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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/02 22:24:29
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Sneaky Striking Scorpion
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Lionfish?
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agnosto wrote: To the closet, batman and don't forget the feather duster!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/02 22:29:51
Subject: Re:Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator
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but their battlesuits have names like crisis, hazard, stealth and broadside
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"Those that Dare impersonate the dead are judged to join their ranks!"- Alucard
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/02 22:35:49
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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metallifan wrote:Madman49 wrote:Panther Class
They're Space Fish. Not Space Nazis 
You are not up-to-date:
According to most Tau background threads, Tau are Hindu-catholic Victorian Space Nazi-communist fish-cows with Japanese roots
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/02 22:51:17
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Fresh-Faced New User
Queensland, Australia
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Sarge wrote:This may have been answered earlier, and if so, sorry. Why a quadraped design? No other Tau walker has that shape. Were you worried GW may come after you if you used a bipedal design? Otherwise, it is a neat model.
Actually, no, I haven't been asked that yet.
Honestly there's no reason why. From the moment I conceived the idea it was always a quadruped. Perhaps it's because I found all of the other Tau titan designs that were mega sized crisis suits to be really lame? I just didn't want something humanoid for a mecha of this size.
Also, I believe that technically four legs might provide a more stable firing platform.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/02 22:59:11
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Lord of the Fleet
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metallifan wrote:Madman49 wrote:Panther Class
They're Space Fish. Not Space Nazis 
Yes, the Imperial Guard resents any comparisons to the Tau. Our tanks are superior in every way, standartenfuhrer. My glorious konigstiger... err..Leman Russ Vanquisher will crush these blue skinned untermench!
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Fate is in heaven, armor is on the chest, accomplishment is in the feet. - Nagao Kagetora
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/02 23:59:40
Subject: Re:Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Fireknife Shas'el
All over the U.S.
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First, The tau were originally a desert dwelling race. The Fish Names on their Vehicles are Imperium based on their look and movement(The Skimmers glide through the air like dish through water). I would be really happy if the Tau Vehicles received names based upon their fluff and then were translated to the Imperium of Man's language.
Second, This Walker represents a new class of vehicle for the Tau and would call for a new naming structure.
Third, None of the listed names fit, especially the Nautilus.
Now for a few ideas using what I believe is a fairly accurate Tau Lexicon:
Korst'ray-Translates to "Death Walker"
Mont'mal'coar- Translates to "Battle Spider"
Ray'upt- Loosely translates to "Walking Mountain"
Tau'va- Translates to "The Greater Good" (I really like this name, the SXV141 Tau'va)
Then outside of fluff, the Dr. Who fan in me screams for you to Name it the "Dalek"
And the uber-geek from my childhood wants to make a Tron based "Grid Lice" reference.
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Officially elevated by St. God of Yams to the rank of Scholar of the Church of the Children of the Eternal Turtle Pie at 11:42:36 PM 05/01/09
If they are too stupid to live, why make them?
In the immortal words of Socrates, I drank what??!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/03 15:34:25
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Irked Blood Angel Scout with Combat Knife
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call it the Goliath!
all I can think of is the Starcraft unit saying "Goliath online"
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-"...for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my battle-brother eternal."
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/03 17:03:04
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Lord of the Fleet
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Phairsto wrote:call it the Goliath!
all I can think of is the Starcraft unit saying "Goliath online"
Sorry, there's already a 40k Goliath, though I think it's called the Cyclops.
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Fate is in heaven, armor is on the chest, accomplishment is in the feet. - Nagao Kagetora
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/03 17:11:57
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Regular Dakkanaut
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think of it from a guardsman POV. A tau titan comes walking onto the field demolishing everything, there is no way they are going to end up calling it the nautilus. They would call it something suitably awe inspiring.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/03 19:47:35
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Legendary Dogfighter
Munich, Germany
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Wow!
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Join the Imperial Guard. The pay's lousy, the battles fierce and you probably won't ever come back again. BUT you get a lasgun.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/03 20:02:15
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Regular Dakkanaut
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asmith wrote:think of it from a guardsman POV. A tau titan comes walking onto the field demolishing everything, there is no way they are going to end up calling it the nautilus. They would call it something suitably awe inspiring.
Man'owar. Simple, fits the scheme, sounds cool, is dangerous, and doesn't use some sort of specific ancient name.
Karkinos is also pretty cool, just because it sounds intimidating.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/03 20:26:22
Subject: Re:Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Malicious Mandrake
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"Sir, the 5th infantry company has spotted something."
"What is it private?"
"Sir...it's a Man'o'war sir..."
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Nids - 1500 Points - 1000 Points In progress
TheLinguist wrote:bella lin wrote:hello friends,
I'm a new comer here.I'm bella. nice to meet you and join you.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/03 20:35:57
Subject: Re:Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Mysterious Techpriest
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Klawz wrote:"Sir, the 5th infantry company has spotted something."
"What is it private?"
"Sir...it's a Man'o'war sir..."
Man'O'war just doesn't sound tauish enough, sure its a jellyfish but its just to obvious
when will the name be anounced
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/03 21:05:14
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Big Fat Gospel of Menoth
The other side of the internet
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A quick suggestion about the rules.
Make the single shot part of the railgun STR D and be more specific about the size of the template for the blast (7" or 9"). Also a little more clarification for the Smart missle systems, can you only shoot them 6 times or are there 6 independent ones? The Tachion marker needs a little clean up, are you saying it's only for the railguns to use? Many of the rules just need some clarification.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/03 21:43:10
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Arch Magos w/ 4 Meg of RAM
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XV2000 vanilla lightning
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 00:08:17
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Storm Trooper with Maglight
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First off i LOVE this model looks so epic
Secondly name it something like oh i don't know....
Kopek Balik- turkish for shark
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Karides- turckish for crab
hope this helps
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 00:08:46
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Infiltrating Broodlord
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Still working on the rules, originally I thought the rules were not that important. I have come to find out that people want "official" rules and we are corresponding with Tau players on them.
I like Man'o'war, but we will see what the sculptor says as well.
Nick
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 00:21:21
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Monstrous Master Moulder
Secret lab at the bottom of Lake Superior
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I like goliath, or maybe some sort of name for mountain in tau-ese.
What about the Hosea? I know he's christian, not Hindu, but he called for people to come to peace, but he foresaw/brought down doom and punishment on those who did not see "the greater good" of God (sorry to bring religion onto this site...)
I'm sorry, but can anyone else just see that thing dropping onto the battlefield from space or some flying transport?
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Commissar NIkev wrote:
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 00:28:31
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Battleship Captain
The Land of the Rising Sun
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I´m going to say that Scylla has a nice fishy sound for a Tau Titan.
M.
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Jenkins: You don't have jurisdiction here!
Smith Jamison: We aren't here, which means when we open up on you and shred your bodies with automatic fire then this will never have happened.
About the Clans: "Those brief outbursts of sense can't hold back the wave of sibko bred, over hormoned sociopaths that they crank out though." |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 01:03:22
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Storm Trooper with Maglight
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you know maybe give it a set of body guard gun drones
That would be AWSOME!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 01:11:03
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator
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bigmek35 wrote: you know maybe give it a set of body guard gun drones
That would be AWSOME!
why not heavy gun drones with plasma weapons
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"Those that Dare impersonate the dead are judged to join their ranks!"- Alucard
6970 points of Preheresy Night Lords 7681 points Preheresy thousand sons 8230 points Preheresy Iron Warriors 3230 points Preheresy Death Guard 4940 points preheresy Dark Angels 4888 points preheresy Iron Hands 2030 points preheresy Blood Angels 2280 points preheresy space wolfs 1065 points preheresy white scars 3210 points preheresy sons of Horus 1660 points Grey Knights 628 points Sister of Battle 2960 points adeptus mechanicus 18650 points Titanicus legio Nex Caput capitis 5566 points Imperial Guard 5875 points Preheresy Emperor's Children 3735 points Preheresy World Eaters 1710 points Preheresy Word Bearers 2090 points preheresy Imperial Fists 1570 points preheresy Alpha Legion 4600 points necrons 1420 points prehersy Raven Guard 960 points prehersy Salamanders 6334 points Tau Empire 20942 points tyranids 8722 points eldar 3125 points dark eldar 10745 points Bearers of the Light 1415 points Preheresy Luna Wolves 8508 points Chaos
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 02:05:29
Subject: Re:Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Just add a Tau building and I am happy
(still voting for "Holy Crab"  )
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 02:30:55
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Storm Trooper with Maglight
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TyraelVladinhurst wrote:bigmek35 wrote: you know maybe give it a set of body guard gun drones
That would be AWSOME!
why not heavy gun drones with plasma weapons
MY GOD your right should always be like that
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 04:09:25
Subject: Re:Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator
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 thought it'd be a good idea
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"Those that Dare impersonate the dead are judged to join their ranks!"- Alucard
6970 points of Preheresy Night Lords 7681 points Preheresy thousand sons 8230 points Preheresy Iron Warriors 3230 points Preheresy Death Guard 4940 points preheresy Dark Angels 4888 points preheresy Iron Hands 2030 points preheresy Blood Angels 2280 points preheresy space wolfs 1065 points preheresy white scars 3210 points preheresy sons of Horus 1660 points Grey Knights 628 points Sister of Battle 2960 points adeptus mechanicus 18650 points Titanicus legio Nex Caput capitis 5566 points Imperial Guard 5875 points Preheresy Emperor's Children 3735 points Preheresy World Eaters 1710 points Preheresy Word Bearers 2090 points preheresy Imperial Fists 1570 points preheresy Alpha Legion 4600 points necrons 1420 points prehersy Raven Guard 960 points prehersy Salamanders 6334 points Tau Empire 20942 points tyranids 8722 points eldar 3125 points dark eldar 10745 points Bearers of the Light 1415 points Preheresy Luna Wolves 8508 points Chaos
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 04:10:58
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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What we need are photos, taken from a suitably low angle, of Imperial Guardsmen watching this thing partially obscured by a large ruin.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 06:13:28
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Storm Trooper with Maglight
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Nurglitch wrote:What we need are photos, taken from a suitably low angle, of Imperial Guardsmen watching this thing partially obscured by a large ruin.
this just screams to me to make a drawing of it
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 07:03:17
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Well, keeping in line with the naming of Tau vehicles after apex predators I would say
"Arapaima"
Or with the trend in battlesuit naming,
XV43-S "Linebreaker" mobile artillery battery
Just my thoughts.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 07:55:44
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator
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Dravenguild wrote:Well, keeping in line with the naming of Tau vehicles after apex predators I would say
"Arapaima"
Or with the trend in battlesuit naming,
XV43-S "Linebreaker" mobile artillery battery
Just my thoughts.
i second linebreaker since mobile oppression palace doesn't seem to be sticking
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"Those that Dare impersonate the dead are judged to join their ranks!"- Alucard
6970 points of Preheresy Night Lords 7681 points Preheresy thousand sons 8230 points Preheresy Iron Warriors 3230 points Preheresy Death Guard 4940 points preheresy Dark Angels 4888 points preheresy Iron Hands 2030 points preheresy Blood Angels 2280 points preheresy space wolfs 1065 points preheresy white scars 3210 points preheresy sons of Horus 1660 points Grey Knights 628 points Sister of Battle 2960 points adeptus mechanicus 18650 points Titanicus legio Nex Caput capitis 5566 points Imperial Guard 5875 points Preheresy Emperor's Children 3735 points Preheresy World Eaters 1710 points Preheresy Word Bearers 2090 points preheresy Imperial Fists 1570 points preheresy Alpha Legion 4600 points necrons 1420 points prehersy Raven Guard 960 points prehersy Salamanders 6334 points Tau Empire 20942 points tyranids 8722 points eldar 3125 points dark eldar 10745 points Bearers of the Light 1415 points Preheresy Luna Wolves 8508 points Chaos
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 14:33:20
Subject: Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Big Fat Gospel of Menoth
The other side of the internet
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If you go with battlesuit naming, why not call it "Catastrophe"?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2010/06/04 17:35:59
Subject: Re:Super-Heavy Assault Walker for Tau? Chapterhouse Studios is at it again..
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Student Curious About Xenos
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Are names like "Blizzard" or "Avalanche" too far fetched? I could imagine Tau using that kind of a vehicle in an enviroment where their skimmers and battlesuits just couldn't function properly-in this case an iceplanet with dangerous snowstorms!
The men of the 57th Valhallan Army were dug-in heavily in their defence positions around research-base XZ-47. In the forbidding landscape of the Thermis Alpha none were more at home than the battle hardened veterans of Valhalla. Charred remains of the Tau attackers littered the white snow around the defence perimeter promising nothing but death and destruction to the invaders. Three times the Tau had come and three times they had been pushed back. Slowed down by the freezing cold and the snowstorms their advanced grav-tanks and battlesuits had been easy prey for the defenders. It was more than two weeks from the latest attack and the intelligence reports confirmed that the Tau were evacuating their troops from the Thermis Alpha- morale was high on the Imperial side.
"I smell a victory on the way, Vasili"-Vasili Khutov heard a familiar, rasping voice behind him. He turned around to meet the scarred face of the sergeant Vostok. "It's too damn cold to smell anything, Grigori, but I can join you for a toast of victory!"-he replied. Laughing the two men started pouring cheap amasec in their glasses and chatting just like they had done for the last three nights. The Tau were gone and they were happy to be alive.
Suddenly the alarm went on. Both men jumped up and ran to the bunkers fire point. "What is it, another false alarm?"-Vasili hissed. Shaking his head to sober up and clear his vision sergeant Vostok took a second glance in the darkness. The gloomy phosphorous light of the flares lid the snowfields and he could see shapes moving there. Giant forms on four legs striding through blizzard towards them like an avalanche. Then hell broke loose...
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