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This is just becoming a Rule #34 thread.

Eh, I don't think so. We're not talking about Tau pr0n here or anything. At least, those of us seriously in the topic aren't.

Just wait and see, wait and see...

Kroothawk wrote:

King Crow wrote:Should've saw this turning into a boob thread a mile away

Brother Coa: "I hate Tau. These inferior Xenos should be exterminated on sight!"
"But they have boobs."
Brother Coa: "Wait! Are you sure?"

You don't need to troll me, I already knew:

And for the record: I hate Tau players, I have my own Tau army: Farsight Enclaves.

DeadlySquirrel wrote:This is just becoming a Rule #34 thread.

I'm sorry I'm being a moron here, but what is rule #34?

Great White wrote:

DeadlySquirrel wrote:This is just becoming a Rule #34 thread.

I'm sorry I'm being a moron here, but what is rule #34?

Go to google and look it up, go on, I dare ya!

Great White wrote:
I'm sorry I'm being a moron here, but what is rule #34?

An internet rule that say: "If it exist - there is a pr0n of it."

Psienesis wrote:You... take issue with boobs? I mean, no problem if you do, whatever floats your goat, man.

Seriously, though, GW simply hasn't given us a zomgbewbz Tau mini for the tabletop, so the thought has developed that either all Tau soldiers are male or there's no distinction between their genders easily visible to the untrained human eye. I'm just tossing an idea out there that might offer a good middle-ground for people who want to employ female Tau troops without needing a quarter pound of greenstuff for every mini.

No way brah, I'm all for bewbs. But lets face it, 40k gaming tables isn't the place where you're going to find boobs.

King Crow wrote:But lets face it, 40k gaming tables isn't the place where you're going to find boobs.

If there are eldar involved you will

Actually I was thinking that the Water Caste probably arranges marriages/matings (diplomacy). Or the Earth Caste (genetic analysis.)

Avoiding interbreeding is not geneticly short sighted if you are breeding for certain traits. What do Fio'la need patagia and hollow bones for? Screwing in lightbulbs? What do Shas'la need with an engineering mindset? Better to specialize within the groups and generalize across the species. Your only real problem comes if a plague hits a caste that has no resistance. Oops.

Tau females dont have boobs.

But Eldar do crap crystals!

DeffDred wrote:Tau females dont have boobs.

Picture or didn't happened.

DeffDred wrote:But Eldar do crap crystals!

I assume, good sir, that you have proof?

For some reason Dakka wont let me upload images right now. Xenology is all the proof you'll need. Check it out on Scribd or something.

You'll discover all kinds of fun xenos facts!

Brother Coa wrote:Same as Guardswomen, they are there but we don't see them much.

Don't know if they have boobs or not? That's the question that was bothering me from the beginning...

Well FW armour has a certain bulk to it, so you likely wouldn't notice

im2randomghgh wrote:

Brother Coa wrote:Same as Guardswomen, they are there but we don't see them much.

Don't know if they have boobs or not? That's the question that was bothering me from the beginning...

Well FW armour has a certain bulk to it, so you likely wouldn't notice

That's the answer I was looking for

Commander Ice Shade wrote:I assume they mate by normal means considering the tau are humanoid and have males/females, but I guess its to ones own interpretation.

It is a pretty massive assumption, not only are the Tau a completely distinct species they evolved completely seperately, on a different planet thousands of millenia apart to humans. It would be more likely to assume that they would breed similar to the vast majority of mammals, humans are quite unique in breeding activity compared to other animals.

One must also remember that the 'evolution' of breasts in humans is very closely linked to its societal model, something that is completely different to the Tau. Tau society would probably side more along the lines of planned breeding partners (to maintain and improve the castes' abilities), so methods of attraction such as breasts would not develop/continue to develop (another intesting point about humans is that it is the females that have these features, which is well outside to norm for animals). A point that must be remembered is that assumptions can onmly go as far as the given knowledge available.

Nagashek wrote: To do otherwise implies a 6th (breeding) caste, of which no mention has been made. More fluff implies that females fight.

It wouldn't imply a 6th caste it would imply that the castes are divided into workers and breeders, the idea of a 6th caste as breeders falls done on the fact that castes are completely seperate races with their own breeding.

BluntmanDC wrote:[It wouldn't imply a 6th caste it would imply that the castes are divided into workers and breeders, the idea of a 6th caste as breeders falls done on the fact that castes are completely seperate races with their own breeding.

That could be true, but say we have an accomplished fire warrior commander such as Farsight (before he went rogue). Would the Ethereals temporarily call these commanders back to Tau or some other sept world for breeding so that the offspring may have a chance to get whatever genetical traits they inherited?

Commander Ice Shade wrote:

BluntmanDC wrote:[It wouldn't imply a 6th caste it would imply that the castes are divided into workers and breeders, the idea of a 6th caste as breeders falls done on the fact that castes are completely seperate races with their own breeding.

That could be true, but say we have an accomplished fire warrior commander such as Farsight (before he went rogue). Would the Ethereals temporarily call these commanders back to Tau or some other sept world for breeding so that the offspring may have a chance to get whatever genetical traits they inherited?

Well it doesn't have to be Tau, it could be any Tau planet or ship, and depending on how it works a Taus actual involvement could be very minor. Also the idea of soldiers returning from warzones for rest periods isn't that odd seeing as troop rotation is the most effiecient way to maintain combat strenght and moral.

BluntmanDC wrote: Well it doesn't have to be Tau, it could be any Tau planet or ship, and depending on how it works a Taus actual involvement could be very minor. Also the idea of soldiers returning from warzones for rest periods isn't that odd seeing as troop rotation is the most effiecient way to maintain combat strenght and moral.

I can see a squad of fire warriors being greeted by a pack of 'breeders'

Then what about Commander Shadowsun? Could breeding prevent her from partaking in battle....assuming tau females get pregnant.

Commander Ice Shade wrote:

BluntmanDC wrote: Well it doesn't have to be Tau, it could be any Tau planet or ship, and depending on how it works a Taus actual involvement could be very minor. Also the idea of soldiers returning from warzones for rest periods isn't that odd seeing as troop rotation is the most effiecient way to maintain combat strenght and moral.

I can see a squad of fire warriors being greeted by a pack of 'breeders'

Then what about Commander Shadowsun? Could breeding prevent her from partaking in battle....assuming tau females get pregnant.

If Tau carried their offspring to term inside the womb instead of in containment cells/eggs(possible even for mammals) or in a pouch like a marsupial this would lead to her most likely becoming a non-combat fire warrior for a time, but it may be in the Greater Good for her to fully operational instead of breeding.

Also it would be more likely to assume that they would see sex as a duty instead of a recreation due to the fact that humans are only part of a small number of species that have sex for pleasure as well as procreation.

They don't have breeding caste. It's just a stupid idea.

fact that humans are only part of a small number of species that have sex for pleasure as well as procreation

Humans, Chimps, Dolphins, Pigs and Cainines?

BluntmanDC wrote:
Also it would be more likely to assume that they would see sex as a duty instead of a recreation due to the fact that humans are only part of a small number of species that have sex for pleasure as well as procreation.

Maybe it is because we are sentient and we like to explore and enjoy while animals cannot?

DeffDred wrote:

fact that humans are only part of a small number of species that have sex for pleasure as well as procreation

Humans, Chimps, Dolphins, Pigs and Cainines?

Yeah, those few out of the several million terran species out of those that actually have sex

People might be thinking too realistic here.

nomotog wrote:People might be thinking too realistic here.

Shhhh, this is a 40k forum. We will try to justify anything and everything with real world examples

Eh. 40k has never been real hard Sci fi. It's always had more in common with something like D&D then starship troopers. The tau are the most realistic army, but it seems clear that there design was meant to emulate humans.

Ergo tau have breasts, or rest like breast like devices.

Now the fact that the tau are actually 5 different tau dose open up a lot of options for verity.

nomotog wrote:People might be thinking too realistic here.

What's wrong with that

My dear fellow boob lovers. Tau do not have breasts. In the Xenology book there is a picture of a bare breasted female Tau ethereal. No boobs at all. Here is a link to the book. You will have to scroll down.

Edit. And I forgot the link...

Here it is

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