When using a model with this special rule to make a Shooting Attack using only Pistol type weapons, the controlling player may declare a Chain Fire attack instead of making the model’s normal Shooting Attacks during their own player turn. While making a Chain Fire attack, a model with this special rule may make up to six attacks in the same Shooting phase. Each of these attacks must be made using either one or two Pistol type weapons, and all attacks must target the same enemy unit. In each attack all weapons used must make their full number of attacks (for example, a model making a Chain Fire attack with two Pistol 2 weapons would make 4 To Hit rolls for each attack, for a total of 24 To Hit rolls over the full 6 attacks). The following additional restrictions apply to Chain Fire attacks: • To Hit rolls for Chain Fire attacks may never be re-rolled, and weapons which do not roll To Hit may not make Chain Fire attacks (including any weapons with the Template or Blast special rules). • When making a Chain Fire attack for weapons with the Gets Hot or Armourbane (Melta) special rules, roll each Hit individually; if a 1 is rolled, stop rolling To Hit for that weapon immediately. No further To Hit rolls may be made with that weapon for the remainder of the Phase. • After making a Chain Fire attack, a model with this special rule and any unit he has joined may not declare a Charge in the following Assault phase. • When making a Chain Fire attack a model with more than two appropriate weapons must select and use the same one or two weapons for all 6 attacks made as part of the Chain Fire attack (unless the Gets Hot or Armourbane (Melta) rules noted above force the controlling player to stop using one of the weapons, in which case another appropriate weapon may be used if available). • A Chain Fire attack may never be made as part of any Reaction.
A unit that includes any models with this special rule may not be joined by any model that does not also have this special rule (this includes Legion Techmarines and Legion Apothecaries, which may not be assigned to a unit with this special rule unless they also have this special rule).
If a unit contains at least one model with this special rule, and that unit is Charged, every model with the Counterattack special rule gains a number of additional Attacks equal to the value in brackets listed as part of this special rule. If no value is listed then the unit gains +1 Attack. If, when Charged, the unit was already locked in combat or has made the Hold the Line Reaction, the Counterattack special rule has no effect.
After both sides have deployed (including Infiltrators), but before the first player begins their first turn, a unit containing at least one model with this special rule can choose to redeploy. If the unit is Infantry, Artillery, Dreadnought or Automata, each model can redeploy anywhere entirely within 6" of its current position. If it is any other Unit Type, each model can instead redeploy anywhere entirely within 12" of its current position. During this redeployment, Scouts can move outside the owning player’s Deployment Zone, but must remain more than 9" away from any enemy unit. A unit that makes a Scout redeployment cannot Charge in the first Game Turn. A unit cannot Embark or Disembark as part of a Scout redeployment. If both sides have Scouts, roll off; the winner decides who redeploys first. Then alternate redeploying Scout units one at a time. If a unit with this special rule is deployed inside a Dedicated Transport, it confers the Scout special rule to the Transport (though a Disembarkation cannot be performed as part of the redeployment). Note that a Transport with this special rule does not lose it if a unit without this special rule is Embarked upon it. Having Scout also confers the Outflank special rule to units of Scouts that are kept as Reserves (see page 309). Infiltrate and Scout If a unit has both the Infiltrate and Scout special rules, that unit can deploy as per the Infiltrate special rule and then redeploy as per the Scout special rule.
This rule is presented as Hatred (X) where X identifies a specific type of foe. If the special rule does not specify a type of foe, then the unit has Hatred against everyone. This can refer to a Faction or a specific unit. For example, Hatred (Mechanicum) means any model of the Mechanicum Faction, whilst Hatred (Thallax) means only Thallax. A model striking a Hated foe in close combat re-rolls all failed To Hit rolls during the first round of each close combat. The effects of this special rule only apply when a unit that has it begins an Assault phase not locked in combat and then either Charges or is Charged by an enemy unit. If an enemy unit Charges this unit when it is already locked in combat then that does count as a new ‘first’ turn of combat for the effects of Hatred.
