Ares Gunship

Each time a unit with this ability is selected to fight, select one of the Ka'tah stances below. Until that unit has finished making its attacks, the selected Stance is active for it and it gains the relevant ability.

■ DACATARAI STANCE
Melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [SUSTAINED HITS 1] ability.
■ RENDAX STANCE
Melee weapons equipped by models in this unit have the [LETHAL HITS] ability.

Some **^^Aircraft^^** models have 'Hover' listed in their abilities. When you are instructed to Declare Battle Formations, before doing anything else, you must first declare which models from your army with this ability will be in Hover mode.

If a model is in Hover mode, then until the end of the battle, its Move characteristic is changed to 20", it loses the **^^Aircraft^^** keyword and it loses all associated rules for being an **^^Aircraft^^** model. Models in Hover mode do not start the battle in Reserves, but you can choose to place them into Strategic Reserves following the normal rules if you wish.

Some models have 'Deadly Demise x' listed in their abilities. When such a model is destroyed, roll one D6 before removing it from play (if such a model is a TRANSPORT, roll before any embarked models disembark). On a 6, each unit within 6" of that model suffers a number of mortal wounds denoted by 'x' (if this is a random number, roll separately for each unit within 6").