http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/15.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net IG lists and I must admit I am still very much confused about drop troops.

The codex says that a platoon counts as a single FOC, roll for reserves, but deployed separately. So my question is, if I choose to give the Drop Troop doctrine to special weapon squads or Officers with their staff, do I have to deepstrike the whole platoon or do the drop troops deepstrike and the rest move in from board edge? It is illegal to set up a platoon in normal deployment but keep the officer in charge in reserve to deepstrike?

Sorry if this is a common question but I cannot seem to find the answer. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/206893/230655.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/206893/230655.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/206893/231119.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/206893/231119.page GMT FOC chart selection.

You choose wether to drop a unit on a unit by unit basis per Drop Troops (the Jo's squad can drop and have the line squads deploy on the table).

In the deployment phase at the beginning of the game you deploy the units you are not dropping normally (in groups by FOC).

When you roll for reserves, you roll for FOC (all units in the FOC selection, so if you had the JO squad and a line squad you roll once for both) and deploy by FOC (but roll scatter per unit).

So a platoon with a JO and three line squads, with the JO and one additional squad held as drop troops would go:

Initial deployment, both line squads deploy on the same FOC troop selection at the same time.

When you sucessfully roll reserves for the platoon's FOC selection on one die you place both the JO squad and the line squad that was dropping but roll their scatter separately.

The best part is you get to decide how many of the platoon's squads drop vs deploy at the beginning of each game. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/206893/231220.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/206893/231220.page GMT
Thank you for the clarification. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/206893/231249.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/206893/231249.page GMT