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2011/12/11 04:04:45
Subject: Tau Empire
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So you mean what is in the section titled Speculation?
That is not in the 4th edition codex at all. I have been trying but I have no luck confirming it is mentioned in the 3rd edition. The current codex ascribes his motives to personal profit and or a grudge against the powers that be. It also indicates he defeated the forces on Athras Moloch, not made a deal with them.
I will point out that in the current big rule book it does provide indications that Farsight's extended life span (part of the grounds of the speculation) is not unusual in the Tau. While the average life span is only 4 decades, apparently some Tau have essentially lived for as long as there was purpose for them to. Aun'va and Commander Puretide may be examples of such long-lived Tau.
So right now, the evidence in game books I have access to does not point towards a third party being necessary or involved in Farsight's behaviour.
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2011/12/11 04:22:12
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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But they don't exactly contradict it either. In the end, whether your a Tau fan or not, the final answer is: We don't know.
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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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2011/12/11 08:48:10
Subject: Re:Tau Empire
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CpatTom wrote:
At this point a Tau directly disobeying an Etheral in his presence would be a contradiction of the fluff. Farsight is more like a kid who ran away from home, than an actual rebel at this point. Sure they let him set up his nice little treefort down the street, but if they really needed some Close Range trained Tau warriors, they could send Space Pope to bring him back in the fold (HOVER-POPE!).
A kid?
Hover pope won't be able to bring him back into the fold that easy, because if he was able to he didn't have to destroy Farsights status as a hero of the fire caste and install Shadowsun INSTEAD.
OtoH, a failed attempt to "educate" Farsight is a chance to get rid of hover pope and give Tau a useful leader of the etherals.
Aun'Va already got a temple, they can venerate his memory there...
Jefffar wrote:Farsight had an existing grudge against the powers that be in the Empire (not providing him adequate reinforcements, censure of one of his followers) as well as some policy concerns. So his beef with the Empire was founded in reality.
If the Imperium is right in that the Ethereals do exert some sort of mind control through presence, the lack of a presence of Ethereals combined with his existing grudge is all that is needed to explain his breakaway status.
IF the Imperium is right?
Why question the wisdom of the IoM? 
Seriously, the etherals had this hint on a form of control back in the day of their introduction in WD, kept over 2 codices and used in multiple BL publications when etherals showed up.
Farsight got from start a background where he went to a artfifact world and claimed a weapon of unknown origin.
Both combined with his loss of the accompanying etherals and the fact the region he and his expedition have settled was forbidden to Tau of the empire should generate more than a "angry kid" story.
The world he got his weapon from was cleansed by a chapter of marines once and nobody sends the astartes just to care for a minor threat.
Farsight lost his etherals to an unknown foe, maybe the cleansing wasn't perfect and someting remained or worse returned to that world.
Looking at the form of his personal gear, I'd guess Necrons.... maybe he is one of the vassals of the dynasties now?
The crons would be able to block out psychic effects too and keep him "alive" for some time...
Jefffar wrote: It's still only an Imperium theory at this point (the Tau Codex does acknowledge the theory though).
Its a piece of fluff created from start, kept and used today.
The etherals are the restraint of the fire caste without a doubt.
Jefffar wrote:
So right now, the evidence in game books I have access to does not point towards a third party being necessary or involved in Farsight's behaviour.
Third party ended his etherals. Third party created his weapon.
No third party involved in his behaviour?
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2011/12/11 08:50:13
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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Interesting point. That this party could either be chaos influenced or the C'tan could potentially prove disastrous for the Tau Empire. And since the Tau lack psychic abilities, Farsight probably doesn't realize that a daemon or the C'tan is influencing his thoughts from the sword.
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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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2011/12/11 09:40:12
Subject: Tau Empire
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Tough Tyrant Guard
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I would love to see him over throw the ethereals! It would make the Tau SO much more interesting!
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2011/12/11 09:44:27
Subject: Re:Tau Empire
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1hadhq wrote:The etherals are the restraint of the fire caste without a doubt.
Only if you define a bloody civil war ending the Tau race as progress for the Tau race.
1hadhq wrote:Hover pope won't be able to bring him back into the fold that easy, because if he was able to he didn't have to destroy Farsights status as a hero of the fire caste and install Shadowsun INSTEAD.
Farsight is a war criminal and massacre happy. If he is brought back, then not as military leader. And Farsight knows that.
Farsight was created so that the usual "arrrrgh must kill everything in sight" kids also have an option to play in the Codex. The Tau race was created, so that all others also have an option to play in 40k. That's why most "arrrrgh must kill everything in sight" kids think, Tau should be killed on sight 
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2011/12/11 10:05:56
Subject: Re:Tau Empire
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Tough Tyrant Guard
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Kroothawk wrote:1hadhq wrote:The etherals are the restraint of the fire caste without a doubt.
Only if you define a bloody civil war ending the Tau race as progress for the Tau race.
1hadhq wrote:Hover pope won't be able to bring him back into the fold that easy, because if he was able to he didn't have to destroy Farsights status as a hero of the fire caste and install Shadowsun INSTEAD.
Farsight is a war criminal and massacre happy. If he is brought back, then not as military leader. And Farsight knows that.
Farsight was created so that the usual "arrrrgh must kill everything in sight" kids also have an option to play in the Codex. The Tau race was created, so that all others also have an option to play in 40k. That's why most "arrrrgh must kill everything in sight" kids think, Tau should be killed on sight
No far from the truth. I think this way because Tau fluff is uniteresting IMO except for farsight who adds flavor to the bland eastern fringe. IMO not trolling, just saying what I think.
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2011/12/11 10:44:33
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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So far, only Farsight has the grimdark flavor among the Tau. It would be nice for him to come back and overthrow the Ethereal Caste and become the sole ruler of the Tau Empire. I mean, it would give the Imperium a real reason to fortify the frontier, and add some interest to the largely quiet area of Ultima Segmentum.
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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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2011/12/11 10:53:45
Subject: Tau Empire
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CpatTom wrote:I could win the lottery, buy a controlling share of GW stock, and create Female Grey Knights who fell to Chaos and orchestrated the downfall of the IoM before being convinced the Greater Good is what is best for the galaxy, and installing the Tau as the Supreme overlords of the MIlkyway, who often invite the Nids over for tea.
Hows that for a future of 40k?
As long as you bring back the Squats. Automatically Appended Next Post: xXSir MontyXx wrote:Kroothawk wrote:1hadhq wrote:The etherals are the restraint of the fire caste without a doubt.
Only if you define a bloody civil war ending the Tau race as progress for the Tau race.
1hadhq wrote:Hover pope won't be able to bring him back into the fold that easy, because if he was able to he didn't have to destroy Farsights status as a hero of the fire caste and install Shadowsun INSTEAD.
Farsight is a war criminal and massacre happy. If he is brought back, then not as military leader. And Farsight knows that.
Farsight was created so that the usual "arrrrgh must kill everything in sight" kids also have an option to play in the Codex. The Tau race was created, so that all others also have an option to play in 40k. That's why most "arrrrgh must kill everything in sight" kids think, Tau should be killed on sight
No far from the truth. I think this way because Tau fluff is uniteresting IMO except for farsight who adds flavor to the bland eastern fringe. IMO not trolling, just saying what I think.
That's fair comment. The point of the Tau is to be different to everyone else.
As long as there are nine other Grimdark factions in the game there is plenty for everyone.
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2011/12/11 11:33:26
Subject: Re:Tau Empire
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Kroothawk wrote:.
Only if you define a bloody civil war ending the Tau race as progress for the Tau race.
Progress would be:
- to reveal the creators of the etherals
- to sort out their timeline
- to admit the dark side of every living creature does not exclude the Tau
- to move them off of their course of counteracting against the general war effort to keep nids , orks and chaos in check
- to expand upon the coalition without the whining of the lack of focus on Tau
- to blunt their fanatism with reality, setting the path to multiple facets instead of this "all hail the greatar goood"
oh wait, I forgot to undo them per buying the company and retcon them out of existence...sorry I failed to met your expectations. 
Kroothawk wrote:.
Farsight is a war criminal and massacre happy. If he is brought back, then not as military leader. And Farsight knows that.
Farsight was created so that the usual "arrrrgh must kill everything in sight" kids also have an option to play in the Codex. The Tau race was created, so that all others also have an option to play in 40k. That's why most "arrrrgh must kill everything in sight" kids think, Tau should be killed on sight
Tau killed on sight "kids".. 
So whoever disagrees with you is a kid?
I shouldn't ask this, but out of curiosity: is 40k as a wargame not too violent for you? Seems you want a background filled with love, peace and flower picking..
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H.B.M.C :
We were wrong. It's not the 40k End Times. It's the Trademarkening.
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2011/12/11 11:37:06
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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Its pointless to ask...Tau fans believe that the Tau being the only non-grimdark race in 40k are their reason of playing the Tau, just like how we like the Imperium, Chaos, etc., because its grimdark...
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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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2011/12/11 11:53:03
Subject: Re:Tau Empire
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CpatTom wrote:
At this point a Tau directly disobeying an Etheral in his presence would be a contradiction of the fluff.
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For Emperor and Imperium!!!!
None shall stand against the Crusade of the Righteous!!! 
Kanluwen wrote: "I like the Tau. I just don't like people misconstruing things to say that it means that they're somehow a huge galactic threat. They're not. They're a threat to the Imperium of Man like sharks are a threat to the US Army."
"Pain is temporary, honor is forever"
Emperor of Mankind:
"The day I have a sit-down with a pansy elf, magic mushroom, or commie frog is the day I put a bolt shell in my head."
 in your name it shall be done"
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Viersche wrote:
Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
the Emperor might be the greatest psyker that ever lived, but he doesn't have the specialized training that a Grey Knight has. Also he doesn't have a Grey Knight's unshakable faith in the Emperor.
The Emperor doesn't have a GKs unshakable faith in the Emperor which is....basically himself?
Ronin wrote:
"Brother Coa (and the OP Tadashi) is like, the biggest IoM fanboy I can think of here. It's like he IS from the Imperium, sent back in time and across dimensions."
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2011/12/11 12:58:40
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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For the Tau, pheromones. For non-Tau, 're-education'.
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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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2011/12/11 13:53:17
Subject: Tau Empire
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Tadashi wrote:So far, only Farsight has the grimdark flavor among the Tau. It would be nice for him to come back and overthrow the Ethereal Caste and become the sole ruler of the Tau Empire. I mean, it would give the Imperium a real reason to fortify the frontier, and add some interest to the largely quiet area of Ultima Segmentum.
No it wouldn't. Farsight as a renegade is somewhat interesting but Farsight as some kind of grimdark miniature Emperor is actualy rather boring. After all, 40k has plenty of them.
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2011/12/11 14:19:46
Subject: Tau Empire
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KingDeath wrote:Tadashi wrote:So far, only Farsight has the grimdark flavor among the Tau. It would be nice for him to come back and overthrow the Ethereal Caste and become the sole ruler of the Tau Empire. I mean, it would give the Imperium a real reason to fortify the frontier, and add some interest to the largely quiet area of Ultima Segmentum.
No it wouldn't. Farsight as a renegade is somewhat interesting but Farsight as some kind of grimdark miniature Emperor is actualy rather boring. After all, 40k has plenty of them.
This.
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2011/12/11 15:07:09
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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Who said he'd be the ACTUAL ruler of the Tau Empire. A daemon or the C'tan would rule the Empire from the shadows once Farsight takes the throne over the Ethereals' corpses.
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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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2011/12/11 15:25:19
Subject: Tau Empire
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Tadashi wrote:Who said he'd be the ACTUAL ruler of the Tau Empire. A daemon or the C'tan would rule the Empire from the shadows once Farsight takes the throne over the Ethereals' corpses.
For one, Daemons aren't drawn to Tau like they are to Humans and Eldar and two, C'tan don't do that anymore. Please stop slobbering your Imperial desires all over our floor, the Drones just cleaned it.
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Va'Krata Sept - 2500 Points
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2011/12/11 15:25:20
Subject: Tau Empire
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Tadashi wrote:Who said he'd be the ACTUAL ruler of the Tau Empire. A daemon or the C'tan would rule the Empire from the shadows once Farsight takes the throne over the Ethereals' corpses.
Are you Mat Ward?
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2011/12/11 15:54:24
Subject: Tau Empire
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In the Firewarrior novels didn't the demon indicate it was virtually impossible for them to corrupt a Tau? Only about 1 in a million Tau are even susceptible to ther influence normally.
Add to that the presence of the Ethereals, the meditation techniques the Tau are apparently taught and the general indoctrination they grew up with . . .
If one buys the theory that the Ethereals were created by the Eldar (or a faction thereof) to what end? Why would the Eldar want another armed faction in the universe?
Well the answer that comes to my mind first is as a counter to something else.
But what?
Why promote a race devoid of psychic powers that wishes the universe to get along in a peaceful, orderly fashion and is willing to force this idea on others? What sort of enemy would that weaken?
The answer I come up with is Chaos.
The Eldar (if they did create the Ethereals) created the Ethereals as the ultimate agents of Order to cleanse the galaxy of the suffering and pain and independent thought which fuels the forces of Chaos.
Think about it? It's the pain and suffering within the IoM which gives Chaos the most of it's power. If you could replace the IoM with a body which treated it's subjects decently (by 40K standards) and quickly and quietly re-educates any with any sort of deviant thought pattern, Chaos would find themselves without most of their food supply.
If this is the plan (a sort of fall back after the failure of the Horus Hersey plan) then chosing a race that is devoid of psykers and highly resistant to Chaos manipulation also makes sense.
That's my grimdark take on the Tau's origins. The Greater Good is not about Good, it's about Order and Control. It is the Anti-Chaos.
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2011/12/11 15:54:57
Subject: Tau Empire
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Tadashi wrote:Who said he'd be the ACTUAL ruler of the Tau Empire. A daemon or the C'tan would rule the Empire from the shadows once Farsight takes the throne over the Ethereals' corpses.
You can just say that is how it works now. We don't know where the ethereals come from. They could very well be C'tan already.
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2011/12/11 22:19:46
Subject: Tau Empire
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Tough Tyrant Guard
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KplKeegan wrote:Tadashi wrote:Who said he'd be the ACTUAL ruler of the Tau Empire. A daemon or the C'tan would rule the Empire from the shadows once Farsight takes the throne over the Ethereals' corpses.
For one, Daemons aren't drawn to Tau like they are to Humans and Eldar and two, C'tan don't do that anymore. Please stop slobbering your Imperial desires all over our floor, the Drones just cleaned it.
Isn't farsights sword possessed? No reason to jump down his throat. This was mentioned a couple of posts ago after all lol. Btw I hope drones like cleaning up Tau blood off the floor. That is before the rippers are done with said floor. 
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2011/12/11 22:52:30
Subject: Tau Empire
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Nowhere is it confirmed, just whispered.
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2011/12/11 23:30:04
Subject: Tau Empire
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nomotog wrote:Tadashi wrote:Who said he'd be the ACTUAL ruler of the Tau Empire. A daemon or the C'tan would rule the Empire from the shadows once Farsight takes the throne over the Ethereals' corpses.
You can just say that is how it works now. We don't know where the ethereals come from. They could very well be C'tan already.
That could have worked, but now the C'tan are all broken fragments enslaved by the Necrons, like a more pathetic version of the shards of Khaine. While it would have, prior to the new necron codex, been feasible to even go so far as to assume the Tau were related to the pre-Necron Necrontyr, and were created by the Deceiver, Ward kind of broke all that.
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2011/12/11 23:52:20
Subject: Tau Empire
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I don't understand why GW continues to let War write fluff. Of he has such a wide spread hatred among people.
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2011/12/12 00:00:06
Subject: Tau Empire
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No kidding. Ward ruined the Grey Knights and I'm not sure I like the new Necron Codex 'tomb kings in space'. Its like he's trying to turn 40k into 'Warhammer in space', something GW tried to change from 2nd Edition onwards. And the Dawn Blade is still suspicious. Even if it isn't a C'tan artifact or a daemon weapon, I'm not giving up that Farsight is under or part of a third party working against the Ethereals.
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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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2011/12/12 00:07:45
Subject: Tau Empire
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Farsight is a skilled commander (which has nothing to do with Ethereal influence) why isn't it possible for him to lead his own Enclave?
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2011/12/12 00:10:48
Subject: Tau Empire
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Tough Tyrant Guard
Firing my Hellgun into a Fire Warrior's head....
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Jefffar wrote:Farsight is a skilled commander (which has nothing to do with Ethereal influence) why isn't it possible for him to lead his own Enclave?
Because the rest of the Tau are still brainwashed zombies. And not the cool kind, the hippie kind....
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"Strike first, strike hard, no mercy."
"We are judged in life by the evil we destroy."
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2011/12/12 01:03:33
Subject: Tau Empire
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Dakka Veteran
Somewhere in the Galactic East
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Tadashi wrote: And the Dawn Blade is still suspicious. Even if it isn't a C'tan artifact or a daemon weapon, I'm not giving up that Farsight is under or part of a third party working against the Ethereals.
Or it could be a Space Marine Chapter Relic since its a Shrine World for the Scythes of the Emperor... Source: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Arthas_Moloch
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182nd Ebon Hawks - 2000 Points
"We descend upon them like lightning from a cloudless sky."
Va'Krata Sept - 2500 Points
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2011/12/12 07:21:42
Subject: Tau Empire
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
Thousand Sons Battleship wandering the galaxy...
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Then how can it affect Farsight's mind? Maybe it was something in psychic quarantine...
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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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2011/12/12 08:24:46
Subject: Tau Empire
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There is no proof it is affecting his mind any more than the effects on his mind from no longer having Ethereals present.
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