt to DS into impassible terrain on the board if you want. It is a terrible idea usually, but if you did so with a Drop Pod it would mishap since you cannot reduce the scatter when you do not scatter at all.

Gonna have to go with Happyjew on this one. The wording of the rule is reducing scatter distance and if you roll the hit in that situation you would have no scatter to reduce so you would mishap.

You cannot reduce scatter to avoid the vehicle because any change in position would be increasing scatter so the drop pod would mishap.