Warhammer 40k Tau Empire Limited Edition Codex (6. Auflage) • EUR 52,84 (2024)

FAQs

Is the imperium stronger than the Tau? ›

The Tau have a much lower highest level of technology compared to the Imperium, but a much higher average level of technology. That thing in the background is a Titan. It is the most powerful weapon that the Imperium of Man still regularly produces. The Imperium has stronger weapons from the Dark Age…

Pick up the hefty Warhammer 40K Core Book and your army's codex later, if you feel you really want to and/or can afford them. But they're by no means essential - not in the current edition of the game, which is deliberately designed to lower these barriers to entry.

A codex (pluralized as codexes by Games Workshop), in the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop wargame, is a rules supplement containing information concerning a particular army, environment, or worldwide campaign.

The Tau are a Empire of humanoid Aliens with a bluish gray leathery skin. The Tau females seem to have hair while most males seem to have a top knot reminiscent of human Samurai. Tau have no nose, the Tau smell through sense organs inside their mouth.

Purely in physical strength the books suggest it was Vulkan - though he reserved that strength more than the others. Apart from Magnus the amazing changing Primarch, Vulkan was physically bigger and more imposing than his brothers - the books suggesting he towered over Guilliman, Sanguinius and the Lion.

In all reality if the Imperium (as it is now) faced the full power of the forces of chaos I believe the Imperium would ultimately be snuffed out. It would be a LONG and absolutely beyond strenuous campaign for the forces of chaos but it could be done.

Residing in the warp, an alternate dimension comprised of pure psychic energy, the Gods of Chaos in Warhammer 40K feed on the emotions, hopes, and passions of mortal creatures for sustenance and to further their power.

Most Warhammer 40,000 fiction is set around the turn of the 41st millennium (about 38,000 years in the future).

The edition release pattern has been fairly consistent since 7th edition. New editions are released over the summer and last for three years. 9th edition was released the summer of 2020, which puts us just about at the tail end of the three year release window for the edition.

They may fire their ranged weapons while within engagement range of an enemy unit. The rule does not give any other exceptions, they can still only shoot during the shooting phase when selected to make a ranged attack like you normally would.

Can Space Marines join the tau Empire? ›

Perhaps a space marine that has not fully finished his training can join the tau empire but such a chance is quite unlikely as most who have not finished their training are either watched carefully by the battle brothers or have failed and perhaps died too.

The Imperium is the largest and currently most powerful political entity in the galaxy, consisting of at least 1,000,000 Human-settled worlds dispersed across most of the Milky Way Galaxy. Consequently, an Imperial planet might be separated from its closest neighbour by hundreds or even thousands of light years.

The Tau's relationship with the Imperium is a bit more co placated in the sense that they're prepared to work together if they have a common goal (eg. fighting a Tyranid Hive fleet).

Emperor of Mankind: A dude so powerful he's practically a deity. The Emperor of Mankind stands as a beacon of psychic might and martial prowess. Seated upon the Golden Throne, his psychic abilities ripple across the vast expanse of the Imperium, holding chaos at bay.

Phalanx, the mobile fortress-monastery of the Imperial Fists Chapter and the greatest starship in service to the Imperium.