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When the Tau encounter a new alien species, the [[Ethereals]] direct each of the [[Castes]] preforms a designated role to bring them into the Empire's fold. The world is first scanned by the Air Caste and those classified as desirable are investigated further, and if a sentient alien race is discovered the Water Caste sends ambassadors to make trade deals, defense pacts, and offer advanced technologies built for them by the Earth Caste. However should all these efforts fail to persuade the planet to join with them in the Greater Good, it will fall to the Fire Caste to forcibly absorb the world into the Tau Empire. Only the stubborn and warlike [[Orks]] have been denied the offer to join the Greater Good, for the Tau abandoned their futile attempts to absorb the Orks after many battles convinced the Ethereals that bargaining with them was impossible.{{Fn|10}}
 
The Tau made first contact with the [[Humanity]] in the form of free captains, [[pirate]]s, and lost colonies. They had regressed so far that they knew not of the outside galaxy. These planets were eventually peacefully assimilated or forcibly subdued, but it took the [[Water Caste]] time to realize that these worlds were just the outer fringes of an unimaginably vast inter-stellar empire, the [[Imperium of Man]]. However thanks to the wisdom of [[Aun'va]], the Fire Caste calls for war with mankind were averted and the Tau embarked on a subtle campaign of trade and diplomacy with [[Planetary Governor]]s to absorb further human worlds. The Imperium's response to these activities was slow, but when it did come, it was characteristically brutal and the first wars between the Imperium and Tau Empire began.{{Fn|10}}
At some point, the Tau sent an expeditionary force to the planet [[Malbede]] where they came into [[Battle of Malbede|conflict]] with the [[Ultramarines]] [[Chapter]] in 936.M41. However, the world proved to be cursed when their fighting awakened the sleeping [[Necron]]s from their tomb beneath the surface. In an effort to combat this threat, the Tau and the Ultramarines combined forces to defeat the Necrons. Once the conflict was over, the Tau were allowed to evacuate their forces by [[Marneus Augustus Calgar|Marneus Calgar]] who proceeded to destroy Malbrede through an [[Exterminatus]].{{Fn|2}}

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