Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-26540047-20160512155332/@comment-24226187-20160515192338

Nah commander Puretide was born during the middle of the second sphere of expansion. Just like Sun Tzu was born after countless warlords and conquerors had battled their way through the ages. While the analog holds true, in no way Puretide created Tau Combat Doctrine. He was just the most brilliant strategist of his time, just like Sun Tzu. You have to understand the Tau mobile combat doctrines — homogeneous to real-life 21st century standard warfare — rely on mobility and cunning while using their superb technology to conquer any and all obstacle seeking to deny the Tau their manifest destiny, or at least that what the Etherials say.

Kauyon, the patient hunter and oldest of the three, whose cunning traps could slay even the most cautious of foes and mastery achieved only through a razor edge mind and ice cold temper the likes only the most machiavellians of commanders can achieve, which Shas'O Shaserra, better known as Commander Shadowsun, is known to excel, after all she conquered the world of Agrellan (renamed Mu'gulath Bay) in a single day, bitter reports of Astra Militarum commanders described her as a Xenos Witch whose traps have traps on traps.

Mont’ka, the Killing Blow, the most aggressive combat style known to the Tau and whose mastery relies on aggressive troop movement and direct attacks on key tactical targets. Sometimes the fire that lit on the breast of every fire warrior is too wild to tame. These Tau whose innate agrresion denies the ways of the patient hunter find release in the killing blow whose focuses the warrior rage and fury on the enemy most vulnerable weakness. Applying the maximum damage on a single front utterly destroying their target before the enemy have any chance of retaliation. Such strategies applied over and over can shatter even the mightest of armies, just like the Traitor and Hero of the Tau empire: Shas'O Vior'la Shovah Kais Mont'yr, often shortened to O'Shovah, but better known as Commander Farsight, demonstrated in his decade long war in the rust waste plains of Arkunasha were Farsight hold the line for ten years against an enemy whose numbers rivaled the stars in the sky. With superb critical thinking and deep examination on the enemy way of warfare O'Shovah learned to predict enemy patterns and extrapolate the necessary counter attack to stop them in their track, all without losing a single soldier, for such is the way of the Killing Blow.

Monat, the Cadre of one and least known fighting style the Tau employ. For one to choose the path of the Monat is a serious deed indeed. The Monat is forced to relinquish any bond of fraternity and cohesion thats holds the pillar of Tau society together, the Tau’va, in exchange they gain the tactical expertise and brutal proficiency required to deal cadre level damage on a single unit scale. Armored with the latest battle suit technology and armed with devastating offensive weapons and equipment, the followers of the Monat are more than a challenge to even the greatest of the Gue'Ron'Sha, Space Marines. These embittered Monat pilots often choose to undertake dangerous missions where the risks are extremely high, and will often be deployed to undertake tactically vital missions which they are not likely to survive; such sacrifices are sometimes necessary in pursuit of the Greater Good, for is the path of the lone hunter.

This is the way of the Tau, their methodology and warfare maneuvers all flexible and devastating as a Space marine orbital assault. They place priority to systematic enemy elimination rather than static warfare, willingly to make strategic withdrawals, giving ground to the enemy when holding it will prove too costly. After all they can just kill them from afar and take the ground again. With the ever evolving understanding of the universal laws that govern our dimension coupled with their devastating technological innovations within and without the field of battle, few can deny the power the Tau wield, for science is their weapon of choice and with it they will carve a place for their empire in this wretched galaxy of theirs.