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Hello, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.

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It's Law Crimes. Hello! We play Warhammer. We've

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got an interesting episode today. It's been a

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while since we've done a lore dump for you all.

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And today we're talking about something where

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I think it's fair to say not many people are

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very well apprised of it. It's one of those things

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that's got a lot of lore, but I guess maybe it's

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just like, is it kind of new -ish, the Taros

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campaign? Nah, this is old school. This is old

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school, fool. Because it's Tau, but like... This

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is what I mean, though. How do you approach it?

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Tau were new 15 years ago, my friend. It's probably

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close to 20 years now, isn't it? I think it might

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be over 20. Yeah, probably is, because they came

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out in 3rd edition, I think. Some of our listeners

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are younger than Tau, by the way. But we're talking

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about the Tauros campaign. Eli, you're helming

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this episode. Could you give us a brief, what

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is the Tauros campaign? What am it? It's the

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campaign that saw the Imperial Guard and Space

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Marines fighting the Tau on the planet of Tauros.

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That's pretty much all you gotta know for now.

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Although I suppose mainly Guardsmen. It's mainly

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Guardsmen, yes. The Space Marines fight like

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twice, maybe three. Four times technically, but

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there's two different chapters that fight. Yeah,

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it's like one chapter and a couple of companies

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of the other one. We'll give it a bash. Oh, these

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blue fellas are a bit tricky. Oh, bang, bang,

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bang. They're there. They are there. Everyone

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loves Raptors. Give us your opinion in the chat,

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though, how you feel about Tau. We need to know.

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They're cool, and they're good, and they're a

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good part of the setting, and fuck you, people

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who don't like the Tau. And for people who love

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the Tau... You'll be happy to know that I've

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recorded a bunch of Space Marine 2 footage of

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a rat. Because there's no Tau game other than

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Fire Warrior. I would have played Dawn of War.

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Fire Warrior is ass. I gotta play that game.

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Don't. You really don't. I desire it. Also, just

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before we start, it is the eponymous day, Colin.

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Colin will wear a green hat this week. You better

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put on a green hat. There better be a picture

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with a green hat at the very least. Or a fourth

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pregnant is going to hit the Discord. Don't test

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me. I already paid the artist. Crazy. I might

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have forgotten the hat. Oh, no. Get one real

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quick, pal. Is there a substitute? Change it

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for next week. We might be able to come up with

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something. Okay. Well, we will see. Place your

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bets in the chat on who you think is going to

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win, the Imperium or the Tau. We already know.

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Look at this guy. Raptors are strong. Look at

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that. He should win. Look at that. I watch the

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10 FPS gameplay every time. For everyone who's

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listening in, as always, get your snacks, drinks,

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your terrible ammunition to make fun of our forehead

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game. We're already locked in. Eli's about to

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guide us through. Would you say this is... How

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would you rate this campaign against other lore

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pieces? I know infamously many Imperium codexes

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or campaign or crusade books are like, and then

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the Space Marines battled, and then somebody

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won. it's decent it's cool i won't i'll be sparing

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people of all the deeper uh descriptions and

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things otherwise you'd be here for four hours

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although uh colin did you want to mention what

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you mentioned to us before the stream about um

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oh the damocles crusade and whenever the tao

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fights the imperium oh i was just saying that

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it brings forth the most insufferable people

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the 40k fan base You say the words Damocles Crusade

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and 30 different people will inform you that

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actually the Tau won. They'll be like, well,

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the Tau destroyed half the Imperium. No, the

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Imperium won. There's still a Tau Empire. No,

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they didn't. It was a complete waste of time.

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Whenever the Tau win anything, the Imperium haters

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are... are on route immediately literally seething

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frothing at the mouths complaining about plot

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armor probably the most uh low iq community on

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the planet he played the imperium i like the

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imperium to be fair though the damnos crusade

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involves the white scars so clearly they should

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have won but still that's all i'll say well there's

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two all right boys Let's get locked in. Guys,

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we're here to deliver lore. This is lore you

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probably can't really get anywhere else, so everyone

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be prepared. Unless you look up the PDF and read

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through the entire 100 -page thing by yourself,

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but yes. That's why they're here. Before we start,

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shall we read these pre -streamed donations so

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that I don't have to pause shortly in? So, first

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one from DonkeyManUSA, streamed late due to HALO,

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straight up cruting it, and I mean, uh, he's

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peanuts, wow. Thank you, DonkeyMan, you're real

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for that. This is, wow, I mean, wow. Uh, why

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do I have multiple chairs if I'm never gonna

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have company? Because it was a fucking dining

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set. Thank you for the five dollars. And the

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original plan was I'd play... I'd play D &D on

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that table, but then I bought more minis and

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more minis and then a couple more. Jesus Christ.

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Don't go on USA, five bucks. The unhinged HAL

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supercut is pushing 40 minutes. Pray for my laptop

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machine spirit. Sorry. What's worse is like I

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said unhinged stuff or someone spent time compiling

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it. What is worse? So I see what is gripper thing

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with $2. Hat, XOXO, feel the vibes, Colin. They

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are wet. What a time for your missus to walk

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in. My word. What's going on? What's he talking

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about? If you want to see, they can see your

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arm. There you go. Nice. Nuts. Nuts donated.

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I miss my dad, said Andy. Joke. Hal, I'm overstimulated.

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Eli, I'm farting on my roommate's door. Colin,

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I'll be Dexcom noises. These are all things that

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Hal would say. They are. We spent an entire year

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with Hal saying farting on my roommate's door.

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Man, I don't like this one. I'm not ready to

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get as mean. Colin's hairline is so receded.

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It's a backwards beard. I neither like the fact

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you said that nor the fact that you aren't wrong.

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The hairline is technically just, you know, it's

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the same way. It's just, you know. It's crazy

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that Colin and Eli are both younger than us as

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well, Andy. We're really trying to stay our age.

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We'll grow a beard. Grow a big lumberjack beard.

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Also car chucks. Thank you. That's sus for 10.

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Well, the tower is about to be very sus as a

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mogus, and I believe we should get into it. So,

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our story of Taros. Colin's gone already. The

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story of Taros. The green hat. He's going to

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get a hat. Not on Taros Excel, but with the Administratum.

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These were during the evil and bleak days leading

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up to Abaddon's 13th Black Crusade. They were

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preparing for it. getting the resources allocated,

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moving the troops, mobilizing everything. And

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of course, this requires a very large amount

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of logistics, and there's a lot of issues that

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they have to work through. One of these issues

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was getting more resources for a Forge World

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called Stygies VIII. This would be quite pivotal

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in getting the defenses prepared and provided

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for for Abaddon's Black Crusade. This is the

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13th one. I'm pretty sure this is before it got

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retconned, so he loses this one in theory. But

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he actually wins now. Maybe we can give the Tau

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some credit for Abaddon's win. I'm not going

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to lie. But anyways, close to Stygies VIII was

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a planet called Taros, the Desert World of Taros.

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There's one city upon Taros called Tarokin. Other

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than that, it's just mines across the planet,

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but mostly situated around this one city. It

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mines three particular resources, the names of

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which I don't remember. But if you watch my video

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in the future, they'll be there. And so, yeah,

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they called upon Taros. They delivered Auditor

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Prime, Mr. Dree, to give a new tithe to the planetary

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governor, who was named Aulis. They used an audit

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from the 38th millennium to decide how much resources

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that Taros could get, which I think is kind of

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cool. So Dree goes to the planet. He gives it

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to the planetary governor. He says, cool and

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good, everything's good. But he also inspects

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the mines and the situation on the planet. And

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he finds that all of these mines are suspiciously

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missing their resources. They've been completely

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mined out. The ore seam is gone. There's just

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nothing there, which is very odd because the

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audit never said anything about extracting resources

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at such a high rate. And when he looked into

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where these resources were going, They just seemingly

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vanished into thin air. The tithes to Styges

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8 were being met, but the rest of these resources

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were being shipped off -planet to who knows where,

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and it was completely unsure. He looked for productivity

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reports from the mines. Some of them gave it

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to him, some of them didn't. But he had a good

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idea of how much they were supposed to be producing,

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and had an estimate on how much they were actually

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producing, and they were grossly overproducing.

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Now, there wasn't much more he could do about

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it at the time. He was just filing a report,

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doing his investigations. On the outside, everything

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seemed fine with the elites and the governor,

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but all of a sudden, in the shadows, they're

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not feeling so fine. They're getting together.

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They're conspiratoring. That's not the right

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word, but they're conspiring together on how

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to fix this situation because there is a reason

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that the resources are being... bled away and

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they most certainly do not want auditor prime

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dree to figure out why they are being taken away

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uh some of them suggested they should just kill

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the munitorum team uh but this is a terrible

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idea because then they'll you know enact vengeance

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upon taros so they scrap that for now they just

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stall and they plead ignorance onto who knows

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where these resources are going Unbeknownst to

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the Imperium, 20 years before that, the Tau Empire

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had sent delegates to Tauros. Now, they don't

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own Tauros, but their borders were reaching closer,

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still a little bit far away, so it wasn't really

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a place for military conquest, but sometimes

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the Tau don't need military to get their own

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planets. So they send watercast delegates. They

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bribed the elites and the planetary governor

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with luxury goods and water processing units

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and other such wealth. The planetary governor,

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Aulis, for a while, resisted but eventually gave

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in the elites gave in right away so for 20 years

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since then they have been shipping resources

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to the tao at first it started as small little

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exchanges uh and they were like insured like

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it's not going to be very much it's not a big

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deal and of course slowly as the benefits increased

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so did the shipments of war No, never. Not even

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an inch for Xenos. Before you know it, they're

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giving you waterbeds and, you know, silk stuff,

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and they're giving you an Xbox or two so that

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you can send them mining stuff. Ah, it's heresy.

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Don't consort with Xenos, everyone. Your quality

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of life in the Imperium might vastly improve

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if you do. You get three square meals of corpse

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starch a day, you're fine. It's good for the

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bones. The gristle is good for you. This reminds

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me of the, in the first Kyphers Cain book, when

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they have the Tau like slowly influencing the

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moon of like Gravelax, like all the buildings

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start. Like when Cain lands, he's like, isn't

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that really weird? The buildings are round. He's

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like, that's really weird. I don't like that.

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And then like the Tau sympathizers in quote unquote,

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and they have like, literally they are people

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in blue face. I just love that. They're like,

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the tower amazing. So they decide to paint themselves

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only on the face blue. What did Games Workshop

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mean by this? I just like the idea that the humans

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are like, oh, the buildings aren't spiky enough.

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And then the Drukhari are like, you call that

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spiky? Look at that. Oh, no. Mike in the chats,

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I have a creator. Warcrimes just hit 22k subs.

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That's cool. Thank you, Wes. On a desert planet

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where water is scarce, resources are thin, as

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in resources that you can actually use, not just

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ore, naturally, it won't be that hard to fall

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for it when they're giving you fresh water and

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food and jewels and riches beyond your imagining.

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It reminds me of I'm mentioning Star Wars. Go

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ahead and call all the slop you want. Call me

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whatever. But it's like Bill Burr's character

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in The Mandalorian. It's like, yeah, your creed's

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only so great until your life's on the line.

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Then it's, oh, you're willing to throw it away.

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It's like that. It's like, oh, yeah, praise the

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emperor until I don't have water. It's like people

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like democracy until they're hungry. Yeah. This,

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of course, is a... A great breaching of the Pax

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Imperialis, though, and while Dre's investigation

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has not been able to prove anything, he knows

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something is going on. Meanwhile, Aulis is trying

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to find a way to discredit Dre's report. Light

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years away, though, the answer will be found,

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as Captain Duralian, upon the dauntless light

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cruiser Lord Ravenor, had been on patrol with

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his squadron for several months. They were just

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about to leave, and mind you, they're near the

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Damocles Gulf. They were just about to leave

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when they spotted a few unidentified frigates,

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spaceships, whatever. And so the Solar Class

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Frigate VCS -6 of Skadron Squadron reported the

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contact and investigated further. They would

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find a few Imperial ships on their way to a Tau

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Wei station. Then they would see the Tau waystation

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and the ships meeting up with an emissary ship

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from the Tau. So they went back for a little

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bit, planned an attack, and then went out. Their

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objective was to destroy the waystation and capture

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the ships and investigate whatever they could.

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First went really good, then the Tau showed up

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with more ships, so they pulled back again, because

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Duralian's a smart guy. Then they counterattacked

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the Tau, and in a very nice close -range space

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battle, they succeeded. Most of the Imperial

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ships got away, but one was... wounded so they

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were able to board the way station and that ship

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and the msa ship nothing was found on the way

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station or the msa ship but they did capture

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the crew on the imperial ship who would reveal

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to them that they were delivering some ore from

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taros they were just following orders they didn't

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know why they were meeting up with the tau and

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they really had no idea what was going on orders

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from who was unsure but they would send these

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fellows to the inquisition and they would certainly

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find out for them. So yeah. This is obviously

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sketchy. Just following orders, said Eli. The

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classic defense of someone who knows they did

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great wrong. Captain Thralian would be awarded

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the Order of the Knights of Damocles and was

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promoted to the Captain of the Cruiser Hammer

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of Thrace for his great deeds. He filled his

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report. He didn't really know what was going

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on, but he filled the report, and it would eventually

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land all the way back on Dree's desk. And all

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of a sudden, everything made sense. The three

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ores that they were supposed to be transporting

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were all on that ship. They were clearly giving

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things to the Tau. This was very big news. Oh,

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the ores are Magnes, Vanadium, and Rhenium. There

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you go. There, you get to know. Exciting. He

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understood this is a breaching of the Pax Imperialis.

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He submitted his report and then just went back

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to his regular duties for however long it took

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the Imperium to get the report and work it out.

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He was eventually summoned back to the Minas

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Storm and would plea his case. Well, his allegations,

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I suppose, and explain what was going on. The

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council, whatever, saw it very fit that Atlas

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be killed and replaced. and that a message be

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sent to the tao so they called upon a space marine

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chapter these space marines were the avenging

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sons who would answer and they would send the

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second company a squad of veterans from the first

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company and scouts from the 10th company they

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mustered them for war set off on their battle

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cruiser strike cruiser what they're called uh

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and went out for it on the way they found all

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the location they could on taro king And they

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made their plan. The plan was quite simple. First,

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the location of the Planetary Governor's residence

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needed to be confirmed, and the Planetary Governor

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himself needed to be confirmed. Once they did

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this, they would assault the Planetary Governor's

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residence by drop pod and teleport strike. The

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drop pods would first land, they would kill everybody

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in the area, and then Captain Armros would place

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a teleport beacon, the Terminators would go in,

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kill owls and it'd be happy times they also put

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space marines on the perimeter to form a cordon

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around the city so that people couldn't leave

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or come in the plan itself went very good uh

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they showed up to kill everyone teleports came

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in they killed all the nobles inside the building

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everything was great but the planetary governor

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was not there after they found dna samples or

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they took dna samples of everyone from the apothecary

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so the code word was given and the plan turned

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into a search and destroy mission but while this

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was going on one of the perimeter space marine

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squads had spotted a new enemy and a tau manta

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came over the horizon and quickly deployed a

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hunter cadre that would unfortunately for the

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space marines crush them pretty quickly they

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were not expecting Facts from the Tau, there

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was none in the system. They had detected zero

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Tau, but here they were nonetheless. And they

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kind of got wrecked. They took the tactical squads

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from other perimeters. They got there. They held

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as strong as they could, but they just couldn't

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do it. It was too many Tau. They kind of just

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got obliterated. That's that for them. So they

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retreat back into the city, and the second day

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of the siege goes a bit better for the Space

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Marines. It's city fighting, so there's close

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quarters. They fight back. push back the Tau

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as the Tau have to clear buildings and fight

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the Space Marines, which obviously is not great

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for the Tau and is great for the Space Marines.

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But regardless, it's still a desperate battle.

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They're taking casualties. They have no idea

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how much the Tau have. They're losing ammunition.

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Their supplies are low. They have no air superiority.

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Barracudas are coming in and airstriking them.

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Bad stuff. Yeah. Isn't the Manta the gigantic

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model you can get? It's $2 ,000. And 2 ,000 points.

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I saw one of those in real life. I think it was

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at PeachCon and I just looked at it and I was

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like, that's a status symbol, that is. You've

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got to be like, bonk. Takes up an entire table.

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You're like, who's got the best army? It was

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really well painted. What's the Warlord Titan

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cost? No, as in, like, monies. Oh, over two grand.

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Yeah. You don't even get all the parts, do you?

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You have to, like, buy... No, you don't. And

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it's probably hellish to build. It's also 3 ,500

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points. I bought the head of a titan. That cost

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me, like, 70 quid. That was fun. Although, if

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I did the math somewhere, for the Tau Manta,

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You can fit a lot of stuff into it. It's a whole

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hunter cadre. I think I found it. The Tau Manta

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is, in tabletop turns, 2100 points. You can fit

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3480 points in it. Because it's not just like,

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you can fit you know, a bunch of infantry or

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some battle suits or some gunfish, you can fit

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200 infantry, four gunships, and eight battle

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suits into it. Not or, and. The whole 100. The

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only thing I want to buy is that gigantic land

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crawler thing from like really early editions.

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It's like, is it the squat one? And I'm like,

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I just want to use that as like a bread bin.

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That'd be fun. That would be pretty funny. Yeah.

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Alright, let's get back to it. So, yeah, they

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do repel the Tau eventually as they've retreated

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back to the city, but the next day, the Tau change

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their tactics. Obviously, they're not going to

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clear out space marines from buildings, so they

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decide to just kill them all instead. They barracuda

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strafe, blow things up, hammer heads, manta rail

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guns, broadsides, just pound the buildings, absolutely

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obliterating as much as they can. Space marines

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hunker down. For what it's worth, a few of them,

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many of them still survive, and they bravely

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lead their defense against the insurmountable

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odds. One of the brother dreadnoughts, his legs

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is blowing off, and he falls to the ground. The

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Tau break through, eventually pushing through

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with two hammerheads. They're repelled for one

00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:22.460
more day, but the Space Marines are really down.

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They came with some, like, 100 dudes. They have

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40 guys left, which is, like, massive losses

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for Space Marines. So in the nighttime, well,

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I guess during the daytime, Armaros does order

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an airstrike. It helps a little bit, but it's

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still not enough, and they don't have enough

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:41.420
air superiority to really make that much use

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:44.480
of their air power. The Tau own the planet, obviously.

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They own Tarokin. There's nothing they can do.

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So come nightfall, Armaros dedicates his... Now,

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he only needs two Thunderhawks out of the original

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five. He only needs two of them to deliver the

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last of his battle brothers who are still alive.

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They successfully evacuate. and have to go back

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:03.740
in shame and lick their wounds a bell would toll

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:07.420
at the chapter monastery for each battle brother

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killed and it's a bad time for the space marines

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so that's that's the first battle of taros the

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:19.359
entire victory quite quite a good towel victory

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although again i like looking at like these the

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source materials like It's also just called by

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:27.259
the Imperium, the incident. Don't call it a tower

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:32.380
victory, call it an incident. That's like Dictator

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:36.680
101. Don't let the enemy have any credit. Why

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:40.660
don't we read these two donations? Some of them

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:45.279
are still talking about my hair. BattleTech,

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:52.329
my beloved. Maybe one day. See, there it is.

00:24:52.390 --> 00:24:55.509
I saw that one. Baseman from Sweden. Thank you

00:24:55.509 --> 00:24:58.549
for the 65 sec. No, his hairline is being absorbed

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into his beard. It is a glorious beard. Parker

00:25:03.369 --> 00:25:06.970
Solomon for 19 bucks for the cancer support community.

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The emperor protects. Thank you, brother. That

00:25:08.970 --> 00:25:11.549
was on the other stream, but maybe we can...

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:14.519
it might still be open so i might be able to

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:17.579
just like donate to it from my account then that

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:19.480
might work it out i'll appreciate that brother

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:27.759
thank you so much shout out to my yeah shout

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:31.420
out to my four favorite warhammer boys the forgetful

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:36.680
guy the yellow daddy yellow And push -ups for

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Jesus. Wow. It's a great alternative. No, I've

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:48.880
already got the second channel. Don't worry about

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:52.579
it. It's not ready yet. It's still cooking. Although

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:57.000
there was also a comment I saw that was pertaining

00:25:57.000 --> 00:26:00.109
to Have you heard of a clinic called Forward

00:26:00.109 --> 00:26:02.349
that got referred by my endo as a potential cure

00:26:02.349 --> 00:26:06.109
treatment for type 1? Yeah, if you could send

00:26:06.109 --> 00:26:08.410
me all of that information, please, that would

00:26:08.410 --> 00:26:12.190
be wonderful, and I am not kidding. Dang. Was

00:26:12.190 --> 00:26:16.490
it stem cells to reinvigorate the pancreas to

00:26:16.490 --> 00:26:18.670
start producing insulin again? It was something

00:26:18.670 --> 00:26:20.930
like that, yeah. Which, by God, if that's becoming

00:26:20.930 --> 00:26:24.000
widely testing... I might be missing a few lore

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.599
crimes treatments, depending on how I get the,

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:28.799
or a few lore crime sessions, depending on how

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:31.339
I get this treatment. You can stream in the hospital.

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:36.299
It's fine. It'll be fine. This lore crime stream

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:39.380
featuring Colin's unconscious, ripped open body.

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:43.160
With the heart rate monitor, just go beep, beep,

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:45.940
beep in the corner. It's immersive. It's fine.

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:49.119
My younger brother also has a type 1 diabetic,

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:51.440
so there's a lot of interest going around, I

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:58.039
think, for this particular thing. The towel would

00:26:58.039 --> 00:27:01.660
cure your diabetes. Just saying. Dude, I know

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:04.720
they would. That's why whoever gets me first,

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:06.819
the Mechanicus or the towel, they have my loyalty.

00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:10.380
I'm sure either of them can do it. I'm sure they

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:13.400
can save you. I'm perfectly open either way.

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:16.039
Whoever I end up closest to is, you know. Isn't

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:19.720
it in Dawn of War Dark Crusade, when the Tau

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:23.200
win, they also make all the humans infertile?

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:28.579
Yeah. We'll treat you better than the Imperium,

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:30.759
but the Xenos are still on the bottom of the

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:32.759
totem pole. Come on, you're not a Tau. You're

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:38.609
filthy Xenos. Look. I'll be a second -class citizen

00:27:38.609 --> 00:27:41.390
as opposed to a servitor, all right? I'm just

00:27:41.390 --> 00:27:43.630
going to be honest. And don't forget, Colin,

00:27:43.769 --> 00:27:47.390
there is also the Thomas McAbee treatment where

00:27:47.390 --> 00:27:49.529
you could be a Necron pariah. That could help.

00:27:49.609 --> 00:27:51.289
You won't have to worry about your pancreas anymore,

00:27:51.349 --> 00:27:55.509
but then your soul... Yeah, see, I don't have

00:27:55.509 --> 00:27:58.049
a tier list for organs, but I think the soul,

00:27:58.230 --> 00:28:01.130
if you're including it, got to be at the top

00:28:01.130 --> 00:28:07.980
of the list. Probably. I guess it depends on

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:11.279
who's feasting on it. If you have the right job,

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:13.220
your life can be pretty nice in the Tau Empire

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:16.640
as a human being. And even if you don't, it's

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:19.960
still probably better than I'd say like 65 %

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:23.640
of the Imperium. Tau healthcare CEOs are crazy.

00:28:25.210 --> 00:28:26.609
you'll have yeah you'll have health care and

00:28:26.609 --> 00:28:28.410
you'll have food and water you might be sterilized

00:28:28.410 --> 00:28:30.589
and you'll have to work in work camps it depends

00:28:30.589 --> 00:28:32.410
on how you come to the greater good though if

00:28:32.410 --> 00:28:34.329
you're a prisoner of war you're going to get

00:28:34.329 --> 00:28:36.910
treated not quite as nicely unless you become

00:28:36.910 --> 00:28:38.609
a soldier for them and then they'll treat you

00:28:38.609 --> 00:28:41.089
good so prisoner of the greater good yeah i've

00:28:41.089 --> 00:28:46.230
heard that one before you will serve on the front

00:28:46.230 --> 00:28:48.990
lines in the most dangerous places of the fight

00:28:48.990 --> 00:28:51.529
but come on you know your life's not worth the

00:28:51.529 --> 00:28:53.009
same amount as attack let's be let's be real

00:28:53.009 --> 00:28:58.140
here We'll have more. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Shush

00:28:58.140 --> 00:29:02.339
you, Gwela. My commanding officers aren't firing

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:05.240
into my back in the Tau, alright? Once again.

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:10.680
Alright. Anyways. The news of the Space Marine

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:14.019
defeat and the Tau forces on Taro swiftly reaches

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:17.180
the Administratum, and so they devise a new plan.

00:29:17.789 --> 00:29:20.549
Taurus was declared ex -imperious, rebellious,

00:29:20.549 --> 00:29:22.730
and the master of the administratum signed an

00:29:22.730 --> 00:29:25.410
edict declaring the governor's over 100 crimes,

00:29:25.589 --> 00:29:28.589
along with a declaration of a rebellious system.

00:29:29.009 --> 00:29:34.829
The Taronian Declaration was put forth, and this

00:29:34.829 --> 00:29:38.329
allowed new action to be taken. So the senior

00:29:38.329 --> 00:29:40.690
adeptus administratum command staff was to be

00:29:40.690 --> 00:29:43.769
appointed, and this was to be done by Lord High

00:29:43.769 --> 00:29:47.900
Commander Otto Ivan Gustavus. Alongside him,

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:51.279
Commissar General Mordred Van Horkick was tasked

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:54.640
to be his soon -to -be right -hand man. Gustavus

00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:56.579
would then go through the politicking, filling

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:58.980
out forms, going to meetings, dealing with all

00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:01.880
that garbage to create his massive command staff,

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:04.720
which numbered over 3 ,000 people at the end

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:06.519
of the day and took a long time to get together.

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:12.539
Some important names. Venerated High Migos. Zadokine

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:15.359
Volta, representing Cytes VIII, Fleet Admiral

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:18.059
Koto, Commander of the Invasion Fleet, Lord Marshal

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:20.539
De Stael, Overall Commander of all Imperial Guard

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:23.880
Units, the newly titled Provisioner Prime, Nymus

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:26.859
Dree, guy from before, he was granted a place

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:29.700
due to his recognition of his efforts, Air Marshal

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:32.940
Denevelt, Staff Colonel Shaja, Deacon Grotz,

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:39.779
Curator Depth Skell, many more, yeah, 3 ,000

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:43.180
dudes and gals, And they had a big task ahead

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:46.539
of them. So their first task was to conduct as

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:50.480
much research as possible. So they spent six

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:53.720
months gathering research and pouring over literally

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:56.660
everything they could. 10 ,000 years worth of

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:58.900
data on Taurus. They were getting 1 ,000 -year

00:30:58.900 --> 00:31:00.460
-old construction plans. They were getting journal

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:02.759
entries from randoms who visited the planet.

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:06.920
They were getting more audits. Everything, literally

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:09.440
everything they could find, no matter how small.

00:31:10.170 --> 00:31:14.170
dree or sorry not dree uh what's his name scale

00:31:14.170 --> 00:31:17.250
scale and his buddies got info from even holy

00:31:17.250 --> 00:31:21.190
tara itself and they give it all back to gustavus

00:31:21.190 --> 00:31:24.069
who know as much as he possibly could about taros

00:31:24.069 --> 00:31:26.109
now he may as well have lived there for his entire

00:31:26.109 --> 00:31:31.490
life uh yet they still haven't been there was

00:31:31.490 --> 00:31:34.150
a spymaster who once worked with the Inquisition.

00:31:34.269 --> 00:31:36.549
He was tasked with infiltrating Taros, but this

00:31:36.549 --> 00:31:38.950
was unfortunately impossible. So then he was

00:31:38.950 --> 00:31:42.089
instead tasked with the security of the command

00:31:42.089 --> 00:31:44.309
staff. If any information was leaked, it could

00:31:44.309 --> 00:31:47.130
be a huge deal. And if the Tau knew anything

00:31:47.130 --> 00:31:50.109
of their attacks, it'd be very bad. So now the

00:31:50.109 --> 00:31:53.109
research is done. They moved on to getting the

00:31:53.109 --> 00:31:56.410
Imperial Guard forces. Destail and Gustavus would

00:31:56.410 --> 00:31:58.829
debate for a while. Destail originally asked

00:31:58.829 --> 00:32:01.900
for 20 regiments. This was turned down. He came

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:05.000
back with a more reasonable 12, which Gustavus

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:08.160
agreed to, but the ministratum disagreed to.

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:12.279
Finally, they agreed upon 10 regiments, as long

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:15.579
as Volta, the Stygian's eighth lady, was willing

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:18.579
to give four, well, was willing to give a legion

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:20.799
of titans, which he promised that she would.

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:24.160
So they took that, and they went with it. So

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:27.880
they created the army. Let's see here. Where's

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:32.930
my list? Here we go. So, the Imperial Guard forces

00:32:32.930 --> 00:32:34.829
were drawn from all across the galaxy, but the

00:32:34.829 --> 00:32:36.829
first choice, of course, was the Talon Desert

00:32:36.829 --> 00:32:39.089
Raiders, because they're the goats, and Tauros

00:32:39.089 --> 00:32:42.109
is obviously a desert planet. A new regiment

00:32:42.109 --> 00:32:45.289
was constructed, was raised from Talon, known

00:32:45.289 --> 00:32:47.890
as the 331st Regiment. They were equipped and

00:32:47.890 --> 00:32:49.930
shipped. Of course, only one regiment was raised.

00:32:50.029 --> 00:32:51.890
You can't raise ten regiments on any moment's

00:32:51.890 --> 00:32:54.089
notice. But they were able to find other ones

00:32:54.089 --> 00:32:57.950
serving currently around the galaxy. Three more

00:32:57.950 --> 00:32:59.809
were fighting across the Imperium and withdrawed.

00:33:00.049 --> 00:33:02.869
The fifth regiment was that of the Talarn Third

00:33:02.869 --> 00:33:05.049
Armored, which was currently on garrison duty

00:33:05.049 --> 00:33:07.869
at Baal Prime, and as long as they found a replacement,

00:33:08.049 --> 00:33:10.130
they could get this armor, which they did. This

00:33:10.130 --> 00:33:14.690
formed X Corps, so five Talarn regiments. XI

00:33:14.690 --> 00:33:18.130
or XI Corps. I just love the idea that they always

00:33:18.130 --> 00:33:20.849
say, who are we? X Corps! They do the thing.

00:33:21.130 --> 00:33:27.130
X Corps! Unite! XI Corps. was comprised of other

00:33:27.130 --> 00:33:29.190
kind of just random regiments. They have the

00:33:29.190 --> 00:33:31.710
23rd Elysian Drop Troops, because they need a

00:33:31.710 --> 00:33:34.029
mobile force. They have the Cyrenian Assault

00:33:34.029 --> 00:33:36.309
Engineers, which were requested specifically

00:33:36.309 --> 00:33:39.990
by DeStale. He was saying they're the best assault

00:33:39.990 --> 00:33:41.829
troops he's ever had. They're good at close quarters

00:33:41.829 --> 00:33:45.130
combat and attacking cities, which is obviously

00:33:45.130 --> 00:33:48.450
needed for attacking Tarokin, if they get there.

00:33:48.650 --> 00:33:51.480
The 114th... Cadian Shock Troops, which were

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:53.819
a fully mobile regiment commanded by Colonel

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:57.000
Shrinksy. The 8th Brimlock Dragoons, they had

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:58.799
fought against the Tau around the Damocles Gulf

00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:03.259
before. And lastly, the 12th Manon Rangers were

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:05.940
scheduled, but they were found to only be the

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:09.880
strength of a reinforced company. The 42nd Mordians

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:11.840
were then found as a replacement, but then they

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:13.980
had to be diverted to go fight High Fleet Kraken.

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:16.539
And so finally, the 19th Kree Armored Regiment

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:19.039
was located, but they would be late. They wouldn't

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:21.599
get there until after the initial invasion, unfortunately.

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:24.900
But they had their force of Imperial Guard, 10

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:28.280
regiments in total. Next, Astartes were requisitioned,

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:31.920
and Captain Aurelius of the Raptors would answer.

00:34:34.349 --> 00:34:37.650
It's not fun until the Kriegsman arrive. I feel

00:34:37.650 --> 00:34:42.510
bad for Krieg, because they are in everything,

00:34:42.789 --> 00:34:46.250
and they are in every single major threat. More

00:34:46.250 --> 00:34:49.769
of these people, please. I'll give you a spoiler.

00:34:50.170 --> 00:34:53.730
They don't even make it to Taros. So they don't

00:34:53.730 --> 00:34:55.730
have to worry about it. Sorry, Volt is a dude.

00:34:55.869 --> 00:34:59.250
I misspoke. Volt is a guy. But he did promise

00:34:59.250 --> 00:35:03.289
the god machines, and he would. deliver on this

00:35:03.289 --> 00:35:05.369
promise only with warhounds though with four

00:35:05.369 --> 00:35:08.590
warhound titans uh they would also be late unfortunately

00:35:08.590 --> 00:35:11.389
but there was no more time to wait so they had

00:35:11.389 --> 00:35:14.690
to go lastly the departmental minotaur provided

00:35:14.690 --> 00:35:18.210
indentured engineering and labor cores uh cardinal

00:35:18.210 --> 00:35:23.110
astral valis and some other guys sent some religious

00:35:23.110 --> 00:35:25.510
support chaplains and the like i guess it's not

00:35:25.510 --> 00:35:27.929
really what they're called but It's the same

00:35:27.929 --> 00:35:31.349
thing. The Order of Dialogus sent in some Tau

00:35:31.349 --> 00:35:34.289
language experts. The Order Hospitaller gave

00:35:34.289 --> 00:35:36.949
a pitiful amount of medical care, but they were

00:35:36.949 --> 00:35:40.349
there nonetheless. So this is almost one year

00:35:40.349 --> 00:35:43.289
into planning, and now the plan for the actual

00:35:43.289 --> 00:35:47.230
attack was to begin. The attack needed to take

00:35:47.230 --> 00:35:49.829
three objectives. One, the invasion needed to

00:35:49.829 --> 00:35:52.150
capture an orbital spaceport. Two, the invasion

00:35:52.150 --> 00:35:54.219
needed... The invasion was to be undertaken by

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:56.260
at least three Imperial Guard regiments simultaneously,

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:58.840
and three of the ground forces would need to

00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:02.619
secure a supply of water rapidly. The spaceport

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:05.559
would be captured first, as this would be very

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:09.039
important for delivering supplies to the ground

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:12.559
troops. After that, a landing zone would be created

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:15.800
after the Space Marines did their own operations,

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:20.820
because Taro Keane had a missile silo, which

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:23.530
was codenamed... Decima. The Space Marines would

00:36:23.530 --> 00:36:25.550
need to destroy this missile silo, otherwise

00:36:25.550 --> 00:36:27.969
landing craft bringing in the regiments would

00:36:27.969 --> 00:36:30.829
be destroyed, and then the entire operation would

00:36:30.829 --> 00:36:36.469
be ruined. So, the fleet was organized, the troops

00:36:36.469 --> 00:36:41.269
were organized, they were ready to go, and they

00:36:41.269 --> 00:36:44.849
showed up. The Taurus invasion would not be overly

00:36:44.849 --> 00:36:48.670
easy, though. because there was only two ways

00:36:48.670 --> 00:36:51.969
to Tarokin. One was through a narrow strip of

00:36:51.969 --> 00:36:55.190
land called the Icandis Isthmus, something like

00:36:55.190 --> 00:36:57.650
that. It was only 15 kilometers wide, so it was

00:36:57.650 --> 00:37:00.550
going to be very hard to assault. And so they

00:37:00.550 --> 00:37:02.530
decided to go on to the other side of Tauros,

00:37:02.650 --> 00:37:06.309
through the desert, because 15 kilometers is

00:37:06.309 --> 00:37:07.949
not enough. They would bottleneck, and they would

00:37:07.949 --> 00:37:09.849
die. But they did devise a plan to hopefully

00:37:09.849 --> 00:37:11.690
split up the Tau forces. They would send the

00:37:11.690 --> 00:37:14.570
331st Tauron Regiment, the newer guys, the green

00:37:14.570 --> 00:37:18.670
guys. to go out towards the isthmus and try to

00:37:18.670 --> 00:37:23.369
distract the Tau and send some forces away. Maybe

00:37:23.369 --> 00:37:26.050
this will work. We'll see. They show up to Taurus.

00:37:26.190 --> 00:37:30.289
They're in the system. And there's no Tau. There's

00:37:30.289 --> 00:37:32.550
not a single Tau ship detected in the system.

00:37:33.690 --> 00:37:35.809
Everything seems to be okay. They start patrolling.

00:37:36.070 --> 00:37:41.769
They send out signals. Nothing. Hmm. Now... Don't

00:37:41.769 --> 00:37:44.150
tell me the tower late as well. Bloody hell.

00:37:44.269 --> 00:37:47.050
Everyone's late to the party. It's no fun. Look,

00:37:47.170 --> 00:37:52.630
traffic is a bitch. We all tried to show up and

00:37:52.630 --> 00:37:56.010
have a good time and no one made it. I was stuck

00:37:56.010 --> 00:37:59.170
on Spaceway 32. It was a massive pileup of Oikroft.

00:37:59.309 --> 00:38:01.210
Some kind of like warp demon. I don't know what

00:38:01.210 --> 00:38:02.510
to tell you. Little did they know this planet

00:38:02.510 --> 00:38:05.090
was the smelly one for nerds, so no one actually

00:38:05.090 --> 00:38:07.750
really wanted to get there to defend it. This

00:38:07.750 --> 00:38:13.030
reminds me of the island that that Denmark and

00:38:13.030 --> 00:38:17.909
Canada contest. And they basically, they periodically,

00:38:17.949 --> 00:38:21.010
every six months, they put their flag on it.

00:38:24.010 --> 00:38:27.110
It's like just every couple of months, whenever

00:38:27.110 --> 00:38:29.869
a ship happens to go by, they'll check the flag.

00:38:29.909 --> 00:38:31.650
And if it's not theirs, they just take it down.

00:38:31.769 --> 00:38:39.489
All right. The fleet consists of the Battlecruiser

00:38:39.489 --> 00:38:46.469
Righteous Power, Raptors Battle Barge, the War

00:38:46.469 --> 00:38:49.949
Talon. Three Cruisers, the Star of Cassiopeia,

00:38:49.949 --> 00:38:53.010
Black Duke, and Hammer of Thrace, which Captain

00:38:53.010 --> 00:38:56.650
Duralian is now a guy on, so good for him. Of

00:38:56.650 --> 00:38:58.230
course, there's an escort of Black Cruisers and

00:38:58.230 --> 00:39:02.469
Frigates as well. Now, the Raptors do their thing.

00:39:02.750 --> 00:39:04.230
There's no opposition in space. They don't have

00:39:04.230 --> 00:39:05.809
to worry about that. So they take their positions.

00:39:06.110 --> 00:39:09.650
They first send 250 rounds from the battle barge

00:39:09.650 --> 00:39:13.210
into the missile silos. And next, they launch

00:39:13.210 --> 00:39:17.730
their assault. They first had scouts reconnoiter

00:39:17.730 --> 00:39:20.329
the area. Then they had assault troops, jump

00:39:20.329 --> 00:39:24.130
troops, go down and destroy the AA gun. Obviously,

00:39:25.150 --> 00:39:27.469
this is a big deal. Again, to not shoot down

00:39:27.469 --> 00:39:30.929
Thunderhawks or the transport ships. Overall...

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:33.739
They fight some humans. It's not a big deal.

00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:35.679
They take a couple casualties, but it's not really

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:38.019
a big thing. They destroy the missile silos successfully

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:40.159
with melted charges, and the invasion begins.

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:44.260
So they send down the first wave, which is over

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:47.219
the course of about a day, however many. They

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:49.599
send down the first three regiments of X Corps,

00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:52.119
and they land without an issue. They set up a

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:54.679
cordon, they set up a defensive perimeter, and

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:57.260
the landing zone's going all good. Second day,

00:39:57.480 --> 00:40:01.340
things continue to go well. everyone's been shipped

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:04.619
supplies are going down a very big defensive

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:06.719
line is made the indentured workers are making

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:12.820
airfields and the likes uh still no tau don't

00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:14.659
know what's going on but they're not too unhappy

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:17.320
about it at this point the guardsmen are just

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:19.440
being used for manual labor and moving supplies

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.900
around because they don't need to fight anything

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:22.659
yet so they might as well just prepare everything

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:26.110
correctly uh Yeah, not an issue. The tanker Empress

00:40:26.110 --> 00:40:29.070
of Svedeg was now in orbit. It was unloading

00:40:29.070 --> 00:40:31.869
1 ,000 tons of water a day, and it would take

00:40:31.869 --> 00:40:37.369
20 days to fully unload everything. But they

00:40:37.369 --> 00:40:40.429
didn't want to wait a whole 20 days, which maybe

00:40:40.429 --> 00:40:44.369
wasn't a great idea. So they start reconnoitering

00:40:44.369 --> 00:40:47.190
the area. They send their air stuff out because

00:40:47.190 --> 00:40:49.369
the aircraft are now on the planet, which is

00:40:49.369 --> 00:40:52.750
very good. The Navy sent them 180 aircraft, which

00:40:52.750 --> 00:40:58.300
is... The Elysians had 180. The Navy had their

00:40:58.300 --> 00:41:00.139
own numbers. They have a decent amount of aircraft.

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:04.039
They're searching around. They find traces of

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:07.400
the Tau existing and Tau presence, but they don't

00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:12.079
actually see any Tau. It's very odd. Over the

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:15.300
next two weeks, they finish and everything's

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:20.019
fine. Oh my god, the Tau and the walls. They

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:23.619
must be... Is this like the version of, like,

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:27.179
this is the Purple Tau? Like, it's stealthy.

00:41:27.239 --> 00:41:30.320
We can't see it. Never seen a Purple Tau, have

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:35.780
you? Wait, I already discussed the way that they

00:41:35.780 --> 00:41:38.000
were going to attack the city. The main assault

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:39.960
would be done through the west. The diversion

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:43.019
would be on the east. Estelle originally asked

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:46.179
the Raptors to be the diversion on the east side,

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:49.440
and Captain Aurelius is, frankly, quite offended

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:52.050
by this. and does not want to be underemployed

00:41:52.050 --> 00:41:55.550
in a sideshow to the main campaign, and is not

00:41:55.550 --> 00:41:57.429
happy about it. So they send the 331st, which

00:41:57.429 --> 00:41:59.090
is pretty good, because they're green, they were

00:41:59.090 --> 00:42:00.929
just raised, it wouldn't be great to send them

00:42:00.929 --> 00:42:06.650
in the initial assault. You know. Let's see,

00:42:06.730 --> 00:42:08.849
X -Corp would be taking the lead role in the

00:42:08.849 --> 00:42:10.969
operation, and they had a lot of ground covered.

00:42:11.130 --> 00:42:15.889
They landed a long ways away from Tarokin, about

00:42:15.889 --> 00:42:20.429
30 days or more. They were to advance forward

00:42:20.429 --> 00:42:23.409
every day, 20 kilometers a day. Oh, 60 days,

00:42:23.469 --> 00:42:25.570
sorry. It would take 60 days to reach the outskirts

00:42:25.570 --> 00:42:28.849
of Tarokin. And all of X -Corp, other than the

00:42:28.849 --> 00:42:32.570
331st, were to advance 20 kilometers a day for

00:42:32.570 --> 00:42:35.130
60 days, which would eventually bring them to

00:42:35.130 --> 00:42:39.210
Tarokin. Maybe it would work. This was all they

00:42:39.210 --> 00:42:41.269
could do. He spread out his forces because if

00:42:41.269 --> 00:42:43.250
the Tau attacked one force, the other would be

00:42:43.250 --> 00:42:44.289
able to go through. They wouldn't be able to

00:42:44.289 --> 00:42:47.010
stop them all. At least that was the plan. The

00:42:47.010 --> 00:42:49.840
attack would be... Well, let me see. Forgive

00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:51.760
me. There's a lot of information. I'm skipping

00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:54.239
a lot of numbers, so I don't have to be too autistic

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:58.320
about it. The 11th Corps would be held in reserves,

00:42:58.500 --> 00:43:01.019
which included the Cadian 114th, the Elysians,

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:05.219
and the like. That was the plan. The plan would

00:43:05.219 --> 00:43:07.380
hopefully go well. Hopefully, forces would be

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:10.900
diverted by the 331st. Hopefully, the rest of

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:13.360
X Corps could advance forwards and would be wide

00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:17.280
enough to not be stopped. So, the offensive is

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:20.440
about to begin. It's been 20 minutes. We can

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:25.559
read a couple more donations. Six more. We've

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:29.039
got DarthSasquatch, Colin, Marathi versus Eldrad.

00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:36.139
I mean, Marathi's kind of a goddess now, so I'm

00:43:36.139 --> 00:43:38.960
probably going to go with her. Although this

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:43.000
is a very vague question. What do you mean by

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:46.539
this? I'm still going Marathi either way. Yeah,

00:43:46.539 --> 00:43:51.619
it's respectable. I mean, yeah, but she's a literal

00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:56.599
god. He's the wizard who stabbed Abaddon. Yeah,

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:58.880
but a lot of people can stab Abaddon. He was

00:43:58.880 --> 00:44:03.420
just confident enough to do it. If the question

00:44:03.420 --> 00:44:06.179
was to be involved in a ritual, I don't think

00:44:06.179 --> 00:44:10.960
that would be much of a distinction. Who would

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:13.860
I rather partake in some sorcery with? Probably

00:44:13.860 --> 00:44:16.099
Eldred, because it's going to be safer, and I

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:18.699
won't get it. turned into demonettes food this

00:44:18.699 --> 00:44:21.780
is the batman thing though it's like how much

00:44:21.780 --> 00:44:25.920
prep does eldrad have whereas if it's like you're

00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:28.039
invited to a meal it's like if it's maratha you

00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:31.340
don't know if you're the entree so yeah we have

00:44:31.340 --> 00:44:34.780
a tricky one tom warren thinking for two dollars

00:44:34.780 --> 00:44:37.820
the fate of your soul is an eternal concern yeah

00:44:37.820 --> 00:44:43.000
that's real Bunny Cop for five bucks. Torch Star

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:46.480
is a tomboy gym rat. Shadow Sun is a workout

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:50.440
MILF. Join the Tao, Gwela. None of them are in

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:56.500
this story. I'll have you know. Sam! Thank you,

00:44:58.820 --> 00:45:03.519
James, for the five pounds. Happy birthday, Colin.

00:45:04.739 --> 00:45:07.500
It's my birthday today too. Keep up the enjoyable

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:11.000
content, guys. Happy birthday to you. Even though

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:16.139
it's not my birthday. People will say it's your

00:45:16.139 --> 00:45:18.659
birthday except on the day when it is your birthday.

00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:24.679
I'm sure they're going to do that. Beastman from

00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:27.079
Sweden. Some people just know how to plan ahead.

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:34.340
True. Ash Fox. I think it was $5. Quickfire smash

00:45:34.340 --> 00:45:38.179
or pass? Okay. Any Imperial? Pass. Every Tau?

00:45:38.219 --> 00:45:41.340
Smash. Boltgun? Pass. Heavy Flamer? Smash. Goth

00:45:41.340 --> 00:45:44.840
GF? Pass. Goth GF as a Genestealer? Smash. Your

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:48.320
base. Someone's been listening to a lot of the

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:52.539
Dingle stuff recently. There's a lot going on

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:54.119
in that comment, and I don't want to unpack it.

00:45:54.239 --> 00:46:00.710
It's too much. Smash. You must procreate with

00:46:00.710 --> 00:46:03.469
your Genestealer wife. You must procreate. You

00:46:03.469 --> 00:46:06.349
must make more soldiers for the four -armed emperor.

00:46:06.570 --> 00:46:11.429
I must race mix. I've heard the saying, many

00:46:11.429 --> 00:46:14.309
hands make light work, but I don't want to trust

00:46:14.309 --> 00:46:20.840
multiple hands with those big nails. Dude, one

00:46:20.840 --> 00:46:25.519
hand for each hole. Oh, no. Moving on swiftly.

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:32.440
We have one more donation. Oh, man. Wotan. The

00:46:32.440 --> 00:46:37.239
disputed island between Denmark and Canada was

00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:39.460
called Hans Island, and the dispute has now been

00:46:39.460 --> 00:46:42.019
resolved. The island split down the middle. Wow.

00:46:42.179 --> 00:46:47.639
That's no fun. I want them to keep taking each

00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:49.960
other's flags down. That's funny. What's crazy

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:52.059
is America probably wants to invade both of them

00:46:52.059 --> 00:46:54.860
as well. Say like, is that island on the list?

00:46:57.920 --> 00:47:00.280
We're going to put a Starbucks there. It'll be

00:47:00.280 --> 00:47:05.820
great. Cultural victory. Oh man. Alright, before

00:47:05.820 --> 00:47:08.260
we go onwards, an important piece of information.

00:47:09.179 --> 00:47:13.320
The company's regiments Currently have 30 days

00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:16.420
worth of supplies. More is coming on the planets,

00:47:16.500 --> 00:47:20.960
but at the given rates, they leave now. In theory,

00:47:21.139 --> 00:47:24.139
the rest of the supplies should reach their front

00:47:24.139 --> 00:47:28.420
lines while they're moving. In theory. Maybe

00:47:28.420 --> 00:47:32.300
this is a bit of a rash decision to make. X Corps

00:47:32.300 --> 00:47:36.380
was the 12th Armored Regiment, which was on the

00:47:36.380 --> 00:47:38.780
right flank. The 3rd Armored was kept behind

00:47:38.780 --> 00:47:42.969
as a reserve. The 17th Talon were on the west,

00:47:43.170 --> 00:47:46.409
89th in the center, and then again 12th on the

00:47:46.409 --> 00:47:49.929
right or the east, and then the 331st striking

00:47:49.929 --> 00:47:55.829
out on their own. Okay. Exciting news. First

00:47:55.829 --> 00:47:59.909
day of the offensive begins. The artillery obliterate

00:47:59.909 --> 00:48:03.050
everything in front of the front lines, and they

00:48:03.050 --> 00:48:06.389
get moving. No issues. As nightfall comes, they've

00:48:06.389 --> 00:48:10.289
covered the 20 kilometers they needed. Easy peasy.

00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:14.820
Flyers are going around. Fighters, thunderbolts,

00:48:14.820 --> 00:48:17.460
and lightnings flying around, keeping them safe.

00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:20.019
Nothing to be kept safe of right now, though.

00:48:20.539 --> 00:48:23.739
Day two began in a similar manner. Spirits were

00:48:23.739 --> 00:48:26.579
high. Morale were high. Some of the newer recruits

00:48:26.579 --> 00:48:28.920
started to think that maybe the Tau just gave

00:48:28.920 --> 00:48:31.980
up and left Tauros for them, which would be wonderful.

00:48:33.239 --> 00:48:36.360
Unfortunately, out in the desert, stealth suits

00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:39.579
and Pathfinder teams are observing the Imperials.

00:48:40.329 --> 00:48:42.809
Shazzle Vermeer, scheming in his headquarters,

00:48:43.190 --> 00:48:46.449
sees it clear that the Imperials are now attacking.

00:48:46.750 --> 00:48:51.510
So, after the Imperials start moving on the second

00:48:51.510 --> 00:48:54.070
day, they abandon their trench lines, their razor

00:48:54.070 --> 00:48:57.110
wire, their minefields. It's time for the Tau

00:48:57.110 --> 00:49:01.690
to attack. The first battle was at an abandoned

00:49:01.690 --> 00:49:05.250
mining facility designated Tungsta Station, which

00:49:05.250 --> 00:49:10.920
the Tau Larn 17th... took the brunt of. The 17th

00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:13.360
advanced to the tungsten station, decided they

00:49:13.360 --> 00:49:17.360
want to take this. They show up, but out in the

00:49:17.360 --> 00:49:21.840
desert, a hunter cadre is moving. Suddenly, a

00:49:21.840 --> 00:49:24.199
Lehman Rust spots a Pathfinder team and opens

00:49:24.199 --> 00:49:28.500
fire and is returned fire with a barrage of seeker

00:49:28.500 --> 00:49:32.059
missiles, reducing it to a hunk of scrap metal.

00:49:32.340 --> 00:49:35.539
Hammer fires, sorry, hammerheads show up on the

00:49:35.539 --> 00:49:38.940
edge of the tungsten station. and start to obliterate

00:49:38.940 --> 00:49:41.519
the Lehman Russes, which then pop smoke and fire

00:49:41.519 --> 00:49:45.440
back. Lieutenant Kavir, leading these platoons,

00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:48.320
presses forward with 1st Platoon of the 2nd Company,

00:49:48.519 --> 00:49:50.300
and they advance to the outskirts of the station,

00:49:50.460 --> 00:49:52.940
but are met with fire warriors and devil fish,

00:49:53.099 --> 00:49:57.239
and heavy fire, and XVIII crisis battleships

00:49:57.239 --> 00:50:00.610
show up. Led by the own Hunter Cadra's Chazelle,

00:50:00.690 --> 00:50:02.690
which is the commander of the Hunter Cadra, they

00:50:02.690 --> 00:50:05.170
urgently call for reinforcements. Stormtroopers

00:50:05.170 --> 00:50:07.710
are brought. A Thunderbolt is scrambled. More

00:50:07.710 --> 00:50:10.210
Tau forces show up. Strafing runs from low -flying

00:50:10.210 --> 00:50:13.670
Barracudas have caused the first platoon to retreat.

00:50:13.949 --> 00:50:17.090
The Stormtroopers and Thunderbolts show up, but

00:50:17.090 --> 00:50:19.050
it's not enough. Three Lehman Rust tanks were

00:50:19.050 --> 00:50:21.889
already flaming wreckage. The sector's advance

00:50:21.889 --> 00:50:26.039
was stalled for the day. All across the flank,

00:50:26.179 --> 00:50:28.059
attacks like this were happening. All across

00:50:28.059 --> 00:50:29.400
the front, attacks like this were happening.

00:50:29.619 --> 00:50:33.219
Skirmishes and the likes. Not a great time. On

00:50:33.219 --> 00:50:35.599
the right flank, the 12th Armored Regiment would

00:50:35.599 --> 00:50:37.480
experience similar issues. Tower hammerheads

00:50:37.480 --> 00:50:39.840
and broadsides easily picked off the Lehman Rust

00:50:39.840 --> 00:50:42.300
tanks through the open fields. It was the perfect

00:50:42.300 --> 00:50:44.360
place for the tower to fight. It's open fields

00:50:44.360 --> 00:50:46.980
of sand. There's no cover in the way. They easily

00:50:46.980 --> 00:50:52.320
outranged the Imperials. Even the troops outranged

00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:53.820
them quite easily, other than sniper rifles.

00:50:55.019 --> 00:50:57.239
The same thing would happen again and again.

00:50:57.360 --> 00:50:59.760
They would set up shop or set up their attack,

00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:02.420
ambush with secret missiles from Pathfinders,

00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:04.920
shoot things with railguns. The infantry would

00:51:04.920 --> 00:51:07.860
come in and devilfish. The infantry and the Imperial

00:51:07.860 --> 00:51:09.619
side would push forwards as they were out of

00:51:09.619 --> 00:51:11.480
range. Once they got their heavy weapons set

00:51:11.480 --> 00:51:13.579
up and everything was in range, the fire warriors

00:51:13.579 --> 00:51:16.000
simply got back in their devilfish and left.

00:51:17.539 --> 00:51:20.920
It goes pretty well. It's kind of the Taos thing.

00:51:21.059 --> 00:51:22.659
This is the Taos thing. This is how they fight.

00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:26.260
They fight very logically. Cowardly. Cowardly.

00:51:26.619 --> 00:51:30.420
Run at them with your sword. That's the way to

00:51:30.420 --> 00:51:33.440
do war. Run at them with a sword or a stick or

00:51:33.440 --> 00:51:35.380
something you can bludgeon with. And then you

00:51:35.380 --> 00:51:39.980
win or lose. That's how you fight. The whip crack

00:51:39.980 --> 00:51:44.699
sound of railguns became a... omen of fear and

00:51:44.699 --> 00:51:47.599
terror imperial guardsmen reported the air being

00:51:47.599 --> 00:51:49.780
sucked out of their breaths when their railgun

00:51:49.780 --> 00:51:51.880
round went by or hit beside them which is pretty

00:51:51.880 --> 00:51:55.539
cool is this um is this cow yon or is this um

00:51:55.539 --> 00:51:59.679
or what tactic in what doctrine you can say it

00:51:59.679 --> 00:52:02.619
is but it's kind of just like regular tau like

00:52:02.619 --> 00:52:05.739
guerrilla warfare ish yeah yeah you could call

00:52:05.739 --> 00:52:08.619
it cow yon i guess the end of the day the three

00:52:08.619 --> 00:52:12.300
tau philosophies are just like really basic concepts

00:52:12.300 --> 00:52:14.019
and you're just supposed to pretend they're really

00:52:14.019 --> 00:52:19.019
advanced but uh it's more or less attack crazy

00:52:19.019 --> 00:52:25.420
yeah seriously use cover occasionally third principle

00:52:25.420 --> 00:52:29.400
dying is generally considered bad like tao literally

00:52:29.400 --> 00:52:32.300
read uh sun tzu's art of war which is like this

00:52:32.300 --> 00:52:36.389
which is like this is genius You can't be defeated

00:52:36.389 --> 00:52:40.170
by an enemy if you have no enemies. Give up.

00:52:40.190 --> 00:52:42.889
When you're writing for a bunch of stupid, dumb

00:52:42.889 --> 00:52:46.829
morons who make up the nepo -baby generals of

00:52:46.829 --> 00:52:50.409
your army, you gotta keep it simple. Remember

00:52:50.409 --> 00:52:57.070
to feed the peasants. Unbelievable! But this

00:52:57.070 --> 00:52:59.210
is more or less Kaleon. The initial strikes are

00:52:59.210 --> 00:53:01.409
pretty Kaleon because they wait and they hide

00:53:01.409 --> 00:53:05.440
and then they come out in ambush. But this is

00:53:05.440 --> 00:53:06.960
kind of the tactic they used for the rest of

00:53:06.960 --> 00:53:10.260
it. After five days, the 12th Armored had lost

00:53:10.260 --> 00:53:13.300
approximately half of their tanks. They had,

00:53:13.360 --> 00:53:15.019
of course, inflicted some damage on the Tau,

00:53:15.159 --> 00:53:19.119
but not very much. Replacements were found, but

00:53:19.119 --> 00:53:21.079
not to bring them back to their full strength.

00:53:23.059 --> 00:53:25.820
Regimental Commander Colonel Asha Bilad started

00:53:25.820 --> 00:53:29.099
to deploy his basilisks of his first artillery

00:53:29.099 --> 00:53:33.000
forward to act as assault guns. As I said before,

00:53:33.239 --> 00:53:35.920
the pattern of Tau attacks would play out over

00:53:35.920 --> 00:53:39.519
the ensuing days. Things were not going great.

00:53:39.699 --> 00:53:42.239
It's a really unenjoyable battle to fight if

00:53:42.239 --> 00:53:44.199
you're the Imperial Guard. The Imperials were

00:53:44.199 --> 00:53:46.219
gaining ground because the Tau never prolonged

00:53:46.219 --> 00:53:48.119
combat. Obviously, that's not really what they

00:53:48.119 --> 00:53:53.179
do. But at a heavy cost. So, clearly, tactics

00:53:53.179 --> 00:53:55.480
needed to be changed. Lord Marshal Estelle and

00:53:55.480 --> 00:53:58.559
his staff were analyzing the Tau tactics and

00:53:58.559 --> 00:54:00.920
started to try and counter them. One thing they

00:54:00.920 --> 00:54:03.679
tried was... upping the reconnaissance squads,

00:54:03.699 --> 00:54:06.480
sending them more Sentinels, that's what they're

00:54:06.480 --> 00:54:09.019
called, and they would start hunting Pathfinder

00:54:09.019 --> 00:54:11.679
teams. There was some success. It was certainly

00:54:11.679 --> 00:54:14.599
better than nothing. Unfortunately, regular Tau

00:54:14.599 --> 00:54:17.780
weaponry can still destroy Sentinels pretty easily,

00:54:17.940 --> 00:54:21.360
but it was something. There was less ambushes

00:54:21.360 --> 00:54:23.320
from the Pathfinders. There was less secret missiles

00:54:23.320 --> 00:54:27.019
coming in to absolutely obliterate tanks. But

00:54:27.019 --> 00:54:29.219
next, De Stijl looks to the mobility of his own

00:54:29.219 --> 00:54:32.679
forces. The Tau's expertise was obviously in

00:54:32.679 --> 00:54:35.420
speed, and so he needed the Navy to pick up some

00:54:35.420 --> 00:54:38.059
slack and get to work. So he started dedicating

00:54:38.059 --> 00:54:41.320
Navy forces as air support for the infantry.

00:54:41.500 --> 00:54:43.820
Whenever Tau assaults would happen, ambushes

00:54:43.820 --> 00:54:46.039
would happen, a thunderbolt or lightning would

00:54:46.039 --> 00:54:49.599
be scrambled and would provide air support, strafing

00:54:49.599 --> 00:54:52.539
runs, etc. to destroy everything there, and this

00:54:52.539 --> 00:54:54.619
worked quite well for a time. The Towers did

00:54:54.619 --> 00:54:57.219
not have a lot of answers to the planes until

00:54:57.219 --> 00:55:00.260
they called upon their own air force, and the

00:55:00.260 --> 00:55:05.139
war for the air began. Unfortunately, this would

00:55:05.139 --> 00:55:09.360
take away fighters from defending the regular

00:55:09.360 --> 00:55:12.139
Imperial forces, so the ambushes were able to

00:55:12.139 --> 00:55:15.159
kind of come back at a more or less full rate.

00:55:16.039 --> 00:55:19.400
Overall, after 10 days, they made up 150 kilometers.

00:55:20.239 --> 00:55:22.519
behind scheduled by around 30 to 50 kilometers,

00:55:22.760 --> 00:55:26.199
but they were still moving. The next major battle

00:55:26.199 --> 00:55:29.400
was to happen in the Fira Heights. After 20 days,

00:55:29.500 --> 00:55:32.440
the regiments had covered 300 kilometers, and

00:55:32.440 --> 00:55:35.880
they found these big heights, known as the Fira

00:55:35.880 --> 00:55:38.980
Heights, these big rock formations. Also, to

00:55:38.980 --> 00:55:42.900
note, supply lines were beginning to see issues.

00:55:43.159 --> 00:55:45.500
There was not enough fuel for the vehicles, so

00:55:45.500 --> 00:55:47.420
convoys were not able to reach their destinations

00:55:47.420 --> 00:55:51.440
on time. And only once they did could the Imperials

00:55:51.440 --> 00:55:53.820
advance again, so things were starting to become

00:55:53.820 --> 00:55:57.679
very slow and very difficult. But they tell on

00:55:57.679 --> 00:55:59.940
the 17th, again, we're coming to bound the Vyra

00:55:59.940 --> 00:56:02.380
Heights, and they were ordered to swing slightly

00:56:02.380 --> 00:56:04.619
westward and capture the higher ground, potentially

00:56:04.619 --> 00:56:06.940
outflanking the town defenders and opening a

00:56:06.940 --> 00:56:11.159
clear path to the Irukanda Isthmus. So for seven

00:56:11.159 --> 00:56:14.780
days, they advance towards the rugged escarpments

00:56:14.780 --> 00:56:17.500
without any issues, which is very nice. But then

00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:19.480
they show up. They start the rocky climb. They

00:56:19.480 --> 00:56:21.820
perform reconnaissance missions. This is very

00:56:21.820 --> 00:56:24.199
steep, very narrow. No tanks can be brought in,

00:56:24.239 --> 00:56:27.360
so it's only infantry for the most part. They

00:56:27.360 --> 00:56:29.460
don't find any tow there. They find tracks, but

00:56:29.460 --> 00:56:32.599
no actual enemies. Some people are starting to

00:56:32.599 --> 00:56:34.980
get injured and killed by random falling rocks

00:56:34.980 --> 00:56:37.780
and things like that, but these are just chalked

00:56:37.780 --> 00:56:41.960
up to be accidents. Not a big deal. General Barum

00:56:41.960 --> 00:56:44.760
Abbas was in command of these troops, and he

00:56:44.760 --> 00:56:47.280
ordered them to capture the high ground. And

00:56:47.280 --> 00:56:49.780
they began to climb. Unfortunately for them,

00:56:50.500 --> 00:56:53.480
the Kroot, led by a Master Shaper, were waiting

00:56:53.480 --> 00:56:56.079
within the heights, hiding as to avoid detection

00:56:56.079 --> 00:57:00.159
and artillery fire. And as the Imperials got

00:57:00.159 --> 00:57:02.559
to the first ridgeline, the Kroot get up and

00:57:02.559 --> 00:57:04.980
they charge. Half the Imperials just run away.

00:57:05.079 --> 00:57:08.360
The other half get slaughtered. Over the next

00:57:08.360 --> 00:57:10.940
10 days, they skirmish three more times, with

00:57:10.940 --> 00:57:12.739
the Kroot throwing them back each time. But then

00:57:12.739 --> 00:57:15.239
the fourth attack sees the Imperials capture

00:57:15.239 --> 00:57:18.869
the first ridgeline. They kind of just keep skirmishing

00:57:18.869 --> 00:57:22.710
for the rest of the war. The Stale lets the 17th

00:57:22.710 --> 00:57:24.650
fight with them. It's not a big deal for either

00:57:24.650 --> 00:57:27.530
side to get it, so it is what it is. This was

00:57:27.530 --> 00:57:29.989
the high -water mark of the 17th, having so far

00:57:29.989 --> 00:57:34.530
captured 350 kilometers of desert. So, with them

00:57:34.530 --> 00:57:37.610
occupied, he reorganizes his regiments a little

00:57:37.610 --> 00:57:39.650
bit because the tanks can be used elsewhere.

00:57:40.010 --> 00:57:43.329
The 3rd Talar armor, that is. They were to reinforce

00:57:43.329 --> 00:57:46.639
the 89th and the 12th armored and were... split

00:57:46.639 --> 00:57:50.699
up into three battle groups a b and c and they

00:57:50.699 --> 00:57:54.820
reinforce things respectively let me see here

00:57:54.820 --> 00:58:00.860
yes okay uh at five ninety six nine nine eight

00:58:00.860 --> 00:58:04.300
dot m41 battle group a spearheads an attack and

00:58:04.300 --> 00:58:07.460
they come across a a mining facility an active

00:58:07.460 --> 00:58:11.019
mining facility uh gia de mac as they approach

00:58:11.019 --> 00:58:13.320
a lot of randoms run away the civilians working

00:58:13.320 --> 00:58:15.760
there run away as it was home to thousands of

00:58:15.760 --> 00:58:18.099
miners which again mostly the most of them fled

00:58:18.099 --> 00:58:23.139
they saw no enemy currently there but raz as

00:58:23.139 --> 00:58:26.239
is the one commanding this company wanted the

00:58:26.239 --> 00:58:27.980
mining complex they were going to capture it

00:58:27.980 --> 00:58:31.019
so they tried first like they planned they surround

00:58:31.019 --> 00:58:33.019
the place with tanks so that tau cannot retreat

00:58:33.019 --> 00:58:35.139
if there are any tau in there And they go up.

00:58:35.179 --> 00:58:36.760
They bring their chimeras up. The troops get

00:58:36.760 --> 00:58:38.480
out of their chimera and walk straight into a

00:58:38.480 --> 00:58:41.519
kill zone and all die. They lose 100 men and

00:58:41.519 --> 00:58:43.800
have to retreat as the Tau come out from hiding

00:58:43.800 --> 00:58:47.539
and shoot them all to pieces. Sneaky Xenos. The

00:58:47.539 --> 00:58:52.800
hiding does not allow real life tactics. Yeah,

00:58:52.800 --> 00:58:55.340
but we don't talk about them. They're so good

00:58:55.340 --> 00:58:56.659
at hiding we don't even see them in the lore

00:58:56.659 --> 00:59:04.110
these days. Tragically true. It really shows

00:59:04.110 --> 00:59:06.489
the Imperium's weakness, because in the way that

00:59:06.489 --> 00:59:10.190
their armies are all designed, it's very much

00:59:10.190 --> 00:59:12.309
like everything is a mass production, like the

00:59:12.309 --> 00:59:15.750
Lasgun, the Lehman Rust tank. Everything is designed

00:59:15.750 --> 00:59:21.369
to be like... What book is it with... It's the

00:59:21.369 --> 00:59:25.170
Damocles one where Farsight's fighting off the

00:59:25.170 --> 00:59:29.300
first invasion. He fights with the ultramarines

00:59:29.300 --> 00:59:32.139
and other chapters. And they literally, the Tau,

00:59:32.139 --> 00:59:35.619
make a point and they say like, oh, the Imperium

00:59:35.619 --> 00:59:38.639
is like, their guns are worse than ours. Their

00:59:38.639 --> 00:59:41.559
morale, their troops are worse. But the thing

00:59:41.559 --> 00:59:44.440
is, they have so many of them. It's just designed

00:59:44.440 --> 00:59:47.400
to be like a wall of constant, like, you know,

00:59:47.400 --> 00:59:50.739
it's a war machine of metal. And obviously, on

00:59:50.739 --> 00:59:53.329
Taurus now, like... Basically, you can see how

00:59:53.329 --> 00:59:55.150
the Imperium struggles when it's actually not

00:59:55.150 --> 00:59:59.070
able to deploy in overwhelming numbers, which

00:59:59.070 --> 01:00:01.289
is pretty... They literally are the Horde faction.

01:00:01.710 --> 01:00:06.050
They really fall prey to guerrilla warfare, which

01:00:06.050 --> 01:00:08.869
is obviously... Hey, that's a pretty nice stealth

01:00:08.869 --> 01:00:10.969
suit you got there. Here's a million guardsmen.

01:00:12.969 --> 01:00:15.309
What's the quote, Colin, isn't it? About not

01:00:15.309 --> 01:00:18.949
underestimating the last gun or something? Oh,

01:00:18.949 --> 01:00:22.420
yeah. It's like... I don't remember. I honest

01:00:22.420 --> 01:00:23.860
to God, I don't remember where I heard it, but

01:00:23.860 --> 01:00:26.940
it's like he who underest or he who laughs at

01:00:26.940 --> 01:00:29.199
the last gun hasn't charged across a field of

01:00:29.199 --> 01:00:32.500
a thousand of them. You know, one, one of them

01:00:32.500 --> 01:00:34.739
against the enemies, the Imperium fights his

01:00:34.739 --> 01:00:39.000
ass. A thousand is a whole lot of ass. Just say

01:00:39.000 --> 01:00:42.760
for people who are slightly uninitiated, the

01:00:42.760 --> 01:00:45.619
tower mostly using the equivalent of what is

01:00:45.619 --> 01:00:48.159
like plasma technology. So, you know, the thing

01:00:48.159 --> 01:00:51.159
about the space Marine. lieutenants or captains

01:00:51.159 --> 01:00:56.139
or the massive Dreadnoughts have the massive

01:00:56.139 --> 01:01:00.460
plasma guns. The Tau have that en masse. And

01:01:00.460 --> 01:01:05.179
again, bringing a tank of columns of Lehman Russes

01:01:05.179 --> 01:01:08.760
to infantry that all have anti -tank guns, essentially.

01:01:09.400 --> 01:01:14.579
They're not going to destroy a Predator or anything.

01:01:15.500 --> 01:01:17.239
They will blow up a Landspeeder pretty easily.

01:01:17.539 --> 01:01:21.159
No, yeah, but the Tau, on average, are much more

01:01:21.159 --> 01:01:22.860
advanced than what the Imperium's going to throw

01:01:22.860 --> 01:01:25.300
it at. Yes, I said on average. I'm well aware

01:01:25.300 --> 01:01:28.639
in some secret Mechanicus vault or wherever the

01:01:28.639 --> 01:01:31.079
Dark Cells are beneath Terra, yes, there is more

01:01:31.079 --> 01:01:35.300
advanced stuff. Your random Joe Schmo guardsman

01:01:35.300 --> 01:01:40.179
is well out -equipped by a Tau, though. All right.

01:01:41.059 --> 01:01:43.079
So the first assault went pretty poorly, but

01:01:43.079 --> 01:01:46.000
then the next day... They lead a second assault,

01:01:46.119 --> 01:01:51.480
which is led by Captain Hadid within his Chimera.

01:01:51.539 --> 01:01:54.340
They storm the objective. There's Chimera fire.

01:01:54.599 --> 01:01:57.659
Tons of Chimeras. It's by the Armored 3rd Company

01:01:57.659 --> 01:02:01.000
Fist. Multilasers shooting all over the place.

01:02:01.179 --> 01:02:04.139
Captain Hadid's Chimera is shot 35 times. So

01:02:04.139 --> 01:02:06.559
one pulse round kills his driver. He gets out,

01:02:06.619 --> 01:02:08.900
dismounts, leads his men on foot like a hero,

01:02:09.059 --> 01:02:11.059
charges forward. They're covered by the blanket

01:02:11.059 --> 01:02:13.380
of fire from the chimeras and mortars. Again,

01:02:13.480 --> 01:02:16.699
the tanks are surrounding the mine so that they

01:02:16.699 --> 01:02:20.340
can't escape. They get to the mine and they engage

01:02:20.340 --> 01:02:22.800
in close quarters combat, which is obviously

01:02:22.800 --> 01:02:25.840
not the Tau's strong suit. They don't enjoy it

01:02:25.840 --> 01:02:27.679
very much. They actually value their lives and

01:02:27.679 --> 01:02:31.110
they're taught to try to survive in battle. So

01:02:31.110 --> 01:02:32.969
they generally try to avoid it, and they're not

01:02:32.969 --> 01:02:34.650
great at it. They don't train for it nearly as

01:02:34.650 --> 01:02:37.829
much. That lore still doesn't make any sense

01:02:37.829 --> 01:02:39.610
whatsoever, but we're just going to say this.

01:02:39.690 --> 01:02:42.710
I think it's like the Tau have slightly sore

01:02:42.710 --> 01:02:44.949
reaction speeds, but slightly better eyesight,

01:02:45.110 --> 01:02:47.570
I feel, I've read somewhere. So they're built

01:02:47.570 --> 01:02:49.769
for ranged combat, but it's not that they're

01:02:49.769 --> 01:02:52.469
no more... Just look at the tabletop stats. They're

01:02:52.469 --> 01:02:54.949
no worse than a Guardsman in melee combat. Yeah,

01:02:54.969 --> 01:02:58.250
they're not much worse. A Fire Warrior would

01:02:58.250 --> 01:03:02.380
kill you in five seconds flat. They're trained

01:03:02.380 --> 01:03:07.380
from birth, basically. They're like killing machines.

01:03:07.820 --> 01:03:11.000
Yeah, it's a genetic cast of warriors. They're

01:03:11.000 --> 01:03:14.320
still stronger than you, buddy. But they are

01:03:14.320 --> 01:03:16.579
lighter. They are shorter on average. So they're

01:03:16.579 --> 01:03:18.599
at a slight disadvantage in fighting. That doesn't

01:03:18.599 --> 01:03:20.900
actually make them any worse at fighting. They're

01:03:20.900 --> 01:03:23.380
just, if you're heavier and bigger than the guy,

01:03:23.440 --> 01:03:25.460
you're going to be able to beat him easier. i'd

01:03:25.460 --> 01:03:27.159
argue that the fire warriors have probably a

01:03:27.159 --> 01:03:28.900
lot better technique than the random guardsman

01:03:28.900 --> 01:03:31.380
does to be fair but there's probably two guardsmen

01:03:31.380 --> 01:03:35.139
for every one town yeah so two guys are bayonets

01:03:35.139 --> 01:03:38.219
i don't i don't know if this is the excuse they

01:03:38.219 --> 01:03:41.039
give anymore but in like the old codex they said

01:03:41.039 --> 01:03:43.000
the tower don't see a reason for melee combat

01:03:43.000 --> 01:03:45.960
in such an advanced war so they never trained

01:03:45.960 --> 01:03:52.059
for it but that's like really stupid um The Tau

01:03:52.059 --> 01:03:54.300
are reasonable in a very unreasonable galaxy.

01:03:56.159 --> 01:03:59.039
But yeah, I don't know. They need a reason to

01:03:59.039 --> 01:04:01.059
make them bad at something because they're good

01:04:01.059 --> 01:04:03.159
at something else on the tabletop. It could go

01:04:03.159 --> 01:04:06.579
full circle. You know how in the Dune universe

01:04:06.579 --> 01:04:09.599
they got shield technology that was so good that

01:04:09.599 --> 01:04:12.920
actually having a fast cut would blink off the

01:04:12.920 --> 01:04:14.920
shield so they actually have to slow down when

01:04:14.920 --> 01:04:18.280
they attack people. So it could go weirdly the

01:04:18.280 --> 01:04:20.880
opposite direction. Tower cool, though. Tower

01:04:20.880 --> 01:04:22.199
cool. There's a lot of reasons they're worse

01:04:22.199 --> 01:04:24.380
in combat than your average dude, but it's not

01:04:24.380 --> 01:04:26.960
just because they're weaklings. That's a myth

01:04:26.960 --> 01:04:29.639
that's inaccurate. But we can talk about that

01:04:29.639 --> 01:04:32.219
at a different time. Regardless, they're in the

01:04:32.219 --> 01:04:34.019
mines now. They're engaging in close quarters

01:04:34.019 --> 01:04:37.539
combat. Grenades, knives, pistols, fists, good

01:04:37.539 --> 01:04:41.340
stuff. After a few hours of fighting, finally

01:04:41.340 --> 01:04:43.900
four orcas defended by a squad of barracudas

01:04:43.900 --> 01:04:46.139
touch down and extract the fire warriors that

01:04:46.139 --> 01:04:48.849
they can. The rear guard of the Tau cannot be

01:04:48.849 --> 01:04:51.670
rescued, unfortunately. Their sacrifice is respected.

01:04:52.550 --> 01:04:56.230
Overall, 63 of the Xenos are captured, and 63

01:04:56.230 --> 01:05:00.269
corpses are later burning in a mass grave at

01:05:00.269 --> 01:05:02.429
the end of the night. The 3rd Tau Larn Regiment's

01:05:02.429 --> 01:05:05.510
losses were 322 killed or wounded, and 11 vehicles

01:05:05.510 --> 01:05:09.269
destroyed. Yet another costly engagement. After

01:05:09.269 --> 01:05:11.630
another 14 days of advancing through Tau sniping

01:05:11.630 --> 01:05:14.480
and harassment, Battlegroup A... closes to within

01:05:14.480 --> 01:05:17.559
50 kilometers of the objective. But, unfortunately,

01:05:18.000 --> 01:05:20.820
supply lines are running thin, and the rest of

01:05:20.820 --> 01:05:24.320
the forces are not so close. The second phase

01:05:24.320 --> 01:05:27.019
of Shazo -Ramir's plan starts to reap its reward,

01:05:27.300 --> 01:05:30.400
and kind of goes into full effect, committing

01:05:30.400 --> 01:05:34.460
to rear echelon raids, and there's little left

01:05:34.460 --> 01:05:37.920
to stop them. There's not much to stop the Imperial

01:05:37.920 --> 01:05:39.739
advance in the front either, because he's committing

01:05:39.739 --> 01:05:43.110
his forces now to the rearguard. But the Imperial

01:05:43.110 --> 01:05:44.989
forces at the front have no resources, so it

01:05:44.989 --> 01:05:48.909
doesn't really matter. Alright. Shall we read

01:05:48.909 --> 01:05:55.489
a couple of donos? Yeah. Who'd like this one?

01:05:55.949 --> 01:06:01.949
Dementia Gaming. What are we playing? Give me

01:06:01.949 --> 01:06:05.829
your webstone. First time catching it. That wasn't

01:06:05.829 --> 01:06:10.119
really escaping. That was a... 50 -year smoker

01:06:10.119 --> 01:06:14.860
trying to be... Yeah, that was... I've been talking

01:06:14.860 --> 01:06:18.599
to Mish Mash too much lately. First time catching

01:06:18.599 --> 01:06:20.239
a stream and just wanted to say you all look

01:06:20.239 --> 01:06:22.300
dapper today. And Colin, where's that? I'm sorry,

01:06:22.440 --> 01:06:29.380
I forgot the hat. I will admit. Huge. She lays

01:06:29.380 --> 01:06:33.219
a beak on my ravage till I sound wave. Sound

01:06:33.219 --> 01:06:36.440
wave's the coolest transformer. Transformers

01:06:36.440 --> 01:06:40.980
lore will happen someday. God. We're just going

01:06:40.980 --> 01:06:44.559
to re -watch those Fall of Cybertron gameplay

01:06:44.559 --> 01:06:48.340
or something. And then watch Revenge of the Fallen,

01:06:48.420 --> 01:06:53.559
the best movie ever made. Was Danny Trejo in

01:06:53.559 --> 01:06:55.980
one of them? I don't know. Am I remembering it?

01:06:57.800 --> 01:07:03.059
All I know is that I'm located under the enemy

01:07:03.059 --> 01:07:10.300
scrotum. and like the first one or two deadpool

01:07:10.300 --> 01:07:13.460
movies but then like he got fired because he

01:07:13.460 --> 01:07:16.719
they didn't like him oh he's weasley weasel or

01:07:16.719 --> 01:07:20.960
something no he has like blonde like curly hair

01:07:20.960 --> 01:07:24.880
he's the guy in the bar oh yeah that guy he's

01:07:24.880 --> 01:07:26.699
in one of the transformers films and he gets

01:07:26.699 --> 01:07:30.300
killed off because michael bay said he was so

01:07:30.300 --> 01:07:34.329
annoying that he killed him Wow. Who is the guy

01:07:34.329 --> 01:07:37.329
you said, Andy? What's his name? Danny Trejo.

01:07:37.730 --> 01:07:41.030
Machete. He was in Call of Duty once. I think

01:07:41.030 --> 01:07:44.750
he is in one of them, probably. Nice. I'm not

01:07:44.750 --> 01:07:47.590
sure. He's in a trillion movies. His brief appearance

01:07:47.590 --> 01:07:50.590
in the film, was it Predators or something? The

01:07:50.590 --> 01:07:54.849
one where they are on the alien planet and they

01:07:54.849 --> 01:07:58.269
have all these different mercenaries captured

01:07:58.269 --> 01:08:01.000
by different... from different groups and they

01:08:01.000 --> 01:08:03.760
either get hunted by one of the predators. I

01:08:03.760 --> 01:08:05.820
still love him in Con Air when it's just like,

01:08:05.920 --> 01:08:08.619
what the fuck is that? Is that Steve Buscemi,

01:08:08.760 --> 01:08:11.639
Danny? That's Steve Buscemi. Leave him alone.

01:08:11.920 --> 01:08:13.780
He used to be a firefighter. He's a good man.

01:08:14.119 --> 01:08:17.659
Not in the film, but in real life. Anyway. Let's

01:08:17.659 --> 01:08:19.199
read this one more. Don't know. That just came

01:08:19.199 --> 01:08:21.520
up and then we'll get back to... Let's have a

01:08:21.520 --> 01:08:25.000
look. From Darth Sasquatch again. Thank you.

01:08:25.880 --> 01:08:28.760
If you all could spend a day... Any one Warhammer

01:08:28.760 --> 01:08:35.739
character, who would it be? Am I taking to Warhammer

01:08:35.739 --> 01:08:37.359
for the day, or are they coming to me? Because

01:08:37.359 --> 01:08:41.960
that's going to change my answer. I feel like

01:08:41.960 --> 01:08:45.520
we're probably with them in their universe. I'm

01:08:45.520 --> 01:08:50.699
not picking Felix, then. No. All I'm saying is...

01:08:53.550 --> 01:08:55.789
This might surprise you, but I would probably

01:08:55.789 --> 01:08:59.770
be like, okay, Gilliman, can you, like, help

01:08:59.770 --> 01:09:02.130
me to make sure that, like, I have, like, financial

01:09:02.130 --> 01:09:04.970
stability for the future and, like, could have

01:09:04.970 --> 01:09:07.189
all these things, like, squared away for, like,

01:09:07.189 --> 01:09:09.250
if I have a day, I can be like, help me with

01:09:09.250 --> 01:09:11.649
your admin powers so that I can have a fulfilling

01:09:11.649 --> 01:09:13.689
life without having to worry about taxes anymore.

01:09:13.909 --> 01:09:15.909
I see, but all he's going to do is give you,

01:09:15.930 --> 01:09:19.029
like, a budgetary plan. He's not going to significantly

01:09:19.029 --> 01:09:21.210
change your life, especially if you're going

01:09:21.210 --> 01:09:24.250
to him. Or here's one. Sanguinis be like, can

01:09:24.250 --> 01:09:26.770
you see into my future and tell me when I'm going

01:09:26.770 --> 01:09:30.090
to die so I know what it is? It's horrible information

01:09:30.090 --> 01:09:34.710
to learn. It's not necessarily the future that

01:09:34.710 --> 01:09:38.750
will happen. The obvious answer is Rogald Dorn

01:09:38.750 --> 01:09:43.489
so he can design you an amazing house. I can't

01:09:43.489 --> 01:09:47.989
hate that answer. Bro would appear. The discussion

01:09:47.989 --> 01:09:50.510
wouldn't go on too long. He'd get to work and

01:09:50.510 --> 01:09:52.800
then at the end he'd be like, By the way, your

01:09:52.800 --> 01:09:55.260
Vanguard investment fund is not really looking

01:09:55.260 --> 01:09:57.920
that so tight. Yeah, but you know what the problem

01:09:57.920 --> 01:10:00.199
will be, Hal? In a year's time, you'll get a

01:10:00.199 --> 01:10:02.539
letter like, I'm sorry to tell you that you don't

01:10:02.539 --> 01:10:04.300
have planning permission for the Fortress of

01:10:04.300 --> 01:10:10.359
Goon. Please bring it down, Hal. Stop it. I'd

01:10:10.359 --> 01:10:12.899
probably either pick Caiaphas Cain and go drinking

01:10:12.899 --> 01:10:15.800
with him, because day -to -day life, he's doing

01:10:15.800 --> 01:10:18.880
his best to be very conspicuously anywhere but

01:10:18.880 --> 01:10:22.930
where he needs to be. Or I'd follow Techless

01:10:22.930 --> 01:10:25.369
like a lost puppy around Safari, hoping that

01:10:25.369 --> 01:10:32.869
I understand anything about magic. It's on theme.

01:10:32.930 --> 01:10:35.770
I'd probably choose some Tau guy. Commander Pure

01:10:35.770 --> 01:10:37.850
Tide could give you a lot of wisdom. Or I could

01:10:37.850 --> 01:10:41.810
ask Ovesa, the Earthcast guy, to give me some

01:10:41.810 --> 01:10:45.510
kind of crazy blueprints for a life -world changing

01:10:45.510 --> 01:10:48.979
invention. Vlad's another. Vlad's another contender.

01:10:49.260 --> 01:10:51.720
I'd spend a day with Vlad. I'd change my answer.

01:10:51.979 --> 01:10:53.859
Still Rogald Dorn, but I wouldn't ask him to

01:10:53.859 --> 01:10:56.520
build a house. I'd watch the entire Rush Hour

01:10:56.520 --> 01:11:05.760
trilogy with Rogald Dorn. What is this? This

01:11:05.760 --> 01:11:10.420
movie is funny. Highly amusing, said Dorn. Yeah.

01:11:10.680 --> 01:11:18.079
And then he punches Garrow in the face. Is this

01:11:18.079 --> 01:11:20.100
from current 40k? Probably from current 40k.

01:11:20.140 --> 01:11:23.539
If it was in the past, I'd be telling Horus some

01:11:23.539 --> 01:11:28.140
stuff about what not to do. Maybe. On how to

01:11:28.140 --> 01:11:35.000
actually win. Stab Erebus. Yeah. Alright. Let's

01:11:35.000 --> 01:11:38.899
go back to the desert world of Tauros. So, Tau

01:11:38.899 --> 01:11:43.100
raids have began, unfortunately. The front lines,

01:11:43.199 --> 01:11:47.939
on the other hand, are up here. The supply lines

01:11:47.939 --> 01:11:54.060
are way back there. It currently takes, I believe,

01:11:54.119 --> 01:11:57.119
some three days for a Trojan full of supplies

01:11:57.119 --> 01:12:00.420
and water and oil, their fuel, etc., to reach

01:12:00.420 --> 01:12:03.460
the front lines. But that's not the only issue.

01:12:03.899 --> 01:12:06.960
This is a massive gap, and as a result, security

01:12:06.960 --> 01:12:11.000
is thin. As a result of that, raids are very

01:12:11.000 --> 01:12:15.659
easy to do from the Tau viewpoint. So they're

01:12:15.659 --> 01:12:18.060
sending in... Orcas with stealth suits, fire

01:12:18.060 --> 01:12:22.000
warriors, and pathfinders in the night. They're

01:12:22.000 --> 01:12:24.520
destroying supply lines. They're raiding ammo

01:12:24.520 --> 01:12:27.699
caches. They're blowing things up. It's very

01:12:27.699 --> 01:12:30.640
bad. The Imperium has to increase security, so

01:12:30.640 --> 01:12:32.500
they have to take from the front lines, which

01:12:32.500 --> 01:12:34.760
is already dwindling and already slowing down.

01:12:37.530 --> 01:12:40.310
embarrassing battle. A large supply drum is destroyed

01:12:40.310 --> 01:12:42.729
without a single shot being fired. The Pathfinders

01:12:42.729 --> 01:12:45.109
set explosives in it and then it basically sets

01:12:45.109 --> 01:12:48.329
off a nuclear bomb as it blows up all the fuel

01:12:48.329 --> 01:12:51.289
cans and ammunition crates. Mr. DeStale aboard

01:12:51.289 --> 01:12:55.050
his Leviathan is even woken up by it. It sucks.

01:12:55.210 --> 01:12:58.489
I was having a nap. I'll tell you. Things suck

01:12:58.489 --> 01:13:01.689
big time. As supplies dwindle, so does water.

01:13:01.909 --> 01:13:04.430
Now all of a sudden the dudes on the front line

01:13:04.430 --> 01:13:08.210
are getting thirsty. They are Talarn Desert Raiders.

01:13:08.630 --> 01:13:14.449
They're from Talarn, so they are made of sterner

01:13:14.449 --> 01:13:16.909
stuff, but they're not immune to dehydration,

01:13:16.930 --> 01:13:21.850
though, unfortunately. By 640998 .m41, the offensive

01:13:21.850 --> 01:13:25.710
has ground to a halt. The 12th Armored Spear,

01:13:25.710 --> 01:13:28.029
headed by Battlegroup A of the 3rd, has almost

01:13:28.029 --> 01:13:30.729
reached the mouth of Arcanda Isthmus, but the

01:13:30.729 --> 01:13:32.590
other two infantry regiments are lagging far

01:13:32.590 --> 01:13:35.239
behind. The 17th were still stuck in the fire

01:13:35.239 --> 01:13:38.300
heights, and the 89th thinly filled the gaps

01:13:38.300 --> 01:13:41.060
between the two flanks. The 331st, of course,

01:13:41.140 --> 01:13:44.500
had advanced. They had advanced to the southern

01:13:44.500 --> 01:13:47.920
shores of the Emsai. I think that's what the

01:13:47.920 --> 01:13:50.680
ocean is called. They were digging in, but unfortunately,

01:13:50.939 --> 01:13:54.579
the Tau had not fell for the faint. The war for

01:13:54.579 --> 01:13:57.180
the skies continued to rage, and it was very

01:13:57.180 --> 01:14:00.600
close. Very, very close. The Tau had better numbers,

01:14:00.699 --> 01:14:03.380
but the Imperials had greater experience. If

01:14:03.380 --> 01:14:06.560
the Tau could not control the skies, their raiding

01:14:06.560 --> 01:14:09.079
strategy would soon falter and the front lines

01:14:09.079 --> 01:14:11.260
would soon be able to pick up the pace again.

01:14:12.079 --> 01:14:14.359
The Imperials were putting up a very strong fight,

01:14:14.479 --> 01:14:19.039
and Shazo Vermeer planned to end it. So, he planned

01:14:19.039 --> 01:14:21.659
a daring raid behind enemy lines on one of the

01:14:21.659 --> 01:14:25.000
forward air bases to destroy all currently grounded

01:14:25.000 --> 01:14:28.590
aircraft in the area. This was led by Shazel

01:14:28.590 --> 01:14:31.069
Kiri. He gathered an elite strike force, I believe

01:14:31.069 --> 01:14:34.189
of volunteers. They would raid it, and Orca would

01:14:34.189 --> 01:14:36.489
fly over the desert and pass directly over their

01:14:36.489 --> 01:14:39.329
airstrip. Fire warrior teams would jump through,

01:14:39.430 --> 01:14:41.810
would jump out with their support teams. Crisis

01:14:41.810 --> 01:14:43.569
suits would come in and help them. They would

01:14:43.569 --> 01:14:45.869
plant EMP grenades on the planes, blow them up,

01:14:45.989 --> 01:14:49.789
get back in the Orca, and leave. That was the

01:14:49.789 --> 01:14:51.590
plan, at least. But obviously, this was very

01:14:51.590 --> 01:14:54.060
dangerous. They were informed that they... Probably

01:14:54.060 --> 01:14:55.739
wouldn't make it back. If anything went wrong,

01:14:55.800 --> 01:14:57.260
they would be stranded. Things would go bad.

01:14:57.399 --> 01:15:00.239
But they do it. They launch the attack. Things

01:15:00.239 --> 01:15:02.979
go more or less well. But unfortunately, as the

01:15:02.979 --> 01:15:05.260
Orca comes around for a second go, it is damaged.

01:15:05.279 --> 01:15:07.720
One of the engines blows up and it is grounded.

01:15:08.539 --> 01:15:11.460
They've destroyed the planes. They fight through

01:15:11.460 --> 01:15:13.260
the night. Imperial reinforcements eventually

01:15:13.260 --> 01:15:16.579
arrive. Shaz -El -Kiri and his men are killed

01:15:16.579 --> 01:15:19.619
or captured. But regardless, they have destroyed,

01:15:19.800 --> 01:15:22.140
I believe... Nine aircraft, somewhere between

01:15:22.140 --> 01:15:25.260
six to nine, eight aircraft, whatever. The number

01:15:25.260 --> 01:15:27.619
is a bit arbitrary. But they destroy a decent

01:15:27.619 --> 01:15:30.779
chunk of aircraft, and they've severely damaged

01:15:30.779 --> 01:15:34.439
an airfield. There were plans to make more forward

01:15:34.439 --> 01:15:36.680
airfields, but these are scrapped, and security

01:15:36.680 --> 01:15:40.119
has to be increased for already airfields in

01:15:40.119 --> 01:15:43.640
the back. Taking away again from the front lines.

01:15:44.649 --> 01:15:47.489
This starts to strain the Navy significantly.

01:15:47.869 --> 01:15:50.550
The air war starts to slowly turn in the Tau's

01:15:50.550 --> 01:15:54.770
favor. Air Marshal Denvelt estimates the Tau

01:15:54.770 --> 01:15:56.850
had assembled a group of at least 10 squadron

01:15:56.850 --> 01:16:00.250
-sized groups, numbering at possibly 120 Barracudas

01:16:00.250 --> 01:16:04.590
and 40 Tiger Sharks. The Imperial Navy had four

01:16:04.590 --> 01:16:07.149
fighter wings, two bomber wings, and one tactical

01:16:07.149 --> 01:16:10.039
wing committed to the campaign. At the beginning,

01:16:10.199 --> 01:16:12.420
they had 78 fighters, mostly Thunderbolts, as

01:16:12.420 --> 01:16:15.199
well as 24 Marauder bombers, 18 Valkyrie transports.

01:16:17.300 --> 01:16:19.939
Reinforcements had been asked for, but were not

01:16:19.939 --> 01:16:24.140
answered. The squadrons slowly started to feel

01:16:24.140 --> 01:16:26.960
the strain of prolonged combat. Aircraft losses

01:16:26.960 --> 01:16:30.380
were surmounting, were mounting, whatever, and

01:16:30.380 --> 01:16:34.279
they were not being replaced. Fuel was running

01:16:34.279 --> 01:16:37.300
out. Munitions were running out. The air bases

01:16:37.300 --> 01:16:40.479
were farther back, so the air missions were taking

01:16:40.479 --> 01:16:43.119
significantly longer. It was a lot harder for

01:16:43.119 --> 01:16:44.920
them to do long -range missions. They had to

01:16:44.920 --> 01:16:46.699
go all the way from the back lines to the front

01:16:46.699 --> 01:16:48.939
and then all the way back, so air support was

01:16:48.939 --> 01:16:53.819
very thin. Less air protection from the Navy

01:16:53.819 --> 01:16:55.859
meant increased threat for the ground forces

01:16:55.859 --> 01:16:58.939
and low -level barracuda strafing runs. Supply

01:16:58.939 --> 01:17:01.199
lines took very heavy losses as the aircraft

01:17:01.199 --> 01:17:02.840
continued to strafe them in lightning attacks.

01:17:04.079 --> 01:17:06.600
By the time the next operation, known as Operation

01:17:06.600 --> 01:17:09.220
Comet, was launched, Air Marshal Den Veldt commanded

01:17:09.220 --> 01:17:12.659
37 fighters, 12 bombers, and 13 Valkyries. So

01:17:12.659 --> 01:17:16.880
about half of what he had before. Bad times.

01:17:16.960 --> 01:17:20.039
No reinforcements had still been given. None

01:17:20.039 --> 01:17:23.560
ever would. So currently the campaign is in a

01:17:23.560 --> 01:17:26.159
very bad spot. One would even say somewhat in

01:17:26.159 --> 01:17:30.039
shambles on the brink of destruction. So clearly

01:17:30.039 --> 01:17:33.079
something needs to change. and had been raging

01:17:33.079 --> 01:17:35.680
for 42 days at this point. The men were weary.

01:17:36.140 --> 01:17:39.760
Morale was low. They had sustained weeks of ambushes,

01:17:39.760 --> 01:17:42.960
raids, and counterattacks. Equipment and manpower

01:17:42.960 --> 01:17:46.640
was running low. Dehydration was starting to

01:17:46.640 --> 01:17:50.699
take more than actual combat. So, Destail holds

01:17:50.699 --> 01:17:53.960
a staff meeting upon his Leviathan. A heated

01:17:53.960 --> 01:17:58.159
debate ensued until General Sikova of the 23rd

01:17:58.159 --> 01:18:00.500
Elysian Drop Troops proposes the initial idea

01:18:00.500 --> 01:18:03.479
for Operation Comet. This idea was to take control

01:18:03.479 --> 01:18:07.600
of Tauros' main means of water production. This

01:18:07.600 --> 01:18:11.159
is the 4621st Army. That's what the entire force

01:18:11.159 --> 01:18:13.840
is called. And he argued that they need to change

01:18:13.840 --> 01:18:16.840
their objective to currently just take the larger

01:18:16.840 --> 01:18:19.699
hydro -processing plants. Their eyes would fall

01:18:19.699 --> 01:18:24.310
upon hydro -processing plant 2330. situated towards

01:18:24.310 --> 01:18:27.689
the eastern end of the Urkanda Isthmus. If they

01:18:27.689 --> 01:18:29.689
could capture this plant, the troops would add

01:18:29.689 --> 01:18:33.250
water, and the offensive could resume. This could

01:18:33.250 --> 01:18:36.489
truly tip the scales of the war into the Imperials'

01:18:36.569 --> 01:18:39.510
advantage. He was given a three -day deadline

01:18:39.510 --> 01:18:41.829
to plan this attack. Not very much, but they

01:18:41.829 --> 01:18:45.289
eventually decided that the full Elysian Company

01:18:45.289 --> 01:18:47.569
was to be dedicated to this. They would drop

01:18:47.569 --> 01:18:51.130
onto the plant. Meanwhile, the Titans and the

01:18:51.130 --> 01:18:54.239
Space Marines... would lead the relief force

01:18:54.239 --> 01:18:57.060
of the 114th Cadian Regiment, the mobile guys.

01:18:57.199 --> 01:19:00.199
They would punch through a force of Tau lines,

01:19:00.460 --> 01:19:02.939
and then the Cadians could rush through in the

01:19:02.939 --> 01:19:05.680
narrow strip of land to go reinforce that hydro

01:19:05.680 --> 01:19:10.000
processing plant 2330. It was to be done in two

01:19:10.000 --> 01:19:13.180
drops for the Elysians. The first drop would

01:19:13.180 --> 01:19:14.979
be half the regiment. Second drop would be the

01:19:14.979 --> 01:19:16.659
other half, including more heavy weapons and

01:19:16.659 --> 01:19:20.720
the likes. The general or colonel, what was he?

01:19:21.050 --> 01:19:23.430
I don't know, regardless, he very much wanted

01:19:23.430 --> 01:19:25.050
the two drops to happen at the same time, within

01:19:25.050 --> 01:19:26.750
the same day, but it was just impossible. It

01:19:26.750 --> 01:19:29.010
was 1 ,050 kilometers away from the airfield,

01:19:29.090 --> 01:19:31.149
and it took three to four hours to get there,

01:19:31.250 --> 01:19:34.229
round trip. They would need to resupply and rearm.

01:19:34.350 --> 01:19:36.970
It just couldn't be done in one day. So unfortunately,

01:19:37.130 --> 01:19:39.510
the first half would need to be deployed, capture

01:19:39.510 --> 01:19:42.210
the processing plant, and then wait for the reinforcements

01:19:42.210 --> 01:19:47.770
on the next day. Such was the plan. So they gathered

01:19:47.770 --> 01:19:50.619
the airwings. an epic launch of the valkyries

01:19:50.619 --> 01:19:52.979
hundreds of valkyries were flying the entirety

01:19:52.979 --> 01:19:56.979
of the elysians valkyries it uh brought together

01:19:56.979 --> 01:20:00.140
what's the word escorted by thunderbolt fighters

01:20:00.140 --> 01:20:03.720
lightnings and vultures of the elysians as well

01:20:03.720 --> 01:20:09.460
oh let's see they didn't know what was there

01:20:09.460 --> 01:20:12.859
there was a lot of dudes my bro's going through

01:20:12.859 --> 01:20:18.460
this campaign i'm going as fast as i can Because

01:20:18.460 --> 01:20:23.079
otherwise we'd be here for a long time. Eli has

01:20:23.079 --> 01:20:25.720
once done a three and a half hour episode on

01:20:25.720 --> 01:20:29.899
Farsight. I'm trying to avoid that. I'm trying

01:20:29.899 --> 01:20:32.340
to make sure we can be done in two hours. You

01:20:32.340 --> 01:20:36.699
will learn about the Tau. This is not a negotiation.

01:20:37.960 --> 01:20:41.960
I'm just trying to skim through my notes. I have

01:20:41.960 --> 01:20:46.340
46 pages of single -spaced notes for the Tauros

01:20:46.340 --> 01:20:49.859
campaign. It'll be an exciting video when it

01:20:49.859 --> 01:20:54.529
happens. They didn't know what enemies were at

01:20:54.529 --> 01:20:56.949
the processing plant. All they could do was take

01:20:56.949 --> 01:20:59.869
pictures from orbit. The priority targets of

01:20:59.869 --> 01:21:01.630
the first lift would be the central complex,

01:21:01.829 --> 01:21:04.229
the lifting station, pumping stations 1, 2, and

01:21:04.229 --> 01:21:07.510
3, and the holding tanks. If the site itself

01:21:07.510 --> 01:21:09.470
was destroyed, the holding tanks could still

01:21:09.470 --> 01:21:11.930
prove valuable because they likely held pure

01:21:11.930 --> 01:21:15.810
water. Aside from that, though, minimal damage

01:21:15.810 --> 01:21:17.729
was to be done to the processing plant because

01:21:17.729 --> 01:21:20.949
obviously they needed to use it. Secondary targets

01:21:20.949 --> 01:21:22.949
would be the chlorination works, both main and

01:21:22.949 --> 01:21:25.050
reserve pumping stations, and the generator house.

01:21:25.369 --> 01:21:27.789
All of these were to be captured by the first

01:21:27.789 --> 01:21:30.869
wave and reinforced in the second. Along with

01:21:30.869 --> 01:21:34.630
the first wave also came a few Cadian what are

01:21:34.630 --> 01:21:38.609
they called? Troopers. Shock Troopers. Storm

01:21:38.609 --> 01:21:42.770
Troopers. There you go. They're just Storm Troopers

01:21:42.770 --> 01:21:44.829
in this. They're called Cadian Shock Troopers,

01:21:44.869 --> 01:21:49.000
aren't they? Yeah. But they brought stormtroopers

01:21:49.000 --> 01:21:52.800
along with them, though. Yeah. The second wave

01:21:52.800 --> 01:21:56.180
would then reinforce them the next day. Regimental

01:21:56.180 --> 01:21:57.920
headquarters would be established in the administration

01:21:57.920 --> 01:22:00.199
block. There were a lot of concerns with the

01:22:00.199 --> 01:22:02.520
mission, obviously. Even weather could botch

01:22:02.520 --> 01:22:04.960
it. They didn't know the people there. What if

01:22:04.960 --> 01:22:07.500
the first wave just died? What if the Space Marines

01:22:07.500 --> 01:22:09.560
and the Cadians couldn't send the relief force

01:22:09.560 --> 01:22:12.119
on time? They didn't really have a choice, though.

01:22:12.180 --> 01:22:15.260
They had to do it. So the day came. The first

01:22:15.260 --> 01:22:19.239
lift happened. It was 160 Valkyries and 30 Vultures

01:22:19.239 --> 01:22:24.380
powered up their engines and went forth through

01:22:24.380 --> 01:22:26.560
the desert sands. And they made it there without

01:22:26.560 --> 01:22:29.000
too much issue. A few planes were shot down,

01:22:29.180 --> 01:22:31.979
but nothing crazy. They went with this pretty

01:22:31.979 --> 01:22:34.000
quickly. The Tau weren't sure if it was going

01:22:34.000 --> 01:22:37.520
to happen. So it was pretty good. It was pretty

01:22:37.520 --> 01:22:40.020
good. They make there, and they make the jumps,

01:22:40.119 --> 01:22:43.399
and the stormtroopers rappel on lines, and they

01:22:43.399 --> 01:22:45.920
charge the station. There's human defenders,

01:22:46.600 --> 01:22:50.359
sentry turrets, and crew at the station. They

01:22:50.359 --> 01:22:52.720
take quite a lot of casualties at the beginning,

01:22:52.880 --> 01:22:56.600
but they're able to do it. Unfortunately, Colonel

01:22:56.600 --> 01:22:59.939
Sikova, General Sikova, I forgot his rank, is

01:22:59.939 --> 01:23:02.760
wounded. He's shot in the arm by a stray pulse

01:23:02.760 --> 01:23:06.159
round. So the commanding officer of the entire

01:23:06.159 --> 01:23:09.420
operation is wounded on the first day. But not

01:23:09.420 --> 01:23:12.920
killed. Another guy takes over command. And they

01:23:12.920 --> 01:23:15.109
keep it going. They eventually take it. uh they

01:23:15.109 --> 01:23:17.170
get repelled once by the crude then they bring

01:23:17.170 --> 01:23:19.449
the mortars in the mortars pound the crude and

01:23:19.449 --> 01:23:21.050
they get in there they kill all the crude all

01:23:21.050 --> 01:23:24.390
the humans etc but it has done a fair bit of

01:23:24.390 --> 01:23:27.449
damage to the hydro processing plant regardless

01:23:27.449 --> 01:23:31.010
they've got it they turn it into a fortified

01:23:31.010 --> 01:23:33.689
defensive position over the next the rest of

01:23:33.689 --> 01:23:36.310
the day the rest of the night making barricades

01:23:36.310 --> 01:23:38.050
setting up whatever heavy weapons they do have

01:23:38.050 --> 01:23:43.289
etc it's a success at the moment unfortunately

01:23:44.060 --> 01:23:47.819
A hunter cadre shows up, and they start besieging

01:23:47.819 --> 01:23:50.039
the Elysians, who cannot do a whole lot. They

01:23:50.039 --> 01:23:52.380
don't have a lot of heavy -ranged weapons. All

01:23:52.380 --> 01:23:54.220
they can do is shoot what little they have, use

01:23:54.220 --> 01:23:56.079
their mortars, but they're being pounded pretty

01:23:56.079 --> 01:23:58.600
hard. But the Tau do need to move in if they

01:23:58.600 --> 01:24:01.619
want to actually take it. Regardless, they're

01:24:01.619 --> 01:24:06.000
surviving. Meanwhile, 800 kilometers away, the

01:24:06.000 --> 01:24:08.560
Space Marines, Cadians, and Warhound Titans are

01:24:08.560 --> 01:24:11.930
moving. They engage the Tau, and they crush their

01:24:11.930 --> 01:24:14.449
force. The Titans are able to outrange the Hammerhead

01:24:14.449 --> 01:24:16.550
tanks, just destroying them. The Space Marines

01:24:16.550 --> 01:24:19.470
pull up and start murdering Tau. They punch a

01:24:19.470 --> 01:24:22.909
hole through, and the Cadians zoom through. But

01:24:22.909 --> 01:24:26.510
a new Tau creation makes itself known as the

01:24:26.510 --> 01:24:31.689
AX -10 Tiger Shark flies up, and in a terrible,

01:24:31.789 --> 01:24:33.770
horrible moment, shoots its seeker missiles,

01:24:33.949 --> 01:24:37.239
which destroys... a warhound titan shields and

01:24:37.239 --> 01:24:40.420
then shoots a new heavy rail gun never seen before

01:24:40.420 --> 01:24:42.819
on a fighter only ever seen on a manta or spacecraft

01:24:42.819 --> 01:24:44.899
it shoots it right through the warhound titan

01:24:44.899 --> 01:24:52.739
and a warhound titan is destroyed no also can

01:24:52.739 --> 01:24:54.920
i can i go back for a second just like you said

01:24:54.920 --> 01:24:57.960
he got a stray shot from a rail gun that doesn't

01:24:57.960 --> 01:25:05.670
sound like a pulse He made his feel no pain safe.

01:25:05.710 --> 01:25:15.649
He's fine. Bit of a scratch. So, they've captured

01:25:15.649 --> 01:25:17.949
the hydro processing plant. They're under fire,

01:25:18.069 --> 01:25:20.550
but the Cadians are now on their way. Hundreds

01:25:20.550 --> 01:25:22.529
of Chimeras are storming through the desert.

01:25:22.670 --> 01:25:25.050
A bunch of Salamander scout vehicles. It's pretty

01:25:25.050 --> 01:25:28.609
epic. They've lost a Warhound Titan, which sucks.

01:25:29.210 --> 01:25:32.670
But they did achieve their objective. The next

01:25:32.670 --> 01:25:35.930
morning, the second lift happens. They make it

01:25:35.930 --> 01:25:38.449
to the lines, who are again under heavy fire,

01:25:38.449 --> 01:25:40.369
the hydro -processing plants. But this time,

01:25:40.430 --> 01:25:42.710
the Tau know they're coming, and they send their

01:25:42.710 --> 01:25:46.069
air force. A lot of Valkyries and Vultures are

01:25:46.069 --> 01:25:48.189
destroyed on the way. A lot of things are taken

01:25:48.189 --> 01:25:51.130
off course. So when the drop happens, a lot of

01:25:51.130 --> 01:25:53.550
the soldiers fall into the acid sea and die a

01:25:53.550 --> 01:25:55.550
painful death, or they fall into the Tau lines

01:25:55.550 --> 01:25:57.630
and just get gunned down in the sky. But some

01:25:57.630 --> 01:26:00.069
of them do. Make it the hydro processing plant.

01:26:02.090 --> 01:26:05.029
It's still not great though. They don't have

01:26:05.029 --> 01:26:06.890
a lot of ranged weapons. They don't have much

01:26:06.890 --> 01:26:09.489
air support. The vultures come in as rolling

01:26:09.489 --> 01:26:11.350
air support. But they have to return quite quickly.

01:26:11.409 --> 01:26:14.010
Because there's low fuel. But they're fighting

01:26:14.010 --> 01:26:18.470
as hard as they can. Unfortunately. The Tau bring

01:26:18.470 --> 01:26:23.829
forward. Tiger shark bombers. And a manta. Drones

01:26:23.829 --> 01:26:26.770
swarm the area. The manta rakes it with burst

01:26:26.770 --> 01:26:30.260
rounds. Burst rounds, everything. Burst gun rounds,

01:26:30.319 --> 01:26:31.939
I guess that's what it's called. Doesn't matter.

01:26:32.819 --> 01:26:36.560
All they can do is hug cover and pray that the

01:26:36.560 --> 01:26:42.939
Cadians make it. Unfortunately, with no fire

01:26:42.939 --> 01:26:46.960
support from the Navy, they just couldn't do

01:26:46.960 --> 01:26:49.600
very much. They fought for two days and two nights

01:26:49.600 --> 01:26:52.680
straight. The hydro processing plant had been

01:26:52.680 --> 01:26:56.130
reduced to rubble. the survivors crawled and

01:26:56.130 --> 01:27:00.649
were reduced to small pockets uh ramir the commander

01:27:00.649 --> 01:27:04.609
or is a commander in the tower reaches out to

01:27:04.609 --> 01:27:07.250
the current general who's in command colonel

01:27:07.250 --> 01:27:10.689
uh black and asked for a ceasefire saying there's

01:27:10.689 --> 01:27:13.789
no point of this slaughter you've clearly lost

01:27:13.789 --> 01:27:17.729
we can stop fighting right now but he refuses

01:27:17.729 --> 01:27:20.750
to surrender and by nightfall the 23rd legion

01:27:20.750 --> 01:27:25.270
elysian regiment was annihilated there's a few

01:27:25.270 --> 01:27:27.850
survivors including general sikiva they were

01:27:27.850 --> 01:27:31.670
disarmed taking prisoner they're gone meanwhile

01:27:31.670 --> 01:27:33.729
the cadians are making it through the desert

01:27:33.729 --> 01:27:36.390
uh the tower does not commit many forces to them

01:27:36.390 --> 01:27:38.149
because they chose to commit them to the hydro

01:27:38.149 --> 01:27:39.930
processing plant which was obviously the right

01:27:39.930 --> 01:27:42.050
choice instead they just try to slow down the

01:27:42.050 --> 01:27:44.550
cadians by doing ambushes so they're in a bit

01:27:44.550 --> 01:27:47.449
of a stop start running battle as Pathfinder

01:27:47.449 --> 01:27:49.350
teams send secret missiles out towards them,

01:27:49.369 --> 01:27:51.090
and they have small skirmishes. Part of them

01:27:51.090 --> 01:27:52.890
needs to be left behind to fight, but most of

01:27:52.890 --> 01:27:56.670
them do get through. Seeing that he needs to

01:27:56.670 --> 01:27:58.909
get the processing plan as soon as possible,

01:27:58.949 --> 01:28:01.829
as they've lost contact with the Elysians, the

01:28:01.829 --> 01:28:05.850
leading captain decides to go forwards with his

01:28:05.850 --> 01:28:10.390
scout vehicles in a fairly daring mission. Unfortunately,

01:28:11.170 --> 01:28:17.159
they show up. Colonel Stranksy and his guys,

01:28:17.319 --> 01:28:19.899
he's the one leading it, they show up, and they

01:28:19.899 --> 01:28:24.720
find a whole lot of nothing. Just ruins of the

01:28:24.720 --> 01:28:27.539
processing plant, corpses, destroyed devilfish,

01:28:27.699 --> 01:28:30.359
destroyed broadsides, abandoned heavy weapons,

01:28:30.539 --> 01:28:34.279
burned out sentinels. There's nobody left. Did

01:28:34.279 --> 01:28:37.500
the town destroy their own water source as well,

01:28:37.520 --> 01:28:42.180
then? It's not the only water source on Taros.

01:28:42.220 --> 01:28:44.619
It was just a main one. So yes, they more or

01:28:44.619 --> 01:28:50.500
less did. Yeah. Tough stuff. He finds that there's

01:28:50.500 --> 01:28:54.079
nothing there, so the 114th Packup, go back home.

01:28:54.220 --> 01:28:58.800
Well, home to the front lines, you know. So,

01:28:59.000 --> 01:29:01.500
the news of Operation Comet's failure reaches

01:29:01.500 --> 01:29:06.220
Lord Commander Gustavus' high command, and Commissar

01:29:06.220 --> 01:29:11.740
General Mordred Van Horkick is not happy. He

01:29:11.740 --> 01:29:13.600
declares himself the new commander of the mission,

01:29:13.739 --> 01:29:16.699
and he takes it over, which is, there's nothing

01:29:16.699 --> 01:29:18.819
Gustavus can do about it. He has every right

01:29:18.819 --> 01:29:22.659
to take over the mission. He also sanctions Destail's

01:29:22.659 --> 01:29:27.159
execution, but Gustavus likes Destail. He's been

01:29:27.159 --> 01:29:29.460
a dutiful soldier, and he's done his best, so

01:29:29.460 --> 01:29:31.920
he sends him, he sends Colonel Shaja down to

01:29:31.920 --> 01:29:34.180
Destail to deliver him orders that says he can

01:29:34.180 --> 01:29:36.640
either turn himself in, or he can go serve on

01:29:36.640 --> 01:29:39.100
the front lines in an attack that he will likely

01:29:39.100 --> 01:29:43.119
die in. The stale asks Skaja to wait outside

01:29:43.119 --> 01:29:45.619
his Leviathan for a minute, so he goes out into

01:29:45.619 --> 01:29:48.600
the hallway, and he kills himself. He shoots

01:29:48.600 --> 01:29:51.460
himself, taking the only way out that he could

01:29:51.460 --> 01:29:55.359
while retaining his martial honor. Damn. The

01:29:55.359 --> 01:29:58.640
Commissar rounds up a lot of officers to be executed,

01:29:58.899 --> 01:30:01.619
and then the rest who do not fight back are given

01:30:01.619 --> 01:30:04.899
the option to go serve in a penal legion to die

01:30:04.899 --> 01:30:09.779
well for the Emperor. Yeah. The Commissar now

01:30:09.779 --> 01:30:12.899
works with Gustavus, and he issues a full retreat

01:30:12.899 --> 01:30:16.220
of the front line, not to abandon Tarros, but

01:30:16.220 --> 01:30:20.939
to shorten supply lines. And obviously, this

01:30:20.939 --> 01:30:24.920
is all they really can do. So they do that. It's

01:30:24.920 --> 01:30:27.199
barely even a retreat. It's more like a panicked

01:30:27.199 --> 01:30:29.300
rout, because the guardsmen are dying of thirst.

01:30:29.359 --> 01:30:31.159
They know the Tau can show up and kill them at

01:30:31.159 --> 01:30:34.699
any second. It's not great. Fleet Admiral Koto

01:30:34.699 --> 01:30:36.619
was summoned, and he was informed that his naval

01:30:36.619 --> 01:30:38.659
assets would be used to escort a new series of

01:30:38.659 --> 01:30:41.380
convoys for supply into the system. If he failed

01:30:41.380 --> 01:30:44.579
to do this, he would be shot. So either break

01:30:44.579 --> 01:30:48.300
the Tau blockade, or die anyways. and people

01:30:48.300 --> 01:30:50.539
what's the cane phenomenon where like he says

01:30:50.539 --> 01:30:53.460
there's a thing about he wonders why so many

01:30:53.460 --> 01:30:56.500
commissars like basically get shot in the back

01:30:56.500 --> 01:30:59.500
can't imagine what the reasoning is yeah like

01:30:59.500 --> 01:31:01.520
because it's the most important thing is to avoid

01:31:01.520 --> 01:31:04.699
not getting accidentally killed by your own men

01:31:04.699 --> 01:31:09.479
yeah but the war commissar has every right to

01:31:09.479 --> 01:31:11.380
do it so far every most of the missions have

01:31:11.380 --> 01:31:15.760
failed and yeah he's just doing his job Sounds

01:31:15.760 --> 01:31:19.899
like heresy to me. You will not be fired. You

01:31:19.899 --> 01:31:23.960
will have a bullet fired at you. Not all is lost.

01:31:24.239 --> 01:31:29.300
Not yet, at least. As General Sigva and his Elysians,

01:31:29.340 --> 01:31:31.760
whatever were left, were taken prisoner. The

01:31:31.760 --> 01:31:34.380
general himself was given medical treatment and

01:31:34.380 --> 01:31:37.619
was brought to the Tau headquarters, where Shazo

01:31:37.619 --> 01:31:40.739
Ramir, through a translator, asked him to be

01:31:40.739 --> 01:31:44.739
an emissary for the Tau. He asked him to deliver

01:31:44.739 --> 01:31:47.619
a ceasefire agreement. He would let the humans

01:31:47.619 --> 01:31:50.060
leave. They would not shoot down any transports.

01:31:50.060 --> 01:31:52.020
They would free up the airspace. They would let

01:31:52.020 --> 01:31:55.600
everybody leave. No more questions asked. No

01:31:55.600 --> 01:31:59.479
more fires. No more guns fired. Sigafor was offered

01:31:59.479 --> 01:32:03.239
to be the commander of the human forces on Tauros

01:32:03.239 --> 01:32:06.140
and given a very good life within the Tau Empire.

01:32:06.439 --> 01:32:08.680
But, of course, he's a good man. He's a man of

01:32:08.680 --> 01:32:11.500
his empire. He believes in the Emperor. He refuses.

01:32:11.739 --> 01:32:13.890
So they send him back. They sent him back to

01:32:13.890 --> 01:32:19.130
prison. Unfortunately, for Taro, though, Ticova

01:32:19.130 --> 01:32:21.250
now knows the location of their headquarters,

01:32:21.510 --> 01:32:24.189
and as he studied Taro extensively before the

01:32:24.189 --> 01:32:26.409
battle, so he knew exactly where he was. They

01:32:26.409 --> 01:32:28.270
didn't blindfold him or anything when they transported

01:32:28.270 --> 01:32:31.369
him there. So he had some very vital information.

01:32:31.729 --> 01:32:34.449
He devised an escape plot with five other Elysians,

01:32:34.529 --> 01:32:36.850
and they do successfully escape the prison, overwhelming

01:32:36.850 --> 01:32:39.029
their three human guards and taking their water.

01:32:40.350 --> 01:32:43.880
He estimated that... There was westwards positions

01:32:43.880 --> 01:32:46.699
of the 331st Talon Regiments. So he went that

01:32:46.699 --> 01:32:49.880
way. The other guys split up as to avoid mass

01:32:49.880 --> 01:32:53.020
detection. The guards didn't really care. These

01:32:53.020 --> 01:32:54.779
are just dudes running out into the desert without

01:32:54.779 --> 01:32:56.680
any supplies. They're just going to die. They're

01:32:56.680 --> 01:32:59.539
basically dead man. And after three days of intense

01:32:59.539 --> 01:33:02.359
heat and freezing cold, Sikava was almost dead.

01:33:02.939 --> 01:33:05.920
He uses the last of his energy to trace a large

01:33:05.920 --> 01:33:08.720
Aquila outline in the sand before falling down

01:33:08.720 --> 01:33:12.819
unconscious. Thankfully for him, A Thunderbolt

01:33:12.819 --> 01:33:17.800
on reconnaissance spots it, tells the 331st they

01:33:17.800 --> 01:33:21.239
send a forward infantry team to take a closer

01:33:21.239 --> 01:33:27.680
look and extract Sigiva. Big news for him. He

01:33:27.680 --> 01:33:30.479
then goes and tells the command staff where the

01:33:30.479 --> 01:33:34.279
Tau headquarters is. Now, this is the Imperium's

01:33:34.279 --> 01:33:36.939
last chance. They have the opportunity to wipe

01:33:36.939 --> 01:33:40.060
out the Tau command. This could be it. This could

01:33:40.060 --> 01:33:42.550
win them the war. for Tauros if they can kill

01:33:42.550 --> 01:33:45.489
Shazzle Vermeer and whoever else was behind the

01:33:45.489 --> 01:33:48.250
commanding on Tauros. I need to get some water.

01:33:48.449 --> 01:33:52.130
Talk amongst yourself for two minutes. Okay.

01:33:52.470 --> 01:33:55.010
All I'm hearing is I'm hearing a lot of excuses

01:33:55.010 --> 01:33:58.930
being made by a lot of subjects of the Imperium.

01:33:59.149 --> 01:34:01.649
Should have fought harder. The Emperor protects.

01:34:01.949 --> 01:34:03.789
They could have killed. It's just a Tau. It's

01:34:03.789 --> 01:34:05.989
just like pruning. It's like pruning a hedge.

01:34:06.270 --> 01:34:08.449
It's not a big deal. Where's the Space Marines?

01:34:08.550 --> 01:34:11.829
Put one Space Marine there. He'll sort it. Colin's

01:34:11.829 --> 01:34:16.649
muted. Oh, I am. Are you really going skill issue

01:34:16.649 --> 01:34:20.189
right now? Speaking of skill issues, I'm muted.

01:34:21.510 --> 01:34:24.770
You're losing the argument for the whole time,

01:34:24.949 --> 01:34:28.210
but then you pull out your mum at the end. Yeah,

01:34:28.210 --> 01:34:31.470
basically. Everything you said before is completely

01:34:31.470 --> 01:34:35.930
irrelevant. You lose the argument. Well, nuh

01:34:35.930 --> 01:34:41.390
-uh. Imperium's losing. Nuh -uh. no you elite

01:34:41.390 --> 01:34:44.569
response though i think with the imperium stuff

01:34:44.569 --> 01:34:47.930
though like it's often they often just need that

01:34:47.930 --> 01:34:52.470
like really random like heroic sort of well even

01:34:52.470 --> 01:34:54.390
when they do like great like long engagements

01:34:54.390 --> 01:34:56.529
though they they're just not gonna win unless

01:34:56.529 --> 01:35:00.109
they get like a basic one decisive win well even

01:35:00.109 --> 01:35:02.510
in the kyphos kane stories they just need something

01:35:02.510 --> 01:35:05.970
just to like really bring it out one big dub

01:35:07.550 --> 01:35:09.989
What's the Kuyper's cane book where he, there's

01:35:09.989 --> 01:35:12.430
a few he interacts with, like Tau with, but there's

01:35:12.430 --> 01:35:14.970
the, one of the later ones. And like the book

01:35:14.970 --> 01:35:18.189
literally opens up with, they are losing against

01:35:18.189 --> 01:35:21.590
the Tau. They're all about to die. Oh yeah. Hang

01:35:21.590 --> 01:35:26.390
on a minute. Pause. And he's like, hmm? And they're

01:35:26.390 --> 01:35:30.029
like, that's a thing? There's some tuners we

01:35:30.029 --> 01:35:31.909
need to fight. Let's have a peace treaty. And

01:35:31.909 --> 01:35:36.489
he's like, well, that saved our asses. I think,

01:35:36.590 --> 01:35:38.949
if I remember correctly, the first line of the

01:35:38.949 --> 01:35:40.949
book is him going, I'll say one thing about the

01:35:40.949 --> 01:35:45.069
Tau. They know how to put on a good war. He's

01:35:45.069 --> 01:35:46.590
one of his least favorite enemies, isn't it,

01:35:46.630 --> 01:35:50.890
Tau? Because they're always bloody. In the first

01:35:50.890 --> 01:35:54.970
book ever, they walk past some crisis suit, and

01:35:54.970 --> 01:35:58.590
they literally go, fuck me. They're glad we're

01:35:58.590 --> 01:36:02.689
not fighting them. Like, man, that's scary. Yeah,

01:36:02.789 --> 01:36:07.560
that's pretty bad. Do we have any donuts to read

01:36:07.560 --> 01:36:10.439
before we... We've got a couple. One from Bean

01:36:10.439 --> 01:36:14.899
saying he's reaching. No one's reaching. And

01:36:14.899 --> 01:36:21.039
one from Caleb Collins. Oh, hey, Caleb. $4 .99

01:36:21.039 --> 01:36:24.039
from Caleb Collins. Less weebs is always a good

01:36:24.039 --> 01:36:26.979
reason to fight, especially those who love Sword

01:36:26.979 --> 01:36:30.399
Art Online. Or even worse, fools who think Dragon

01:36:30.399 --> 01:36:33.859
Ball Z doesn't stomp most franchises. Listen.

01:36:34.270 --> 01:36:39.470
Dragon Ball Z is like a roller coaster. It has

01:36:39.470 --> 01:36:42.949
the highest highs, but I'm not there for the

01:36:42.949 --> 01:36:47.989
plot, really. I'm there for the incredible testosterone

01:36:47.989 --> 01:36:53.609
-filled battle. I'm not there because I'm like,

01:36:53.689 --> 01:36:55.670
this changed my perspective on life. I'm here

01:36:55.670 --> 01:36:59.250
so I can shout like a child at full length and

01:36:59.250 --> 01:37:02.750
full screen. He's so close, Chet. He's so close

01:37:02.750 --> 01:37:04.729
to understanding Transformers Revenge of the

01:37:04.729 --> 01:37:09.390
Fallen. I've seen Transformers. But you don't

01:37:09.390 --> 01:37:14.850
appreciate it. Carchark, thank you very much

01:37:14.850 --> 01:37:17.850
for the $10. The Imperium is an attrition army

01:37:17.850 --> 01:37:20.470
that isn't allowed to win by attrition. That

01:37:20.470 --> 01:37:26.329
is true. Sometimes. Caleb Collins. I'll go for

01:37:26.329 --> 01:37:28.649
it. Thank you for the $2. How's the youngest,

01:37:28.750 --> 01:37:31.210
the least tech -savvy, if you mean me? I don't

01:37:31.210 --> 01:37:34.069
know. I am the least tech -savvy, though. I'm

01:37:34.069 --> 01:37:36.989
pretty miserable with technology. My computer,

01:37:37.069 --> 01:37:39.210
for the last year, has been blue -screening once

01:37:39.210 --> 01:37:41.510
or twice a month. I've just not done anything

01:37:41.510 --> 01:37:44.529
about it. Transformers 2 is peak. Transformers

01:37:44.529 --> 01:37:47.970
2 is not peak. You're right. It's not peak. It's

01:37:47.970 --> 01:37:51.449
the peak. Transformers 1 and Transformers 3.

01:37:51.609 --> 01:37:55.369
The end battle in Transformers 2 is kind of alright.

01:37:55.979 --> 01:37:58.899
And some of the jewels where it's like... Testicle

01:37:58.899 --> 01:38:02.840
robot. I'll take you all on. Yeah, dude, I don't

01:38:02.840 --> 01:38:06.359
care about any criticisms. I see that and it's

01:38:06.359 --> 01:38:08.199
like, so this movie's a 10 out of 10. Everything

01:38:08.199 --> 01:38:13.800
else just fucking fades away. I am coming. This

01:38:13.800 --> 01:38:16.199
is all I can remember now from the recent memes.

01:38:16.939 --> 01:38:22.899
I am coming. Let them come. I am auto -potting

01:38:22.899 --> 01:38:27.079
it. Alright. So we're nearing the end of the

01:38:27.079 --> 01:38:29.100
War of Fort Haros. We're almost there, chat.

01:38:29.420 --> 01:38:33.380
I've given a very brief overview. Brief. Enjoy

01:38:33.380 --> 01:38:36.560
the seven -hour video on Eli's channel in a few

01:38:36.560 --> 01:38:43.680
months' time. It's a howl video. So now it is

01:38:43.680 --> 01:38:46.800
time to plan Operation Deathblow. Commissar needs

01:38:46.800 --> 01:38:49.520
the aid of Lord Commander Gustavus, Colonel Shajah,

01:38:49.600 --> 01:38:53.699
and the Oficio Assassinor. Gustavus agrees to

01:38:53.699 --> 01:38:56.140
plan. as long as Colonel Shaja is allowed to

01:38:56.140 --> 01:38:59.579
organize it, because Shaja's a smart guy. They

01:38:59.579 --> 01:39:02.819
requisition the assassin orb, and in return they

01:39:02.819 --> 01:39:06.119
get an ever -soar assassin sent to them. Quite

01:39:06.119 --> 01:39:08.739
the exciting news, and a guy who will definitely

01:39:08.739 --> 01:39:13.060
do a good job. Shaja rounds up some volunteers

01:39:13.060 --> 01:39:17.220
of stormtroopers and pilots, because their mission

01:39:17.220 --> 01:39:19.800
is likely one that they're going to die on. Shaja

01:39:19.800 --> 01:39:22.539
also volunteers to lead it himself in person.

01:39:23.310 --> 01:39:27.529
The idea, there's Red Team and Blue Team. Red

01:39:27.529 --> 01:39:37.350
Team. Red Team. Red Team is the Eversaur who

01:39:37.350 --> 01:39:39.869
would land 60 kilometers away from the tower

01:39:39.869 --> 01:39:43.149
headquarters. Blue Team is the hand -picked Stormtroopers

01:39:43.149 --> 01:39:48.750
of the 2378th Stormtrooper Company, and they

01:39:48.750 --> 01:39:51.149
were to be flown in by Valkyries of the 71st

01:39:51.149 --> 01:39:55.289
Tactical Wing. They were to attack Tau headquarters

01:39:55.289 --> 01:39:58.029
in a front -long assault, and these troopers

01:39:58.029 --> 01:40:01.949
were not told about the Eversaur. They were just

01:40:01.949 --> 01:40:04.010
told to give it everything they got. They knew

01:40:04.010 --> 01:40:06.550
they were probably going to die, but what a good

01:40:06.550 --> 01:40:08.890
death it would be to die serving the Emperor

01:40:08.890 --> 01:40:12.449
in such an important attack. The Valkyries themselves

01:40:12.449 --> 01:40:15.430
only had enough fuel for a one -way trip, so

01:40:15.430 --> 01:40:17.930
they were to just fly there, do a strafing run,

01:40:18.090 --> 01:40:20.710
land, destroy their Valkyries. The pilots were

01:40:20.710 --> 01:40:23.810
given survival kits. as a meager hope that they

01:40:23.810 --> 01:40:27.270
might make it back. The Eversword arrives in

01:40:27.270 --> 01:40:31.090
his, like, stasis cube thing. The tech priests

01:40:31.090 --> 01:40:33.470
do their litanies and chants, and they hypno

01:40:33.470 --> 01:40:35.949
-suggest him so that he knows what his target

01:40:35.949 --> 01:40:37.789
is. Well, it knows what his target is. I shouldn't

01:40:37.789 --> 01:40:40.489
even say he's a freaking monster. It knows what

01:40:40.489 --> 01:40:43.189
his targets are. It knows what to do. It's equipped

01:40:43.189 --> 01:40:46.550
with his sword, narrow gauntlet, and pistol.

01:40:47.470 --> 01:40:50.229
and it is sent by a drop pod 60 kilometers away.

01:40:50.430 --> 01:40:52.829
Its vital signs turn on, it gets out of the drop

01:40:52.829 --> 01:40:55.609
pod, and makes its way. Meanwhile, the dudes

01:40:55.609 --> 01:41:00.149
are flying in, and eventually, they land. The

01:41:00.149 --> 01:41:03.029
Tau, not expecting a battle, only warned very

01:41:03.029 --> 01:41:08.350
recently by, uh, drone things. They occupy defensive

01:41:08.350 --> 01:41:11.449
positions, and a battle begins. Shaja leads his

01:41:11.449 --> 01:41:14.819
men heroically. and confidently to the buildings

01:41:14.819 --> 01:41:17.380
of the mining complex, which holds the command

01:41:17.380 --> 01:41:19.760
center, and they quickly take cover in buildings,

01:41:19.920 --> 01:41:24.520
and a firefight ensues. As this is occurring,

01:41:24.819 --> 01:41:28.220
the Eversaur is stalking into the building, into

01:41:28.220 --> 01:41:31.920
the complex. The first Tau to see him is reloading

01:41:31.920 --> 01:41:33.859
his gun. He looks up and is tearing straight

01:41:33.859 --> 01:41:36.380
into the face of the Eversaur, who then kills

01:41:36.380 --> 01:41:39.840
him in a nanosecond. He melted charges, opened

01:41:39.840 --> 01:41:42.079
the command center door, jumps through the ladder.

01:41:42.460 --> 01:41:44.279
Kills the four Tau inside with his needle gun.

01:41:44.479 --> 01:41:47.279
Gets rid of the gun. It's out of ammo. Kills

01:41:47.279 --> 01:41:50.439
two more Tau with his gauntlet and sword. Bursts

01:41:50.439 --> 01:41:54.399
into the room where the Ethereal is. And he then

01:41:54.399 --> 01:41:57.939
gets shot a bunch of times by pulse rounds from

01:41:57.939 --> 01:42:00.220
bodyguards. But he survives because he's an Eversaur.

01:42:00.319 --> 01:42:02.439
He grabs the Ethereal and pins him to the ground.

01:42:02.539 --> 01:42:04.979
But they continue to shoot him. And as he's dying,

01:42:05.020 --> 01:42:09.560
he uses his last breath to just laugh. And outside...

01:42:09.960 --> 01:42:12.640
Shazia and his guys are fighting, and a massive

01:42:12.640 --> 01:42:16.000
explosion blows up the command center. The Tau

01:42:16.000 --> 01:42:18.460
have to pause for a second as an ethereal just

01:42:18.460 --> 01:42:22.180
died. It's a massive deal. Tau are very sad,

01:42:22.300 --> 01:42:25.779
but this quickly turns to being angry, and reinforcements

01:42:25.779 --> 01:42:28.779
arrive for the Tau. Shazia and his men are all

01:42:28.779 --> 01:42:32.739
killed. No mercy is given. Anvray has been killed.

01:42:33.039 --> 01:42:36.420
R .I .P. Over the next few days. Very important.

01:42:36.579 --> 01:42:39.680
He doesn't even have a character. I did. I did

01:42:39.680 --> 01:42:41.800
a video on Alan Doe and it's my worst performing

01:42:41.800 --> 01:42:45.079
video. It's like some ethereal dude. No one cares.

01:42:46.539 --> 01:42:53.439
Well, this is not mentioned very much. Oh, Shazza

01:42:53.439 --> 01:42:56.340
Ramir is the most important guy who unfortunately

01:42:56.340 --> 01:42:59.600
for the Imperials was not in the command center.

01:42:59.619 --> 01:43:02.020
He was outside of the command center fighting.

01:43:02.220 --> 01:43:05.949
He was wounded. but not killed. Operation Deathblow

01:43:05.949 --> 01:43:10.869
almost succeeded. Over the next few days, the

01:43:10.869 --> 01:43:14.329
strikes from the cadres paused as they were mourning

01:43:14.329 --> 01:43:17.390
the Ethereal's death. But soon, this mourning

01:43:17.390 --> 01:43:19.810
turned into anger and vengeance, and the Tau

01:43:19.810 --> 01:43:22.350
decided that they wanted to kill all of the humans

01:43:22.350 --> 01:43:26.170
left on Tauros. So, Ramir continues to launch

01:43:26.170 --> 01:43:29.409
assaults as the evacuation goes into full, as

01:43:29.409 --> 01:43:31.789
Operation Deathblow was unfortunately not a success,

01:43:32.069 --> 01:43:36.270
and it's time to leave. Hundreds of Lehman Russes

01:43:36.270 --> 01:43:38.850
and Camaras are abandoned, equipment is abandoned,

01:43:39.090 --> 01:43:41.289
heavy weapons are abandoned, and it's just this

01:43:41.289 --> 01:43:44.010
massive, shambling horde of guardsmen running

01:43:44.010 --> 01:43:46.869
for their lives for the next, like, day, for

01:43:46.869 --> 01:43:49.229
weeks, basically, days and days, back to the

01:43:49.229 --> 01:43:53.329
front lines. They're dying of thirst. It sucks.

01:43:53.970 --> 01:43:56.350
Commissars are shooting people, officers are

01:43:56.350 --> 01:43:59.119
trying to keep order, They're trying to form

01:43:59.119 --> 01:44:00.960
rear guards to fight the Tau back, and these

01:44:00.960 --> 01:44:02.760
are just destroyed. They're being gunned down.

01:44:04.939 --> 01:44:09.720
Yeah, it sucks. But of X Corps, only the 331st

01:44:09.720 --> 01:44:11.520
Regiment managed to make their withdrawal in

01:44:11.520 --> 01:44:13.659
good order, and for all intents and purposes,

01:44:14.000 --> 01:44:17.720
the other four regiments no longer existed. Thousands

01:44:17.720 --> 01:44:21.960
of stragglers would make it back, but overall,

01:44:22.239 --> 01:44:25.699
they were essentially wiped out. The Cadian 114th

01:44:25.699 --> 01:44:28.970
arrived safely, as they were the... mobile regiment,

01:44:29.130 --> 01:44:32.210
so unsurprisingly, but they had to abandon their

01:44:32.210 --> 01:44:35.369
chimeras at the end of the day. The remaining

01:44:35.369 --> 01:44:38.689
Titans extracted without issue, and the surviving

01:44:38.689 --> 01:44:41.109
Valkyries of the 23rd Elysians were able to pick

01:44:41.109 --> 01:44:44.250
up some people, just whatever troops they could,

01:44:44.390 --> 01:44:46.829
high -ranking officers first, and stormtroopers,

01:44:46.970 --> 01:44:49.890
and then any surviving Talarn, who were eventually

01:44:49.890 --> 01:44:52.970
transported back to then wait at the landing

01:44:52.970 --> 01:44:56.649
zone. After 11 days, the first stragglers on

01:44:56.649 --> 01:44:59.479
foot arrived. and the majority of personnel equipment

01:44:59.479 --> 01:45:01.800
had successfully been extracted, but the Tau

01:45:01.800 --> 01:45:05.079
had one last attack to launch before we can close

01:45:05.079 --> 01:45:08.239
off Tauros. Now, the landing zone itself for

01:45:08.239 --> 01:45:11.060
the Imperials had become a mass of panicked guardsmen,

01:45:11.100 --> 01:45:13.539
a teeming horde, as I said. They had survived

01:45:13.539 --> 01:45:16.659
the horrific trek through the desert and were

01:45:16.659 --> 01:45:18.800
now at the mercy of the Tau. Many of them had

01:45:18.800 --> 01:45:20.640
died by thirst. Many of them had been killed

01:45:20.640 --> 01:45:22.920
by the Tau. A lot of them were also captured

01:45:22.920 --> 01:45:25.100
by the Tau, which they saw as a better fate than

01:45:25.100 --> 01:45:29.079
dying of thirst. While this was happening, Captain

01:45:29.079 --> 01:45:31.560
Aurelius and his raptors deployed his men once

01:45:31.560 --> 01:45:34.239
again to defend the perimeter, so that the last

01:45:34.239 --> 01:45:36.619
landing craft could arrive and transport the

01:45:36.619 --> 01:45:41.039
men back to the ship. As dawn broke, Chazal Ramir

01:45:41.039 --> 01:45:44.720
sought to destroy whatever was left of the Imperium,

01:45:44.739 --> 01:45:47.060
and the Tau launched their attack upon the Space

01:45:47.060 --> 01:45:51.260
Marines. Their first attack, led by Chazal Ramir

01:45:51.260 --> 01:45:53.380
himself, had hammerheads in broadsides, they

01:45:53.380 --> 01:45:55.659
pounded their positions, fire warriors in battle

01:45:55.659 --> 01:45:58.670
suits, moved in, and they were halted 200 meters

01:45:58.670 --> 01:46:01.130
away from the space marine positions as whirlwinds

01:46:01.130 --> 01:46:03.250
and Astari's heavy weapons brought about their

01:46:03.250 --> 01:46:06.369
destructions. Hammerheads, broadsides, and fire

01:46:06.369 --> 01:46:09.289
warriors all lay dead in the sand. From the west

01:46:09.289 --> 01:46:12.869
came a second assault with greater numbers. Railguns

01:46:12.869 --> 01:46:14.750
again pounded the space marines with a manta

01:46:14.750 --> 01:46:17.529
closing in. Captain Cades was leading this one.

01:46:17.729 --> 01:46:22.010
He was seriously injured as a railgun round destroyed

01:46:22.010 --> 01:46:25.850
a predator tank. and severely injured his upper

01:46:25.850 --> 01:46:28.869
body and torso. He was eventually brought back

01:46:28.869 --> 01:46:31.090
and interned within a dreadnought to continue

01:46:31.090 --> 01:46:34.170
serving the Emperor. Despite this, the space

01:46:34.170 --> 01:46:36.810
marines held, and the Tau attack ceased, allowing

01:46:36.810 --> 01:46:39.329
the rest of the guardsmen and everyone else to

01:46:39.329 --> 01:46:41.670
get off planet. No further pursuit was given

01:46:41.670 --> 01:46:43.970
by the Tau, as the Imperials made their warp

01:46:43.970 --> 01:46:47.010
jumps. Victory was theirs. The Tauro's campaign

01:46:47.010 --> 01:46:52.500
was over. Overall... It cost the Imperium five

01:46:52.500 --> 01:46:54.859
full regiments, along with all combat vehicles

01:46:54.859 --> 01:46:57.659
within the third and twelfth Talon armored regiments.

01:46:57.859 --> 01:47:01.800
The survivors were pooled to create an understrength

01:47:01.800 --> 01:47:04.720
third regiment. The 17th and 89th Talon regiments

01:47:04.720 --> 01:47:06.600
had ceased to exist, and most of the surviving

01:47:06.600 --> 01:47:09.420
men were now Tal prisoners, who would likely

01:47:09.420 --> 01:47:11.359
spend the rest of their days laboring in the

01:47:11.359 --> 01:47:14.739
Talos mines for the greater good. The remnants

01:47:14.739 --> 01:47:17.380
of those regiments... The good guys of 40k, everyone.

01:47:18.460 --> 01:47:20.840
Yeah, when the other option is kill you for looking

01:47:20.840 --> 01:47:23.340
at the xenos or demons, yes. Chuck them in the

01:47:23.340 --> 01:47:25.939
mines, it's fine. It's fine. We're good fellas.

01:47:26.359 --> 01:47:28.500
You look at a forge world and tell me those are

01:47:28.500 --> 01:47:31.300
the good guys. They don't have emotions anymore.

01:47:31.359 --> 01:47:37.619
They've been lobotomized. It's fine. Crazy. Well,

01:47:37.739 --> 01:47:40.460
remnants of whatever survived were given to the

01:47:40.460 --> 01:47:44.229
331st. What obviously fared the best because

01:47:44.229 --> 01:47:46.449
they barely had to see any action. But the now

01:47:46.449 --> 01:47:48.649
veterans of the 331st would go on to fight in

01:47:48.649 --> 01:47:51.729
other war zones. The 23rd Elysian still had 100

01:47:51.729 --> 01:47:53.649
aircraft, but their guardsmen were essentially

01:47:53.649 --> 01:47:56.890
annihilated during Operation Comet. They were

01:47:56.890 --> 01:47:59.710
reformed by new regiments, new recruits from

01:47:59.710 --> 01:48:03.930
Elysia, and would go on to fight again. The 114th

01:48:03.930 --> 01:48:05.949
had taken minimal casualties, only losing a few

01:48:05.949 --> 01:48:08.189
hundred men, but they had lost 90 % of their

01:48:08.189 --> 01:48:10.729
vehicles. They were re -equipped quickly with

01:48:10.729 --> 01:48:13.270
chimeras and stationed at the Cadian Gate for

01:48:13.270 --> 01:48:17.449
a great time coming soon. Oh, God. Well, guys,

01:48:17.609 --> 01:48:20.689
I can't believe we survived that campaign. That's

01:48:20.689 --> 01:48:23.930
probably the worst time of our lives over. Abaddon,

01:48:23.949 --> 01:48:27.909
they're like, are you sure about that? In this

01:48:27.909 --> 01:48:30.630
era of lore, they actually won that fight, to

01:48:30.630 --> 01:48:32.729
give them some credit. But then it got taken

01:48:32.729 --> 01:48:35.800
away, poor guys. Also, I feel bad. i feel bad

01:48:35.800 --> 01:48:38.479
for the elysian drop uh like pilot for the vehicles

01:48:38.479 --> 01:48:41.239
it's like off you go let's have a good day and

01:48:41.239 --> 01:48:44.140
then it's just like him with an empty cargo bay

01:48:44.140 --> 01:48:48.720
with no people in it just like oh it was it feels

01:48:48.720 --> 01:48:52.560
bad uh let's see the legio ignatum the titans

01:48:52.560 --> 01:48:55.020
had lost one of four crush one of four titans

01:48:55.020 --> 01:48:58.159
which was a crushing loss obviously uh in all

01:49:02.460 --> 01:49:05.420
four titans seems a little bit small to be calling

01:49:05.420 --> 01:49:11.279
a legio. Yeah, yeah. You are a squad of titans.

01:49:11.300 --> 01:49:13.640
No, it's still a titan, but... Yeah, I mean,

01:49:13.659 --> 01:49:17.319
it's the size of a city. Yeah, but look, if you're

01:49:17.319 --> 01:49:19.159
going to call yourself a legio, at least hit,

01:49:19.220 --> 01:49:21.579
like, ten. At least hit the double digits. But

01:49:21.579 --> 01:49:24.439
also, a titan has, like, a lot of staff. That's,

01:49:24.439 --> 01:49:26.340
like, that's a lot of people. Yeah, but it's

01:49:26.340 --> 01:49:31.060
still four. I made a cool short on the titan

01:49:31.060 --> 01:49:33.960
being killed. You should go watch it on my channel.

01:49:34.220 --> 01:49:40.779
You should do that. Do it. So, the casualties,

01:49:41.020 --> 01:49:44.300
for both sides, well, for one side, approximately

01:49:44.300 --> 01:49:47.479
10 ,000 guardsmen were killed, 15 ,000 were wounded,

01:49:47.680 --> 01:49:51.340
20 ,000 were captured, an estimated 350 tanks

01:49:51.340 --> 01:49:54.760
were lost, along with over 700 chimeras and 200

01:49:54.760 --> 01:49:57.840
artillery pieces. Aircraft losses numbered at

01:49:57.840 --> 01:50:02.689
68 out of 78 aircraft. The Imperial Navy in space

01:50:02.689 --> 01:50:05.529
had also taken losses as the Tau attacked their

01:50:05.529 --> 01:50:08.850
patrols. As ground war raged on, Fleet Admiral

01:50:08.850 --> 01:50:10.569
Kodal's invasion fleet had lost their cruiser,

01:50:10.569 --> 01:50:13.350
Hammer of Thrace, ripped Captain Aurelia. The

01:50:13.350 --> 01:50:16.409
light cruiser, Cerberus, and eight escorts, the

01:50:16.409 --> 01:50:18.630
battlecruiser Righteous Power was damaged but

01:50:18.630 --> 01:50:22.270
still alive, as was the Black Duke. Both would

01:50:22.270 --> 01:50:26.210
require significant work at the Kar -Dunish shipyards.

01:50:27.279 --> 01:50:29.939
alongside all those losses the resources lost

01:50:29.939 --> 01:50:32.479
upon taros were lost to the imperium forever

01:50:32.479 --> 01:50:36.079
and styges eight would suffer shortages and delays

01:50:36.079 --> 01:50:38.539
in the days leading to abaddon's black crusade

01:50:38.539 --> 01:50:42.319
shout out the tao abaddon's top guy abaddon won

01:50:42.319 --> 01:50:47.000
this crusade easy peasy it's about time he won

01:50:47.000 --> 01:50:49.279
one of his bloody crusades isn't it enough for

01:50:49.279 --> 01:50:54.220
them i must say that oh yeah go ahead the uh

01:50:56.350 --> 01:50:59.489
I'm surprised the Imperium didn't do a, well,

01:50:59.590 --> 01:51:02.750
if you can't have it, if we can't have it, you

01:51:02.750 --> 01:51:06.369
can't have it. I'm pretty sure they would normally

01:51:06.369 --> 01:51:11.390
do that. What's down there? A lot of sand. Dead

01:51:11.390 --> 01:51:14.729
bodies in sand. Yeah, nuke it, why not? I think

01:51:14.729 --> 01:51:17.069
the idea is that they might get to take it back

01:51:17.069 --> 01:51:21.829
someday. Because it is a strategic asset for

01:51:21.829 --> 01:51:24.859
them. More so than the Tau. But hey, the Tau

01:51:24.859 --> 01:51:26.779
are perfect for this planet. They like the hot

01:51:26.779 --> 01:51:32.119
climate. Easy peasy. Anyways, the Imperials estimated

01:51:32.119 --> 01:51:34.979
that Shazzle Vermeer had led at least 100 Hunter

01:51:34.979 --> 01:51:38.140
Cadras, a total of between 8 ,000 to 9 ,000 fire

01:51:38.140 --> 01:51:41.640
warriors, upwards of 5 ,000 troops, 8 ,000 human

01:51:41.640 --> 01:51:44.680
deserters. Tau losses were, of course, unknown,

01:51:44.880 --> 01:51:47.840
but surely were in the thousands. the imperial

01:51:47.840 --> 01:51:50.199
fleet also managed to destroy a custodian class

01:51:50.199 --> 01:51:54.600
carrier the atho and eight escort vessels and

01:51:54.600 --> 01:51:57.220
overall the war for taros had proven disastrous

01:51:57.220 --> 01:52:00.119
and costly for the imperium marking perhaps one

01:52:00.119 --> 01:52:03.399
of their worst losses of the millennium this

01:52:03.399 --> 01:52:07.859
was they got an ethereal i think that's a win

01:52:07.859 --> 01:52:11.420
oh yeah okay okay That's their equivalent of

01:52:11.420 --> 01:52:14.659
the Emperor, but split into many people. We got

01:52:14.659 --> 01:52:18.159
one of them. That's a win. Because the Imperium

01:52:18.159 --> 01:52:24.039
losing is apparently invigorating. It brings

01:52:24.039 --> 01:52:29.500
me great joy. When the humans die, I happy. Yes,

01:52:29.500 --> 01:52:33.319
because I am not a psychopath who can only relate

01:52:33.319 --> 01:52:36.899
to people who look like me. I didn't feel bad

01:52:36.899 --> 01:52:38.939
for the Imperium. They took so many Ls in this

01:52:38.939 --> 01:52:41.880
fight. I felt bad for all of them. It does seem

01:52:41.880 --> 01:52:45.520
to be just resounding L after L. An Evisaur got

01:52:45.520 --> 01:52:48.399
the Ethereal and then everything but that was

01:52:48.399 --> 01:52:54.840
a colossal failure. They're already there. This

01:52:54.840 --> 01:52:59.109
was probably the first Full success the Tao had

01:52:59.109 --> 01:53:03.229
against the Imperium, successfully pushing them

01:53:03.229 --> 01:53:05.869
back without any outside influences affecting

01:53:05.869 --> 01:53:09.569
the battle. So it was. Tauros, which is what

01:53:09.569 --> 01:53:12.189
the Tao called Tauros, remained, and the Tao

01:53:12.189 --> 01:53:14.529
Empire would flourish as settlers from Tao and

01:53:14.529 --> 01:53:16.909
Dalith came to populate it, and soon enough,

01:53:17.189 --> 01:53:20.750
it was firmly in the grasp of the Empire. For

01:53:20.750 --> 01:53:23.210
now, in the foreseeable future, Tauros was the

01:53:23.210 --> 01:53:26.420
Tao's... and the Ethereals would cast their gaze

01:53:26.420 --> 01:53:28.479
further into the galaxy and spread their arms

01:53:28.479 --> 01:53:33.020
once again to add more to the greater good. The

01:53:33.020 --> 01:53:36.039
end. Shame that they don't get much Tau lore

01:53:36.039 --> 01:53:38.760
anymore, though. That's the punishment. A Tau

01:53:38.760 --> 01:53:41.420
campaign novel would be awesome. We must have

01:53:41.420 --> 01:53:44.319
more Horus heresy lore. We must bring the heresy

01:53:44.319 --> 01:53:49.100
to 40k. This was a very briefly summarized version

01:53:49.100 --> 01:53:54.800
of the thing, like I said. Briefly. I will make

01:53:54.800 --> 01:53:57.239
a long video with all the numbers and details.

01:53:58.279 --> 01:54:01.819
The word brief should not utter in your lips

01:54:01.819 --> 01:54:06.560
today. Hang on, don't you say the words I made

01:54:06.560 --> 01:54:09.100
a video that's only two hours. Haven't I heard

01:54:09.100 --> 01:54:12.960
you say that before? Covering the last one book,

01:54:12.979 --> 01:54:18.640
yeah. I started out making like 40, 30 minute

01:54:18.640 --> 01:54:21.479
videos and then it just couldn't, it just wouldn't

01:54:21.479 --> 01:54:24.600
stop. And then now the last one was like four

01:54:24.600 --> 01:54:29.039
and a half hours. And I have an issue. I'll be

01:54:29.039 --> 01:54:30.840
like, I was making love the other day. I only

01:54:30.840 --> 01:54:34.619
lost seven hours. Yeah. My God, my God, intricate

01:54:34.619 --> 01:54:38.600
Felix video was 27 minutes. And there's this,

01:54:38.640 --> 01:54:42.279
he's read every book. I've read all of them.

01:54:43.380 --> 01:54:46.560
Technically like the last five pages of Slayer,

01:54:46.579 --> 01:54:48.899
but I know what happens, but you see, if I finish

01:54:48.899 --> 01:54:53.920
that. there's no more gotcha it's jovo i think

01:54:53.920 --> 01:54:55.979
i'm hoping that my taros campaign video will

01:54:55.979 --> 01:54:58.260
be at least two hours and then hopefully longer

01:54:58.260 --> 01:55:01.399
they'd be cool uh i don't know it's gonna be

01:55:01.399 --> 01:55:04.239
i need to add like two more pages to it but jesus

01:55:04.239 --> 01:55:07.479
if there isn't any more uh don't know we do have

01:55:07.479 --> 01:55:12.520
oh so there's caleb collins michael bay should

01:55:12.520 --> 01:55:19.340
do a 40k battles please And camera like... He

01:55:19.340 --> 01:55:22.060
is a director. He's not a writer. Don't let him

01:55:22.060 --> 01:55:26.560
write, please. No, but... It reminds me of that

01:55:26.560 --> 01:55:29.000
epic Rap Battles of History song where he's in

01:55:29.000 --> 01:55:31.840
it. We haven't forgotten, folks. We haven't forgotten.

01:55:33.220 --> 01:55:36.319
If you don't already, you will learn to miss

01:55:36.319 --> 01:55:38.720
the days of Michael Bay's filmmaking. Seriously.

01:55:39.039 --> 01:55:43.460
So real. It was all practical, at least. And

01:55:43.460 --> 01:55:48.899
he tried. Yep. Wotan, thank you for the DKK20.

01:55:49.199 --> 01:55:52.500
How old is this lore? It is from 2005. It is

01:55:52.500 --> 01:55:55.500
20 years old. God, that's old enough to drink.

01:55:55.720 --> 01:56:00.920
When lore was a baby. I was five years old. Jesus

01:56:00.920 --> 01:56:08.640
Christ. Wow. Damn. Caleb Collins, 199. Mind Control.

01:56:09.100 --> 01:56:12.220
I don't even know. Mind Control is only okay

01:56:12.220 --> 01:56:17.770
in Pipikistan. Yeah, no, I understand that. No,

01:56:18.710 --> 01:56:25.090
no, no, you don't. Is this some kind of weeb?

01:56:25.090 --> 01:56:27.670
It's VTuber nonsense, don't worry about it. Oh,

01:56:27.670 --> 01:56:30.390
poor Shane. Is this some kind of weeb nonsense?

01:56:30.430 --> 01:56:36.010
I'm too normie to understand. Yes, it is. Oh

01:56:36.010 --> 01:56:43.449
dear. Colin, I think this is for you. Tau cringe,

01:56:43.609 --> 01:56:46.850
play 2 ,000 points crutes like me and just lose.

01:56:46.970 --> 01:56:49.449
You're real for that. Look at this. Metal crute

01:56:49.449 --> 01:56:52.289
shaper, baby. An old metal crute shaper. He's

01:56:52.289 --> 01:57:00.529
got the hat. I did when I first turned off my

01:57:00.529 --> 01:57:04.449
camera at the start. I was looking for a green

01:57:04.449 --> 01:57:06.710
hat in a bin where I have a bunch of hats. I

01:57:06.710 --> 01:57:09.909
do not own one, unfortunately. Next week, we

01:57:09.909 --> 01:57:12.710
have to do one next week. We'll order you a hat,

01:57:12.750 --> 01:57:18.149
Colin. I can get a hat. I will say, after reading

01:57:18.149 --> 01:57:21.590
this, I will be buying a Tiger Shark AX10. I

01:57:21.590 --> 01:57:26.409
don't have enough models, confirmed. I do not

01:57:26.409 --> 01:57:29.149
have enough models. There is no such thing. And

01:57:29.149 --> 01:57:31.869
I found a new Chinese supplier called War Table

01:57:31.869 --> 01:57:36.430
Games. I may order the Tiger Shark from him.

01:57:36.510 --> 01:57:39.390
We'll see. The real one is $400, so probably.

01:57:40.109 --> 01:57:43.649
uh that's more than my hobby budget i would say

01:57:43.649 --> 01:57:48.970
regarding v tubers i feel like i was too i'm

01:57:48.970 --> 01:57:51.310
not young enough to like i wasn't there when

01:57:51.310 --> 01:57:54.250
the wave happened but i'm also the point like

01:57:54.250 --> 01:57:58.550
if i get to 30 and i'm talking about v tubers

01:57:58.550 --> 01:58:05.119
does that mean people are concerned for me There's

01:58:05.119 --> 01:58:07.680
a point where you get too old and then it's like,

01:58:07.779 --> 01:58:09.239
oh, that's funny. And then it goes like, oh,

01:58:09.239 --> 01:58:13.460
that's funny. And then people start going, oh,

01:58:13.560 --> 01:58:16.260
no. I feel like I'm starting to get to the point

01:58:16.260 --> 01:58:19.220
where I'm actually aging out of things that are

01:58:19.220 --> 01:58:23.539
the new thing. I'm like, oh, God. We've got one

01:58:23.539 --> 01:58:25.779
more donation. I don't know what this means.

01:58:26.880 --> 01:58:31.739
Thank you for the two Caleb Collins. I'm not

01:58:31.739 --> 01:58:40.000
saying that. What does that mean? What does that

01:58:40.000 --> 01:58:42.140
mean? Why do you make us say these things, Caleb?

01:58:42.380 --> 01:58:45.460
Don't worry about it. Why? Just don't worry about

01:58:45.460 --> 01:58:50.340
it. Well, rounding off today's episode, last

01:58:50.340 --> 01:58:53.760
time on the podcast, we guys asked you, who do

01:58:53.760 --> 01:58:56.979
you get a drink with? That was the question of

01:58:56.979 --> 01:58:59.899
the week. And we have a few good responses from

01:58:59.899 --> 01:59:03.460
you guys. We appreciate it very much. The first

01:59:03.460 --> 01:59:09.239
one is by at Denny the Witch dash T9 of 9 p .m.

01:59:09.359 --> 01:59:12.539
Denny's at 9 p .m. I assume he means. Hashtag

01:59:12.539 --> 01:59:17.560
bottoms up. Nemesaur Zandrek. I thought I said

01:59:17.560 --> 01:59:20.439
that wrong there. Nemesaur Zandrek. It'd be great.

01:59:20.500 --> 01:59:25.430
It'd be great. God damn. I believe in you. It'd

01:59:25.430 --> 01:59:29.409
be a great feast. I hope it'd be great at first.

01:59:29.609 --> 01:59:32.569
It'll be a great feast. I get to ask a space

01:59:32.569 --> 01:59:36.289
granddad all sorts of questions that I might

01:59:36.289 --> 01:59:39.229
get coherent answers to. And all the food and

01:59:39.229 --> 01:59:42.029
drink would be for me. I just need to remember

01:59:42.029 --> 01:59:46.050
to get out before Oberon shows up. That would

01:59:46.050 --> 01:59:49.270
be a good answer to the other question of meeting

01:59:49.270 --> 01:59:55.279
a 40k character. This one was by atfglassmann,

01:59:55.500 --> 01:59:59.140
hashtag bottoms up. I want to drink with Abaddon.

01:59:59.300 --> 02:00:05.819
I want to try his home -brewed adrochrome? Adrenochrome.

02:00:06.140 --> 02:00:08.500
I heard that it would pair quite nicely with

02:00:08.500 --> 02:00:11.880
pizza. Well, the only thing is that's similar

02:00:11.880 --> 02:00:14.399
to myod, I think. It's made from, like, I'm pretty

02:00:14.399 --> 02:00:17.279
sure one of the activating agents is, like, promethium

02:00:17.279 --> 02:00:21.239
runoff. So, like... That's going to burn a hole

02:00:21.239 --> 02:00:25.039
in your gut, that stuff. Not metaphorical hole,

02:00:25.180 --> 02:00:26.979
literally. And you're going to taste it and go,

02:00:27.060 --> 02:00:30.180
there's notes of demon flesh? It's like, yeah,

02:00:30.239 --> 02:00:32.619
he goes through it, and the only one who glugs

02:00:32.619 --> 02:00:35.380
it down is Leorvine Ucris, who's a world leader,

02:00:35.479 --> 02:00:37.579
and he's like, it's quite nice, actually. Paws

02:00:37.579 --> 02:00:39.819
himself a second, you're like, I don't know about

02:00:39.819 --> 02:00:44.579
that. Not a big fan. He was proud of it. He tried,

02:00:44.840 --> 02:00:50.340
all right? I want more hobbies. the hobby. The

02:00:50.340 --> 02:00:53.119
next one is by our resident unofficial member,

02:00:53.359 --> 02:00:57.819
MrDJBeast. Hashtag bottoms up. Probably Joseph

02:00:57.819 --> 02:01:01.020
Bugman or Cetra. Bugman because he might bring

02:01:01.020 --> 02:01:04.060
out Bugman's brew to drink with me. In brackets,

02:01:04.199 --> 02:01:06.840
I'll probably die but worth it. Yeah, you can

02:01:06.840 --> 02:01:10.079
handle that. And we can go for a goblin hunt

02:01:10.079 --> 02:01:13.039
after or Cetra because he is the goat. Also,

02:01:13.119 --> 02:01:15.279
I will actually be able to hear all of his titles

02:01:15.279 --> 02:01:18.770
as we drink. to be fair you can get a bugman's

02:01:18.770 --> 02:01:21.029
at bugman's if you go there it's all right yeah

02:01:21.029 --> 02:01:24.069
uh i have tried it officially i've been to warhammer

02:01:24.069 --> 02:01:28.770
world just tastes like normal beer but you gotta

02:01:28.770 --> 02:01:30.649
remember that like dwarves they they drink beer

02:01:30.649 --> 02:01:33.069
like water so it's not meant to be like strong

02:01:33.069 --> 02:01:35.289
it's just meant to be like it's just beer it's

02:01:35.289 --> 02:01:37.270
just whatever you drink all the time all right

02:01:37.270 --> 02:01:40.069
well whatever the drink is by the way that's

02:01:40.069 --> 02:01:44.439
called like walkstone glow That shit tasted like

02:01:44.439 --> 02:01:50.960
ass. I tried a bit of my mate's drink. I'm not

02:01:50.960 --> 02:01:54.800
going to lie. Imagine, first of all, you have

02:01:54.800 --> 02:01:58.210
the misfortune of... having a watered down Bud

02:01:58.210 --> 02:02:02.430
Light. Alright, alright. You are definitely losing

02:02:02.430 --> 02:02:06.149
me, I will admit. They're like, it's a Bud Light,

02:02:06.289 --> 02:02:10.149
then that's watered down. I get the idea. The

02:02:10.149 --> 02:02:15.609
strongest green colouring guy. Honestly. Honestly.

02:02:16.270 --> 02:02:22.210
The next one is by at RagingCane88. Hashtag bottoms

02:02:22.210 --> 02:02:25.560
up. Azek Ariman. But only because I imagine it

02:02:25.560 --> 02:02:29.239
would be the most calamitous kind of The Hangover

02:02:29.239 --> 02:02:32.359
shenanigans possible. One of our since Kaifers

02:02:32.359 --> 02:02:35.180
came for the same reason. But in this timeline,

02:02:35.380 --> 02:02:40.300
I survive slash don't get cursed. And the last

02:02:40.300 --> 02:02:46.130
one here by at Gilliman Salondra Cal. Cara video.

02:02:46.210 --> 02:02:50.189
Oh my God. Long names. No spaces. Hashtag bottoms

02:02:50.189 --> 02:02:53.409
up. I'd go with nail from the inquisitive series.

02:02:53.609 --> 02:02:55.649
He's worked with, he's worked with two inquisitors.

02:02:55.750 --> 02:02:58.090
He seen a lot of shit and he still goes around

02:02:58.090 --> 02:03:00.550
making jokes and living life. I think he's a

02:03:00.550 --> 02:03:05.489
great drinking buddy. That is. Harder nail is

02:03:05.489 --> 02:03:09.109
an Eisenhorn books. He's like, um, basically

02:03:09.109 --> 02:03:12.369
Eisenhorn's muscle. And he's like, he's pretty

02:03:12.369 --> 02:03:15.590
much just like. His whole shtick is like, I'm

02:03:15.590 --> 02:03:20.390
down for anything. Is he an ex -arbitre or a

02:03:20.390 --> 02:03:23.470
serving arbiter? Ex -bounty hunter. Oh, bounty

02:03:23.470 --> 02:03:26.329
hunter. I've seen him on the other stuff. He

02:03:26.329 --> 02:03:29.310
is old now. He's had rejuvenate treatment, so

02:03:29.310 --> 02:03:32.689
he's ridiculously old as a human being, and he's

02:03:32.689 --> 02:03:36.369
still ridiculously deadly. He looks really weird,

02:03:36.409 --> 02:03:38.229
though. He literally looks like a knotted muscle

02:03:38.229 --> 02:03:43.119
of a man. He looks like a bald chimpanzee. He

02:03:43.119 --> 02:03:47.619
looks like Phil Mitchell from EastEnders. But

02:03:47.619 --> 02:03:52.060
we also have a new question of the week this

02:03:52.060 --> 02:03:55.180
week, which is hashtag helper. So the idea is,

02:03:55.300 --> 02:03:57.739
what helper CCs would you think would be fun

02:03:57.739 --> 02:03:59.720
to put with the Tau? And this can be from any

02:03:59.720 --> 02:04:02.819
franchise or setting you like. I think the grunts

02:04:02.819 --> 02:04:08.420
from Halo would be a bit of a jolly. just say

02:04:08.420 --> 02:04:10.180
oh and then like the space means of just bolting

02:04:10.180 --> 02:04:15.319
them to death that'd be funny children's birthday

02:04:15.319 --> 02:04:18.079
you know Happening every time they get a headshot.

02:04:18.119 --> 02:04:21.180
It'd be hilarious. The life of a grunt is suffering.

02:04:21.300 --> 02:04:25.119
Let them be. Apart from that one guy from Halo

02:04:25.119 --> 02:04:26.920
Wars 2 who's like a legendary grunt. He's just

02:04:26.920 --> 02:04:32.060
like, ah, yes. Aside from that one grunt. What's

02:04:32.060 --> 02:04:36.039
the... I mean, it's in -universe, but what's

02:04:36.039 --> 02:04:41.500
the... Is it Gretchen? The mini orcs. They are

02:04:41.500 --> 02:04:45.659
like grots. What grots are to orcs. I would have

02:04:45.659 --> 02:04:48.680
Gretchen unironically just be part of the tower

02:04:48.680 --> 02:04:51.800
because it would be hilarious. I'm listening

02:04:51.800 --> 02:04:55.119
to one book now and some of them are... There's

02:04:55.119 --> 02:04:57.399
a whole thing, they have a shtick about we're

02:04:57.399 --> 02:05:00.659
the downtrodden class and we need a communist

02:05:00.659 --> 02:05:05.560
revolution. The Red Gobbo. There's a whole book

02:05:05.560 --> 02:05:07.819
series. Well, I say book series. Short series,

02:05:07.979 --> 02:05:13.529
I think it is. The Red Gobbo. I think one of

02:05:13.529 --> 02:05:17.289
the Tau subraces should be the Eldrazi. Crazy.

02:05:18.350 --> 02:05:23.510
Crazy. Devour some poor guardsmen. On a similar

02:05:23.510 --> 02:05:26.409
note, I think the Cravers would be very good.

02:05:26.470 --> 02:05:29.229
I was going to say, the Cravers. Are you sure

02:05:29.229 --> 02:05:32.050
they'd be good with the Tau? They'd be good fighting

02:05:32.050 --> 02:05:36.329
for the Tau. That'd be funny to watch. It's like

02:05:36.329 --> 02:05:38.069
the Kroot. They just look away when they're...

02:05:38.760 --> 02:05:43.119
eating people. I could just imagine the diplomat

02:05:43.119 --> 02:05:50.020
being sent to the Cravers. Hi! Do you want to

02:05:50.020 --> 02:05:52.920
join our empire? Any Endless Space faction would

02:05:52.920 --> 02:05:56.560
be cool. You are much more confident in the Watercast's

02:05:56.560 --> 02:06:00.060
ability to negotiate with the Cravers than I

02:06:00.060 --> 02:06:03.840
am. Send them to give them free worlds to eat.

02:06:04.360 --> 02:06:06.340
It's free slaves. I don't know. I guess, yeah,

02:06:06.399 --> 02:06:08.640
point them in the right direction and pray they

02:06:08.640 --> 02:06:10.760
run out of steam before they run out of people.

02:06:11.659 --> 02:06:15.300
Bruh. Ashley, bruh. Caleb Collins still talking

02:06:15.300 --> 02:06:20.000
about Pippa. We've got, speaking of which, Caleb

02:06:20.000 --> 02:06:22.460
Collins for two. Who loses more, Thanquil or

02:06:22.460 --> 02:06:27.699
Arahem? Arahem. Arahem. Arahem. Thanquil loses

02:06:27.699 --> 02:06:30.789
but somehow helps him. Yeah, Aramind is going

02:06:30.789 --> 02:06:32.449
to be sad after this. Aramind doesn't have a

02:06:32.449 --> 02:06:35.689
win. He kind of has a, we're still going. We've

02:06:35.689 --> 02:06:38.550
only lost a little bit. You know what, Aramind

02:06:38.550 --> 02:06:41.569
reminds me of that uncle you have who's trying

02:06:41.569 --> 02:06:43.750
to get into the music career and he's in his

02:06:43.750 --> 02:06:45.869
50s and you're like, it's not happening, dude.

02:06:46.270 --> 02:06:48.850
Just do something else. Find another hobby. He's

02:06:48.850 --> 02:06:50.850
like, no, I'm going to get a number one album.

02:06:51.529 --> 02:06:54.880
The downside is like... Thankul has the blessings

02:06:54.880 --> 02:06:59.579
of the horned rat, Ahriman has Tzeentch. Now

02:06:59.579 --> 02:07:02.739
to be fair, both of those are horrid things to

02:07:02.739 --> 02:07:04.979
have blessings from, but the horned rat at least,

02:07:05.159 --> 02:07:07.739
you know, he's funny. If you made the horned

02:07:07.739 --> 02:07:09.739
rat happy, that's good. If you made Tzeentch

02:07:09.739 --> 02:07:13.920
happy... Yeah, but there's nothing Tzeentch loves

02:07:13.920 --> 02:07:16.319
more than putting you on an endless quest that

02:07:16.319 --> 02:07:19.119
you never get to fulfill. That's his thing. He's

02:07:19.119 --> 02:07:24.119
not his friend. All right. I like this donation

02:07:24.119 --> 02:07:28.000
already. I'm confused. Okay. Thank you, Colin.

02:07:28.079 --> 02:07:30.000
We'll wear a green hat this week. I apologize.

02:07:30.140 --> 02:07:34.460
Thank you for the euros. I just realized those

02:07:34.460 --> 02:07:36.420
were pounds earlier that I called euros. What

02:07:36.420 --> 02:07:40.520
are you going to do? Whoops. I tried to convert

02:07:40.520 --> 02:07:43.140
a sanguinary guard into gelt, but the mini caught

02:07:43.140 --> 02:07:47.020
fire in the process. Don't ask how. As it is,

02:07:47.140 --> 02:07:51.659
gold magic is tumultuous. I get it. I take this

02:07:51.659 --> 02:07:53.739
as a sign to stop doing that. Take it as a sign

02:07:53.739 --> 02:07:55.859
that you're on the right path. Yeah, for real.

02:07:56.600 --> 02:08:02.300
Yeah, do it. Keep going. Do it in close proximity

02:08:02.300 --> 02:08:05.640
to a fire. What that means is it's a lore accurate

02:08:05.640 --> 02:08:10.029
gelt because he also exploded. All you've got

02:08:10.029 --> 02:08:12.670
to make sure is you don't try what Omega on Edge

02:08:12.670 --> 02:08:15.810
did, where he puts the lion's cape into a rice

02:08:15.810 --> 02:08:19.010
cooker to see if he could dry it quicker. It

02:08:19.010 --> 02:08:23.810
did not work. Do not do that. I guess someone

02:08:23.810 --> 02:08:28.810
had to know. That picture is amazing. Shanebrother499,

02:08:29.170 --> 02:08:31.970
I'm going to start a Redguard revolutionary movement.

02:08:33.810 --> 02:08:37.510
Unbelievable. What's that? I'm trying to remember.

02:08:37.630 --> 02:08:41.729
It's from the... Saga of Tani the Evil. No remorse.

02:08:41.729 --> 02:08:43.449
Who cares? They're just commies. Kill them all.

02:08:44.970 --> 02:08:51.529
Wow. The most American response ever. Oh, dear.

02:08:52.090 --> 02:08:57.430
Damn. I hope it made sense. I hope it wasn't

02:08:57.430 --> 02:09:01.329
too fast. I think I'm more understood than I

02:09:01.329 --> 02:09:05.720
didn't. I feel like the person who had 40k lore

02:09:05.720 --> 02:09:08.060
injected into my brain thought it would be like,

02:09:08.060 --> 02:09:15.600
the campaign is in me now. What I got of it is

02:09:15.600 --> 02:09:18.800
another resounding victory for the greater good.

02:09:19.279 --> 02:09:21.680
Minus the ethereal, we don't have to worry about

02:09:21.680 --> 02:09:25.460
that. The greater good. The greater good. I mean,

02:09:25.460 --> 02:09:28.680
even you can spin that in a positive light. Like

02:09:28.680 --> 02:09:30.520
it took an Eversaur. Those things can rip through

02:09:30.520 --> 02:09:34.260
space marines if they're so inclined. Shout out

02:09:34.260 --> 02:09:41.859
to Hot Fuzz. Great film. Last one. Any setting

02:09:41.859 --> 02:09:46.060
using the metric system is evil. Pretty real.

02:09:46.319 --> 02:09:48.979
I mean, what does it say that even GW themselves,

02:09:49.340 --> 02:09:52.649
in spite of being a British company, Use inches

02:09:52.649 --> 02:09:57.909
for measurement. That's right. That's true. There's

02:09:57.909 --> 02:09:59.350
only one thing you should measure with inches

02:09:59.350 --> 02:10:03.369
and it's not distance. Keep it simple, folks.

02:10:03.649 --> 02:10:07.050
Anyway. It's how far my hairline is retreating.

02:10:08.840 --> 02:10:11.159
Oh, dear. Thank you all for joining us today.

02:10:11.279 --> 02:10:12.899
That was a fantastic episode. Thank you very

02:10:12.899 --> 02:10:14.840
much, Eli, for all the research, because there

02:10:14.840 --> 02:10:16.680
was probably a lot of research going into that

02:10:16.680 --> 02:10:18.779
one. And to be fair, you for a few weeks have

02:10:18.779 --> 02:10:21.300
been like, is it time? And we're like, not this

02:10:21.300 --> 02:10:23.899
week. And then they say, is it time? Not this

02:10:23.899 --> 02:10:26.319
week. So we've been teasing you a bit with that.

02:10:26.420 --> 02:10:30.300
Sorry. It's forgiven. But that was good fun.

02:10:30.479 --> 02:10:32.560
But we hope you all enjoyed this episode, and

02:10:32.560 --> 02:10:35.899
we'll see you next time. Bye, everyone. Farewell.

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We'll be like and subscribe.