Editing Warhammer 40,000/7th Edition Tactics/Tau (section)

====The Eight====
Tired of regular Bodyguards, Farsight got himself a squad of Commanders, who are all Independent Characters. So, you lose auto-pass LoS!, but you don't want to anymore, and the squad becomes decent in melee, each with 4 attacks and WS4. But most importantly, ''they brought regular Tau Signature systems'' before defecting to the Enclaves, and combine them with the your army's systems - Signature System palooza! They're a way to get more ICs than normal Tau, which you can (arguably) second to other squads instead of forming an XBOX HUEG deathstar. However, despite being named they aren't really unique

'''Note:''' The Signature Systems rule states that only one of each Signature System may be taken per army, and this rule '''does  apply''' to Eight (Tau FAQ specifically mentions that). Because ALL Eight are Independent Characters, it's not clear whether you have to start them as one unit or can second them during deployment to other units.
 
*'''Commander Farsight:''' As seen in Codex:Tau, the only difference being that in this army he can take some or all seven samurais, costing exactly 1494 points - an army on its own (''which actually happens in a mission''). ''Because his bonus to the unit are just the means of entry and his I5 melee prowess, you might want to put him in the front, just behind the drones.''
*'''Commander Brightsword:''' The seventh lunatic to bear this title (the first was killed by a squad from the 13th Penal Legion on an assassination mission). Has a Crisis suit with twin-linked fusion blasters (with ''fusion blades''), advanced targeting systems, and a shield drone you don't want to use as an ablative wound, because it comes with the ''Warscraper'' upgrade. ''This feller is made to ID characters and explode vehicles, but little else.''.
*'''Commander Bravestorm:''' A charred out husk kept alive by his crisis suit, sound familiar? In possession of the only surviving ''Onager gauntlet''. To have a better chance of using it he's also clad in ''Iridium armour'' with a stim injector and a shield generator, and for dakka he has a plasma rifle, flamer and two gun drones.
*'''Shas'o Arra'kon:''' Farsight's would-be-successor in his absence, canonically the only one in the tall fine cast Commander suit, equipped with a plasma rifle, cyclic ionic blaster, airbursting fragmentation projector (both not "one per detachment" anymore), a ''Repulsor impact field'', two gun drones, and counter fire defense systems. ''Adding dakka and overwatch to the team, you'd do best to keep him at the center of the formation, relatively unexposed''.
*'''Shas'o Sha'vastos:''' Had some slight problems adjusting to the prototype engram nanochip, is better now. Has a crisis suit with a plasma rifle, flamer, shield generator, vectored retro thrusters, two gun drones, and said ''Puretide engram chip''. ''Due to the chip he's the one who will dictate what the squad is going to do, instead of Farsight and Arra'kon. Try to be the one charging in order to provide O'vesa and Brightsword with Tank Hunters, instead of having to put Counter Strike on himself.''
*'''Sub-commander Torchstar:''' Vior'lan defector and youngest of the Eight, relieves her unrequited feelings for Farsight with her second love: {{BLAM|FIRE}}. Pilots a Crisis suit with two flamers, target lock, multi-spectrum sensor suite, a neuroweb system jammer, drone controller and two marker drones. ''You will move her back and forth, alternating between providing Ignores cover and torching stuff depending on the situation''.
*'''Broadside Shas'vre Ob'lotai 9-0:''' A Broadside piloted by an AI, nice. The only non-Commander model, he's an IC Missileside Shas'vre with twin-linked high yield missile pods, twin linked smart missile pods, a seeker missile, velocity tracker and two missile drones, somehow still has the bonding knife ritual despite being a machine. ''Lacking Relentless, he's the odd ranged character in a close ranged squad that has to keep on the move. Crisis with Missiles and VTs may give better anti-air support to the unit. Completely indistinguishable from a Broadside Shas'vre, you could attach him to a unit of Missilesides to achieve a ludicrous amount of dakka and use their markerlight tokens, or have him near Railsides, his VT screening the skies for them''.
*'''Honour-Shas'vre O'vesa:''' An earth-caste scientist in a Riptide. Comes with an Ion accelerator, twin-linked fusion blasters, shielded missile drones, an earth caste piloting array, early warning override, and stim injector. ''Fun fact: Unlike the other seven, he's actually cheaper than his equivalent''.


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