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Tau Fire Warrior

The Fire Warrior is the backbone of Tau military force, the Fire Caste.

Equiptment

Fire Warriors are outfitted with a wide variety of advanced technology. Their main firearm is the Pulse Rifle, although Pulse Carbines are common amungst officers, reconisence teams and assault troops. Fire warriors have poorer reflexes than most other races therefore they do not exell at melee combat, to make matters worse, they find the whole idea of melee combat barbaric, they leave this role to their kroot mercenery allies. Most fire warriors are bonded to the ta'lissera brotherhood ritual and are armed with ceremonial swords, despite these not being ideal for combat.

Tactics and Organisation

Fire warriors As basic infantry, they are deployed in smaller numbers than other race's infantry because of the superior firepower they can bring to bear.The basic team is made up of 6 to 9 Fire Warriors, a number of drones for, defencive and offensive purposes and most likely a shas'ui.

During defensive purposes, with minimal cover fire from battlesuits and melee diversions such as kroot, a small group of fire warriors could hold a bastion of defence until either overwhelmed by enemy fire or running out of ammo. During offensive assaults, the fire warrior is considered one of the most dangerous units a ememy could face, most of the time the enemy does nto even have time to counter the rapid volleys of pulse shots fired by fire warriors as the Tau always ensure there are kroot to divert fire or shield drones to protect the squads.


Images

A Fire Warrior Squad with 2 Gun Drones and Shas'ui

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