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2011/12/04 04:17:57
Subject: Tau Empire
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Tadashi wrote:They can't acquire warp technology. They don't have the psykers to do it, and the Ethereals forbade warp research after the fall of Medusa.
You have said that a lot. Almost the exact same thing. After you make your point you don't need to keep restating it.
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2011/12/04 04:47:34
Subject: Tau Empire
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It's because people keep insisting the Tau would replace the Imperium and obtain better drives. How can they do either if they can't get from one place to the other?
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/12/04 05:18:33
Subject: Tau Empire
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Fireknife Shas'el
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Its a time will tell thing. That's why my very first post was only time will tell. If the tau make faster then FTL ships, then that's it they basically won when they get that. The problem is that making fast FTL is hard as heck the IoM barley dose it.
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2011/12/04 05:34:31
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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Which means they will never do it. Imperial psykers are unstable, so the Imperial Warp Drive is also less than completely reliable, but the Tau, lacking psykers, can never acquire an equal system. Their current system was reverse-engineered from a derelict vessel, so if they didn't manage to reverse-engineer, they never would have acquired FTL at all. And without psykers, they couldn't improve it at all. Not to mention that after the Fall of Medusa V, the Ethereal Caste forbade further warp and psychic research.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/12/04 05:48:59
Subject: Tau Empire
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Fireknife Shas'el
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Your assuming they have to do it in the exact same way that the IoM did it and that they can't make new technology. There are a lot of ways they can achieve faster travel and they are always making new technology. It's one of thous things, you can't really tell what it will look like when its done, but given enough time they will do it. It will be hard, but it's has happend before.
My pet theory is giant slingshots, but the idea of them using the webway also tickles me.
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2011/12/04 05:50:21
Subject: Tau Empire
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nomotog wrote:Its a time will tell thing. That's why my very first post was only time will tell. If the tau make faster then FTL ships, then that's it they basically won when they get that. The problem is that making fast FTL is hard as heck the IoM barley dose it.
No, the Tau will still be hopelessly outnumbered by every race in 40k the acquisition of warp travel on the IoM's level will mean the other races will vies them as more of a threat than just a Tyranid speed bump and will actually TRY to exitinguish them.
When they are capable of furthering their territory they will obviously continue to acquire new followers for the greater good and this will surely start to annoy the IoM, who will then stomp a mud hole and walk it dry.
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2011/12/04 05:57:20
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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Ah, no. Not the Webway. The Necrons can barely do it, and their technology is superior even to the Eldar, at least in material terms. And with the removal of the inertialess drive in the new Necron Codex, there are now only two canon FTL in 40k: warp travel and the webway. Without psykers, the Tau can't master either. The Necrons don't have psykers, that's why their portals are unstable. The Tau might break into the Webway, but this would piss the Eldar off big time, and the Tau don't have the technology or the abilities necessary to stand against the Eldar.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/12/04 06:00:56
Subject: Tau Empire
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Fireknife Shas'el
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Tadashi wrote:Ah, no. Not the Webway. The Necrons can barely do it, and their technology is superior even to the Eldar, at least in material terms. And with the removal of the inertialess drive in the new Necron Codex, there are now only two canon FTL in 40k: warp travel and the webway. Without psykers, the Tau can't master either. The Necrons don't have psykers, that's why their portals are unstable. The Tau might break into the Webway, but this would piss the Eldar off big time, and the Tau don't have the technology or the abilities necessary to stand against the Eldar.
Tau tech can stand up to the eldar, but I wasn't thinking they would go to war with the eldar. This is the tau we are talking about. They would brofist and work together. My pet theory is still the slingshot though.
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2011/12/04 06:02:06
Subject: Tau Empire
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xXSir MontyXx wrote:nomotog wrote:Its a time will tell thing. That's why my very first post was only time will tell. If the tau make faster then FTL ships, then that's it they basically won when they get that. The problem is that making fast FTL is hard as heck the IoM barley dose it.
No, the Tau will still be hopelessly outnumbered by every race in 40k the acquisition of warp travel on the IoM's level will mean the other races will vies them as more of a threat than just a Tyranid speed bump and will actually TRY to exitinguish them.
When they are capable of furthering their territory they will obviously continue to acquire new followers for the greater good and this will surely start to annoy the IoM, who will then stomp a mud hole and walk it dry.
Good point. This would really catch the High Lords' attention, which would see the launch of the biggest Crusade and the biggest bloodbath since the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. That would mark the end of the Tau for sure. It might also attract the attention of the Word Bearers. Those guys HATE atheists more than they hate Imperials, and if the Tau start replacing the Imperium, Lorgar will probably pop out of his tower, and lead his own Black Crusade against the Tau.  Automatically Appended Next Post: nomotog wrote:Tadashi wrote:Ah, no. Not the Webway. The Necrons can barely do it, and their technology is superior even to the Eldar, at least in material terms. And with the removal of the inertialess drive in the new Necron Codex, there are now only two canon FTL in 40k: warp travel and the webway. Without psykers, the Tau can't master either. The Necrons don't have psykers, that's why their portals are unstable. The Tau might break into the Webway, but this would piss the Eldar off big time, and the Tau don't have the technology or the abilities necessary to stand against the Eldar.
Tau tech can stand up to the eldar, but I wasn't thinking they would go to war with the eldar. This is the tau we are talking about. They would brofist and work together. My pet theory is still the slingshot though.
Not if they break into the Webway, they won't. And they might fight alongside each other, only for the Eldar to turn on the Tau once they're mutual interests are secure, and the Eldar's interests are paramount again. And the Tau lack the psychic abilities to engage the Eldar, even if they can match the technology.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/12/04 06:09:00
Subject: Tau Empire
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Fireknife Shas'el
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I don't know why you keep assuming they will brake in.
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2011/12/04 06:28:38
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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nomotog wrote:I don't know why you keep assuming they will brake in.
 Good Gracious man, do you really think the Eldar would grant long-term access to the Webway to anyone but themselves. In 40k the Eldar grant temporary access to the Webway, but only in dire need, like during a Black Crusade. They didn't do in the Dark Age of Technology, when Mankind was less xenophobic and we were actually advancing.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/12/04 06:30:34
Subject: Tau Empire
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Fireknife Shas'el
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Like I said. I like the slingshots.
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2011/12/04 06:35:04
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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nomotog wrote:Like I said. I like the slingshots.
 How does that work, actually?
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/12/04 06:59:55
Subject: Re:Tau Empire
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Tadashi wrote:Ah, and once again we hear about the galaxy-shattering railgun. And Tau fans wonder why Imperial fans get all irritated about them.
I didn't say galaxy-shattering. Please read the post. And that's only if the Tau change their ethos on military expansion and colonization. It's alot better than your 'derp drive-by Virus Bombs and Extermanatus derp' dreams, which will never happen.
And how many times do we have to say that the Tau can't use warp technology without psykers. The Immaterium is a psychic realm. Without psykers, you can't understand it. That's why the Tau can't fully use warp technology to it's full potential.
Who said anything about warp travel? I was merely asking about the Tau creating a Segmentum-wide engine drive that works in the Materium and then from that exapnding to a galaxy-wide travel, but since the Imperial Fans don't want to give Tau the same grace period in which the Imperium of Man developed their Space Travel, the discussion turns into one speaking to a brick wall with the Aquila on it .
As for Germany, yes, they overreached themselves in Russia. Same with the Tau. Sooner or later, they're going to to overreach into Imperial space, and the Imperium will retake those worlds such that the Tau can't reinforce until it's too late, or by the time their reinforcements arrive, they'll be walking into a trap.
Its not the same. And it wasn't Germany over-reaching (it was rather the opposite), and a slew of other factors which you're blatanly ignoring just so you can shore up your shoddy explanations.
Oh and the Tau don't have the advance technology in the galaxy. Historically, that would belong to pre-Fall Eldar (psychic technology), Necrons (material technology), and Dark Age of Technology Humans (a mix of both). In 40k, Eldar and Necrons still have the position of having the best technology in the galaxy with regards to their specialties.
Where in my post did I say Tau had the most advanced Technology in 40k?
Whether or not the Tau develop the technology to expand further into the Segmentum is a non-issue. Of course. All they need is time. Give them the same time that the Imperium had to create most of its Warp Technologies and I garauntee they'll have something to put around the Segmentum with.
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2011/12/04 07:21:12
Subject: Tau Empire
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Tough Tyrant Guard
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The Tau don't need a grace period be use they have no way to truly master warp travel. They are already at the point when humans first began exploring the galaxy with "jumps" and they got there in no time at all. Giving them a grace e period is like giving a rock Time to learn to fly.
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2011/12/04 08:16:41
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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xXSir MontyXx wrote:The Tau don't need a grace period be use they have no way to truly master warp travel. They are already at the point when humans first began exploring the galaxy with "jumps" and they got there in no time at all. Giving them a grace e period is like giving a rock Time to learn to fly.
Finally, some one understands. Warp travel is psychic in nature. Lacking psykers, the Tau can't improve their drives, and if the Necrons, the most technologically advanced (at least in terms of material technology) race in 40k couldn't figure out non-warp FTL, then the Tau can't do it either.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/12/04 09:05:09
Subject: Tau Empire
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I promise you'll like it. Just give it a try. its "good" for you.
NEVER!
My money is on the Orks, but more or less the same outcome either way. Fighting to forever.
No to me the galaxy will burn in that all life will die!
Tadashi wrote:Ah, no. Not the Webway. The Necrons can barely do it, and their technology is superior even to the Eldar, at least in material terms. And with the removal of the inertialess drive in the new Necron Codex, there are now only two canon FTL in 40k: warp travel and the webway. Without psykers, the Tau can't master either. The Necrons don't have psykers, that's why their portals are unstable. The Tau might break into the Webway, but this would piss the Eldar off big time, and the Tau don't have the technology or the abilities necessary to stand against the Eldar.
You seem to have forgotten about the Nids and their Gravitational drive.
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Tau tech can stand up to the eldar, but I wasn't thinking they would go to war with the eldar. This is the tau we are talking about. They would brofist and work together. My pet theory is still the slingshot though.
Which will never happen. The Eldar will occasionally work with other races if they have no choice or if it suits their whims but they have no intention of ever being friends or subjects of another races empire. The Eldar believe that the galaxy is their birthright and they intend to reforge the Eldar empire of possible, combine this along with the fact that they are xenophobic. So your idea unless done by GW plot fiat is not happening.
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Who said anything about warp travel? I was merely asking about the Tau creating a Segmentum-wide engine drive that works in the Materium and then from that exapnding to a galaxy-wide travel, but since the Imperial Fans don't want to give Tau the same grace period in which the Imperium of Man developed their Space Travel, the discussion turns into one speaking to a brick wall with the Aquila on it .
The Imperium didn't develop the Warp drive. It was developed by the DAoT humanity.
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Stated by Grey Templar:The Ward of the Codices
"It began, with the writing of the Great Codices,
2 were given to the Eldar. Immortal, Capricious, and most farsighted of all,
2 also to Chaos. Traitorous, Deceitful, Servants of the Dark Gods,
3 to the Xenos races. T'au, Orks, and Necrons. the Young, the Beast, and the Spiteful,
7 to the race of men. Servents of the God Emperor, the Inheritors of the Galaxy.
But they were all of them, decieved. for another Codex was written…
In the Land of Ward'or, in the Fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Matthew wrote in secret, a Master Codex, to rule all the others. One by one, all the armies of the other Codices fell to the power of the Codex, and from this Darkness, none could see hope.
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2011/12/04 09:08:16
Subject: Tau Empire
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 Tyranid Gravity Drives are biological in nature. You'd have to capture a Hive Ship to study it, and keep it alive. That's suicide. The Hive Fleets would be drawn to you faster than they would to a Genestealer call.
But anyway, thanks for pointing it out.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/12/04 09:12:20
Subject: Tau Empire
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Tadashi wrote: Tyranid Gravity Drives are biological in nature. You'd have to capture a Hive Ship to study it, and keep it alive. That's suicide. The Hive Fleets would be drawn to you faster than they would to a Genestealer call.
But anyway, thanks for pointing it out.
Its also very slow.
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Stated by Grey Templar:The Ward of the Codices
"It began, with the writing of the Great Codices,
2 were given to the Eldar. Immortal, Capricious, and most farsighted of all,
2 also to Chaos. Traitorous, Deceitful, Servants of the Dark Gods,
3 to the Xenos races. T'au, Orks, and Necrons. the Young, the Beast, and the Spiteful,
7 to the race of men. Servents of the God Emperor, the Inheritors of the Galaxy.
But they were all of them, decieved. for another Codex was written…
In the Land of Ward'or, in the Fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Matthew wrote in secret, a Master Codex, to rule all the others. One by one, all the armies of the other Codices fell to the power of the Codex, and from this Darkness, none could see hope.
But there were some, who resisted. a Last Alliance of Men and Xenos took up arms against the forces of Ward'or and on the Slopes of Mount Doom they fought for the freedom of 40k." |
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2011/12/04 09:19:56
Subject: Re:Tau Empire
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KplKeegan wrote:
And that's only if the Tau change their ethos on military expansion and colonization. It's alot better than your 'derp drive-by Virus Bombs and Extermanatus derp' dreams, which will never happen.
Change isn't necessary. Just lack of control of the etheral caste for a while...since this so called ethos is a lie.
Exterminatus is an option in 40k. So it may or may not happen. Da'lyth got close to it. 
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2011/12/04 09:21:49
Subject: Tau Empire
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Exterminatus is chosen only if a ground campaign is unfeasible or the planet is deemed too tainted or dangerous to be allowed to continue to exist. Yes it's an option, but conquest is preferable.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/12/04 10:19:34
Subject: Re:Tau Empire
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Dude, you asume that te Imperium has the power to destroy a race? There are a ton of alien empires the size of the Tau empire but the IMperium hasnt wiped out any of them. The alien empires are thriwing and taking IMperial worlds. Besides, all imperial forces are sent to Cadia, Armageddon or against the nids. Please also tell me who said that the Tau are to replace the Imperium? Are you sure that was a person and not your imagination?
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2011/12/04 10:30:57
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
Thousand Sons Battleship wandering the galaxy...
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Isn't part of the OP asking if the Tau flag will fly over the universe? So many Tau fans have pointed out if the Tau acquire better FTL (not gonna happen) they could become a greater galacitc power; not to mention all the references about the Water Caste eventually causing a mass secession in surrounding sectors (resulting in the greatest Crusade since the Sabbat Worlds)...need I go on? Too many people have posted these for me to count or find.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/12/04 10:45:11
Subject: Re:Tau Empire
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Wrathful Warlord Titan Commander
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Space Crusader wrote: you assume that the Imperium has the power to destroy a race?
Not an assumption, fact.
Enough dead worlds with ruins on them as evidence.
Space Crusader wrote:There are a ton of alien empires the size of the Tau empire but the Imperium hasn't wiped out any of them.
You don't hear about those who got exterminated...
Space Crusader wrote:The alien empires are thriving and taking Imperial worlds.
Thriving until they get eaten by nids, beaten by orks or oppressed or killed by necrons.
Not paying attention,eh?
There is no such thing as the imperium as the only target of the threats.
Space Crusader wrote:Besides, all imperial forces are sent to Cadia, Armageddon or against the nids.
No.
Space Crusader wrote:Please also tell me who said that the Tau are to replace the Imperium?
How about these (troll) posts, which aim to bait people into bashing the Tau so the lack of fluff doesn't end the thread too soon?
Its pretty obvious such nonsense gets posted regularly.
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Target locked,ready to fire
In dedicatio imperatum ultra articulo mortis.
H.B.M.C :
We were wrong. It's not the 40k End Times. It's the Trademarkening.
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2011/12/04 10:46:51
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
Thousand Sons Battleship wandering the galaxy...
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and Amen! Every time the Imperium expands, countless alien races are mentioned to be destroyed. The only alien races that are spared are those that lie outside Imperial reach, or are not considered priority targets.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/12/04 10:57:39
Subject: Tau Empire
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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The IoM has been contracting for thousands of years.
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2011/12/04 11:06:06
Subject: Tau Empire
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Dakka Veteran
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Kilkrazy wrote:The IoM has been contracting for thousands of years.
And the Imperium is constantly conquering and colonizig new worlds so it balances itself of.
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Stated by Grey Templar:The Ward of the Codices
"It began, with the writing of the Great Codices,
2 were given to the Eldar. Immortal, Capricious, and most farsighted of all,
2 also to Chaos. Traitorous, Deceitful, Servants of the Dark Gods,
3 to the Xenos races. T'au, Orks, and Necrons. the Young, the Beast, and the Spiteful,
7 to the race of men. Servents of the God Emperor, the Inheritors of the Galaxy.
But they were all of them, decieved. for another Codex was written…
In the Land of Ward'or, in the Fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Matthew wrote in secret, a Master Codex, to rule all the others. One by one, all the armies of the other Codices fell to the power of the Codex, and from this Darkness, none could see hope.
But there were some, who resisted. a Last Alliance of Men and Xenos took up arms against the forces of Ward'or and on the Slopes of Mount Doom they fought for the freedom of 40k." |
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2011/12/04 11:11:33
Subject: Re:Tau Empire
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Also I think the eastern fringe, namely the Macragge area, since it has been announced that Chaos may be playing a much larger role in the 6th ED backstory, the marine codex has seemed to lay the groundwork for it, see pg.40 last battle entry, and pg. 48 end of the zeist campaign description.
Some Chaos baddie named M'kar is leading a assault upon the Ultramarines homeworlds, and the Blue marines have recalled all their forces to defense of these systems, looks like some upheaval may be coming, the extent of which hopefully will be more than just another stalemate, so the IoM may yet again have to go into the planet reclamation bussiness, they have turned into galactic repo-men
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2011/12/04 11:12:28
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
Thousand Sons Battleship wandering the galaxy...
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Thanks to GW, we know that the Imperium has at least a million worlds under it's control. No matter how many worlds are lost, more worlds are conquered or discovered, keeping the number of worlds under Imperial control stable.
Which means that we Imperials have already won. The Lords of Creation at GW will never destroy the Imperium, since doing so would kill their business, so the great Imperium of Man can claim victory. You can attack us all you want, the Creators have already granted us victory.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2011/12/04 11:22:06
Subject: Tau Empire
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Tadashi wrote:Thanks to GW, we know that the Imperium has at least a million worlds under it's control. No matter how many worlds are lost, more worlds are conquered or discovered, keeping the number of worlds under Imperial control stable.
Which means that we Imperials have already won. The Lords of Creation at GW will never destroy the Imperium, since doing so would kill their business, so the great Imperium of Man can claim victory. You can attack us all you want, the Creators have already granted us victory.
Actually you are completely and totally wrong
The Imperials will never win, since this game is all about War, and the selling of little plastic soldiers, no one will ever win, and no race will ever be eliminated unless its sales totally tank, all the creators have done is build a arena where the IoM is constantly prodded and tortured, so sorry in order for GW to continue to make money and support this game the IoM will never know victory, small gains and small losses, but no victory like you so desperatly hope for.
And all the races are in the same boat, no victory or defeat, only war....just like the advertising says.
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