Editing Battlesuit (section)

==={{anchor|XV9|XV-9}} XV9 Hazard Battlesuit===
[[File:XV9FW.jpg|250px|thumb|right|I'll tell you what's a hazard: being hostile and near this motherfucker.]]
'' Main Article: [[XV9 Hazard Battlesuit]]''

Another Forgeworld blessing. Unlike most Tau battlesuits, the XV9 Hazard model is a dedicated spear-tip suit for fast and hard close-range engagements which is quite a deviation from traditional Tau combat doctrine. Its frame being more agile than other suits and it has photon grenades and retro-thrusters to halt enemy charges and then jump out of meat grinder respectively.

XV-9 have have the equivalent of seven Crisis Suit hardpoints, thanks to its twin-linked weapons and hard built support systems. Hard points:
::'''Twin-linked burst cannons''' are for mulching down infantry with enough dakka to make Orks jealous.
::'''Fusion cascades''', which are melta miniguns, less powerful than basic fusion blasters and more short-ranged but with a higher rate of fire, so they're more effective against light/medium vehicles, monsters and terminators rather than heavy tanks.
::'''Phased ion guns''' which were supposed to be "assault cannons-lite", and are more "well rounded" choice, being decent against both light and heavy infantry or light vehicles, though heavily outclassed by the previous two gun options.
::'''Pulse Submunition Rifles''', commonly referred by a player base as "shotguns", these are the most long ranged and expensive guns available to Hazard. They cover a huge area with a cover-ignoring blasts to root out heavy cover campers.

It should be noted that the number 9 is a significant number to the Tau given that they count in an octal numeral system (there is no 8 or 9; 10 comes immediately after 7), as opposed to [[humanity]]'s decimal system. [[Awesome|This means that to the Tau, the XV9 is literally cranked up to 11.]]

Shas'o R'alai has his own XV9 equipped with a shield and experimental next-gen PSR that fires in bursts and is loaded with a wide range extra-powerful (but unstable) experimental ammo.
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File:XV9.jpg|XV9 AKA Mobile Suit T'au'dam.
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