Editing Battlesuit (section)

==Role on the Battlefield==
Tau battlesuits are a pretty broad descriptor as [[Longstrike|some battlesuits]] are barely larger or heavier than [[Carapace Armour|carapace armour]] while other suits serve as [[Titan|Titan-size weapon platforms]]. Generally speaking, what makes a Battlesuit seems to be that it is piloted by a single person through a direct neurolink. T'au commanders and officers in the field generally command their troops from a Battlesuit, usually an XV8 variant.

The Fire Caste generally consider piloting a battle suit to be a massive honour which they are hesistant to afford anyone but their own respected Elites. Fire Caste battlesuit pilots are veterans with at least four years of combat experience and who have passed a ritual "trial by fire". There are some exceptions to this though; some [[Fire Warrior|Fire Warriors]] prefer serve with the infantry and are given the special title of [[Cadre Fireblade|known as Shas'nel]] while others refuse to take the test at all in order to pilot tanks and speeders. There is also at least once case of a human commissar piloting a Crisis Suit in the T'au Empire and an Earth Caste pilot in the Farsight Enclaves.