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So I was thinking of taking a Squiggoth, which is a monstrous creature that can also transport units.

If I charge with it and it becomes locked in combat versus say, plague zombies, can the orks on top of it shoot as something else?

I recall a thread on this a few months ago, which I think basically came down to - the transported unit are not locked in combat, and may shoot during the shooting phase (and indeed, can overwatch if the Squiggoth itself is charged) provided they have Line of Sight.

Do you consider determining if a Model is in Base to Base contact with another to be 'Measuring a Range?'

JinxDragon wrote:
Do you consider determining if a Model is in Base to Base contact with another to be 'Measuring a Range?'

I did ponder that, but the trouble with that is twofold - an ordinary transport vehicle, when assaulted, doesn't count the embarked unit as Locked (it may still fire overwatch against a second charging unit, for example) - if it did, it would be prevented from moving away, and the models inside the transport would be able to strike blows in the combat, regardless of whether the vehicle is open-topped or anything else that might explain it fluffily.

The second problem would be that you would be unable to charge the model at all. Since you can only multi-charge with the second model, and the first is unable to reach the target unit (the transport) without coming within an inch of a model from a second unit (which you also can't charge because you don't have LoS to them).

So really, RAW you could never charge an occupied transport...

Indeed, that was my next line of pondering with that question:
Just how many situations could we break if it is a range?!