Mountains Don't Move, Do They?

Unlike the history of Blackwatch rampaging across T'au Planet, these blue-skinned amphibians hadn't been eaten to the brink of extinction. Instead, under the leadership of the Ethereals, they had stubbornly survived and developed astonishingly advanced technology.

In just ten thousand years, the T'au had evolved from amphibious reptiles into a "powerful" species capable of crossing the seas of space. You had to admit, they were really T'au-gh!

However, this young species might still not have seen the true face of the Galaxy. And the handful of Ethereals who had seen it would never reveal that dark truth.

Under the rule of the Greater Good, the T'au had a clear division of labor: those who were meant to fight fought, and those meant to conduct research did research. They had not only incorporated many other species but also, quite unusually, avoided rebellion under this high-pressure, centralized system.

If this had happened in the Imperium of Man, the Planetary Governor would have been swept up in a rebellion within three days, and eventually hung above the Hive City like a strip of dried meat.

Yet the truth was that the Greater Good had indeed bewitched a group of humans. Looking at the reconnaissance report, Hogg couldn't bring himself to call them traitors. The Imperium's benevolent rule was plain for all to see, after all; if they hadn't truly been desperate, they wouldn't have submitted to T'au leadership.

Compared to the miserable life on the Imperium's side, the T'au really did hand out food and clean water on the spot. Given the contrast, it was no wonder some people had defected to the T'au.

But compared to the T'au, whose psychic potential was naturally dormant, humans were troublemakers chosen by the Warp. With so many humans flocking to them, it wouldn't be long