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It states in the codex, the piranha is equipped with a burst cannons and a pair of gun drones.

Are the gun drones included in the price?
If you get rid of the gun drones on the vehicle do you minus the points of the two gun drones?

I don't think you can get rid of the drones, from memory. And they are included in the cost of the unit if I recall correctly

The gun drones are included.
No, you cannot remove them for a discount.

Handy little trick to get some extra bullet sheilds. Dont just leave them on the vehicle. Get them out there.

SkeTcHy LaRRy wrote:Handy little trick to get some extra bullet sheilds. Dont just leave them on the vehicle. Get them out there.

And those gun drones count as an extra kill point if you detach them.

Ghaz wrote:

SkeTcHy LaRRy wrote:Handy little trick to get some extra bullet sheilds. Dont just leave them on the vehicle. Get them out there.

And those gun drones count as an extra kill point if you detach them.

But don't they auto attach when the vehicle is destroyed? Would it make a difference?

Lord Magnus wrote:

Ghaz wrote:

SkeTcHy LaRRy wrote:Handy little trick to get some extra bullet sheilds. Dont just leave them on the vehicle. Get them out there.

And those gun drones count as an extra kill point if you detach them.

But don't they auto attach when the vehicle is destroyed? Would it make a difference?

If they are killed by the explodes result they might not give a KP as they weren't a separate unit yet? I could be wrong.

I honestly say if you can get 5 of them, drop them in a unit and get a 10 drone squad as a bullet shield. when I get the money I'm going to get 10 of them bad boys and let the drones be my tie up units and the pirahnas will be my kill teams.....

Zeshin - they cannot be killed by the explosion, however if you read the new Tau FAQ it states that attached drones die if the vehicle dies, and dont yield an additional KP

However if you do detach them, they become a completely separate unit worth a kill point. On top of that, the only way that they will "catch bullets" for the Piranhas is if your opponent decides to shoot at the drones instead.

nosferatu1001 wrote:Zeshin - they cannot be killed by the explosion, however if you read the new Tau FAQ it states that attached drones die if the vehicle dies, and dont yield an additional KP

That would be what I was mangling in my head, thank you. So yes detach they are a KP but left on they die with the vehicle and no KP.

Ghaz wrote:However if you do detach them, they become a completely separate unit worth a kill point. On top of that, the only way that they will "catch bullets" for the Piranhas is if your opponent decides to shoot at the drones instead.

I use them to 'catch bullets' for my broadsides. They will provide a cover save for the broadsides but are able to get out of the way just before the broadside fires and then get back to providing cover before the enemy fires.

Gw have really messed up the drones rules, they should be as experndible as grots and offer no kill points.

If you run a max squadron of piranhas you can detach a squadron of ten drones, its the only way to get that many and in numbers they are useful. Its not a reason to take five piranhas, but it is a worthwhile fringe benefit.