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Ovion wrote:They do have Aun'Va, who is the head honcho.

He is the senoir ethereal on T'au and sits on the counsils that rule. He packs a lot of weight but isnt the head honcho.


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I like your views, they are not dissimilar to my own.

And I REALLY like your idea that the renegades, instead of abandoning the greater good, simply have different beliefs as to what serves the GG. Sort of like all those quarrels way back when between the catholic church and the young protestant religion.

Thank you. I am happy that I'm not the only one.



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I could see Farsight and the councils falling out about the greater good but it would be more of an ethical split.

Farsight believes in " the end justify the means" vs. the general tau belief in "right action" to serve the greater good.

To put it another way....
Renegades believe that they are working towards the greater good even if they have to use questionable methods.

While the Tau follow the ethereals guidance so they carefully measure each action to see if it acts for the greater good.
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And then there is the thought that its reversed- because I really like the thought of Farsight as the hero

Aun'Va believes the end justify the means and is behind a lot of the dark rumors of the Tau, using his influence on the high councils.

Farsight believes in right action, after events on Arthas Moloch became aware of Aun'Va's plots decided he could no longer in good conscious follow the party line.
Once Aun'shi's expedition reaches the Farsight Enclave's he is presented with evidence of these plots. He joins with Farsight and returns to confront Aun'va.

They land on Vior'la sept and are welcomed but Shadowsun and Aun'Va demand they be turned over as traitors. Farsight and Aun'shi being both hero's on the sept get an hearing to defend themselves. They convice Vior'la to side with them and then.....
we get the epic showdown between Farsight/Aun'shi and Shadowsun/Aun'va.

Je suis2 au hazard wrote:

Veteran Sergeant wrote:Well, the Ethereals are already kinda sinister, but the Fire Caste without the Ethereal mind control are barbaric and violent. Could easily make a Tau Corsair army and it would make sense if you don't use Ethereals.

No they aren't.

The ethereals are actually quite innocent, rather less than I'd like them to be, but whatever. They were proven not to use pheromones, they aren't psykers because their souls barely register in the warp...Loyalty is not so hard to understand.

And the fire caste is not barbaric, they are simply more aggressive then the other castes (though it varies by sept; each one largely has it's own personality)

I don't that you saying so, emphatically, over and over, is actually what we in the discussion business refer to as "proof", lol.

However, let's agree to disagree, as I've found your arguments to be wholly unconvincing, and you seem to be unwilling to accept mine, and there's no sense in dragging this thread down.

Veteran Sergeant wrote:

Je suis2 au hazard wrote:

Veteran Sergeant wrote:Well, the Ethereals are already kinda sinister, but the Fire Caste without the Ethereal mind control are barbaric and violent. Could easily make a Tau Corsair army and it would make sense if you don't use Ethereals.

No they aren't.

The ethereals are actually quite innocent, rather less than I'd like them to be, but whatever. They were proven not to use pheromones, they aren't psykers because their souls barely register in the warp...Loyalty is not so hard to understand.

And the fire caste is not barbaric, they are simply more aggressive then the other castes (though it varies by sept; each one largely has it's own personality)

I don't that you saying so, emphatically, over and over, is actually what we in the discussion business refer to as "proof", lol.

However, let's agree to disagree, as I've found your arguments to be wholly unconvincing, and you seem to be unwilling to accept mine, and there's no sense in dragging this thread down.

Agreed (did I just agree with Veteran Sergeant?)

Tun_tau, to be honest I think the first half of your story fits better. Also, you said the second story was because you liked Farsight as a hero, but he can still be a hero in the first one (a brutal one, like the punisher) and it's better because the second one makes the TE seem kinda illuminati-ish.

The way it happens in my mind is that Farsight felt stifled because he was limited to clean, precise maneuvers, even if they are less efficient than his somewhat more brutal tactics. He becomes frustrated with the empire and becomes like an attack dog that has slipped it's leash, chasing enemies and not returning afterwards.

It would be fun to kill like all Tau are.

Ugh....

Well in that case I want to play Good Chaos Marines....

They can bust out of the warp healing the sick and taking care of the orphanages.

Milisim wrote:Ugh....

Well in that case I want to play Good Chaos Marines....

They can bust out of the warp healing the sick and taking care of the orphanages.

This... would be hilarious and brilliant....

Planting flower gardens, educating the masses, putting money into public transport and helping kittens out of trees! xD

Love for the Love God! (or is that Slaanesh?)

Milisim wrote:Ugh....

Well in that case I want to play Good Chaos Marines....

They can bust out of the warp healing the sick and taking care of the orphanages.

Orphanages aren't a thing that is still around.

It's all about the foster homes now.

peebzguy wrote:I'm just thinking about it... it would be pretty cool to see a Dark Eldar equivalent of the Tau, kind of like a Dark Tau. The paint schemes would be nothing short of awesome, and I think it could fit the models well. What are your thoughts? Thread!

Oh, good lord no. 40k will officially die. If Matt Ward writes the next BIBLE you can do it. If not then this thread.must die.

Deadshot wrote: Oh, good lord no. 40k will officially die. If Matt Ward writes the next BIBLE you can do it. If not then this thread.must die.

Jesus is going to be in the DA codex?

Is Ward writing it?

Writing what the Tau codex?

I hope so!

Str 10 plasma rifles with 6 shots per turn twin linked to boot.

The ability to move 30" AFTER shooting to retreat behind cover!

Sounds good... oh and i hear there is a Jump, Shoot, Jump, Shoot, Jump, shoot and one more jump phase coming for the Tau! SWEET.

In reality though I bet Ward will write it but since he buggered up the GK so much he will be hit with the nerf bat on his outlandish ways and the Tau will get a shytty weak ass codex because he dosent want to break the game AGAIN by making a game breaking army auto win.

I heard Cruddace is supposed to write this one on a rumor thread a while back and that Ward stated that he will not be involved with the Tau Codex as well.

Ward seems to be more involved with Marine 'dexes than xenos.

Hello everyone,

Dark Tau seems like an alright idea but i doubt GW will think of doing it because they will most likely just think if you want Dark Tau to just Paint them and slightly costomise them to look like Dark versions of Tau and use the normal Rule book, same thing with Imperial Guard, I would like to see more Races brought out in 40K, would make it interesting maybe chaos chapters like they do with space marines, A Viking chaos chapter with own rules would be mad, would be similar to Space Wolfs.


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