Brother Captain Alexander wrote:-There is mention of Adeptus Mechanicus expedition in M35 but there is no mention of Warp Storm at all. The closest thing to it is the mention of "strange lights" which can be anything .
6th edition rulebook says otherwise:
Warhammer 50k 6th edition rulebook pg 213 wrote:
First CoNTAcT
The Imperium's Explorators first encountered the Tau just prior to
the Age of Apostasy, finding a resource-rich planet surrounded by a
promising band of star systems The inhablting race, the ancestors
of the Tau, were little more than savannah-roaming primitives
Marked for extermination, the Imperium sent out a seeding colony,
but'Warp storms arose and the Imperium's armada was never
heard from again. W'hen the tumultuous energies calmed enough
for recontact, nearly six thousand years later, the Tau had changed
almost beyond recognition. The Imperiurn found a newborn
empire busily expanding, even daring to absorb a handful of
planets previously under rule of the Imperium. The Departmento
Munitorum has increased manpower tithes and begun the
preparations to supply another massive war zone.
Democles Crusade was mentioned, however it's goal was not the crush the Tau completely but rather to drive them out of Damocles custer, in which they succeed. Damocles Crusade forces were mentioned as 19 Regiments and 5 Chapters ( undermanned of course, likely a company from each or less than that ). Damocles Crusade ended when Tau reinforcements arrived and drive the Imperials back, it was not because of the Tyranids. Tau had the chance to destroy them but halted and staged a peace treaty on Ethereal orders.
6th edition rulebook says otherwise:
Warhammer 50k 6th edition rulebook pg 379 wrote:
The Damocles Crusade
The bloody campaign known as the Damocles
Crusade saw the might of the Tau Empire
set against the Imperium of Man.
Already hard-pressed by dozens of other
incursions and subjugations, the Imperium
was forced to act against the Tau empire
as the warriors of that fledgling empire
attempted to seize vulnerable worlds
for their 'Greater Good'.
A crusade fleet crossed the expanse known as
the Damocles Gulf set upon vengeance. Soon
several Space Marine Chapters and millions
of Imperial Guardsmen were engaged on a
series of worlds. Whilst the Tau Fire'Warriors
caused grievous casualties on the crusade
forces, slowly they lost ground. Only the
threat of a Tyranid Hive Fleet distracted the
Imperium from its bloody work. Even now,
a funher reckoning is at hand.
Warhammer 40k 6th edition rulebook pg 387 wrote:
Help was at hand, however, as a sizeable ponion of Crusade
Group Black Gate was diverted from their mission to reinforce
the Imperial efforts in the Damocles Gulf.
Kroothawk wrote:[
5.) Tau not using meatshields and honouring minimized casualties on their side is stressed several times.
Does this line appply to Auxillaries too?
Cause
FFG has this to say:
Deathwatch core rulebook pg 355 wrote:
Human armies are also fighting here under orders from the
Tau, leading to a paranoid atmosphere where any soldier’s
squadmate could be an infiltrator sent by the other side.
Ebongrave’s purges are most frequent on the Greyhell Front
and a Guardsman is almost as likely to be executed by his
own side as he is to be killed by the xenos. Life is no better
for the gue’la auxiliaries, who are wont to be abandoned
by their Tau overlords or betrayed by Imperial intelligence
officers who have worked their way into their ranks.
