Dan 1314 wrote:
So question 1 really is can a disengaging war enging aeroplane 'such up' units within 5cm
I'm assuming "suck up", and it can as per 4.2.5 but only when it lands and doesn't disembark something else. Just disengaging doesn't let you hoover up stands within 5cm though.
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After the aircraft has landed, any units being transported may disembark and are placed within 5cms of the transport aircraft (skimmers and units with jump packs can be placed within 15cms, to represent them dropping from the aircraft as it comes in to land). Alternatively, the aircraft may pick up any friendly units within 5cms, assuming they will fit on board of course.
Dan 1314 wrote:
Retain, full thunderhawk flys in lands, assault carried out, terminators are within 5cm of 1st thunderhawk and use thier victory move to get into the thunderhawk.
I had thought we had a clear-cut FAQ for this, but it turns out it was never worked in there. It was ruled (and I'll dig through some old posts to see if I can find it) that using a consolidation to embark on a landed AC is actually what prevents it from disengaging in the end phase. So the above THawk in your example wouldn't be able to disengage.
The one FAQ we do have merely prevents you from engaging out of, consolidating back onto the same AC, and then having it disengage. But Neal ruled that it's the consolidation that prevents the disengaging, not that fact that it's the same AC you got out of. Hope that's clear.