Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25507520-20150514150104/@comment-8881468-20161118214416

1. as far as I remember, only tau are fire caste, not other races. those client raes generally keep their forms of organisations and ways of life, whilst a more pro tau sentiment will surely be supported via benefits in work and allocation of ressources and the likes.

however: You name the reasons for your defection as: "hopeless odds" aka you did not have the courage to die for what you believed in and simply wanted to continue your existence. That is no sign of your identificatin with Tau ideals in any shape or form, it is merely self interest, which is actually the opposite of the greater good. As such, nobody would even give you a pulse rifle, they'd give you a tau produced lasgun

Also do not forget, Tau battlesuit technology is only a step up from their normal armor systems and what fire caste members have been training with since god knows when. no systems are alike, most concepts are not transferrable, let alone an form of technology.

an Imperial walker Pilot has experience with Imperial tech, this does not mean that he has the knowledge and skills and training to pick up sophisticated tau tech and the Tau only give out their tech to believers in the greater good.