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Post subject: Tau and other species  Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 3:43 am |
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| Quote (primarch @ 09 2004 Mar.,22:46) | Hi!
Do the Tau have warp travel?
If they don't, how can they be a viable empire?
The Imperium could just virus bomb their planets and wait a century or two then taking over.
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Technically, if the Imperium in the warp are like irate manatees, and the Eldar are like dolphins (angry dolphins), then the Tau are like balls - you pop them under and they bounce up a while away. Which is why their Empire is small, but they can defend it and get places if given long enough.
Say, L4, maybe a stupid question, but you don't have some shots of painted ones?
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 12:05 am |
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Hi!
But can the Tau realistically hold off a major Imperial incursion?
Tau cannot defeat the Imperium due to size, but the Imperium could certainly snuff the Tau by sheer weight of numbers.
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:35 am |
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| Quote (primarch @ 11 2004 Mar.,00:05) | Hi!
But can the Tau realistically hold off a major Imperial incursion?
Tau cannot defeat the Imperium due to size, but the Imperium could certainly snuff the Tau by sheer weight of numbers.
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Don't worry Primarch, the Tau will suddenly develop multitude allied hordes of Demiurg, or yet another hive Fleet tendril will divert attention, or a Chaos thingy will pop up and cement the Imperium and the Tau - at least for the duration of the crisis.
An it has been hinted that the Eldar consider the Tau to have great potential, and the pointy ears usually know what they're doing...
Unless, of course, Tau sales are doing poorly, and the fate of the Squats hangs on their head. but don't worry, like the Squats they'll still live on at Epicomms and a hundred other websites and on a million gaming boards.
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:21 am |
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| Quote (primarch @ 10 2004 Mar.,23:05) | Hi!
But can the Tau realistically hold off a major Imperial incursion?
Tau cannot defeat the Imperium due to size, but the Imperium could certainly snuff the Tau by sheer weight of numbers.
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The Tau empire is in the eastern fringe, outside of the range of Astronomican. That's why Imperium will be forced to use calculated jumps in Tau territory and won't be able to travel as fast as within the range of Astronomican. This means the Imperium has effectively lost the ability to bring the superior numbers to bear on the Tau. And besides, they are more concerned with a couple of Hive fleets, Necrons, Mr. Abbadon...
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:11 pm |
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As I said before, a Tau, Eldar, Imperial and Squat alliance would send the rest of the riffraff running ! 
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:15 pm |
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Hi!
Good point about the astronomicon, that would certainly be a limiting factor.
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:15 pm |
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As Tau don't have psyker nor the "navigator gene" they can't enter warp space but whith using computers and AI they can "skim the surface" of the warp and by so they are 1/3 as fast as there imperial counterparts when it comes to "warp travell" they are much safer, hope that made some sense...
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 11:17 pm |
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Hi!
If the Tau could make a computer that replicates the navigator function, I think the Imperium would be in serious trouble.
Even chaos would go down the tubes without a fertile race to possess.
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:16 am |
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| Quote (primarch @ 11 2004 Mar.,22:17) | Hi!
If the Tau could make a computer that replicates the navigator function, I think the Imperium would be in serious trouble.
Even chaos would go down the tubes without a fertile race to possess.
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Well, I don't think the Tau would go on a genocidal spree, and as such there would still be humans and around, and I'm sure some of them would be discontent enough for various reasons to turn to the Chaos gods.
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 5:21 am |
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A few months back, in W/D, there were Chaos "possessed" Tau conversions ... no one is safe ...  
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 8:05 am |
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| Quote (primarch @ 11 2004 Mar.,22:17) | Hi!
If the Tau could make a computer that replicates the navigator function, I think the Imperium would be in serious trouble. |
I don't think they can. In order to "see" the warp you have to have psychic awareness; you can't move in warp for long periods with calculations alone as warp is not called the realm of CHAOS for nothing. Computers don't have that awareness as they can't have any psychic ability.
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:16 pm |
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The Tau will 'adopt' psychic mercenaries.
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:05 pm |
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Hi!
How can the tau be possessed if they are not psychically aware?
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:14 pm |
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I don't know ?  ? But I saw it a few months back in a W/D ... I'll see if can find the issue in my Black Library, later ... ? ? ? 
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2004 9:18 pm |
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Hi!
Good, let me know.
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