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To the Calendar of the most corrupt and immoral Imperium it is the 42nd millennium, and the Ethereal caste has declared a new sphere of expansion for the Empire! The Fifth great expansion is underway after the disastrous failure that was the fourth sphere expansion. It took over a hundred years for the Empire to recover from the monumental loss of resources, ships and manpower.

On top of this, the warp tunnel created by the disaster of the 4th sphere fleet has been discovered and taken over by the forces of chaos, now they raid the Empire's worlds with impunity. To say nothing of the awakening necron empire at their doorstep and the ever present threat of orkoid invasion and the dozen other threats to the Empire. It increasingly looks as if the fifth expansion will not be a grand expansion of territory so much as a desperate holding on to territory already claimed. The Tau Empire is in need of victories and triumphs to reassure it's civilian populace that all is well, and nothing can oppose the spreading enlightenment of the greater good.

To help with this the Ethereal caste has never been above spreading a few exaggerated tales of the many exploits of their brave fire warriors. A few white lies in the name of the greater good are a small price to pay after all. Your Cadre has recently become the subject of one such propaganda campaign. The eyes of the Ethereal and those of the many citizens of the septs in and neighbouring your war zone are on you. Pushing you to ever greater feats of daring and courage. Of course that also means you and your commander are going to be pressured to complete ever more ludicrous and impossible tasks.

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So that is the gist of the game. It will be played in campaign arcs. Giving the opportunity between these campaigns for new players to come in, old players to change characters if they wish and the Cadre in general to grow, refresh themselves and prepare. It also means you wont necessarily have to fight the same enemy for the entire RP. We can switch it up now and again.

As far as player characters are concerned. I was thinking that the PCs would play primarily as squad leaders within the cadre, or several players can play as one type of unit if they really want to. The Cadre we will be a part of is a hunter cadre, so there are plenty of options. Fire warriors, breachers, Stealth suits, pathfinders. I'm a little iffy on allowing PC broadsides, but crisis suits should be acceptable.

As always, feel free to ask for clarification or general inquiry.
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Right then, overhauled this idea. A quick rebranding, a fresh coat of paint etc. As there are currently two new Imperial centric Warhammer rps in the works lets see if anyone is interested in playing a filthy xeno
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... For the greater good.
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Indeed
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I don't suppose you'd have a little bit of room for a little old Gue'vesa like me, @Ollumhammersong? Doing my bit for the greater good?

I'm ready for the spotlight to prove humans have just as much place in the 5th sphere as the Tau do, smile for the camera!

(and if you'd rather keep this Tau centric I'm also happy to play a blue-ey, you just give the word)
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@The Fated Fallen I wasn't intending on allowing humans and auxiliaries in this. A tau roleplay for tau characters.
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@The Fated Fallen I wasn't intending on allowing humans and auxiliaries in this. A tau roleplay for tau characters.


Gotcha

Shas'ui (or Shas'la), reporting in! For the greater good!
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Can we be a pilot? Like devil fish or hammerhead pilot?
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Can we be a pilot? Like devil fish or hammerhead pilot?


Our friendly Air Caste?
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I mean they fight right? Sure not firecaste but they are put in just as much danger.
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Well hammerheads are piloted by fire warriors not air caste. For now i'll say.... yes. You can pilot a hammerhead. I may change my mind on that down the road.
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=D
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Any suggested reading for this? My knowledge of the Tau is very superficial, like how I keep calling them Tau when their name has actually changed to T'au XD
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Tau lexicon or whatever it's called.
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eh, not really. Aside from reading up on the failed 4th sphere expansion. And the current state of the empire

The wiki is pretty good if you really want to dive into things. I'm basing this off the most current lore. Which is M42 120~. So roughly a century into the new millennium.

T'au is what they call themselves. Tau is what the Imperium calls them. Either is good.
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Which Sept are we from?
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Probably T'aun
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I wont be starting an OOC until Monday or so, In the mean time the more people who post interest in this the better. If you know anyone who might be interested give this a plug and we might be able ot get this off the ground
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I'll give this a small bump. Still looking for people to join the greater good
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@Ollumhammersong Oh Ollum, curse you and your RP attempts! Just causing me to join more RPs. :D

(A) Kroot are out then, I guess?

Either way...for the Greater Good.
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