Editing Tau Space Station (section)

==== Tau Orbital ====

[[File:TauOrbital.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Target practice.]]

Tau Orbitals are Space Stations and orbital craft used by the Air Caste of the Tau Empire and allied alien races. Orbitals are vital in linking the small Tau Empire together. If armed, they usually compromise one or two [[Starship Railgun]]s or [[Heavy Ion Cannon]] batteries, no more, no less.

They are pretty much the Tau rip-offs from the Imperial [[Orbital Defense Platform]]s in almost every single way and because of this, they come in various flavours and classes. They are smaller but more numerous than the larger Orbital City. The type of Tau Orbitals are listed here:

*'''Security Orbitals:''' As its name implies, they are used as orbital defence stations for Tau worlds and are heavily armed to deter attacking enemy fleets.
*'''Waystations:''' These chaps are distributed throughout the Tau Empire. They mark out the main routes between Tau septs and are used to speed communications between outposts.
*'''Nicassar Caravans:''' These are large networks of conjoined [[Nicassar Dhow|Dhows]] that the aliens employ when travelling over long distances at their natural leisurely place. Occasionally Caravans will accompany Tau fleets to war, and if attacked a Dhow Caravan may detach to fight in the defense of their community.
[[Fail|They are so slow that they are considered practically immobile in space combat.]]
Dimensions can be seen here:
*'''Height:''' 700-800m; approx
*'''Length:''' 440m
*'''Mass:''' 750-950 kilotonnes; approx
*'''Crew:''' 5,000-10,000 crew; approx
*'''Acceleration:''' 2.0 gravities max sustainable acceleration; approx