The Tau are essentially what happens if you drop a Star Trek villain group into the dystopia of 40K, they look heroic by comparison, mostly by virtue of being basically competent.
Nah, they'd be villainous as fuck. Though they'd probably spend the first act or two pretending like they don't mind control all the lesser castes, then they'd be the main antagonists in a big climatic reveal at the end.
As someone not very well versed in 40k, genuine question: do they actually mind control the lower castes? From what I know at least when it comes to humans joining it's usually just cuz the imperium is shit and they're not controlled. Is it different for Tau natives?
It's not exactly mind control, or at least not as powerful as psyker mind control, the Etherals control of the Tau is more biological, the other Tau are more predisposed to follow an Ethereal's orders, many times through extreme degrees, but the existence of Farsight shows that they don't have a total hold over the Tau's minds.
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u/panteradelnorte 9h ago
Surprised there aren’t more “40K themed trope” comments in here.
“Good by virtue that the enemy is worse” is the Imperium to a tee (with the exception of the Tau).