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Hi all.

I am hoping for some clarity of the rules of the Valkyrie please.

When it says units can disembark at any time during the movement, if I have several units in the vehicle do they all have to disembark at the same time?

Eg: I am moving 25 inches. I want to deploy Command Squad 1 after 10 inches and Command Squad 2 after 20 inches.

When it says that if the vehicle moved over 20 inches, disembarking units must roll a dice - does this movement apply to the vehicle’s total movement or the distance moved at disembarkation?

Eg; The Valkyrie moves 25 inches but disembarked it’s unit after 18 inches. Do they need to take that test?

Rules for grav-chute insertion, including the FAQ change:

Models may disembark from this Vehicle at any point during its move, but if they do they cannot move further during this phase; if the Valkyrie moves 20" or more, you must roll a D6 for each model disembarking. On a 1, that model is slain. Models that disembark in this manner must be set up more than 9" from any enemy models.

Regular transports have no requirement for all passengers to disembark at the same time, so I see no reason why they would have to do so via grav-chutes. It looks like there is nothing stopping you from dropping different units at different points along your move.

I think the intention is very much that if the Valkyrie's total move is more than 20" then you have to roll for deaths. If it said 'if the Valkyrie has moved 20" or more' then you might have an arguement, but that is not the wording. This makes sense, because the danger comes from the aircraft dropping people off at a higher speed, and this would still be a problem if it happened near the start of the move rather than near the end.

So to be clear - I could pop into hover mode, use a stratagem to keep my -1 to hit, move 19 inches, deploy 3 units anywhere along that line and do so within 9 inches of an enemy unit as I didn’t travel the extra inch?

Or is the final bit relating to disembarking apply to all disembarkation while moving?

Sumilidon wrote:
So to be clear - I could pop into hover mode, use a stratagem to keep my -1 to hit, move 19 inches, deploy 3 units anywhere along that line and do so within 9 inches of an enemy unit as I didn’t travel the extra inch?

Or is the final bit relating to disembarking apply to all disembarkation while moving?

No.

If you are using Grav-chute insertion, the Greater than 9" from enemy models always applies.

What would not apply, in your example, is the d6 roll/model.

 Kommissar Kel wrote:

Sumilidon wrote:
So to be clear - I could pop into hover mode, use a stratagem to keep my -1 to hit, move 19 inches, deploy 3 units anywhere along that line and do so within 9 inches of an enemy unit as I didn’t travel the extra inch?

Or is the final bit relating to disembarking apply to all disembarkation while moving?

No.

If you are using Grav-chute insertion, the Greater than 9" from enemy models always applies.

What would not apply, in your example, is the d6 roll/model.

Within 9" is allowed if he uses the Precision Drop Stratagem, down to a minimum of 5"... So we get to completely ignore the 9" rule in this situation!

 Slayer6 wrote:

 Kommissar Kel wrote:

Sumilidon wrote:
So to be clear - I could pop into hover mode, use a stratagem to keep my -1 to hit, move 19 inches, deploy 3 units anywhere along that line and do so within 9 inches of an enemy unit as I didn’t travel the extra inch?

Or is the final bit relating to disembarking apply to all disembarkation while moving?

No.

If you are using Grav-chute insertion, the Greater than 9" from enemy models always applies.

What would not apply, in your example, is the d6 roll/model.

Within 9" is allowed if he uses the Precision Drop Stratagem, down to a minimum of 5"... So we get to completely ignore the 9" rule in this situation!

Yes, but only if you have a Militarum Tempestus Detachment; just an Astra Militarum detachment(e.g. Steel Legion) with Scions wouldn't grant the Strat(and it is only Tempestus units that it works on anyway).