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Jefffar wrote:
As for why the region was forbidden. It was Imperium Space, the wars of the 2nd Sphere had ended with an uneasy truce between Imperium and Tau, Ethereals didn't want to provoke the Imperium more.

Says Jeffar or states GW anywhere?
Usually a region would have a border to care for, but a bunch of orkoid held worlds do not strike me as typical border of imperial space....
And he had to get rid of the orks there first to settle.

Jefffar wrote:Well if you subscribe to the theory that the Tau are Eldar creations (and if you check the Tau Codex there is no conflicts with the Eldar mentioned) perhaps, when the Tau are ready, the Eldar may just hand over the keys.

Eldar and trusting keys to anyone?

I would not use these keys, the lock may contain something only Eldar deem funny to unleash.. upon the naive and unwary.
A new tragedy for the harlequines to tell..

nomotog wrote:Actually I have been wondering about that. If tau see IR, dose that mean they can see through walls?

Infra-red doesn't automaically see trough walls. There is a large spectrum of Infra-red light ad most of it isn't going to reliably be used to penetrating solid matter. If it was, your TV remote control (an IR transmitter) would work when you have your hand over the front.

You are thinking of Thermal Imaging, which actually sees heat. It's related to IR (as heat is a form of Infra-red radiation) but has somewhat different properties. It normally can't be used to see through walls either, unless the walls are incredibly thin and poorly insulated.

IR doesn't go through walls. What happens is that if there is a warm body behind the wall, it will warm up the wall, which will then radiate IR. That's how police helicopters can find hydroponic cannabis farms. However, the IR from the outside of the wall is fairly randomised and does not form a clear image of the heat source within.

1hadhq wrote:

Jefffar wrote:
As for why the region was forbidden. It was Imperium Space, the wars of the 2nd Sphere had ended with an uneasy truce between Imperium and Tau, Ethereals didn't want to provoke the Imperium more.

Says Jeffar or states GW anywhere?
Usually a region would have a border to care for, but a bunch of orkoid held worlds do not strike me as typical border of imperial space....
And he had to get rid of the orks there first to settle.

Jefffar wrote:Well if you subscribe to the theory that the Tau are Eldar creations (and if you check the Tau Codex there is no conflicts with the Eldar mentioned) perhaps, when the Tau are ready, the Eldar may just hand over the keys.

Eldar and trusting keys to anyone?

I would not use these keys, the lock may contain something only Eldar deem funny to unleash.. upon the naive and unwary.
A new tragedy for the harlequines to tell..

Yeah, that sounds just about it. Eldar are really no different from Humans. Their own survival comes first. They'd help the Tau only to destroy them when they're no longer useful, or use them as sacrificial 'meat-shields' for something 'nasty' in the Webway.