The Tau Commander.
Formally known as the Tau Empire.
While humanity was already battling in the shit-hole of a galaxy ten thousand years ago, they had only just crawled out of the sea and onto land.
And while humanity fought all sorts of monsters and demons in this shit-hole galaxy for ten thousand years, the Tau Empire finally stepped onto the stage with youthful vigor, a beautiful yearning for the galaxy, and their "Greater Good," full of confidence and enthusiasm.
How confident? Confident enough to even try preaching to the Tyranids.
Then they were pummeled at Damocles by a mere human sector splinter fleet.
Of course, that wasn't important.
Because the first time, the Tau Empire wasn't fully prepared. After they discovered such a group of demons living outside their home and realized they had sent a "powerful main force" from afar to bully them...
The Tau Empire mobilized fully, pouring almost all resources and technology into the military.
Then, with the confidence of having "leveled up," looking at the "power battle suits" in their left hand and the "Sky Fleet" in their right, the Tau Empire began another expansion with full confidence.
Then their heads were ground into the dirt by the local Ultramarines.
Oh, and a Necron Dynasty was accidentally awakened.
Of course, that wasn't important either.
Because not only had the demons called humans hidden their strength, but another xeno had also joined the fray, catching the Tau Empire off guard.
So the Tau Empire learned its lesson and decided to expand in a different direction. The galaxy was so big; it was impossible for humans to be everywhere!
Then the "Farsight Enclaves" they established had their brains beaten out by the Orks.
It still didn't matter!
The Tau Empire cut ties with the Enclaves and retreated home to focus on development for a few hundred years, believing that as long as they stayed home, they wouldn't be attacked. When the Tau Commander emerged again, they would surely show the galaxy what's what.
Then they were driven to near extinction on their core homeworlds by a Tyranid Swarm.
This time, it mattered.
Because the Tau Empire finally realized that this galaxy really was a fucking shit-hole!
To the point where even hiding at home, they could be dragged out and beaten by all sorts of grotesque demons from outside.
Thus, the Tau Empire completely changed its mindset. Since home wasn't safe either, the only option was to use every possible means to expand their territory.
So, the young Tau Empire seemed to truly become a brash youth in the galaxy, exerting all its strength to gain a foothold.
And once the Tau Empire began to accept the setting that the galaxy was a shit-hole, their strength finally saw a change.
Besides the extreme inclusivity preached by the Greater Good, which won the Tau Empire many alien allies—including humans—it was also through these alien allies that a Warp deity belonging to the Tau Empire, the "tauva goddess," was manifested through their worship in the Warp.
Then, with the help of the Warp rifts opened by the tauva goddess, the Tau Empire was finally able to spread its reach on a small scale to every corner of the galaxy.
Additionally, the Chaos Gods of the Warp tacitly allowed or even indulged the Tau Empire's research into artificial intelligence, not sending an abominable intelligence to give the Tau Empire a "Men of Iron rebellion."
As a result, the Tau Empire, which began to acquire a large number of Enclaves, saw not only its strength advance by leaps and bounds but its productivity and living standards as well.
Regarding how high the Tau Empire's living standards were, let's just say that if Lion El'Jonson were to wake up in a Tau Empire Enclave with a large human population, looking at the clean, bright world and the perfect living standards of the humans there...
Lion El'Jonson would cry out in excitement that the world of the God-Emperor's dreams had finally been built.
Of course, provided the Tau Commander didn't pop out to say hello at that moment.
Therefore, to recruit humans, the Tau Commander only needed to show their living standards to win them over!
Meanwhile, with their growing understanding of the galaxy, the current Tau Commander was no longer a naive and weak newcomer. Although they couldn't claim to go toe-to-toe with the old powers of the galaxy...
Anyone who wanted to exterminate the Tau Empire would have to lose a tooth in the process!
And now, on the Tau Empire warship on the other side of the eldar warship, within a sleek, sci-fi bridge built of cyan-white nanomaterials, a noseless Tau Ethereal was silently watching the image of the Sith transmitted to him by the Eldar.
The Ethereals are the leadership of the Tau Empire; almost every Tau Empire Enclave accepts the guidance of an Ethereal.
Of course, there are occasional exceptions, but at least for now, the Tau Empire Enclave chosen by Yvraine was still within the traditional Ethereal sphere of influence.
"So, as long as we kill this human's Dual-Religion Saint."
"We can strike at the nearby humans' faith in their evil cult?"
The Ethereal spoke blankly while looking at the Sith. The Eldar Harlequin Host opposite him showed a kind smile and nodded with certainty:
"Yes!"
"As long as you can kill him~"
He originally wanted to be a bit more decisive at the end, but when the words reached his lips, the Conspiracy Leader couldn't bring himself to be firm, thinking of the Necron that had just been written off.
The politically savvy Ethereal keenly noticed the strange behavior of the Eldar opposite him.
However, because they couldn't produce a Warp projection and could only rely on real-space communication, the Tau Empire was completely in the dark regarding the Sith.
In their view, while the Sith before them was indeed far beyond what an ordinary human could compare to...
No matter how they looked at it, he was just an ordinary person with overly flashy equipment.
So, although the Ethereal noticed the Eldar's behavior, he didn't think too deeply about it.
He just buried his head in serious thought about whether this deal was worth it.
Then, under the expectant gaze of the Eldar, the Ethereal looked up:
"Very well, we will go and eliminate this human."
The smile on the Conspiracy Leader's face grew even wider, and he immediately sent over the Sith's coordinates.
"The human is right here now, along with his detailed information. You'd better be fully prepared before you set out."
The Eldar's goal was to erase the Sith if possible, or at the very least, cause him enough damage and trouble.
So the Eldar did not want to see the Tau Empire rush in just to be slaughtered.
But facing the Eldar's serious and even wary expression, the Ethereal silently glanced at the Sith's data and the exaggerated level of the flagship, then casually closed the information.
Conspiracy Leader: "???"
Ethereal: "We have dealt with humans many times. We did pay some prices before."
"But now, we have the latest stealth technology from the homeworld, as well as the most advanced trained Fire Caste warriors. Therefore, we will not be sending a fleet."
The Ethereal spoke, and hearing this—especially the familiar "advanced stealth technology"—the Conspiracy Leader suddenly had a bad premonition for some reason.
Then, under the stunned gaze of the Conspiracy Leader, whose eyes were gradually widening, the customary confidence of the Tau Empire appeared on the Ethereal's face.
He raised his head, his ornate nano-clothing reflecting the symbol of the Greater Good. Seeing the Eldar's "shock" at their "advanced technology," the Ethereal finally spoke slowly and firmly:
"We will rely on advanced stealth technology to jump in front of this Sith and..."
"Perform a decapitation strike!"
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