In my opinion, the safest place to live in the 40k universe is honestly with the Tau. The Tau meanwhile at best number hundreds of worlds and it's likely Terra alone has a population larger than their entire empire. There's probably more Tau worlds and allied alien worlds unlisted to date, but broadly we know of the rough degree of magnitude of the Tau Empire. Mattaeus Wyrdmake demon prince of Tzheench. Again I don't like iom I'm a nurgle follower. I don't know what you are not getting iom has virtually infinite resources it's just most of the time they don't utilize them properly. ... Now use even a fraction of that new manpower and the tau do not stand a chance against that flood. The IOM is limitless in comparison to argue other wise is pointless. Several different versions or isoforms of tau protein can be found in the body, and all are critical to the healthy functioning of a normal nervous system. Their armies likely number in the billions. Do the Tau know how large the Imperium really is. The SM make them more effective, but humans usually carry the bucket. In the Last Chancers book, you'll get a lot of background info from the Tau. Look at it this way: In both cases, I’ll be in a universe where everyone wants to kill me. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. That's just game balance. As advanced as the Tau are, there are more powerful forces out there they need to be wary of and they can’t afford to be as naive as they were before. Between propaganda, boarder disputes, entire planets changing hands at various intervals, exteminotus making whole world uninhabitable and the general cult of ignorance even we with our meta level knowledge don't have real solid numbers. It says the control millions of systems. Can you prove this because the stated answer is 1,000,000 it says "more than a million" but the given estimate Is a million and I don't give a shit about the Tau or anything like that I don't fucking understand how many times I'd have to tell you to get you to understand that. However, we the readers know that the Imperium is a million worlds and that badly stretched thin. Not really, they're still confined to their small area of space in the segmentum Ultima. What is the afest strategy. I don’t think the Tau know quite how big the Imperium is, but after their first encounter with them where they were horribly outgunned, they’re certainly very cautious. What is the MUST KNOW tricks of how to beat the tau if your are Astra Militarum? Tau also have a much shorter sleep cycle than humans, but seem to sleep less. Probably not. Now use even a fraction of that new manpower and the tau do not stand a chance against that flood. They know it's bigger then them tho. Well since I have been playing with Tau for 3-4 years I might give a couple of pointers. Things might change the game like the Tyranids. Think about how wasteful the iom is with troops and ships. With certain upgrades they can fire like a fast vehicle so dont be surpised about their fast speed. Doesn't matter, because the Imperium is so big it could crush them even if they did have superior tech. What makes th Tau special is that they're expanding and improving at a rate that (for 40k) is rather alarming. In the Ciaphas Cain omnibus the IG piss off the Tau and you get to … At this point, they probably only know that the Imperium is very large, with lots of humans, but no specifics as to their exact size. In the 41st millennium, the Tau come across as more than a little naive to the other races; the Imperium sees any contact with aliens as heret… As the IoM has them surrounded at least like, 90%, they are gonna realize, sooner or later, they are surrounded and outnumbered. No imperium is closer to a South American dictatorship on roids because they have the religious aspect whereas the Tau still thought chaos was a fairy tale till they ran into the Death Guard. Left, right, up, down, everywhere, all at once. Also, with the Kroot nominally joining the Tau Empire, and being much more well travelled and aware of things in more areas of the galaxy, Tau are getting intel from farther afield, even if it is filtered and dated. The entire Tau Empire could fit multiple times within the maximum boundaries of the Macharian Crusade. Even a small force of sm commanded by a primarch would destroy the tau. For example, how they deny the existence of The Immaterium/Daemons, claiming it's simply the superstitions of the older races, while a race as intelligent and rational as them would never believe in such nonsnense. - posted in + ASTRA MILITARUM +: Good day sirs! This means that, although they don't live as long, Tau do have a few extra hours in every day to do things. All could have been put into providing more war material. It's tiny. The IOM is still gaining in population and worlds even with all they losses they sustain. Hell, if it wasn't for the Tyrannids, they probably would have all been wiped out by the IoM. They might have a clue; as contact with the IoM increases they get a bigger, or at least more complete, picture. More importantly, the Tau are probably the only faction that will not instinctively shoot Eldar on sight - there Imperium of Man still has this whole "PURGE THE ALIEN" thing going on, Chaos has Slaanesh, Necrons are still grumpy over the War in Heaven, Orkz are Orkz, , Tyranids go OM NOM … I'm wanting to know how much the imperial guard and all the others in the imperium have. The guard with leman russes, the artillery available to them, and FIX BAYONETS!!! I don’t think the Tau know quite how big the Imperium is, but after their first encounter with them where they were horribly outgunned, they’re certainly very cautious. I'm not that into the lore of warhammer really but it'd be cool to know stuff like this. was unattractive. is all they need. Recent I read ' The blades of Damocles " and the Tau seem to have a real black hole of knowledge about the imperium, which is conspicuous as all hell for a race that prizes knowledge above all else. Secondly they do have limitless resources and if they didn't they would not have survived 10k years of nonstop fighting. They don't even dedicate only resources for war, look at they waste that are shrine worlds. Living in the Imperium sucks. Presumably there are dozens of minor alien races surrounding the imperium of smaller r equal size to the Tau, we just do't hear about them becuase they're not expanding the way the Tau are. Personally, I mostly see Tau - Fire Caste, at the very least - as being Arcane Archers and ranged Battlemasters, while Tau in general would also tend towards Artificer. I'm pretty sure most people in the Imperium don't know how big the Imperium is. He needed to know about the Imperium at large – about the Astartes, the Inquisition, what laid outside the small moon he knew. The Craftworld Eldar are, like, Eldar Amish. Tau technology in general is inferior, but better distributed through their weaponry. I did and if you read imperium of man wiki it says millions of systems. That tactic only works with unlimited resources. Do the Tau know how large the Imperium really is? Huh. I believe that they have an inclination that they are vastly outnumbered by the IOM, but have no way to confirm the true size. When the Tau expand their domain, they try to expand in all directions, as equally and evenly as possible. We have all seen the Tiny itty bitty bit of space Tau occupy (oh boy, one warp of a neighbourhood they picked) but we havent touched on one difference between back then and now then, Gulliman. The everyday rule of the Imperium is left to the High Lords of Terra, who basically don't give a fuck about anybody and have no clue what th… The Imperium. How to explain this.. each planet tithes a tiny percentage of manpower to guards. The IoM isn't 'endless', but it virtually is, especially when compared to the other races in the game. Tanks. The tau own an amount of worlds that may be 5 sectors. They've also absorbed enough alien races now to surely have some idea how big the Imperium is. There have been occasional skirmishes between Tau and Eldar, but I can't recall any large-scale wars. More than likely every tank in Tau army will have Disrution pods (obscured target) so be prepared to use lot of guns to bring one down. This is the equivalent of sleeping just under 5 hours a night. On saturday I have my intital fight against Tau with 800 pts of Astra Militarum. They take on orks that has more troops than them and win all the time. If I remember right, a Tau is allowed 2 Decs of sleep in every Rotaa, which is 3 hours in every 15. Its an escalation campaign and so far I cant use lords of war. Just read any 40k novel and you'll see how crappy it is to live anywhere in the Imperium. Actually, by that logic, they should be the ones called the Eldar, because they represent their race's mainstream. So the Dark Eldar are basically 100% unchanged from their Pre-Fall culture? Either as a Tau or as a human joined with the Tau. Before that I think they underestimated just how difficult it would be to enforce the Greater Good and the Imperium gave them a very rude awakening. The Tau Empire isn't that big, but it's growing at an exponential rate. Now bring that tithe to 25% that is trillions more troops tithes. That Water Caste character was pretty cool....won't spoil it for you all. The Tau's naiveté might seem at odds with the GRIMDARK-ness of the setting (and to a degree, a lot of it is), but the thing is, Games Workshop specifically plays this straight FOR the grimdark and knows that the seeming futility of the Tau's optimism only further accentuates the general hellishness of the rest of the galaxy - and dear god do they play this up for maximum effect. Millions of systems or 1 mil planet? Just wanted to know how much men the imperium has to spend. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Prior to the Damocles Gulf Crusade, they didn't even have any idea as to the Imperiums military power. It's an old argument, but the bottom line is this simple: NO ONE in the 40k universe has the numbers to match the IoM. Plus the amount of troops the iom can field kinda makes it obvious they are big. The imperium doesn't finish the tau because it isn't worth the effort, yet. The Orks used to, but had their asses handed to them so many times by other races now, they can't. You really think tau have a chance against that? Mattaeus Wyrdmake demon prince of Tzheench. How do guard beat Tau? Which one is right? Think about how wasteful the iom is with troops and ships. The chainsaws and the bolt-style gun was pretty boring, and the lack of proper mechs (Things like the Terminator isn't too interesting.) Unfortunately, the Imperium either doesn't know where the enemy homeworld is (Tyranids, Necrons, Dark Eldar, most Craftworlds), doesn't care enough to launch a full campaign (Tau, Eldar Craftworlds, Necron tomb worlds), or just plain can't get to said homeworld (Tyranids, Traitor Legions, Dark Eldar).