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Contents 1 Forces 1.1 Imperial Forces 1.1.1 Imperial Guard Regiments of the Damocles Crusade 1.1.2 Imperial Navy Ships 1.1.3 Space Marines 1.1.4 Rogue Traders 2 Sources

Members of the Tau Water Caste had established trade agreements with Imperial Worlds on the frontier, near the Damocles Gulf, and exchanges of goods and technology were common. Alarmed by the threat of alien contamination, the Administratum readied a suitable response and almost a century later, the Damocles Crusade smashed into Tau space, destroying several outlying settlements and pushing deep into the Tau Empire.

But when the Imperial fleet reached the sept of Dal'yth, the crusade ground to a bloody stalemate as the formidable numbers and high technology of the Tau and their Kroot allies thwarted every attempt to capture the system. After many months of terrible fighting, with nothing gained on either side. By 742.M41 Imperial Commanders eventually agreed to requests from the Water Caste for peace talks.

The negotiations were successful and the Imperial fleet withdrew from Tau space, partially in response to the negligible chance of victory, but also due to the impending approach of Hive Fleet Behemoth.

Forces

Imperial Forces

Imperial Guard Regiments of the Damocles Crusade

• 17th Brimlock Dragoons Regiment²
• 19th Brimlock Dragoons Regiment¹

Imperial Navy Ships

• Blade of Woe ^3.b.i
• Dutchess McIntyre ^3.b.ii
• Honor of Damlass ^3.b.ii
• Lord Cedalion ^3.b.ii
• Niobe ^3.b.ii (Overlord class Battlecruiser)

Space Marines

• Iron Hands^3.b
• White Scars^3.b
• Scythes of the Emperor⁴

Rogue Traders

• Lucian Gerrit of the Arcadius^3.b
  • Oceanid (Rogue Trader Vessel)

Sources

• ¹ White Dwarf 263(uk) pg. 24
• ² White Dwarf 264(uk) pg 96 Index Xenos: The Kroot
• ³ Rogue Trader (Novel Series)
  • ^a Rogue Star (Novel)
  • ^b Star of Damocles (Novel)
    • ⁱ p.218
    • ⁱⁱ p.219
• ⁴ Codex: Tau