| Drone Sentry Turret | Points | Front Armour | Side Armour | Rear Armour | BS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
Team: A team consists of 1-4 turrets.
Type: Immobile (open-topped if fired last turn)
Crew: Drone
Weapons: A Drone sentry turret is armed with twin-linked burst cannons.
Options: The twin-linked burst cannons may be upgraded to twin-linked missile pods for +6 pts; or twin-linked plasma rifles at +5 pts; or twin-linked fusion blaster at +7 pts.
Deep Strike: Drone sentry turrets may Deep Strike (dropped from Orcas or Mantas) at +1 pt per model, if the mission permits. Each turret should be positioned separately using the Deep Strike rules, they do not have to deploy together. If the turret lands on another vehicle then both vehicles take a glancing hit from the impact. If it lands on impassable terrain or deviates off the table then the turret is destroyed.
Heavy Support: A team of Drone sentry turrets is a Heavy Support choice for a Tau army. A team may be transported in an Orca or Manta.
Fortifications: If playing a scenario where the Tau can take fortifications then a Drone Sentry Turret team counts as a Troop choice. A Tau player may purchase Drone sentry turrets as part of the Defender's Armoury in a Cityfight game.
Special Rules
Pop-up Turret: A Drone sentry turret only counts as open-topped once it has opened fire. If a sentry turret fired last turn then it counts as an open-topped vehicle. If the Sentry turret did not fire last turn then it does not count as open-topped.
Damage: If the turret takes a Crew Shaken or Crew Stunned result (and can therefore not fire), then the turret will automatically close; this is part of the turret's defence against incoming fire. It will not count as open-topped in subsequent turns.
If the turret takes an Immobilised damage result, then this has no effect, but the turret still counts as damaged for the purposes of calculating Victory Points.
Markerlight Targeting: A model equipped with a Markerlight can designate a target point for a single deep striking Drone sentry turret. Nominate a target point within LOS and range of the markerlight and the Drone sentry turret will land on that point - do not roll for scatter. The model with the markerlight cannot move whilst designating the point, or fire another weapon in the Shooting phase.
Victory Pts: Drone sentry turrets may not claim Victory Points for occupying table quarters or other objectives.