As Farsight had expected, negotiations broke down.
The humans made concessions in certain areas, such as agreeing to withdraw from the T'au Empire's territory and acknowledge its existence.
But their sole demand was simple.
Abandon the Greater Good and become subjects of the Thunderhawk Empire.
The meeting erupted on the spot.
After all, the Greater Good was the very reason the T'au Empire could unite so many alien races. Every living being believed in that beautiful dream.
If they abandoned the Greater Good, the T'au Empire would likely collapse on the spot.
Once the human transport fleet returned, the situation, which had only just been brought under control with great difficulty, immediately heated up again.
The Thunderhawk Empire increased its forces once more, throwing a terrifying concentration of military might onto the front lines, poised to strike.
Just as everyone in the T'au Empire began preparing to weather another storm, the first bomb went off within their own ranks.
T'au, Comprehensive Medical Facility-
Aun'Da passed through layer after layer of security doors and underwent repeated decontamination procedures before finally reaching the innermost laboratory.
Ever since the T'au Empire encountered Nurgle's Plague Fleet during the Fifth Sphere, this Comprehensive Medical Facility had become one of the empire's most vital institutions.
It held not only Tyranid specimens, but even several captive Plague Marines.
None of those were the focus, however.
The Ethereal entered one of the innermost sections and looked at the patient in the isolation ward through three layers of vacuum-sealed protective glass.
Strictly speaking, he was not a patient either.
A T'au in a spotless white hospital gown sat on the bed, staring blankly at the glowing ceiling.
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