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Ok, this may sound like an exploit, but fluffwise the power Gate of Infinity is just a "short range teleport", as all imperial teleports are done using the imaterium, exactly like this power do, but based on tecnology instead of psychic powers.

So, the question is: do teleport hommers work on Gate of Infinity "jumps"? The description of the wargear say it only work on teleporting DS, but give a very fluffy explanation, and is not much "clear" rulewise (it take terminator squads as an example).

And, if this is true, what happens when a unit with Teleport Hommers is teleported using Gate of Infinity? The unit was alredy in table on the last turn, so it would not scatter?

What you guys think about it? Acceptable? Exploit? Horrendou misinterpreting of the rules?

By myself, i think this as ok, except that a "jumping unit" would not give itself "no scatter" for the hommer...

No, they are not teleporting. The homer does not work

This has been asked a couple times before...

Locator Beacon + GoI = RAW win

Homing/teleport beacon/homer + GoI = no different than a normal DS. You're not teleporting, you're just deep striking.

Still doesn't work, but people will still argue it.

it doesn't work with Teliport Homers. it does with Locator Beacons and any equipment or rule that effects Deep Strike.

Teliport homers only work on Terminators, or GKs that explicitly teliport into battle(Dreadknights, Strike Squads, anything with a Personal Teliporter)

Locator beacons do not work with Gate of Infinity either.

The Locator beacon rules state "If a unit wishes to arrive on the battlefield via deep strike" (SM codex 67)

The unit using Gate of Infinity is not arriving on the battlefield (from reserves) so the beacon does not help them.

 DeathReaper wrote:
The Locator beacon rules state "If a unit wishes to arrive on the battlefield via deep strike" (SM codex 67)

The unit using Gate of Infinity is not arriving on the battlefield (from reserves) so the beacon does not help them.

The locator beacon says nothing about reserves, just that the unit has to be arriving via deep strike. GoI uses the Deep Strike rules, so the beacon works just fine.

No it does not work.

The unit is not arriving on the battlefield, as they are already on the battlefield.

No they aren't. You remove them from the table before they deep strike back on.

If you are using the rulebook version of GoI, it specifically mentions arriving.

"Remove the target unit from the board. It then
immediately arrives using the rules for Deep Strike."


The SM codex version is a little different.


"The Librarian, and any unit he is with, are
removed from the tabletop and immediately placed back
together anywhere within 24" using the deep strike rules."


Even though SM codex version does not mention arriving, I would say it still works, because they are removed from the table.