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Hi, please can you help clarify:

A 10 man strike squad can choose to combat squad pre deployment, can 5 of them go into deep strike (teleportarium)?

Can I purchase a rhino for the unit?

Essentially to gain the flexibility of deploying 5 in or out of a rhino and 5 in deep strike.

Thanks

KSpen wrote:
Hi, please can you help clarify:

A 10 man strike squad can choose to combat squad pre deployment, can 5 of them go into deep strike (teleportarium)?

Can I purchase a rhino for the unit?

Essentially to gain the flexibility of deploying 5 in or out of a rhino and 5 in deep strike.

Thanks

1) Yes (I think). You use the Combat Squad rule "Before any models are deployed at the start of the game" while you use Teleport Strike "During deployment". "During deployment", the unit has already been split into two 5-man units, so each of those 5-man units can independently utilise or not utilise the Teleport Strike rule.

2) You don't purchase Dedicated Transports for units, and haven't for quite some time now. Despite the misleading name, the only thing "Dedicated" about said transports is the special way detachment slots are generated for them. You can purchase as many Rhinos as the detachment allows, regardless of the content of the rest of the detachment. (e.g. A patrol of a Grand Master and Terminator Squad can also have two Rhinos in it, despite nothing being able to get into the Rhino.) In your example, you would indeed be able to have one half of the unit in Teleport Strike, and one half deployed inside the Rhino.

Thanks very much for that. Interesting about the terminators and rhinos too!