What Happened To Aun'Shi? - 40K Theories
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- Shortly after leading an expedition into the Farsight Enclaves, the Ethereal known as Aun’Shi would be taken captive by the Drukhari. What horrific fate could have befallen this proud and noble warrior?
Featuring Randolph Carter as Aun’Shi
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Can you imagine if they did an "Escape from new York" style novel where jaghatai Khan breaks into the cells to free spacemarines but ends up him and Aun'shi leading a rag tag group of tau, orks and astartes desperately trying to fight their way to a spaceship and escape? The infighting, the use of clever tactics to beat the hyper advanced dark eldar tech..... I'd fucking read that.
Games workshop better steal this idea
We have the first combat tau with the same design as the weapon of thanos hehehe
He gets saved... by the inquisition.
I'd probably end with Jaghatai Khan forced to sacrifice himself (mainly because statue quo) in order to allow his allies to escape the webway and Aun'shi will promise to return for him.
i was thinking the same. him tagging with the khan by gaining his respect and then fighting his way out of there
not just any tau, but an etherial that fights in GLORIOUS MELEE COMBAT, now I've seen everything.
Next episode: a Genestealer that can slow cook meat beast.
He's awesome.. He leads FROM THE FRONT..
Hmmm perhaps a bargain can be made.
Etherials are defiantly psykers
He had a doublesaber like Darth Maul and he went into combat wearing underpants. Not even any armor.
Now there's 3 T'au worthy of respect. And the only Ethereal.
I say Aun'Shi is currently Jaghatai Khan's roommate.
Or better yet they help each other to escape? The Tau get there ethereal back and the Imperium is reunited with another Primarch.
Jaghatai Khan can not be confined by a room. No cell can withstand his speed.
@@Jawmax That would be an interesting story.
@@TheAssatur I imagined he keep running around the room in circle at maximum speed.
Bhoomtawath Plinsut gotta go fast
Certainly sets up an interesting possibility where you've got mortal enemies having to work together to get free. The idea of seeing a Space Marine, Ork, Tau and Eldari all cooperating to escape would be an interesting thing to explore.
Escape Plan W40k
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Aun'Shi
Sylvester Stallone as Jaghatai Khan
I vote for the Marine and the Ork always arguing and trying to one-up each other with varying levels of comic relief.
@@kerbal666 Please let the comic-relief-marine be either an ultramarine or an imperial fist. With the UM being a tryhard and the IF being as deadpan as possible and constantly sandbagging any attempt at humor.
Even better if the counterpart isn't an ork, but a gretchin that actually gets shit done by stepping onto the UM.
Ackbar Reserve so what you are saying is you want The versions of Cato Sacarius and Rogal Dorn from What if The Emperor Had A Text To Speech Device? That would honestly be pretty funny, then add in two orks (one a Regular old boy and one a flash Git from the Blood Axes so you get the smarter one who is used to working with imperium and the trope-y one who is the polar opposite) and an Eldar/Tau and you got one hell of a group (extra wildcard: give them a Jokaero who can Deus Ex Machina their ships/vehicles/weapons at the last second and save the day if you write yourself into a corner lol) - plus if you add the Jokaero you can have a Mechanicus guy who is always going “What the hell do you mean you dont ACTUALLY know how it works?! YOU JUST BUILT IT - THRONE, I WATCHED YOU BUILD THIS THING THAT SAVED US AND YOU DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU JUST DID?!” - and the Jokaero just shrugs and smiles hahaha
@ Svagg LAORDE I think Arnold would be better suited to the role of a veteran Catachan Jungle Fighter. Aun’shi would be played by George Takei, especially since he’s supposed to be an older Tau. The full cast list:
- Geroge Takei as Aun'Shi
- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as an ork Freeboota kaptain
- Hugo Weaving as an Eldari Farseer
- Arnold Schwartzenegger as a Catachan Jungle Fighter
- Bruce Willis as Jaghati Kahn
- Vin Diesel as an Imperial Fist captain
Figured adding in a badass Imperial Guardsman would ground the movie a little better, also Arnold could play a Jungle Fighter in his sleep.
Ranger: so you somehow ended up in an arena made for AND to amuse some inmortal douchebags, too?
Aun'Shi: yes, human.
Ranger: never gets easy, right?
Aun'Shi: yes.
Respect to one of the few fish-face that can fight in *GLORIOUS HAND TO HAND, FACE TO FACE MELEE COMBAT*
Given how he's old and got famous for defending a settlement from the Orks, he's basically the T'au equivalent of Commissar Yarrick
Tau equivalent to Yarrick. I like that assessment. Shouldn't but I do
@@40KTheories far weaker than Comissar Yarrick a.k.a the champion of Gork and Mork, but equivalent of the Comissar due to his anticipation in numerous combats. At least this is my opinion.
I think he *is* the *only* Tau who can fight hand-to-hand, at least.. without a battle suit.
Everyone in this universe: bah, the Tau are weak and pathetic against everyone out there. They can't melee, for crying out loud!
Aun'Shi: hold my prisoner rations.
Given they're still selling him as a model, I think it's safe to say he's still alive. But then again, they're still selling Creed, even though he's currently in one of Trazin's pokemon balls.
They're also still selling Captain Tycho's model, and he died in the 3rd Armageddon War
Aun’ Va is dead, but still use him as a hologram. So following the “they still have a model” logic, Aun’Shi isn’t necessarily alive.
@@40KTheories Oh my, so it's very likely that he's actually dead.
Lolt West just as likely as he is alive
They also have rules for the tau commander bravestorm who was exploded by an imperial assasin (the one with the skull and the claws)
Ahhh yes, the famous ‘blue fighting man’
Aun’shi is claimed to be the best tau bladesman
Commander Farsight: “oh really”
Credit where credit's due. Aun’shi is fighting in melee on foot, while Farsight is piloting a mecha suit.
@Cure4Living pft who cares whats fair
@@varshard0 Also without armor.
I like to believe that Aun’shi meet the Khan in the gladiator pits and teamed up in a fashion similar to Spartacus.
Supreme sense.of Irony, that Farsight goes himself and manages to save one of the very Etherials he broke away from. Let alone the Ethereal who was sent to try and bring the Enclave back into the greater good
He might even do it to try to prevent the Tau Empire from retaliating against them for losing one of their most renowned Ethereal caste members.
Drukarii: Why do I hear anime music?
Drukhari Slavemaster: Oh? You’re approaching me?
I'm pretty sure in one of farsight books he got over his hatred for the etherals through mediation. He came to realize the necessity of hiding a tonne from the masses but still dislikes the idea. It went from pure hatred to palpable dislike.
@@fumarc4501 'Good point' *blows them away with railgun*
I think he is probably still there. And despite taus short life spans imagine he has probably been augmented to keep fighting. Since having him continue to fight and win is so critical to the succubus
I doubt GW will kill him off and he is probably just being held in their back pocket to be used as a potential HQ in a tau related storyline, probably involving the farsight enclave
Dark eldar can under the right circumstances be surprisingly sentimental about their prisoners though how that manifests varies wildly and often not in good ways for the prisoner.
In regards to his lifespan, I don't think that would have an effect whilst in Commoragh. As shown in the novel 'Atlas Infernal', prolonged periods of time spent in the Webway actively reverse the aging process, ensuring that they remain in their physical prime. This was how Inquisitor Czevak was able to go from a frail old man to his physical prime after 80+ years within the Webway. Czevak would even go on to state that it was partly due to the effects of the Webway that allows the Aeldari to live so long.
@@40KTheories oh wow thats amazing i had no idea... and thats awesome
@@40KTheories so CAN things die of old age in the webway? cause if not i might need to change a few things about my custom eldars lore lol
The virgin Etherial vs the Chad Aun'shi
ah yes, blue fighting man
Another examples of the Dark Eldars' great talent when it comes to naming things!
The Man Emperor of Mankind is impressed with this Tau's melee combat skills...despite Kitten's objections.
NOT FUCKING CANNON!!!
@@Deridus Roundshot or Grapeshot?
@@davidh7177 Canister out a a 120mm is the only way to go. 'Tis the Emprah's own shotgun.
I mean, did kitten even know about him?
Aun'shi is an outlier when it comes to the Tau Etherals:
-Is a respectable, honorable person
-Isn't a piece of shit
-Actually lives up to the hype of Tau Etherals
-Is able to not only able to but prefers fighting in melee combat
-Is GOOD at Melee
Not only that but in spite of all that I wrote above he's still not a Mary Sue because his honor makes things harder for him and he isn't invincible.
He Also the only Ethereal that Farsight trusts.
Well, Ko'vash was decent too
Also interesting point is apparently he actively prefers the company of the Fire Caste to the Ethereals
He's 100% gonna have some kind of role in succeeding Aun'Va as supreme ethereal, and probably bring about a reformation of the aun caste from their status as basically the covenant prophets from Halo, so yeah I'm sure he'll escape somehow and possibly with Farsight's help, since he's good buddies with Aun'shi.
Probably not since 40k tends to be really really grim dark for no real reason, though with the latest additions they've made it may be possible since it seems they are tonging down the grim dark a little bit.
@@Nyghtking well, too much Grimdark tends to be unsatisfactory. Best to balance it out with some fluff.
Probably became a Grotesque...
That, or a Ninja Turtle.
I mean can you imagine how much of a nightmare he would be if they did that can could manage to have him keep his skill with the blade? Just a Grotesque with a double sided blade cleaving effortlessly through reinforced armor at lightning speed.
Unlike apparently the vast majority of 40K fans, I freaking love the Tau, so this was a great little glimpse into how cool they can be.
I think the so-called T’au hate is mostly for laugh than taken seriously. After all, if T’au is so hated why is GW still putting them up in shelves? Because they are ONE of the most popular factions in Warhammer 40k despite what the internet says, hell I can safely say that the T’au hate has dwindled since then.
Too good for this sinful galaxy. Please lord inquisitor, if there is any way to convince alfabusa to let aun to show up in tts...
Aun'shi should be the new space Pope, so that he can rejoin with Farsight and so put some GLORIUS MELEE ORDER of fighters in service of the greater good
Things to fear: a space wolf khorne berzerker
Things for amusement: fire warrior melee team
Sa'Mu'Rai Apa'Che XV-18s
I think Aun Shi has the charisma, fighting skill, leadership, and cunning to devise a Spartacus type rebellion in Commorrah. To free those that are also slaves and even devise away to gather former Tau and other races that were forced into wrack and grotesque servitude into a revolt, steal ships, and escape Commorrah. A feat that would not only win him more accolades but also could bolster the cause of other races to the cause of the greater good. There could be potential allies also enslaved in Commorrah, but once free could rejoin their people, tell of Aun Shi's exploits and preach of the greater good to their people, who will then seek to reach out to and join the Tau and bolster their numbers and Empire on both sides of the Cicatrix Maledictum. It could be the greatest unintended boon to the Tau ever known. Who knows, there could be countless kidnapped kings, queens, royalty, statements and other high profile peoples of note that Aun Shi could end up inadvertently helping in Commorrah.
But that's all just a theory. 😉😏
Basically being sent there as a missionary for the Greater Good even though no one thought of it that way. I could even see some Dark Eldar superfans start to see the light and help (if not begin) the revolution/escape.
Achilles: "imagine a king that fights his own battles, wouldn't it be a sight?"
Aun'shi: "i accept your proposition"
It would be so cool if Aun'Shi and Jaghatai Khan escaped together. First step would probably be forcing the two to fight though.
You know, having had time maybe TTS would've done this, even tho i doubt so.
He is the IP man of Tau. And a book must come out with the Khan working with him to lead a slave revolt
Aun’Shi and the Khan are plotting the greatest escape from Kamorga ever.
Eldar: we are the most sophisticated race in the galaxy
Also Eldar: *BLUE FIGHTING MAN LOL*
Well, it is the *Dark* Eldar that call him Blue Fighting Man...
Love to see a prison break story where the earth cast prisoners engineer a daring escape. Somehow they get their hamds on some tools or something. Learn how Dork Eldar tech works. They could get on a ship and fly out, fighter craft chasing them. Pop out a webway portal and run into a rogue trader, or lesser xeno, someone who wont kill them on site. Then their journey home beggins.
That would be cool. More likely they'll be tortured to death because grimderp.
ugh boring, would be better if he had to work with the human and ork prisoners
I'm betting that he's getting out with Jagathai with the arrival of the Bearded Triumvirate. Or he and Jagathai are going to reenact Planet Hulk with some others gladiators.
"Get on the bike blueberry. We're goin' racing."
What we need is a short anime about Farsight going into the Webway Gate with the Eight and breaking Aun'shi.
But that's just me looking for any feasible story for a Farsight anime. I think it would be good for the characters, and good for the memes.
The only Ethereal who isn't a complete asshole! Makes me, as a Enclaves player, proud.
If, or really when, Jaghati Khan reappears I would not doubt that Aun'shi would be brought back as well.
“ But they can’t even fight in Melee!” - Kitten
Well actually...
In that place the very best you can hope for is a swift death, especially considering all the other options available. Being a guest of the Homunculi, for instance.
tau "melee combat is barbaric"
Aun'shi "i like melee"
tau "AUN'SHI IS VICTORY ASSURED"
6:20 robute"hey... that's my name!"
A fish face that fights in glorious melee!
I can see aun shi winning lots of fights because he took on a ork horde with his blades and a few fire warriors. To do that is outstanding
I believe, if GW wants to write something compelling and actually enjoyable for fans, that this could be taken into a whole different direction:
Yvraine heard about the hyped "Fighting blue man," how powerful he was, the calming effect he had over three helpless T'au and about his strictly honorable nature from the Drukhari who were laughing about it. When she broke out of Commorragh they made sure to grab the three T'au when they saw them, despite not actually being able to verbally communicate, as an ethereal with a reasonable disposition and with Yvraine being the avatar of a God both were outstanding enough from their peers, that instantly it was mutually understood they were the ones to trust(Also, they werent Drukhari. That makes "Go with them" a pretty solid choice) After reaching translation equipment, they filled each other in on who they are and whats going on. Aun'shi now understands the great-est good is to fight for the Ynnari to end the ways of the Dark Eldar as well as the Chaos God(s). This creates a very interesting three fold lore alteration.
1. Aun'shi is now the second powerful T'au to know of and combat Chaos. This would put Farsight and Aun'shi in the same corner even if they dont know it yet.
2. Creating positive inter-xeno relations, including a powerful T'au hero who can recruit more T'au and who is faction neutral as he is heavily respected by both Classic and Diet T'au,
3. Since the two scientists were Earth caste, depending on how good they were, this now opens up the Ynnari to have access to T'au tech including FTL Non-warp craft, railguns, exosuits, etc.
Basically this could make the Ynnari into one very spicy meatball in a galaxy full of indigestion.
Eventually the tyranids got to him and he became known as Oi'Shi.
😋
Or, maybe, during one of the fights he was parried with the Khan, and they began to respect one another. And durning the White Scars attacks on the Dark Eldar home world thingy they both break free.... I mean I’m no writers but I can see the two pairing up. I mean come on, there is going to have to be a Tau, Eldar, Imperium alliance at some point.
Parrying is very diffrent from pairing.
Why would a primarch respect the pitiful struggling of a weakling xeno?
Khan would work with others. Xeno if needed. He has tactics.
Khan is one of the more sensible Primarchs, and Rawbutt Girlyman works with the Ynnari.
Khan working with an Ethereal to escape the Drukari is one of the more better ideas to get the Khan back into action
Cody Archer thanks
Does this mean ere getting the dark eldar gladitor arean in tts?
Well, most of the inquisitorial host IS supposed to go there.... Aun’Shi and The Khan will be there as the tag team duo and will be pitted against the host and Leman. Only for a Spartacus breakout with time space shenanigans with Yvraine and everyone will pop out in Ultramar. Just in time for Guilliman to wake up and meet his waifu.
More Tau lore! For the greater good!
I wish I had a title as grand as 'Blue Fight Man'
Could he have escaped when Y'vrane became the Emissary of Ynnead?
Perhaps he escaped. But he saw his peer die at the hand of a soul scouring assassin. Then he saw how far his people depended on the Ethereals, where one is not even allowed to die without causing mass panic. The mix of fear for himself and the Tau's future must cause an existential crisis.
Granted it hasn't happened yet but I really do believe the tau need to learn how to access the webway for their species to progress. They have way too much keeping them contained in a small pocket of space and their lack of warp drives hinders their expansion further. If they found a way into the webway they could appear anywhere in the galaxy and it would give them the possibility of attempting a rescue or retaliation against the dark edlar.
Even the Emperor himself couldn't access the webway without using the golden throne and his near infinite psychic powers to establish the connection. The tau will never have access to the webway.
@@CedarHunt Difference is that Emps would have succeeded hadn't it been for a certain someone, and was never even given the chance to try and repair it due to the entire "Horus" thing. After which the Imperium has been stagnating for quite some time.
The Tau has reached beyond some of the Imperium's current age technology in a staggeringly short amount of time while also incorporating different alien species into their empire for benefits, the Kroot and Vespid ain't their only alien allies they've got, there are plenty more in non-combat roles. If they don't end up with their own "heresy", or one of the larger factions doesn't vipe them of the map (and the Tau has made sure that they are the least appealing target in lightyears radius, it's kinda how they keep themselves alive), there is no reason why they couldn't eventually reach a point where they could reverse engineer those portals, given enough time.
Hmmmmm this is walking a dangerously thin heretical line
He is dead. He is or was in Commorrah. You never escape from there unless it is by design of some dark eldar faction.
As long as he continues to bring entertainment they'll keep him alive. In fact, they probably won't allow him to die until they've had their fun.
Considering this is the dark eldar we're talking about, the idea that a certain group would "accidently" give Aun'Shi the means to carry out an escape just to screw over his handler is nothing new.
How do you think Vect got into power in the first place?
Didn't Kayon decimate Commorrah with the Black legion
@@daveyb454 not quite, they only wrecked a single sector within the impossibly huge commoragh
The Emperor's champion would like a word with you. -Black templar vox cast to 40k Theories.
Don't tell Jaghatai Khan about this...
I think the Khan would be more of a racing champion rather than a gladiatorial champion.
1) Either he will be rescued by Commander Farsight ironically
2) Or he will escape together with Jaghatai Khan
Aun’Shi got lost on a fishing trip. Dedicate a shanty to his tale for he’s a Star amongst the Tau. His bravery in melee sets him apart from the rest of caste. He proves that Tau can fight in melee if they train, which he does.
Him and Cortez drink pints together and talk about how being so fucking rad is a curse due to their balls always scraping against the ground
A very extremely awesome video as always 40k Theories.
I keep hearing that as "Ouch'y." What's next, Commander Boo-Boo? Sergeant Wound?
Aun-shi is gone-shi.😀😐 I'll see myself out.
*fire warrior OST starts playing* 🔥🗿
This guy is probably the only ethereal with actual respect from his soldiers and people or fire caste
You know, i wish we could get a unit named "Disciples of Aun'shi" which uses light fusion blades and specialize in close quarters combat, tho can fire the Fusion blades as light fusion blasters.
Love your video's keep up the great work
Tau that partakes in glorious melee combat........................................................imperium” huzza I see a Xeno of class”
A second Tau who favors melee? They are learning the joys of glorious melee combat.
Chaos corrupted Aun’shi, warrior of Khorne the Blood God.
Ah yes.. the one Tau who could melee.
Literally the one Tau model built for melee.
I have a feeling we'll meet him in TTS.
7:20 Oh look, it's Dee Snider
from Twisted Sister!
My sitcom senses are tingling!
He met Jaghatai Khan and got wrecked faster than Jaghatai drives.
Khan the betrayer vs entire tau race in melee no battle suite
I would like to have close combat crisis suites
I can only say that by the time any author gets back to the story an interminable amount of time will have passed. At best Aun'shi will be having his misery extracted by various means. He is under the power of the Druhkari. Short of the T'au figuring out the webway...that's a big yeah no. If he doesn't learn how to be as vicious as his captors and even more ruthless then he cannot win free. What even does he know of the webway? Even if he were to somehow win free of his captivity - he is still lost. They might just let him go to wander the endless tracks of the webway and be amused that he should die out there - perhaps slaughtered by a demon broken through from the Warp?
How long have time passaed since his capture? I mean Farsight is now 300 years old.
Aun'Va is a hologram.
What 40K miracle will Aun'shi have?
Believe this guy who kicks ass use melee combat it's play some dark elders yeah l o w the miracle Far Side from The Enclave just come in and rescue him
I just keep hearing Ouchi
He got an extras job in the next Avatar film?
Aun'shi vs Leman Russ
The Tau reveal that they along with there psychically able allie races have a servator like machine that psychically forces the gate open. They send a team of 1 Firecast named O'Neil, a Earth caste named Car Ter and a water caste named Dan 'iel. Sneaking into Comora they are captured but rescued by an Incubus who has been inspired by Aun'shi to turn against his dark masters and join the Greater Good. After the success of this mission the Tau create a special secret branch of the military to explore all the STARs of the galaxy thanks to there new GATE. In 10 years of thrilling adventures they discover a uninhabited human city on an ocean world with a fully functioning STC and a barely functioning almost dead abandoned Craftworld. :)
As a Stargate fan, this made my day.
@@spyro563 Stargate SG1 FANS UNITE!
People living in socialist paradises tend to disappear. Nothing to worry about. Drink the water. Do it.
Ah yeah bro. That totally *only* happens in “socialist” states. Cough*Franco*Cough*Pinochet*Cough*Epstein*
Is it even possible he could have survived the breach of the gate of Khaine?
Supposedly, all of the primarchs are supposed to return. Jaghati Khan disappeared into the web way in pursuit of drukhari. What if. . .
Just what if, he happens to be in the gladiatorial pits himself, and returns to the galaxy at the head of a massive slave revolt, one with Aun'shi in tow.
Maybe he just died of old age or had to fight a space marine.
He'll be back
I doubt he´s still alive most likely another Succubus, Archon or even Heamonculus have decided to teach her a lesson and sent her favorite pet up against something he couldn´t win against.
Most likely he was properly reduced to a most delicious drug or made into a living armchair for the Heamonculus to use.
Well..... that’s another 600 dropped on a tau army for me lol
Thats one great Tau warrior.
Now due to the maledictum commoragh is destroyed now I want to know what happen him.
@User 905 it's been updated.
Story is moving forward.
Honestly I'd say that tau captain America is dead at this point because Tau don't live that long and he was facing retirement already
It’s unlikely he would have died of old age due to the fact that spending prolonged periods of time within the Webway has been shown to reverse the aging process. This is shown within Atlas Infernal where Inquisitor Czevak would enter the Webway as a frail old man and emerge 80 years later in a state closer to his physical prime. The novel also states that part of the reason as to why the Aeldari have such long lifespans is due in part to the Webway effectively extending their lifespans. This latter point is even hinted at in Path of the Renegade when it’s mentioned that Exodites (who never leave their homeworlds) are the shortest lived of all the Aeldari sects.
He respects Melee? Then he shall die last
Wouldn't it be a twist if The Protos.. sorry the Tau Aun'Shi would have escaped and actually formed an Alliance with Farsight, kinda like the Dark Zel'da...sorry like an fringe movement from the general Tau Empire, that works in Shadows for a greater Good of their own vision of equality.. Also, I hope to think the Ethereals can join into Archo..sry something, beings of pure Tau warp energy.
or webway "energy"..
Bless the emperor
Buff Tau
Buff Tau
If Aun Shi didnt get kidnapped he may have become the new etheral supreme. Maybe he could have unified the tau and bring in a new golden age for the tau. But nope, some point eared drug addicts shackled him and force him to fight in their sex dungeons.
Where is that ending music from? So familar
Chaos Gate.
@40KTheories I loved that game too
so how good is he in melee? good enough to beat space marines? custodes?
statwise aun'shi can beat the shit out of a drukhari archon or two
8th ed stats he hits at str 5, 5 times with one damage each. He's also got the choice at the start of a fight phase to either get -2 AP to those attacks or to let himself reroll his failed invunerability saves (he's got a +4 invun), coupled with his 5 wounds and all the abilities of a standard ethereals (sense of stone standing out here), he's a really hard nut to crack for only 50 points. I've had him block chaos lords, hive tyrants and space marine captains.
Lore wise, we really don't know, they say he killed an Ork Warboss in a single strike and held off his horde until reinforcemence arrived, this could be propaganda tho. We know he fought some Drukari and slowly lost after getting tagged by a poisoned blade, but not without doing some serious damage to his attackers. After which he's been fighting in those pits against who knows what for enough time to gain recognition among the Drukhari.
Overall, he's not nearly as strong or fast as a space marine, but considering he's spent his entire life studying combat, he's probably got your AVERAGE space marine outclassed in pure combat experience.
Greatest tau there was
Are the Tau the necrons?
Don’t all tau only live for like 40 years or something! Shouldn’t he be dead or at the very least be dead once he enters back into realspace !
Unlikely, since prolonged periods of time spent within the Webway is shown to reverse the aging process. This is shown in the novel 'Atlas Infernal' with Inquisitor Czevak, who entered the Webway as a frail old man, but would emerge 80+ years later in his physical prime. The novel also goes on to state that is it is due in part to the nature of the Webway itself that grants the Aeldari such long lifespans. This latter point is even supported in 'Path of the Renegade' which states that the Exodites (who never leave their homeworlds) are the shortest lived of the various Aeldari sects.
Who/what the hell does Aun'Shi-type Tau remind me of...Don't mean Protoss, skinny old ones, Xcom ethereals, but something keeps nagging at me of the visual design... Not Avatar either...But...the fck.was it..maybe in some other game? Mass efffect? Dunno...
Duros from Star Wars?
Hahahahahahhahaahaaa, I apologize, I think I misheard you did you just say, that A melee fighting Tau? An ethereal no less?
IS THIS SOME SORT OF JOKE!
BY KHORNE'S BLOOD DRENCHED AX, THIS MUST BE A JOKE!