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Can a unit that did not charge and was not charged this turn pile in and fight? How close do they need to be to the enemy to make a pile in? 1 inch? 3 inches?

If the unit you are asking about is within 1” of an enemy unit it can pile in, fight and consolidate.

In the Fight Phase, a unit can be chosen to fight if it either charged, or is within 1" of an enemy unit at the time it is chosen. Once chosen a unit piles in, fights, and then consolidates.

A unit that did not charge and was not charged can still be selected as long as it is within 1" of an enemy. This is often the case for units that were not the target of the original assault, but were consolidated into by the victorious unit in a previous combat.

 Quanar wrote:
In the Fight Phase, a unit can be chosen to fight if it either charged, or is within 1" of an enemy unit at the time it is chosen. Once chosen a unit piles in, fights, and then consolidates.

A unit that did not charge and was not charged can still be selected as long as it is within 1" of an enemy. This is often the case for units that were not the target of the original assault, but were consolidated into by the victorious unit in a previous combat.

This is indeed the correct answer. The rulebook is (for once) clear on who can and cannot be activated to fight.

Note that quite a few people mistakenly declare Heroic Intervention to be a consolidate move. Characters (and some other models with special rules/stratagems) can move 3" to get within 1" of an enemy at the end of the charge phase.