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‘TO OUR YOUNG, IT IS SURPRISING THAT THE OTHER RACES OF THE GALAXY
DO NOT ALWAYS JOIN US. THE SHAS’SAAL POINT TO OUR GREAT VICTORIES,
PEERLESS WEAPONRY AND UNDEFEATABLE STRATEGIES. OUR FUTURE PILOTS
PRAISE OUR FLEETS THAT PIERCE THE STARS AND SPREAD KNOWLEDGE,
WISDOM AND PEACE. THE YOUNG POR SPEAK IN MESMERISING TONES OF THE
UNDENIABLE SUCCESS EXPERIENCED BY ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, FROM KROOT
TO VESPID, GREET TO NICASSAR. THE APPRENTICES OF THE EARTH CASTE LOOK
UPON OUR RACE’S WONDROUS CREATIONS IN EVERY FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE,
MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, LOGIC AND ENGINEERING. HOW, THEY ASK, COULD
ANYONE DENY US?
WE HAVE LEARNED, AT GREAT COST, THAT OUR ENEMIES DO NOT CONSIDER
THESE FACTS. THEIR MINDS ARE CLOUDED BY FALSE IDEOLOGIES THAT HAVE
BEEN FAILING THEM FOR LONGER THAN OUR RACE HAS EVEN EXISTED, OR THEY
ARE DRIVEN ONLY BY BASE HUNGERS AND PASSIONS. THEY SEE NOT THAT THE
T’AU’VA RAISES US ABOVE SUCH PETTINESS. NOR, SADLY, DO MANY CARE.
ETHEREAL AUN’LAN, IN HIS INEFFABLE WISDOM, RECOGNISED THAT NO GIFT
IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN THAT OF KNOWING ONE’S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE,
AND THAT LIVING AND DYING FOR ENLIGHTENMENT AND REASON ARE
THE GREATEST OF PURPOSES. ALL OF THIS GIVES IMMENSE FREEDOMS. WE
T’AU ALL INSTINCTIVELY ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUTH OF HIS WORDS. WE
ALL INSTINCTIVELY PERCEIVE THAT SOMETIMES THE PARENT MUST APPEAR
CRUEL TO THE CHILD IN ORDER FOR THEM TO LEARN WHAT IS RIGHT AND BE
STRENGTHENED FOR THE FUTURE. WE ALL INSTINCTIVELY COMPREHEND THAT
THE IGNORANT MUST BE GUIDED BY THE ENLIGHTENED, AND THAT PROGRESS
CANNOT BE HALTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CLOSE-MINDED. THERE IS A
GREATER GOOD.
THE GREATER GOOD IS HIGHER THAN ANY OF US OR ANY OTHER CAUSE. IT IS
WHAT WE LIVE, STRIVE AND DIE FOR. IT IS THE GALAXY’S DESTINY, THOUGH
IT IS WITH SADNESS THAT I ADMIT NOT ALL ACCEPT IT. IT IS OUR HUMBLE
DUTY TO MAKE IT REALITY FOR ALL, WHETHER THEY KNOW THEY NEED IT
OR NOT. NO DEED IN THE T’AU’VA’S PROLIFERATION IS AN UNWORTHY ONE.
NO SACRIFICE IN ITS DISSEMINATION IS IN VAIN. WE WILL TOPPLE FALSE
IDEOLOGIES, MAKE WAR INTO PEACE, LET SADNESS BECOME JOY AND TURN
IGNORANCE TO COGNISANCE.
FOR THE GREATER GOOD.’
- SHAS’O SHASERRA, COMMANDER SHADOWSUN
THE GREATER GOOD
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Introduction
..................................................................3
The Fifth Sphere Expansion
.............4
The Chalnath Expanse
.................................................6
The Razing of Astorgius...............................................8
The Haephos Containment
.......................................12
The Vorotheion Uprising
...........................................16
Echoes of Awakening
.................................................20
Forces of the Enclaves
................................................50
Farsight Enclaves Stratagems
.................................51
Enclave Relics...........................................................52
Warlord Traits
..........................................................52
Farsight Enclaves Tactical Objectives....................53
Astra Militarum
.............................54
Hammer of the Imperium
.........................................56
Astra Militarum Name Generator.........................57
Regimental Doctrines
.............................................58
Tank Aces.....................................................................60
Astra Militarum Stratagems......................................62
Missions
..........................................22
Wars of the Fifth Sphere
............................................24
Theatres of War
...........................................................25
Echoes of War: The Taking of Iglesor Magna
.........26
T’au Empire
....................................28
Servants of the Greater Good
...................................30
T’au Empire Name Generator...................................31
Commander Shadowsun
...........................................32
Datasheet: Commander Shadowsun
.....................33
Sept Tenets
...................................................................34
Prototype Weapons Systems
.....................................36
T’au Empire Stratagems
.............................................38
The Eight......................................................................40
Heroes of the Enclaves
............................................42
Using the Eight in Battle
.........................................46
Datasheet: The Eight................................................48
The Ordo Tempestus
......................64
Militarum Tempestus Regimental Doctrines
.........65
Heirlooms of the Regiments
.....................................66
Militarum Tempestus Warlord Traits
......................67
Militarum Tempestus Stratagems.............................68
Genestealer Cults............................70
The Lurkers Beneath
..................................................72
Errata............................................................................72
Cult Creeds..................................................................74
Genestealer Cults Stratagems....................................76
Cult Psychic Powers
...................................................78
Genestealer Cults Name Generator
.........................79
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
The T’au Empire’s Fifth Sphere Expansion has begun in earnest. Reunited with the surviving heroes of the
Fourth Sphere, the T’au work to fulfil their destiny and bring ever more worlds and peoples into the fold of the
Greater Good. These populations may be ignorant of the greatness that could be theirs, but they will be taught.
Beset on many sides by dead
space or formidable alien empires,
many years ago the T’au sought to
circumnavigate these obstacles in
their quest to unite the galaxy under
the Greater Good. They envisioned
this Fourth Sphere Expansion as the
greatest of its kind in their history,
but it failed, apparently lost with all
hands in a technological disaster.
Only years later were survivors
discovered, and Commander
Shadowsun took leadership of the
Fifth Sphere Expansion to reunite
the T’au Empire with its lost kin.
Powering through the Startide
Nexus wormhole, Shadowsun’s fleet
emerged at the Nem’yar Atoll in a
region known to the Imperium as
the Chalnath Expanse. A period of
intense colonisation culminated in
a ferocious battle against the Death
Guard, but the T’au secured victory,
and they are now prepared to strike
out again.
Humanity’s beleaguered soldiery in
the Chalnath Expanse stand against
foe after foe even with their skies
scarred by the Great Rift. Holding
on to their faith in the Emperor
with all their might, they fight to
quell rebellions and uprisings as
well as xenos invasion.
Even an armed force as insidious as
the Genestealer Cults cannot count
on their complex plans to unfold
without difficulty. They are not
alone in wanting domination over
the planet they call home; other
races and ideologies have designs
upon it, not least the T’au and their
Greater Good. The Genestealer
Cults are tenacious and devious,
and their claws are dug deep into
the Chalnath Expanse. They will do
what it takes to keep competitors
away from their territory, spilling
as much blood as possible to keep it
for the Star Children.
IN THIS BOOK
This book is part of Psychic
Awakening, an ongoing series set
in the aftermath of the Great Rift.
It contains an overview from the
perspectives of the T’au Empire,
the Genestealer Cults and the
Astra Militarum.
Inside you will find:
• The unfolding drama of the
conflict in the Chalnath Expanse
and the T’au Empire’s Fifth
Sphere Expansion.
• A mission to echo the narrative
of
The Greater Good.
• Updated rules for the T’au
Empire, Genestealer Cults and
Astra Militarum, including
datasheets, Relics, psychic
powers, Stratagems and more.
• Rules on how to create your
own T’au Sept, Genestealer
Cult Creed or Astra Militarum
Regiment.
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THE FIFTH SPHERE
THE FIFTH
EXPANSION
SPHERE
EXPANSION
Barely a quarter of the Fourth Sphere
fleet had escaped the hellish sub-realm
they had been pitched into by the mass
failure of their ships’ AL-38 Slipstream
modules. Countless colonists were slain
by murderous and sadistic creatures
dwelling there that defied all T’au
understanding of the universe. Given the
horror they had endured, most of the
survivors could barely speak of how they
escaped. It surprised many of the Fifth
Sphere T’au that what discomforted their
lost kin more than anything else was the
presence of non-T’au species in the Fifth
Sphere fleet. The Fourth Sphere’s own
auxiliaries could not be found, with only
dark theories circulating as to why.
Despite the many questions that still
hung ominously in the air, Shadowsun
wasted little time in progressing the
Fifth Sphere Expansion. The Nem’yar
Atoll was wild and contested by myriad
races. Piratical Ork fleets terrorised the
Ful’na Nebulae in the east, and scattered
Tyranid tendrils roamed hungrily. Several
Imperial worlds were swept up quickly
by Shadowsun’s forces, having been left
vulnerable and isolated by the Devourer
of Hope – known to Humans as the Great
Rift. The Fourth Sphere T’au relished
war against these Humans, carrying out
acts of incredible barbarity such as the
Slaughter at Sal’kyo, the Fi’liol Station
Bloodshed and many others that haunted
Shadowsun and the Ethereal High
Council. Such were these atrocities that
many commanders of the Fourth Sphere
were subjected to the ritual punishment
of Malk’la. Despite these hindrances, a
multitude of colonies were established.
Only months after the miraculous
reunification with the Fourth Sphere
survivors, the Nem’yar Atoll came under
When a returning recon probe proved that some of the Fourth Sphere T’au still
lived, the Fifth Sphere Expansion was founded to reunite the survivors with the
empire. Beyond the Startide Nexus they met with strange findings and foul foes.
attack. Without warning an immense
armada of ships resembling hideously
changed Imperial vessels broke into
realspace before the Startide Nexus
itself, disgorging torrents of ordnance
and boarding torpedoes. The Nexus’
defence platforms were buffeted by shot
that corroded their crisp armoured
hulls in the blink of an eye. Boarded
defenders found themselves under attack
from enemies that resembled Space
Marines, but with bodies grotesquely
degenerated and beset by foul plagues.
Many wielded huge scythes that could
cut a Crisis Battlesuit in twain, or carried
weapons that spewed gouts of toxic slime.
Despite their hideous deformities they
were terrifyingly resilient, shrugging off
withering weapons fire with impunity.
For all the surprise of the attack, the T’au
forces were highly disciplined and
‘It is only by our
diversity, our combined
strengths in service of
the common goal, the
great task, that we may
overcome the adversity
set before us. We are
the fortunate chosen
on this new frontier for
our alliance. Let us not
waste this opportunity.’
- Commander
Shadowsun
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