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In the Sob codex 5th Edition, under Troops there is the "Battle sister squad" (the only troop type available)

"Composition:
-9 Battle sisters
-1 sister superior"

You also have the option of "May include up to ten additional Battle sisters" at 12 points each.

"Dedicated Transport:
-The squad can select any dedicated transport (see below)."

The section below which is the dedicated transport have two options: Rhino and Immolator.

The Rhino is fine since it can carry up to ten models, but the immolator can only carry up to six models.

So, from my understanding the squad has a minimum of ten models, and it can select any transport including the immolator with capacity up to six models...

My question is; how to interpret those rules?

Here are some different perspectives I came up with:

1) The squad can't take the immolator since its over the limit

2) The squad can take the immolator but cannot use it (unless enough has died off, leaving the squad with only 6 models or less)

3) The squad can take and use the immolator regardless of the difference between capacity and squad size

4) 6 models may enters the immolator and the rest have to run after it

What are your opinions?

Thanks for your help

#3 and #4 both break rules. #1 has no rules support. #2 is the only method left. Fortunately, it has rules support.

Some codexes limit DTs based on unit size. SoB doesn't.

Grey Knight FAQ has this:

Q: Some Grey Knights squads can take a Razorback as a dedicated
transport. A Razorback has a transport capacity of six models. Can
you still choose this as a dedicated transport for a squad with more
than six models? (p92)
A: Yes.


I beleive that the same situation appies here.

I see, thank you for the quick replies

A dedicated transport doesn't mean it can ONLY transport the squad that bought it. The dedicated restriction is that the only squad that might be inside the transport at the start of the game is the dedicated. After the deploy they are taxis for any squad that might fit.

You can purchase the immolator as a dedicated and field it as another unit besides the battle squad. The same would apply to a max chaos space marine unit (20) purchasing a rhino as a dedicated transport, they can't fit in there but you can still pay it and field it, just empty. Maybe so that another unit might enter in the 2nd turn.

Nor is it any different than an SM squad that buys a Razorback and doesn't Combat Squad.

There are still several things one can do with the Immolator for the BSS that it is purchased for:

-Mobile heavy weapon platform
-Mobile cover/LOS blocker
-As a transport for a smaller squad that lost or can't buy a transport (Repentia, I'm looking at you!)
-Once the squad has taken enough casualties to make their squad size less than or equal to the transport capacity, they can fit inside

So while the BSS that purchased an Immolator can't start out in it, it still is a valid option for them to choose and has some use on the battlefield as such.

Lord Yayula wrote:Maybe so that another unit might enter in the 2nd turn.

Or Turn 1 even. Although a squad cannot start out the game in in another squad's DT, that same squad may enter another's DT after the start of the game, including Turn 1. As long as the squad can embark in the first place.

I do this all the time with my Sisters. Take an Immolator with a TLMM in a 10 girl squad. I use the girls dismounted to hold an objective in my DZ and the immolator to shield a Rhino carrying another squad and hoping the TLMM kills something big before it dies.