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Well my guestion is, would a Tau kill a Tau-Genestealer? I'm asking because no Tau has ever killed another in over 2,000 years and would they be willing to kill something that looks so much like a Tau? And if they would kill a Tau-Genestealer hybrid would they still be mentally unharmed?
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This is one of the best concepts I've thought of in regards to Tau killing Tau. Now, normally Tau don't kill other Tau (it is anathema to their way of life) and this zeros out the idea that there will be some kind of O'shova/O'Shassera showdown.
But Genestealer Tau? This has happened once, and was written by a terrible writer who did not consider this fact, and in this case the Tau hired Kroot mercenaries to wipe out the family. In the end I guess Genestealer Tau aren't Tau are they? But i don't think that this would ever happen due to the Tau way of breeding which involves heavily screening potential mates. So I can't see the Genestealer cult being able to exceed the First phase of contamination.
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At the end of For the Emperor some Shas may have been infected...
I think the Tau wouldn't have a problem with killing the Tau-stealers off...but that it would be the last option. I can envision them coming up with a more humane option (prison, etc.) if they caught the infection in time.
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but that doesn't mean they generate offspring- i think the Tau have the most resistance culture to Genestealer infection.
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The Tau Empire does hold powerful bonds of kinship and social construction at the forefront of its society, with their 'greater good' philosophy. I'd wager that they initially would be against it, but once the situation was realized, they would probably unanimously agree that the hybrid was indeed no longer considered Tau, and in fact, a direct attack against their society; thus the killing would begin.
Also, since they have no infighting, I'd think the hybrids wouldn't stand much chance of surviving, especially since the whole society would band together against them, taking firm stands against anyone displaying hybrid-like or infected tendencies. I'm sure they wouldn't mind the extra two minutes before heading off to the showers to submit to a brief internal scan and to walk nude past drone-scanners, to prove their purity, for the greater good. |
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I can imagine it now.
"You must kill the hybrids for the 'Greater Good'!" Boom problem solved. Every Tau picks up a pulse rifle and starts killing the hybrids for the Greater Good. Heck, you could even imagine: "You must bake muffins for the Greater Good." Wacky Tau :P Then again this is coming from a guy whose troopers spend like half the day praying to a corpse :P
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