Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-174.29.70.24-20140614080359/@comment-62.226.244.137-20140614192819

do not suffer the xeno

tau should simply thank the tyranids for appearing, otherwise they would have been wiped off the map of the galaxy.

however: the tau are still a small stellar empire, in a very small area. and given their current technological capabilities, they can hardly move swiftly thanks to no real warp travel. the imperium is vast, they are local, which gives them an edge in trade relations and so on, however, the imperium is still the xenophobic giant, that moves only once it is disturbed, but when it moves, it does so with a sledgehammer.

imagine the tau not as a big player but merely as a representation of the multitude of races that form the threats to the imperium aside the more potent foes (nids, orks,[ number] eldar and dark eldar [strike anywhere]

the eldar simply survive because of the webway and their mobility, orks are basiccally the galactic  cockroaches and nids are  galactic locust swarms.