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So i'm pretty sure this is already answered in the RB and i'm just not putting the pieces together but lets say there was an objective about 5 inches away from a unit of 3 necron warriors left, and the only thing between me was a enemy marine model that I was already locked into base contact with. Its my turn, and both side have already fought and now its the consolidate part of my fight phase. Can I simply rotate all three models around the enemy model to have more models closer to the objective than him? Technically they are still ending their 3" move closer to the nearest enemy model. Just wanted to make sure.

From the Designer's Commentary:

Note that if a model is in base-to-base contact, it cannot possibly end a move closer to the enemy, and so cannot move when its unit piles in or consolidates.

Ok so what if they were half an inch away and not in base contact? Could you then pile in 3" to get around and be closer to the objective, thus changing the control of the objective to you? According to Designers Commentary a model only has to move closer to the nearest enemy model, not as close as possible.

Nixalys wrote:
Ok so what if they were half an inch away and not in base contact? Could you then pile in 3" to get around and be closer to the objective, thus changing the control of the objective to you? According to Designers Commentary a model only has to move closer to the nearest enemy model, not as close as possible.

Then yes, you could do that. It's why you should always aim to charge and end up not in BTB so you can reposition and end up in BTB if you need to.

Got it, thank you!

After a charge, doesn't at least one model have to end in base-to-base?

Dactylartha wrote:
After a charge, doesn't at least one model have to end in base-to-base?

As I understand it, at least one model must be within 1" of the target unit or the charge fails.

Dactylartha wrote:
After a charge, doesn't at least one model have to end in base-to-base?

No, the rules for charging are very clear on what constitutes a successful charge. Being in Base to Base is not needed.

Dactylartha wrote:
After a charge, doesn't at least one model have to end in base-to-base?

As the above two posts state, being within 1" suffices the requirement of successful charge. BtB is not required.

 BaconCatBug wrote:

Nixalys wrote:
Ok so what if they were half an inch away and not in base contact? Could you then pile in 3" to get around and be closer to the objective, thus changing the control of the objective to you? According to Designers Commentary a model only has to move closer to the nearest enemy model, not as close as possible.

Then yes, you could do that. It's why you should always aim to charge and end up not in BTB so you can reposition and end up in BTB if you need to.

But with both piling in and consolidating. IIRC you have to move towards the closest enemy unit.

mhalko1 wrote:

 BaconCatBug wrote:

Nixalys wrote:
Ok so what if they were half an inch away and not in base contact? Could you then pile in 3" to get around and be closer to the objective, thus changing the control of the objective to you? According to Designers Commentary a model only has to move closer to the nearest enemy model, not as close as possible.

Then yes, you could do that. It's why you should always aim to charge and end up not in BTB so you can reposition and end up in BTB if you need to.

But with both piling in and consolidating. IIRC you have to move towards the closest enemy unit.

According to the Battle Primer you have to end up closer to the nearest enemy model, not unit. If you were 1" away from the closest enemy model, if the enemy has 2 units situated properly, as long as you end up closer to that enemy model (say, you end up 3/4" away) you could pile in 3" and be only 1/2" away from another enemy model in that other unit.