the Culexus as a slenderman-like threat is far more interesting than just a dude with a couple grenades and a funny helmet. Love it. Again, great work man, can't thank you enough.
legit this was one of the big highlights for me i have never seen them decribed like this. its a nice change, think it might just be becasue of the Taus tiny souls but yeah i could picture it well it would be super distrubing just a feeling of dread. i always viewed them as the weakest assassins this has boosted them for me
If the Tau wanted to establish real relations and trade or ever be the actual good guys and less revolting then they would establish arm's trade and sell them weapons for their general infantry.
What makes the Culexus great is their Suits. that phase through matter like ghosts. imagine if that was given to space marines, eversors & vindicare assassin. damn unstoppable.
Tau wins one planet and their entire race/empire puts their celebration on media and loops it. Meanwhile on Terra some unknown tech priest in a mega bureaucracy looking at a map that would take lifetimes to take in: What's this blip? What's a Tau?
I think that's even reflected in the Lore. When the Tau succesfully conquer a Fortress World, the Tau propaganda pronounce it as an amazing victory and that they dealt a mortal blow to the Imperium. Meanwhile an administratum agent makes a note that resources aren't flowing from that planet anymore, readjusts the flow of tithes, and that's it. The world is forgotten.
@@Lightscribe225 exactly, im am making a direct reference to something A.B.P. read out. I think its about an hour or two in but I dont have a time stamp. Its just after the imperial forces retreat off world and regroup.
Not even the titanic efforts of Black Library to write off the Imperium as incompetent can hide the fact the Imperium is still something great and magnificent.
just imagine. North Korea takes Hawaii, while all the people in Hawaii evacuated because there was a 'false alarm' about the volcano activity. It would be a truly trivial task to retake it, but the North Korean regime would be still playing the looped propaganda when their whole city burns in the flame that is the wrath of US freedom fighters lol
@@iNahtanoJ I activate my trap card Ultimate Providence! This card let's me discard a card of the same type to counter the effect of your Pot of Greed!
My personal head cannon to justify how all of this can be true, is to say that this is written from the Taus perspective, and it is their desperate, and failed, attempt to explain and comprehend everything they are seeing here. This would explain a lot of the lore inconsistencies as the Tau simply miss labeling stuff.
@@BigBroKuma for a franchise like wh40k or star wars, the cannon is what is officially true. like with star wars, none of the games are cannon, only the movies, tv shows, and select comics. a persons head cannon, is what they believe to be officially true. it mostly happens when said person is dissatisfied with the actual cannon.
I have a hard time believing the White Scars would mistrust the Raven Guard for randomly changing plans and not communicating. That's exactly what the White Scars do anyway.
Well, the difference between the two is that the Raven Guard might tell you they’re going left before going right while the White Scars will tell you to shut up and keep up when you ask where they’re going.
@@mc.builder8267 the white scars are all about doing whatever they want “ride with the wind” The raven guard fight independently from other imperial forces. In the lore most planets do whatever they want as long as they pay their tithes. Idk if that’s not independent....
"King of the Spacemarines" oh my... I wonder what would the T'au think if they were told there's like a thousand of those running around in the Imperium.
I really want Gulliman to just show up in Tau space with 10 chapters, a titan legion, around a billion guardsmen and a bunch of vortex torpedoes to just delete them. Now that would be a good read.
@@ddandymann Especially after this, I just want the Tau to get theirs, in a very bad and gratifying, close-quarters combat way where they can feel every second of fear before they meet the blade end of a chain-sword or Bolter.
Frankly, I’m surprised the Ordo Xenos hasn’t petitioned for a Chapter to be founded or at least to be based in the Damacles Gulf, especially considering that the Tau had “defeated” a “crusade” at this point.
@@ddandymann I don’t even thing that Tau space has enough room for a force of that size, it’s only a few hundred systems at most, with only a small portion being well developed.
The Ordo XENOS notes your proper disgust at the Tau and their heretical thinking machines. Your access to historical records will continue to be granted. The Emperor protects.
had a slight giggle to myself the more he keeps practically spitting the letters "A.I." damn those Tau and their abominable intelligence usage as always great work
I’m sure their fighting the imperium would’ve been avoided if they knew how large and the capacity for violence the imperium had and was waiting to use
Tau Earth Caste: Look at the staggering technological might of the Imperium, what brilliant minds must be behind such advanced technology... Smash cut to a team of tech priests having a purification oil car wash on a baneblade.
Apparently after the first major conflict with the imperium the tau analyzed left over and destroyed technology, it was deemed inferior to their own and useless to the greater good. They were impressed by titans though. Go figure. Human's giant robots.
@@Mecha_mage, it's funny though, because in terms of real world science, Imperial lasguns are harder to make than tau railguns or pulse rifles (since pulse rifles are just slightly altered railguns that shoots charged particles instead of pieces of metal or whatever). Just as Imperium's Hunter-Killer missile works on "fire-and-forget" principle with advanced sensor and guidance systems, while tau's Seeker missile requires illuminating the target by laser (markerlight) and otherwise it will just fly forward.
@@quigglebert you're saying Tau are badasses but you're forgetting that marines are also badasses, regardless of any perceived bias. It's not even close in many cases. It's like bad whipping for the marines, across the board. 10k years of collective experiences, masters of their art of war, hundreds of campaigns and constant war. You're telling me they're getting outsmarted at every turn and that's believable? Alright. I'm a night lords fan and I know marines are fallible but this isn't fun to listen to when the marines sound completely incompetent
@@michaelharris8111 In the words of someone from Star Wars: "Fighting wars that, as always, have taught the wrong lesson." The only thing worse than inexperience is -bad experience-. Marines may have thousands of years of combat, but, as the outcomes show, they are as stagnant as the rest of the Imperium, mentally. Space marines aren't mary-sues... they're just sorely overrated, in universe and out. (Tough, deadly, etc, but in the broad scales of warfare, "veteran knight in shining armor" still tends to lose out to the peasant with a musket (Or Pulserifle/railrifle))
@@michaelharris8111 Some marines are just that 'dumb' this campaign is an outlier, but the more codex compliant chapters (not just numbers) would definitely get bodied by the tau's fluidity of battle, a lack of flexibility is an issue with many many chapters
"Was this Corvin Severax not the king of your warriors?" "No, blue xeno he was the chapter master of the raven guard" "Was he at least the mightiest of your chapter masters?" "He wasn't even the best raven guard marine"
These silly little blueberries are gonna be in for a shock when they see lucky they are that the empire accidentally shields from the scariest parts of this nightmare galaxy
You gotta give it to ‘em, they make your fight for survival easier by making the absolute most of your weaknesses against their strengths. Cheat is not fair in a game, in war it’s called strategy.
the novel democles (i recommend the audiobook) goes into way more detail about this its a really god story but very much more, oooo imperium winning BRING OUT ANOTHER SECRET WEAPON
@@ABorderPrince I still don’t understand how anyone would think that the Tau could even have the NUMBERS for such a thing, and I still don’t understand how it is that the Tau could have ships that can stand up to the Imperial Navy. The technological difference alone should make that a near impossibility, not to mention the fact that the Tau can field ships seemingly as large as the imperium’s, which the Imperium can likely only do due to the galaxy of resources at its disposal AND its extensive strip mining and shipyards size.
GW wrote themselves into a corner with the Tau. There is no real way to depict a realistic conflict between the Imperium and the Tau because the Tau wouldn’t exist afterwards. Besides the plot armor of “and a bigger mech-suit joins the fight to turn the tide”, like, 4 Warlords and 10 Warhounds would be enough to roll the entire system! And even that is probably overkill. Considering the punitive nature of the conflict and the resources allocated by the Militarum and Space Marines, the idea that zero Titans would be in the task force is fucking wild.
@@ArchAngel119 because of other conflicts, they're responding every time to what they deem necessary for the Tau, drowning in a sea of their own disorganized info, they constantly incorrectly gauge the threat, and by the time another century or 2 passes and they remember that the Tau are a thing, they've doubled in size and scope, I do think it's bad writing in the least. Also they give the Tau a titan to fight in the Taros campaign and do just fine, and that was before the storm surge was revealed.
Plus I think the crux of it is that if they actually focused a solid double digit percent of their attention on the Tau, it'd probably be another Horus heresy they face, ass of the imperium getting eaten out by chaos, another ork waagh, or probably the biggest incursion of necron mustered so far, with them all waking up in 9th edition
well tau´s technology is more superior than the one used by IoM and during taros campaign Tau already showed that they can deal with the titans easily.... actually so easily that mechanicus pissed themself and pulled titants back. In conclusion Taus dont need IoM numbers to win and IoM will never be able to muster crusade large enough to wipe them out when there will ALWAYS be a bigger threat. And i think that Tau were amazing idea by GW because it added someone who is actually "good guy" compare to IoM and its not just about good humans vs evil humans/monsters/demons.
"And after Shadowsun outsmarted everyone in the Imperium by sending all the Custodes in the Imperial Palace chasing after a rocket painted to look like her, she sneaked into the Throne Room and atomized the Emperor with a single discharge of her pulse cannons. As the killswitch on the throne detonated, she removed her helmet, revealing it wasn't actually Shadowsun but one of her trusted lieutenants, Shas'Vre Whatshisface, who had volunteered to take her place."
Wanks of the tau too much that’s why I assume. Kinda turning me off have yet to be able to finish the video l. (I like tau just not when their Mary Sues)
@@gelraldoldo5152 they didnt really seem like Mary Sues. I can understand not liking how the battle is written as some sorta yugioh episode with each side just taking turns activating their trap cards.
Well. I just want to thank you. Going through a tough time but I used to play Tau as a kid and hearing your reading really made my day as I cleaned up my house.
it's 24 hours with a few years of preparing things, like instigating rebellions finding structural weak points and also just letting it collapse onto itself.
This kept me awake during a long drive to go home for Christmas today. Such a great listen and I am currently in bed listening to it still! Ill need another for the day I leave. Merry Christmas!
'Tau... They are prey, nothing more… This upstart Tau must learn their place. Not trespassing in the Imperium, but in their grave’ Sergeant Cato Sicarius, during the First Damocles Crusade, during the Battle of Vespetin.
Man, sicarius's squad's battle with farsight on Dal'yth would have been way different if farsight had the sword that he is known for. They fucked farsight over until like the last chapter where he caught them in a trap
It's cool to hear about these named characters that we see on the tabletop. For example, Longstrike being a tank ace who is able to command his team of Hammerheads like they're part of his own body makes sense with his ability to buff nearby Hammerheads. And the fact that you can glue Longstrike standing up out of the hatch of his tank lines up with tradition of doing so while commanding his armored division, refusing to hide inside the armored hull.
Its universal among Tank Commanders. Its not limited to a fictional one. Fact is if buttoned up the TC loses much of their situational awareness, so ANY TC worth their salt will be heads out unless they have no other option. Hell many modern MBT's have the ability to half close the commanders hatch, allowing it to close up enough to protect the TC from over head threats, but still allow better vision and hearing.
I've listen to this at least 3 times, thank you AB Prince for these types of videos! Not only do they help me pass the time while painting they're brilliantly done. Keep up the great work!
Corvin Severax scared and impressed the T'au so much that they called him "King of the Space Marines". now imagine if they fought an army led by Guilliman himself, a prince of the entire Imperium and a literal emperor of his own pocket empire (which technically includes most of the Eastern Fringe). I would like to see that happen someday
@@harley4683 My exact same thought, their first interaction with a primarch would be so overwhelming and terrifying, that they would immediately accept any peaceful treaty guilliman would offer to them. Cause if they piss off a primarch, especially the administrative and strategical genius such as roboute, realistically i think they'd be wipe off the map.
@@yaboialphapsi-krieger2709 in lore that's been the tau view on humans the entire time. Lol. They avoid full scale war at any cost with humanity. The ethereals are straight up afraid of the viciousness of humanity. Cause the tau dont kill worlds, or kill civilians for no reason, but the humans do lol
@@harley4683 Yup, pretty much lol, But now with them knowing about roboute, and possibly even the emperor of mankind himself, if they lie that he's able to walk and obliterate things up if he chose to, they'd be a 100x more terrified on fcking with the imperium.
Been looking for a channel focusing on the battles and campaigns in the lore along with a voice that is easy to understand without being monotone. Easy sub
Gosh man that was 6 hours of extreme narrating! Good work! Unfortunately I have to say, the plot armor was too thick I really had a hard time swallowing it. Shame for the good work you put in!
This is truly what they call a labor of love I guess, I mean 6 hours of quality narration, as a freeloader I feel deeply ashamed I have not paid for this, of course, I'm an in Iran iranian so I'm effectively and completely cast out of global financial system, yet for all it's worth, this work was amazing, I wish I could support you more effectively my Prince... you deserve every bit of it that you receive...
I love that the tau think that they are the largest empire in the galaxy, but they are nothing but a simple thorn that has struck deep into the back of the hulking behemoth that is the imperium. And if the imperium fought the tau as if they are of chaos the tau would not be but a memory of a stubborn xeno race that the imperium had made extinct
Man i dont know why but out of the 200+ black library books ive read, the ones featuring the tau i enjoy the least. They almost feel like bad fan fiction. Although that one caiphas kaine book portrays them well.
i dont mind them to be honest i mean the tech does make a big differene but i understand people think its too much. I enjoy the Tau books because of the trully messed up and mysterious stuff on their origins and stuff.
Yeah i absolutely see where your comming from, theres alot thats really fascinatinf about the Tau. Sometimes i wonder if im just biased in favour of the imperium. But Storm of Iron where the iron warriors slaughter that garrison and steal a mother load of gene seed is one of my favourite stories and the imperium gets dunked on in that so i dont know haha.
Completely agree. They just seem over powered. Agreed I might be biased toward the imperium but still... The way the Tau are written, it seems too much . I honestly avoid most of their books lol
That occasionally ringing in the backing track sounds exactly like my apartment buzzer 😂 with headphones in I keep getting a mild heart attack every time
Damn the Raven Guard got out stealthed by the Tau resulting in their Chapter Masters death and the losses of several battle brothers.... the Raven Gaurd can't catch a brake it feels like they are getting killed all the time.... feels bad man :
I really like the Tau, thank you for doing these :) I know the Tau can seem OP but I like to think of it like this. The Tau empire is small, Tiny even, but their technology greater than the Imperium. While this is a small engagement for the Imperium. This is a war of survival for the Tau. Combined also with the Imperium underestimating the Tau. The Tau came out on top. Of course if the force was larger. The Tau wouldn't have stood a chance.
I like to think a big part of the difference is the style. Both are mainly shooting forces, but the tau have had the advantage of home field the entire time. The tau are a much stronger defense army than offensive. Alot of people keep crying the tau are op but the imperium just said "F it I'm in." And attacked with minimal intel. If the rolls were reversed and tau lose 110%. Because they wouldnt be able to have the advantage
That's the great thing about the entire relationship between the Tau the Imperium, the Imperium can't devote the resources and proper commanders to crush the Tau. They're currently being assaulted from every angle and the Tau are but a thorn in the side of this galaxy spanning empire. However the longer they're left alone, the stronger the Tau get and when there isn't a military expansion, the Tau continue to grow by using diplomacy and convincing the worlds forgotten or neglected by the Imperium to join them. By the time, the Empire of Man has the ability to properly deal with the Tau, the Tau will have grown in territory and in their technological development to a point the Imperium may not be able to beat them.
This is the best take I've seen here. I love the tau. This was a fight for their survival. This was a crusade! They had to pull out all the stops and win or fucken be deleted from the 41st millennium! And the imperium won't even feel this. What happens when they come back not underestimating them? Grimdark bay-beee
I think this is the first one I actually paid attention to the screen on. Now I feel guilty as obviously you put so much effort into the visual. Excellent video bud
After listening to your books and videos and listening to audible, I cant help feel the audible books are "empty"... especially when they without some witty comments.
I think there's some audio clipping going on early on , quite subtle, I *think* it's something to do with the screen image and the audio being encoded at different 'fps', YES audiophiles I know that's the wrong term for audio, but its the term used by TH-cam creators, and the one you'll find in creator forums! :) it happens when you encode the sound and the video separately. I could be talking absolute pish of course, and maybe my telly is just on the way out! But I know you creators like feedback about things like this, especially over such a long video Ps: if something does need fixed, don't do it for another 4hr:30m, I've got quite into the story and don't want you deleting it mid-listen! 😉
Ahhhh Kk I’ll look into this I’m still amateur hour here but I’m looking to upgrade stuff soon. I’ll take a look at this though not somthing I’m really up on at all
@@ABorderPrince its only something I've heard of because of watching old tech channels and Techmoan where they sometimes have to muck around with PAL/NTSC and then getting that into digital format, I'm pretty much a amateur as well 🤣🤣🤣 there was a fair bit of it around 15 mins, then at the first title screen after 22mins you catch it again It's not something that bothers me in the slightest, but I know it drives some people daft! You've got such a good voice for doing this, if you've got new equipment to get thats something for us all to look forward too 😊
Couple of things I’m trying to improve on tbh but Yeye I’ll look that up and see what I see. Main thing is I have noticed the clipping between sections, obviously I don’t do this in one take lol so splicing together causes a click sometimes but I can’t catch them all (not for 6 hours worth)
@@ABorderPrince with this being a long video, maybe someone who knows the answer will come across this convo and drop us the answer into the comments!🤞 fingers crossed 🙂
What this summary doesn’t say about the Tau invasion of that hive world is that it had Eldar ghosts that haunted Shadowsun and distracted her, also the white scars looked like total chumps. They charged a force of crisis suits on an open plain, The crisis suits then proceeded to simply fly a couple hundred yards up into the air and butcher them at close range.
I like that the Imperium basically forgets how to fight wars. Especially at the last battle. Lets see, whole battlefleet in orbit, total air supremacy. Numerical superiority by the millions, infiltration specialists, and what beats them is a sandstorm that apparently imperial scanners and autosenses are just helpless against. And oh everyone who walks into the storm gets ambushed, hello? Orbital bombardments? Artillery? Even the Soviet Union at its worst used copious artillery when they knew ambushers were nearby. Nope lets all just amble into the storm piecemeal forgetting entirely that these are veteran Cadian units fresh from fighting orks who would understand the flaw in this strategy.
For someone like me that doesnt have the money to buy books or audiobooks all the time your channel is a great thing, fun and engaging voice work. Keep up the good work.
This started out really cool but then it became a series of "And then the Tau pulled this secret weapon/tactic out of their asses and totally owned the Imperium" too many times in a row to stay interesting or even credible.
@@firesidestories5714 she represents the very best in Tau strategy skill and strength for (some what) person-sized single combat besides Farsight, whereas I'm pretty sure kossarro doesn't represent that for the space Marines, if anything, I think his plot armor let him get off too easily repeatedly
@@ABorderPrince well this may sound a bit of a stretch, but I do know a good example of a channel called EckartsLadder that uses a simple grid based map and colored silhouettes to describe ship combat and movement. Maybe something similar can be employed with the chapter’s iconography moving around another symbol to describe an ambush and then the map can zoom outward to represent the hidden reinforcements they’ve deployed. That way you can still have the shock and awe of the Ravenguard at first being the predators but quickly turning into the prey. But that’s just me, because I’m a visual learner.
I have waited soooo long for this video! Thank you so much man! You never cease to amaze me with the quality of your work and dedication to this channel! You deserve 10000000 subs
Its easy to forget jus how vast and powerful Imperium is. They get their asses kicked alot so you think " well the Tau are jus too advanced. Then i remember the strategy by man is simply charge, die and repeat till the enemy is wiped out. Drawing from a million words, even jus half a million worlds puts into focus that this is a military exercise for Mankind. If they get serious their numbers would blot out the sky and weapons would crush whole battle regiments in 1 volley. Pretty damm scary if i can say so. Makes Tau look like the protagonist.
Marneas Calgar 1v1ed an Avatar of Kahine. You know the eldar God of War who turns greater daemons into sushi. The only kind of space marine who should stand a chance against an Avatar would be Grey Knights as they specialize in killing warp entities. You calling out tau plot armor is like the pot calling the kettle metal. Pure gayce marine player copuim.
@@eternalhowl8895 as far as I know it can range between 2,000 and 200,000, but even that is a bit below the numbers suggested in the book, cuz that’s like 100,000,000 per regiment
Ants stabbing at a man's toe while he wrestles a three-armed bear, two giant mutant corpses, a pit of vipers, and a demented clown giggling in the corner with a laser gun, while blindfolded and with several knives in his back.
*no* T'au strategy works because Imperium underestimated them after their experiences in the First Damocles Gulf Crusade T'au were relatively sorry foes in this first true war between the Imperium and the T'au Empire Difference is T'au took all those lessons to heart - and developed not only new weapons systems and platforms, but new tactics ect. ect. Stormsurge was a response to Knights and Titans - Reptide as well Moving fortifications - to their experiences with more mobile Imperial forces What we observe in the Second Damocles Gulf Crusade - is T'au Empire ability to addapt - and create new technology - simply to counter what the Imperium might deploy on the battlefield
This has been great to listen to over a couple days at work! Gotta say dude, being from the states, your accent and the tone/pitch/timbre of your voice adds so much to your retellings!
@@ABorderPrince I don't really have a problem with their tech edge and skill. It's the IG and Space Marines leaving their own home when they come out to fight this faction.
@@ABorderPrince the germans in ww2 are widely considered to have some of the most technologically advanced weapon systems of the period, and yet they still got destroyed
@@SleepySoviet the Germans got defeated due to being on to many war fronts plus there communications methods got discovered and countered so it a slow and steady decline from there tbh
@@alexmetty3015 the lost because they got outproduced by a hilarious degree by two superpowers. they could win tactical victories, even operational ones, but strategically they were screwed
When it was said they would basically take half the "forces" left on Agrellen and leave the rest. That half was all rare tanks and equipment and the men needed for them and most of the grunts left behind.
this is a great drinking game: - White Scars Jink - It was actually a Kauyon poly - Either side suddenly remembers they have an Air Force (Double Bonus if both do at the same time) - "Buffalo" rule in effect when it's just too ridiculous.
Great job as always Prince!!!!! At the rate the Tau books are going they could easily outsmart the Imperium in a campaign even if a primarch was leading them. Roboute Guilliman might be able to beat Chaos, but he has no chance against the Tau. :-P
The imperium is outmatched when it comes to tech....they need to bring in more sykers....and bend reality to crush the tau....and use visions to predict their moves
Or orbital bombardments virus bombs death guard of kreig a single. There so many things that could be used and absloutly destroy the taus but there also better used elsewhere shit send in the lamenters they will win they will only have two left of them but they will win
@@thesecondguywhoknowsthings7154 Yup. But the models sell really well....so... Let's forget internal consistency within the established parameters of our own universe and establish a minor irritant of a xenop species as being more advanced than the Eldar while using pretty much all the same tactics and technology with the exception of psychers and make sure they have plot armor and an unlimited amount of contrivances to keep them alive from the actual major factions of the galaxy while ignoring all the races we haven't touched in decades that are far more interesting.
@@HoneyBadger1779 thats why u set a model set that sell better against them + when has good bussiness strategy ever stopped games workshop from doing something stupid
Technologically outmatched??? Maybe at the basic level for guardsmen. But we're talking about an empire that holds psychic titans, a volcano cannon, a quake cannon that shoots mini exterminatus, and plenty of crazy tech that can easily wipe a world or any standing army to null. With belisarius cawl pushing the mechanicus to start bringing back weapons they locked away in their vaults we have no clue what other kind of dark age doomsday tech that could return. I don't think the imperium is out teched as a whole.
@@stephenlee1664, do not be distracted by big guns, just look at the details: In terms of real world science, Imperial lasguns are harder to make than tau railguns or pulse rifles (since pulse rifles are just slightly altered railguns that shoots charged particles instead of pieces of metal or whatever). Imperium's Hunter-Killer missile works on "fire-and-forget" principle with advanced sensor and guidance systems, while tau's Seeker missile requires illuminating the target by laser (markerlight) and otherwise it will just fly forward. Also Imperium is vastly superior in terms of medicine, augmentations and genetic engineering. Like, typical cheap-as-dirt skitarii ranger contains more tech than whole tau cadre. His direct neural link-up to Noosphere presents him unprecedented level of communication with allied troops and command. His Galvanic rifle shoots guided ammunition at the same distance as pulse rifle, but with greater armour-piercing effects and accuracy, also thanks to superior targeting systems implanted in body. And more. Even Imperial Guard can be equipped with stuff tau have no analogue for. For example, man-portable melta guns and plasma guns (tau fusion blasters and plasma rifles can be operated only by battlesuites or bigger vehicles), personal sound dampeners for stealth, NVGs in size of sunglasses, motion predictors that can be attached to a gun and used to intercept running eldars, recoil-dampening gloves, grav-chutes and more.
Not going to lie, I can not WAIT for a single man of iron vs an entire Tau star system. Just one. With their reliance on AI and nanotechnology, it would be such a BEAUTIFUL story. Honestly, Im talking dead space, akira and elfin leid. How close to the Tau empire is the nearest... Blackstone Fortress?
discovered your channel a few weeks ago and it was an absolute blast so far. Keep up the good work! PS: It´s really annoying to hear about all the Tau "space tech magic" plotarmour on a regular basis throughout an entire book xD
the Culexus as a slenderman-like threat is far more interesting than just a dude with a couple grenades and a funny helmet. Love it.
Again, great work man, can't thank you enough.
legit this was one of the big highlights for me i have never seen them decribed like this. its a nice change, think it might just be becasue of the Taus tiny souls but yeah i could picture it well it would be super distrubing just a feeling of dread. i always viewed them as the weakest assassins this has boosted them for me
@@ABorderPrince The obsidian knight is a saint of the Emperor change my mind!!!
@@Prophetofthe8thLegion He should be
If the Tau wanted to establish real relations and trade or ever be the actual good guys and less revolting then they would establish arm's trade and sell them weapons for their general infantry.
What makes the Culexus great is their Suits.
that phase through matter like ghosts.
imagine if that was given to space marines, eversors & vindicare assassin.
damn unstoppable.
Tau wins one planet and their entire race/empire puts their celebration on media and loops it. Meanwhile on Terra some unknown tech priest in a mega bureaucracy looking at a map that would take lifetimes to take in: What's this blip? What's a Tau?
its like poetry it ryhmes
I think that's even reflected in the Lore. When the Tau succesfully conquer a Fortress World, the Tau propaganda pronounce it as an amazing victory and that they dealt a mortal blow to the Imperium.
Meanwhile an administratum agent makes a note that resources aren't flowing from that planet anymore, readjusts the flow of tithes, and that's it. The world is forgotten.
@@Lightscribe225 exactly, im am making a direct reference to something A.B.P. read out. I think its about an hour or two in but I dont have a time stamp. Its just after the imperial forces retreat off world and regroup.
Not even the titanic efforts of Black Library to write off the Imperium as incompetent can hide the fact the Imperium is still something great and magnificent.
just imagine. North Korea takes Hawaii, while all the people in Hawaii evacuated because there was a 'false alarm' about the volcano activity. It would be a truly trivial task to retake it, but the North Korean regime would be still playing the looped propaganda when their whole city burns in the flame that is the wrath of US freedom fighters lol
This is longer then half of black library's audiobooks that I pay 20$ a pop for. Thank you for this.
I would huy black library too but the books cost nearly half of what my household earns each month in Indian rupees.
The Horus heresy ones atleast
Better to get off audible with their credits system
I still dont get why they dont just hire you. I mean ur better than atleast half of their readers, and prob 200% more passion for 40k
@@wraithship yeah really saves u money in the end
There were so many fight reversals I expected the commanders to vox eachother and start explaining their special moves.
Its one of the reasons I love the battles between the tau and the imperium
"You've activated my trap card"
*Pulls out random BS*
@@AbyssWatcher745 I activate POT OF GREED. It allows me to deploy two superweapons you've never seen before
@@iNahtanoJ I mean, that is how yu-gi-oh works if it was legal
@@iNahtanoJ I activate my trap card Ultimate Providence! This card let's me discard a card of the same type to counter the effect of your Pot of Greed!
The Imperium: Who are you?
Tau: You destroyed our worlds!
The Imperium: Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?
Hard to say it better than Bison. th-cam.com/video/sjZ5I8l32CI/w-d-xo.html
Hahaha this tickled me
thats basically Adeptus Terra &
High lords of terra when they were ask about T'au
I mean they destroy their own worlds
(snerk) ..... gasp (snerk) ...BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!
Tau: "I feel bad for you."
Imperium: "I don't think about you at all."
Tao: _"You destroyed our worlds!"_
The Imperium: _"For me- it was Tuesday..."_
@@brianknapp6215 Taco Tuesday*
@brianknapp6215 REMOVE CHOAS
The imperium lost the “king of the space marines” ... nearly a thousand other chapter masters look around... “Excuse me?”
My personal head cannon to justify how all of this can be true, is to say that this is written from the Taus perspective, and it is their desperate, and failed, attempt to explain and comprehend everything they are seeing here.
This would explain a lot of the lore inconsistencies as the Tau simply miss labeling stuff.
@@mc.builder8267 yeah thats what makes it so funny the Tau thought they dealt a blow to the Imperium that would take generations to recover 😂
@@mc.builder8267 btw wdym by headcannon? Was there an error or something
@@mc.builder8267 That's canon, as far as I know.
@@BigBroKuma for a franchise like wh40k or star wars, the cannon is what is officially true. like with star wars, none of the games are cannon, only the movies, tv shows, and select comics.
a persons head cannon, is what they believe to be officially true. it mostly happens when said person is dissatisfied with the actual cannon.
I have a hard time believing the White Scars would mistrust the Raven Guard for randomly changing plans and not communicating. That's exactly what the White Scars do anyway.
both as bad as each other tbh for erratic behaviour
It’s shows the difference in the “Greater Good” and the “independence” of the imperium.
Well, the difference between the two is that the Raven Guard might tell you they’re going left before going right while the White Scars will tell you to shut up and keep up when you ask where they’re going.
@@clintlickr “independence”, in the imperium? I think you need to re-evaluate your views of the lore.
@@mc.builder8267 the white scars are all about doing whatever they want “ride with the wind” The raven guard fight independently from other imperial forces. In the lore most planets do whatever they want as long as they pay their tithes. Idk if that’s not independent....
"King of the Spacemarines" oh my... I wonder what would the T'au think if they were told there's like a thousand of those running around in the Imperium.
I really want Gulliman to just show up in Tau space with 10 chapters, a titan legion, around a billion guardsmen and a bunch of vortex torpedoes to just delete them. Now that would be a good read.
@@ddandymann Especially after this, I just want the Tau to get theirs, in a very bad and gratifying, close-quarters combat way where they can feel every second of fear before they meet the blade end of a chain-sword or Bolter.
@@InVinoVeratas Death Guard V Tau, fuck them blue XENOS
Frankly, I’m surprised the Ordo Xenos hasn’t petitioned for a Chapter to be founded or at least to be based in the Damacles Gulf, especially considering that the Tau had “defeated” a “crusade” at this point.
@@ddandymann I don’t even thing that Tau space has enough room for a force of that size, it’s only a few hundred systems at most, with only a small portion being well developed.
The Ordo XENOS notes your proper disgust at the Tau and their heretical thinking machines. Your access to historical records will continue to be granted.
The Emperor protects.
had a slight giggle to myself the more he keeps practically spitting the letters "A.I."
damn those Tau and their abominable intelligence usage
as always great work
lmao
"AI" was uttered with same level of deep burning *disgust* as a "Aimbot" player being discovered in a multiplayer match🤣
So the Tau are basically IRL hacking their way to victory.
@@InVinoVeratas ya, they given exceptions to game rules both in lore and on the table top, it would seem.
A interaction helps with the 6th Chaos God, the Almighty Algorithm
The 6th chaos God is... order?
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for warp for the horned rat yes yes
I’m sure their fighting the imperium would’ve been avoided if they knew how large and the capacity for violence the imperium had and was waiting to use
Tau Earth Caste: Look at the staggering technological might of the Imperium, what brilliant minds must be behind such advanced technology...
Smash cut to a team of tech priests having a purification oil car wash on a baneblade.
Where are the toasters you promised us, flesh bag?
Apparently after the first major conflict with the imperium the tau analyzed left over and destroyed technology, it was deemed inferior to their own and useless to the greater good. They were impressed by titans though. Go figure. Human's giant robots.
@@Mecha_mage, it's funny though, because in terms of real world science, Imperial lasguns are harder to make than tau railguns or pulse rifles (since pulse rifles are just slightly altered railguns that shoots charged particles instead of pieces of metal or whatever).
Just as Imperium's Hunter-Killer missile works on "fire-and-forget" principle with advanced sensor and guidance systems, while tau's Seeker missile requires illuminating the target by laser (markerlight) and otherwise it will just fly forward.
Humanity has forgotten more tech then the Tau ever thought about.
When people say marines are mary sues, just point them toward any campaign that includes Tau
Yeah, I was really surprised even in the tau forge world book that the imperium loses the Taros campaign.
Lorewise the tau are badass, however, the marines are GWs cash cow and we can't have the marine players thinking uts even close to a balanced fight
@@quigglebert you're saying Tau are badasses but you're forgetting that marines are also badasses, regardless of any perceived bias. It's not even close in many cases. It's like bad whipping for the marines, across the board.
10k years of collective experiences, masters of their art of war, hundreds of campaigns and constant war. You're telling me they're getting outsmarted at every turn and that's believable? Alright.
I'm a night lords fan and I know marines are fallible but this isn't fun to listen to when the marines sound completely incompetent
@@michaelharris8111 In the words of someone from Star Wars: "Fighting wars that, as always, have taught the wrong lesson." The only thing worse than inexperience is -bad experience-. Marines may have thousands of years of combat, but, as the outcomes show, they are as stagnant as the rest of the Imperium, mentally. Space marines aren't mary-sues... they're just sorely overrated, in universe and out. (Tough, deadly, etc, but in the broad scales of warfare, "veteran knight in shining armor" still tends to lose out to the peasant with a musket (Or Pulserifle/railrifle))
@@michaelharris8111 Some marines are just that 'dumb' this campaign is an outlier, but the more codex compliant chapters (not just numbers) would definitely get bodied by the tau's fluidity of battle, a lack of flexibility is an issue with many many chapters
"Was this Corvin Severax not the king of your warriors?"
"No, blue xeno he was the chapter master of the raven guard"
"Was he at least the mightiest of your chapter masters?"
"He wasn't even the best raven guard marine"
*laughs in primarch* seriously immagine them meeting one of the chaos Primarchs......
@@MaggieMop That might happen sooner than you think........
These silly little blueberries are gonna be in for a shock when they see lucky they are that the empire accidentally shields from the scariest parts of this nightmare galaxy
Yo
@@chalzen1012 Not anymore if Typhus isn't changing directions away from the Tau sept anytime soon.
Jesus, tau strategy during this is quite literally a ambush within a ambush for another ambush within five separate ambushes
You gotta give it to ‘em, they make your fight for survival easier by making the absolute most of your weaknesses against their strengths. Cheat is not fair in a game, in war it’s called strategy.
They really just took an entire ass fortress world in a single day huh?
the novel democles (i recommend the audiobook) goes into way more detail about this its a really god story but very much more, oooo imperium winning BRING OUT ANOTHER SECRET WEAPON
@@ABorderPrince I still don’t understand how anyone would think that the Tau could even have the NUMBERS for such a thing, and I still don’t understand how it is that the Tau could have ships that can stand up to the Imperial Navy. The technological difference alone should make that a near impossibility, not to mention the fact that the Tau can field ships seemingly as large as the imperium’s, which the Imperium can likely only do due to the galaxy of resources at its disposal AND its extensive strip mining and shipyards size.
@@mc.builder8267 And, that is the reason I do not like the Tau. Their plot armor is far too thick for me to take them seriously.
@@antonioliles5027 to be fair when you have shit like the tyranids orks and the imperium of man anything would need plot amour to survive
@@olidavies3892 point
GW wrote themselves into a corner with the Tau. There is no real way to depict a realistic conflict between the Imperium and the Tau because the Tau wouldn’t exist afterwards. Besides the plot armor of “and a bigger mech-suit joins the fight to turn the tide”, like, 4 Warlords and 10 Warhounds would be enough to roll the entire system! And even that is probably overkill. Considering the punitive nature of the conflict and the resources allocated by the Militarum and Space Marines, the idea that zero Titans would be in the task force is fucking wild.
Not every imperial conflict is apocalyptic.
@@igncom1 This is true, but the Imperium always fights with one hand tied behind its back when it comes to the Tau.
@@ArchAngel119 because of other conflicts, they're responding every time to what they deem necessary for the Tau, drowning in a sea of their own disorganized info, they constantly incorrectly gauge the threat, and by the time another century or 2 passes and they remember that the Tau are a thing, they've doubled in size and scope, I do think it's bad writing in the least. Also they give the Tau a titan to fight in the Taros campaign and do just fine, and that was before the storm surge was revealed.
Plus I think the crux of it is that if they actually focused a solid double digit percent of their attention on the Tau, it'd probably be another Horus heresy they face, ass of the imperium getting eaten out by chaos, another ork waagh, or probably the biggest incursion of necron mustered so far, with them all waking up in 9th edition
well tau´s technology is more superior than the one used by IoM and during taros campaign Tau already showed that they can deal with the titans easily.... actually so easily that mechanicus pissed themself and pulled titants back. In conclusion Taus dont need IoM numbers to win and IoM will never be able to muster crusade large enough to wipe them out when there will ALWAYS be a bigger threat. And i think that Tau were amazing idea by GW because it added someone who is actually "good guy" compare to IoM and its not just about good humans vs evil humans/monsters/demons.
I know this is an actual book..... but man... this almost sounds like some sort of Tau fanfic......
Is there a difference?
"And after Shadowsun outsmarted everyone in the Imperium by sending all the Custodes in the Imperial Palace chasing after a rocket painted to look like her, she sneaked into the Throne Room and atomized the Emperor with a single discharge of her pulse cannons. As the killswitch on the throne detonated, she removed her helmet, revealing it wasn't actually Shadowsun but one of her trusted lieutenants, Shas'Vre Whatshisface, who had volunteered to take her place."
@@matiasyannuzzi9655 are you available to write for black library?
ITS CANNON! ACCEPT THE GREATER GOOD!
@@ABorderPrince Nevah! For the Emperor! :D (p.s. you do great work)
How in people’s right mind can they dislike this. This is hours of magnificent audio
LOL i agree :D
They're xeno scums that why
Wanks of the tau too much that’s why I assume. Kinda turning me off have yet to be able to finish the video l. (I like tau just not when their Mary Sues)
@@gelraldoldo5152 they didnt really seem like Mary Sues. I can understand not liking how the battle is written as some sorta yugioh episode with each side just taking turns activating their trap cards.
Well. I just want to thank you. Going through a tough time but I used to play Tau as a kid and hearing your reading really made my day as I cleaned up my house.
hope it helps man
12 Hive cities within 24 hours? What the actual fuck, that would be a tough ask for a Horus era Legion.
it's 24 hours with a few years of preparing things, like instigating rebellions finding structural weak points and also just letting it collapse onto itself.
Blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne, comments for the algorithm!
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Six hours of glorious lore?!?! HELL YEAH
hope you enjoy
This is epic, and I’m sure it was a lot of work. The narration is top notch. Thanks for this.
thanks
This kept me awake during a long drive to go home for Christmas today. Such a great listen and I am currently in bed listening to it still! Ill need another for the day I leave. Merry Christmas!
Glad to hear merry Christmas
Thank you so much for all your ace readings man, really appreciate it! 6 hours!! We are truely blessed this day!
Last time I was this early Cadia still stood
2 soon
Ha!
and you still look like a beanbag in a hurry
Perfectly timed for me, just ended assembling 1000 points of Tau, gonna listen to this while painting them
'Tau... They are prey, nothing more… This upstart Tau must learn their place. Not trespassing in the Imperium, but in their grave’ Sergeant Cato Sicarius, during the First Damocles Crusade, during the Battle of Vespetin.
Man, sicarius's squad's battle with farsight on Dal'yth would have been way different if farsight had the sword that he is known for. They fucked farsight over until like the last chapter where he caught them in a trap
This got me through work without falling to chaos. Thats an impressive feat sir.
It's cool to hear about these named characters that we see on the tabletop. For example, Longstrike being a tank ace who is able to command his team of Hammerheads like they're part of his own body makes sense with his ability to buff nearby Hammerheads. And the fact that you can glue Longstrike standing up out of the hatch of his tank lines up with tradition of doing so while commanding his armored division, refusing to hide inside the armored hull.
Its universal among Tank Commanders. Its not limited to a fictional one. Fact is if buttoned up the TC loses much of their situational awareness, so ANY TC worth their salt will be heads out unless they have no other option.
Hell many modern MBT's have the ability to half close the commanders hatch, allowing it to close up enough to protect the TC from over head threats, but still allow better vision and hearing.
Yes! Something to listen to while I paint a Breacher squad.
Thanks for these long reads, man. I'm a trucker in Texas and they really help out during long rides.
I've listen to this at least 3 times, thank you AB Prince for these types of videos! Not only do they help me pass the time while painting they're brilliantly done. Keep up the great work!
Corvin Severax scared and impressed the T'au so much that they called him "King of the Space Marines". now imagine if they fought an army led by Guilliman himself, a prince of the entire Imperium and a literal emperor of his own pocket empire (which technically includes most of the Eastern Fringe). I would like to see that happen someday
They called him "king of the space marines" Cause he was the leader of the imperium force and they don't have a word for chapter master.
I could see the primarch making a treaty with the tau. Tbh he would see the benefit of focusing against bigger threats
@@harley4683 My exact same thought, their first interaction with a primarch would be so overwhelming and terrifying, that they would immediately accept any peaceful treaty guilliman would offer to them.
Cause if they piss off a primarch, especially the administrative and strategical genius such as roboute, realistically i think they'd be wipe off the map.
@@yaboialphapsi-krieger2709 in lore that's been the tau view on humans the entire time. Lol. They avoid full scale war at any cost with humanity. The ethereals are straight up afraid of the viciousness of humanity. Cause the tau dont kill worlds, or kill civilians for no reason, but the humans do lol
@@harley4683 Yup, pretty much lol, But now with them knowing about roboute, and possibly even the emperor of mankind himself, if they lie that he's able to walk and obliterate things up if he chose to, they'd be a 100x more terrified on fcking with the imperium.
Been looking for a channel focusing on the battles and campaigns in the lore along with a voice that is easy to understand without being monotone. Easy sub
cheers more to come
Gosh man that was 6 hours of extreme narrating! Good work! Unfortunately I have to say, the plot armor was too thick I really had a hard time swallowing it. Shame for the good work you put in!
This is truly what they call a labor of love I guess, I mean 6 hours of quality narration, as a freeloader I feel deeply ashamed I have not paid for this, of course, I'm an in Iran iranian so I'm effectively and completely cast out of global financial system, yet for all it's worth, this work was amazing, I wish I could support you more effectively my Prince... you deserve every bit of it that you receive...
6 Hours? Man, Guess I'll be awake for a while.
Oh man, another huge and awesome lore video so soon?🤯
Thanks for sharing ABP!
hope you like
I love that the tau think that they are the largest empire in the galaxy, but they are nothing but a simple thorn that has struck deep into the back of the hulking behemoth that is the imperium. And if the imperium fought the tau as if they are of chaos the tau would not be but a memory of a stubborn xeno race that the imperium had made extinct
Man i dont know why but out of the 200+ black library books ive read, the ones featuring the tau i enjoy the least. They almost feel like bad fan fiction.
Although that one caiphas kaine book portrays them well.
Ciaphas kaine books are great!
i dont mind them to be honest i mean the tech does make a big differene but i understand people think its too much. I enjoy the Tau books because of the trully messed up and mysterious stuff on their origins and stuff.
Yeah i absolutely see where your comming from, theres alot thats really fascinatinf about the Tau.
Sometimes i wonder if im just biased in favour of the imperium. But Storm of Iron where the iron warriors slaughter that garrison and steal a mother load of gene seed is one of my favourite stories and the imperium gets dunked on in that so i dont know haha.
Completely agree. They just seem over powered. Agreed I might be biased toward the imperium but still... The way the Tau are written, it seems too much . I honestly avoid most of their books lol
The one where Bravestorm meets a dying Dreadnought is one of the best ways they've ever shown the grimdark setting.
That occasionally ringing in the backing track sounds exactly like my apartment buzzer 😂 with headphones in I keep getting a mild heart attack every time
New ABP! I'll either watch it all now, or (more likely) fall asleep at some point and have to watch it all over tomorrow 🤣
Damn the Raven Guard got out stealthed by the Tau resulting in their Chapter Masters death and the losses of several battle brothers.... the Raven Gaurd can't catch a brake it feels like they are getting killed all the time.... feels bad man :
I didn't know much about the Raven Guard but after this I think they're probably the worst first founding chapter.
At least they get coverage
*whimpers in Iron Hands*
Always a wanna hear the more about Democles gulf it’s always interesting and your story telling is always great keep it up
I really like the Tau, thank you for doing these :) I know the Tau can seem OP but I like to think of it like this. The Tau empire is small, Tiny even, but their technology greater than the Imperium. While this is a small engagement for the Imperium. This is a war of survival for the Tau. Combined also with the Imperium underestimating the Tau. The Tau came out on top. Of course if the force was larger. The Tau wouldn't have stood a chance.
I like to think a big part of the difference is the style. Both are mainly shooting forces, but the tau have had the advantage of home field the entire time. The tau are a much stronger defense army than offensive. Alot of people keep crying the tau are op but the imperium just said "F it I'm in." And attacked with minimal intel. If the rolls were reversed and tau lose 110%. Because they wouldnt be able to have the advantage
That's the great thing about the entire relationship between the Tau the Imperium, the Imperium can't devote the resources and proper commanders to crush the Tau. They're currently being assaulted from every angle and the Tau are but a thorn in the side of this galaxy spanning empire.
However the longer they're left alone, the stronger the Tau get and when there isn't a military expansion, the Tau continue to grow by using diplomacy and convincing the worlds forgotten or neglected by the Imperium to join them.
By the time, the Empire of Man has the ability to properly deal with the Tau, the Tau will have grown in territory and in their technological development to a point the Imperium may not be able to beat them.
This is the best take I've seen here. I love the tau. This was a fight for their survival. This was a crusade! They had to pull out all the stops and win or fucken be deleted from the 41st millennium! And the imperium won't even feel this. What happens when they come back not underestimating them? Grimdark bay-beee
Tau technology isn't greater, but more ubiquitous.
This is the ONLY Tau audiobook on TH-cam.
I love listening to these while I paint! Sit at the desk, throw on Border prince, and lose track of time. 😊
I think this is the first one I actually paid attention to the screen on. Now I feel guilty as obviously you put so much effort into the visual.
Excellent video bud
After listening to your books and videos and listening to audible, I cant help feel the audible books are "empty"... especially when they without some witty comments.
lol i think im witty too. Cheers man!
I think there's some audio clipping going on early on , quite subtle, I *think* it's something to do with the screen image and the audio being encoded at different 'fps', YES audiophiles I know that's the wrong term for audio, but its the term used by TH-cam creators, and the one you'll find in creator forums! :) it happens when you encode the sound and the video separately.
I could be talking absolute pish of course, and maybe my telly is just on the way out! But I know you creators like feedback about things like this, especially over such a long video
Ps: if something does need fixed, don't do it for another 4hr:30m, I've got quite into the story and don't want you deleting it mid-listen! 😉
Ahhhh Kk I’ll look into this I’m still amateur hour here but I’m looking to upgrade stuff soon. I’ll take a look at this though not somthing I’m really up on at all
@@ABorderPrince its only something I've heard of because of watching old tech channels and Techmoan where they sometimes have to muck around with PAL/NTSC and then getting that into digital format, I'm pretty much a amateur as well 🤣🤣🤣 there was a fair bit of it around 15 mins, then at the first title screen after 22mins you catch it again
It's not something that bothers me in the slightest, but I know it drives some people daft! You've got such a good voice for doing this, if you've got new equipment to get thats something for us all to look forward too 😊
Couple of things I’m trying to improve on tbh but Yeye I’ll look that up and see what I see. Main thing is I have noticed the clipping between sections, obviously I don’t do this in one take lol so splicing together causes a click sometimes but I can’t catch them all (not for 6 hours worth)
@@ABorderPrince with this being a long video, maybe someone who knows the answer will come across this convo and drop us the answer into the comments!🤞 fingers crossed 🙂
I use this I just miss stuff because big job I’ll look into the artefact thing tho
What this summary doesn’t say about the Tau invasion of that hive world is that it had Eldar ghosts that haunted Shadowsun and distracted her, also the white scars looked like total chumps. They charged a force of crisis suits on an open plain, The crisis suits then proceeded to simply fly a couple hundred yards up into the air and butcher them at close range.
Thank the Emperor, I needed my fix
Thankyou for your hard work on these long form readings, cant be easy but my giddy aunt they are good.
cheers!
100 likes with 0 dislikes.
(Edit: 200 now!)
I declare this video a success.
lmao cheers!
I like that the Imperium basically forgets how to fight wars. Especially at the last battle. Lets see, whole battlefleet in orbit, total air supremacy. Numerical superiority by the millions, infiltration specialists, and what beats them is a sandstorm that apparently imperial scanners and autosenses are just helpless against. And oh everyone who walks into the storm gets ambushed, hello? Orbital bombardments? Artillery? Even the Soviet Union at its worst used copious artillery when they knew ambushers were nearby. Nope lets all just amble into the storm piecemeal forgetting entirely that these are veteran Cadian units fresh from fighting orks who would understand the flaw in this strategy.
@User 905 yup
Love how the imperium is basically the Tyranids for the Tau 😂
For someone like me that doesnt have the money to buy books or audiobooks all the time your channel is a great thing, fun and engaging voice work. Keep up the good work.
This was absolutely fantastic. Thank you for this!
This started out really cool but then it became a series of "And then the Tau pulled this secret weapon/tactic out of their asses and totally owned the Imperium" too many times in a row to stay interesting or even credible.
This is why people hate the Tau even more than they hate Gulliman’s Blueberries.
atleast Ultramarine lose
I called bull the moment a 16yo fish person matched a freaking chapter master in close combat
@@firesidestories5714 same
@@firesidestories5714 she represents the very best in Tau strategy skill and strength for (some what) person-sized single combat besides Farsight, whereas I'm pretty sure kossarro doesn't represent that for the space Marines, if anything, I think his plot armor let him get off too easily repeatedly
The tau have way to much plot armor in this, nobody gets lucky that many times.
It’s such a shame. Without a visual map to follow the action, all of this goes in one ear and out the other.
o that would be beyond me to cover this scale, i do use maps when i can to show movements but its hard with this level of stuff for me
@@ABorderPrince well this may sound a bit of a stretch, but I do know a good example of a channel called EckartsLadder that uses a simple grid based map and colored silhouettes to describe ship combat and movement. Maybe something similar can be employed with the chapter’s iconography moving around another symbol to describe an ambush and then the map can zoom outward to represent the hidden reinforcements they’ve deployed. That way you can still have the shock and awe of the Ravenguard at first being the predators but quickly turning into the prey. But that’s just me, because I’m a visual learner.
Man I do love it when this guy tells a story.
I have waited soooo long for this video! Thank you so much man! You never cease to amaze me with the quality of your work and dedication to this channel! You deserve 10000000 subs
Gonna save this bad boi for the weekend painting.
Its easy to forget jus how vast and powerful Imperium is. They get their asses kicked alot so you think " well the Tau are jus too advanced. Then i remember the strategy by man is simply charge, die and repeat till the enemy is wiped out. Drawing from a million words, even jus half a million worlds puts into focus that this is a military exercise for Mankind. If they get serious their numbers would blot out the sky and weapons would crush whole battle regiments in 1 volley. Pretty damm scary if i can say so. Makes Tau look like the protagonist.
Obsidian Knight: *exists*
The Tau: "Guess I'll die"
Tau and their plot armour.
Marneas Calgar 1v1ed an Avatar of Kahine. You know the eldar God of War who turns greater daemons into sushi. The only kind of space marine who should stand a chance against an Avatar would be Grey Knights as they specialize in killing warp entities. You calling out tau plot armor is like the pot calling the kettle metal. Pure gayce marine player copuim.
Plot armour is the only reason the Imperium even _exists_. Pipe down.
Billions of soldiers, in 26 regiments, how big are imperial guard regiments these days?
i thought that was odd too
Isn’t a regiment like 1,000 soldiers?
@@eternalhowl8895 as far as I know it can range between 2,000 and 200,000, but even that is a bit below the numbers suggested in the book, cuz that’s like 100,000,000 per regiment
im fresh out of jail. first thing to listen to on way home is this bomb.
...dammit, I have to go to work. Wish I had five hours to spare. I'll be back
I was always wondering why in the whole galaxy there is not bigger fish for Asstartes. Tau lore gives me that answer. Good stuff.
This is Great! Keep doing the Emperor's work Brother!
my thanks sir, i know you been around awhile glad you stuck with me
Ants stabbing at a man's toe while he wrestles a three-armed bear, two giant mutant corpses, a pit of vipers, and a demented clown giggling in the corner with a laser gun, while blindfolded and with several knives in his back.
Well you said it would be a Wednesday release and you did it. Even if it was only by half an hour. LOL
I made it honestly thought it would be tomorrow but it suddenly did an instant upload
Absolutely brilliant work sir. Thank you. The Emperor protects.
Great job, thoroughly enjoy your work! GW put some serious plot armor in this one, lol
In short, it doesn't matter what happens, how it happens, when it happens Tao win, regardless of all factors. Because, only Tao strategy works.
*no*
T'au strategy works because Imperium underestimated them after their experiences in the First Damocles Gulf Crusade
T'au were relatively sorry foes in this first true war between the Imperium and the T'au Empire
Difference is
T'au took all those lessons to heart - and developed not only new weapons systems and platforms, but new tactics ect. ect.
Stormsurge was a response to Knights and Titans - Reptide as well
Moving fortifications - to their experiences with more mobile Imperial forces
What we observe in the Second Damocles Gulf Crusade - is T'au Empire ability to addapt - and create new technology - simply to counter what the Imperium might deploy on the battlefield
RIP tidewalls, you betrayed the tau and we're garbage on the table top.
RIP
This has been great to listen to over a couple days at work! Gotta say dude, being from the states, your accent and the tone/pitch/timbre of your voice adds so much to your retellings!
The Tau definitely deserve a visit from the Hive Fleets.
I swear i love long form content on 40k but i have to break this in to two hour blocks of watching
hope you like
@@ABorderPrince I really hate the tau so it's fine
Thanks for this, got through a fair chunk of my pile of opportunity with this.
Great video mate, really like these longer ones retelling specific campaigns. I hope you do one of these for the Warzone Charadon stuff.
cheers yeah. no idea havnt read it but who knows
Plot armor , there is no substitute . lol
Honest to god.
The Ultramarines weren't featured in this story.
Didn't realise the Tau were so inherently better at war then every human in 40k.
lol i wonldnt go that far its more the style of war and the high tech that give them edge
@@ABorderPrince I don't really have a problem with their tech edge and skill. It's the IG and Space Marines leaving their own home when they come out to fight this faction.
@@ABorderPrince the germans in ww2 are widely considered to have some of the most technologically advanced weapon systems of the period, and yet they still got destroyed
@@SleepySoviet the Germans got defeated due to being on to many war fronts plus there communications methods got discovered and countered so it a slow and steady decline from there tbh
@@alexmetty3015 the lost because they got outproduced by a hilarious degree by two superpowers. they could win tactical victories, even operational ones, but strategically they were screwed
When it was said they would basically take half the "forces" left on Agrellen and leave the rest. That half was all rare tanks and equipment and the men needed for them and most of the grunts left behind.
this is a great drinking game:
- White Scars Jink
- It was actually a Kauyon poly
- Either side suddenly remembers they have an Air Force (Double Bonus if both do at the same time)
- "Buffalo" rule in effect when it's just too ridiculous.
My favorite part is how the mere mention of AI disgusts our beloved narrator audibly.
Great job as always Prince!!!!! At the rate the Tau books are going they could easily outsmart the Imperium in a campaign even if a primarch was leading them. Roboute Guilliman might be able to beat Chaos, but he has no chance against the Tau. :-P
I don’t know if even black library could handle that amount of plot-armour on a single battlefield
the universe would collapse with so much plot armour in one point.
lol yes!
The imperium is outmatched when it comes to tech....they need to bring in more sykers....and bend reality to crush the tau....and use visions to predict their moves
Or orbital bombardments virus bombs death guard of kreig a single. There so many things that could be used and absloutly destroy the taus but there also better used elsewhere shit send in the lamenters they will win they will only have two left of them but they will win
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Yup. But the models sell really well....so... Let's forget internal consistency within the established parameters of our own universe and establish a minor irritant of a xenop species as being more advanced than the Eldar while using pretty much all the same tactics and technology with the exception of psychers and make sure they have plot armor and an unlimited amount of contrivances to keep them alive from the actual major factions of the galaxy while ignoring all the races we haven't touched in decades that are far more interesting.
@@HoneyBadger1779 thats why u set a model set that sell better against them + when has good bussiness strategy ever stopped games workshop from doing something stupid
Technologically outmatched??? Maybe at the basic level for guardsmen. But we're talking about an empire that holds psychic titans, a volcano cannon, a quake cannon that shoots mini exterminatus, and plenty of crazy tech that can easily wipe a world or any standing army to null. With belisarius cawl pushing the mechanicus to start bringing back weapons they locked away in their vaults we have no clue what other kind of dark age doomsday tech that could return. I don't think the imperium is out teched as a whole.
@@stephenlee1664, do not be distracted by big guns, just look at the details:
In terms of real world science, Imperial lasguns are harder to make than tau railguns or pulse rifles (since pulse rifles are just slightly altered railguns that shoots charged particles instead of pieces of metal or whatever).
Imperium's Hunter-Killer missile works on "fire-and-forget" principle with advanced sensor and guidance systems, while tau's Seeker missile requires illuminating the target by laser (markerlight) and otherwise it will just fly forward.
Also Imperium is vastly superior in terms of medicine, augmentations and genetic engineering. Like, typical cheap-as-dirt skitarii ranger contains more tech than whole tau cadre. His direct neural link-up to Noosphere presents him unprecedented level of communication with allied troops and command. His Galvanic rifle shoots guided ammunition at the same distance as pulse rifle, but with greater armour-piercing effects and accuracy, also thanks to superior targeting systems implanted in body. And more.
Even Imperial Guard can be equipped with stuff tau have no analogue for. For example, man-portable melta guns and plasma guns (tau fusion blasters and plasma rifles can be operated only by battlesuites or bigger vehicles), personal sound dampeners for stealth, NVGs in size of sunglasses, motion predictors that can be attached to a gun and used to intercept running eldars, recoil-dampening gloves, grav-chutes and more.
Not going to lie, I can not WAIT for a single man of iron vs an entire Tau star system.
Just one. With their reliance on AI and nanotechnology, it would be such a BEAUTIFUL story. Honestly, Im talking dead space, akira and elfin leid. How close to the Tau empire is the nearest... Blackstone Fortress?
may come yeah
I'm so glad GWS hasn't bullied your channel into take-downs. You rock.
You really need to do one of these on Istavan 3 and 5
the fact the tau can do this much to the imperium says a lot about how stretched thin they really are
1:56 I love Warhammer so much. Right out the gate I'm excited.
Epic story. I have the audiobook from part of this war. I’d love to hear about all the expansion. Cheers 🍻
discovered your channel a few weeks ago and it was an absolute blast so far. Keep up the good work!
PS: It´s really annoying to hear about all the Tau "space tech magic" plotarmour on a regular basis throughout an entire book xD
cheers and yeah tau always have somthing new