Tau and techpriests?

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**KingDeath**

Connor MacLeod wrote:
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Also: I've never heard it clearly defined what sort of ship the tau captured, aside from it having a functional warp drive. And I doubt they were "cave men" - if you gave cavemen an F-16 they are not going to be able to build it no matter how collectivist or dynamic their culture is. Or blue their skin. You need a certain level of technical understanding before you can start building things, and you need the requisite grounding in science to gain that technical understanding. Modern cultures (nevermind starfaring ones) are built on a pretty big pyramind of development.

When the Tau found the ship which allowed them to create their own ftl drive their civilisation had already spread troughout their solar system.

**gendoikari87**

yeah and IIRC it was a space hulk was it not? From the dark age of technology?

**Kroothawk**

gendoikari87 wrote:Hey are there any stories of a rouge techpriest working for the tau?

Counterquestion: Would IBM hire someone who tries to repair his computer by singing prayers to the Machine God?
BTW even Tau know by now that you can't trust humans. And they have a whole caste doing exceptional work.

**KingDeath**

Kroothawk wrote:
gendoikari87 wrote:Hey are there any stories of a rouge techpriest working for the tau?

Counterquestion: Would IBM hire someone who tries to repair his computer by singing prayers to the Machine God?
BTW even Tau know by now that you can't trust humans. And they have a whole caste doing exceptional work.

Well, if the singing and dancing techpriest can actualy produce a superior product ( once in a while, when the holy toaster is in a good mood and the stars are right

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then IBM might even supply the incense.

**nomotog**

Connor MacLeod wrote:You might have an Explroator magos who trades with them to get ahold of their tech (There's one Explorator in Savage Scars who wants to grab Tau tech.. they even get ahold of some of their AG and they figure out how to use it and start taking it apart to see how it ticks.) Or maybe some AdMech go along to do industrial espionage or intel as part of some routine diplomatic mission (we know they have sent people to the Tau to negotiate or discuss things, much as there are sometimes ambassadorships between humans and the Eldar.)

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Also: I've never heard it clearly defined what sort of ship the tau captured, aside from it having a functional warp drive. And I doubt they were "cave men" - if you gave cavemen an F-16 they are not going to be able to build it no matter how collectivist or dynamic their culture is. Or blue their skin. You need a certain level of technical understanding before you can start building things, and you need the requisite grounding in science to gain that technical understanding. Modern cultures (nevermind starfaring ones) are built on a pretty big pyramind of development.

I can think of a few places where tech-priest have played around with tau tech. They where at taros and took a gravity lift. The deathwatch book even mentions that they are trying to adapt stealth suits. (I don't think anything will actually come from that plot seed though.)