Cryptek tremorstave

[corydorasj]

when the tremor stave causes a hit on a transport vehicle, will an embarked squad suffer the quake rule as well as the vehicle? if they stay embarked - no probs, but if they disembark, surely the ground around them is still "erupting" as per the wording of the tremorstave entry.

[Dlatrex]

when the tremor stave causes a hit on a transport vehicle, will an embarked squad suffer the quake rule as well as the vehicle? if they stay embarked - no probs, but if they disembark, surely the ground around them is still "erupting" as per the wording of the tremorstave entry.

If the Tremor stave generated an area of difficult terrain, then yes this would be the case. However as Quake is written "All enemy units hit by a weapon with quake...", and a unit embarked in a transport is separate than the transport vehicle. For instance, the embarked unit can target a separate target than the vehicle during the shooting phase, but they may not be affected by psychic powers which target the vehicle. This would be as if the vehicle was hit by a weapon which caused pinning: a disembarking squad would not suffer the fate of their vehicle, even if the fluff suggests it might.