They flow around your words until they wear you down, like the trickle of water that over time will split the rock. One might as well try to nail the sea to the wall as pin them down with a straight answer. It is well that they are known as the Water caste. May we have no cause for conflict.įor the Emperor (Novel) by Sandy Mitchell, Chapter Three The hand of each of the starfarers is turned against the other none will join their strength together just to see their ancient enemies prosper. If those in our heartland had witnessed the savageries of the void as have we they would know this. In time I believe they will exceed even our greatest feats and master the darkness within their souls.Įach must find their own way. Though barely even striplings compared to us, I feel a strange protectiveness towards them. I have followed the myriad potential futures of the Tau with great interest. to Sy'l’kell prior to the ambush of the 17th Brimlock DragoonsĮldrad Ulthran, Farseer of Ulthwé Craftworld I can only hope that when the enemy sees them they tremble as I do. I look upon them and tremble at their ferocity. They are fierce indeed these Kroot, and savage. In this dark time, we can only forget our differences and fight the darkness together. There is no victory without unity, no peace when there's conflict. all I could see were trails of fire where the projectiles had ignited the air. And when they did shoot.Emperor's mercy! Their guns punched through our armour like it was paper. I swear it was as though they had someone nearby aiming for them before they shot. As soon as we broke cover, their battlesuits' heavy guns were locked on to us. Let none who are wise deny our destiny.Ĭodex: Tau Empire (7th Edition), The Tau Empire Our Conquest is inevitable, our ascension a matter of time. addressing the Fire caste cadres from a top the ruins of the Agrellan HiveĬodex: Tau Empire (7th Edition), In Unity, Strength Let none doubt that the Tau Empire will bring unity to all – let none doubt that now is our time. By their deaths, they deny themselves the liberation that is only to be found in total surrender to the Greater Good. It saddens me greatly that we must take arms against the peoples of the galaxy. But, by the Greater Good, it burns so bright! It burns so briefly, the light of my children, so briefly.
I have taken great pains not to laugh at the actions of aliens, nor to weep at them or to hate them, but to understand them. Only united can we hope to stand against them. How ironic it is that as fast as we spread progress and hope throughout the galaxy, the Tyranids spread death and despair. Some say that this has been among our race's greatest tests - if they are right, I do not hesitate to say that the T'au'va has pass even beyond our highest expectations. It is by a strange twist of science that we now dwell here, and it is a testament to our adaptability and surety of purpose that we thrive in doing so.
The Nem'yar Atoll is ours for the taking. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade, Tau stronghold introduction Soldiers of the Fire Caste! Kroot and Vespid allies! Today, we stand as a bulwark against the selfish, the soulless, and the mad! Today, we must drive back our enemies from our city and from our world! Today, more than ever before, we fight for the Greater Good! And we will triumph!
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Strategy Cards for Planetary Empires expansion game, card "Energy Shield Relay Point - Minor Stratagem", (saved archive page, dated February 2011, last accessed 5 October 2015) Once more, our science and enlightenment makes brings us closer to our ultimate aims. 66īeneath the protective umbrella of the shield relay, we are all but untouchable. Anything else is nothing but stagnation, and I have seen enough of the galaxy to know that to stagnate is to wither and die in shameful ignominy. We should never cease our striving for greatness, never halt our purpose of bettering ourselves.
Such apathetic thinking is what turns that which is good into bad. Some say that perfection is the enemy of the good.