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===Xenos===
The various alien species inhabiting the Milky Way galaxy are not friendly to mankind. Those that were not destroyed during the Great Crusade were usually the most dangerous and expansive alien empires in the Galaxy. While Xenos generally do not like the Imperium in kind, they also hate Chaos, and will also war with one another.

====Eldar====
*'''Craftworld [[Eldar]]:'''
**Space elves. The members of the race that went "Well shit, guys, we just partied so hard that we accidentally made a God of sex and cocaine, so maybe we should re-think our lives", and then fucked off to giant [[Craftworld|worldships]] and tried as hard as possible to forget that time they made dildos out of bees. Much like college graduates coming face to face with their Facebook page when applying for jobs, Slaanesh is always there to remind them that their souls are forfeit and belong to him/her/it. And no, the worldships are NOT as cool as you think they are, they're even '''cooler'''. They're darting around doing unfathomable stuff, trolling [[Imperium|the man]], and taking names. You'd think they'd at least be on civil terms with the Imperium, considering they share many of the same enemies and goals (namely, stop all the other genocidal races from turning the galaxy into a [[Chaos|collective seizure]] / [[Orks|the world's most deadly playground]] / [[Necrons|a lifeless wasteland]] / [[Tyranids|lunch]] / [[Dark Eldar|all of the above]]), but Eldar seem to have [[Eldrad|dickishness]] written into their DNA. They sometimes help, sometimes don't, and as such, the Imperium are uncertain on how to deal with them - they have been there to defeat some big old Daemon, and sometimes have killed entire armies, so it's kind of a toss-up. [[Inquisition|Better just kill them and then ask questions, right?]]
*'''[[Harlequin]]s:'''
**Space elves who like to cosplay as psychotic clowns. They are seemingly random space elves who leave the other factions and join up with this mysterious cult that serves the trickster god [[Cegorach]]. They act as intermediaries between the other space elf factions, and then like to put on dramatic performances retelling ancient space elf mythologies- which includes using hallucinogenic gasses/psychic powers on their audiences. They also defend the great space elf [[Webway|interstellar highway network]] against daemons and other intruders- mainly because they have a [[Black Library#In Warhammer 40,000|big fancypants library]] hidden in there.
*'''[[Dark Eldar]]:'''
**The space dark elves that, after spawning the God of "Let's make some new orifices to fuck" decided that they'd rather be humongous soul eating douchebags than get a grip on their metaphysical coke habit. These elves will raid, mutilate, rape, and torture the crap out of anyone even half-alive, and not necessarily in any specific order. Significantly less civilized than the Craftworld Eldar, they'll do what ever the fuck they want, mostly because it actually prolongs their life-span. They live in the Webway and invade real space once in a while from their evil, dark city of Commorragh to get some fresh slaves and to strike terror in the enemy. They are one of the few factions who will always actively target civilians for no other reason than because they're helpless.
*'''[[Eldar#Eldar_Corsairs|Eldar Corsairs]]:'''
**These Eldar have abandoned the strict and regimented lifestyle of the Craftworlds to engage in acts of piracy and adventure. While not as extremely hedonistic as the Dark Eldar, their lifestyle is still quite hazardous as they have no protections against Slaanesh's pull on their souls. Many Eldar still find this path worth the risk, often going to great lengths to amass wealth and get their jollies off before eventually getting bored and returning home, or else going full monty and joining the Commorrites. This army has no formal models but can be represented by a mix of Eldar and Dark Eldar figures.
*'''[[Warhammer 40,000/Tactics/Ynnari(7E)|Ynnari]]:'''
**The combined forces of all Eldar factions under the leadership of the newborn Eldar god of death, [[Ynnead]]. These spess elves come from very many different walks of life but have one purpose: to fuck [[Slaanesh]]'s shit up. Currently the friendliest Eldar faction towards the Imperium (alongside Harlequins I guess, seeing as they perform their circus tricks on plenty of human worlds as well as Eldar ones. Oh, and maybe 8th ed Ulthwe too).
*'''[[Exodites]]:'''
**Space Wood Elves. Focused on maintaining Eldar planets called Maiden Worlds that survived the fall and never became inhabited by another space faring species. They ride fucking dinosaurs. No official models as of early 9th Edition.

====Orks====
'''[[Ork|Orks]]:''' Oh, fuck yeah. When it comes to xenos, none are more kickass than Orks. Bellowing hordes of greenskins with ramshackle [[Dakka|DAKKA]] AND [[Choppa|CHOPPA]], who are MAID FER FIGHTIN' 'N' WINNIN'. The most numerous and successful race in the galaxy, Orks live for fighting and nothing else, as they worship and love every moment of it. They introduced randomness to the table, but if you're playing Orks and expecting efficiency, you are doing it oh-so-wrong. Out of all the other factions, Orks are easily the least serious. As a rule Ork players reflect this by also being a bit odd and a bit loud, but the general consensus is that the bonkers character of the army tends not to attract hyper-competitive assholes; thus, most Ork players are decent chaps to play against. In short, Orks are silly, stupid and don't give two fucks about anything. [[wikipedia:magical thinking|Magical thinking]] is an actual game mechanic for them. Oh, and they're literally sentient fungi.

====Necrons====
'''[[Necron|Necrons]]:''' Robots who have recently awakened from an eons-long slumber, intent on reclaiming their ancient empires. Well, what's their actual intention is a subject of [[skub]]. Millions of years ago, the entire Necrontyr species gave up their bodies (unwillingly) to the [[C'tan]], becoming soulless and encased in living metal so they could have a chance in fighting the [[Old_Ones_(Warhammer)|Old Ones]]. On the one hand, this war ended up fucking over the galaxy by leading to the creation of Chaos as we know it. GG, guys. On the other hand, their [[Cadian Pylons|anti-warp technology]] helped delay and contain Chaos up until the 41st millenium. They have some of the toughest basic units, t̶̶h̶̶e̶̶i̶̶r̶̶ ̶b̶̶a̶̶s̶̶i̶̶c̶̶ ̶i̶̶n̶̶f̶̶a̶̶n̶̶t̶̶r̶̶y̶̶ ̶w̶̶e̶̶a̶̶p̶̶o̶̶n̶̶s̶̶ ̶c̶̶a̶̶n̶̶ ̶s̶̶h̶̶r̶̶e̶̶d̶̶ ̶t̶̶a̶̶n̶̶k̶̶s̶̶(Not since, 7th, unfortunently) , and they don't stay down when you destroy them. Their technology doesn't even obey the laws of physics, although they still make use of FTL-travel. Since they have no Warp presence, the Tyranids instinctively avoid their Tomb Worlds and daemons have no souls to claim when killing them. The C'tan, meanwhile, have been broken into pieces to be used as Necron weapons, though they are slowly reforming to wreak vengeance upon the galaxy.

====Tyranids====
[[Image:Carnifex_and_Gaunts_Victorious.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The ORIGINAL Zerg Rush. Holy shit, that's awesome.]]
*'''[[Tyranid|Tyranids]]:'''
**If it's not Orks, it better fucking be Tyranids who are the biggest threat to the galaxy as a whole. Hordes of scuttling space locusts that look like the kind of things that give the Xenomorph from ''Alien'' nightmares. Look as these motherfuckers: every single one of their models (except for those artillery guys with a scrotum about as large as the rest of their body) is fucking badass to the core (their most basic troop is a dinosaur/solider-ant with a gun that shoots flesh-eating beetles). They are faster than Eldar. They assimilate new features into their DNA from fallen foes, such as the Space Marine's black carapace. They're immune to virtually any toxin, and they can even [[Genestealers|infect other races to be their willing accomplices]]. Their only known motive is to devour all life in this galaxy, all the way to the cellular level... and that's all that we know, because reasoning with them has been so far unsuccessful, due to excessive OMNOMNOMNOMMING.
***The Tyranids are probably the most dicked over nation in the lore recently, as basically every single accomplishment the Tyranids have made in the lore have been recently undone and ruined, such as their destructions of worlds being retconned into them only eating the surface allowing the Imperium to terraform them. Also, their codexes are *full* of loss after loss after loss for the Tyranids with them not winning once.
*'''[[Genestealer Cult]]s:'''
**Whenever the Tyranids wish to invade a planet or system, they typically send out genestealers ahead, with the intention of infecting the populace to make them more compliant. A genestealer that successfully creates a cult will surround itself with fanatical hybrid and/or brainwashed worshippers who view the Tyranids as their star gods, and will steal weapons and disable planetary defenses in preparation of the invasion. Many will join the local PDF unit to hijack and steal any weapons and vehicles they can, giving them access to a staggering amount of Guardsman wargear for when the time to revolt comes. These creepy [[Cthulhu]] cultists give Chaos worshippers a run for the money on most batshit-insane nutters in the Imperium, and that's saying something.
**The effects of this on non-human worlds were rarely explored until recently. As follows:
*** Unlike humanity, Tau civilisation enforces a very strict breeding doctrine upon its citizens, A.K.A. you can only have the smex when your boss tells you to and getting with partners from different castes is forbidden (hopefully the infected aren't the ones in charge of implementing the breeding doctrines...). And since successful genestealer cults require multiple generations of offspring, the Tau would very likely catch on to an infestation far quicker than an Imperial world. However, the Tau once allowed themselves to be infected by Genestealers and formed a Genestealer cult as an experiment. This went as well as making the Xenomorphs from the Alien films controllable bioweapons, and while the Fire Caste had to purge the cult, some escaped and may have even been able to make or infect an Ethereal.
***The [[Hrud]] are actually being targeted by the genestealer cults to great effect. However, the Hrud lack a formal military and tend to cohabitate with other species, so the infiltration is not immediately apparent.
***The Eldar are susceptible to this as well, with similar results to humans. But Eldar can easily detect this and stamp it out, so the only examples come from Eldar willingly engaging with genestealers. We have recently seen the effects on an isolated craftworld that was infected by genestealers; they willingly allowed genestealers to infect them in an attempt to avoid having their souls consumed by Slaanesh, since this Craftworld was so old it predated the invention of the Infinity Circuit and therefore didn't have one. There were also Dark Eldar social elites who captured Genestealer hybrids, then developed a fad where they commissioned the Haemonculi to amputate and graft Genestealer parts onto their bodies (I'm not making this up), with similar results to Craftworlders and humans (they also developed a telepathic bond and an obsession with Tyranids...). Kitbash to your heart's content.
***It's been known for awhile that genestealer infections [[Genestealer#Non-human_Hybrids|interact particularly unusually with orks.]]

====Tau====
*'''[[Tau Empire]]:'''
**The weeaboo space Communists. East Asian-inspired high-tech faction with awesome hardware and a willingness ''not'' to slaughter other races just on principle. Though largely confined to a backwater corner of the galaxy, they are expanding alarmingly rapidly on their own "Great Crusade". While not too threatening to the Imperium, it's hard to do anything major against them as it would be WAY too costly for the Imperium. They die miserably in melee, unless they send their hordes of [[Kroot|mercenaries]] and [[Gue'vesa|meatshields]] in front of them, but that doesn't matter because they blow up everything from a distance with hundreds of [[Pulse rifle|different]] [[Melta|ranged]] [[Railgun|superweapons]] [[Plasma Gun|without missing]] [[Missile Launcher|breakfast]]. No psykers, no warp presence, just like the Necrons. At this point in time, the Imperium isn't really trying to fight them, as the [[Damocles Crusade|last time that happened]] they basically just stalled. Think of how a little blue squirrel is holding up a guardsman's combat boot and you'd be close. In fact, the two factions even help each other from time to time, though you wouldn't call them allies; they just have less reasons to fight against each other than together against those other [[Tyranids|more]] [[Chaos|threatening]] [[Orks|guys]]. While on the surface their setting is an optimistic one, [[skub|depending on who you ask]], they're actually an Orwellian tyranny that forcibly sterilizes dissenters and have propaganda on par with North Korea. They additionally keep Chaos a secret from their populace, much like the Imperium does, and are themselves mind-controlled by [[Nagi|literal brain worms]]. The sole dissenter in this shitshow is a badass Tau Commander known as [[Farsight]], who gets his own mini-faction and iconography.

====Leagues of Votann====
'''[[Leagues of Votann|Leagues of Votann]]:''' Despite technically being a human sub species (abhumans), the Leagues classified as xenos due the Imperium fanatical stupidity, and amazing achievements in ignorance. What doesn't help with this is the fact that they don't really bother to explain themselves (nor do they want to in order to keep a lower profile. They have also not only retain much of their tech database, but have also actively been innovating and developing their tech for thousands of years, which has helped hide their shared stc ancestry with the Imperium's tech. As a result, the imperium is quite fucking confused on what the hell these short humanoids are.

Anyways, these guys are fucking space dwarves, but in a more modern sense. They don't just go diggy diggy fucking hole, they chuck entire worlds into giant grinder, and then proceed to churn out manufactured products from said grinded up worlds in mass. Their favorite places to dwell in are essentially fortified arcologies, space stations, and live in factories. Oh, and they have robots instead of golems (which they are complete broes with).
They also beat out both the Tau and the Imperium in terms of advancement, so have fun with that.