Sorry I couldn't find this anywhere. When a warlord moves, does his minions from HQ follow? E.g "Mobility" on warlord.

If not, and in a scenario where in if i use a "mobility card" on my warlord and left his minions on one battle

a: do those minions go home?

b: if in a given scenario using the mobility or removing the presence of my warlord does combat still happen? (assuming it is not in the 1st planet and no warlord is present on the opposing side.)

Reason for asking is after a battle is resolved, all units go home from a battle if warlord is present (taken that it is not the 1st planet) and then follows the warlord's assignment on the next turn's battle/s.

Again I'm sorry if this all in the rule book, still in the process of understanding this game, got a lot of other games in my hand right now.

a) If your Warlord has Mobile, he will leave any units with him at the planet he just left.

b) Depending on the timing; has combat at that planet initiated yet? With mobile the units move before you check to see if combat happens. However if a card let you move the Warlord after combat begins (or you retreat the Warlord by exhausting him) combat continues normally.

Reason for asking is after a battle is resolved, all units go home from a battle if warlord is present (taken that it is not the 1st planet) and then follows the warlord's assignment on the next turn's battle/s.

Generally speaking, if you think something is supposed to happen (like units from HQ moving with the warlord when a card effect like Mobile is used to move it to another planet), but you can't find anything in the rules or card text saying it actually happens, then it doesn't happen.

a) If your Warlord has Mobile, he will leave any units with him at the planet he just left.

b) Depending on the timing; has combat at that planet initiated yet? With mobile the units move before you check to see if combat happens. However if a card let you move the Warlord after combat begins (or you retreat the Warlord by exhausting him) combat continues normally.

a) If your Warlord has Mobile, he will leave any units with him at the planet he just left.

b) Depending on the timing; has combat at that planet initiated yet? With mobile the units move before you check to see if combat happens. However if a card let you move the Warlord after combat begins (or you retreat the Warlord by exhausting him) combat continues normally.

thanks for the response, but B. is a bit vague, so if ever timing allows, do those units stay in that planet and sit there? Assuming no combat takes place. If that's the case, it actually opens up a new strategy in the game.

B) Units only move to a planet with the warlord (from HQ or anywhere else) when the warlord is committed to the planet during the Command Phase (the whole process of using the servo-skull dials, etc.) If the warlord moves to a planet under any other circumstance, it does so separately and independently from any other units.

Example: At the beginning of the Command Phase, the Eldar player has his warlord (Starbane) and 3 other units at the HQ. As part of the Command Phase, the player sets "2" on his servo-skull dial and, after revealing it along with his opponent, moves Starbane and the 3 other units from the HQ to Planet #2. As a Reaction to this, the Eldar Player then plays the event card "Foresight," which allows him to commit his warlord to a different planet. He chooses Planet #4 and moves his warlord there. However, since this was done by a card effect rather than the normal warlord commit step in the Command Phase, the 3 units at Planet #2 (that came with Starbane from the HQ) remain at Planet #2. They do not follow the warlord to Planet #4.

Further, combat only takes place at planets (other than the first planet) that have a warlord present at the beginning of combat at that planet. So, if a warlord is present when it is time to begin combat at a particular planet, the combat takes place and continues to its end, even if the warlord moves (say, because it retreats, is moved by a card effect, etc.).

BUT, if the warlord moves before combat begins at that planet (e.g., while combat is underway at Planet #1, a warlord somehow moves from Planet #4 to Planet #3), there will be no combat at the planet the warlord left, but there will be a combat at the planet it moves to (unless there has already been a combat at that planet during that round).

So yes, it is a completely viable strategy to commit your warlord to, say, Planet #2 during the Command Phase of Round X, then somehow move him before combat at that planet gets a chance to start during Round X. This positions all your units from HQ at Planet #2 -- ready for combat in Round X+1 when that Planet becomes Planet #1.