Failsafe Detonator

A Failsafe Detonator is a Tau device developed only be used in the most dire of circumstances. Intended as the ultimate expression of the doctrine of the Greater Good, a Failsafe Detonator is a powerful explosive device that causes the bearer’s Tau Battlesuit to self-destruct in a lethal explosion. With the pilot’s sacrifice, he buys the rest of his squad-mates time to withdraw and regroup in the face of overwhelming assaulting enemy forces. A Failsafe Detonator is a signature Support System available only to Battlesuit pilots of the rank Shas’vre or higher. However, the current rarity of this system among deployed Fire Caste units means that its distribution is usually limited to only one per Hunter Cadre.