avatar a way of water

No one expects to fall; it is subtle, insidious.  The Blessings of the Omnissiah reinforced your body and faith, granted you the strength you needed to fight the vile xenos that tried to break you before.  But it was not enough.  As your power grew, so it seemed did theirs.  Their tactics grew more sophisticated, their strikes more accurate, their devastation greater.  Just as desperation gripped your still organic heart…

The whispers began.

True power, they promised.  A way to eliminate any horrid mortal creature that came against you.  Knowledge beyond comprehension.  Your wildest ambitions and dreams of fulfilled.  Night and day they repeated the offer; power, knowledge, strength; power, knowledge, strength… It was only a matter of time until you accepted.

Just one error for the Ruinous Powers to consume you.

Warsmith Diomed 'The Broken Sword' Ulixes and the Cyber-Bastards. Original Iron Warriors warband

Sister of Battle as sexy Santa

Sexy Lelith Santa

A Female Imperial Admiral

Commissar with glasses mistakes an Ork for his troops

Cute Tyranid

Cute tyranid riding on Hive Tyrant

Farseer and a Tanith guardsman in dance battle over a grox burger

Necrons combining into a bigger necron.

Saint Celestine and Miriael Sabathiel comparing undies

Space Marine scouts smoking victory cigar

Space marine swinging a guardsman like a weapon

Tau water caste eating a flounder-like fish

Techpriest on throne of toasters.

Techpriest surfing on a lawnmower.

Why We Fight

Vicious Eldar

Nobody is Safe From the Awesome Power of The T’au Empire’s New and Improved Railgun

For the T’au Empire, warfare means massed pulse rifle fire, hit-and-run battlesuits, and the whip-crack report of awesomely powerful railguns making mincemeat of enemy vehicles. We’ve looked at the first two already, so it’s time to tackle the railgun – the shining star of T’au engineering, and the dependable Hammerhead tank it’s often mounted on.

Popular with proponents of both the Mont’ka and Kauyon philosophies, rail weapons use magnetic fields to fire metal slugs at very high velocity, punching through armour like paper. And in the upcoming Codex: T’au Empire, they’ve had a considerable upgrade.

The Fire Caste use several varieties, from the Pathfinders‘ rail rifles to the heavy rail cannons of a Manta Missile Destroyer, but it’s the Hammerhead’s railgun that all others are compared to.

There are a few things to break down here. With an AP of -6 and the ability to ignore invulnerable saves, your payload will be making it through almost any kind of energy field, daemonic protection, or battle plate that might stand in its way.

Once that shot hits home, it delivers eye-watering damage with the potential to knock out vehicles and large monsters in a single shot. With such a powerful single slug, connecting with each shot is crucial, so the Hammerhead has an advanced targeting array that pairs well with the new Markerlights rules.

The Hammerhead is shockingly effective at turning single targets into smoking wrecks, but what if the enemy is coming in numbers? Faced with smaller foes, Hammerhead pilots can load short-ranged Submunitions.

The railgun is not the only big hitter getting a major update in the new Codex: T’au Empire – would you believe it isn’t even the strongest weapon in their arsenal? We’ll be having a look at a few more soon, but in the meantime, you should brush up on the devious plans of the Genestealer Cults and Adeptus Custodes.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/12/29/nobody-is-safe-from-the-awesome-power-of-the-tau-empires-new-and-improved-railgun/