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This seems to be the reliable way to run them. My question is if I'm running a NSF do I get to deepstrike turn one ? Or becauseits the drop pod waiting I have to wait till turn 2

Drop Pods have their own rules saying half come in on turn 1.

Oh ha-ha ok half rounded up?

Yep half rounded up.

GK don't have regular access to Pods unless you play unbound or field SW as allies who have Pods as FA.

and, if you try to bring purifiers in turn 1 using the NSF rule, then you are deepstriking with the purifiers and need to put them down on the table first. which you cant do.

So just accept not all will turn up turn 1, unless you only have one pod (or buy 3, leaving one empty)

marcman wrote:
Oh ha-ha ok half rounded up?

Yes. Please take a minute and read the drop pod rules.

They're very important.

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 wuestenfux wrote:
GK don't have regular access to Pods unless you play unbound or field SW as allies who have Pods as FA.

Or DA, BA and SM. BA are probably the preferred drop pod allies - Flesh Tearer Strike Force detachment gives you four FA slots/Pods, and reduces the tax down to 1 HQ and 1 Troop.

just curious, having never used pods myself:
can a unit of say, tacticals, purchase a drop pod as dedicated transport and then can you have purifiers occupy that pod instead?
that doesn't seem right. haha, but still...

No. Dedicated Transports can only be deployed in by the unit that purchased them.

But Drop Pods purchased as a FA choice, like several codices have, can be entered by allied units.

nosferatu1001 wrote:
and, if you try to bring purifiers in turn 1 using the NSF rule, then you are deepstriking with the purifiers and need to put them down on the table first. which you cant do.

So just accept not all will turn up turn 1, unless you only have one pod (or buy 3, leaving one empty)

Incorrect. Per the Combined Reserve Unit rules, you roll once for the squad + transport + any attrached ICs, with all of them arriving togetger as a single group. In the case of a NSF unit in a BB fast Drop Pod that did not arrive automatically per Drop Pod Assault, you can roll to entire starting on turn 1 because the NSF unit has permission, and that one roll includes the Drop Pod.

This is an instance where permission is given with no specific restriction to counter it.

SJ