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Ok, so I realize this is completely NOT RAI and I don't plan to play it this way but I saw something in my book and thought it was interesting so wanted to ask.

The Deathwing command squad entry states "For each HQ in your army equipped with Terminator armor you may include a Deathwing Command Squad. These do not take up a Force Organization Slot). The Ravenwing command states the same thing but instead of terminator is stated "HQ on a bike".

Does this mean that If I allied DA into for instance a White Scars army with khan or an imperial fist army with Lysander that I could take one of the command squads even if the DA detachment doesn't have a model to fulfill the requirements? It states ARMY not detachment with the required character.

For instance, I take 2 DA HQ choices in Term armor and take 2 Dwing command, then ally in imperial fists and take 2 HQ in term armor and take 2 additional Dwing command. Seems that's RAW, but obviously not RAI. (I realize that would have to be like a 3000 point army haha)

Simply put, yes. You could. Its the same with Techmarines in C:SM

I have heard of some people saying codex A does not roll over into Codex B so it may be a tough sell. However if your playing a 3k point game who cares..........