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Need help settling another argument... Someone please correct me if I'm wrong...

Vectored Retro-Thrusters give a model both Fleet and Hit and Run.

Hit and Run says "...a UNIT that contains at least 1 model with this rule...if the UNIT wishes to do so, IT must take an Initiative test."

Characteristics Tests 4th bullet "When a single test is required for the whole UNIT, use the highest relevant characteristic in the UNIT".

So if Farsight joins his Bodyguard of 7 XV8's, and just one of them bought Vectored Retro-Thrusters, the whole squad can leave assault passing the Initiative test on a 5 or less as Farsights Init is the highest at 5, and not at the Init 2 of the Bodyguard with the Thrusters.

Exactly. As you pointed out, the rules here are perfectly clear.

 Peregrine wrote:
Exactly. As you pointed out, the rules here are perfectly clear.

So I only need to buy one VRT?

There's supposed to be some reason that VRTs allow me to move 4D6 on thrust moves, I can't find this rule, can someone point me to it?

 Scipio Africanus wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:
Exactly. As you pointed out, the rules here are perfectly clear.

So I only need to buy one VRT?

There's supposed to be some reason that VRTs allow me to move 4D6 on thrust moves, I can't find this rule, can someone point me to it?

You're confusing the Riptide's Nova charged thrust with the Vectored Retro-Thusters.

 yakface wrote:

 Scipio Africanus wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:
Exactly. As you pointed out, the rules here are perfectly clear.

So I only need to buy one VRT?

There's supposed to be some reason that VRTs allow me to move 4D6 on thrust moves, I can't find this rule, can someone point me to it?

You're confusing the Riptide's Nova charged thrust with the Vectored Retro-Thusters.

No, I'm amply aware of the Nova Charge 4D6. I'm saying that a friend had informed me of this and I'm finding that it doesn't exist.

I'm assuming you're implicitly telling me that it doesn't exist, though. What does fleet give to a jetpack?

 Scipio Africanus wrote:

No, I'm amply aware of the Nova Charge 4D6. I'm saying that a friend had informed me of this and I'm finding that it doesn't exist.

I'm assuming you're implicitly telling me that it doesn't exist, though. What does fleet give to a jetpack?

The same as any other model.

Vectored Retro-thrusters just gives Hit and Run. Not sure what your friend is talking about.

 Scipio Africanus wrote:

 yakface wrote:

 Scipio Africanus wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:
Exactly. As you pointed out, the rules here are perfectly clear.

So I only need to buy one VRT?

There's supposed to be some reason that VRTs allow me to move 4D6 on thrust moves, I can't find this rule, can someone point me to it?

You're confusing the Riptide's Nova charged thrust with the Vectored Retro-Thusters.

No, I'm amply aware of the Nova Charge 4D6. I'm saying that a friend had informed me of this and I'm finding that it doesn't exist.

I'm assuming you're implicitly telling me that it doesn't exist, though. What does fleet give to a jetpack?

Nothing except the regular re-roll Run distance and charge distance if you're charging. Couldn't find anything saying that it does anything special to jet packs.

 yakface wrote:

 Scipio Africanus wrote:

No, I'm amply aware of the Nova Charge 4D6. I'm saying that a friend had informed me of this and I'm finding that it doesn't exist.

I'm assuming you're implicitly telling me that it doesn't exist, though. What does fleet give to a jetpack?

The same as any other model.

Vectored Retro-thrusters just gives Hit and Run. Not sure what your friend is talking about.

Actually, VRT gives Fleet and Hit and Run. Page 69 of the Tau codex, under Vectored Retro-thrusters.

Again in the summary page.

 Scipio Africanus wrote:
So I only need to buy one VRT?

Exactly. The only reason to buy more than one VRT is so that you don't lose your ability to disengage from combat if the one VRT model is killed.

There's supposed to be some reason that VRTs allow me to move 4D6 on thrust moves, I can't find this rule, can someone point me to it?

There is no such rule. Your friend is just wrong.

Also having all the models with VRT means you get to use the fleet part of it.