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Karamazov, Relentles and an OSR


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Can Karamazov use his Relentless Special Rule to allow him to move and shoot his Orbital Strike Relay?

 

OSR;

The orbital strike relay is treated as a ranged weapon that can be used provided that the bearer did not move in the preceeding Movement phase

 

Note: The three weapon options are types Ordnance, Heavy and Ordnance.

 

Relentless;

Relentless models can shoot with Heavy, Salvo or Ordnance weapons, counting as stationary, even if they moved in the previous Movement phase.

 

I'd take that as a yes. :D

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I'd say it's a no, similar for the reason why a Chapter Master in TDA can't use Orbital Bombardment when he moves, because the rule for the shooting attack says he can't. That quote there says it's a ranged weapon that can't be used if moved, it doesn't specify a type that is explicitly mentioned in the Relentless USR quote.

You have to select one of the type when using it, which is either 'type' Ordnance or Heavy.

 

Each time the orbital strike relay is used, you must choose which kind of strike you wish to call down

 

So you'd say there's a difference between 'did not move' and 'counts as stationary'.

 

And why *can't* a SM Captain in TDA use thier Orbital Relay? ;)

You have to select one of the type when using it, which is either 'type' Ordnance or Heavy.

 

Each time the orbital strike relay is used, you must choose which kind of strike you wish to call down

 

So you'd say there's a difference between 'did not move' and 'counts as stationary'.

 

And why *can't* a SM Captain in TDA use thier Orbital Relay? ;)

 

Because the rules explicitly say you can't shoot using it. True, the Ordnance rules say the same thing, but in a way the OB rules are saying it twice over. It's not just "this is an Ordnance weapon, therefore you can't move and fire it". It's "you can't fire it if you move and it uses these rules for shooting". Both OB weapons in the two Codices use very similar wording which explicitly state you can't move and fire, and IMO that would override Relentless.

Wait does Relentless say "Can shoot if moved?" Or does Relentless say something more specific like "You may fire Ordnance and Heavy weapons after moving."?

 

Layers! There are two restrictions on Orbital Strike Relay: there's Ordnance and "You can't move!" specifically in it's special (not normal) rules. Relentless repeals one of those restrictions: the Ordnance one. It doesn't have any effect on "You can't move!" which is a special rule for it.

 

It's not perfect, but it's what we got.

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