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| - The Velk’Han Sept is a cluster of worlds that have fallen entirely to the forces of the Tau, their human populations turned from the Pax Imperium to the collectivist doctrine that is the Greater Good. Just how compliant the humans are in this process depends on the world in question, for some resisted the coming of the Tau and fought for many years, while others threw down their arms at the first contact with a Water Caste envoy.
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| - The Imperium seeks first to destroy what they cannot accept. We must force them to accept that they cannot destroy us, and then the Greater Good shall prevail.
- Cadres 211, 261 and 272; hostile incursion in sector 74; an immediate response has been mandated by Shas'O Tsua'Malor Aloh'shas Elan'nan and ratified by Aun'ui Tau'n Len'ra. Form up as a contingent under Shas'el Tash’var D’ka Cha’ro. Air support is being allocated to you now, Shas'el. Tau'va!
- Ours is the destiny of all races to find peace and harmony amongst the stars against the reckless aggression of ancient and fearful empires. We are the new life of the galaxy, a tiny sapling from which a mighty tree will grow, and we will not be denied our right to thrive!
- The Imperium wields might without mercy and influence without temperance. Only by following the way of the Greater Good will they ever learn the error of their ways and know order, wisdom and unity.
- By your will, Fio’Ui. The relief seems to depict iconography relating to the gue’la religion. I shall remove the panel for further study. Work-brother, pass me the fusion cutter… there, that should… [sound of rapid laser fire, then static.]
- Such mindless hatred these humans hold that they must call a “Crusade” to protect themselves from imagined enemies. I did not choose to war with them, but if they so wish it, I shall deliver them to the emperor-god they so adore.
- This is a message to the peoples of the Imperium, and to the honourable Emperor of that realm. We offer you peace should you join us, and war should you prefer it. We await your response, for we recognise in your race beings of honour and courage.
- We make war because we must; they make war because they know no other existence.
- What need you understand but the Greater Good? What more than the Greater Good can hold any concern for you? Ask not where your husband went. Rather, rejoice that his absence benefits us all!
- Control of space is the control of power. Control of power is the essence of the Greater Good.
- You wanna know who’s in charge, sir? You see that? Yeah, the littleguy with all the legs crawling over your shoe. He’s in charge. He’s the only one knows what the hell he’s doing, anyway.
- Your people are plagued by the terrors we call the Mont’au, as we once were. Too easily, your kind falls to savagery and barbarism, and too readily you embrace such things as good and necessary. We offer another path—a path free of the discordant brutality that haunts you. Our way is unity, peace, reason, and progress, and we offer it to all who crave it, whether they know it or not.
- Auto vox-beacon 1145EG-BK.Quarantined world, turn back. Auto vox-beacon 1145JH-BK. Quarantined world, turn back. Auto vox-beacon…
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| - Aun’O Tsualal.
- Fire Caste Strategic Command, D’Shas’Ka
- Intercepted Earth Caste communication
- Kor’O Y’Eldi
- Maskin Quiore, Gue’la Water Caste Liaison
- Por'O Tsua'Malor Ta'cha Shi'nesh Kunas'ro.
- Por’O Ssalo’yen, senior Water Caste Envoy
- Por’O Volescur, Tau Water Caste.
- Shas'O M'yen.
- Shas’Ui Han’to Tamino, Veren Fire Warrior
- Specialist Vynes, 11th Ornsworld Regiment.
- Wide-channel voxcast, Bekrin.
- Last known transmission of Por’el Tau’n Ukos, Water Caste Negotiator.
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| - The Velk’Han Sept is a cluster of worlds that have fallen entirely to the forces of the Tau, their human populations turned from the Pax Imperium to the collectivist doctrine that is the Greater Good. Just how compliant the humans are in this process depends on the world in question, for some resisted the coming of the Tau and fought for many years, while others threw down their arms at the first contact with a Water Caste envoy. The Tau’s effort to insinuate themselves within the Jericho Reach is an unusual one, for it marks a departure from established patterns of expansion and conquest. The Tau Empire has thus far expanded its holdings in concerted, species-wide efforts, the forces of a number of Septs spreading outwards to bring a new ‘sphere’ of space within the Tau’s infl uence and establish still more Septs within it. The Velk’Han Sept was established outside of this pattern, representing not an empire-wide Crusade into surrounding space, but a single, concerted strike across the void towards a very specific, discrete region. The Jericho Reach is quite some distance from the dense stellar cluster occupied by the Tau Empire, and so it represented an impressive feat of voidsmanship for the Tau to even reach it, and a daring display of military skill to capture as many worlds as they did in such a short time. The Sept’s humans (referred to by the Tau as ‘Gue’la’) adhere not to the Imperial Creed, but to the Tau ideal of the Greater Good. The Tau teach that the perfect society, one modelled after the Tau themselves, has a place for every creature; with every creature in that place, fulfilling their assigned roles without question, for the good of the Sept as a whole. Imperial religion is prohibited and the Tau Water Caste run education (and re-education) programs that instil an understanding and love of the Greater Good into the sometimes reluctant gue’la minds. Populations are regularly sterilised to prevent population growth outstretching Tau methods of control. Human transgressors against the Greater Good are not publicly executed, as is the Imperial way, for the Tau see no need to publicise the fates of those who oppose them. Instead, such gue’la simply disappear, and it is the way of the Greater Good to convince oneself that they never existed at all. The Mal’caor Shi, the Tau taskforce that rules and defends the Sept, has at its disposal several contingents of Tau military units and spacecraft. The Tau force contains many veteran forces of Fire Warriors and Air Caste pilots, and its leaders are highly motivated to add the Reach to the expansion of the Tau Empire. It also commands many auxiliary forces drawn from species that have joined the Tau in the pursuit of the Greater Good. The most numerous xenos auxiliaries are the Kroot, with substantial numbers of insectoid Vespid and smaller units of other, more specialised xenos warriors. The Tau also make use of human troops, but they never arm or direct them in person. Instead, the wishes of the Tau are passed on to the leaders of human worlds who then equip and command their own planetary forces. The Imperial Guard fighting on the fringes of the Sept in the Greyhell Front find themselves fighting these human forces as much as xenos foes. The Tau face constant challenges in their fight to keep the Velk’Han Sept viable. The Tyranids and the Imperial Crusade force them to commit huge numbers of auxiliaries. Even before the Crusade hit the Canis Salient, however, the Sept had its problems. Chief among these was the baleful influence of the ruins found in the Black Reef and on many humansettled worlds. These ruins, the remnants of a xenos species long dead, are without exception inimical to life, and seem to defend themselves by infecting human and Tau alike with madness. Imperial aggression forced the Tau to abandon their efforts to understand these ruins, and their secrets remain hidden under the soil of Sept’s worlds.
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