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The '''Tau''' are a playable race in ''[[Warhammer 40k]]''. When first discovered by humanity, the Tau were a barbaric and primitive people. Then their planet was trapped in a Warp storm for a few thousand years and they emerged from the other side as a unified species, led by the [[Druids|mysterious]] Ethereal caste and devoted to the concept of the "Greater Good". The Tau were originally developed because [[Games Workshop]] felt their setting needed an optimistic race, making the Tau the least [[grimdark]] faction in the game. Recent [[fluff]] (or at least ''[[Dawn of War]]'' fluff, which is of dubious [[canon]]icity) has them gleefully arbitrarily sterilizing humans that come under the rule of the Tau Empire, and it says something about ''40k'' that despite this they're still the friendliest race in the setting.

They are a technologically advanced race, and have some of the most powerful ranged weaponry in the game. Tau units in general are rather weak in close combat, so they rely on alien auxiliaries such as the [[Kroot]] and Vespids who have joined the Tau Empire to bolster their strengths in this area. Fire Warrior veterans and commanders go to war wearing advanced battlesuits, allowing them to field even more firepower. Tau air units are among the best in the game, with aircraft superior to or equal to Imperial Guard equivalents, including a stealth fighter, multipurpose heavy fighter, a superheavy fighter with guns that can one-shot a Titan, and their own Titan-equivalent (which is a small starship).

Tau unit designs were somewhat inspired by Asian culture and Japanese mecha. As a result, /tg/ declares the Tau are [[weeaboo]] (contrast with the [[Imperium]], a nation ruled by a Divine [[Emperor]] with legions of fanatical warriors who believe that glory awaits those who die in battle in his name with officers carrying swords, infantry engaging in fanatical charges, suicide missions considered a proper way to end one's military career, high ranking officers wearing dress uniforms comparable to those from 18th/19th century Europe, and their most powerful weapons are gigantic humanoid mecha). Their devotion to the philosophy of the Greater Good often leads to them being labeled as [[communism|communists]], too. Well that, and their non-belief in money, or ambitious personal self-advancement, coupled with a rigidly directed obsessively planned autocratic civilization, as opposed to the Imperium, which just has a harshly directed cumbersomely bureaucratic autocratic civilization.

'''The Real Reason Why People Hate Tau''' 

Weeaboo space communists - not grimdark enough.

'''The Real Reason Why People Play Tau''' 

Have the most powerful guns in the game. Made twin-linked. And then given to infantry units. If the Tau manage to get first turn in a match, they've already won.

'''Helping Necrons? Or are they Necrontyr descendants?'''

An often overlooked issue is that Tau have no warp signatures, just like Necrons, hate Warpspawns and Warp in general, just like Necrons, have the exact same skull shape,stature and short lives, and the overwhelming need for Technology and beam weapons, JUST LIKE NECRONS. [[GW]] may have planned a race that simply prepares a pacified, multiracial galaxy for Necrons to feast upon, supported by Ethereals that have a C'tan phase blade.Then there is a reference of "dark seed in east" by the Deceiver, so the tricky C'tan might give Tzeentch the finger in [[JUST AS PLANNED]] competition.

==Notable Tau==
*[[Faptau]]
*[[Shadowsun]]
*[[Shlicktau]]

==Gallery==
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Image:Tau Fire Warrior.jpg|A Tau Fire Warrior, the basic infantry unit.
Image:Tau Chibi Fire Warrior.jpg|And a smaller one.
Image:High5.jpg|Tau are not above negotiations with humanity.
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Image:JoinTau.jpg|Why to join the Greater Good? Thats why.
Image:Tau Chick.jpg|Few rarely seen Tau chicks. Maybe because Sisters are hotter.
Image:firewarrior.gif|Fire Warriors are :3
Image:Tau Firepower Demotivator.jpg|This is what weeaboos actually believe.
Image:Tau Battlesuit vs Smurf.jpg|This Char Custom Battlesuit-clad Tau demonstrates his mastery of [[Weeaboo Fightan Magic]]. Also DYNAMIC ENTRY!
Image:Tau Sympathizer.jpg|The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer's entry on Tau players.
Image:Never shall the tau!.JPG|Surrender...never shall the Tau.
Image:TauKroot.jpg
Image:Tau_melee.jpg|Tau are vicious melee fighters, no less able than [[Space Marines]]!
Image:youtastefunny.jpg|Yeah, we all know the truth about their "greater good".
Image:MARKERLIGHTS.png|MARKERLIGHTS!
Image:discotau.jpg|In spite of being filthy heretical xeno scum, the Tau can really break it down.
Image:Taugirlpile.jpg|Here we see Tau propaganda meant to entice men with their terrible, blasphemous, and supple soft skin, smooth curves, perky brea...er...ah...heretical alien bodies.
Image:greatertits.jpg|An attractive human female defector who for some reason has been equipped with a highly modified commander's battlesuit, perhaps as a devious ploy to compel desertion by the less loyal.
Image:Commissar Shadowsuns Goods by morganagod.jpg|DAT ASS
Image:DAT_SHAS.jpg| A Fire Warrior appreciating DAT ASS.
Image:1234622525817.jpg|In hindsight, attempting negotiations with Orks was a bad idea.
Image:tau.gif
Image:combine.jpg|In /tg/, tau are the evil guys.
Image:Tau cosplay2.jpg
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