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So units with the artillery trait say that if the crew that mans it is more than 6” away from it, it is removed from play. My question is that if the crew are embarked on an artillery tractor towing that particular gun, does it still see the crew as being within 6” of it?

DeathKorp_Rider wrote:
So units with the artillery trait say that if the crew that mans it is more than 6” away from it, it is removed from play. My question is that if the crew are embarked on an artillery tractor towing that particular gun, does it still see the crew as being within 6” of it?

Firstly, you need to give the exact units you are talking about because there is no such thing as "artillery trait" in 8th edition and no standardisation of rules.

Secondly, if the crew is embarked upon a transport, and the artillery is removed from play if they are not within 6" of it, then it is removed because you cannot measure to the unit, thus it cannot be within 6" of the artillery.

But again, you need to provide the EXACT unit you are talking about for us to give you an answer, it's literally impossible to help otherwise.

I appreciate your answer but I have to say you are kind of coming across as a jerk

Read the Artillery Tractor rule on the Centaur, it explains exactly how it functions.

DeathKorp_Rider wrote:
I appreciate your answer but I have to say you are kind of coming across as a jerk

Text can be like that sometimes. Sorry. I am genuinely saying that we can't help you without exact units because of GW's shoddy writing. I can can take an educated guess on which units you are talking about but without knowing what units exactly, I can't give a correct answer and I don't want to give an incorrect answer that will confuse the situation.

 BaconCatBug wrote:

DeathKorp_Rider wrote:
I appreciate your answer but I have to say you are kind of coming across as a jerk

Text can be like that sometimes. Sorry. I am genuinely saying that we can't help you without exact units because of GW's shoddy writing.

That’s alright. Honestly though it’s my own fault. I should’ve read the rule closer as it does say in the artillery tractor ability rule about the crew

A: As stated above, the 'artillery tractor' rule on the Centaur Light Carrier clearly states how it works. It does not involve anything embarking on anything else.
B: Even if RAW said that attempting to move an ARTILLERY unit caused it to destroy itself due to a weird technically, this is clearly unintentional. Any sane person would ignore this possibility.
C: The Centaur Light Carrier is an obscure and pointless unit that no one would ever use, so none of this is relevant.

 Bilge Rat wrote:
A: As stated above, the 'artillery tractor' rule on the Centaur Light Carrier clearly states how it works. It does not involve anything embarking on anything else.
B: Even if RAW said that attempting to move an ARTILLERY unit caused it to destroy itself due to a weird technically, this is clearly unintentional. Any sane person would ignore this possibility.
C: The Centaur Light Carrier is an obscure and pointless unit that no one would ever use, so none of this is relevant.

You use it if you’re deploying stationary artillery units like with a Death Korps army

DeathKorp_Rider wrote:

 Bilge Rat wrote:
A: As stated above, the 'artillery tractor' rule on the Centaur Light Carrier clearly states how it works. It does not involve anything embarking on anything else.
B: Even if RAW said that attempting to move an ARTILLERY unit caused it to destroy itself due to a weird technically, this is clearly unintentional. Any sane person would ignore this possibility.
C: The Centaur Light Carrier is an obscure and pointless unit that no one would ever use, so none of this is relevant.

You use it if you’re deploying stationary artillery units like with a Death Korps army

Its rules seem awful to me but if you think you found a use for it then fair enough I guess

It’s a fluff piece

DeathKorp_Rider wrote:
I appreciate your answer but I have to say you are kind of coming across as a jerk

No, you do. I already asked you to quote the relevant rules if you want help, in another thread.