[7] Whilst many assimilated humans do enjoy more liberties and comforts than they did under Imperium rule, those who stubbornly resist are sometimes interred in re-education camps or subjected to sterilisation programs. Warhammer Age of Sigmar. Melee combat is typically avoided by Tau, and when unavoidable is typically relegated to auxiliary units pulled from other alien species within the empire. After an encounter with Daemons on Arthas Moloch led to massive casualties and the death of the Ethereal observers attached to the expedition, Commander Farsight was horrified that they kept the existence of Daemons a secret from the T'au military. There are, however, optional rules in the Open Play format for including psyker auxiliaries from other races. [1] The Spirit caste was renamed "Ethereal", and the Ethereals became non-psychic so as to differentiate them from the Eldar Seer councils. Each side learned new lessons from the Damocles Crusade: the Imperium of Man was forced to realise that the T'au were a new major race on the galactic scene, capable of standing up to the limited resources the Imperium was able to throw at them, due to most of its armies being spread thin across the galaxy fighting Chaos, Orks, and Tyranids. With the rise of cities along major rivers came a rise in trade between cities, leading to another group of T'au becoming a culture of merchants plying their way along the major river networks (ancestors of the Water Caste). "killing blow", favouring quick decisive strikes) and the alternative strategy known as the "Kauyon" (lit. They heavily use the Overwatch special rule, which allows them to shoot back at their enemies when charged, with devastating power. Is this on purpose? Unlike most other races in the setting, the Tau are in a state of expansion and technological progress, which leaves often coming into conflict with the Imperium of Man. "patient hunter", favouring luring enemies into an ambush). Warhammer 40k - Règles / Suppléments. Daughters of Khaine. La version 9 des règles du jeu est téléchargeable au format PDF, Games Workshop vous les offres, mais il s’agit uniquement des règles de base pour commencer à jouer ont les appels aussi Battle Primer Warhammer 40,000. The Ethereals preached the philosophy of the "Greater Good" and began the process of unifying the other four groups under them. Vladimir Rex, Castellan of Hellhive Crag A Planetary Defence Force (usually abbreviated to PDF) is the primary military force of an individual Imperial world. Ces règles sont gratuites et téléchargeables au format PDF. The T'au Empire's practice of tolerating and incorporating other races stands in stark contrast with essentially all other major races in the galaxy, which exterminate other races completely rather than conquer and subjugate them. Most Tau vehicles have the fly key word, allowing them to move over terrain without issue. d³`³d³`úü…ş¡¿À_è/ğúü…şñÔšùòæ#ÈGØWR_f"ÈD˜‰ a&‚L„™2qÌÄ!GffGffGff'Ë»„&³³#§§#§§#§§Ò_á¯ôWø+ışJ…¿Ò_᯺¬)höRôRöJëJÙ+­Aå{Q¼]Ö/òÑeí"]Ö-òÑeÍ"e>Š|~O~~O~~O~~O~ş5z•«ç×%u:ï’NßËZyަ�xùZñ9Ç]Ç|îÍmšâ6‘¶¦´?`gèúğ¹{�Ãhâ,Ù? The bulk of their heavier units are made up of battlesuits which act as mobile heavy weapons platforms piloted by single soldiers. In 1999, Thorpe revisited his Shishell concept when Games Workshop asked him to develop a new army. The ancestors of the Fire Caste, these plains-T'au became fierce nomadic raiders and hunters. On the battlefield, the T'au typically wear all-concealing battlesuits which give them an even more alien or robotic appearance, yet a T'au soldier that takes his helmet off will reveal that their cranial arrangement is not too dissimilar from a human's (compared to say, a Tyranid; the T'au are still not as humanlike as the Eldar). The Tau Infantry models, according to sculptor Jes Goodwin, were designed to have subtle influences taken from Chinese foot soldiers. Literally, their every command is obeyed without question, their every decision seen as wise. Still, the fact that the T'au want to co-exist with other races on any level, even if they are subjugated, makes them far more tolerant than other races, particularly the xenophobic Imperium of Man. Tau are a playable race in the second expansion pack. As well as the five castes of the T'au, multiple alien species are incorporated into the T'au Empire; the most significant of these being the Kroot and Vespid - although many other races are members, including the space-faring Nicassar and the Demiurg mining fleets. The Imperium's forces were rapidly withdrawn from the aborted Damocles Crusade to fight in the First Tyrannic War, and in such a fast panic that many Imperial Guard regiments were abandoned inside of the T'au Empire's territory, many of whom were absorbed into the ranks of the T'au military as auxiliaries. The T'au Empire (alternatively and formerly spelled Tau) is a fictional alien empire and one of the playable armies in the setting of a miniature wargame Warhammer 40,000.. Kroot warriors provide melee support, while the insectoid Vespids serve as jump infantry. Cities of Sigmar. Over eight weeks of gaming, the Tau Empire grew by nearly a third due to victories.[5]. The Shishell had five castes: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit. The Battlesuits and vehicles drew from science fiction exo-suits,[2] and were designed to slightly resemble a faster and more lightweight version of the Space Marine Dreadnought. The culture of all T'au castes is influenced by terminology and mindsets related to a hunting context (to a greater or lesser degree, depending on the caste). Meanwhile, the T'au had a rude awakening that the galaxy was not empty and theirs for the taking, but mostly controlled by the Imperium of Man, which even with its attentions divided between multiple alien threats controlled vast military resources. For example, the two primary military tactics are called the "Mont'ka" (lit. The T'au evolved as hunter-gatherers in the arid plains and desert environments of their homeworld, T'au, though they eventually spread to all ecological regions of the planet. The primary weapon for Fire Warrior teams are the Pulse Rifles, and the Pulse Carbine, a smaller, shorter-ranged version of the Pulse Rifle that is equipped with an underslung "photon grenade" launcher that can pin down enemy infantry. The 'inverted raptor' jaw was one of the elements quickly established, but care had to be taken not to emulate the jaw structure of the Orks. Graham McNeill was responsible for much of the background material produced for the Tau, developing what Andy Chambers described as "their proud, quiet but determined character [developed] to the point where they actually became a rather likeable, if slightly naive addition to the cosmos."[2]. AI drones act in a support role, offering fire support, specialized equipment, laser guidance, or physical protection for manned units. Like the Lizardmen, the Shishell had a caste-based society. Thus, the Imperium was taken by surprise when the T'au started building their small but vigorous interstellar empire, driven not by psyker adepts but by advances in technology, which the Imperium utterly shuns. [9] The origins and ultimate motives of these mysterious beings are unknown. The Tau specialized in ranged warfare and die quickly in melee. The various T'au castes also display slightly different body proportions between themselves. Both the Orks and Tyranids flavor devastating close-quarters combat, while eschewing ranged combat (the Orks to a somewhat lesser degree than the Tyranids). Notably, the Tau are at an extreme disadvantage when it comes to close combat, as their standard infantry lacks any melee weapons. Their negligible signature in the Warp is also one of the main reasons that the Imperium of Man's psykers ignored the T'au for thousands of years, when they were seen as primitive hunter-gatherers confined to their own insignificant planet. Both of these weapons function by firing particles that break down into plasma pulses as they are fired. Continue to use the rules as printed in Codex: T’au Empire if they are equipped on another Character. As the only significant human population in the galaxy which is not part of the Imperium, this has led to a great deal of both embarrassment and general bewilderment in Imperial officials, who have difficulty comprehending that many planetary-sized populations of humans would truly rather side with the T'au than the brutal and harsh Imperium. modifier Warhammer 40,000 (souvent abrégé en Warhammer 40K , WH40K , voire simplement 40K) est un jeu de figurines produit depuis 1987 par la société Games Workshop , et situé dans un univers de fiction dystopique de type science fantasy . Each of the groups fought the others, with plains-T'au raiding the cities of the builder-T'au, and rival builder-T'au cities attacking each other. Codex - Tyranids (Errata 1.5 & CA 2018 updated).pdf: 83.2 MiB: 2020-Oct-18 10:37: Codex - T’au Empire (Errata 1.4 & CA 2018 updated).pdf: 58.5 MiB: 2020-Oct-18 10:20: Codex Supplement - Iron Hands (Errata 1.1 updated).pdf: 35.1 MiB: 2020-Oct-18 10:00: Codex Supplement - Raven Guard (Errata 1.1 updated).pdf: 35.7 MiB: 2020-Oct-18 10:01 Warhammer 40.000. The Kroot miniatures were almost exclusively sculpted by Brian Nelson. The caste system became part of the new Tau race. These became a society of fast raiders, and later, messengers between cities. The Imperium is the largest and most powerful political entity in the galaxy, consisting of at least a million worlds which are dispersed across most of the galaxy. Cultures which resist assimilation into the T'au Empire are subjugated by force. In the new background material published with the Codex, it is explained that Imperial forces were drawn away from Tau space to defend against Abaddon's Thirteenth Black Crusade. This left a power vacuum that prompted the Tau to initiate their Third Sphere Expansion. They are known for their focus on ranged combat, with further focus on ambush tactics and the use of Shock and Awe strategies. A side-effect of this is that each caste has been a separate breeding population for several thousand years, each almost forming its own sub-species, leading to notable disparate physical appearances between the castes. The sensor quills were originally to be dreadlocks, but were changed late in the design process. The Tau are the only army in the game that routinely incorporates aliens from other species. the Eldar are based on High Elves), the culture and technology of the Tau were heavily inspired by Japanese science-fiction. This is our planet and ours alone. While the T'au are relatively unified thanks to the T'au's subconscious urge to obey the Ethereals' with only rivalries between military commanders being the worst form of friction, there does exist a separatist faction called the Farsight Enclaves. Codices. The 2nd Edition was substantially more colourful and the new Codex books reflected this fact. The race was ruled by a caste of psykers. Indeed, there has never been a recorded instance of a T'au being tainted by Chaos in any form. The biggest threats to the T'au Empire come from the Ork hordes, which control vast swathes of the Eastern Fringe, as well as the incursion of the Tyranid Hive Fleets, which tend to enter the galaxy through the Eastern Fringe (ultimately driving towards Terra). Where Gaunt's Ghosts is Sharpe meets 40K, Ciaphas Cain is something between Blackadder and Flashman in the gothic SF world of 40K. A codex (often pluralised as codexes by Games Workshop, though the grammatically correct pluralisation is codices), in the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop wargame, is a rules supplement containing information concerning a particular army, environment, or worldwide campaign.. Codexes for particular armies were introduced for the second edition of the game. As a result, they have tough, leathery blue-grey skin, which exudes no moisture. The founder and nominal ruler of the Imperium is the god-like Emperor of Mankind, the most powerful human psyker ever known.. The Ethereals forbid interbreeding, meaning that members of each caste are forbidden to change caste. Q. The Ethereals formally established the caste system between the five groups of T'au, locking each in place within T'au society. This idea was proposed by Jes Goodwin, who is a sculptor at Games Workshop, as a way to attract new players who weren't interested by the overall fantasy-in-space theme of the other Warhammer 40,000 races. ... Mes documents PDF. Imperial and T'au troops have often fought side by side against the Necrons and Tyranids as with the Eldar, and the Imperium could essentially be said to have been allies with the T'au. Those who moved from the plains to the fertile river valleys (ancestors of the Earth caste) developed agriculture, metallurgy, and ultimately built the first true cities. As the T'au expanded to other ecological regions of their homeworld, the cultural lifestyle of each group differentiated based on their surroundings. Instead the T'au make use of a form of Hyperdrive, a slower type of FTL travel and in turn drastically slowing the spread of the T'au across interstellar space. The skies themselves burn, and we burn with them, yet we fight. [1], According to Andy Chambers, the chief designer at the time, the Tau were intended "to be altruistic and idealistic, believing heartily in unification as the way forward." The war lasted for three years, between 742.M41 and 745.M41, before ending in stalemate - each side agreed to a truce due to the sudden appearance of the first Tyranid invasion of the galaxy, Hive Fleet Behemoth, which threatened them both. "Warhammer 40,000 Faction Focus: T'au Empire – Warhammer Community", Games Workshop UK – Kroot Mercenaries webpage, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=T%27au_Empire&oldid=1008706618#Major_allies, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The novel explains that, rather than lack of psychic ability, it is the lack of selfish desires linked with Tau'va, the Path of the Greater Good, that protects the T'au from Chaos. In 742.M41 (the 742nd year of the 41st millennium), they came into contact with the Imperium of Man, which launched the so-called "Damocles Crusade" to conquer the upstart T'au Empire. More detailed information, such as background and organisation, was included, adding more depth and details to the Warhammer 40,000 universe.. 2nd Edition This page was last edited on 24 February 2021, at 17:12. He also began questioning past decisions that he previously thought were necessary sacrifices but now seemed to be influenced by the Ethereals. The idea that the Kroot evolved from birds came later, but conformed to the model design. is the protagonist of a series of novels by Sandy Mitchell, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The T'au can be ruthless with alien cultures who don't fit into their utopian society. The T'au possess no psykers, and are said to register as little more than a "blip" in the Warp. In the campaign, registered games involving the Tau contributed to the expansion or contraction of Tau-controlled space. Additional rules for the Tau appear in a Forge World Imperial Armour rules supplement (Imperial Armour Volume Three – The Taros Campaign – Kinrade, 2005). The Imperium of Man is the galactic empire under which the majority of humanity is united. The reflection of the Tau's high-technology status was reflected by the lack of cabling and links modelled onto the weapons; instead it was decided that these components were internally integrated. Initially, he conceived them as the counterpart to the Lizardmen faction from Warhammer Fantasy, in the same way the Eldar are the counterpart of the High Elves, and he called them "the Shishell". Due to the T'au Empire's location in the Milky Way Galaxy's Eastern Fringe, combined with their lack of psykers, they have had relatively little contact with the forces of Chaos, which are concentrated around the Eye of Terror in the galaxy's north-west, or the Maelstrom at the centre of the galaxy. Most T'au sincerely believe they are on a noble mission to bring peace, justice, and progress to the rest of the galaxy. The Tau's naiveté might seem at odds with the GRIMDARK-ness of the setting (and to a degree, a lot of it is), but the thing is, Games Workshop specifically plays this straight FOR the grimdark and knows that the seeming futility of the Tau's optimism only further accentuates the general hellishness of the rest of the galaxy - and dear god do they play this up for maximum effect. In the fictional setting of Warhammer 40,000, the Tau Empire is a relatively small interstellar empire located on the fringe of the Imperium of Man. The ruling Ethereal caste uses some form of mind control, possibly pheromone-based, to control the other T'au castes. T'au Empire. In the 6th and 7th Edition of the game, the Farsight Enclaves were given Codex Supplements. [8] Meanwhile, others may be subject to intense brainwashing from other psychic client races hired by the T'au with failure sometimes resulting in death. (However, in Fire Warrior, the only Black Library published T'au novel, one Shas'la, La'Kais, is indeed tainted by a vast Daemon Lord. In the 250 years between the Damocles Crusade and the 13th Black Crusade (by the forces of Chaos), the T'au have been slowly but steadily expanding their sphere of influence, retrenching in the face of powerful alien races. According to T'au legend, during the siege of the ancient builder-T'au city of Fio'taun by plains-T'au warrior-nomads, a fifth and mysterious T'au caste suddenly appeared in their midst, the Ethereals, who mediated an end to the dispute. In Warhammer 40,000, the superhuman Space Marines may be among the Imperium's most exalted warriors, but the overwhelming majority of its battles and wars are fought by the untold trillions in the Astra Militarum, more commonly known as the Imperial Guard, the vast majority of its members consists of ordinary men and women who hold the line in defense of humanity. The Tau do not have any psykers nor units that specialize in countering psykers, which makes them somewhat more vulnerable to psychic attacks. Their inaccessibility to the warp has also denied them the combat abilities of psykers on the battlefield, with the somewhat dubious benefit that they have very few encounters with the forces of Chaos. Refusing to believe that the Gue'vesa were willingly won over to the T'au Empire through what was honestly better treatment than they had under the Imperium, many Imperial officials continue to insist that other races must only serve under the T'au due to some form of mind control over their "allied" races. The Kroot were designed to have the physique of a Maasai warrior or a professional level basketball player. Codex: Tau Empire (Hoare, 2006) was the first publication to incorporate the impact of this game event on the 40k universe. Retrouver vos proformas, factures,... au format PDF . different abilities than those printed in Codex: T’au Empire. They are named after the elements of nature, which reflect the characteristics of each caste. Those who remained in the arid plains became fierce and skilled hunters, larger and stronger than other T'au. CODEX: T’AU EMPIRE Indomitus Version 1.2 These documents collect amendments to the rules and present our responses to players’ frequently asked questions. The T'au who moved to the mountain regions (ancestors of the Air caste) became very slender, and even grew membranes between their limbs which allowed them to glide on updrafts (an evolutionary trait they later lost). With the release of 8th Edition the Tau were rebranded as the T'au Empire. Though the Imperium ultimately wishes to destroy all alien races, it considers the T'au a low priority and has occasionally agreed to suspend hostilities to deal with more pressing threats. Thus the T'au two biggest military threats are alien races which possess military doctrines diametrically opposed to those of the T'au. The Tau were eventually modified to display the same altruistic overtones, but with a heavier Orwellian tone that implies that the Tau engage in mind-control and population replacement on worlds within their domain. "Few born upon such inhospitable worlds will readily trust those who have not endured what they have. Most commonly, it is simply a situation where when faced with a far more belligerent common foe that cannot be reasoned with, alliances are often in the best interests of both parties. Mes produits préférés. Most reports generally indicate that the human auxiliaries serving the T'au Empire are relatively well-treated, with many serving the T'au voluntarily. H‰\”Í�›@„ïw+~¦§g-!$¯7+ù�ÅÉ`;H1 Œ~ûLQh-ŦZ0Uß´¦Iwû÷}ßÍ&ı1 Í!ÌæÔõí®Ãmj‚9†s×'yaÚ®™×jùo.õ˜¤qñá~�Ãeߟ†¤,Mú3>¼ÎÓİ. Often these amendments are updates necessitated by new releases or community feedback; these can be identified by the presence Since the setting of the Eye of Terror Worldwide Campaign was on the opposite side of the galaxy from the Tau Empire, and published materials had previously established that the Tau have limited faster-than-light capability, a separate 'mini-campaign' was held specifically for Tau players. Boite de Jeu. The T'au Empire (alternatively and formerly spelled Tau) is a fictional alien empire and one of the playable armies in the setting of a miniature wargame Warhammer 40,000. Unlike every other alien race, the T'au do not wish the destruction of humanity, and their reach is very short due to their limited interstellar capabilities. Horrified of having seditious thoughts and having no wish to disrupt the unity back in the T'au Empire, Farsight and his expedition exiled themselves to the Eastern Fringes and formed the Farsight Enclaves as an independent faction while the Ethereals have painted him as a dangerous renegade who must be avoided by the ordinary citizenship. The Imperium of Man has for the most part not prioritised military conflict with the T'au, which does occur but at a relatively low level. Contact with the Eldar is sporadic, and relations vary from one craftworld to the next. ... Codex. Browse our listings to find jobs in Germany for expats, including jobs for English speakers or those in your native language. T'au society is divided into five castes. Instilling appropriate discipline is a difficulty faced by many Commissars, but the difficulties are regarded as acceptable, given the matchless survival instincts and natural resilience of such peoples." The Tau seek to conquer and subjugate the galaxy under an ideology they call "the Greater Good" and currently hold sovereignty over several alien species. Warhammer AoS - Battletome. The Rail Gun is the most iconic, and feared, of Tau weapons, which can be found on the Hammerhead tank (as of the latest codex, the "heavy support" Broadsides do not sport railguns, but heavy rail rifles). H¼#› endstream endobj 20 0 obj <> endobj 21 0 obj <> endobj 22 0 obj <> endobj 23 0 obj <> endobj 24 0 obj <> endobj 25 0 obj <> endobj 26 0 obj <>stream Thus after many thousands of years, the Imperium of Man is slowly beginning to rediscover the concept of "international diplomacy", in which the Imperium, the Eldar, and the T'au would each prefer to conquer all of the others, but each also realises that they cannot spare the resources for the full undertaking. Règles Warhammer 40k V9 en PDF. Led by the renowned Commander Farsight, an expedition from the T'au homeworld was sent east towards the frontier between the Imperium and the T'au Empire to establish future colonies. When the T'au first started expanding to other star systems, they thought they were the only technologically advanced race in existence, and that it would be effortless to expand their reach throughout the rest of the galaxy. In addition, human auxiliaries (Gue'vesa in the T'au language) are sometimes seen to be aiding the T'au as well. They have some of the most powerful ranged weaponry in the game in terms of both range and stopping power. The T'au have flat, nose-less faces, with their olfactory organs located inside of their mouths to preserve moisture. T'au ships have no navigators (a psyker used for warp travel) and only realised the existence of the warp after contact with the Imperium. This development was eventually seen as too disparate from the traditional dystopic atmosphere of the rest of the setting. A: Yes, when wielded by the heroes of The Eight, use the slightly improved abilities for these weapons. As a civilised technological race which does not inherently embrace warfare, the T'au are one of the few races that the Imperium of Man might be considered to have "diplomatic relations" with on any level. With an average height of 5'5, they have a humanoid body plan, though unlike humans they possess digitigrade legs which end in cloven hooves. [3], Tau miniatures were designed to display the high-tech science fiction and robotic concepts that had resulted in the choosing of the Tau as the new army. The Vespids, due to their insectoid mentality, could not relate to the T'au in any way until the T'au implanted "communication helms" into their brains, which then transformed them into compliant and model citizens. The rail gun has extreme range and is immensely powerful, being one of the best weapons in the standard Warhammer 40,000 game; its effect upon an Imperial tank is described as two neat holes in both sides, the crew sucked out through one of them as the projectile exited, their remains scattered across two dozen meters. Tyranids. La'Kais lacked this; thus he alone among the T'au force was rendered vulnerable to Chaos[6]). Reports vary on the exact conditions of the alien races working for the T'au themselves, ranging from that they are full allies within the Empire, to that they are mercenary armies hired out by the T'au to aid in the umbrella of protection the T'au military provides their region of space, to reports that these "auxiliaries" are glorified slaves. While most armies in 40k may only make a single overwatch action a turn, Tau have no such limitation, and may even have units fire overwatch for close by allies. The Kroot were originally conceived as a separate army in themselves, but were eventually merged with the Tau. The uniting philosophy of the T'au race is called "The Greater Good", which stresses communal living and cooperation, a convivial attitude to aliens, and self-sacrifice for the good of the whole. Whereas most of the races in Warhammer 40,000 are based on Tolkien fantasy races (e.g. While the Tau vehicles are 'skimmers', the design brief specified that the Tau Tanks have an impression of being heavier and more solid than the Eldar Grav-tanks while nowhere near as solid as some of the more heavily armed vehicles deployed by the Orks or the Chaos Space Marines.[4]. Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition (also known as Warhammer 41,000: Age of the Emperor to the rumourmongers) is the newest edition of everybody's favorite wargame, which picks things up where the Gathering Storm campaigns (AKA 40k End Times, meaning we're living literally after year 40,999 now) left off, and was released June 17th, 2017.