How Did the Galaxy React to the Rise of the Tau? | Warhammer 40k Lore

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  • @majorkill
    @majorkill  Рік тому +207

    Nothing gets me harder than a good Tau upload
    Except the new Commissar Cain NSFW Artwork on the patreon for only $1 : www.patreon.com/majorkill
    It's surprisingly super lore accurate

    • @jamesjeon206
      @jamesjeon206 Рік тому +2

      @majorkill can you do a video about hybrid humans? Life half humans and elves?

    • @JacobCallejas-vi6su
      @JacobCallejas-vi6su Рік тому +1

      Mate just play Britons in skyrim

    • @TheRealCatoSicarius
      @TheRealCatoSicarius Рік тому +1

      @majorkill look at Jonathans video idea c:

    • @withlovefromlightindust591
      @withlovefromlightindust591 Рік тому +2

      Hello Majorkill,
      Would you please make some lore videos on the Imperial Truth, the Imperial Creed, the Ecclesiarchy, and the High Lords of Terra? Pretty please? Thank you.

    • @twinphalanx4465
      @twinphalanx4465 Рік тому +1

      I'm once again asking for a proper lore video on the Lord of iron and possibly a theory crafting video on him. Since you have mentioned your theory a few times yet, you have never committed to video and I think it would be very interesting to show a other side to chaos

  • @ChristophelusPulps
    @ChristophelusPulps Рік тому +1617

    Technologically, Tau versus the Imperium is like a late WW2 military fighting an early WW1 military, except the WW1 military has random F22s, Abrams tanks, and other modern weapons sprinkled in.

    • @reidsimonson
      @reidsimonson Рік тому

      Not even close. US was a humming war machine throwing out new literally every week. Imperium is not a humming war machine but far worst. They are stale living off what was which was pretty amazing. Proof of this is the Tau finding titans older than their whole society.

    • @alexanerose4820
      @alexanerose4820 Рік тому +198

      To be fair, the Tau has to plateau at some point or at least reach NEcron levels of BS tech and we all know the latter is never happening

    • @kimmogensen4888
      @kimmogensen4888 Рік тому +186

      The Imperium has better technology than the Tao but they also use worse technology than the Tau, which makes your analogue spot on, also better mention that the Imperium is 1000 times bigger than the Tau empire 😮 which means with worp travel they could if wanted show up in the hart of their empire and wipe them out from orbit.

    • @kimmogensen4888
      @kimmogensen4888 Рік тому +27

      @@alexanerose4820 when you get bigger you get more attention, and the change of ways followers not mentioned in the video is already working to bring them down.

    • @Handepsilon
      @Handepsilon Рік тому +69

      The Tau being an emerging force and still able to garner this much attention is kinda worrying considering the Imperium, while vast, is kinda trapped in multitude forms of stagnancy and decline
      DISCLAIMER : Only spoken as someone who didn't follow the lore too much ofc.

  • @rootsnootthnute8598
    @rootsnootthnute8598 Рік тому +1528

    It's funny because I'd guess that at least 70% of people in the setting actually just don't even know what a Tau is, this is like asking what the world thinks of the Ruritanian province of Obaskurr.

    • @IsmaelSantos-xv9qf
      @IsmaelSantos-xv9qf Рік тому

      Good ale. Pretty ladies. Nice in summer, sucks ass in winter.

    • @RJALEXANDER777
      @RJALEXANDER777 Рік тому +290

      It's like Luxemburg. Some people have heard of Luxemburg, but who the hell cares about Luxemburg except for people from Luxemburg.

    • @BelugaChonky
      @BelugaChonky Рік тому +22

      ​@@RJALEXANDER777lol

    • @breadbread4226
      @breadbread4226 Рік тому +35

      ​@@RJALEXANDER777people who work there. I swear that place gains like a 5th of its population in daily commutes.

    • @baneblade__
      @baneblade__ Рік тому +46

      ​@@RJALEXANDER777dude you haven't seen Luxemburg's gundams

  • @abdullahirfan9991
    @abdullahirfan9991 Рік тому +714

    Orkz: "Oi, these blue skins ain't bad, give meh a high-five"
    The tau: *" the attempt at my life has left me scared and deformed"*

    • @fabr1cat0rgeneral94
      @fabr1cat0rgeneral94 Рік тому +71

      No wonder, considering Tau only have 4 fingers.

    • @RJALEXANDER777
      @RJALEXANDER777 Рік тому +65

      "Gud an' bad ta be fightin' dem panzy blue boyz. Dey be sneaky, panzy gits which leg it when ya try ta chop 'em. But dem dakka uv theirs be proppa dakka ta be sure!"

    • @abdullahirfan9991
      @abdullahirfan9991 Рік тому +20

      @@RJALEXANDER777 they do got that gun vibe check

    • @parkourcracker3984
      @parkourcracker3984 Рік тому +9

      @@RJALEXANDER777 i read that far faster than i am comfortable with

    • @achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233
      @achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233 Рік тому +6

      @@parkourcracker3984 worse .. I understood it directly.

  • @Rytonic69
    @Rytonic69 Рік тому +779

    Don't forget that the Leagues of Votann already had a longtime alliance with the Tau. The Tau knew them as the Demiurge, a race of merchants and miners. Only recently the Leagues have been engaging in more trade and conflict with the galaxy as a whole, and the true nature of the demiurge was revealed

    • @RJALEXANDER777
      @RJALEXANDER777 Рік тому +40

      Wait, does that mean those Battlefleet Gothic ships are canon?

    • @danielbob2628
      @danielbob2628 Рік тому +23

      This is probably the most fun-killing fact in the lore.

    • @BelugaChonky
      @BelugaChonky Рік тому +12

      ​@@RJALEXANDER777yes it's very cool hearing the dialogue

    • @Brother_O4TS
      @Brother_O4TS Рік тому +5

      ​@@RJALEXANDER777What battlfleet gothic ships?

    • @thierrygrise254
      @thierrygrise254 Рік тому +16

      @@Brother_O4TS The Demiurg Fortress and Bastion, present in both BFG:Armada games

  • @jonathan6401
    @jonathan6401 Рік тому +1691

    How each pre-heresy primarch would react to the current imperium when placed in Gullimans shoes would be a cool video idea

    • @JammesJack-td6gv
      @JammesJack-td6gv Рік тому +16

      Yus

    • @abdullahirfan9991
      @abdullahirfan9991 Рік тому +54

      Keep at it,brother

    • @zerotwoeto3123
      @zerotwoeto3123 Рік тому +45

      YES, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW FULGRIM DOES

    • @paulol7224
      @paulol7224 Рік тому +31

      ANGRON KEEP IT GOING GORILLA ATTACK !!!!!!! 🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍

    • @SomeChaosMarine
      @SomeChaosMarine Рік тому +3

      Oh yo yeah this

  • @ianyoder2537
    @ianyoder2537 Рік тому +390

    When you said the tau gave the orks guns without ammo I genuinely expected you to say the orks were able to shoot the tau anyway because of the power of the *_WWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGG!_*

    • @RJALEXANDER777
      @RJALEXANDER777 Рік тому +81

      The Waaagh field grows more powerful the more Orks are about. So with a small lot it just greases the gears of their tech a bit, it's only the biggest Waaaghs that see physics start being outright ignored and boyz pulling shenanigans like firing from empty guns.

    • @StraightAssLightning
      @StraightAssLightning Рік тому +14

      Yeah, with bolter rounds.

    • @kennyleung9909
      @kennyleung9909 Рік тому +26

      LOL. I was totally expecting that to happen.
      But clubbing the Tau to death with their guns was funny af too. 😂

    • @sidesaddleintobattle4984
      @sidesaddleintobattle4984 Рік тому +8

      Is the waaag some sort of group telekinetic power.

    • @ianyoder2537
      @ianyoder2537 Рік тому

      @@sidesaddleintobattle4984 Yes, most races in the galaxy have the potential to develop some sort of psychic (it's really magic) power, but the orks are a bit different. Every ork passively develops a week psychic field called the waaag, the more orks there are the more powerful it is. The way it works is if you get enough orks together in one place believing the same thing than that thing becomes a reality. The most obvious commonly used example is orks believe red things go faster, so if an ork paints something red it will actually go slightly faster. This is the basis for all ork technology, or lack their of. Nothing an ork makes actually works, but every ork believes it will.
      A general rule of thumb for this setting I came up with is the antithesis to logic principle of 40K which states the less sence it makes in real life the more effective it would be in 40K. That's why the Tau are confined to one small corner of space and the orks are the most numerous faction in the galaxy (besides the tytanids, but they're from outside the galaxy.) That's why humanity is simultaneously the strongest faction in the galaxy and has countless points of failure that could cause it to collapse at any moment. That's why chaos, despite it's many, many, many, MANY, shortcomings is the biggest threat to the galaxy. And the orks are the embodiment of this rule.

  • @svenbrede6151
    @svenbrede6151 Рік тому +434

    The Tau are capable of curing genestealer up to like 2nd generation. Furthermore they can easily screen for their genes via kroot shapers

    • @danielbob2628
      @danielbob2628 Рік тому +30

      Tau are suddenly immune to Genestealers too now? Boooooooooo.

    • @GreaterGrievobeast55
      @GreaterGrievobeast55 Рік тому

      @@danielbob2628genestealers have a hard time brainwashing the masses when the eternal Caste is constantly doing already.

    • @raymondcarter1137
      @raymondcarter1137 Рік тому

      @@danielbob2628 doesn’t really matter because the Tau are starting to genocide humans and kroot and will continue until they can stop the greater good god from existing. A lord of order.

    • @_NIKOS9_NIKOS
      @_NIKOS9_NIKOS Рік тому +112

      ​@danielbob2628 not immune, but they have find ways to detect the infection and prevent it from growing. In general most of the factions other than the Imperiu. have a much easier time dealing with GSC

    • @danielbob2628
      @danielbob2628 Рік тому +31

      @_NIKOS9_NIKOS Yeah, the Tau aren't technically immune to Titans either, but they've fought them more than half a dozen times and never lost.
      Besides, the other factions have more believable and innate reasons for being immune. They also wouldn't really have any additional story potential if they weren't. Tau had the opportunity to be interesting here, and the writers once again rejected it.

  • @MandoSki464
    @MandoSki464 Рік тому +664

    I wonder if the tau will ever have a war against their A.I’s or a portion of their A.I’s rebelling

    • @robertnelson9599
      @robertnelson9599 Рік тому +102

      The only way to make the Tau grimdark.

    • @notayoutuber5252
      @notayoutuber5252 Рік тому +94

      I dont see much of a point they already have other tau rebelling(farsight)

    • @yuvalgabay1023
      @yuvalgabay1023 Рік тому +34

      The for that to happen the tau a.i should learn how the e metiruim works..the moment he does he will understand the only way to protect its self against it is to destroy its food source..us

    • @odinulveson9101
      @odinulveson9101 Рік тому +38

      Well the Imperium would get traumatized since they themself experienced their very own A.I nightmare still clinging in the back of their minds. The Necrons might not give a damn but the Imperium would surely go exterminatus mode out of fear on the Tau then OR let them wipe themself out.

    • @mcarrowtime7095
      @mcarrowtime7095 Рік тому +29

      AI can be warp corrupted, so that is a possibility.

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 Рік тому +285

    Little Kitten and Commander Shadowsun were once an item in the past... But she had to break up with him because he is a long lived Custodes and she is a mortal.
    And he would have outlived her. So she has to leave him so he won't see her grow old and pass away.

    • @Navi-is-God
      @Navi-is-God Рік тому +92

      THIS IS NOT FUCKING CANON

    • @scottyelder8351
      @scottyelder8351 Рік тому

      Pervert !

    • @sauce2514
      @sauce2514 Рік тому +51

      He used the hole on her head a little bit too much as well.

    • @BelugaChonky
      @BelugaChonky Рік тому +12

      ​@@sauce2514💀

    • @sovietunion7643
      @sovietunion7643 Рік тому +18

      @@sauce2514 please keep the 40k rule 34 in the same pit where we keep squad broken and others like it.

  • @ravnemagne9598
    @ravnemagne9598 Рік тому +132

    If you haven't made it before, a video describing the various Sororitas orders could be neat, or really just anything about the nuns with guns, they don't get enough love outside of "certain websites"

    • @antodiyo7523
      @antodiyo7523 Рік тому

      ua-cam.com/video/g5y8sya8d0g/v-deo.html

  • @fabr1cat0rgeneral94
    @fabr1cat0rgeneral94 Рік тому +150

    One of my favorite comics depicts the Tau origins as the Emperor ordering Horus to flush his pet goldfish down the toilet of his battlebarge, but the fish managing to survive and eventually evolving into the Tau thousands of years later.

    • @alastor8091
      @alastor8091 Рік тому +9

      Wtf!?!?! The Emperor would never do this!!!! I'm literally shaking and crying right now. ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿(◡︵◡)

    • @achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233
      @achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233 Рік тому +7

      Are we talking about the same Emperor here ? .. He totally would. That Goldfish is a weakness. .. also what is the name of the comic ?

    • @18Hongo
      @18Hongo 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@alastor8091So was Horus as he flushed the goldfish

  • @thisguy2667
    @thisguy2667 Рік тому +67

    Bro, you gotta start putting some of the leagues of Votan in this. They have a great relationship with a Tau that’s worth mentioning.

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 Рік тому +168

    Tau: *enters the chat*
    Everyone in 40k: "Welcome to Hell!"

    • @TheGoodLuc
      @TheGoodLuc 7 місяців тому +4

      Tau: "Thaaank you".

    • @Ollyatlas
      @Ollyatlas 2 місяці тому

      Abit polite for the other factions

    • @BanishedSilentShadow3318
      @BanishedSilentShadow3318 Місяць тому

      Tau: hello everyone!
      Everyone: "welcome to hello, mothafucka!! Ahahaha"

  • @epiccthulu
    @epiccthulu Рік тому +67

    having read the novel of tau vs death guard, Shadowsun: Silent Hunter, the tau have an understanding of demons. In the novel, an ethereal appointed a human navigator, so she has the third eye, to give advice on the warp. Shadowsun and Farsight both have anti-demon tactics since the events of their latest novels

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 Рік тому +131

    If you ever get Isekai-ed into Warhammer 40k, you'd join the Tau than the Imperium. At you get to pilot a mobile suit in the Tau.

    • @robertnelson9599
      @robertnelson9599 Рік тому +25

      Too bad humans are not allowed to pilot the best suits.

    • @Guardsman66
      @Guardsman66 Рік тому +39

      Also you get to live longer than the rest of the Imperium. Despite the fact you ether get conscripted in to the guard or work in the factories till you die.

    • @alastor8091
      @alastor8091 Рік тому +15

      I'd leverage my knowledge of today's world and have the Mechanicus turn me into a pseudo Steel Confessor. I'm 23 so the full Astartes glow up is impossible, but I can go the Erebus route. Then I'd make a request to join the Salamanders.

    • @vladimirmihnev9702
      @vladimirmihnev9702 Рік тому

      ​@@alastor8091Fuck Erabus!

    • @henrypaleveda7760
      @henrypaleveda7760 Рік тому +9

      Lots of the imperial worlds are roughly earth equivalent, and just the worse or the most important ones are shown. Think valiant post imperial occupation, but before industrialization went into full swing.

  • @szysi3k
    @szysi3k Рік тому +16

    In the Ork's bit, I was waiting for the not loaded guns to start shooting in the green hands. That would've been amazing.

  • @blacktemplar2982
    @blacktemplar2982 Рік тому +41

    What each faction thinks of Space Marines might be kinda fun.

  • @trimeerious4349
    @trimeerious4349 Рік тому +82

    Getting a video about how each of the pre heresy primarchs would have reacted to being in Guillimans situation of waking up to being imperial regent would be pretty cool ngl. It may be only speculation but I'm going off pure stubbornness now, it's almost been a year.

  • @thatonekriegguardsmen6140
    @thatonekriegguardsmen6140 Рік тому +209

    I think a video covering the members of the fallen / risen dark angels would be a cool idea

    • @robertnelson9599
      @robertnelson9599 Рік тому +2

      Yeah, that would be cool.

    • @alastor8091
      @alastor8091 Рік тому +1

      Better idea: how each person who comments this would react to Majorkill making the video.

  • @RafaelMartinez-mg5lg
    @RafaelMartinez-mg5lg Рік тому +43

    The Tau and Orc conflict make sense if you look at it from a strategic point of view since the Tau can win agains the Orc but because Orc are... Orc they didnt know HOW to clean them out of a planet so they don't return for a time.

  • @D00M3R-SK8
    @D00M3R-SK8 Рік тому +26

    I started a Tau army very recently. The tau and Necrons were both factions that came about while I was away from the hobby, so I never had much affinity for them. These days though, I've been in and out of the hobby since the 80's, and have painted so much Loyalist and Chaos stuff, that Xenos races are my number one interest these days.
    I really like the general Tau aesthetic, and that they're like clean future in this weird mash up world of medieval meets space (it's like dark age punk or something, very original concept) Then you have tau which are like what you'd expect a future army to look like, rail guns and mech suits etc. They're just a great juxtaposition to the rest of the stuff in the universe (which is why a lot of people don't like them, or at least one of the reasons)

    • @oscarandreas1431
      @oscarandreas1431 Рік тому +1

      Eyyy fellow T’au collector

    • @D00M3R-SK8
      @D00M3R-SK8 Рік тому

      @@oscarandreas1431 hey

    • @aziouss2863
      @aziouss2863 2 місяці тому

      I am noticing a change. The old rabid fans who want everything to be Grimderp are starting to be ignored and looked down upon.
      The Tau are both cool and needed to make the setting more interesting.

    • @dangerzone1106
      @dangerzone1106 Місяць тому

      I also have tau

  • @TheHanselMindset
    @TheHanselMindset Рік тому +13

    You have officially received the “my favourite 40K content creator” award since the upload schedule is actually insane. Thanks for the constant W’s and stay Hansel Mindset

  • @cegesh1459
    @cegesh1459 Рік тому +53

    A video about all Tsu auxilliaries would ve great and give a deserved spotlight to Xenos.

  • @neckermangames5872
    @neckermangames5872 Рік тому +31

    Tzeentch probably also loves the Tau due to the fact that the Tau love inventing and developing new tech, which empowers Tzeentch.

    • @jamesverner9132
      @jamesverner9132 Рік тому +5

      I have a theory that the advancement of the tau was deliberately caused by Tzeentch intervention. He was sick of the fighting by the humans and chaos and wanted something to replace humans to fight.

    • @jaroff-w3i
      @jaroff-w3i Рік тому +16

      You guys both missed the fact that they have small souls, they cannot influence the warp and the warp cannot influence them.

    • @aleanddragonITA
      @aleanddragonITA Рік тому

      Tzneetch is empowered by Technology?
      Wasn't that Vashtorr?

    • @neckermangames5872
      @neckermangames5872 Рік тому +4

      @@aleanddragonITA Directly from the wiki: "Tzeentch is the Chaos God of change, evolution, mutation, intrigue, ambition, knowledge, sorcery, destiny, lies and trickery. Tzeentch is especially empowered by the desire for change and ambition for advancement among mortals."

    • @Mondy667
      @Mondy667 Рік тому

      ​@jaroffermentedsemen4901 The warp definitely can influence them
      Farsight was nearly Corrupted by Khorne, A water caste got possessed by a daemon, are some of the examples

  • @Extremely-GR33N
    @Extremely-GR33N Рік тому +21

    A video recommending 5 40k novels to someone new to the media would be awesome. Cheers, mate!

  • @markedwards2954
    @markedwards2954 Рік тому +7

    I’d love if you did a closer examination of Mortarion’s character and narrative. I think he’s very underrated due to books that only feature him as a side character doing him dirty in his writing. Books that do focus on him(buried dagger, pale king, etc) are the reason he’s my favorite primarch

  • @spookyghostwriter3110
    @spookyghostwriter3110 Рік тому +3

    Video ideas:
    1: The limits of demonhood (could, for example, an AI, warmachine, or sentient weapon become a demon prince?)
    2: How powerful is a navy capital ship anyways? You have ships capable of laying ruin to planets, yet capable of being taken out by a single ground based attack (see the Word Bearer’s Grand Cruiser Orge Lord, for example).
    3: How plausible is the idea of the Silver Skulls being loyalist Iron Warriors, when Dantioch himself only commanded a total of 30 marines, of which only a handful survived to follow him to Ultramar? If not Dantioch, are there any other units the Silver Skulls could have descended from?

  • @albertluke372
    @albertluke372 Рік тому +29

    Majorkill! Please, make a video of how the traitor primarchs felt or what they thought about Abaddon!

    • @colinmorgan2511
      @colinmorgan2511 Рік тому +3

      Angron "Needs butchers nails"
      Fulgrim we don't need to know, I hear he loves em blad

    • @jeffreymonsell659
      @jeffreymonsell659 Рік тому +1

      I also think that's an interesting subject. He's a regular Astartes that is commanding the largest Chaos mortal force in the galaxy. Wouldn't Mortarian and Fulgrim resent him?
      It doesn't seem like Angron cares too much about politics though.

  • @sirhigglesworth
    @sirhigglesworth Рік тому +2

    I appreciate how quick the water caste is to prepare gifts and celebration for things that will not hesitate to slaughter the lot of them in minutes. I also appreciate how effective the fire caste is against khornate threats because Khorne keeps trying to corrupt and capture knarloc farms.

    • @sirhigglesworth
      @sirhigglesworth Рік тому

      (it is occasionally stated in the deep fluff Khorne attempts to scoop up Kroot warspheres, which are psychically piloted, and some warspheres are glorified knarloc farms).

  • @bahmot9501
    @bahmot9501 Рік тому +25

    I will keep asking for this because if there is one thing that all 40k factions have in common it’s stubbornness:
    Could you make a video on how someone could permanently kill one of the 4 chaos gods and (more interestingly) what would happen if they did ?

    • @CrabSpu
      @CrabSpu Рік тому +4

      Its pretty much stated that only bringing the galaxy into order would do that, hence why they orchestrated the horus heresy to begin with

  • @DallingerM
    @DallingerM Рік тому

    Would love seeing a full series on this going through every race in the 40k universe! I really enjoyed this! 👍🏽 Well done!

  • @TheHorreK2
    @TheHorreK2 Рік тому +6

    I kinda like the idea of Tau being "early" Necrontyr, doesnt really make sense rigth now but i safe it under "potentially far-fetched but could be true"-theory.
    It could explain the strangeness of the ethereals as in them being something else in disguise (necrons, old ones...) to shape the race

    • @anvos658
      @anvos658 7 місяців тому

      Well it is possible as there is at least a subfaction of Necrons who regret turning themselves into machines, thus its possible some of the tried to regenesis their race, hoping a homeworld that didn't suck would lead to Take 2 figuring out how to save them from their self imposed hell.

  • @martintheaquilanshield3917
    @martintheaquilanshield3917 Рік тому +7

    Video idea: What if Ynnead was summond?

  • @LxR7601
    @LxR7601 Рік тому +5

    Necrons: save Tau from Tyranid invasion
    Tau: oh thank goodness we're freed!
    Necrons: oh I wouldn't say freed, more like, under new management

  • @neovalley
    @neovalley Рік тому +1

    Good stuff chief! Just started my Tau army and I’m so excited to get to some BLASTING

  • @Skinwalkerwave5115
    @Skinwalkerwave5115 Рік тому +3

    I think Chaos would take some interest since for Khorne there's more blood for the Blood God, Nurgle that there're more people to spread his gifts, Tzeentch because there're more toys to play with, though I see Slaanesh being shafted since the Tau aren't so easily corrupted by the Warp and they wouldn't fall so easily to her

  • @JoshdaKnight
    @JoshdaKnight Рік тому +8

    General question from a casual 40k enjoyer to the more hardcore fans: Would the Necron consider the Tau as the species that they can get their souls installed in?

    • @aziouss2863
      @aziouss2863 2 місяці тому

      From what i know about the lore Most of the Necrons souls are inside the the Catan shard as they ate them.
      Only the higher up Necrons SOMEHOW kept their souls intact and it is linked to the self exile of the Silent king after they beat splintered and captured the Catan.
      There are no souls to transfer... for 99% of the Necrons.
      So that is a cool theory but it does not fit. As the Necrons could have used Any species for that or even bioengineering new ones...They are MASTERS of the materium and all it's tech including biology.
      My own theory is that the Silent king KNEW about the trick that would cost Most the Necrons their souls and went with it anyway... Maybe he thought he had no choice but to take that unimaginably bad deal?
      It would explain the self exile. Could be he is looking for a solution to the soul problem.
      Spending his time looking for a way to retake the souls and absolve himself.
      I like that idea alot actually XD
      Cus it fits with the benevolent personality that the leader... Most Necron lords want to kill all fleashy being which is in direct contrast to how the silent king always tries to preserve the other mortal species...

  • @Comment3r555
    @Comment3r555 3 місяці тому +6

    Video starts at 1:51

  • @WolfA4
    @WolfA4 Рік тому +4

    I like the mental image of a Necron leader literally saying "LMAO."

  • @brandonlyon730
    @brandonlyon730 Рік тому +11

    Curious if Tau have any protocols if a world they colonize or assimilate happened to also be a tomb world?

    • @michelecastellotti9172
      @michelecastellotti9172 Рік тому +4

      Its very deep lore, but there us one, its called:"LEAVE THE FUCKING PLACE, NOW!"

    • @TheUncivilizedNation
      @TheUncivilizedNation 8 місяців тому

      Get the f*ck out seems pretty viable ngl

    • @anvos658
      @anvos658 7 місяців тому

      Basically embrace the Tau mobile line philosophy and repack the colony to move elsewhere.

    • @matijasostojic4288
      @matijasostojic4288 5 місяців тому

      @@michelecastellotti9172 I little scene poped into my mind where some Tau ships land to scan a planet to see if its good for colonization but they see its a Tomb world and panic.
      As they are doing so the Tomb world picks up on the signal. A necron opens up a way to the surface and as he is walking up like a grumpy old guy to see/deal with the unwanted Visitors, he just sees the ships frantically fly off into space thinking "Guess the vermin know better" as he is staring at the sky and he walks back down.

    • @oatmealman1586
      @oatmealman1586 23 дні тому

      Its similar to everyone else's necron doctrine: HOLY SHIT GET OFF THE PLANET

  • @poundsofslothcigars
    @poundsofslothcigars Рік тому +1

    I realize some of these writers are more chill than others bcuz they can make 2 stories of the same faction doing 2 opposite things like the case with the necrons

  • @djinthehouse7950
    @djinthehouse7950 9 місяців тому +1

    Love that essentially the imperium is somewhat portrayed as the IRS when it came to the worlds the Tau tried to assimilate

  • @brettanderson6490
    @brettanderson6490 Рік тому +6

    It's fun to think that an Ork faction could potentially admire or even join the Tau simply because they have the shootiest gunz

    • @anvos658
      @anvos658 7 місяців тому +1

      Possible, or its also possible on an instinctual level Orks realize they need foes who aren't stagnant to become bigger and better and more like the orks of old.

  • @tim_the_traveler
    @tim_the_traveler Рік тому +3

    What if Tizench one day decides to fool around with the Tau, sending a Changeling discased as an Ethereal to start a whole lot of shenanigans.

  • @hotarubi20288
    @hotarubi20288 Рік тому +5

    Video idea:
    Put all 18 founding space marine legions on a planet with their primarch and let them battle until one is left standing. Maybe limit each legion to 5000 marines and do it pre heresy? Who do you think would win?
    Could be pretty cool!

    • @playtoyx
      @playtoyx Рік тому

      Going on your experiment I say lion. Based on his primarch aura alone. He'd win any battle he took the field slowing the enemet marines down.

    • @IsmaelSantos-xv9qf
      @IsmaelSantos-xv9qf Рік тому +2

      @@playtoyx Horus was very charismatic as well and a top notch tactician.
      The Iron Warriors and Imperial Fists would probably build a huge fortress each and dare anyone to dislodge them, probably right in front of each other to siege one another like a power armor version of Hatfields & McCoys.
      Alpha Legion would probably be near impossible to wipe out, same for the Raven Guard and Night Lords, who would go into endless guerilla warfare.
      Guilliman would be near impossible to outlast simply due to logistics.
      The other legions would be defeated by one or another, but these in particular would probably never fully defeat each other.

    • @henrypaleveda7760
      @henrypaleveda7760 Рік тому

      Barring silenced, Perturabo, Lion, the Khan, or Corvus. Conrad and Guiliman are too iffy.

    • @MrFallenone
      @MrFallenone Рік тому

      Corvus would ass ass inate all his brothers and then proceed to tell everyone that he is in fact Alpharius.

    • @joshheathcock9302
      @joshheathcock9302 Рік тому +3

      Pre-heresy? Thousand Sons. 100%. Just too many tactical options. Plus, took all the Wolves, Russ, a bunch of SoS, and
      Custodes (including the Captain General) to beat the Thousand Sons WITHOUT MAGNUS. The wolves are also called out in the lore as the Emperors executioners, so even beating just them is no joke.

  • @tarn4633
    @tarn4633 Рік тому +3

    Everybody dissing the Tau until
    Commander Farsight starts kicking ass and taking names.

  • @atashgallagher5139
    @atashgallagher5139 Рік тому +6

    The Tau's greatest weakness currently is their crippling lack of named heroes. Named hero numbers are the greatest assets for any faction. But the Tau are literally all blue, they are the luckiest bastards in the galaxy.

  • @AppalachianWarhammer
    @AppalachianWarhammer Рік тому +1

    Thanks for the content today mate, life's been utterly miserable dog shit lately but your videos help lighten my generally shit days lately. Thank you, your content helps and is hilarious.

  • @jasonthies9477
    @jasonthies9477 Рік тому +5

    Why is there never an alliance between the Tau and the Eldar? If you think about it strategically, they cover each other's weak spots amazingly well. Hire a Craftworld or two as mercenaries.

    • @ditmarvanbelle1061
      @ditmarvanbelle1061 Рік тому +7

      Trusting an Eldar is the last mistake you'll make. The T'au are no fools.

    • @anvos658
      @anvos658 7 місяців тому +1

      Because as a species as a whole the Eldar are depressed fatalists that think no matter what they do their doomed, so why bother allying with the hopeful young race.

    • @engelostermann7203
      @engelostermann7203 Місяць тому

      Never trust an elf!

  • @arielortiz5643
    @arielortiz5643 Рік тому

    How he described Khorne's opinion of Commander Farsight is hilarious. Aside from the simple and detailed explanations, his sense of humour is one of this guy's major strong points 😂😂😂😂

  • @stephengayton5246
    @stephengayton5246 Рік тому

    I am new to 40k but I am loving the channel and your sense of humor

  • @PZY.Studios
    @PZY.Studios Рік тому

    Thank you for expanding the sale on your new limited time minis I got paid and ordered it yesterday hype

  • @monkeykingyo6359
    @monkeykingyo6359 Рік тому

    THAT CAPTAIN CYBER SAMURAI LOOKS SO COOL!! Like if some of The Fallen encountered the Tau, and somehow got convinced into The Greater Good, and got beefed up with Tau Tech and went from Knights to Samurai.

  • @intboom
    @intboom Рік тому +6

    "Did you ever hear of the War Of Dakka?"
    "No."
    "I thought not. It's not a story the T'au would tell you."
    (And it literally isn't, because it was never mentioned in any Tau codex XD)

    • @555tork
      @555tork Рік тому

      it is also newer than all the previous T'au codicies.

    • @intboom
      @intboom Рік тому +1

      @@555tork The first mention was in the 4th ed ork codex, so it's definitely not newer than *all* of them XD

    • @555tork
      @555tork Рік тому +1

      @@intboom fair enough haven't read that codex so didn't know it was in there.

    • @intboom
      @intboom Рік тому +1

      @@555tork I do quite like that they've integrated this lore into arks of omen, making it big tier canon

    • @555tork
      @555tork Рік тому +1

      @@intboom that's my first hearing about it as well but I do like that it is being based on a previous piece of lore.

  • @mordredoforkney6185
    @mordredoforkney6185 Рік тому +1

    "They're the only faction that isn't technologically stagnant."
    Vashtorr: "OH REALLY??"

  • @ditmarvanbelle1061
    @ditmarvanbelle1061 Рік тому +3

    One thing you didn't address ..... since the T'au align so well with the Emperor's vision on faith, technology and the warp ..... do you think he'd be open to an alliance if he were around in 40k?

    • @EngineerOfVaul
      @EngineerOfVaul Рік тому +1

      Depends on which stage of the emperor we are talking about. There was a time the emperor was pretty open to alliances such as that. He was friends with Eldrad at one point and learned much from the eldar.
      But eventually, by the time of the great crusade, he had a very strong humanity first stance, and wished to scour the galaxy of all xenos regardless of how useful or friendly they might be. The most the tau could hope for under those circumstances was the emperor letting them stay as sanctioned xenos. But that again depends on if the tau can suppress their expansionist ideologies.
      Now though? Sitting on the throne as living corpse for 10000 years with so much hindsight and an even greater picture of how things are all over the galaxy? Maybe he'd reconsider his whole "Humanity first" stance. Or maybe not. Who knows.

    • @anvos658
      @anvos658 7 місяців тому

      Given the Tau have birthed their own Warp God, they'd likely receive the same disdain he showed the old terra religions, since the idiot doesn't get a warp entity that protects your people is a good thing, especially since that puts somebody in the way to siphon off the power that would normally empower the Big 4 Chaos Gods.

  • @theworldsgreatestjidiot9667
    @theworldsgreatestjidiot9667 Рік тому +2

    Hey Majorkill! Cosplay as Ciaphas Cain! I'd totally buy that as a poster!

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 Рік тому +21

    Hot Take: The Tau would have fit in well at the Universal Century of Gundam because they have their own mobile suits with the Federation and Zeon.
    Change my mind.

    • @alastor8091
      @alastor8091 Рік тому +3

      Put them in Gundam Witch so we can see extreme Communism versus extreme Capitalism and we can also have cute blue guys to go with our cute red Tanuki.

  • @Yoshwayy
    @Yoshwayy Рік тому

    Another day BEGGING MajorKill to do something on Imperial/Chao knights.

  • @racknack5778
    @racknack5778 Місяць тому

    A Khorne berserker farsight would be the most terrifying thing ever especially if that warp sword gets a upgrade making him stronger and faster every time he kills honestly wouldn't want to fight that

  • @redluke8119
    @redluke8119 Рік тому

    I'm a simple man I see a majorkill video I watch it I like it

  • @kathiresandk3154
    @kathiresandk3154 7 місяців тому +1

    I'd really love to see the Tau meet a primarch. They better hope it's Guilliman, not The Lion. Better yet, Farsight and Guillman becoming allies.

  • @DOOM_Dwarf
    @DOOM_Dwarf Рік тому

    That thing that everyone always suggests would a prety cool video ngl

  • @555tork
    @555tork Рік тому +1

    commander puretide fought the orks multiple times so the T'au have definitely fought them before and would have had doctrines in place for dealing with them before farsight, hell it's even said that he used long range firepower and maneuvers to make the battle unenjoyable for the orks, they hated fighting him.

  • @therealdoomsage
    @therealdoomsage Рік тому +1

    "Don't forget to bring a Tau!" - Tau-lie, the anthropomorphic towel who came to the greater good from terra long, long ago.

  • @pendragon0905
    @pendragon0905 11 місяців тому +2

    Farsight: You have many slaves, Khorne, but few warriors. And soon, they will all learn to fear the guns of the Tau Empire rather than the whips of Chaos.
    Khorne: 'Tis not the lash they fear, but my divine power. But I am a generous god. I can grant you riches beyond your wildest dreams. I would name you Warlord of the Cult of Khorne. You will carry my battle standard to the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy. And your Orkish and Tyranid enemies will kneel at your feet... if you would but kneel at mine.
    Farsight: That is a generous offer. Oh, Khorne, God of Blood, Master of the Skull Throne. 'Tis an offer only a madman would refuse. But, uh... there's a slight problem. You see, killing all those daemons and cultists earlier has really... has really given me a cramp in my legs. You know? So, kneeling will be hard.
    Khorne: There is no reward for your defiance! I will erase every trace of your existence from the histories! Every piece of Tau parchment shall be burned and every Tau scholar will have their tongues cut out and pulled from their mouths! Why, uttering the name of Farsight or the Tau Empire shall be a crime punishable by death! The universe will never know that you existed.
    Farsight: The universe will know that few stood against many. That freedom fought back against tyranny. And before this war is over, they will know that even a God of Chaos can bleed.

  • @erikgilson1687
    @erikgilson1687 Рік тому +3

    I know chaos isn't technically Hell or full of actual gods or devils but it's funny to me the Tau just refuse to believe it/they exist and that the warps just another part of space and the demons are just other standard xenos threats. It's like the people who try to roleplay being an atheist in D&D

    • @bignasty4874
      @bignasty4874 Рік тому

      Those are atheists who don't buy their own BS and are trying too hard to convince themselves.

  • @ReaperCore15
    @ReaperCore15 Рік тому +1

    Orks are the best, they love everyone, i'm pretty sure every time they see an ennemy faction they're like " YAaaay, more fightin ! " come here friends ! "

  • @VivaMataulipas
    @VivaMataulipas Рік тому +1

    What tech did the Imperium create after the Age of Strife could be an interesting idea for a video, seeing as most of humanity's war tech (Navy ships, Dreadnoughts, Tanks etc...) isn't replicable. Makes you wonder what would the Imperium use were all Dark-Age tech be destroyed?

  • @odinulveson9101
    @odinulveson9101 Рік тому +1

    Blue bois and gals ftw! But jaizes, I cant shake off the reminder that the Taus circular symbol is spot on similar to the ol Bungie games Marathon series symbol and even Halos monitors 😳

  • @KyleWoodProduction
    @KyleWoodProduction Рік тому +2

    This is so weird. I literally decided today that my next army after space marines was going to be Tau

  • @ddooodddoo
    @ddooodddoo 10 місяців тому +2

    Honestly the Tau are the best bet to beat the tyranids because one evolves rapidly while the other has rapid technological advancements

    • @andriy_tato
      @andriy_tato 9 місяців тому +1

      The best faction against Tyranids imo are necrons. They're not made of biomaterials, they can't be infiltrated by genostealers and their weaponry is on another level.

  • @withlovefromlightindust591
    @withlovefromlightindust591 Рік тому +2

    Hello Majorkill,
    Would you please make some lore videos on the Imperial Truth, the Imperial Creed, the Ecclesiarchy, and the High Lords of Terra? Pretty please? Thank you.

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 Рік тому +3

    Commander Farsight - the Char Clone of the Tau with a cool sword and his red mech goes 3 times faster!

    • @henrypaleveda7760
      @henrypaleveda7760 Рік тому

      Their battle suits are cool, but I like their stealth suits better aesthetically.

    • @RJALEXANDER777
      @RJALEXANDER777 Рік тому +1

      "Commander Farsight, we noted an 11% increase in flight speed and hydraulic performance in your prior battle against the Orks. We also recorded instances of, I quote, Orks claiming that "Da red wunz go fasta." What do you make of this nonsense?"
      "They might be onto something. Paint all our warriors in red before our next campaign. Immediately."

  • @themitchnater7800
    @themitchnater7800 Рік тому

    Majorkill you should do a video on the life of a chaos cultists

  • @lUseMyBlade
    @lUseMyBlade Рік тому

    Major please make a video about how the traitors maintain and acuire armor weapons and supplies. Since you know they dont have a big bluberry helping them.

  • @legio-IV-Cataphract
    @legio-IV-Cataphract Рік тому

    Crusade day 6:the top ten community wholesome moments moments would be great

  • @bloxsclaymation
    @bloxsclaymation 19 днів тому

    Commissar Ciaphas Cain of course it had to be him lol, failing upwards constantly to the point he failed so hard that he became a bit of a hero to the Tau

  • @MrMMitchell
    @MrMMitchell Місяць тому

    One could argue that the 1 things the tau do better then others is they have manners and offer planet's a choice silver or lead in a sense. Cartel style yeah but a bit of kindness in this universe can go a long way

  • @chrisgermann6658
    @chrisgermann6658 Рік тому +1

    Its only a matter of time before the Tau enter the warp and try some diplomacy.

  • @Shinobito1
    @Shinobito1 Рік тому +6

    In Arks of Omen: Farsight, Typhus admitted, that he hates the Ta'u with a passion. Because they are so orderly, clean and uncorrupted. So it is his honour, privilige and duty to bring them the gifts of Grandfather Nurgle.

  • @SiegeTF
    @SiegeTF Рік тому +2

    Tzeench is also interested in manipulating the Tau, and had a posessed Water Caste help the Tau change the allegiance of a Forge-world from Imperial to Tau.

    • @555tork
      @555tork Рік тому

      that water caste member went with farsight and was killed.

  • @goreobsessed2308
    @goreobsessed2308 Рік тому

    Beating back the death gaurd is very impressive

  • @danendraarkananta9442
    @danendraarkananta9442 Рік тому +2

    Imperial IRS seems way more problematic than inquition.

  • @salty_sardines942
    @salty_sardines942 Рік тому +1

    korn looking at farsight like i want that

  • @MenaceToSocietyStanding
    @MenaceToSocietyStanding Рік тому +1

    They don't use melee weapons except the one dude, that is grounds for extermination

  • @nitrokat7597
    @nitrokat7597 Рік тому +1

    Video idea, how space marine chapter treat their chapter serf

    • @MrFallenone
      @MrFallenone Рік тому

      Well during the Great Crusade they were all treated well and were above the regular ship crew. My guess is the only exeption would be the Night Lords and World Eaters. The heresy changed a few things :D

  • @DukeCondor
    @DukeCondor Рік тому

    Khorne is so interested in Farsight for being an effective Melee combatant for a Tau lol

  • @lathrael7152
    @lathrael7152 Рік тому

    Khorne: "Please give me something to replace Angron. Even Farsight will do..."

  • @sir_ridley388
    @sir_ridley388 Рік тому

    Already the best T'au video. They're more bovine and definitely not fish people

  • @TheSuperSonicMan
    @TheSuperSonicMan 7 місяців тому

    i like the tau because it is a reminder that warhammer is very much a sci fi setting as it is much a fantasy setting. the purpose of the tau is to use as a perspective as a realistic futuristic civilization like star wars or star trek and how they react to the crazy fantasy vibes that is warhammer

  • @Siege181
    @Siege181 Рік тому

    For a Xmas special, can we have a vid of a really drunk Majorkills opinion of each primarchs please? 🤣

  • @stripeybag6977
    @stripeybag6977 Рік тому +1

    Again, "We love you Tau Jesus."
    Anrakyr the Traveller- "Hahaha What the hell is happening? Hehe open fire."

  • @MarrsJ
    @MarrsJ 5 місяців тому +3

    It's funny how the tau are just like the normal neutral-leaning sci-fi faction, but just plopped Into the worst timeline and because of that they're the good guys by default

  • @internetuser320
    @internetuser320 Рік тому +5

    Can you cover the ultramar realm?
    Or maybe guillimom?

  • @theaussieperspective
    @theaussieperspective Рік тому

    A commenter asking for a video about how each primarch would react if put in Gullimans position would be great. It’d be even better if he mentioned traitor marines :o

  • @TheIllusiveMan11
    @TheIllusiveMan11 Рік тому +2

    What about the Leagues of Votann?

  • @joelatkinson4967
    @joelatkinson4967 8 місяців тому

    Imagine major minis becoming its own game

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 Рік тому

    10:51 Farsight Enclave warriors telling the Black Legion Chaos Space Marines to split away.