vharing
04-20-2014, 08:38 PM
I was painting a chimera for my company command squad this week end and was also reading up on the rules for them. Now in the rules it say that two models may fire from the fire point on top. Looking at the rules for fire points in the main rule book it says the these shots may be made at a different target than the vehicles weapons. What confused me though was the lasgun arrays. It says "A chimera has two separate arrays of three lasguns - one array located above each side of its hull. Up to six models in the embarked unit (a maximum of three per array) may fire one lasgun each from these lasgun arrays, provided those models are not using chimeras fire points this turn. To represent the unusual nature of these weapons, use the chimeras ballistic skill regardless of how far the chimera has moved. If the chimera suffered a crew shaken or crew stunned result, the lasgun arrays can only make snap shots. Lastly, each array may shoot at a different target to the chimera's other weaponry, though all lasguns in the same array must shoot at the same target."
Now reading this brings a few questions to mind. First being if you have a squad of say ten veterans in a chimera, would six fire from the lasgun arrays while two more vets can shoot special weapons from the fire point? The second question is that if they can shoot separate targets would you be able to have the chimera shoot at one target, veterans from the roof shoot at another target and still have the remaining guys inside shoot at two more targets? Now maybe I am just reading more into this than what is actually there, but if a chimera could shoot at four separate targets it seems like it would be on track to be the best transport in the game.
Now reading this brings a few questions to mind. First being if you have a squad of say ten veterans in a chimera, would six fire from the lasgun arrays while two more vets can shoot special weapons from the fire point? The second question is that if they can shoot separate targets would you be able to have the chimera shoot at one target, veterans from the roof shoot at another target and still have the remaining guys inside shoot at two more targets? Now maybe I am just reading more into this than what is actually there, but if a chimera could shoot at four separate targets it seems like it would be on track to be the best transport in the game.