First Damocles Gulf Crusade (Imperium v Tau Empire) Warhammer 40k lore

[@pjmetzen3483]

I love how this story and the Taros campaign show how far the Tau have advanced in military tactics and equipment when dealing with the Imperiums naval assets. Their ships went from missile barges to fast attackers with a mixed armament more able to accomplish tactics like drawing away escorts to destroy troop & supply transports. It’s awesome to see and hopefully we get more books with emails like this for the Tau in the future.

[@HeartlessNinny1]

I'm glad to see that you, sir, have not faltered. For the glory of the Imperium!

[@ABorderPrince]

cheers

[@parkermaisterra8532]

The Rogue Trader Omnibus covers a lot of the events during the Damocles Gulf Crusade. I actually noticed a lot of events mentioned here take place in those books

[@ABorderPrince]

Yeah they great books. Unfortunately they have changed a lot from that now. It’s essentially the same but different

[@KillerOrca]

The derisive disbeleif at the Tau not having broadside weapons is SO fitting

[@rogerr.8507]

next the'yll claim they dont even LIFT!

[@nonebusiness2023]

An hour and a half to go . Thank you for coming back

[@ABorderPrince]

i never left just slowed down a bit, more stuff coming

[@nonebusiness2023]

@@ABorderPrince happy saw that your doing turkamahamin which is my favorite Fantasy bit they have evwr done. Own the hardcover book. Thank you for all you do . I have a lot of health problems and your work helps me deal with the pain . Much love

[@Palemagpie]

I prefer the older lore where the Tau's "brain washing" was more conjecture than stated cannon. It was just much funnier to me to imagine. "Well clearly they must be mind controlling the human converts to the greater good, who in their right mind would want things like... vegetables, or 'days off' when they could have corpse starch and live in a hive city, clearly Xenos witchcraft at work, i tells ya"

[@ABorderPrince]

its more complex than that the imperium isnt all hive worlds particularly on the frontiers like this. the brain washing or whatever you want to call it has been in since day one as has farsight stuff so its not really changed

[@Palemagpie]

@@ABorderPrince you know I get that. Conceptually it's such a vast setting and the stories we get from 40k will always be centered on conflict. But again I think it's more nuanced to leave some things open to interpretation

[@leandrocastello309]

​@@ABorderPrince i think farsight was there day one, but wast he a warmonger fire caste that splintered from the grater good in a very shady maner? In the earlier editios i mean.

[@ABorderPrince]

@@leandrocastello309not really it was more blatantly like etherail dies I found sword I rebel

[@leandrocastello309]

@@ABorderPrince oh you right,that was the oficial story,i just repeated the implied one i found on analysis on the internet.

[@wesidk5662]

So sad this is only 18 minutes. We need more Tau lore!

[@ABorderPrince]

more to come this just a starter

[@wesidk5662]

@@ABorderPrince I loved your Taros campaign video, I had to watch it again after I got home from work. It reminded me of watching a documentary of the Iraq War, really well done. Glad you're checking out some stuff from the vault.

[@Mman.]

Another exceptional narration. Thank you. Emperor be praised!🙏

[@Legitpenguins99]

Fuck your skelator on a toilet

[@ABorderPrince]

Thank you kindly!

[@hayescharles45]

A legend returns

[@ABorderPrince]

i put one out last month

[@hayescharles45]

@@ABorderPrince sorry must have missed that. Christmas and the new year was busy haha. I'll check it out. Great work for this one of course

[@RedAction333]

I’m a simple man. I see a new tau lore video. I watch it. I like it.

[@ABorderPrince]

I appreciate that

[@Janovich]

Oh boy I was wondering about this one

[@ABorderPrince]

cheers man

[@Fatueable]

Great to see this so long after Taros campaign report! Even if this one was Imperium's big blunder... Looking forward to more of gun-runts lore - especially Farsight/Shadowsun/Kais stories.

[@tylerfenlon3549]

Thank you for always maintaining high quality in your work brother

[@ABorderPrince]

cheers

[@ModeratelyAnnoyed]

I shall not paint my guard in silence this day! Praise be to him on Terra! Really missed the bfg2 ost in the background :(

[@ABorderPrince]

cheers

[@corneliusnoblefist1560]

Nice I have a 3-1/2 hour drive ahead of me. Now I have something interesting to listen too !!!

[@josephborovicka8942]

This is wonderful. Well done! The Helsreach graphic-audio pretty much hooked me into WH4K and this was a perfect unofficial sequel. Your Andre, btw, was spot on in my opinion. Just wonderful. Thank you Sir!

[@ABorderPrince]

thank you

[@emperorjr1]

The tau disengaged "Ofcourse they did" I love it 😂

[@plendooerick]

Sometimes what I love most about your readings is the "human touch" the chuckle or outright laughter or side comments like "ridiculous aliens" so many channels using AI speech. Border prince you are my favorite channel for anything warhammer related

[@eichler721]

Glad you are back to it and the Tau struggle against a tiny Imperium battle force.

[@ABorderPrince]

YES

[@LordCommander-ui2fw]

It's worth noting though that said battle force never made it further than a single major Sept. If they had an entire Battlefleet and a larger army of Militarum, perhaps the commitment of entire chapters of Astartes and multiple Titan Battlegroups, then they would have posed a threat to the T'au Empire as a whole.

[@eichler721]

@LordCommander-ui2fw ya they thought it was a small force of expansion based on what the survey said and only single planets falling. If they sent a force the size of the Sabbat Worlds Crusade it would have caused massive damage to the Tau and possibly crippled them for centuries. Due to the sheer space power difference the Imperium would have. Now that size force would still cause damage but not nearly as much. However an Indominus Crusade would be a massive threat to the entire Tau empire. So it's all degrees of scale.

[@SarajevoKyoto]

Any battleforce containing Titans can't be called "tiny". The T'au broke a Crusade fleet and allowed them to leave due to unacceptable collateral damage to the Sept world. A minor frontier Sept world, at that. Bor'kan Prime would have swatted the entire fleet out of orbit like a mosquito, to say nothing of T'au Prime itself. Only Ultramar or Sol is better defended.

[@eichler721]

@SarajevoKyoto tens of millions of Guardsmen, a few hundred Astartes and one small for of Titans is a small Crusade if you read the Sabat world Crusade, Macharius Crusade, any Crusade force assembled to fight the Tyranids, Chaos, Necrons then this is small.

[@snip105]

Good to see you at it again. Looking forward to hearing your voice again this year.

[@ABorderPrince]

More to come!

[@fatmaru]

Enjoyed that one alot, thanks for making

[@ABorderPrince]

cheers

[@angelo70]

Sound is a bit low. More sacred oils are necessary to apease the mighty Algorithm.

[@HeartlessNinny1]

Maybe he forgot how the Litany of the Omnissiah goes..? 😉😛

[@Jack-0-lantern]

Was there supposed to be background music? Because I can't hear any.

[@ABorderPrince]

you think? ill look into it got a now mic and stuff still working it out

[@jasoncross4587]

The lore sage border prince blesses us with Imperial lore! Best in the business

[@ABorderPrince]

cheers

[@Bad.Medicine]

I was introduced to you through your narration of Ciaphas Cain's adventure in Sector 13, and as biased as I am towards your Guard stuff (especially Cain, you do him great justice!) I'm expanding into your other lore vids. Glad to see you still fighting the good fight in the Emperor's holy name, m'lord!

[@negawan]

good to see you upload a new vid. :D

[@ABorderPrince]

More to come!

[@TheCasualMark]

As a huge Tau fan, I love how you say “Taaaaaaauuuu…” in such a disgusted voice. Great video as always 😁

[@ABorderPrince]

Thanks! 😃

[@emmanueltrejo4226]

“What is this is the 21st century “ I laughed harder then I should of for that comment

[@ravenskaven123]

I don't mean this to sound weird mate but it's good to hear your voice again thanks for your dedication and hard work I hope all is well 👍

[@ABorderPrince]

Much appreciated

[@seffthechef4236bo]

Thanks for the work cob ( as always )

[@mentalgymnastics6384]

Nice work pal.

[@davebowman9000]

Thanks for this!

[@rickconnolly5006]

ABP must have heard my thoughts, I was thinking yesterday ah I wonder when he's gonna be back

[@ABorderPrince]

ill up the upload rate now been posting but slowly

[@BruceThaJuiceBanner]

Never leave home without your Border Prince by your side

[@ABorderPrince]

cheers

[@IronFatherJohn]

My god the Iron Hands actually got credit for something and were actually allowed to lead something instead of the Ultramarines

[@tomaslekis3262]

Just wanted to say thanks for the hours of entertainment. Been a subscriber for a long time and I absolutely love your work.

[@ABorderPrince]

Thanks you so much

[@bsseb2914]

Oh hell yeah, its blueberry milkshake time

[@ABorderPrince]

yes

[@joshbrooks120]

Thanks

[@ABorderPrince]

No problem

[@joshbrooks120]

Lol, sorry, I only comment "thanks" on all your videos. I truly love your work! I try to show my appreciation by always liking and commenting. A comment is a comment, right?

[@gavincross2902]

Nice!

[@ABorderPrince]

Thanks!

[@zchamp4386]

Here we gooooo!!!!

[@LMR041082]

You’re back champ. Good to see you. How have you been dear boy? Did you have a nice Christmas and new year. Wonderful to have more material from you.

[@ABorderPrince]

all good man cheers

[@Mankindatwar]

Lets go dawgz

[@quigglebert]

I'd reckognise that 3rd ed narrative anywhere

[@ABorderPrince]

had a different flavour for sure

[@quigglebert]

@ABorderPrince it was my introduction to the 40k universe, Tau then Guard, I had that nearly memorised in middle school

[@sturm9087]

Imagine my shock when an imperium fan likes what phil kelly has done with the Tau. He just made them into the alien imperium

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

The tau didn’t fit in narratively previously, they still hardly mesh well but they are better than they were. Also the tau are hardly a blue imperium, they are far more controlling funny enough.

[@sturm9087]

@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus you must not know much about the imperium if you think the Tau are more controlling than them. I don’t know of any areas in the imperium inquisitors cant go but there are parts of the tau empire under auxiliary control that ethereals cant go to. They’ve been made so bland and uninteresting. Ethereals were supposed to be philosopher kings and instead they’re just mustache twirling villains like the high lords or primarchs. Can’t have anything special for the xenos though because it upsets marine fanboys

[@Kingofdragons117]

They are basically the Covenant from Halo.

[@sturm9087]

@@Kingofdragons117 not according to phil kelly. I’m not sure he even realizes there are auxiliaries in the Tau empire. In his entire series about farsight you know how many auxiliary non-tau characters there are? zero

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

@@sturm9087 guess how much of the tau as a faction fit into 40k at all? Zero.

[@MrTrenttness]

🔥🎸🔥

[@ABorderPrince]

thank you sir

[@phantomjoker5]

woooo

[@hatchettchris]

I am the 420th like. Smoke up, brothers!

[@ABorderPrince]

lol

[@BlimberryBoi]

these numbers seem off.....

[@nerdelf3704]

I fought the Tau and the Tau won!

[@Vietnam_Chr0nicles]

18 min long???

[@HeartlessNinny1]

Gotta (re)start somewhere.

[@BruceThaJuiceBanner]

Ay John Holmes was 18 long @ he did just fine, h8r

[@ABorderPrince]

yeah just a small one bigger stuff coming

[@Vietnam_Chr0nicles]

i cant sleep without your videos! please bring back the 24/ marathons. Love your work brother @@ABorderPrince

[@ABorderPrince]

@@Vietnam_Chr0niclesit’s still on

[@spacecowboy8663]

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