Quote Originally Posted by Sloth View Post
"arc" is a bad choice of word, but the instinctive fire says each weapon shoots independently at the closest model in range and line of sight. Then it says each weapon can fire at a different unit. My take on this is that range and LOS would be taken from each gun individually and not from the model as a whole.
Sure - but MC's have 360 LoS. I'd like to see the rule in its entirety before I get in on this because reading is fun. Either way, you may still be able to drop the pod in such a way that it can manage to deliver all 5 templates on a unit.

Also - Venom Cannons would be my choice. It's 6 str ap 4. Barb stranglers do have the larger template and pinning but are str 4 ap 5. eh... It's BS 2 and it has to shoot at the closest thing. Large Blast could be a lot more entertaining!

Quote Originally Posted by rand0mnumb3r View Post
Can the mine decide to not explode after assaulting? because that would just be a hilarious rules argument if you "locked" a FMC in combat while it was flying.
No, it can't. at Int 10, they detonate. There is no option.