Drop pods

Drop pods are specialised, one-use landing craft which are launched from ships in high orbit and plummet down through the atmosphere before landing on the battlefield. A detachment in drop pods always enters as Reserves (counting as having a reserve Speed of up to 30cm). When the detachment arrives it may be dropped anywhere on the table at the start of the owning player's movement in the Movement phase.

To determine where the pods land you'll need to make some Drop Pod markers by tearing or cutting up a load of paper squares (about 1 cm across) and writing a number or letter on each one. Number the units in the detachment being dropped so that they correspond to the numbers on the Drop Pod markers. Each pod can only carry one infantry unit.

Next, place all the markers for the detachment on a Barrage template, and hold the template 30cm above any part of the table. Invert the template sharply so that the markers fall on the table, then replace each marker with its corresponding unit. Markers which land off the table or in terrain which is impassable to vehicles are automatically destroyed. Enemy units can snap-fire at models coming down in drop pods if they land within 10cm. Flak units on Special (!) orders may also fire on them as if they were flyers (use the Armour value of the unit inside). The detachment (or what's left of it) may now move and fight as normal.