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Hi

1.
3 deathstorm drop pods enter the game
In the rule it says they Open fire on every Unit Enemy or Friend.
Do the pods Hit each other when in Range?

2.
When other troops enter via pod and are in range, so they also get Hit?
Because rulewise they arrive St the Same Time as the pod ...?!?

3.
When the pod kills a own Unit, is this Counted as First blood?

4.
A stormtalon is escorting a stormraven that is Part of the archangel dpearhead formation.
This formation comes in Turn one.
Is the stormtalon allowed to come in Turn one too?!?

1 yes, they're a unit.

2 when do they disembark? When does it shoot? If the same time then the player whose turn it is decides the sequence

3 first blood is pretty clear on this.

4 assuming it must come in at the same time, yes.

4. No, they can only escort something from the same detachment as them

 winterwind85 wrote:
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Hello

 winterwind85 wrote:

1.
3 deathstorm drop pods enter the game
In the rule it says they Open fire on every Unit Enemy or Friend.
Do the pods Hit each other when in Range?

They only fire on friendly models the turn they arrive. But if they arrive on the same turn and within range of the automated weapons rule then yes, they will shoot at each other. Will they hit is a question for the dice.

 winterwind85 wrote:

2.
When other troops enter via pod and are in range, so they also get Hit?
Because rulewise they arrive St the Same Time as the pod ...?!?

Assuming the transport pod arrives the same turn as the deathstorm pod and is within range it will get shot at. The guys inside will have disembarked by now so they only get shot at if 1 ore more models in the disembarked unit are in range.

 winterwind85 wrote:

3.
When the pod kills a own Unit, is this Counted as First blood?

If the pod kills itself (very unlikely) it will still count as 1st blood if its the 1st unit destroyed. You will want to make sure you re-read 1st bood to make sure you know to whom to award a VP.

 winterwind85 wrote:

4.
A stormtalon is escorting a stormraven that is Part of the archangel dpearhead formation.
This formation comes in Turn one.
Is the stormtalon allowed to come in Turn one too?!?

Are the stormtalons part of the archangel spearhead fromation detachment? The escort craft rule limits what the stormlaton can escort to units in the same detachment.

Blood Angels don't even have access to the Storm Talon so one can never escort a BA Storm Raven.

SolentSanguine wrote:
Blood Angels don't even have access to the Storm Talon so one can never escort a BA Storm Raven.

So do what I do with my wolves, and turn it into an ally Iron Hands formation for IWND on three flyers

Kavik_Whitescar wrote:

SolentSanguine wrote:
Blood Angels don't even have access to the Storm Talon so one can never escort a BA Storm Raven.

So do what I do with my wolves, and turn it into an ally Iron Hands formation for IWND on three flyers

Well, yeah - but the OP wants the 'Talon to specifically escort the BA 'Raven in the Spearhead formation because it comes in on turn one and he can't do that.

I like your idea too though. IWND on a 'Raven sounds good to me! ;-)

I like the storm-wing formation. You won't have IWND on anything, but you get to bring in a raven with two talons on a single reserve roll, and all that firepower being BS 5 can be a lot of fun, also you don't need to pay a troop/hq tax.