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Very sorry if this has been answered a million times before but can units within a formation take dedicated transports that are not listed as their own entries in that formation? Thanks Dakka

Units within formations have the exact same options on their datasheet as units in normal detatchments, this includes the option to take a Dedicated Transport.

Note there are exceptions - some formations require dedicated transports taken (some Harelquin ones), whilst some prohibit the option (such as the Ork Green Tide formation).

And some that force a transport also restict the number of models in the unit(a few sm formations that requires all unirs to deepstrike while requiring dreads, must take a drop-pod and deepstrike in it; the limit of 1 dread is also stated)

Ah, that's cool! Thanks very much

This opens some interesting rules questions though.

For example, the Airborne Assault Formation from Tempestus Scions requires a CC squad and 3 scion squads. Those squads can take a Taurox Prime as a dedicated transport. They can't start in it, but they could still take it and have ground transport available. (Interestingly.) Are these dedicated transports considered part of the formation? If so it makes the Strategic Intervention rule behave oddly to say the least.

Lendys wrote:
This opens some interesting rules questions though.

For example, the Airborne Assault Formation from Tempestus Scions requires a CC squad and 3 scion squads. Those squads can take a Taurox Prime as a dedicated transport. They can't start in it, but they could still take it and have ground transport available. (Interestingly.) Are these dedicated transports considered part of the formation? If so it makes the Strategic Intervention rule behave oddly to say the least.

There's no rules restriction, although common sense suggests it's not intended for the theme of the formation. How does it make the Strategic Intervention rule behave oddly? They're certainly part of the formation, and would arrive from reserves with the rest of the formation.