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never. tau are noble people

Have thought about this since my original post have have thought that in actual fact ... Yes, it may be possible for the Tau to have an evil faction like Eldar/Dark Eldar.

All Tau are controlled by the Ethereals, all Tau Allies are not. As their empire expands they will need more and more Ethereals to help maintain control, the more Ethereals you have the more difference of opinion you would get from one side of the empire to the other.

So I guess that it could be possible that once the Tau empire reaches a certain size you could get rebel factions of Tau similar to that of Commander Farsight.

Maybe Tau will have a civil war? who knows

Arihiman wrote:never. tau are noble people

The same could have been said for the Eldar.

In Short, Yes, Chaos Tau are possible. Why do people always say "only Psychics can be corrupted"?

In long, If a Tank can be Chaos aligned then anything can. All it takes is for one of the Ethereals to fall to chaos, or be captured and turned to Chaos (torture, daemonic possession, corruption) and every tau warrior and artisan under their command will follow them. Such is the power of influence for an Ethereal.

Also, Farsights weapon...Eldar or C'tan? Its designs have no similarity with either. Now, artwork for the Thousand Suns shows them with Nigh-identical blades, plus Egyptian styles are generally their area and the Dawn Blade has quite the egyptian look to it. Either he's being corrupted by Tzeentch (The guy with all the overly intricate plots) or Farsight raided the Warhammer Fantasy world and stole himself a Tomb King weapon.

How about...So in 10 years time...the Tau don't exist and GW are denying they ever did?

more likely :S

however unlikely that is in the first place

Maybe someone could start a 3rd "chaos tau" thread ?

Seems DakkaDakka has fallen to chaos.

thesuperiorninja wrote:however unlikely that is in the first place

you ever heard of squats?

Nope, me neither.

Has anyone ever ventured to think that maybe the Tau were engineered by the last, hidden, remnants of the Old ones and thats why they are pretty much chaos proof.

Has anyone ever ventured to think that maybe the conversation in this thread has drawn to a close long ago as a moot point that can never come to a definite conclusion?

Yes, pls end this nonsense

lord_sutekh wrote:Who's to say the Tau empire isn't already corrupt? What is the true objective of the Ethereals? How do they inspire such unthinking loyalty from the Tau? Where do they come from, since they haven't always been among the Tau?  What is the "Greater Good", and who benefits from this objective, ultimately?

Farsight could be one of the few truly free Tau in existence, having escaped the influence of the Ethereals.

EXACTLY!!

Chaos Tau? No, not really.
The GW staff is too stupid to devise some new race.

nope no chaos tau as for the stupid part i agree fully

erm, aren't the Tau a New race?
Released 2005 IIRC (and i proberly don't )

@thesuperiorninja
@focusedfire
I agree. Please, let us end this madness!!!!! GW must specifically write the fluff in such a way that you can twist and turn it to suit whatever way you want it to be.
Using points of view you can make Chaos Marines appear the good guys and the Imperium the baddies. You can make the Etherals to appear they may have another agenda. Heck, you can easily find a reason why your marine army can fight another marine army.

So, as said by many people, there is no real definative answer and GW won't be giving anything to suggest otherwise, just like they won't be saying that the Emporer returns on this day for example, the mystery is part of the appeal.

Merry Christmas everyone btw

Wait, you think the Tau aren't already Chaos.

well my book hasn'yt been published but eventually Bllack library will give in.

Until that day though.......

hellsguardian316 wrote:erm, aren't the Tau a New race?
Released 2005 IIRC (and i proberly don't )

@thesuperiorninja
@focusedfire
I agree. Please, let us end this madness!!!!! GW must specifically write the fluff in such a way that you can twist and turn it to suit whatever way you want it to be.
Using points of view you can make Chaos Marines appear the good guys and the Imperium the baddies. You can make the Etherals to appear they may have another agenda. Heck, you can easily find a reason why your marine army can fight another marine army.

So, as said by many people, there is no real definative answer and GW won't be giving anything to suggest otherwise, just like they won't be saying that the Emporer returns on this day for example, the mystery is part of the appeal.

Merry Christmas everyone btw

Released 2003 and dude ya'll don't get sarcasm in the uk, pity.

yo there is chaos orks look at the daemon hunters codex

In the novel Fire Warrior the young Farsight comes under the influence of Khorne and even shouted "Blood for the Blood God!". Pretty clear to me where his true loyalities actually lie.

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Actually, if I recall correctly, that was a different commander and he immediately died right after.

Arihiman wrote:never. tau are noble people

Here Here!!!!

Green Blow Fly wrote:In the novel Fire Warrior the young Farsight comes under the influence of Khorne and even shouted "Blood for the Blood God!". Pretty clear to me where his true loyalities actually lie.

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Books written by anyone other than GW hardly qualify as canon. I don't think that book can be used as an example as to the Tau's susceptibility to chaos, if any.

I think the Tau could fall into Chaos. Maybe not the way we would normally think (e.g. lack of psychic ability) but perhaps a physical Nurgle-ish mutation and a twist on the greater good with more chaotic/individual leanings. I guess sort of a mix of pirate/freebooter/chaos corruption. True chaos? Maybe not but certainly currupt in the eyes of the pure Tau.

Then they wopuld be just like the Sace Wolves.