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The most obvious (and relevant to the question) example would be this:

Termagants are out of Synapse in the enemy turn. They are shot at and either pinned or choose to go to ground in the shooting phase. Back to your turn, a unit with Synapse (Tervigon) either casts Dominion or moves into Synapse range, thus giving the Termagants fearless and they all get back up and can move and shoot as normal. This bit there is no contention for ruling about.

But here's where it gets tricky. With the Termagant's move, they then moves outside of Synapse range and lose Fearless again. Are they back to firing snapshots, and unable to run or charge, since they did GtG last turn and are no longer Fearless? Or do they completely forgotten that they ducked for cover last turn once the Fearless state is applied, even if they later go to lose that USR?

Fearless doesn't negate the effects of having gone to ground, it removes the condition from the unit. So even if you lose Fearless later they may still act as normal.

 PrinceRaven wrote:
Fearless doesn't negate the effects of having gone to ground, it removes the condition from the unit. So even if you lose Fearless later they may still act as normal.

Hmmm... The FAQ on this does say the effects are removed:

Q: If a unit has the Fearless special rule applied to them while they have Gone to Ground, are the effects of Go to Ground immediately cancelled (for example, if this were to occur at the start of their turn could those units then move, shoot etc. as normal in the appropriate phases?) (p35)
A: Yes.

Effects are canceled.

Although personally I agree they should not be counted as gone to ground at all from that point.

Exactly, they are cancelled, removed, expelled, nullified, invalidated, gone. Cancellation is permanent.

Also, the FAQ entry indicates that even if the Fearless rule is only applied at the start of the turn they may still act as normal throughout the rest of the turn.

Agreed. Just strange they used the term "negate the effects" rather than remove the whole thing.

Thanks for your help guys. Which FAQ is this, and where can I find it? I would like to make a print out.

BRB FAQ, v1.5. Page 5, right column, middle.