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	{{Topquote\|The life of a soldier is the only one I know. That's why I can never settle down.\|Char Aznable}}		{{Topquote\|The life of a soldier is the only one I know. That's why I can never settle down.\|Char Aznable}}

	{{Topquote\|		{{Topquote\|Who wants to live forever?
	Who wants to live forever		Forever is our today,
	Forever is our today
	Who waits forever anyway?		Who waits forever anyway?
	\|Freddie Mercury (actually Brian May)}}		\|Freddie Mercury (actually Brian May)}}

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	==163 years later==		==163 years later==
	{{Topquote\|The life of a soldier is the only one I know. That's why I can never settle down.\|Char Aznable}}		{{Topquote\|The life of a soldier is the only one I know. That's why I can never settle down.\|Char Aznable}}

			{{Topquote\|
			Who wants to live forever
			Forever is our today
			Who waits forever anyway?
			\|Freddie Mercury (actually Brian May)}}

	The Tau Empire, having lost contact with the Farsight Enclaves, believed Farsight himself to be long dead and the Enclaves lost. One day, though, a [[Anal Circumference\|probe]] discovered that the Enclaves were still there and flourishing, and had changed their sept markings and become Ethereal-free. Learning this, the Tau Empire branded Farsight a traitor and renamed the Enclaves the "Forbidden Zone", smashing all his statues throughout the Empire and trying to wipe him from public memory. This didn't sit well with everyone, especially members of the Fire Caste, and contacts within the Empire soon began secretly supplying the Enclaves with new weapons and hardware.		The Tau Empire, having lost contact with the Farsight Enclaves, believed Farsight himself to be long dead and the Enclaves lost. One day, though, a [[Anal Circumference\|probe]] discovered that the Enclaves were still there and flourishing, and had changed their sept markings and become Ethereal-free. Learning this, the Tau Empire branded Farsight a traitor and renamed the Enclaves the "Forbidden Zone", smashing all his statues throughout the Empire and trying to wipe him from public memory. This didn't sit well with everyone, especially members of the Fire Caste, and contacts within the Empire soon began secretly supplying the Enclaves with new weapons and hardware.

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	For a brief but glorious moment, the FSE were even one of the more broken subfactions,		For a brief but glorious moment, the FSE were even one of the more broken subfactions,
	mostly because of how broken Farsight's preferred philosophy of Mont'ka was: rerolling wound rolls of 1, additional AP, and being able to count yourself as stationary for the first three turns gave them a considerable advantage, especially when you consider that Kauyon players had to wait til turn 3 before they could even get started. GW quickly nerfed them to force some variety in Tau lists, but FSE are still quite good despite it all. <~>However, there's even more hope for FSE because [[Games Workshop\|GeeDubbs]] seems to be tickling our balls with hints at a supplement for FSE again so join the prayer in the return of Fusion Blades.</~>		mostly because of how broken Farsight's preferred philosophy of Mont'ka was: rerolling wound rolls of 1, additional AP, and being able to count yourself as stationary for the first three turns gave them a considerable advantage, especially when you consider that Kauyon players had to wait til turn 3 before they could even get started. GW quickly nerfed them to force some variety in Tau lists, but FSE are still quite good despite it all. <s>However, there's even more hope for FSE because [[Games Workshop\|GeeDubbs]] seems to be tickling our balls with hints at a supplement for FSE again so join the prayer in the return of Fusion Blades.</s> We go diddly and fucking squat in terms of new rules; not even new rules for Far Sight’s new model! Hopefully 10th brings something good for us.

	Even if we don't get that supplement, FSE has retained that wonderful CQB flow from 8th which is still tons of fun if we can't laser everyone to death. One of the best Commander builds right now is a Commander with a special-issue 2D flamer that can [[Awesome\|act as a melee weapon]], with all of those attacks being extra to your Onager Gauntlet (which isn't limited to 1A anymore!). One of these Commanders, fully-kitted out with complementary guns and WLT, can be a wonderful distraction to keep the heat off Farsight for once. They also may update his rules to be on-par with Shadowsun and other Supreme Commanders considering they gave him a larger base.		Even if we don't get that supplement, FSE has retained that wonderful CQB flow from 8th which is still tons of fun if we can't laser everyone to death. One of the best Commander builds right now is a Commander with a special-issue 2D flamer that can [[Awesome\|act as a melee weapon]], with all of those attacks being extra to your Onager Gauntlet (which isn't limited to 1A anymore!). One of these Commanders, fully-kitted out with complementary guns and WLT, can be a wonderful distraction to keep the heat off Farsight for once. They also may update his rules to be on-par with Shadowsun and other Supreme Commanders considering they gave him a larger base.

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9th Edition

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	For a brief but glorious moment, the FSE were even one of the more broken subfactions,		For a brief but glorious moment, the FSE were even one of the more broken subfactions,
	mostly because of how broken Farsight's preferred philosophy of Mont'ka was: rerolling wound rolls of 1, additional AP, and being able to count yourself as stationary for the first three turns gave them a considerable advantage, especially when you consider that Kauyon players had to wait til turn 3 before they could even get started. GW quickly nerfed them to force some variety in Tau lists, but FSE are still quite good despite it all. However, there's even more hope for FSE because [[Games Workshop\|GeeDubbs]] seems to be tickling our balls with hints at a supplement for FSE again so join the prayer in the return of Fusion Blades.		mostly because of how broken Farsight's preferred philosophy of Mont'ka was: rerolling wound rolls of 1, additional AP, and being able to count yourself as stationary for the first three turns gave them a considerable advantage, especially when you consider that Kauyon players had to wait til turn 3 before they could even get started. GW quickly nerfed them to force some variety in Tau lists, but FSE are still quite good despite it all. <~>However, there's even more hope for FSE because [[Games Workshop\|GeeDubbs]] seems to be tickling our balls with hints at a supplement for FSE again so join the prayer in the return of Fusion Blades.</~>

	Even if we don't get that supplement, FSE has retained that wonderful CQB flow from 8th which is still tons of fun if we can't laser everyone to death. One of the best Commander builds right now is a Commander with a special-issue 2D flamer that can [[Awesome\|act as a melee weapon]], with all of those attacks being extra to your Onager Gauntlet (which isn't limited to 1A anymore!). One of these Commanders, fully-kitted out with complementary guns and WLT, can be a wonderful distraction to keep the heat off Farsight for once. They also may update his rules to be on-par with Shadowsun and other Supreme Commanders considering they gave him a larger base.		Even if we don't get that supplement, FSE has retained that wonderful CQB flow from 8th which is still tons of fun if we can't laser everyone to death. One of the best Commander builds right now is a Commander with a special-issue 2D flamer that can [[Awesome\|act as a melee weapon]], with all of those attacks being extra to your Onager Gauntlet (which isn't limited to 1A anymore!). One of these Commanders, fully-kitted out with complementary guns and WLT, can be a wonderful distraction to keep the heat off Farsight for once. They also may update his rules to be on-par with Shadowsun and other Supreme Commanders considering they gave him a larger base.

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	#'''Shas'vre Ob'lotai 9-0''', an AI-controlled XV88 Broadside battlesuit armed to the teeth with twin-linked smart missile systems, twin-linked, high-yield missile pods, two missile drones, and a seeker missile. Based on the brain of Farsight's long-dead superior Ob'lotai. Is killed twice, the first is when he [[bullshit\|flies directly through a battle barge's void shields at over 200 kph, isn't picked up by Imperial sensors or shot down (either by the ship or its fighter craft), flies directly into the barrel of a battle-barge's cannon and then shoots the warhead inside to blow up the entire battle barge.]] This also ends up wiping out an entire Space Marine chapter. Funnily enough too the novel that this happens in establishes well before this point that all of this would be impossible, and that if anyone were to try doing exactly what he did they would have the same result as a fly hitting a windshield (and doing this also kills the electronics that don't get crushed, which would have destroyed him as well). The second time he gets destroyed was in the events of Mont'ka, but being an AI they just slapped his engram in a new XV88 body. Also gains the ability to wirelessly transmit himself from one battlesuit to another in Farsight: Crisis of Faith, presumably because Phil Kelly forgot that he needed his chip to be plugged into a suit to control them and that he couldn't survive without his chip (everyone knows the Tau never improve their technology, right?). Can also be considered a troll, screenshotting marines with no helmets taking a missile to the face. And then proceeding to send said picts to Farsight as memes.		#'''Shas'vre Ob'lotai 9-0''', an AI-controlled XV88 Broadside battlesuit armed to the teeth with twin-linked smart missile systems, twin-linked, high-yield missile pods, two missile drones, and a seeker missile. Based on the brain of Farsight's long-dead superior Ob'lotai. Is killed twice, the first is when he [[bullshit\|flies directly through a battle barge's void shields at over 200 kph, isn't picked up by Imperial sensors or shot down (either by the ship or its fighter craft), flies directly into the barrel of a battle-barge's cannon and then shoots the warhead inside to blow up the entire battle barge.]] This also ends up wiping out an entire Space Marine chapter. Funnily enough too the novel that this happens in establishes well before this point that all of this would be impossible, and that if anyone were to try doing exactly what he did they would have the same result as a fly hitting a windshield (and doing this also kills the electronics that don't get crushed, which would have destroyed him as well). The second time he gets destroyed was in the events of Mont'ka, but being an AI they just slapped his engram in a new XV88 body. Also gains the ability to wirelessly transmit himself from one battlesuit to another in Farsight: Crisis of Faith, presumably because Phil Kelly forgot that he needed his chip to be plugged into a suit to control them and that he couldn't survive without his chip (everyone knows the Tau never improve their technology, right?). Can also be considered a troll, screenshotting marines with no helmets taking a missile to the face. And then proceeding to send said picts to Farsight as memes.
	#'''Commander Sha'vastos''', an old comrade of Farsight and one of the commanders who was forcefully equipped with a [[Commander Puretide\|Puretide]] engram neurochip. It was a prototype, however, and rapidly began to degrade, damaging Sha'vastos' mind, so Farsight put him in stasis and smuggled him out of the Empire. Years later his scientists finally managed to remove it safely, and in gratitude Sha'vastos fights alongside his friend and leader in his XV8 Crisis battlesuit outfitted with a plasma rifle, a flamer, and two gun drones.		#'''Commander Sha'vastos''', an old comrade of Farsight and one of the commanders who was forcefully equipped with a [[Commander Puretide\|Puretide]] engram neurochip. It was a prototype, however, and rapidly began to degrade, damaging Sha'vastos' mind, so Farsight put him in stasis and smuggled him out of the Empire. Years later his scientists finally managed to remove it safely, and in gratitude Sha'vastos fights alongside his friend and leader in his XV8 Crisis battlesuit outfitted with a plasma rifle, a flamer, and two gun drones.
	#'''Farsight''', leader of the Enclaves. Has very dark and cracked skin thanks to exposure to heat and flames, as well as a mechanical replacement leg. He ~~pilots~~ an XV8 Crisis battlesuit equipped with his trademark Dawn Blade, a high-intensity plasma rifle, and a shield generator mounted on one arm. Before finding the blade he used to mount a twin-linked fusion gun. Farsight's battlesuit is notably an archaic design, as it is [https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000/5th_Edition_Tactics/Tau over a hundred years old], but constant upgrades and crafty Earth-Caste maintenance ~~keep~~ the suit on par with current sleeker battlesuit designs of the rest of the Tau Empire. Why ~~can't~~ we field him in a Coldstar suit is a mystery, because he was literally the first one ever to pilot such a suit. (In a teaser video released by GeeDubs on their Warhammer channel on YouTube on March 4, 2023, Farsight's getting a new suit!)		#'''Farsight''', leader of the Enclaves. Has very dark and cracked skin thanks to exposure to heat and flames, as well as a mechanical replacement leg. He piloted an XV8 Crisis battlesuit equipped with his trademark Dawn Blade, a high-intensity plasma rifle, and a shield generator mounted on one arm. Before finding the blade he used to mount a twin-linked fusion gun. Farsight's battlesuit in early editions was notably of an archaic design, as it was [https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000/5th_Edition_Tactics/Tau over a hundred years old], but constant upgrades and crafty Earth-Caste maintenance kept the suit on par with current sleeker battlesuit designs of the rest of the Tau Empire. Why the hell we couldn’t field him in a Coldstar suit is a mystery, because he was literally the first one ever to pilot such a suit, however it doesn’t matter anymore anyway. (In a teaser video released by GeeDubs on their Warhammer channel on YouTube on March 4, 2023, it showed Farsight getting a one of a kind brand new suit dubbed the [[XV86 Supernova Battlesuit]]!)
	#'''Honor-Shas'vre O'Vesa''', less of a Fire Caste warrior and more of an old Earth Caste mad scientist kept alive by microdrones, given the honorary title of "Shas" to denote his position as a warrior. Pilots a massive [[Riptide]] with excellent targeting arrays, an [[ion cannon\|ion accelerator]], a [[Twin-Linked\|twin-linked]] [[fusion blaster]], and a pair of [[Tau drone\|shielded missile drones]]. He also designed a new battlesuit for Farsight, so we can assume he's the insane mechanic of the group.		#'''Honor-Shas'vre O'Vesa''', less of a Fire Caste warrior and more of an old Earth Caste mad scientist kept alive by microdrones, given the honorary title of "Shas" to denote his position as a warrior. Pilots a massive [[Riptide]] with excellent targeting arrays, an [[ion cannon\|ion accelerator]], a [[Twin-Linked\|twin-linked]] [[fusion blaster]], and a pair of [[Tau drone\|shielded missile drones]]. He also designed a new battlesuit for Farsight, so we can assume he's the insane mechanic of the group.
	#'''Commander Bravestorm''', a very old Tau who has been burned and scarred á la [[Star Wars\|Darth Vader]] and cannot leave his iridium-plated (2+ Save) XV8-02 Crisis battlesuit after taking down dozens of Imperial tanks with an experimental weapon. This gets changed to "can leave his suit after all, but pretends he can't" in Farsight: Crisis of Faith. Incredibly brave (duh) and fights with the last remaining Tau power fist-equivalent, the [[Power_weapon#Onager Gauntlet\|Onager Gauntlet]]. Too bad we don't actually know what it looks like and his official image doesn't depict it... Also uses a plasma rifle, a [[flamer]], and a pair of gun drones. (Re)Built to last, he also has a shield and stims injectors. His life support seems to have given him extended life, as he saves Farsight in Mont'Ka. At one point he's nearly killed by Space Marines as they tear his battlesuit apart, but he tricks them by not moving and pretending he's dead after they rip his suit open but before they attack him. It's just as retarded as it sounds, because marines won't stop beating a xenos even if it's a dead xenos. And you know hearing him breathe [[Gene Seed\|(Lyman's Ear)]]... [[Fail\|Because fuck logic]].		#'''Commander Bravestorm''', a very old Tau who has been burned and scarred á la [[Star Wars\|Darth Vader]] and cannot leave his iridium-plated (2+ Save) XV8-02 Crisis battlesuit after taking down dozens of Imperial tanks with an experimental weapon. This gets changed to "can leave his suit after all, but pretends he can't" in Farsight: Crisis of Faith. Incredibly brave (duh) and fights with the last remaining Tau power fist-equivalent, the [[Power_weapon#Onager Gauntlet\|Onager Gauntlet]]. Too bad we don't actually know what it looks like and his official image doesn't depict it... Also uses a plasma rifle, a [[flamer]], and a pair of gun drones. (Re)Built to last, he also has a shield and stims injectors. His life support seems to have given him extended life, as he saves Farsight in Mont'Ka. At one point he's nearly killed by Space Marines as they tear his battlesuit apart, but he tricks them by not moving and pretending he's dead after they rip his suit open but before they attack him. It's just as retarded as it sounds, because marines won't stop beating a xenos even if it's a dead xenos. And you know hearing him breathe [[Gene Seed\|(Lyman's Ear)]]... [[Fail\|Because fuck logic]].

1d4chan>Derpysaurus: /* 9th Edition */

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	===9th Edition===		===9th Edition===
	[[File:Farsight_(2023).jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Farsight's new 9th edition model. Now in plastic and with 100% more [[Skub\|tactical]] [[Deep Rock Galactic\|rock]] and [[Weeaboo\|samurai vibes]].]]		[[File:Farsight_(2023).jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Farsight's new [[XV86 Supernova Battlesuit\|9th edition model]]. Now in plastic and with 100% more [[Skub\|tactical]] [[Deep Rock Galactic\|rock]] and [[Weeaboo\|samurai vibes]].]]

	With the new Codex Farsight lost his Supplement and with it came a tragedy worthy of Shakespeare: [[FAIL\|no more fusion blades]]. Otherwise the subfaction is awesome! You get the classic "Markerlights within 9 inches" and a single wound reroll per unit. In addition you get to bring 2 Suit Commanders, one of which can be good ol' Farsight himself. Your relic, The Talisman of Arthas Moloch, is an auto take if your opponent has any psychic prowess with its free DTW with an innate +1 once every turn. The strategem is also ''phenomenal'' with the full rerolls it grants to Crisis Suits that Manta Strike. Lastly, Master of the Killing Blow is a fun alternative to Precision of the Hunter as it grants -3 AP with a wound roll of 6 and makes it impossible for your wounds to be ignored.		With the new Codex Farsight lost his Supplement and with it came a tragedy worthy of Shakespeare: [[FAIL\|no more fusion blades]]. Otherwise the subfaction is awesome! You get the classic "Markerlights within 9 inches" and a single wound reroll per unit. In addition you get to bring 2 Suit Commanders, one of which can be good ol' Farsight himself. Your relic, The Talisman of Arthas Moloch, is an auto take if your opponent has any psychic prowess with its free DTW with an innate +1 once every turn. The strategem is also ''phenomenal'' with the full rerolls it grants to Crisis Suits that Manta Strike. Lastly, Master of the Killing Blow is a fun alternative to Precision of the Hunter as it grants -3 AP with a wound roll of 6 and makes it impossible for your wounds to be ignored.

1d4chan>Derpysaurus: /* 163 years later */

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163 years later

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	At some point in the early 42nd Millennium, Farsight made a journey back to Arthas Moloch alone. He stays there for 30 days before returning to the Empire to summon a war council. And...that's all we've heard from the Enclaves in 8th Edition. Considering the dangers that the [[Death Guard]]'s assault on the Tau Empire represents, it's very possible that Farsight is preparing a relief force to deal with [[Nurgle]]'s armies. Also, the reaction of the Ethereals after being rescued by a renegade would be really interesting to see, maybe putting their credibility on the line, or just trying to cover everything up, angering many in the Tau army. Maybe this is the last straw for the Tau Empire to enter a full civil war between Farsight and the Ethereal Caste (at this point I would be fine with any [[Advancing the Storyline]]; something in the vein of Farsight doing a backflip and giving everybody cake)...		At some point in the early 42nd Millennium, Farsight made a journey back to Arthas Moloch alone. He stays there for 30 days before returning to the Empire to summon a war council. And...that's all we've heard from the Enclaves in 8th Edition. Considering the dangers that the [[Death Guard]]'s assault on the Tau Empire represents, it's very possible that Farsight is preparing a relief force to deal with [[Nurgle]]'s armies. Also, the reaction of the Ethereals after being rescued by a renegade would be really interesting to see, maybe putting their credibility on the line, or just trying to cover everything up, angering many in the Tau army. Maybe this is the last straw for the Tau Empire to enter a full civil war between Farsight and the Ethereal Caste (at this point I would be fine with any [[Advancing the Storyline]]; something in the vein of Farsight doing a backflip and giving everybody cake)...

	Come 9th Edition, the Enclaves became targeted by [[Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub]]'s "War of [[Dakka]]", where the Orks mass-adopted firepower in the hopes of blasting the Tau at their own game. Luckily, this came at a time where Farsight managed to get a new update to his Battlesuit, now dubbed the Supernova by his friend who made it. Unluckily, this was also happening during at the same time as the [[Ark of Omen\|Arks of Omen]] saga was going on, meaning that the war was interrupted by one emerging within the Enclaves while he was being guided back to Arthas Moloch by visions.		Come 9th Edition, the Enclaves became targeted by [[Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub]]'s "War of [[Dakka]]", where the Orks mass-adopted firepower in the hopes of blasting the Tau at their own game. Luckily, this came at a time where Farsight managed to get a new update to his Battlesuit, now dubbed the [[XV86 Supernova Battlesuit\|Supernova]] by his friend who made it. Unluckily, this was also happening during at the same time as the [[Ark of Omen\|Arks of Omen]] saga was going on, meaning that the war was interrupted by one emerging within the Enclaves while he was being guided back to Arthas Moloch by visions.

	In the end Farsight managed to defeat Nazdreg’s army after luring them to that world by unleashing a shitload of Khornate daemons sealed away in Arthas Moloch (something which almost caused him to fall to chaos in the process but thankfully didn’t) and once the Orks were mostly dealt with he proceeded to smash the damn altar the daemons were coming out of which not only stopped them in their tracks but also caused life to return to the planet. Unfortunately he failed to stop the guys from the Ark who managed to locate an artifact they were looking for and escape with it.		In the end Farsight managed to defeat Nazdreg’s army after luring them to that world by unleashing a shitload of Khornate daemons sealed away in Arthas Moloch (something which almost caused him to fall to chaos in the process but thankfully didn’t) and once the Orks were mostly dealt with he proceeded to smash the damn altar the daemons were coming out of which not only stopped them in their tracks but also caused life to return to the planet. Unfortunately he failed to stop the guys from the Ark who managed to locate an artifact they were looking for and escape with it.

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	#'''Shas'vre Ob'lotai 9-0''', an AI-controlled XV88 Broadside battlesuit armed to the teeth with twin-linked smart missile systems, twin-linked, high-yield missile pods, two missile drones, and a seeker missile. Based on the brain of Farsight's long-dead superior Ob'lotai. Is killed twice, the first is when he [[bullshit\|flies directly through a battle barge's void shields at over 200 kph, isn't picked up by Imperial sensors or shot down (either by the ship or its fighter craft), flies directly into the barrel of a battle-barge's cannon and then shoots the warhead inside to blow up the entire battle barge.]] This also ends up wiping out an entire Space Marine chapter. Funnily enough too the novel that this happens in establishes well before this point that all of this would be impossible, and that if anyone were to try doing exactly what he did they would have the same result as a fly hitting a windshield (and doing this also kills the electronics that don't get crushed, which would have destroyed him as well). The second time he gets destroyed was in the events of Mont'ka, but being an AI they just slapped his engram in a new XV88 body. Also gains the ability to wirelessly transmit himself from one battlesuit to another in Farsight: Crisis of Faith, presumably because Phil Kelly forgot that he needed his chip to be plugged into a suit to control them and that he couldn't survive without his chip (everyone knows the Tau never improve their technology, right?). Can also be considered a troll, screenshotting marines with no helmets taking a missile to the face. And then proceeding to send said picts to Farsight as memes.		#'''Shas'vre Ob'lotai 9-0''', an AI-controlled XV88 Broadside battlesuit armed to the teeth with twin-linked smart missile systems, twin-linked, high-yield missile pods, two missile drones, and a seeker missile. Based on the brain of Farsight's long-dead superior Ob'lotai. Is killed twice, the first is when he [[bullshit\|flies directly through a battle barge's void shields at over 200 kph, isn't picked up by Imperial sensors or shot down (either by the ship or its fighter craft), flies directly into the barrel of a battle-barge's cannon and then shoots the warhead inside to blow up the entire battle barge.]] This also ends up wiping out an entire Space Marine chapter. Funnily enough too the novel that this happens in establishes well before this point that all of this would be impossible, and that if anyone were to try doing exactly what he did they would have the same result as a fly hitting a windshield (and doing this also kills the electronics that don't get crushed, which would have destroyed him as well). The second time he gets destroyed was in the events of Mont'ka, but being an AI they just slapped his engram in a new XV88 body. Also gains the ability to wirelessly transmit himself from one battlesuit to another in Farsight: Crisis of Faith, presumably because Phil Kelly forgot that he needed his chip to be plugged into a suit to control them and that he couldn't survive without his chip (everyone knows the Tau never improve their technology, right?). Can also be considered a troll, screenshotting marines with no helmets taking a missile to the face. And then proceeding to send said picts to Farsight as memes.
	#'''Commander Sha'vastos''', an old comrade of Farsight and one of the commanders who was forcefully equipped with a [[Commander Puretide\|Puretide]] engram neurochip. It was a prototype, however, and rapidly began to degrade, damaging Sha'vastos' mind, so Farsight put him in stasis and smuggled him out of the Empire. Years later his scientists finally managed to remove it safely, and in gratitude Sha'vastos fights alongside his friend and leader in his XV8 Crisis battlesuit outfitted with a plasma rifle, a flamer, and two gun drones.		#'''Commander Sha'vastos''', an old comrade of Farsight and one of the commanders who was forcefully equipped with a [[Commander Puretide\|Puretide]] engram neurochip. It was a prototype, however, and rapidly began to degrade, damaging Sha'vastos' mind, so Farsight put him in stasis and smuggled him out of the Empire. Years later his scientists finally managed to remove it safely, and in gratitude Sha'vastos fights alongside his friend and leader in his XV8 Crisis battlesuit outfitted with a plasma rifle, a flamer, and two gun drones.
	#'''Farsight''', leader of the Enclaves. Has very dark and cracked skin thanks to exposure to heat and flames, as well as a mechanical replacement leg. He ~~pilots~~ an XV8 Crisis battlesuit equipped with his trademark Dawn Blade, a high-intensity plasma rifle, and a shield generator mounted on one arm. Before finding the blade he used to mount a twin-linked fusion gun. Farsight's battlesuit is notably an archaic design, as it is [https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000/5th_Edition_Tactics/Tau over a hundred years old], but constant upgrades and crafty Earth-Caste maintenance ~~keep~~ the suit on par with current sleeker battlesuit designs of the rest of the Tau Empire. Why ~~can't~~ we field him in a Coldstar suit is a mystery, because he was literally the first one ever to pilot such a suit. (In a teaser video released by GeeDubs on their Warhammer channel on YouTube on March 4, 2023, Farsight's getting a new suit!)		#'''Farsight''', leader of the Enclaves. Has very dark and cracked skin thanks to exposure to heat and flames, as well as a mechanical replacement leg. He piloted an XV8 Crisis battlesuit equipped with his trademark Dawn Blade, a high-intensity plasma rifle, and a shield generator mounted on one arm. Before finding the blade he used to mount a twin-linked fusion gun. Farsight's battlesuit in early editions was notably of an archaic design, as it was [https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000/5th_Edition_Tactics/Tau over a hundred years old], but constant upgrades and crafty Earth-Caste maintenance kept the suit on par with current sleeker battlesuit designs of the rest of the Tau Empire. Why the hell we couldn’t field him in a Coldstar suit is a mystery, because he was literally the first one ever to pilot such a suit, however it doesn’t matter anymore anyway. (In a teaser video released by GeeDubs on their Warhammer channel on YouTube on March 4, 2023, it showed Farsight getting a one of a kind brand new suit dubbed the [[XV86 Supernova Battlesuit]]!)
	#'''Honor-Shas'vre O'Vesa''', less of a Fire Caste warrior and more of an old Earth Caste mad scientist kept alive by microdrones, given the honorary title of "Shas" to denote his position as a warrior. Pilots a massive [[Riptide]] with excellent targeting arrays, an [[ion cannon\|ion accelerator]], a [[Twin-Linked\|twin-linked]] [[fusion blaster]], and a pair of [[Tau drone\|shielded missile drones]]. He also designed a new battlesuit for Farsight, so we can assume he's the insane mechanic of the group.		#'''Honor-Shas'vre O'Vesa''', less of a Fire Caste warrior and more of an old Earth Caste mad scientist kept alive by microdrones, given the honorary title of "Shas" to denote his position as a warrior. Pilots a massive [[Riptide]] with excellent targeting arrays, an [[ion cannon\|ion accelerator]], a [[Twin-Linked\|twin-linked]] [[fusion blaster]], and a pair of [[Tau drone\|shielded missile drones]]. He also designed a new battlesuit for Farsight, so we can assume he's the insane mechanic of the group.
	#'''Commander Bravestorm''', a very old Tau who has been burned and scarred á la [[Star Wars\|Darth Vader]] and cannot leave his iridium-plated (2+ Save) XV8-02 Crisis battlesuit after taking down dozens of Imperial tanks with an experimental weapon. This gets changed to "can leave his suit after all, but pretends he can't" in Farsight: Crisis of Faith. Incredibly brave (duh) and fights with the last remaining Tau power fist-equivalent, the [[Power_weapon#Onager Gauntlet\|Onager Gauntlet]]. Too bad we don't actually know what it looks like and his official image doesn't depict it... Also uses a plasma rifle, a [[flamer]], and a pair of gun drones. (Re)Built to last, he also has a shield and stims injectors. His life support seems to have given him extended life, as he saves Farsight in Mont'Ka. At one point he's nearly killed by Space Marines as they tear his battlesuit apart, but he tricks them by not moving and pretending he's dead after they rip his suit open but before they attack him. It's just as retarded as it sounds, because marines won't stop beating a xenos even if it's a dead xenos. And you know hearing him breathe [[Gene Seed\|(Lyman's Ear)]]... [[Fail\|Because fuck logic]].		#'''Commander Bravestorm''', a very old Tau who has been burned and scarred á la [[Star Wars\|Darth Vader]] and cannot leave his iridium-plated (2+ Save) XV8-02 Crisis battlesuit after taking down dozens of Imperial tanks with an experimental weapon. This gets changed to "can leave his suit after all, but pretends he can't" in Farsight: Crisis of Faith. Incredibly brave (duh) and fights with the last remaining Tau power fist-equivalent, the [[Power_weapon#Onager Gauntlet\|Onager Gauntlet]]. Too bad we don't actually know what it looks like and his official image doesn't depict it... Also uses a plasma rifle, a [[flamer]], and a pair of gun drones. (Re)Built to last, he also has a shield and stims injectors. His life support seems to have given him extended life, as he saves Farsight in Mont'Ka. At one point he's nearly killed by Space Marines as they tear his battlesuit apart, but he tricks them by not moving and pretending he's dead after they rip his suit open but before they attack him. It's just as retarded as it sounds, because marines won't stop beating a xenos even if it's a dead xenos. And you know hearing him breathe [[Gene Seed\|(Lyman's Ear)]]... [[Fail\|Because fuck logic]].