Editing Taros Campaign (section)

==Assorted Skub==

*One Shotting Titans: It's only less skubby if the Tigershark did it. If Longstrike head shot the Titan(as the 8th edition T'au codex claims he did) then this is complete and utter bullshit. Tigershark weapons are strong enough to pierce the shields and cause damage maybe, but there is no way that a Hammerhead is, and if he is Headshotting titans, its because several Tigersharks did so first, and he got lucky. (Then again, he wouldn't be the first tank commander to kill a Titan. Ask Knight-Commander Pask of the Cadians, who did it with a Leman Russ.)

*Raptards: The Raptors are known for being [[reasonable marines|tactically sound]]. Why then is it that they are offended at the prospect of being asked to go on a diversionary attack east of the capital city? These idiots are the sons of [[Corvus Corax]], not [[Sigismund]].

*Leaving a titan on the battlefield: What. The. Fuck. The Titans of the Collegio Titanica are war machines that are incredibly valuable, and in no way an investment you ever just leave on some dusty backwater planet. Why the techpriest who convinced the martians it was a good idea to do this hasn't been shot, and then everyone who thought it was fine hasn't been shot, is frankly completely beyond us.

*T'autical genius: How come the T'au happened to know exactly which water facility the Imperium was going to seize, and so conveniently laid traps for them coming in. The second day is maybe less scubby, but the first is a good joke. Further, T'au shouldn't be that hard to spot from fighters, they're billowing sand wherever they go with those tanks. Setting up a trap like that is also very dangerous for them as their only way to survive the Hammer of the Emperor smashing them is to stay mobile. It's not inaccurate to say their only way to survive is to avoid engagement entirely outside of lightning strike and fade attacks and to lead the Imperials on a merry chase.

*Radarded: No Radar? The T'au made heavy use of Dropships, and likewise the Imperium during Operation Comet. So why the hell is it impossible for anyone to get sightings on anything in this book. Imperial Hydras are equipped with auspex scanners and thus have no excuse, seeing as they are mentioned being on the front lines.

*Sun battle: Part of something not mentioned above, but the T'au use the literal sun as a way to foul up their enemies sensors during void combat. Getting incredibly close to a sun is just so contrived, and reliant on your enemy being AI enough to be kited towards it. Besides that, Imperial ships can refuel by dipping into stars. That is literally their primary source of fuel and frequently harvested by Mechanicus ships just diving right in and gobbling up plasma to transport elsewhere which any Imperial ship can do normally anyway for less convenience. There's no reason for them to not be able to target enemy ships near a star. Hell, the Imperials could have just dived into it and hunted the Tau ships from there with the Tau stark against the void and the Imperial ships impossible to find or shoot.

*Commissar Negligence: Most of the strategic and tactical errors would never have been allowed simply because Commissars would shoot anyone making said errors. For example, not moving up supply lines. You ''would'' take a bolt to the head for even considering something so utterly moronic. And there's plenty of Commissars around to make up for any of them not shooting you by shooting you themselves.

*Reinforcements: The Imperial Guard functions by establishing a foothold, and then more and more of the Guard shows up in ever increasingly large waves until either the enemy is defeated, the Imperium is distracted by something more important but decides not to blow up the planet, or the Imperium decides to blow up the planet. That didn't happen in this battle. The Guard was left on its own. And not just any world, a ''traitorous'' world. The Imperium tends to have a foaming-at-the-mouth hatred of traitors. This doesn't really happen outside of the Hammer coming down on enemies on a planet in which the PDF and/or local Guard forces are already engaged and all the Imperium needs to do is send a force to smash the enemy and give a push for the Emperor's armies to win the war. So, it happening on Taros is very strange even by the standards of the rather fluid 40K lore.