Can splitting Adepta Sororitas units into different transports be done more than once?

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**Bilge Rat**

The immolator in the Adepta Sororitas index has the following rule:

At the start of the Declare Battle Formations step, you can select one Battle Sisters Squad, Dominion Squad or Sisters Novitiate Squad from your army. If you do, that unit is split into two units, each containing as equal a number of models as possible (when splitting a unit in this way, make
a note of which models form each of the two new units). One of these units must start the battle embarked within this Transport; the other can start the battle embarked within another Transport, or it can be deployed as a separate unit.

If I have two Battle Sisters squads, can I split both of them across four immolators (or two halves in immolators and two halves on foot)? I am worried that someone will argue that the rule only gives me permission to select ONE squad to split from my whole army. However, it could also be argued that each immolator has this rule so I can do it one time for each.

Thoughts?

**JohnnyHell**

Looks like each tank gives you permission to do this once each.

**Tsagualsa**

I'd say that the spirit of this rules is to split each squat at most once, but there's nothing explicitly preventing you from splitting a squad multiple times and it does not seem like doing so would give you any unintended, huge benefits, so i'd allow it and don't really see an issue with it.

**Bilge Rat**

I am not trying to split the same squad more than once, I just want to check that I am allowed to split more than one squad.

JohnnyHell wrote:
Looks like each tank gives you permission to do this once each.

I think that is how it is supposed to work, but someone could argue that I am only allowed one split in total.

**Tsagualsa**

Bilge Rat wrote:
I am not trying to split the same squad more than once, I just want to check that I am allowed to split more than one squad.

JohnnyHell wrote:
Looks like each tank gives you permission to do this once each.

I think that is how it is supposed to work, but someone could argue that I am only allowed one split in total.

The wording for 'only one in total allowed' is different usually, some sort of variant of 'One vehicle with this ability may..'. So you can infer that you're allowed to use this once per vehicle with the ability.

**Bilge Rat**

OK, thanks.

Another thing I just noticed - the split squads become separate units. Is there anything preventing me from adding a leader to each half? For instance, could I take a battle sister squad, split them between two immolators and then add a different cannoness to each of them?

**Valkyrie**

Bilge Rat wrote:
OK, thanks.

Another thing I just noticed - the split squads become separate units. Is there anything preventing me from adding a leader to each half? For instance, could I take a battle sister squad, split them between two immolators and then add a different cannoness to each of them?

I suppose it would depend on which comes first; attaching leaders to units, or splitting units.

**Bilge Rat**

Assigning a leader takes place as the first part of the 'Declare Battle Formations' step, but the immolator's special rule says that it takes place at the beginning of that step, so I think it's legit.