Orders From Inside Chimera?

[Totengraber]

I'm a new AM player, so forgive me if this is answered somewhere I should have seen, but I was reading the Voice of Command and Orders rules in the codex and (unless I misread something) it specifically says that orders cannot be given while embarked in a vehicle. Yet I see a lot of advice on lists here saying to mount your CCS inside a Chimera to give them a safer place from which to dole out orders. How is that possible? Am I missing something?

 

Thanks!

[CoffeeGrunt]

The Chimera has a special rule - I believe called Command Vehicle - that allows Orders to be issued from it. It's a good tactic, and also allows you to move your CCS around much faster to throw those Orders down wherever they're needed.

[WarriorFish]

The rule is "Mobile Command Vehicle" and it is one of the many selling points of the Chimera :) Command squads are low on models so pretty fragile, bundling them aboard a Chimera does much for their survivability and mobility :)

[Totengraber]

Thanks so much, guys! I guess I need to read the codex a little more closely.

[WarriorFish]

There's never anything to lose from reading the codex again, you'll soon be playing without needing to reference it that way :) The same feat with the rules is slightly harder though :P