>>64509806
>They should have been punished for it severely.
They were on several occasions, with the Tyranids, the Dark Eldar, the Orks.

But here's the thing. It costs you a handful of diplomats to try to make peace. If it doesn't work, you lose a dozen people. If it does work? You save the lives of millions and get billions more without a shot fired.

Attempting diplomacy is the pragmatic, cold, logical choice. That the Imperium refuses to do it shows that they are less concerned with survival than they are with their ideology.

>>96785199
I should be able to pick the Tau.

Honestly as amusing as the Tau being caught off guard by the Imperium's insanity is, it's pretty funny too when you have Space Marines thinkingibasic BVR technology is warp sorcery or wondering how they're able to make high resolution holograms that don't constantly flicker.

>>96719567
Gue'vesa are fun cause they're living proof that the Imperium is holding humanity's potential back.