Games Workshop 99120113060" Tau Empire Commander Plastic Kit, Black,Medium

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The knowledge gleaned from these intercepted messages slowly filtered into the Fire Caste's military doctrine. Wherever the Ork glyphs for "Boss," "Mek" or "Dok" appeared on an Ork vehicle, the Hunter Cadres would prioritise their destruction with concentrated Hammerhead fire and XV88 Broadside Battlesuit support, slowing Ork response times to a crawl. Though the T'au could not form the syllables of Ork speech, O'Shoh's Earth Caste allies cut audio snippets of Orkish challenges and insults into the comms networks that the invaders had looted from fallen T'au; delivering the right Orkish insults at the right time, O'Shoh drove a wedge of dissent between every clan and tribe roaming the desert, sparking a series of minor wars in the process. Within a year, the greenskinned beast that had invaded Arkunasha was chewing on its own tail. O'Shoh's tactics had distracted the Orks to such an extent that T'au forces were able to get food and water to the people trapped within the bio-domes and free the remains of the Arkunashan Fire Caste, further bolstering their ranks.

Following her successes in the Second Sphere Expansion War, Ja'Vra was promoted to Shas'o and given command of a Breakthrough Contingent involved in the fighting in the Jericho Reach, under the oversight of the Ethereal Aun'Roh. Commander Skyroar's tactical acumen and dogged determination saw her gain a great many victories, but also her greatest defeat. Commander Shas'O Vior'la Suam Eldi, or to give him his more commonly used Low Gothic title "Commander Flamewing," is the leader of a Fire Caste Hunter Cadre currently operating on the outskirts of the Zurcon System of the Jericho Reach against the Tyranid threat. Flamewing is a comparatively young Tau Commander, yet he has seen more combat in the last standard year than many of his rank expect to experience in a lifetime.

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Learn to shorten your reach! If your foe can come close enough to negate your striking power, all stratagem is lost, and when all stratagem is lost, the battle is lost." Devilfish • Drone Harbinger • Hammerhead • Sky Ray • Swordfish • TX-4 Piranha • TX-42 Piranha • Tetra

Farsight took this tactic one step further at the Siege of Rala'tas, a dome city famous for its sculptures of living light. With the T'au's most capable commanders engaged on the other side of the planet, an Imperial drop ship landed only a few miles from the city gates. Within hours, Rala'tas was surrounded by Imperial tanks, including several super-heavy squadrons powerful enough to blast breaches in the city walls. With the exception of the Kroot kindreds that made their homes in the dome's sprawling arboreal districts, the city had only a small garrison of Fire Warriors to defend it -- certainly nothing that could deal with over a thousand battle tanks. Shas'gra, a Cadre Fireblade in charge of the garrison, patched through an urgent message to Farsight, requesting help. O'Shovah could give him none, but said he would think on it. Less than a minute later, a reply reached Shas'gra and he spread the word to the Earth Caste artisans abroad in the city. Just as the Imperials breached the walls and began to barge their way into Rala'tas' perimeter, the city went completely dark. The Ork crusade of violence known as WAAAGH! Dok appeared in the vicinity of Arkunasha without warning or reason. One equinox, a strange solar storm erupted that appeared to make odd symbols in the sky. By the war's end, some believed that O'Shovah was embittered by the bloodshed of the siege and blamed others for failing to break through the encirclement, instead allowing the Orks to batter themselves to a standstill against O'Shovah's defences before being easily scattered the following year. There were thoughts in his mind that the T'au Empire had failed to support him effectively during the campaign, and this feeling was shared by a number of his -- for want of a better word -- acolytes; most notably an aggressive young Fire Warrior named Brightsword.

Shoh repaid the faith placed in him tenfold during the engagement with the much feared Arachen Trinity at the heart of the war effort. Having unwound the maze-like logic patterns with which the Arachen made their nests, Shoh led his commander to the silken heart of the Arachen cocoon-ship. There, he and Commander Dawnstone launched the Mont'ka strike that killed all three of the Trinity and expelled the Arachen from the Western Veil once and for all. Commander Farsight's first and greatest victories were won against the Orks amidst the oxide-deserts of Arkunasha, in what would become known as the Arkunasha War. When the T'au colony there was threatened by the Orks, he led his Fire Warriors in a masterful campaign that defeated armies numbering hundreds of times greater than his own loyal troops. The Fire Caste T'au Commanders who had monitored his progress wanted to teach Shoh the self-control and perspective of a support role. On the day the young prodigy reported for duty to Shas'ar'tol High Command, he was immediately assigned to the specialist pilots of the XV88 Broadside Battlesuit teams. Pair of Fusion Blasters - Fusion Blasters are anti-tank weapons that reduce reinforced armour to molten slag in the blink of eye.