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I have my friends DA codex in front of me, and I'm rather confused about something...

How on earth can a vehicle join a squad of anything that isn't another set of vehicles as a squadron?

Just to clarify, on page 101 of DA codex RavenWwing Attack Squadron are bikers that have the option of adding a Land Speeder to their squad when their numbers are 6+

Now the reason I'm bringing this up at all is that I thought vehicles simply cannot join squads of infantry, period. And if this is the case, how can the HQ from this codex Samael join a squad of Ravenwing attack bikes?

I would like some clarification if at all possible?

They can't it's just letting you take it in the same slot as the squadron.

Sammael can only join units when on his jetbike.

Well that makes more sense lol

See I was wondering cuz in our friends game tonight the topic came up of having Sable Claw in a group of Bikes basically as a 14 AV meat shield for the bikers, and simply parking him in front would mean the bikers would be invulnerable to any weapons that could potentially kill them if they couldnt first, kill Sable Claw...

Sounded cheese to us, sounds right that it isn't allowed. Thank you for the clarification!

Well when Sam gets on Sableclaw he loses IC. That's another reason he can't join a unit of bikers.

Also I would take a look at Page 47 and the rule "Ravenwing Combat Squads." It should clear up how RAS get to have Landspeeders and attack bikes in a troop slot. Also remember that the Landspeeders can never score, because they are a vehicle.

GoliothOnline wrote:
Well that makes more sense lol

See I was wondering cuz in our friends game tonight the topic came up of having Sable Claw in a group of Bikes basically as a 14 AV meat shield for the bikers, and simply parking him in front would mean the bikers would be invulnerable to any weapons that could potentially kill them if they couldnt first, kill Sable Claw...

Sounded cheese to us, sounds right that it isn't allowed. Thank you for the clarification!

In fact the entire unit would be invulnerable to all attacks if you could do this as you wound on majority toughness (T5) then apply wounds to nearest model until he dies. Sabre law would never fie no matter how many wounds were allocated to him.