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Yes, it sounds ridiculous to have a building show up on the battle edge on T2. But can anyone find anything that would actually prevent you from putting a fortification in strategic reserves? The strategic reserves rule itself doesn't prohibit it, nor do the mission rules for strategic reserves, or the general movement phase rules for reinforcements, as far as I can tell.

It would definitly be interesting. Sure some things are nonsensical, but a hidden bunker? A trenchline you could not see on turn one (maybe it was covered)? a Void Shield Generator that was camouflaged as rock? Why not?

lol a webway gate,,,, thats deepstrikeseption XD

Seems that way. The fact it has a M of 0 or - is irrelevant as you "set up" the unit when it arrives from strategic reserve.

Step 1:
Let's put 3 groups of 2 Vengeance Weapons Batteries armed with Icarus Lascannons into reserves!

Step 2:
Wait for the Tau to place his objectives

Step 3:
Get punched in the face when you pop these up and fire at all his Battlesuits hitting on 4's with 4 Lascannons apiece. Whilst forcing him to divert most of his forces to deal with the sudden wave of Creed-ified turrets...

He has to choose whether to ignore 24 lascannon shots with 96" range that are hitting their FLY units automatically (not much can survive 12 Lascannon hits a turn); or risk losing a fair chunk of their fastmovers when they go for these and inevitably get shot down. Objectives could be real cancerous for Tau Battlesuits in this case...

"Sir, we can't shoot."

"Uh, why not?"

"Well sir, you see, we were deep in enemy territory when a Bunker jumped us."

"Jumped you!?"

"Yes, sir, jumped us."

"That seems incredibly unlikely."

"Oh yes sir, very much sir. But we fought it for a round, and it actually got to attack first because it counted as charging."

"The bunker charged you???"

"Yes sir."

"I'm sorry, perhaps I didn't hear that correctly, because it sounded like you said that the bunker charged you."

"Yes sir, that is affirmative. We were jumped by a bunker when it charged us."

"How is that even possible? Bunkers don't move."

"I'm sorry sir, I don't know what to tell you, but we were moving in our opponent's deployment zone, and AHHH!"

"Whoa, why'd you scream there?"

"No sir. That's what it was like. It was.... AHHH!"

"And that's how it jumped you?"

"Yes sir, that's how it jumped us."

"..."

"So yeah, it jumped us, and we punched it, you know, with our fists. And now we're stuck fighting it. So, phew, that's taking a lot of our concentration."

"So you can't shoot at the target I'm asking you to shoot at?"

"Shucks sir. No can do."

"Yes, hello, Inquistor? Yeah, I'm going to need an exterminatus down here. No, no. No don't worry. Totally acceptable casualties. Yup. We all turned traitor. We're traitor now. Bye bye."