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Have heard this many times since 7th has dropped. "Oh i can have my X in a X transport"

The question I have is can an allies start the game in a dedicated transport of another unit?. It seems impossible to me given the detachment set up of 7th. Can any one clarify for me?

No. Allies can start in an allied vehicle bought in a normal slot; a Tactical Squad can start the game embarked on a Dark Angels' Land Raider bought as Heavy Support, but it cannot start inside a DA Land Raider bought as a DT for Deathwing Knights.

Allied independant characters can do it - aslong as he joins the unit that bought the dedicated transport.

So in the Example of say Banshees on a DE Raider would not be able to start on the transport, as from what I remember of the codex, Raiders are only purchasable as Dedicated transports. Or can you take a Transport in a Troops slot without a unit?

If it is a deedicated transport, then your only permission to take it comes from buying it for another unit. If it exists as its own slot on the FOC then you can purchase it directly

Essentially the FOC says what you can purchase, so e.g. you can purchase 6 troops units. If it is not a troops unit, then you can not purchase it. Dedicated transports, in the codex, do not appear on the FOC - once bought they have a rule that means they assume the same role as the unit that bought them (setting their vairable "battlefield role" to "troop", or "fast attack", etc)