Okay, reading through previous posts about Characters being unable to use a Drop Pod because they need a Command Squad; I thought "yikes! there goes my Emperor's Champion in a Drop Pod with a Sword Brethren Squad idea".
I looked at the Drop Pod option for Black Templars and considered how the Champion Drops down along with the rest of the army. Naturally it would be weird just to have him in his own Drop Pod (I know Black Templars must be rich with all those thousands of power suits, Crusader Tanks and all but I think it's a bit extravagant) and the rules did not point in that direction so I logically presumed he takes up a space in someone elses pod (much to their blessed fanatical delight being the psychopaths Black Templars are). This idea gave me some peace of mind that it was possible as even Graham McNeill fielded not only the Champion but a Marshall and a Chaplain in a Sword Brethren's Transport Option Land Raider Crusader (
UK White Dwarf Issue 311
pg 36).
So what's exactly the hold up in fitting Characters into Drop Pods? Just seems odd that somehow the Emperor's Champion walks onto the battlefield in the face of the entire enemy army for a turn or so tapping his feet and looking at his watch beside a somewhat embarrassed Techmarine who yells out to his opponent's "Don't worry the rest of us will show up, we just get air sick that's all, so we took a cab!"
My first post, so go easy folks