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Had this happen on the weekend - player with a contemptor dread embarked on a Lucius pod. Pod lands and dread stays embarked. In the opposing players turn the pod suffers an explodes result.

My question is - what AV does the S4 hit apply to?

The only precedent I can think if is the storm raven which specifies it hits rear AV

If the rules do not specify then you are going to have to work it out with your gaming group to make a House Rule.

seems to be that most incidental hits from a non specific direction hit side armour. I dont compare an exploding vehicle on the ground to falling out of the sky from a zooming flyer

"worst" case scenario i would accept is a random roll for front side and rear, account twice for sides as there are two of them.

I'd play it as a side armour hit.