Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-24.177.35.35-20130905071358/@comment-6134883-20131013145545

All hell breaks loose yes - but: the Tau are a small empire, cut out the Imperial bureaucratic middle men and local support is likely to improve immensely. Remember the WHOLE Imperium doesn't respond to any challenge mostly it's the local Sector or Sub-sector or even  system resources that take it on. Cutting off the head of such a humumgus body might make much less difference than you think. It is not impossible that certain planets will never even notice.