Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25618639-20150220210346/@comment-6078851-20150302164310

i'm checking their previous codex and they have had experience with warp travel but their problem with warp travel is that they lack the gene mutation that creates warp-navigators. the tau themselves adopted the 'short dips into the warp' method of travel i was speaking of previously, "without the specialised mutation of the navigator gene, their colony ships could only make short 'hops' into warp space, skimming the edges of the immaterium." i havn't come across any mentions of them having ftl capabilities.

this is from their previous codex though, so i don't know how much has been changed. i'm sure shas'll know with him being the resident tau expert. but if they now have a warp-travel capable ally-species then i'd imagine that their knowledge of warp travel is greater now than it was.