Mysterious objectives and vehicles

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**Desubot**

If mysterious objectives are triggered by any unit within 3 inches (I believe) and iirc vehicles are units, does it trigger from the hull or the (flight) base[skimmer] ?

**CrashCanuck**

The flight base of a Flyer is ignored except for when embarking/disembarking or the flyer is being assaulted. Even when in Hover mode and treated as a Skimmer, Skimmers bases are ignored except when being assaulted or rammed. So the hull would have to get within 3" in order to trigger an mysterious objective.

**Desubot**

That’s what I though as well, but my opponent insists that because nothing else was written specifically for vehicles triggering or contesting points, it should be by base (as he squeezes a 9 inch raider between the 12 inch spaces between 2 objectives)

Actually I couldn’t find any rules for it ether, if there’s a page some one could direct me to that would be great

**CrashCanuck**

Pg 80 Flyers and Measuring, Pg 83 Skimmers and Measuring

"However, distances are still measured to and from the Flyer's/Skimmer's hull, with the exceptions of a vehicle's weapons and Fire Points, which all work as normal"

**Desubot**

Thank you very much

**Lungpickle**

Page 125 BRB, states. any unit that moves within 3" of and objective or it is within 3" at the start of the 1st tuern Must identify the nature of it.. Note that while any unit can identify the nature of an objective, i is only scoring units that can make use of it.

**Th0rh4mm3r**

And also note that even if a unit can 'conga line' to two or more objectives, the BRB specifically states a unit can only control one objective

**Neorealist**

Not to be pedantic: but vehicles can 'identify' a mysterious objective (or multiple simultanious objectives for that matter provided they are close enough) just fine, and even trigger it or them if they turn out to be 'Sabotaged!'.

However if you intended to state that they could not use it (or 'control it' as the official rule goes), then you are correct; only scoring units can do that subject to the normal rules for such.