How did the Tau React to the HORRORS of Warhammer 40k?

[@majorkill]

The only thing more naive than a Tau, is a..... actually I'm not sure about that one Give Warhammer : Chaos & Conquest a go here : app.adjust.com/a6gai29 It's free so no down side to giving it a go

[@Uzzgub]

A Interaction for the Interaction God, a Comment for the Comment Throne, for the Almighty Algorithm

[@chimera916]

Many tau?

[@dominykasseibutis6297]

Make video on lucius the eternal and all these space marines chapters raptors silver skulls storm giants Mantis warriors Noise marines Sons of malice Sons of antaeus Black vipers Covenant of fire Dragonspears Dark krakens Red scorpions Stormwatchers Marines errant Scythes of the emperor Howling griffons Mortifactors Steel confessors Red hunters Iron snakes Excecutioners Angels sanguine Death spectres Emperor's spears Also make a videos about beastmans in 40k ollanius pius Soul forge Daemon engines Warp smiths and dark mechanicum Pain engines Helbrutes Krorks Drach'nyen Obliterators Electro priest

[@albertrex6851]

Is a Reddit nice guy/gal more naive than a Tau?

[@InvisibleLightRec]

[@LAV-III]

I remember when the tau once captured a torpedo belonging to the imperium and they were absolutely disgusted to find out that it’s guidance system was ran by a lobotomize human.

[@kaneslives]

Tau: That’s….grimderp af…

[@silaslithian5298]

@@kaneslives Makes a bit of sick, twisted sense though.

[@badfoody]

Well. It's just a non sentient clone lel Though i wanna throw that as writer misunderstanding. Cause Cogitators can guide weapons fine

[@basedeltazero714]

Reaction to basically all Imperium Bullshit: "Thats so stupid... and evil. But stupid!" There's the one of the Tau interrogating a sister of the Order Famulous and just being utterly offended at how incompetent the Imperial eugenics program is.

[@MistahFox]

The Japanese used human torpedoes at the end of WW2, so unfortunately the Imperium doesn't have real life beat on that one...

[@simemetti8733]

I once read, don't remember where, of a T'au fleet captain that took down an Imperial warship. He turned to an allied human and told he was impressed by imperial AI. The woman was confused and he explained that to make such gigantic ships work they must have extremly advanced AI. He fell into depression when he learnt that most Imperium ships are manned by what amounts to the population of a Hive city, most of whom were born there. The realization that each imperial ship destroyed was essentially a genocide destroyed him.

[@dreademperor2094]

Welp he'll need a lot of therapy

[@tiberiusdawn2042]

Wonder a tau therapist getting traumatize after a human tell there story

[@dreademperor2094]

@tiberiusdawn2042 tau: those were some of the most horrifying stories I've heard from a human, what should I do doc? Doc? tau therapist: *traumatized* I think I need therapy

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

Meh, just tell him about the whole Man of Iron fiasco and he might understand. Still be horrified, but understand slightly.

[@youkofoxy]

​@@dreademperor2094 Sad enough, I have heard history of Therapist that actually need therapy after hearing some of their client history. Yeah....

[@sirius6738]

the Tau would make for a good pov to introduce the 40k universe in a show or a movie. They are normal and isolated enough for a normie audience to believe this is just some normal sci-fi setting at first, only for the shocking reveal that humanity in this universe became this dystopian imperium, and that they are not even the worst faction

[@tailssonicteam1604]

It would be an awesome show for sure. But GW would never make anything like this sadly.

[@Syphaxis]

Someone shut up and take my money.

[@comradesam3382]

I would love that kind of show

[@MasterSubLink]

More or less what the old ps2 Firewarrior game was.

[@AbstractTraitorHero]

Exactly, the t'au empire is the best setting to showcase the horror of the Imperium to a newcomer.

[@Jack-0-lantern]

The Chapter Master who got killed was Corvin Severax of the Raven Guard. On one hand, a great victory for the Tau and Shadowsun, on the other hand it became an action they would soon regret since his successor, former captain of the third company, Kayvaan Shrike, would turn out to be a prodigy and became 3 times the chapter master his predecessor was. So in the long term, their victory just made the Raven Guard stronger 💪.

[@alphariusalpharius3921]

Do you know what book this is?

[@Jack-0-lantern]

@@alphariusalpharius3921 Why was my response to this comment removed?

[@HungPham-qq6me]

@@Jack-0-lantern because it was me all along, the REAL alpharius!

[@alphariusalpharius3921]

@@Jack-0-lantern what response?

[@alphariusalpharius3921]

@@Jack-0-lantern nice thanks man

[@khylerbane4523]

Audio file recovered from the Tau warp drive project: Human: “You turned on the Gellar field, right?” Tau: “What’s a Gellar field?” Daemon of Chaos: *crashes through wall* “Hey kids, wanna see a dead body!?” Humans and Tau: “Aaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!”

[@Tytus_Albas]

Nice TFS Alucard reference.

[@bruh8545]

​@Somnolentiasthats a slaneesh daemon confirmed

[@bosskaiju4834]

True, but on the other end, demons don't care nearly as much for T'au as they do for humans, since they aren't the "tasty meal" that we are for them.

[@bruh8545]

@@bosskaiju4834 because the tau are fucking VEGANS

[@therandomlaniusedward2140]

Orkz: "WAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

[@RunningOnAutopilot]

My definite favorite moment was seeing that a dreadnaught was older than tau prehistory

[@igncom1]

It echos humanity finding eldar and necron relics really. Just something outside their respective scopes of reason.

[@stormrunner4081]

Wait this thing is how old No that can’t be right somebody messed up the maths and put an extra 0 or two in there

[@fabioavaro7947]

@@igncom1when necrons and eldar were already around we terrans still had the dinosaurs

[@juliane.mfarias9285]

@@fabioavaro7947 Not even that, Terra easily wasnt even a planet at that point

[@dovahthuum5529]

@@juliane.mfarias9285 no terra was definitely still a planet as it's 4 billion years old as opposed to the war in heaven happening 65 million years ago

[@RogueFox2185]

The best part is that the Tau have only scratched the surface of how bad things are in the universe, they are ankle deep in a large lake.

[@MusMasi]

more like an ocean

[@thetau4866]

@@MusMasi more like a world of water

[@rafamartinezrosello6661]

More like nurgle cauldron

[@mikewaterfield3599]

I don’t know about that. While they first showed up sure. At this point the fourth sphere has seen the warp without a gellar field, demons, the nids, necrons, orcs, the dark eldar, and even some idea that their utopia has at least some dystopia mixed in. I think they have mostly woken up from their collective delusion, they just haven’t given into nihilism.

[@DAMD01]

@@mikewaterfield3599 How about that time they encountered the Death Guard?

[@jackcanox4015]

To be fair there is an instance in which the T'au met Chaos with...less than stellar results since one of their expansion fleet stumbled a bit too close to nurgle's domain and they were attacked by a mixed force of deathguard and demons and they were absolutely livid! Their armor and battlesuits started to rust and decay, their weapons were ineffective aginst plaguemarines who were able to ignore horrendous wounds and keep the grind on and demon engines and great unclean were cleaving battle suits in half...in space was probably even worse with the entire fleet basically annihilated...

[@STSGingie]

That's the 5th sphere expansion, shadowsun's reunion with the survivors of the 4th after the great rift opened. They were nearly wiped out but the Death Guard ended up withdrawing after their vangard entered the Startide nexus and never emerged. Guess Morty had something better for them to do.

[@nickpapadopoulos9978]

@@STSGingie yes, the real target was maggrage

[@STSGingie]

@asd asd The gifts of the great father give many boons. That and its hard to use railgun in a boarding action.

[@archon8211]

@asd asd whooaaa there you are using way to much logic, i fear that you are gonna mention things like wireless battlesuits that are controlled from afar with things like virtual headsets so that the driver actually lives after losing a battle but still gains experience. Or things like tau using proper artillery that are similar to basilisks. Or you know using something like an ai in their HUDs to predict attacks since their reflexes are bad.

[@blacktemplar1139]

Imagine if they went near Khornes domain, id imagine it would be worse as they would having to deal with something that's so massed produced and strong, the imperium had to make a chapter for it, I wouldnt be surprised if they went into the slannesh domain, after this guy's can't really be seduced, if they went into tzeechs domain, there would probably be two instances here, 1, they have a great time with the smartest and they decide to join him, or two, they immediately decide to blast everything out of annoyance, due to tzeeches smart ass riddles

[@AustinFoss00]

I always liked the idea of the Tau meeting humanity and wondering why they turned into such xenophobic dickheads. Only for the Tau to then meet all the other Xenos in the galaxy and go "Ah, we get it now"

[@AnEnormousNerd]

This pretty much happened when they tried diplomacy with the Dark Eldar. The Dark Eldar thought this was hilarious.

[@joshuakim5240]

Tau: "These alien are so xenophobic! Why would they choose to be so?" The universe: *cackles madly in Chaos, Dark Eldar, Necrons, Orks, and Tyrranids* Tau: "...huh, in hindsight we're surprised they're not more xenophobic."

[@therandomlaniusedward2140]

They'll lose their shit if someone tells them "why humanity became like this"...

[@RandomUser-dv6qw]

The imperium watching their attempts at diplomacy like "first time?"

[@der-Dritte]

​@@RandomUser-dv6qw probably not the Imperium, maybe a another empire

[@ragerancher]

Tau: "Ok, I think we finally understand just how dark the universe is" Imperial: "You've seen the inside of the eye of terror?" Tau: "The what now?"

[@dahandsomeguywithcoolglass8949]

Necron and Nids:Bonjour

[@kevinbaumhoer7359]

@@dahandsomeguywithcoolglass8949 Dark Eldar : you havent seen anything yet boy

[@dahandsomeguywithcoolglass8949]

@@kevinbaumhoer7359 "as long it breath,have flesh and hole,we take it all" -Black space elf

[@poggestfrog]

@@dahandsomeguywithcoolglass8949 taking fleshy holes sounds slaaneshi...

[@IshijimaKairo]

@@poggestfrog the Eldar fucked a Chaos God into existence, so...

[@edim108]

One of my favorite moments in 40k was a short story about a Tau ship finding a video message from Shadowsun where she first encountered the Death Guard, and the collective horror when a Great Unclean One cleaved one of their mechs in half laughing the whole time as hordes of Nurglings spilled from it's insides.

[@Chaotic42Kami]

You wouldn't happen to remember the story's name, would you? 'Cuz that sounds fucking awesome.

[@nuclearstuff9442]

O

[@nuclearstuff9442]

Peefat

[@fluffywolfo3663]

Tau: "_Nobody_ could possibly be dumb enough to do that!" Humanity: "we're MORE than dumb enough to do that!"

[@dahandsomeguywithcoolglass8949]

Orc:fight is fight

[@TheDiamondMan_3]

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein

[@armoroftruth3166]

Well they haven't met Roboute, just imagine them meeting Guilliman, it would be hilarious if they think he is the Emperor

[@michelecastellotti9172]

"Okay, this fucker *MUST* be the emeoror" The emperor: *teleports in* Tau: *"MOTHER FU-"*

[@luxsuperbia1531]

He pretty much IS the emperor at this point

[@The_Sigillite]

This was my thinking. And even with their dim souls they are still likely to feel his Primarch aura when they meet him. The idea that the Emperor is that much more powerful would be troubling for them.

[@ismaelsantos5378]

@@The_Sigillite Imagine Farsight meeting The Emperor.

[@orrorsaness5942]

@@luxsuperbia1531 🤣 This. Pretty sure The Emperor Of Mankind told the High Lords of Terra that Guilleman is the Emperor now.

[@megan00b8]

Tau are like that one constant optimist who tries to keep his hopes up even in face of utter ruin. Also "The Necrons said huh, and genocided the entire planet" is the most Necron thing I've heard in a while.

[@UnknownSquid]

Tau Diplomats in the front: Optimistically shaking in their boots, determined to find friends. Tau Engineers in the back: Already at work building a bigger gun again, just in case.

[@vylbird8014]

And somewhere else, Tau in environment suits casually chatting with the followers of Nurgle and proposing an alliance against a common enemy. Because there are lots of factions in 40k that are hostile to each other, and the Tau might be the only ones with the diplomatic flexibility to form an alliance that lasts more than one battle. I imagine Nurgle must really, really hate the necrons. He stands for decay and the renewal that follows, while the necrons are all about stasis. Their existence is an affront.

[@bosskaiju4834]

@@vylbird8014 You know, I heard that once a Necron world fell because of one of the strongest plague that Nurgle, which made everything on the planet rust and decay, so I don't think he really hate them (the only guy he really despise is Tzeentch), it's more likely that he welcome the challenge that they give to him, which force Nurgle to surpass himself in pox-brewing.

[@ThatGamingAsshole]

It's actually mentioned in the lore that a shipment of white pills was lost during a Warp jump, and later the Damocles Crusade forces found the crashed remnants on the T'au homeworld.

[@VerdeMorte]

​@bosskaiju4834 Jokes on him, that world became an impenetrable deathtrap due to all the sentient necrodermis oxidized metal dust storms that would strip & shred flesh from bones. He just made a sentient rusty tetanus blender planet, *and they're pissed.*

[@adrianmiskiewicz6762]

I am curious what was T'au's first reaction to seeing Commissars's "morale-keeping tactics" or Sisters of Battle's "Power of Faith" in action.

[@aordinaryperson8098]

Simple "What in the goddam hell was that"

[@omiheaddev7090]

There’s a Tau in lore that wears a Commisar coat because “that thing is so barbaric and weird, that everyone must know how barbaric it is.”

[@vothbetilia4862]

@@omiheaddev7090 I'm confused what.

[@orrorsaness5942]

@@omiheaddev7090 Ahh, the commissionar’s tactic is barbaric so every human must know that. If only the Tau knows how ignorant humanity is. Most humans believe that Daemons are just another xenos species, a particularly advanced one at that.

[@orrorsaness5942]

@@omiheaddev7090 could you think of any other race who unironically thinks that? Anyone in 40K?

[@irishspartanstudios]

Honestly I love Majorkill's character arc, going from despising or brushing off certain characters and factions to recognizing the hidden beauty of their story.

[@skepticalmagos_101]

Aye.. the Inverse arc of the Tau...😂

[@Mr_D_The_1st]

he is learning

[@MusMasi]

Just as planned!!

[@godofqueef2754]

Like Angron?

[@irishspartanstudios]

@@godofqueef2754 Yes.

[@555tork]

in all honesty the t'au's first response to necrons is hardly odd considering they had never met them and just got saved initially, same for the dark eldar since this was their first meeting with any eldar. Though my favorite t'au reaction to imperial titans is we're just going to put big guns on a plane.

[@carlzerris6566]

And it worked....mostly

[@igncom1]

It's interesting because the Imperium suffers grievously from chaos every day, yet the Tau having a couple fuck ups is considered extraordinary. The Imperium can take a harder punch for sure, seeing as the Imperium uses Humans more like chattel then it's founding reason for existence, but even those who know what they should be doing stuff get messed over by Chaos.

[@stormrunner4081]

Tech tau:what the biggest thing we have in storage at the moment that mantis ship cool put guns on it every single gun we have put it on it

[@555tork]

@@stormrunner4081 not even the Manta it was the tigershark, the manta was what they used before they finished the upgrade.

[@archon8211]

Meet the Engineer™, and if that doesnt work, use more guns

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

What I love about the Tau is that you can fool them, beat them, vandalize them and manipulate them...but usually you can only do it once. Case and point after the whole debacle with the dark eldar they actually managed to trick them by setting up an ambush them in a civilian multi coltured world within their Empire knowing that the dark Eldar just couldnt resist the opportunity to obtain so many diffetent kinds of slaves. Anyway after the DE invaded they waited for them to get too high from their raid and then proceeded to take them by surprise and massacre every single one of them. Another example is with the Titans during the 2nd Damocles crusade where they equipted their tigersharks with weapons specifically designed to take out Titans. After the first one fell the rest shat themselves and were evacuated.

[@michelecastellotti9172]

Or created warmachines that tore titans apart, from R'vharnas to Stormsurges and Supremacies. Also, yeah, while yivraine gets constantly fooled, the tau are fooled once, fuck you yivraine

[@michelecastellotti9172]

@@mitchellsidebottom9271 that would be interesting to watch unfold, but rather i think that certain ethereals will join the rebellious tau simply because there are some that genuenly want to lead the tau for the better, but are simply too stuck in the ways of the ethereals. Sadly it wont happen because gw aint ballsy enough to do it

[@theemperorofman1186]

*Because **-Tony-** the Tau learns from their mistakes*

[@shaderunner8220]

@@michelecastellotti9172 The best candidate for that I think is Aun'shi, and what's cool is that the last we heard about him Aun'shi was being sent to deal with Farsight. So there's a slim chance of that happeneing.

[@michelecastellotti9172]

@@theemperorofman1186 why is this gue'ron'sha so big?

[@aaronvanfossen2973]

I can't believe that I actually teared up and involuntarily said "awwwwe" when you talked about them killing a Chapter master and thinking it was the Emperor. The Tau are so adorable!

[@seandlax9]

and pretty much the only reason said chapter master was killed was to introduce a far more awesome chapter master for the Raven Guard

[@Geshiko-GuP]

Me to..it was so adorable

[@Goldenkitten1]

That was the only part that gave me a giggle. The rest is kinda understandable (except maybe their denial of the warp) as a naive and reasonably "normal" species that's early in its expansion and reached to others like pretty much any species would. Not expecting the total hellscape that is 40k to be out there. But it is kind of funny that after all the shit they saw in the Damocles Crusade they'd genuinely believe killing one really big guy was going to do jack shit in the grand scheme.

[@aklimaron7398]

Silly them, don't they know the Emperor is already dead?

[@lolifico_banzago]

Same thing happened for a Chaos Warband they killed, they thought they killed "Slaanesh" itself

[@rayanderson5797]

"What? Walking cathedral fortresses? That's silly, that's not real." Tech Priest: "Hoo boy, have I got a surprise for you, xenos..."

[@Canadian_Zac]

Another scene i loved with Ciaphus Cain and a Tau Diplomat, was speaking with a Tau diplomat, who said that they had been intending to send a human who'd joined the Tau as a Diplomat, but didn't have time to pick them or (or something, been a bit since i read it) Cain bassically says 'yeah, uhuh' While thinking about how any human diplomat for the Tau would be basically killed on sight cuz of how much of a traitor they are

[@NornQueenKya]

"Not well, Jim. They didn't react well to it at all." ... although their reaction to chaos was hilarious. They're going to stay in their tiny corner of space for a while after meeting the death guard.

[@thecommentguy9380]

i heard they did run into the death guard, shit straight up become a horror movie for them

[@ting4758]

@@thecommentguy9380 i mean, for everyone except the space marines, it is

[@joshuakim5240]

Tau: "Oh so it's just the large human troops with an alien infestation. Probably isn't much different." *five minutes later with the Death Guard* Tau: "HOLY SHIT HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?! How are these things STILL not dying?! GREATER WILL SAVE UUUUUUSSS!!" Plague Marine: "This is the funniest shit i've ever been a part of. And i've been in excrement that can speak and make jokes before."

[@ting4758]

@@joshuakim5240 imagine blowing a torso sized hole through a guy and he just laughs and shits

[@orrorsaness5942]

@@ting4758 and the Orks. Don’t forget da Boyz

[@TheWarmachine375]

Horrors of 40K: "HEY KIDS WANNA SEE A DEAD BODY?!" Tau: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

[@blizzardfog9501]

Imperium of man: STOP SCREAMING Tau:*whimpers*

[@k_aesar]

@@blizzardfog9501 "I apologize I tried to stop him but when I pleaded with him he merely responded with and mind my orkish, no offense" "som taken" "'Fuck the emperor'. He then proceded to crack every world he passed on the way here."

[@doubleoof7907]

It’s kinda like in Stellaris where you start with 1-2 friendly neighbours and then come into contact with the massive empires that are fanatic xenophobes

[@UnknownSquid]

Honestly, as someone who usually plays a "Pacifist" empire in an abnormally aggressive manner, I love starting with a purifier or devouring empire near me. It's basically free real estate, with no pesky claims needed to take their territory.

[@Anon-i2z]

​@@UnknownSquid Can you explain why you Choose Pacifist?

[@UnknownSquid]

@@Anon-i2z It's been a while since I played so I can't remember the exact details, but it was partially for the sake of aggressively abusing liberation wars, for the reduced penalties on Empire Size from population, and it increases the chance of certain economic/mobility/power/shielding techs coming up sooner. I generally found that booming in economy would allow me to offset the reduced military power via quantity over quality, whilst being more useful overall. Normally declaring any regular kind of war will build up wariness from the AI, who start to regard you as a conquering war monger. But Liberation wars avoid that. I would declare them liberally on anyone that that seemed like a potential rival, and knock chunks out of their empire, which I could then set up to absorb in the future. Part of it is that I just found it fun playing as the shiny noble federation, that swings around slapping every authoritarian/xenophobe empire like some kind of self appointed galaxy-police. A pseudo-contradictory "peace through power" theme. It took a really good grasp of how to manipulate the AI (which I'm sadly probably super rusty on now) but it was fun going out of my way to be all interventionist on any evil doers in the galactic scene. Also, I've always found the opposite side (militarist/xenophobe) a bit simplistic. Is just kinda dull slowly painting the galaxy red with no intrigue, nuance or much of a story to it.

[@nb9121]

Now I want to see a Tau set foot on Terra, just to see how they react to both the horrific conditions, and the sheer psychic presence of the Emperor. I know they have little psychic presence, but the Emperor is so strong Eldar spy’s on Terra we’re left terrified because of how powerful he was. Surely the Tau will feel something.

[@yomommashouse9594]

them shitting their collective pants over seeing that Titans arent just propaganda will always be one of my most favorite Tau moments

[@UnknownSquid]

And the Titan pilots shitting their pants and retreating after a single one of them was felled, has to be one of my favourite Tau moments. :v

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

@@UnknownSquid Titans can shoot down tigersharks

[@UnknownSquid]

@@SelfProclaimedEmperor Tell that to High Princeps Jernay, shot dead in one strafing run on Taros. Resulting in the loss of his titan Advensis Primaris, and the three remaining titans of his unit retreating rather than risk facing the Tigersharks again. I'm not speaking hypothetically here. This isn't fan theorycraft. The Tigershark is known and built specifically as a Titan-Buster, and has the established lore to back it up. Like sure, in all technicality any titan can obviously try to shoot back, and might get lucky, but it's very much a predator and prey relationship.

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

@@UnknownSquid it's not theory it's canon fact, titans have shot down mantas at least if they can do that they can also shoot down tigersharks kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKuVk2B8pKqaeMk

[@MaverickKriss]

​​@@UnknownSquid yes yes you are a tau supporter we got it~

[@aljoshilagan3204]

For some reason, the imperium's reaction to anything tau related just makes me smile. "The blue xenos are celebrating the death of a chpater master, sir." "Oh... send more troops and maybe show them what happens to a planet when its atmosphere is burned to a crisp."

[@administracionhidroelec6278]

atmosphere burned sound like a war crime to me

[@aljoshilagan3204]

@@administracionhidroelec6278 war crimes only exist in holy terra. ...we aren't in terra....

[@Nopal11-v5m]

@@aljoshilagan3204and also they are XENOS and Warcrimes only can labeled upon another humans

[@estrelaazul460]

​@@aljoshilagan3204Geneva conventions only applies to humans, loyal humans more especially.

[@aljoshilagan3204]

@@estrelaazul460 not true, the geneva convention also has something to do with animals and inanimate objects. specifically religious objects. so... again, the geneva convention only applies in terra. and only in terra.

[@lastcovenent]

2:49 I really need to know if people realise that that’s just a Quarian from mass effect meeting the tau and not an actual cannon image

[@connormacleod4922]

I knew it wasn't a canon image. I still freaked out in pure joy because I knew the artist where Majorkill took that piece from.

[@DGARedRaven]

Most won't, and that's a bit scary.

[@megan00b8]

@@DGARedRaven Some people are just uncultured...

[@connormacleod4922]

@@megan00b8 straight facts.

[@MrThemilk14]

keelah se'lai

[@justinweber4977]

I'd love to see Tau popular culture and fiction at different junctures of their history, especially after major culture shocks like realizing the scale of other space empires, or encounters with the Tyranids, Chaos and Orks.

[@WolfBoy-om6dw]

I'd love to see that too!

[@MURPHYCHACHO]

Tau: You have freed us! Necrons: Oh, I wouldn't say freed, more like 'Under new management'.

[@5ve1e79]

Necrons don’t take slaves they always shoot to kill organics.

[@anryx555]

Well... Seen the two options, i wouldn't say "management", more a "new genozider"

[@sharker49]

Can't believe I'm saying this, but you just gave me a bunch of respect for the t a u. They really are just a new kid on the block. Also love your videos man, they always brighten my drive to work.

[@jonbaxter2254]

They're basically Japanese in mid 19th century. Leagues behind tech of other nations, but getting smarter and better gear.

[@orrorsaness5942]

@Crom smite you Heh

[@gamezob]

I wonder what happens when the Tau develop true A.I. ?

[@aklimaron7398]

Aren't Tau very underpowered in the board game?

[@aklimaron7398]

Ot maybe Tau AI would destroy the other factions

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

You know, I wonder if the tyranids could’ve tricked the Tau with zoat diplomats.

[@electricfeverx976]

It's still possible if the Genestealers managed to infiltrate a Tau world. Would be funny to see the Tau just think of a Genestealer Patriarch as just a very charismatic religious preacher and leave them be. Only after realising that their God was actually The Tyranids.

[@letsplaysvonaja1714]

@@electricfeverx976 wouldn't said leader be a massive problem for the tau leadership and be therefore be removed in no time?

[@PhailRaptor]

@@letsplaysvonaja1714 The Ethereals would immediately see such a cult as a threat and would take action to first investigate then later destroy it. So the most vulnerable point of the Tau to a Genestealer incursion would be the Farsight Enclaves, assuming they have a reasonably sized Water Caste contingent. No Ethereals in the Farsight Enclaves.

[@gc6096]

@Electric Fever X yeah lol

[@AbstractTraitorHero]

@@PhailRaptor Yes, while religion is not banned for the T'au at all. The sudden rise of a religion from seemingly nowhere? Bit of concern definitely, if they get a hint of what it is? Considering T'au know about Tyranids they are going in, wiping out the cult, capturing inductees where possible and immediately trying to study ways of neutralizing genestealers ability to subvert minds.

[@Greymouse127]

My favorite example of this would be in the audiobook, The Book Of Martyrs. Some Tau are patrolling through a swamp and spot a bunch of human bodies scattered on the ground. There were no records of a battle there so they approach cautiously. Suddenly, they spring up and attack, they were Arco Flagellants. Then some Repentia and Penitnent Engines show up. A Water caste guy is with them and when he realizes the person on the front of the mech *is* the pilot, he's horrified and just yells, "Why are they like this!"

[@kompatybilijny9348]

I strongly believe that the mysterious strangers that appeared in Tau history and basically unified the entire species were the equivalent of human shamans that fused to create the Emperor. In Tau's case, they just did not deem it worth it to merge their souls and decided to take a pro-active approach much earlier than the Emperor, most likely because they have just seen the Mechanicus fleet that was able to wipe them out whenever they liked and deduced that the threats they face are too severe to allow their people to develop naturally. They literally skipped the Dark age of technology, the age of strife and the great crusade and became a religion-like-ideology driven like the Imperium was in it's infancy.

[@orrorsaness5942]

I think those mysterious strangers are the Ethereals themselves, and if that is the case then your theory is correct.

[@sinad8906]

Emperor is just another creature created during the war during the dark ages. He waited until the right moment to take full advantage of his power. The rest is religious B.S. created to sell the Empire to people. There were no shamans creating him. For Tau, it seems they are a bit mind controlled by their political class. If the politicians die, they fracture.

[@kompatybilijny9348]

@@sinad8906 I do not really buy the Emperor being created during the DaoT, especially since other perpetuals, like the ultimate gigachad ollanius remember him from ancient times.

[@orrorsaness5942]

@@kompatybilijny9348 this

[@Lord-Inquisitor]

Bro, they haven't got that far yet. Their AI is benign, and their alien allies haven't turned on them. Give it a couple thousand years. They are just reenacting the wide eyed naivete of pre- all-of-that-shit humanity. Then, they might actually get a clue.

[@garmonplays]

the thing is, I low-key still feel that if humanity found out about aliens and wars Gods, the odds are we would be massive dicks about it, and not as cute and naive as the Tau ngl.

[@linkofvev]

Half the population would be dicks about it, the other half would want to know if they could fuck the aliens.

[@TheSinatra]

I feel like if they had resources we could take advantage of the government would plan to capitalize on that.

[@tom4115]

In all honesty, if I was an alien species I wouldn’t f-k with humans

[@Aredel]

It really depends. Frankly, I think the governments of the world would be massive dicks about it, but the average citizen would be far more welcoming given the influence pop culture has had on our society.

[@Broomer52]

@@TheSinatra I probably will never see it in my lifetime but I whole heartedly imagine that if we ever start colonizing planets their would immediately start being civil wars as humanity tries to break away from Earth Governments. On this same token if we master planet colonization humanity will give up on ever trying to solve Global Warming and just sentence Earth to its fate and go whole hog on industrialization. In a realistic setting Earth would be be a Hive World or a Forge World and Humanities Governments would be splintered as we race to colonize more worlds, probably fighting each other as much as any other race. We would be some mixture of Orcs and the Imperium with some groups probably trying to go full Tau.

[@brok56]

It would be funny To see some tau through a weird bullshit reason be able To see The actual emperor. A gigantic skeleton, glowing with power, hooked up To a massive machine of unkown importance and use, protected by an army of lesser giants compared To the emperor but each an absolute unit on its own, coated in a golden armour. It would be really stupid but also very funny.

[@michelecastellotti9172]

The tau: *"BY THE TAU'VA, CAN THE GUE'LA GET ANY BIGGER?!"*

[@rodatamx]

"Uhhh, sir, are you aware your emperor is dead?"

[@brok56]

@@rodatamx No. He is dying alright, but slowly. Also he is a perpetual. If he dies, he Will simply come back. Right now he is very spooky looking, just a mass of rotting flesh hanging around a massive skeleton.

[@rodatamx]

@@brok56 I mean, yeah, but from the point of view of a Tau is just a skeleton conected to a lot of machines

[@juliane.mfarias9285]

Tau: So....you are all being ruled by a Dead Skeleton in a Golden Throne that cant eve speak? He is dead right? I refuse to believe that thing is alive in any way. Big E: At least i dont have a vagina in my forehead you over evolutioned fish. Tau again: Why does he have an artificial eye? Whats its purpose?? He is not even concious!. For the Greater Good, i cant even imagine the amount of pain he must be in, being an skeleton, all those cables, the unnecesary lights in the room, was he like this when you put him there? Big E: *FUCK YOU*

[@stripeybag6977]

First Necron and Tau meeting, Anrakyr the traveler gets off his ship. Tau-"Thank you Tau Jesus!" "We love you!" "Hey look everyone it's Tau Jesus' death army, something about what I said didn't sound right." Anrakyr the traveler-"Hahaha what the Hell is happening? Oh, open fire."

[@owentalbert6602]

Is that a DBZA reference because if it is I love it. 😂

[@stripeybag6977]

@@owentalbert6602 Yes, yes it was

[@5ve1e79]

I kinda picture og necrons looking like the tau or like the grays or something lol

[@readsomebooks666]

Where’s that from originally??

[@SerRompalot]

Didn't the primitive Tau clans wage war against each other until the Ethereals "magically" showed up to unite them, or was that retconned?

[@jettlucashayes8508]

Yep that’s what happened

[@peterduck1204]

I’d love a episode about the humans who live in the tau empire Hearing that the Guela had made a “Greater Good” God was interesting as hell and I wanna know more

[@darksider2903]

I guess a surviving Old one created Tau race with whatever few resources it had left.. and guided them someway or another. That's why they became pretty advanced with less troubles from politicians and the troubles other races face. A last try to get everyone together in same cause to fight against real enemy. I really like the Tau race, feels very bad when they get whacked. Only one faction really admirable in that universe

[@goldenhate6649]

Ehhhhh still mind warped space communists controlled by those with telepathy powers to subdue the lessers. Do they have some standards? Yes. But you don’t have control of your own mind.

[@chuila7234]

I disagree, Imperium stands supreme.

[@danielinskip8427]

If that's not the case then they're actually the only natural species playable as a faction.

[@drizzitdude]

@@chuila7234 I think the imperium is cool, it they definitely are NOT the good guys.

[@LoLaSn]

They're not that great either, but they're the least evil probably

[@thescarletcultist113]

The irony is the tau are more human-like than the actual humans

[@kirkdyteo993]

Ikr

[@benitomartinez2106]

If we meet the Tau right now imagine how many people would join them

[@jackstrayfeald1007]

@@benitomartinez2106 We wouldn't have a choice, if we refused to join them we'd be subjected by force.

[@stripeybag6977]

Now you say buuuut yeah no humans don't learn jack shit, are close minded, superstitious, and fight for no reason all the time.

[@tonyspizza6606]

@@jackstrayfeald1007 na not instantly, they not big e

[@nutterfroken5909]

The Garloid Crusade is another interesting topic you should cover!!

[@Acab305]

Agreed

[@WellManneredNate]

"This is rations." "Fascinating, it's like dust. What is it made from?" "Well, whenever we lose guardsmen and it's lunch time, we just make do with what's laying about." [Tau's expression changes, his chewing slowed]

[@darthplagueis13]

Considering the T'au are allied with the Kroot, a race that engages in basically constant carnivorous behavior and cannibalism, this would probably be a minor freakout for them.

[@Keram-io8hv]

@@darthplagueis13 "Come here Larry the Kroot! You must try this one!"

[@Beanibirb]

[Tau slowly pushes the plate to a Kroot sitting beside him]

[@synergy8879]

*pushes plate to the kroot* “oh, and what’s this?” “this, ohh this is a delicacy. have some, it’s really good.” “it is good. what is it? its, fascinating.” *whips out the picture of a grox* “so, apparently the excrements of these things are highly nutritious.”

[@gatotop6821]

Imperio y Tiranidos: *comer aliados muertos para recuperar biomasa*

[@TheSonOfDumb]

Never did understand the grognard hatred for the Tau. Thematically they fit into the setting precisely because they're such a contrast to everyone else. While every other faction is ancient and insane, they're the only conventional sci-fi race to exist in 40k. That's what makes them so good!

[@phong208]

Warhammer 40k is a canonically horrifying franchise. The Tau are far too clean to merge with it. For that reason a majority of players will see only pleasure in their destruction. Should probably save all that extra sprew plastic for an army with actual melee tbh.

[@parytheplatipus]

@@phong208 or atlease give the T'au "client races" some tabletop love, let you basically field a kroot/vespid/wahtever else army.

[@Worgen33]

Except that pretty much every faction is a Mary Sue OC faction, the Ork hordes are endless, the tyranids will eventually consume the galaxy because they are also endless, the necrons will clense the galaxy because they are endless, chaos will corrupt the galaxy because its endless, the human empire with conquer the galaxy because its endless and has space marines. Really the only factions that are at odds with things and struggling are the Aldari and the Tau, the first because they are a species in deep decline and the second cause they don't have warp travel and thus only own a small part of the galaxy and aren't yet endless.@@Confringo-ex7ej

[@Pastor_Chief]

Casually throws a picture in of a Tau having a conversation with a Quarian. Love it

[@tex4096]

My favorite moment was the diary from the fire cast commander who after encountering and killing a chaos cult concluded that their leader must have been the vile villain going by the name of Slaanesh.

[@mvshroom7626]

You should cover the Garloid heresy I think that would be awesome

[@nightlord102]

The Tau Race In the Warhammer 40k Universe Is Like Being A Goldfish Inside A Tank Full Of Sharks

[@darthplagueis13]

Let's make it a Piranha. Goldfish cannot bite. The T'au on the other hand can.

[@artcorbeau]

the tau aren't weak. they're just naive and optimistic in a world full of psychopaths

[@cbrian1010]

You could definitely do several videos on the Garloid Heresy, very interesting stuff

[@Defeateddragon]

The what

[@theswarmsquad3606]

If the tau are the new kids on the block, the craftworlders and dark eldar are twins who constantly argue over what to do but still cover for each other, the exodites are their hippie older brother who just stays at home smoking weed, the necrons are a rich kid with tons of plastic surgery who just pays for whatever they want and are kinda detached, the tyranids are a rabid stray dog, the orks are the school bully, and the imperium is a jaded kid from a poor family just trying to get through day to day life, but is kinda racist, but not the meanest.

[@jonpeacock5580]

Feel like the necrons are more akin to a cranky old man down the street yelling get off my lawn

[@igncom1]

The Imperium is the sad kid who is a prick to anyone who tries to be nice to them and then wonders why they don't have any friends.

[@bisayafascist5725]

What about Chaos?

[@stonedfish2141]

@@bisayafascist5725 The creepy uncle who goes around asking kids if they want candy

[@arandomperson7713]

@@jonpeacock5580 except that he has a shotgun

[@thatoneguy8146]

Hey Majorkill can you do a video on all the elder gods because I know their is more then 3. What are their powers and why they were created in the war in heaven like what was all of their purpose in that war. And what did they do after it. Thanks I love your videos man keep em up

[@HalIOfFamer]

Imagine a Tau learning what a primarch is, what the emperor is, or seeing a custodes loose half his brain and walk it off. Park one of the remaining Gloriana or the phalanx next to their planet and they will loose their shit. Show them a perpetual, or through warp fuckery get one if their exploration fleets into the dark age of tech, and show them men of iron/gold/stone or the castigator titan. There is plenty of ridiculous shit for Tau to freak out aboutm

[@harlanthompson7295]

There was a moment in Blades of Damocles where Farsight nearly died because he froze in shock after seeing an Astartes get cut in half and then immediately prop up its upper body to keep firing at the Tau.

[@HalIOfFamer]

@@harlanthompson7295 *tis but a scratch*

[@gargoyles9999]

@@HalIOfFamer a scratch!? Your legs off!

[@ethanemerson4862]

Tau: “how are you not dead!?” Custodes: (Doom music intensifies.)

[@lolbots686]

@@ethanemerson4862 Later Farsight:OK THEN. ......ok that was horrifying actually! Tau general:i concur! Farsight:ok,everyone, bear in mind for now,blow them to kingdom come because.... aparently death means almost nothing for these people like them.

[@davidgamerxyz1155]

I like the reaction where tau discovered titans werent propaganda as they where trying to prepare an attack they heard the titan's horn and were shocked to see what they thought was a mountain stand up and start moving towards them

[@raulvalencia8573]

The supremacy suit still upsets me. I miss the days of Epic when the Tau said “nope, we don’t care if a Titan kicked our shit in, that many eggs in one basket is stupid” and kept to using space ships, relying on air and orbital superiority to try and best Titans.

[@calebbarnhouse496]

I mean the supermecy suit is only a little larger then a knight and serves as an artillery platform, it's not that unreasonable to be deployed, the real sin of the tau is that they refuse to make artillery platforms that can retreat quickly allowing them to hit hard and fast even if the enemy has anti air guns

[@raulvalencia8573]

@@calebbarnhouse496 um, the Supremacy suit is waaaay larger than a knight. The guns alone are knight size.

[@calebbarnhouse496]

@Raul Valencia not way larger, if it was in the imperium it would be considered a large knight, it just looks particularly big as it I'd often near large battlesuits from a human perspective that it then dwarfs, but if placed near knights it would be in the same class

[@raulvalencia8573]

@@calebbarnhouse496 it’s physically almost as big a a warhound, it’s larger than any knight

[@calebbarnhouse496]

@Raul Valencia it's significantly smaller then a warhound, and yes it's larger then any knight, but not to the point where it wouldn't be classified as one if it was going to be classified as knight or titain

[@flibbernodgets7018]

The Tau remind me a lot of the Covenant from Halo, but they suffer from problems of scale. If they were in any other universe other than WH40K, they'd probably be the big bad alien empire but here they're teeny tiny fish in a big pond full of pike.

[@sharkastic2633]

The fact that they talked to a dreadnought that they took down and discovered that the guy was older than the little bacteria that became the Tau would make a hilarious scene.

[@UnknownSquid]

Older than their civilisation. Not older than the origin of their species. The Imperium has existed for thousands of years. Evolution takes millions, even from one animal to another, let alone simple cellular life. Would still be a cool scene to see though.

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

I like to imagine this. Tau - *kills Space Marine chapter master* Also Tau - "Yah! We killed the Emperor! Humanity will surely take decades to recover from this." *Several months later, over the Tau homeworld, the sound of ships dropping out of warp is heard* Imperium - "We have arrived, and it is now that we preform our charge..."

[@godofzombi]

You just know the imperium didn't really care about the chapter master. They came in force to purge those xenos for having the temerity to think they could kill the Emperor.

[@josuemonroygarcia9125]

Agrellan Crusade in a nutshell

[@dylanr3733]

Tau: being horrified by the "normal" aspect of 40k Every other 40k races: So how the weather or something

[@reaver5]

How did you miss the Nurgle encounter? Peak fiction

[@godofzombi]

Death guard: "Who wants to receive the gifts of grandfather Nurgle?" Tau: "Ooh that sounds good. Finally we've met some nice guys."

[@sprackendudez2096]

I like how animated MK is compared to how he first showed himself doing intro, he was stiff as a board then but now he seems to be more confident.

[@timothygrulke1308]

The Tau naivetee and discovery of the galaxy at large is part of what made them I good starting point as my first ever faction (and this was back when they were first introduced- i got into warhammer literally a few months after they came out)

[@darthplagueis13]

Reminds me of the Dark Crusade expansion in the first Dawn of War game. If you attack the Ork fortress as T'au, the Shas tells the Orkz that they're up against a wall and that they will be spared if they submit. The response is a rather amused "You don't know much about Orkz, eh?" from Boss Gorgutz.

[@apolloknight9521]

Once again… my respect to the T’au has suddenly increased much more than before… when I mean by. That, I mean that while yes, they have made mistakes but they learnt from those mistakes. To me it’s like playing a video game in hard difficulty for the first time. After every mistake made, you tend to learn from them which is what the T’au is doing. Now excuse me I’m going back to Dawn of War and play as T’au again.

[@Mediados]

The T'au are young and swift learners while older races have become far too nationalistic and dull-witted. With enough time they could gather the strength to rival the Imperium.

[@apolloknight9521]

@@Mediados well your right on that. If the Tau can grow into a powerful Star empire in a couple thousands of years I think a few years would show new Tau weapons and technologies.

[@Psychoangel-d23]

@@Mediados Yeah if every event that would end their empire be prevented by a miraculous intervention of the other factions continue, sure. Otherwise? They´re dead when a full hive fleet comes by for a snack.

[@Mediados]

@@Psychoangel-d23 Or the Necrons finally wake up for good. Or the Dark Gods breach the Warp. Or Ghazghull unites all Ork clans in a Megawaaagh. Well the question is not if they are all fucked, only when.

[@normalmighty]

If the Tau survive another few thousand years, I have no doubt that they'd be able to overtake the imperium of man in power and influence over the galaxy. That's a big if though. The galaxy is a fucked up place, and they seem to need to lose once to every threat before they can defend against it.

[@inquisitorgarza312]

The Tau should have realized that this Galaxy was going to be absolutely hostile to them, and it was shown by the Orks when they first encounter them. This was the first time where they encounter a race that didn’t give a wet fart about the Greater Good or the Tau technology or joining them for security or economic growth, but the Orks only cared about fighting these blueberries horses and their fancy mecha suits. After they beat them they encounter them on other worlds and they were even more hungry for fighting against the Tau, and maybe they should have realized that the Galaxy had to armed themselves to fight against the Orks to survive and that maybe others races may not like the Tau for being different from them.

[@sovietunion7643]

but they only survived the orks through unity with the other races in the system. most every other species either were cool or found common ground against the orcs to stick together. their culture would seek to increase the number of species in its fold to increase its survivability against the orcs and other possibly threats. hell "the greater good" is basically the entire idea behind that. lesser species who normally would fight for resources banding together against the bigger threat and to better the society. hell they are the smartest culture in 40k. imagine what the imperium and eldar could do together if they didn't distrust one another.

[@vylbird8014]

I think most species, upon encountering the Orks, eventually conclude they should not be counted as intelligent life. Most a particularly hazardous sort of wildlife. The Orks are not much for learning - all their standard knowledge comes genetically pre-programmed.

[@miguelcom13]

Your whole reasoning falls apart by the fact that Tau actually have a ton of races even humans in their empire, like yeah the major factions in 40k are hostile to everyone, but not the minor races and even the humans who are totally exiled by the empire

[@vylbird8014]

@@miguelcom13 The 'minor' races part is the problem. The minor races can preach peace and coexistence all they want, but the major factions are all either unable or unwilling. Which is by design. People keep forgetting that when the WH40K setting was designed, it wasn't supposed to be what it is today: It was a setting for fantastic wargaming and a satire of science fiction that took over-used ideas and either exaggerated them to the point of comedy or inverted them into mockery. Part of the point is that there are no 'heroes' - there are the bad guys, the worse guys, and the nice guys who exist to be splattered in order to drive home just how bad everyone else is.

[@JohnDelayLi]

@@vylbird8014 Irrelevant. Yes major factions are too nationalist and fanatic to coexistence, but its about time the smaller factions/Races started sticking together to stay ALIVE not BEAT the major factions but stay ALIVE.

[@alexwest6469]

I see that sneaky Quarian from Mass Effect at 03:00 almost had me there you sneaky ausie

[@Mario-tj8nu]

I will always love the Tau, I just love how they fight and how innovative they are.

[@esukgfjyijlgul5335]

Cringe

[@trikk9964]

... well... you mean how their AI fights. They are merely passengers aboard a technology scaled in speed and action to make-up for incredibly woeful physical-performance. It really makes no sense why they even step-inside these trash-cans when the Tau pilot is wholly unnecessary. If the Tree Sloth is ever given ground to fully-evolve... I imagine it would be something like the Tau

[@vothbetilia4862]

@@trikk9964 sooner or later then a.i will betray when they make them smart enough.

[@Korija2029]

They have to be as they loose in most categories to other major factions. (Ork tech dont count becouse it is wark not tech.)

[@cej3940]

@@vothbetilia4862 I get that reference lol, I see you

[@Cajaquarius]

On the one hand, the Tau using pheremone mind calming is creepy but, on the other hand, psykers going crazy and emotional seems to be a big part of how the warp enters our reality so the greatest foe of daemons might be those who can still or quiet their coming into existence to begin with.

[@slinkerdeer]

What I like about the Tau is their potential to become a bulwark against the factions of chaos and dystopia, while also having a mystery behind their strange unquestioning loyalty to the "greater good". A very fascinating morally gray faction. And in the 40k 'Verse you very rarely get a morally grey faction

[@philip8498]

The only moral colour in 40k are various shades of black. And the tau

[@andrefeliz3771]

Should have covered the Tau’s first experience with the Death Gaurd, when Morty sent a massive fleet to invade the Imperium and it made a pit stop in Tau space before continuing on. The absolute horror of the Tau when they asked “WTF are they shooting at us!?!” Was pretty hilarious

[@trevormason3258]

You should cover the Garloid Heresy next it's a really important part of the lore

[@cegesh1459]

So "important" it dosen't seem to be lore at all.

[@Jd-ci8gl]

@@cegesh1459 gw retconned it

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

I find Tau naivety very interesting tbh

[@midorian12491]

Tragic and sad, but very inspiring knowing of the surrounding horrors of the universe.

[@jamiewatt8532]

@@midorian12491 agreed. i know many dont think they fit 40k, but their sheer naivety and its inevitable results is utterly tragic. they will either go extinct, join chaos and be corrupted or forsake everything they stand for and become like everyone else. humans already tried all this in the age of technology and look how it ended, look how the eldar empire ended. evolving psychics just seems to be inevitable in that galaxy unless you have your soul eaten by a c'tan, even the nids have them. couple this with their honestly reckless rate of scientific invention and its like watching a train wreck in slow motion. that they havent all broken down at the horror of it all and given in is a reflection of that same endless tenacity i admire in the imperium

[@wagstaff4921]

Hey man, great video, I do have a suggestion for more topics, mainly to do with the garloids in 40k, would be cool I don't see enough about them

[@jonbaxter2254]

I love Tau, and I don't know why. Maybe it's the glimpse of something hopeful in a bleak galaxy.

[@alexkatc59]

Once one Imperium diplomat told other one jokes about Tau. - They come to our embassy and propose to join their mighty empire and more... They proposed TO TEACH US their GREATER GOOD PHILOSOPHY!!! - Preposterous! This filthy xenos!!! We invented philosophy when they were animals!!! - Nah, there is more funny part. After we refused, they flew to teach philosophy Eldar.

[@darkninjacorporation]

The Tau’s biggest advantage in the 40k universe is simply how fast they learn as a species. If they aren’t beaten quickly, they’ll figure out how to defeat every other faction through their raw potential

[@wernerwernerowy8761]

Haha, no. The technology of Necrons and Eldar is incomprehensible to them, and there are too many Orks and humans. they will simply live until some faction uses 1 percent of its strength to destroy them.

[@JohnDelayLi]

@@wernerwernerowy8761 They'll live and grow in power until a major factions actually sees them as a threat. Or another race doesn't accidently save their empire but that's unlikely because it'd be BORING

[@stoptfg295]

The Tau are the only faction I can really engage with. The rest of 40k is interesting and fun, but it's so absurd and extreme that it's hard to actually care. It feels like a lot of the other factions will occasionally act in ways that don't make sense for that faction (and this also extends down to the character level) simply because more gore and tragedy is what the fanbase wants. The Tau always act in a way that makes sense for the Tau; they learn from their mistakes and react to them but still approach situations like Tau. I think a lot of the fanbase dislike for Tau comes from them behaving more rationally and not engaging as much as the other factions in some of the more ridiculous tragedies that occur.

[@GnohmPolaeon.B.OniShartz]

Don't take this the wrong way but the tau were made specifically for people who can't stomach 40k. They're basically just trying to maximize exposure at this point. I'm not ragging on it, that's just what it is.

[@stoptfg295]

@@GnohmPolaeon.B.OniShartz You're absolutely right and it's why I like them. Though I'd argue it's less "can't stomach" and more that it's so edgy it wraps back around to feeling goofy.

[@artcorbeau]

What I noticed is that the people who are loud in criticizing the tau tend to be edgelords who refuse to engage in good faith

[@JohnDelayLi]

@@GnohmPolaeon.B.OniShartz You need a side of innocence with a truck load of edge.

[@vid9511]

Tau: "You saved us all from the tyranids! We thank you!" Necrons: "I wouldn't wanna 'saved' more like under new management"

[@ionescuandrei1245]

Under rated

[@maxcasados5478]

Man I wonder how did the tau react to the garloid heresy, you should cover that!

[@jacrispy1469]

WE RAIDED A LAMENTER SHIP FOR THERE GARLOIDS

[@yummylumps9401]

I like how you actually talk about the Tau and don't just shun them like everyone else and for that you get Yummylumps golden star! 🌟👍😁

[@owentalbert6602]

I think you skimmed over the best part about the Tau and the Necrons: The Tau leadership and Ethereals DON’T KNOW THE NECRONS EXIST 😂 The very few incidents of the Tau coming across Necrons have resulted in no survivors escaping or being able to communicate with leadership what happened. So the Tau fleets and worlds that have come under Necron attack were just assumed to have been lost…and the Tau don’t know why or how. They are totally ignorant as a civilization that one of the largest factions in 40k exists.

[@minticusmaximus4288]

Ok this sounds funny but is 100% untrue. Like, the Ethereals know a LOT they don't let on, with many turncoat inquisitors, spies, and a vast empire (not the biggest but vast). They have had so many chances to learn about every force they'll be fighting in the 40k universe, so knowledge of the Necrons is not that difficult to find. Plus... you know the simple fact the Tau have fought and *won* against the Necrons? Meaning many surviving Tau have seen them in battle and know of them. Like at Malbede, where Ultramarines and Tau combat awoke the Tomb World, forcing both forces to focus on the Necrons. Or the Dark Crusade, where the Tau had border skirmishes with Necron before being pushed off world by Blood Raven The Tau *100%* know what the Necrons are. This isn't even old lore, some of these battles happened 20 IRL years ago

[@davidhytha9828]

He also failed to mention Necrons appeared on multiple worlds to fight Tyranids, and leaving after said Tyranids were dealt with. I can even give you name of the planeeth.. Uan'voss. And dynasty that fought there was Atun.

[@owentalbert6602]

@@minticusmaximus4288 Yea you may have a point that there are probably some Ethereals that do know have some awareness of what the Necrons are. They are more aware than people give them credit for. But current cannon indicates that the interactions between Necrons and Tau are extremely limited. It’s stated in the 6th edition codex I believe on a map that there are no active tomb worlds in Tau space (though there are almost certainly some slumbering ones.) The means their only cannon interactions really come from accidental encounters with fleets in the void and Necron invasions on Tau worlds in order to fight Tyranids. Other than battle reports, I’m not aware of any cannon Tau victories against the Necrons but if you have that information I’d love to hear about it. The only few interactions I have ever read about, between the Necrons and Tau ended in the total destruction of the Tau. By in large, it is definitely cannon that the Tau population and most of the Tau military is unaware of the Necrons existence. If the Ethereals did know about the Necrons, they would certainly keep them a secret from the population as any civilization with technology more advanced than their own would be a serious threat to the greater good and would seriously undercut the Etherials power and standing amongst the Tau allies. If anything, I would argue that the Kroot likely are more familiar with the Necrons than the Tau. There are a lot of Kroot mercenaries spread out across the imperium who split off from the Tau and they would much more likely hear about tombworlds.

[@basedeltazero714]

​@@owentalbert6602 I mean, only a handful of Inquisitors in the Imperium know of the Necron's existence as well. Anyways I think there are a few victories or ties mentioned in the Codex, though the word 'necrons' isn't used, so much as 'then some really advanced robots showed up, what the fuck was that?' Tieing is generally the best one can hope for against the Necrons, though.

[@aklimaron7398]

Maybe they learned through other races of them

[@carlzerris6566]

Imagine if the Tau figured out Geller Fields. They could expand by just tearing wormholes to the few pockets of unclaimed worlds

[@michelecastellotti9172]

They are close to that

[@carlzerris6566]

@@michelecastellotti9172 yeah. I think it would be a good way to let the imperial fanboys have the steamrolling of the tau empire they keep crying out for. Open a wormhole to an uninhabited area of the galaxy. Colonise it for a few melenia, imperium destorys main empire but tau empire survive cause thats no longer the only area or spave they hold.

[@michelecastellotti9172]

@@carlzerris6566 yeah. But then again tau fans will never hear the end of it, we already dont despite us kicking ass on the other side of the startide nexus

[@carlzerris6566]

@@michelecastellotti9172 thats nothing new for us tau fans though. If anything would just give us ammunition that despite all its resources the Imperium is too incompentant, full of itself and broken to finish the job. And would give a good way to i crease tau numbers. Hell to really rub salt in the wound, the tau could open a wormhole to a region of space with lost pre dark age of technology/age pf strife (i can never remeber which era was humanitys good age) human colonies and annex them.

[@michelecastellotti9172]

@@carlzerris6566 the tau could just be able to open permanent rifts teough space perhaps? They are taking many planets deep within imperial territory already, and with ease, maybe at one point they stop, fortify their sectors and the imoerium will fail to take them back while taking massive casualties, making them realize that it is too late to stop them: now the tau are a proper danger because of how rapidly they can conquer and set up incredibly powerful defenses

[@AnthroTsuneon]

Farsight's gotta be one of the best Tau, though also the most fleshed out so there's that-- I just like the image of him having to get orks to fight with him against demons, so he just bass boosts his speakers and shouts in Orkish

[@widen698]

Y'know, the Tau not being all too connected with the warp while the other races under their banner are is both a really cool and horrifying concept. Since if the Tau weren't under scrutiny from Chaos before, adding a ton of humans who aren't very capable of rationalizing outside of faith is going to put a blip on the radar and that's only going to grow as the Tau expand. The idea about there now being a literal representation of the greater good in the warp seems like it'll help balance that out, but it's just going to get harder and harder for the Tau to rationalize without giving up and saying "Yeah, that just works." and becoming susceptible to psykers and warp corruption.

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

Even if they accept it, their connection to the warp will always be too weak for them to be corrupted by it

[@JohnDelayLi]

Their connection is too weak. Other species in the empire might but not the Tau themselves

[@mamamiazakaria7481]

When will the Garloid Heresy be covered?

[@gradualdecay]

I like these Tau better than the more recent attempts to make them grimdark. Their reactions to the horrors of 40K prevent the players from getting too used to it either.

[@philip8498]

Ah yes, the tau experience of 40k. Akao known as every single diplomatic stellaris playthrough. Suddenly every empire you encounter is some form of fanatic purifiers or determined exterminators

[@ImperialHell172]

Just wait until they find out about the Halo stars and send an expedition there. The Flayed ones would really creep the Tau out if they haven’t met any yet

[@ВиталийГлинкин-ж1э]

Tau: go out in the big galaxy. All other races: your free trial of existence has ended.

[@lostbutfreesoul]

Thank you for that little bit of lore, I always wondered about 'the greater good warp manifesting.' To know it is happening because of the alien races being brought in, not the Tau themselves, helps a lot.

[@argeltal_thewordbearer]

There are still a lot of fuckery Tau have to meet: enslavers, hrudes, avatars of Khaine, living primarchs, demon primarchs, necrons with personalities like Trazyn or Silent King, etc.

[@STSGingie]

I know he has other things on his mind but I need to know with Gulliman thinks of the Tau.

[@555tork]

the t'au have met the hrud before they used drones and remote battle suits to let the fire caste survive the aging effects.

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

The Tau actually know about the Hrud, they have fought wars with them and some of them work for them as mercs and they also know about Necrons with personality (the send a diplomat to talk with Trazyn, which ended with Trazyn adding said diplomat to his collection)

[@orrorsaness5942]

Or even, the Emperor himself.

[@Rolfhn]

@@_NIKOS9_NIKOS I would say that was a Win - Win situation.

[@lightbriareos]

The first time I learned about, and played as the T'au, I actually LIKED them, still do, because of how they are always in that mindset of WANTED to work with others for the greater good of ending conflict, yet always trying to be ready. Always trying to welcome an enemy of an enemy as a friend, and hoping for the best, even if it bites them in the ass.

[@XYZ-eo8um]

There was a battle report in White Dwarf about Tau confrontation with Slaanesh cultists, where they were thinking Slaanesh was the name of their cult leader, like they were worshiping some vain prick to be a god. And of course they considered warp mutations of Kroot who were eating cultists' corpses an unknown, but completely natural phenomenon. Also, you've forgotten to mention that Mortarion and his Death Guard wrecked some Tau worlds in current edition, not really caring about their worth.

[@emgee2807]

I find it funny with the Necron encounter, where the overlord considered it a great inconvenience that they were there, and thus (due to being a necron planet) he had to kill them all.

[@francise8698]

It would be funny if the tau managed to negotiate with a one of the more sane necros. You imagine that commissar Kane is on a tau home world at a strategy meeting and a fucking necro walks in. The tau full on pull an uno reverse card on him

[@toxicwaste159]

Nah, the Necrons are waaay too arrogant to ally with "the younger races". In that regard, they are very similar to the Eldar

[@brok56]

@@toxicwaste159 No no. It would be trazyn, he shows up all goody 2 shoes but than All of a sudden he just freezes everyone in The meeting in a time prism (or whatever The device is called). A historical moment of different races banding together must be preserved.

[@francise8698]

@@toxicwaste159 yeah but they're also very patient and slow to make plays. So what the Tau call a one thousands year peace Alliance. Might just be a few necrons wait for the proper authorization to genocide the planet

[@scout360pyroz]

There are no sane necrons that would engage with them. The only ones willing to talk would be trazyn or the one from sautek that pretends to be senile for shits and giggles while treating everything as fellow necrons to fielded necron rights in war.

[@kreol1q1q]

I really wanna see more Tau and Eldar interactions. And by that I mean the relatively sane Craftworld and especially Exodite Eldar, not the Drukharii.

[@Tinandel]

I never, ever get tired of terrible things happening to the tau. And while Cain has had a couple of dealings with them, I dunno about friends - they identify him as one of the more level-headed Imperials and one who is open to reason and negotiation, but Cain largely considers them a means to an end, at best. I also really liked how one of their particular exchanges ended, with Cain acting as Imperial liaison and pledging an Imperial naval force to help defend a Tau planet from a Tyranid assault. The tau were all happy at not only a successful diplomatic overture towards the greater imperium, but also the prospect of getting the Imperium to help fight one of their battles for them.... right up until they realized that said battle was going to end with an exhausted, weakened tau army and an Imperial fleet already in orbit.

[@michelecastellotti9172]

Weren't the imeprials in an even worse condition due to how they fight? Last time i checked, the tau targeted the synapsis, the imperium just fired at anything that moved

[@jonumine6250]

That deals sounds better than the Tau fighting Tyranids by themselves then an imperial fleet comes to clean up house.

[@HopeisAnger]

The Tau remind me of a child who won a few fights at school, and now stumbling around a WW3 battlefield. And to make it worse, they think they understand.

[@alpineassault]

My fave faction right now is the Necrons because of how OP they are but can't be bothered to end everything and second is the Tau. Sleek mechs, suits, and laser guns. Pretty sweet.

[@kavky]

"They use drones, efficient and advanced machinery, and even want to work together with xenos." Yea, so did the humans before getting shafted hard.