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Following the RAW, it looks like I can disembark a unit off of its dedicated transport on the 1st turn and embark a different unit the same turn and move normally with that transport.

Anyone can refute that?

How is this a glitch?

It states you move as normal on both counts.
So working as intended


It's not like you're trying to move unit A from Rhino1 into Rhino2 or anything. Which for what it's worth you cannot do in the same turn.

So as an example....you are lookign at bringin a sqaud of terminators out of their Land raide rin turn one (so right after deployment), then moving a sqaud fo berzerkers INTO the Land raider, then moving off in the Land Raider.

Sounds viable to me and a handy way of saving a HS slot if you want your 'zerkers in an assault vehicle.

You've been able to do this... since 5th edition?

This is an intended mechanic, not a glitch.

Yea it's the 40k equivalent to a 'Chinese fire drill'

So its ok to have a IC next to a DT (with troops inside) on turn 1 and move the IC into the transport (before it has moved) and then move the DT as normal?,

MarkyMark wrote:
So its ok to have a IC next to a DT (with troops inside) on turn 1 and move the IC into the transport (before it has moved) and then move the DT as normal?,

Yes, but you can start the game with the IC already inside the transport.

Thanks for that!

LOL chinese fire drill.

But why wouldn't you just start the Terminators outside the Land Raider so they could get a head start on walking to where they need to go?

Because you want to use the Land Raider as a dedicated transport for your terminators, just to save a HS slot

A unit does not need to begin the game on their dedicated transport.

You can even deploy the transport, and reserve the terminators to Deep Strike. Or deploy a squad and reserve their transport (as I sometimes do when going second to reduce the chances of my opponent getting First Blood).

Waw, that's right! I didn't even realized that.


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That brings another question.

May I take a dedicated Land Raider for my terminator unit even if my unit has more than 5 termi and start the game with an empty LR? The entry for their dedicated transport is as followed : «The unit may take a Chaos Land Raider as Dedicated Transport». It doesn't specify you can only take it if the unit is 5 models or less.

Citabogue wrote:
Waw, that's right! I didn't even realized that.


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That brings another question.

May I take a dedicated Land Raider for my terminator unit even if my unit has more than 5 termi and start the game with an empty LR? The entry for their dedicated transport is as followed : «The unit may take a Chaos Land Raider as Dedicated Transport». It doesn't specify you can only take it if the unit is 5 models or less.

than yes, you may

The only thing to be careful of, if you are dealing with big units getting on and off, is that you leave a "hole" for the disembarking unit to use. This isn't a problem with vehicles with multiple access points, but if your boarding unit is clustered around the only access point, there might not be room to disembark the current passenger. Easy to avoid, but something to keep in mind.

Snapshot wrote:
The only thing to be careful of, if you are dealing with big units getting on and off, is that you leave a "hole" for the disembarking unit to use. This isn't a problem with vehicles with multiple access points, but if your boarding unit is clustered around the only access point, there might not be room to disembark the current passenger. Easy to avoid, but something to keep in mind.

That's a good point especially for the LR having only 1 access point

Citabogue wrote:

Snapshot wrote:
The only thing to be careful of, if you are dealing with big units getting on and off, is that you leave a "hole" for the disembarking unit to use. This isn't a problem with vehicles with multiple access points, but if your boarding unit is clustered around the only access point, there might not be room to disembark the current passenger. Easy to avoid, but something to keep in mind.

That's a good point especially for the LR having only 1 access point

Odd that Chaos have so many than
"Chaos Land Raiders have one Access Point on
each side and one at the front." pg 55 C:CSM


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Hmm odd, Grey Knights have that many as well.

Guess you're just mistaken

LRs have 3 access points.

Its more of a deal for Chimeras, they only have 1 access point IIRC>

Yes, chimeras have only one. As you only have to have each model barely within 2" of the AP to board, it still gives a fair bit of scope, but if you're trying to do a switcheroo with 10-12 man units, things might be tight.