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 Togusa wrote:
Let me turn this around for a moment.

Nicassar, Tarellian.

Who are these species? I've never even heard of them.


The Nicassar turned up in Battlefleet Gothic, I believe, and are a psychic client race. Not much is known about them, as their representation to date is one ship (the Nicassar Dhow).

The Tarellian Dog Soldiers (which is an odd name for a reptilian race) cropped up in the 3rd edition BRB as a sketch of a head. They've been fleshed out a little further since then, but not by much.

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This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

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You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
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Maybe the tau could ally with the fra'al?

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Tau auxiliaries would be a nice addition to the game. However, I don't think they should be an independent faction - they should be an addition to the Tau Codex (it's the main codex with least unit entries, IIRC)

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It's a shame that GW shelved the idea of human auxiliaries from "compliant" worlds. I really like that article they put out, must have been in a White Dwarf, shortly after the Tau first came out.

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chimera0205 wrote:
 Trickstick wrote:
chimera0205 wrote:
...enslave thier whole species...


Well that is exactly what the Tau are doing, they are just using far more subtle means that the rest of the galaxy. They have an entire caste dedicated to manipulation and diplomacy, after all. The Tau are very much the iron hand inside the velvet glove.


but they havnt actually enslaved any races though (ok MAAYYBBE the Vespids but we cant prove that or a fact. who knows maybe those helmets really do just help the vespids communicate)

and even if you do want to consider what the tau are doinng as slavery it is probably the most mild form of slavery in the galaxy especially compared to the likes of the orks, choas, and god forbid the Drukhari. and the less we talk about Servitors the better.


If one day the kroot decided as a whole to leave the Tau empire the Tau would probably exterminate them if they refused to repatriate. The Tau don't tolerate any deviancy from their cultural perfection. They're not that much different from the Imperium, the Tau just ask first and shoot second.

The Tau are essentially space nazis. National Socialists in space, where everyone has a place and everyone has to do their duty for the good of the nation above the self.

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cmspano wrote:
chimera0205 wrote:
 Trickstick wrote:
chimera0205 wrote:
...enslave thier whole species...


Well that is exactly what the Tau are doing, they are just using far more subtle means that the rest of the galaxy. They have an entire caste dedicated to manipulation and diplomacy, after all. The Tau are very much the iron hand inside the velvet glove.


but they havnt actually enslaved any races though (ok MAAYYBBE the Vespids but we cant prove that or a fact. who knows maybe those helmets really do just help the vespids communicate)

and even if you do want to consider what the tau are doinng as slavery it is probably the most mild form of slavery in the galaxy especially compared to the likes of the orks, choas, and god forbid the Drukhari. and the less we talk about Servitors the better.


If one day the kroot decided as a whole to leave the Tau empire the Tau would probably exterminate them if they refused to repatriate. The Tau don't tolerate any deviancy from their cultural perfection. They're not that much different from the Imperium, the Tau just ask first and shoot second.

The Tau are essentially space nazis. National Socialists in space, where everyone has a place and everyone has to do their duty for the good of the nation above the self.


You have no proof to support that. The Tau have never intentially wiped out a race... that we know of. Would they fight a war with the kroot to keep them in the empire? Yes probably. But i dont think theyd just blow up the planet like the Imperium often does. Also asking first and shooting later is a MASSIVE moral highground in a world as dsrk and merciless as 40k.
   
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cmspano wrote:


The Tau are essentially space nazis. National Socialists in space, where everyone has a place and everyone has to do their duty for the good of the nation above the self.


Let's not go down this route (again). But that's not what Nazis were...


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I think expanding the auxiliaries would be great.

But, at the same time, I think the army should maintain a consistent aesthetic and reflect that the "aliens" are being assimilated. One of the reasons I don't like kroot so much is that they don't fit with the army's look much at all and also don't integrate very well with Tau rules.
In terms of units, the auxiliaries, would have specialized roles that regular tau units don't already perform much. Perhaps a deny the witch unit (IMO I think tau shoudl stay out of the psychic phase for the most part). Special/heavy weapon infantry. Melee units.

But also it would be neat to demonstrate assimilation by having, like, conversion kits for Pathfinders/firewarriors/fireblade even stealth suits. You'd get feet/heads to make regular taus units of different races. That'd be how you'd do gue'vesa ect.
   
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Honestly an Update to the old Kroot Mercenaries List that incorporates the other Tau Auxiliary units would be a welcome update. There is easily enough material to match up to some of the other "minor" faction books like Harlequins or Custodes.

Give us a Water Caste Emissary as an HQ choice that allows Auxiliary units in a bubble to benefit from For the Greater Good.

Kroot make up the bulk of the list. Do an updated Anghor Prok (I have an idea of how you could justify having him back, but you could also just make it a ceremonial title for the leader of the Kroot Shaper Council) and generic Master Shaper and Shaper Council for HQ’s.

Bring back Hunters, Gnarloc Riders, and Vulture Kroot and a plastic Great Gnarloc kit to replace the Forgeworld one. Update the existing Fincast range to Plastic with a New Krootox and Kroot Hounds kit, and recut the old Warriors frame with options to create Regular Carnivores, Hunters or Vulture Kroot.

Throw in a <KINDRED> keyword set that reflects the different evolutionary paths your Kroot are pursuing.

Vespid we get a Hive Liaison HQ or Elite and replace the existing Finecast with new Plastic.

Finish with a Psychic HQ or Elite choice from either the Niccassar or another client race so that Tau have an option that doesn’t involve them getting hammered in the Psychic phase with zero defense.

Lastly you do a new Guard upgrade frame to make Gue’Vesa (similar to the Genestealer Cult One) and throw in rules for re-purposed Guard vehicle. Even better would be just include a new Guard Regimental Doctrine that would replace your Imperial keyword for Tau Empire and give them a regimental ability like they can benefit from For the Greater Good.

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Maybe if tau allies didn't suck so hard people would ask for more. The Kroot suck and were too ugly to use. The Vespid is suicidle anti-MEQ. Some people find something coold like beast men parts, but then it will cost parts and paint. It's easy to sray pure and retain a professsional look.
   
 
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