Deep Strike Some units are allowed to enter play via tunnelling, teleportation, flying, or some other extraordinary means. Where this is the case it will be noted in their special rules. Some units always have the option; others only have the option in missions where Deep Strike special rule is in effect. If you wish to use this option then the units in question begin the game in reserve - it does not matter whether the Reserves special rule is in effect for the mission. Roll for arrival of these units as specified in the Reserves rules and then deploy them as follows:
Place one model from the unit anywhere on the table, in the position you would like the unit to arrive, and roll the Scatter dice. If you roll a HIT the model stays where it is, but if an arrow is shown this determines the direction the model is scattered in. If a scatter occurs, roll 2D6" to see how far the model scatters. If the first model scatters off the table the entire unit is destroyed.
All Deep Striking models are arranged around the first model. Models must be placed in base contact with the original model in a circle around it. When the first circle is complete, a further circle should be placed with each model touched the circle inside it. Each circle should include as many models as will fit, and they may be facing in any direction. You may not place models within 1" of any enemy. If you are unable to complete a circle of models without any of them coming within 1" of the enemy, entering impassable terrain, or going off-table, the surplus models are destroyed.
Units arriving via Deep Strike may not move or assault on the turn they arrive. They may shoot as normal, but count as having moved.
Fearless Fearless troops never have to fall back and are assumed to automatically pass any morale test they are required to take. They can never be pinned. This special rule is gained by any independent character joining a Fearless unit. Also, as long as a Fearless character stays inside a non-Fearless unit, he loses this special rule.
Spore Mines Spore Mines use a number of special rules.
Shooting: Biovores work by firing clusters of Spore Mines towards the enemy. Each Biovore brood fires as many Spore Mines as there are Biovores in that brood. These are fires as barrage weapons with the appropriate profile. Use a Spore Mine model to portray where the Spore Mine lands.
Detonation: If a Spore Mine makes contact with an enemy for any reason, or an enemy unit or vehicle shoots while within 2" of it, the cluster explodes at the end of the phase. Whenever a spore mine explodes it triggers the detonation of all the other mines in its cluster. Place a Blast marker centered over the mine in base contact (do not scatter this marker) and resolve it as a normal barrage with the number of templates equal to the number of mines in that cluster. Then remove the detonated mine(s) form the table.
If a Spore Mine cluster scatters so that it does not come into contact with an enemy model, place a spore mine model on the table at the indicated point. If there is more than one Spore Mine in that cluster, place the extra Spore Mines in base contact with it.
If a mine is reduced to 0 Wounds or otherwise killed, it will explode as detailed above. A Spore Mine cluster is a single target for shooting purposes.
Mindless: Being essentially mindless, a Spore Mine Cluster has the Fearless special rule.
Movement: Spore Mine Clusters drift D6" in the direction rolled on a Scatter dice each turn. On the roll of a hit, the Spore Mine Cluster may be moved the distance rolled in any direction nominated by the Tyranid player. Unlike most models, a Spore Mine or Spore Mine Cluster can move within 1" of enemy models and vehicles during its movement. Spore Mines cannot make Assault moves.
