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So my friend is going to be running an IG army pretty soon and part of his strategy is to hold the special weapons squad from his platoon in reserves, embarked on a vendetta. The only thing I can find on the subject is stating that when a platoon makes a reserve roll, it bring in the entire platoon, but nowhere can I find that it says you can hold part of a platoon in reserves, or even if the whole platoon is in reserves, that they can start embarked on a non-dedicated transport.

Is this legal, am I missing something somewhere, or is this another murky subject?

Legal. The FAQ clarifies that usually one reserve roll brings in the whole platoon, unless they are embarked on a transport

This is legal. If he were to hold more of the platoon in reserves, all the components would come in on one roll. But there's no reason that the entire platoon would have to be in reserve, or none at all.

Thanks for clearing that up. I was just wondering because for some reason it just didn't sound right. But another question now, Say the whole platoon starts in reserves, with the spec weapons squad embarked on the vendetta, What happens with reserve rolls, does the vendetta embarked spec squad come in if the platoon comes in before the vendetta, or is it counted entirely separate from the rest of the platoon for purposes of reserve rolls?

Per the IG FAQ (link in my sig) any part of the platoon embarked on a non-dedicated transport, are separate from the platoon when rolling for reserves.