>>96885782
Yeah in a lot of other settings (I won't say 'any other setting' since 40k isn't even that grimdark by the standards of many other settings desu) the Tau would be bad guys. They're an expansionist, collectivist empire that actively assimilates the cultures they absorb (through conquest or diplomacy) into the greater empire, using the unique talents of each race in service of the empire. They're almost like a less dark version of the Combine in that way.
Really, another anon put it best. The Tau are orthodox fascists (before the racism stuff was added) with Japanese aesthetics and NATO military doctrine.
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>>96876339
Yeah, by far the biggest weakness of the Tau I would say is that they have a relatively weak navy. It's not actually bad on a pound-per-pound basis, but unlike their ground troops it's not qualitatively that much higher either, certainly not enough to overcome the sheer number of ships the Imperium has.
While I don't know if the Imperium could take the Tau on in a protracted ground battle, they could almost certainly gather up their fleets, and go from planet to planet, committing exterminiatus upon each Tau planet until that entire region of space as a desolate wasteland devoid of all life. They would have to commit a lot of ships to do it and they would lose more than they'd gain, but they could if they really wanted to.
Yeah, by far the biggest weakness of the Tau I would say is that they have a relatively weak navy. It's not actually bad on a pound-per-pound basis, but unlike their ground troops it's not qualitatively that much higher either, certainly not enough to overcome the sheer number of ships the Imperium has.
While I don't know if the Imperium could take the Tau on in a protracted ground battle, they could almost certainly gather up their fleets, and go from planet to planet, committing exterminiatus upon each Tau planet until that entire region of space as a desolate wasteland devoid of all life. They would have to commit a lot of ships to do it and they would lose more than they'd gain, but they could if they really wanted to.
>>96839368
>The First Sphere Expansion lasted 500 years and established the initial core worlds
>The Second Sphere Expansion lasted 700 years and brought up the Tau to around 100 planets
>The Third Sphere expansion lasted....2 years, and more than doubled the size of the Tau Empire
>The 4th Sphere was basically instantly over but still managed to capture several worlds
>5th Sphere has only lasted a couple years and had to deal with the Death Guard invasion, but still has captured dozens more worlds and is still ongoing
>6th Sphere is currently being planned and will happen at the same time as the 5th Sphere
I doubt they'll own half the galaxy but I could definitely see them having thousands of planets by the 6th sphere and tens of thousands by the 10th.
>The First Sphere Expansion lasted 500 years and established the initial core worlds
>The Second Sphere Expansion lasted 700 years and brought up the Tau to around 100 planets
>The Third Sphere expansion lasted....2 years, and more than doubled the size of the Tau Empire
>The 4th Sphere was basically instantly over but still managed to capture several worlds
>5th Sphere has only lasted a couple years and had to deal with the Death Guard invasion, but still has captured dozens more worlds and is still ongoing
>6th Sphere is currently being planned and will happen at the same time as the 5th Sphere
I doubt they'll own half the galaxy but I could definitely see them having thousands of planets by the 6th sphere and tens of thousands by the 10th.
>>96399341
>gue'la troops for tau
To be honest the reason I'd want GW to make that a kit is so I don't have to see the nth "cadian with tau bits painted orange".
But to be fair third parties might do it better, yet I still want to see what GW comes up with.
>gue'la troops for tau
To be honest the reason I'd want GW to make that a kit is so I don't have to see the nth "cadian with tau bits painted orange".
But to be fair third parties might do it better, yet I still want to see what GW comes up with.