Editing Tau (section)

==== {{anchor|Fire|Fire Caste}} Shas (Fire) ====
The '''Fire Caste''' consists of the various [[Fire Warrior|warriors]] of the Tau Empire. The miniatures of a Tau army in a [[Warhammer 40,000]] game are almost exclusively Fire Caste. Other castes think Shas are overly-aggressive hotheads due to their tendency to solve all problems by applying more plasma (when the Tau first encountered other sentient species, Fire Caste representatives immediately voted to hunt down and exterminate them, just like they hunted down dangerous local life forms on the other world they colonized). Whether or not Fire Caste members are ''actually'' "overly aggressive" compared to other [[Wyches|kinky]], [[Haemonculus|horrid]], [[World_Eaters|Earthshatteringly mad]], [[Night_Lords|batshit insane]], [[Blood Angels|bloodthirsty]] individuals and groups is a matter of debate. On the other hand, it also shows how calm and disciplined other castes are as well as the importance of the balance that the Ethereals bring to the Tau. 
Part of this aggression might be down to the Tau concept of being [[Heresy|"between spheres"]] where Tau who act too much like a member of a caste they aren't part of are punished. Leading to an army with few to no diplomatic officers because if you don't fight like a constipated World Eater your not seen as manly enough to survive.

Generations of Etheral mandated eugenics have bred the Fire Warriors taller than Earth Caste Tau, and physically stronger than the Air and Water Castes, though they remain slightly shorter than the average human and about as strong. A far cry from the [[Space_Marines|Gue'ron'sha]] they consider their human equivalent.