WARHAMMER 40K LORE: The 2nd Damocles Gulf Crusade (Tau Empire V Imperium of Man)

WARHAMMER 40K LORE: The 2nd Damocles Gulf Crusade (Tau Empire V Imperium of Man)
This Campaign is the lead up to the Fall of Cadia for this part of the galaxy. Plus Commander Farsight!
If you want to read more about the Tau i suggest the following:
Blades of Damocles: amzn.to/3sqEMxu (one of my favourite 40k novels)
Damocles: amzn.to/3rhehcd
War of Secrets: amzn.to/31iQP3I
Thanks! Emperor Protects!
#DAMOCLES #TAU #WARHAMMER
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[@cyanideinmycereal1077]

the Culexus as a slenderman-like threat is far more interesting than just a dude with a couple grenades and a funny helmet. Love it. Again, great work man, can't thank you enough.

[@ABorderPrince]

legit this was one of the big highlights for me i have never seen them decribed like this. its a nice change, think it might just be becasue of the Taus tiny souls but yeah i could picture it well it would be super distrubing just a feeling of dread. i always viewed them as the weakest assassins this has boosted them for me

[@Prophetofthe8thLegion]

@@ABorderPrince The obsidian knight is a saint of the Emperor change my mind!!!

[@Sorry_2026]

@@Prophetofthe8thLegion He should be

[@will-ob7pr]

If the Tau wanted to establish real relations and trade or ever be the actual good guys and less revolting then they would establish arm's trade and sell them weapons for their general infantry.

[@leihtory7423]

What makes the Culexus great is their Suits. that phase through matter like ghosts. imagine if that was given to space marines, eversors & vindicare assassin. damn unstoppable.

[@Vollification]

The Imperium: Who are you? Tau: You destroyed our worlds! The Imperium: Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?

[@thefonztm]

Hard to say it better than Bison. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZu9ZnxuoZhleas

[@itspetz7421]

Hahaha this tickled me

[@rahadityap2375]

thats basically Adeptus Terra & High lords of terra when they were ask about T'au

[@adeptuscustode115]

I mean they destroy their own worlds

[@bplup6419]

Tau: "I feel bad for you." Imperium: "I don't think about you at all."

[@brianknapp6215]

Tao: _"You destroyed our worlds!"_ The Imperium: _"For me- it was Tuesday..."_

[@bplup6419]

@@brianknapp6215 Taco Tuesday*

[@Legitpenguins99]

@brianknapp6215 REMOVE CHOAS

[@merek5380]

Tau wins one planet and their entire race/empire puts their celebration on media and loops it. Meanwhile on Terra some unknown tech priest in a mega bureaucracy looking at a map that would take lifetimes to take in: What's this blip? What's a Tau?

[@ABorderPrince]

its like poetry it ryhmes

[@Lightscribe225]

I think that's even reflected in the Lore. When the Tau succesfully conquer a Fortress World, the Tau propaganda pronounce it as an amazing victory and that they dealt a mortal blow to the Imperium. Meanwhile an administratum agent makes a note that resources aren't flowing from that planet anymore, readjusts the flow of tithes, and that's it. The world is forgotten.

[@merek5380]

@@Lightscribe225 exactly, im am making a direct reference to something A.B.P. read out. I think its about an hour or two in but I dont have a time stamp. Its just after the imperial forces retreat off world and regroup.

[@rottenmeat5934]

Not even the titanic efforts of Black Library to write off the Imperium as incompetent can hide the fact the Imperium is still something great and magnificent.

[@gogos1003]

just imagine. North Korea takes Hawaii, while all the people in Hawaii evacuated because there was a 'false alarm' about the volcano activity. It would be a truly trivial task to retake it, but the North Korean regime would be still playing the looped propaganda when their whole city burns in the flame that is the wrath of US freedom fighters lol

[@SephJoek]

There were so many fight reversals I expected the commanders to vox eachother and start explaining their special moves.

[@Nat-wm7zo]

Its one of the reasons I love the battles between the tau and the imperium

[@Sorry_2026]

"You've activated my trap card" *Pulls out random BS*

[@iNahtanoJ]

@@Sorry_2026 I activate POT OF GREED. It allows me to deploy two superweapons you've never seen before

[@ZackSavage]

@@iNahtanoJ I mean, that is how yu-gi-oh works if it was legal

[@LordSniggles]

@@iNahtanoJ I activate my trap card Ultimate Providence! This card let's me discard a card of the same type to counter the effect of your Pot of Greed!

[@MonCrDeVlog]

This is longer then half of black library's audiobooks that I pay 20$ a pop for. Thank you for this.

[@whythelongface64]

I would huy black library too but the books cost nearly half of what my household earns each month in Indian rupees.

[@whythelongface64]

The Horus heresy ones atleast

[@wraithship]

Better to get off audible with their credits system

[@leijonpungen5865]

I still dont get why they dont just hire you. I mean ur better than atleast half of their readers, and prob 200% more passion for 40k

[@leijonpungen5865]

@@wraithship yeah really saves u money in the end

[@TunaCanned]

had a slight giggle to myself the more he keeps practically spitting the letters "A.I." damn those Tau and their abominable intelligence usage as always great work

[@ABorderPrince]

lmao

[@damien9683]

"AI" was uttered with same level of deep burning *disgust* as a "Aimbot" player being discovered in a multiplayer match🤣

[@InVinoVeratas]

So the Tau are basically IRL hacking their way to victory.

[@mc.builder8267]

@@InVinoVeratas ya, they given exceptions to game rules both in lore and on the table top, it would seem.

[@PeteofHartainia]

I have a hard time believing the White Scars would mistrust the Raven Guard for randomly changing plans and not communicating. That's exactly what the White Scars do anyway.

[@ABorderPrince]

both as bad as each other tbh for erratic behaviour

[@clintlickr]

It’s shows the difference in the “Greater Good” and the “independence” of the imperium.

[@pretzelbomb6105]

Well, the difference between the two is that the Raven Guard might tell you they’re going left before going right while the White Scars will tell you to shut up and keep up when you ask where they’re going.

[@mc.builder8267]

@@clintlickr “independence”, in the imperium? I think you need to re-evaluate your views of the lore.

[@clintlickr]

@@mc.builder8267 the white scars are all about doing whatever they want “ride with the wind” The raven guard fight independently from other imperial forces. In the lore most planets do whatever they want as long as they pay their tithes. Idk if that’s not independent....

[@Uzzgub]

A interaction helps with the 6th Chaos God, the Almighty Algorithm

[@randallcunningham4360]

The 6th chaos God is... order?

[@BenjaminWeimer]

Search engine optimization engagement

[@childofslaanesh1251]

COMMENTS FOR THE COMMENT THRONE!!!!!!

[@Prophetofthe8thLegion]

for warp for the horned rat yes yes

[@coaboa5339]

I’m sure their fighting the imperium would’ve been avoided if they knew how large and the capacity for violence the imperium had and was waiting to use

[@TeutonicKnight92]

The imperium lost the “king of the space marines” ... nearly a thousand other chapter masters look around... “Excuse me?”

[@mc.builder8267]

My personal head cannon to justify how all of this can be true, is to say that this is written from the Taus perspective, and it is their desperate, and failed, attempt to explain and comprehend everything they are seeing here. This would explain a lot of the lore inconsistencies as the Tau simply miss labeling stuff.

[@BigBroKuma]

@@mc.builder8267 yeah thats what makes it so funny the Tau thought they dealt a blow to the Imperium that would take generations to recover 😂

[@BigBroKuma]

@@mc.builder8267 btw wdym by headcannon? Was there an error or something

[@thatonepsycho5157]

@@mc.builder8267 That's canon, as far as I know.

[@mc.builder8267]

@@BigBroKuma for a franchise like wh40k or star wars, the cannon is what is officially true. like with star wars, none of the games are cannon, only the movies, tv shows, and select comics. a persons head cannon, is what they believe to be officially true. it mostly happens when said person is dissatisfied with the actual cannon.

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

"King of the Spacemarines" oh my... I wonder what would the T'au think if they were told there's like a thousand of those running around in the Imperium.

[@ddandymann]

I really want Gulliman to just show up in Tau space with 10 chapters, a titan legion, around a billion guardsmen and a bunch of vortex torpedoes to just delete them. Now that would be a good read.

[@InVinoVeratas]

@@ddandymann Especially after this, I just want the Tau to get theirs, in a very bad and gratifying, close-quarters combat way where they can feel every second of fear before they meet the blade end of a chain-sword or Bolter.

[@legionofthedamned157]

@@InVinoVeratas Death Guard V Tau, fuck them blue XENOS

[@robbomegavlkafenryka6158]

Frankly, I’m surprised the Ordo Xenos hasn’t petitioned for a Chapter to be founded or at least to be based in the Damacles Gulf, especially considering that the Tau had “defeated” a “crusade” at this point.

[@mc.builder8267]

@@ddandymann I don’t even thing that Tau space has enough room for a force of that size, it’s only a few hundred systems at most, with only a small portion being well developed.

[@Sol_Invictus510]

The Ordo XENOS notes your proper disgust at the Tau and their heretical thinking machines. Your access to historical records will continue to be granted. The Emperor protects.

[@bohemianearspoon8493]

Jesus, tau strategy during this is quite literally a ambush within a ambush for another ambush within five separate ambushes

[@myeka1273]

You gotta give it to ‘em, they make your fight for survival easier by making the absolute most of your weaknesses against their strengths. Cheat is not fair in a game, in war it’s called strategy.

[@iNahtanoJ]

"Was this Corvin Severax not the king of your warriors?" "No, blue xeno he was the chapter master of the raven guard" "Was he at least the mightiest of your chapter masters?" "He wasn't even the best raven guard marine"

[@MaggieMop]

*laughs in primarch* seriously immagine them meeting one of the chaos Primarchs......

[@Jack-0-lantern]

@@MaggieMop That might happen sooner than you think........

[@chalzen1012]

These silly little blueberries are gonna be in for a shock when they see lucky they are that the empire accidentally shields from the scariest parts of this nightmare galaxy

[@GratefulChaos]

Yo

[@honestlordcommissarbrighte7921]

@@chalzen1012 Not anymore if Typhus isn't changing directions away from the Tau sept anytime soon.

[@flamebreakk]

How in people’s right mind can they dislike this. This is hours of magnificent audio

[@ABorderPrince]

LOL i agree :D

[@inquisitorsteele8397]

They're xeno scums that why

[@gelraldoldo5152]

Wanks of the tau too much that’s why I assume. Kinda turning me off have yet to be able to finish the video l. (I like tau just not when their Mary Sues)

[@ZackSavage]

@@gelraldoldo5152 they didnt really seem like Mary Sues. I can understand not liking how the battle is written as some sorta yugioh episode with each side just taking turns activating their trap cards.

[@kingnaga619]

Tau Earth Caste: Look at the staggering technological might of the Imperium, what brilliant minds must be behind such advanced technology... Smash cut to a team of tech priests having a purification oil car wash on a baneblade.

[@sancocho1718]

Where are the toasters you promised us, flesh bag?

[@Mecha_mage]

Apparently after the first major conflict with the imperium the tau analyzed left over and destroyed technology, it was deemed inferior to their own and useless to the greater good. They were impressed by titans though. Go figure. Human's giant robots.

[@sciarpecyril]

@@Mecha_mage, it's funny though, because in terms of real world science, Imperial lasguns are harder to make than tau railguns or pulse rifles (since pulse rifles are just slightly altered railguns that shoots charged particles instead of pieces of metal or whatever). Just as Imperium's Hunter-Killer missile works on "fire-and-forget" principle with advanced sensor and guidance systems, while tau's Seeker missile requires illuminating the target by laser (markerlight) and otherwise it will just fly forward.

[@mikepowell8611]

Humanity has forgotten more tech then the Tau ever thought about.

[@dantauche7917]

Six hours of glorious lore?!?! HELL YEAH

[@ABorderPrince]

hope you enjoy

[@tompeters9829]

This is epic, and I’m sure it was a lot of work. The narration is top notch. Thanks for this.

[@ABorderPrince]

thanks

[@flamebreakk]

Well. I just want to thank you. Going through a tough time but I used to play Tau as a kid and hearing your reading really made my day as I cleaned up my house.

[@ABorderPrince]

hope it helps man

[@lordkroak6670]

This kept me awake during a long drive to go home for Christmas today. Such a great listen and I am currently in bed listening to it still! Ill need another for the day I leave. Merry Christmas!

[@ABorderPrince]

Glad to hear merry Christmas

[@JurgMudveins]

Blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne, comments for the algorithm!

[@williambeetge]

Milk for the Khorne Flakes!

[@caleb1925]

Thank you so much for all your ace readings man, really appreciate it! 6 hours!! We are truely blessed this day!

[@7nf313]

Thanks for these long reads, man. I'm a trucker in Texas and they really help out during long rides.

[@imswanronson3558]

Been looking for a channel focusing on the battles and campaigns in the lore along with a voice that is easy to understand without being monotone. Easy sub

[@ABorderPrince]

cheers more to come

[@ultrasmurf1245]

They really just took an entire ass fortress world in a single day huh?

[@ABorderPrince]

the novel democles (i recommend the audiobook) goes into way more detail about this its a really god story but very much more, oooo imperium winning BRING OUT ANOTHER SECRET WEAPON

[@mc.builder8267]

@@ABorderPrince I still don’t understand how anyone would think that the Tau could even have the NUMBERS for such a thing, and I still don’t understand how it is that the Tau could have ships that can stand up to the Imperial Navy. The technological difference alone should make that a near impossibility, not to mention the fact that the Tau can field ships seemingly as large as the imperium’s, which the Imperium can likely only do due to the galaxy of resources at its disposal AND its extensive strip mining and shipyards size.

[@antonioliles5027]

@@mc.builder8267 And, that is the reason I do not like the Tau. Their plot armor is far too thick for me to take them seriously.

[@olidavies3892]

@@antonioliles5027 to be fair when you have shit like the tyranids orks and the imperium of man anything would need plot amour to survive

[@antonioliles5027]

@@olidavies3892 point

[@latayantheazran]

Perfectly timed for me, just ended assembling 1000 points of Tau, gonna listen to this while painting them

[@erikbraun473]

This got me through work without falling to chaos. Thats an impressive feat sir.

[@jasoncross4587]

I've listen to this at least 3 times, thank you AB Prince for these types of videos! Not only do they help me pass the time while painting they're brilliantly done. Keep up the great work!

[@itzHippoHiPP0Th3Gam3r]

Last time I was this early Cadia still stood

[@Jacob-kv9uu]

2 soon

[@mrblack5145]

Ha!

[@dualityomk9854]

and you still look like a beanbag in a hurry

[@doomguy9049]

Oh man, another huge and awesome lore video so soon?🤯 Thanks for sharing ABP!

[@ABorderPrince]

hope you like

[@RO-gk1zl]

That occasionally ringing in the backing track sounds exactly like my apartment buzzer 😂 with headphones in I keep getting a mild heart attack every time

[@michaelharris8111]

When people say marines are mary sues, just point them toward any campaign that includes Tau

[@bubblehearthz]

Yeah, I was really surprised even in the tau forge world book that the imperium loses the Taros campaign.

[@quigglebert]

Lorewise the tau are badass, however, the marines are GWs cash cow and we can't have the marine players thinking uts even close to a balanced fight

[@michaelharris8111]

@@quigglebert you're saying Tau are badasses but you're forgetting that marines are also badasses, regardless of any perceived bias. It's not even close in many cases. It's like bad whipping for the marines, across the board. 10k years of collective experiences, masters of their art of war, hundreds of campaigns and constant war. You're telling me they're getting outsmarted at every turn and that's believable? Alright. I'm a night lords fan and I know marines are fallible but this isn't fun to listen to when the marines sound completely incompetent

[@Eleolius]

@@michaelharris8111 In the words of someone from Star Wars: "Fighting wars that, as always, have taught the wrong lesson." The only thing worse than inexperience is -bad experience-. Marines may have thousands of years of combat, but, as the outcomes show, they are as stagnant as the rest of the Imperium, mentally. Space marines aren't mary-sues... they're just sorely overrated, in universe and out. (Tough, deadly, etc, but in the broad scales of warfare, "veteran knight in shining armor" still tends to lose out to the peasant with a musket (Or Pulserifle/railrifle))

[@quigglebert]

@@michaelharris8111 Some marines are just that 'dumb' this campaign is an outlier, but the more codex compliant chapters (not just numbers) would definitely get bodied by the tau's fluidity of battle, a lack of flexibility is an issue with many many chapters

[@MrFairbanksak1]

It's cool to hear about these named characters that we see on the tabletop. For example, Longstrike being a tank ace who is able to command his team of Hammerheads like they're part of his own body makes sense with his ability to buff nearby Hammerheads. And the fact that you can glue Longstrike standing up out of the hatch of his tank lines up with tradition of doing so while commanding his armored division, refusing to hide inside the armored hull.

[@alganhar1]

Its universal among Tank Commanders. Its not limited to a fictional one. Fact is if buttoned up the TC loses much of their situational awareness, so ANY TC worth their salt will be heads out unless they have no other option. Hell many modern MBT's have the ability to half close the commanders hatch, allowing it to close up enough to protect the TC from over head threats, but still allow better vision and hearing.

[@morgs456]

I think this is the first one I actually paid attention to the screen on. Now I feel guilty as obviously you put so much effort into the visual. Excellent video bud

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

This is truly what they call a labor of love I guess, I mean 6 hours of quality narration, as a freeloader I feel deeply ashamed I have not paid for this, of course, I'm an in Iran iranian so I'm effectively and completely cast out of global financial system, yet for all it's worth, this work was amazing, I wish I could support you more effectively my Prince... you deserve every bit of it that you receive...

[@METALmurdererOG]

New ABP! I'll either watch it all now, or (more likely) fall asleep at some point and have to watch it all over tomorrow 🤣

[@DustinWebb82]

Yes! Something to listen to while I paint a Breacher squad.

[@Vietnam_Chr0nicles]

I have waited soooo long for this video! Thank you so much man! You never cease to amaze me with the quality of your work and dedication to this channel! You deserve 10000000 subs

[@b312n.v9]

Always a wanna hear the more about Democles gulf it’s always interesting and your story telling is always great keep it up

[@daluigi1]

For someone like me that doesnt have the money to buy books or audiobooks all the time your channel is a great thing, fun and engaging voice work. Keep up the good work.

[@robjones9128]

Thankyou for your hard work on these long form readings, cant be easy but my giddy aunt they are good.

[@ABorderPrince]

cheers!

[@ArchAngel119]

GW wrote themselves into a corner with the Tau. There is no real way to depict a realistic conflict between the Imperium and the Tau because the Tau wouldn’t exist afterwards. Besides the plot armor of “and a bigger mech-suit joins the fight to turn the tide”, like, 4 Warlords and 10 Warhounds would be enough to roll the entire system! And even that is probably overkill. Considering the punitive nature of the conflict and the resources allocated by the Militarum and Space Marines, the idea that zero Titans would be in the task force is fucking wild.

[@igncom1]

Not every imperial conflict is apocalyptic.

[@ArchAngel119]

@@igncom1 This is true, but the Imperium always fights with one hand tied behind its back when it comes to the Tau.

[@lassoedthesos5529]

@@ArchAngel119 because of other conflicts, they're responding every time to what they deem necessary for the Tau, drowning in a sea of their own disorganized info, they constantly incorrectly gauge the threat, and by the time another century or 2 passes and they remember that the Tau are a thing, they've doubled in size and scope, I do think it's bad writing in the least. Also they give the Tau a titan to fight in the Taros campaign and do just fine, and that was before the storm surge was revealed.

[@lassoedthesos5529]

Plus I think the crux of it is that if they actually focused a solid double digit percent of their attention on the Tau, it'd probably be another Horus heresy they face, ass of the imperium getting eaten out by chaos, another ork waagh, or probably the biggest incursion of necron mustered so far, with them all waking up in 9th edition

[@archongaur1191]

well tau´s technology is more superior than the one used by IoM and during taros campaign Tau already showed that they can deal with the titans easily.... actually so easily that mechanicus pissed themself and pulled titants back. In conclusion Taus dont need IoM numbers to win and IoM will never be able to muster crusade large enough to wipe them out when there will ALWAYS be a bigger threat. And i think that Tau were amazing idea by GW because it added someone who is actually "good guy" compare to IoM and its not just about good humans vs evil humans/monsters/demons.

[@lngtimesurfer]

Great job, thoroughly enjoy your work! GW put some serious plot armor in this one, lol

[@Erreul]

6 Hours? Man, Guess I'll be awake for a while.

[@GrugSmesh]

12 Hive cities within 24 hours? What the actual fuck, that would be a tough ask for a Horus era Legion.

[@555tork]

it's 24 hours with a few years of preparing things, like instigating rebellions finding structural weak points and also just letting it collapse onto itself.

[@Daimon-X]

'Tau... They are prey, nothing more… This upstart Tau must learn their place. Not trespassing in the Imperium, but in their grave’ Sergeant Cato Sicarius, during the First Damocles Crusade, during the Battle of Vespetin.

[@lassoedthesos5529]

Man, sicarius's squad's battle with farsight on Dal'yth would have been way different if farsight had the sword that he is known for. They fucked farsight over until like the last chapter where he caught them in a trap

[@Rinzler0001]

This was absolutely fantastic. Thank you for this!

[@VedaRa501]

This is Great! Keep doing the Emperor's work Brother!

[@ABorderPrince]

my thanks sir, i know you been around awhile glad you stuck with me

[@chongonugs]

This has been great to listen to over a couple days at work! Gotta say dude, being from the states, your accent and the tone/pitch/timbre of your voice adds so much to your retellings!

[@qiandeng1296]

Gosh man that was 6 hours of extreme narrating! Good work! Unfortunately I have to say, the plot armor was too thick I really had a hard time swallowing it. Shame for the good work you put in!

[@antwan1357]

This is the ONLY Tau audiobook on KZbin.

[@wheredidugo6739]

Absolutely brilliant work sir. Thank you. The Emperor protects.

[@TheLostAdventurer]

I know this is an actual book..... but man... this almost sounds like some sort of Tau fanfic......

[@SleepySoviet]

Is there a difference?

[@matiasyannuzzi9655]

"And after Shadowsun outsmarted everyone in the Imperium by sending all the Custodes in the Imperial Palace chasing after a rocket painted to look like her, she sneaked into the Throne Room and atomized the Emperor with a single discharge of her pulse cannons. As the killswitch on the throne detonated, she removed her helmet, revealing it wasn't actually Shadowsun but one of her trusted lieutenants, Shas'Vre Whatshisface, who had volunteered to take her place."

[@SleepySoviet]

@@matiasyannuzzi9655 are you available to write for black library?

[@ABorderPrince]

ITS CANNON! ACCEPT THE GREATER GOOD!

[@TheLostAdventurer]

@@ABorderPrince Nevah! For the Emperor! :D (p.s. you do great work)

[@mcsmokey9884]

I love listening to these while I paint! Sit at the desk, throw on Border prince, and lose track of time. 😊

[@Seeric85]

Great video mate, really like these longer ones retelling specific campaigns. I hope you do one of these for the Warzone Charadon stuff.

[@ABorderPrince]

cheers yeah. no idea havnt read it but who knows

[@princecortez1418]

Corvin Severax scared and impressed the T'au so much that they called him "King of the Space Marines". now imagine if they fought an army led by Guilliman himself, a prince of the entire Imperium and a literal emperor of his own pocket empire (which technically includes most of the Eastern Fringe). I would like to see that happen someday

[@MrBones-cu1vi]

They called him "king of the space marines" Cause he was the leader of the imperium force and they don't have a word for chapter master.

[@harley4683]

I could see the primarch making a treaty with the tau. Tbh he would see the benefit of focusing against bigger threats

[@yaboialphapsi-krieger2709]

@@harley4683 My exact same thought, their first interaction with a primarch would be so overwhelming and terrifying, that they would immediately accept any peaceful treaty guilliman would offer to them. Cause if they piss off a primarch, especially the administrative and strategical genius such as roboute, realistically i think they'd be wipe off the map.

[@harley4683]

@@yaboialphapsi-krieger2709 in lore that's been the tau view on humans the entire time. Lol. They avoid full scale war at any cost with humanity. The ethereals are straight up afraid of the viciousness of humanity. Cause the tau dont kill worlds, or kill civilians for no reason, but the humans do lol

[@yaboialphapsi-krieger2709]

@@harley4683 Yup, pretty much lol, But now with them knowing about roboute, and possibly even the emperor of mankind himself, if they lie that he's able to walk and obliterate things up if he chose to, they'd be a 100x more terrified on fcking with the imperium.

[@inalostaraseri3947]

FAUUUKK YEAAA!!! Thank you for another great vid bro

[@gavincross2902]

Holy Emperor protect you and your voice. Thank you for the hours of enjoyment.

[@TherealSBlair]

Man I do love it when this guy tells a story.

[@woshstudios]

Thanks for this, got through a fair chunk of my pile of opportunity with this.

[@ModeratelyAnnoyed]

5 hours? Holy shit, gotta appreciate the amount of effort that went into this!

[@ABorderPrince]

cheers man its a labour of love

[@jameskazd9951]

I wasn't expecting 6 hours when i clicked on this video. not disappointed though. will make a good bedtime story

[@ABorderPrince]

hope you enjoy

[@pr9039]

I'm so glad GWS hasn't bullied your channel into take-downs. You rock.

[@R89-n9m]

Man you just keep releasing great content, 10/10

[@Martdogg3000]

1:56 I love Warhammer so much. Right out the gate I'm excited.

[@unclesam1756]

This is precisely the topic I was wanting to learn about next. Six hours though? Prince... get some sleep.

[@biska131]

I was always wondering why in the whole galaxy there is not bigger fish for Asstartes. Tau lore gives me that answer. Good stuff.

[@likesc]

Great job as always Prince!!!!! At the rate the Tau books are going they could easily outsmart the Imperium in a campaign even if a primarch was leading them. Roboute Guilliman might be able to beat Chaos, but he has no chance against the Tau. :-P

[@ultrasmurf1245]

I don’t know if even black library could handle that amount of plot-armour on a single battlefield

[@ABorderPrince]

the universe would collapse with so much plot armour in one point.

[@ABorderPrince]

lol yes!

[@Stuffandstuff974]

Gonna save this bad boi for the weekend painting.

[@Iratepaddy]

Watch this get a huge bump in views because of janovich doing the Damocles crusade videos

[@Happyface714]

You are the best to treat us so good. The video was amazing

[@GreatGreenGoo]

I really like the Tau, thank you for doing these :) I know the Tau can seem OP but I like to think of it like this. The Tau empire is small, Tiny even, but their technology greater than the Imperium. While this is a small engagement for the Imperium. This is a war of survival for the Tau. Combined also with the Imperium underestimating the Tau. The Tau came out on top. Of course if the force was larger. The Tau wouldn't have stood a chance.

[@harley4683]

I like to think a big part of the difference is the style. Both are mainly shooting forces, but the tau have had the advantage of home field the entire time. The tau are a much stronger defense army than offensive. Alot of people keep crying the tau are op but the imperium just said "F it I'm in." And attacked with minimal intel. If the rolls were reversed and tau lose 110%. Because they wouldnt be able to have the advantage

[@pjmetzen3483]

That's the great thing about the entire relationship between the Tau the Imperium, the Imperium can't devote the resources and proper commanders to crush the Tau. They're currently being assaulted from every angle and the Tau are but a thorn in the side of this galaxy spanning empire. However the longer they're left alone, the stronger the Tau get and when there isn't a military expansion, the Tau continue to grow by using diplomacy and convincing the worlds forgotten or neglected by the Imperium to join them. By the time, the Empire of Man has the ability to properly deal with the Tau, the Tau will have grown in territory and in their technological development to a point the Imperium may not be able to beat them.

[@Mecha_mage]

This is the best take I've seen here. I love the tau. This was a fight for their survival. This was a crusade! They had to pull out all the stops and win or fucken be deleted from the 41st millennium! And the imperium won't even feel this. What happens when they come back not underestimating them? Grimdark bay-beee

[@sciarpecyril]

Tau technology isn't greater, but more ubiquitous.

[@Fen_Wolf]

Amazing video border prince it took a bit but I finally finished it and I gotta say you do amazing voice work in your videos. I have frustrating feelings for the tau on one hand love their technology and their mechs and stuff but I hate that for a faction that’s so tiny they seem to win a lot a bit to much to be honest.

[@inquisitorspironhark7894]

Been waiting for this!

[@nickm6987]

Aun' Va Approves this video 👍 FOR THE GREATER GOOD Farsight dabsss

[@halfdead4566]

I swear i love long form content on 40k but i have to break this in to two hour blocks of watching

[@ABorderPrince]

hope you like

[@halfdead4566]

@@ABorderPrince I really hate the tau so it's fine

[@OBIONEBARRONI]

Epic story. I have the audiobook from part of this war. I’d love to hear about all the expansion. Cheers 🍻

[@hodgknob3545]

Obsidian Knight: *exists* The Tau: "Guess I'll die"

[@darionietlispach2470]

this is awesome =D i love those report style stories

[@ABorderPrince]

cheers another in a few weeks

[@georgesulea]

This was awesome and amazing. Well done Sir.

[@ryanhimmelblau534]

This was a seriously good listen. Great work!

[@duncanself5111]

God damn dude, 6hours long... Insta like! 👏

[@m0e87]

Yes!! Good timing. I'm looking forward to this.

[@Gnomkiller2000]

Love how the imperium is basically the Tyranids for the Tau 😂

[@incrediblemrj7380]

Emperor bless this channel

[@TheHateCorp]

Thank the Emperor, I needed my fix

[@Birb_of_Judge]

I really enjoyed this. Took me a while to get through, but it was worth it

[@Ranger-Cealers]

I love that the tau think that they are the largest empire in the galaxy, but they are nothing but a simple thorn that has struck deep into the back of the hulking behemoth that is the imperium. And if the imperium fought the tau as if they are of chaos the tau would not be but a memory of a stubborn xeno race that the imperium had made extinct

[@yourbuddyunit]

Not going to lie, I can not WAIT for a single man of iron vs an entire Tau star system. Just one. With their reliance on AI and nanotechnology, it would be such a BEAUTIFUL story. Honestly, Im talking dead space, akira and elfin leid. How close to the Tau empire is the nearest... Blackstone Fortress?

[@ABorderPrince]

may come yeah

[@Royal3Cheez]

What a fantastic listen. Thank you for doing this.

[@ABorderPrince]

no worries

[@ryancrazyrhino8976]

Damn the Raven Guard got out stealthed by the Tau resulting in their Chapter Masters death and the losses of several battle brothers.... the Raven Gaurd can't catch a brake it feels like they are getting killed all the time.... feels bad man :

[@ChibiViolin]

I didn't know much about the Raven Guard but after this I think they're probably the worst first founding chapter.

[@honestlordcommissarbrighte7921]

At least they get coverage *whimpers in Iron Hands*

[@mekaniklboltmb4880]

They came out of this stronger Shrike is a WAY better chapter master

[@jay-t1030]

Tau: Takes over *ONE* Imperial planet. IOM: “Did you just call me a 🐈? 😡”

[@carlosbernard7614]

Man i dont know why but out of the 200+ black library books ive read, the ones featuring the tau i enjoy the least. They almost feel like bad fan fiction. Although that one caiphas kaine book portrays them well.

[@lukeriley321]

Ciaphas kaine books are great!

[@ABorderPrince]

i dont mind them to be honest i mean the tech does make a big differene but i understand people think its too much. I enjoy the Tau books because of the trully messed up and mysterious stuff on their origins and stuff.

[@carlosbernard7614]

Yeah i absolutely see where your comming from, theres alot thats really fascinatinf about the Tau. Sometimes i wonder if im just biased in favour of the imperium. But Storm of Iron where the iron warriors slaughter that garrison and steal a mother load of gene seed is one of my favourite stories and the imperium gets dunked on in that so i dont know haha.

[@lorenzol7063]

Completely agree. They just seem over powered. Agreed I might be biased toward the imperium but still... The way the Tau are written, it seems too much . I honestly avoid most of their books lol

[@Lurkzz]

The one where Bravestorm meets a dying Dreadnought is one of the best ways they've ever shown the grimdark setting.

[@quercusalba6833]

The Tau definitely deserve a visit from the Hive Fleets.

[@JohnSmith-ez7ip]

Majestic, great, wonderful, 11/10 stars! Thank you for almost 6 hours of fun.

[@ornu01]

Ants stabbing at a man's toe while he wrestles a three-armed bear, two giant mutant corpses, a pit of vipers, and a demented clown giggling in the corner with a laser gun, while blindfolded and with several knives in his back.

[@BigsZone]

Didn't realise the Tau were so inherently better at war then every human in 40k.

[@ABorderPrince]

lol i wonldnt go that far its more the style of war and the high tech that give them edge

[@BigsZone]

@@ABorderPrince I don't really have a problem with their tech edge and skill. It's the IG and Space Marines leaving their own home when they come out to fight this faction.

[@SleepySoviet]

@@ABorderPrince the germans in ww2 are widely considered to have some of the most technologically advanced weapon systems of the period, and yet they still got destroyed

[@alexmetty3015]

@@SleepySoviet the Germans got defeated due to being on to many war fronts plus there communications methods got discovered and countered so it a slow and steady decline from there tbh

[@SleepySoviet]

@@alexmetty3015 the lost because they got outproduced by a hilarious degree by two superpowers. they could win tactical victories, even operational ones, but strategically they were screwed

[@Hesric]

Great. Now I have something to listen for a week.

[@PaladinPoppie]

100 likes with 0 dislikes. (Edit: 200 now!) I declare this video a success.

[@ABorderPrince]

lmao cheers!

[@mikeymy1603]

After listening to your books and videos and listening to audible, I cant help feel the audible books are "empty"... especially when they without some witty comments.

[@ABorderPrince]

lol i think im witty too. Cheers man!