Meiotic Spore help

[omnivore]

The other night I was playing with these things. I tried to place one for deep strike over an enemy unit and my opponent said it was not legal to do so due to the fact that the spore still follows the rules for normal deep strike. I agreed with him and placed the spore 1" from his unit. The wording for the spore is as follows from Apoc II:

"In the owning player's shooting phase, if they wish it, or, if for any reason a meiotic spore comes within 2" of an enemy, it detonates immediately."

Now does this mean that if I were to place a spore on the top of the unit and get a "Hit" that my spore would then have to take a deep-strike mishap roll? Or would it rather "immediately" detonate as per above? I am not sure becuase I think by the text it is stating that detonation only happens during the shooting phase...

[GuardDog78]

This sounds like a case of "Rules As Written" vs. "Rules As Intended." I would think they detonate if they land on an enemy unit...seeing as they are meant to be a form of "orbital bombardment," but RAW would imply otherwise.

[Jestar]

It follows the same rules as the Mawloc and can be intentionally placed over an enemy unit. The problem with this unit is that because it's not in the standard codex, it's not FAQ'd. The original rules for the Meiotic spore are pretty clear, but I haven't read the updated version in Apoc II. If your opponent's calling foul, then get them to look at the FAQ for the Mawloc. If they're still saying "no you can't" then it's up to you whether you use them or not. But my experience has been that in tournaments that allow Forgeworld models, they have always followed the same rules as the Mawloc for the initial deepstrike.

Be aware, they are a huge liabilty in a few missions though, as they DO count towards VP and mission objectives, since they don't have the same rule as the small spore mines.

Edit: I have now read the new Apoc 2 rules and they do not count for Victory points any more. :-)

[coredump]

First, the rules allow you to 'aim' the DSing model anywhere you want.This would include other models.

Second, if landing on enemy models, they will never meet any of the criteria for a mishap. They will never get within 1" of an enemy model.

Third, the rules support, but regardless; it should be blatantly obvious that the intent is to use it to land on enemy units. To argue otherwise is the roll ofa git.