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HI folks, quick one for you while I listbuild - can a techmarine repair a vehicle he is currently embarked in? I cannot find the answer in the FAQs or Codex, but I need to know by tomorrow for my list. I don't want to bring a techmarine and make him a Forgemaster when he can do nothing to help my Stormraven out. Cheers!

As a general rule, models not on the battlefield cannot use any abilities unless explicitly granted permission. This applies to embarked units.

Therefore a tech techmarine may not repair while embarked.

 Deadshot wrote:
HI folks, quick one for you while I listbuild - can a techmarine repair a vehicle he is currently embarked in? I cannot find the answer in the FAQs or Codex, but I need to know by tomorrow for my list. I don't want to bring a techmarine and make him a Forgemaster when he can do nothing to help my Stormraven out. Cheers!

There are probably several reasons people will post here as to why not (as the answer is most assuredly no). They used to be able to in earlier editions but no more.

As for the RAW reason why: IIRC they have to be within 3" of the vehicle. If they are not on the battlefield, it is impossible to measure a range to them, so you can never confirm you are within 3". Of course, cognitively, we know he's inside the tank, but game-rules-wise he's not strictly speaking within 3".

Techmarines need to be within 1" of a vehicle to repair it.

In short, no. You need to be within a certain distance to repair the vehicle. It is impossible to measure the distance while you are embarked.