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Is there any reason you cannot put a Farseer with Warlock retinue on Jetbikes in a Wave Serpent?

P1. Farseer HQ entry with Warlocks may choose to take a Wave Serpent.
P2. Farseer HQ entry with Warlocks may all choose equipment from the Eldar Wargear list. Eldar Jetbikes are on the Eldar Wargear list.
P3. The Wave Serpent entry says it may carry up to "10 models" (or 5 Wraithguard and 1 Warlock, but that should not apply to the scope of this argument)

Conclusion: A Farseer with 5 Warlocks, all on jetbikes, could buy a Wave Serpent as transport.

Don't ask me WHY you'd want to do this, but the question came up last night in a friendly game (as a "what if") and we couldn't find any reason why you couldn't fit jetbikes in a Wave Serpent. Doesn't necessarily make much sense - jetbikes would seem to be larger than the normal Eldar model that fits in - but there doesn't seem to be anything that says "a model with a jetbike is no longer a model" for purposes of fitting in the "10 model" allotment for Wave Serpents.

How about,

"Only infantry may embark in transports unless the transporting vehicle's rules specify otherwise." - BGB p 62 "Passenger Capacity"

Infantry mounted on Jetbikes cease to be Unit type: Infantry and become instead Unit type: Jetbikes.

No 'Infantry' status + no rules that 'specify otherwise' = no transport.

@ blue loki: What about p.53 BGB, first paragraph, last sentence: [....] Unless stated in this section, these unit types will follow the rules for infantry. ?

But it is not a particular quality of the Infantry classification we are talking about, it is model being classified as "Infantry" itself that is important.

Were the transport rule to state that "Models that move or assault as Infantry may embark..." you would be correct.

Jetbikes are not "Infantry", they are "Jetbikes", as defined on page 54.