T'au
From Lexicanum
T'au is the homeworld of the Tau, and capital of the Tau Empire. It is located within the Ultima Segmentum, to the galactic north of Ultramar.
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Sept Summary
| Map | Basic Data | Planetary Image | |
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| Sept/Enclave/World | T'au | 
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| Expansion: | Homeworld | ||
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| Segmentum/Location: | Eastern Fringe | ||
Sept Information
- Sept Colours
- White
- Uniform Variations
- Yellow, Brown
The planet itself is a hot, dry, arid world primarily covered in savannah and scattered mountain ranges. What arable land is covered with efficiently run collective farms managed by the Earth Caste. Cities rise into the sky, covered in white marble. They are very different to the Hives of the Imperium. No humans have ever walked on the streets of the capital, located on the equator, and Imperial scans are blocked by some Tau technology. At the centre of this city appears to be a heavily defended fortress, possibly the heart of the Tau empire, the high council of the Ethereals.
The planet was discovered by the Imperium at 789.M35 by the Land's vison, an explorator vessel of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Shortly after that it was surrounded by vast warp storms, cutting off the entire region. Six thousand years later and the Tau Empire now spans 300 lightyears.
When the Imperium first arrived on T'au, it was a feral world with primitive people scraping a living off of the ground. When the Imperium eventually returned, they attempted to conquer the Tau empire, they were successful in conquering quite a few planets. However they were eventually forced to pull back in light of the advances of Hive Fleet Behemoth. It is designated a Xenos World by the Imperium.
The warriors which comes from T'au are known as wise and experienced troops, coming from the original Tau explorers who fought the first battles during the initial expansion phase of the Tau Empire. It is also the template upon which newly founded colonies are based. The battlesuit combat techniques in use on many new Tau worlds are the same as those practised by those from T'au. Their warriors tend to forgo the ability to target multiple enemies, concentrating instead on utterly destroying a single unit before moving on to the next. This way they achieve maximum destructive efficiency. They are aware however, that by using the same or similar tactics, their enemy may be able to overcome them, although they are loath to change them. They also spend the evening before planning in detail the next days' attacks and meditating on their lives in case they fall in battle.3
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