Hey all,

I'm running a blood angels at the moment and using death company (with jumps packs) as my primary assault troops. I have them loaded ijn to a stor,raven to be dropped as the first objective. My question is can death co reembark the ship after they've left if it is and their direction of travel?

Also do the same rules covering the movement of death company also apply to there dreadnought? If so wouldn't that make his melta weapon useless?

Thanks.

Okay...

First...Death Company must move towards the nearest enemy unit, so in the movement phase they jump 12" or if no JP then they walk 6" at closest enemy. At that point if they are all within 2" of a transport vehicle they may embark. You would probably have to move the Storm Raven along side of them to complete this, and once they embark, the Storm Raven won't be able to move again. If the storm raven moves over 12" from its original position, the Death Company would also not be able to embark as it moved flat out. Its a tough trick to pull off.

The Same goes for the Death Company Dreadnought.

You'd probably end up just wasting your movement phase that turn for 3 units where it would almost be better to use a different trick.

Now Rage states that you must move as fast as possible toward enemy unit...whichever is closest. In the shooting phase you MAY run...but you may also shoot. So your Dread can fire at any unit, not just the closest. Also if you choose to run...you can run in any direction, doesn't have to be closest enemy unit. You can also assault any unit in range...not just the closest one. However, if you consolidate from a CC, you have to do so towards the closest enemy unit.

Ok second question on death co. If deployment of the dread is dependent on at least five death co does it also share unit coherence with them

No...the death company dread is an independent unit purchase at a rate of 1 per every 5 death company marines. The also take up a spot on your force organization slot. So here is the chart...

5 Death Company Marines= 1 Death Company Dreads
10 Marines=2 Dreads
15 Marines=3 Dreads
20 Marines=4 Dreads
25 Marines=5 Dreads

Of course it maxes out at 25 marines and 5 dreads since you only have 6 troops slots. They are also subjected to the same rules as the marines as well..i.e. they are not scoring units, rage rule...etc.