Bravestorm

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Commander Bravestorm^[2]

Shas'O Dal'yth Ko'vash Kha'drel, better known as Commander Bravestorm, was a T'au Commander.^[4a]

Biography

Bravestorm was a faithful servant of the T'au Empire who helped repel the Imperial invasion of Dal'yth during the Imperial advance into the Empire's territory.^[4a]

One of the original recipients of the experimental Battlesuit weapon known as the Onager Gauntlet, during the Damocles Crusade^[4x] Bravestorm's Battlesuit was critically damaged at Blackthunder Mesa after he took down dozens of Imperial vehicles^[1] as well as a Titan.^[6] Entombed in life support systems, after that he was confined to his Battlesuit and went on to serve the during the Farsight Expedition. During the campaign Bravestorm was a major Tau Commander who slew scores of Orks despite taking grievous damage to his already damaged form.^[3] Barvestorm continued to serve Farsight Enclaves as part of The Eight.^[2]

During the fighting on Arthas Moloch in the Arks of Omen Campaign, Bravestorm's Iridium Battlesuit suffered catastrophic damage from Ork fire. Farsight personally oversaw his evacuation to a medical facility.^[7]

Wargear

While still a member of the T'au Empire proper, Bravestorm piloted an experimental prototype XV8-02 Battlesuit, equipped with a plasma rifle, a shield generator, and Gun Drone Oe-ven-3.^[4a]

Trivia

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• By the T'au Naming Conventions, it can be surmised that Bravestorm is from Dal'yth Sept.

Conflicting sources

• During the Second Agrellan Campaign, Bravestorm sacrificed himself to save Farsight from a Vindicare Assassin's bullet.^[3] This is not mentioned in more recent lore about the character, such as in Psychic Awakening: The Greater Good.^[5]

Sources

• 1: Codex: Tau Empire (6th Edition), pg. 73
• 2: Farsight Enclaves - A Codex: Tau Empire Supplement (E-Book), pg. 97
• 3: War Zone Damocles: Mont'ka, pg. 96
• 4: Blades of Damocles (Novel)
  • 4a: Chapter One
  • 4x: ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 5: Psychic Awakening: The Greater Good, pg, 42
• 6: Farsight: Empire of Lies (Novel) - Chapter 13
• 7: Arks of Omen: Farsight, pgs. 24-25