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HI all.

I was talking to a friend and the subject of what would happen if I placed a Purgation Squad in a Razorback/Rhino/Landraider/Chimera, given that Astral Aim after testing to activate lets the Purgation Squad Fire at a unit that they do not have line of sight to.

The issue my friend had was that a unit in a vehicle uses the vehicles LOS to fire, and also uses the fire points to do so.

So Astral Aim lets the unit fire without needing LOS, can it be used while from inside a transport that has not moved this turn?

Or is this just a moot point and it can not be used at all in this situation.

Whether you have LOS or not without having a firepoint you have no permission to fire from the vehicle. At least for the Razor/Landraider


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The chimera will let 5 fire IIRC while the Rhino only 2.

BLADERIKER wrote:
The issue my friend had was that a unit in a vehicle uses the vehicles LOS to fire,

Not actually true. An embarked unit draws LOS from the vehicle's fire points. The vehicle draws LOS from its weapons.

BLADERIKER wrote:
So Astral Aim lets the unit fire without needing LOS, can it be used while from inside a transport that has not moved this turn?

If the vehicle in question has fire points, embarked models can use those.

If the vehicle has no fire points (like a Land Raider or Razorback), embarked models have two things preventing them from shooting from inside. 1. The lack of Fire Points, which are the only rule giving them permission to fire out. 2. The lack of LOS.

Astral Aim helps with 2, but not with 1.