Dreadnought Drop Pod

This model has a transport capacity of 1 DREADNOUGHT model. It cannot transport DREADNOUGHT models that have a wounds characteristic of 10 or more.

If your army is battleforged, then for each DREADNOUGHT model that has a wounds characteristic of 9 or less included in a Detachment, you can include 1 DREADNOUGHT DROP POD model in that Detachment without taking up an additional Battlefield Role slot. No more than 1 DREADNOUGHT DROP POD model can be taken for each such DREADNOUGHT model.

This transport must start the battle set up high in the skies (see Death From Above pg 125) but neither it, nor any units embarked within it, are counted towards any limits that the mission you are playing places on the maximum number of Reinforcements units you can have in your army. This trasnport can be set up in the Reinforcements step of your first, second or third Movement phase, regardless of any mission rules, and they must set up more than 9" away from any enemy models. After this trasnport has been set up on the battlefield, no units can embark within it.

During deployment, if every model in this unit has this ability, then you can set up this unit high in the skies instead of setting it up on the battlefield. If you do, then in the Reinforcements step of one of your Movement phases you can set up this unit anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" away from enemy models.