NationStates Jolt Archive

From the far side of the Milky Way Galaxy, a new race had risen. Calling themselves "The Tau", they finally had risen above petty rivalries and interwarfare and united themselves under the rule of the mysterious "Ethereal Caste", giving each of the Castes, Fire, Earth, Air, and Water a common goal, "The Greater Good". Technologically advanced, the Tau seek to unify the universe under their benevolent rule.



Aun'O T'au Acaya'Va'Denta "Master of the Undying Spirit", or Aun'va, leader of the Tau, spoke before a gathering of Ethereals.

"Today, we begin the journey," He began others nodded respectfully. "Our fleets have begun to mobilize, and our Fire Warriors are ready to spread the Greater Good. We hope to seek out new allies, friends in this universe, and bring about glory to our nation."

Commander Shas'O Vior'la Kais spoke next, "Yes, we are quite ready, and honored to be in this noble undertaking. May we have the greatest success."

Smiling and nodding, Aun'va replied, "I am certain of it. For The Greater Good, go forth!"

OOC: A Tau eh? Don't see these often. Welcome!

OOC: A Tau eh? Don't see these often. Welcome!

OOC: Ya. You play Warhammer?

OOC: Ya. You play Warhammer?


OOC: Death to the Weakling Imperium of Man!


....yes, but I seek the favor of the Dark Gods of Chaos.

OCC: I play Warhammer as the Imperial Guard. But from the books, the Dark Mechanicus and the Castigator are my favorite "race."

IC:
The God-Machine sat, seemingly shut-down within its temple. About it, thousands of robed Tech-Priests tended to its every whim, following Maitenance Rites and chanting to the Deus Mechanicus.

Within the mind of the God-Machine, sensoria alerted it to movement within the great Galactic area. Circuitry sparked and came online. With a great sigh, centuries-old mechanisms ground into motion. Outside the armored box, Techpriests stood in awe, snapping in machine code. The Rites of Awareness were administered, and the Machine awoke. Turrets and cannon swivelled, and drive-trains revved. The Machine communicated with the Machine-Spirits around it, and the gates of the Temple opened. Out drove the thirty-six thousand ton God-Machine.

"Great Fleet. I am contacting you on behalf of the Vis Machinae, the Strength of the Machine. I am to protect these people, these Machine-Spirits, this planet. Who, pray tell, are you? Answer, or the Great Comprehender will not understand, and what it does not understand does not exist."

a srike crusier exed hyper space


sire a xenos ship detected said one of the bridge crew

prep the boarding barges order the adptus to high alert


ooc a tau i hate tau i play as imprium of man im wh40k table top player

The Vis Machinae;11903140']OCC: I play Warhammer as the Imperial Guard. But from the books, the Dark Mechanicus and the Castigator are my favorite "race."

IC:
The God-Machine sat, seemingly shut-down within its temple. About it, thousands of robed Tech-Priests tended to its every whim, following Maitenance Rites and chanting to the Deus Mechanicus.

Within the mind of the God-Machine, sensoria alerted it to movement within the great Galactic area. Circuitry sparked and came online. With a great sigh, centuries-old mechanisms ground into motion. Outside the armored box, Techpriests stood in awe, snapping in machine code. The Rites of Awareness were administered, and the Machine awoke. Turrets and cannon swivelled, and drive-trains revved. The Machine communicated with the Machine-Spirits around it, and the gates of the Temple opened. Out drove the thirty-six thousand ton God-Machine.

"Great Fleet. I am contacting you on behalf of the Vis Machinae, the Strength of the Machine. I am to protect these people, these Machine-Spirits, this planet. Who, pray tell, are you? Answer, or the Great Comprehender will not understand, and what it does not understand does not exist."

Kor'O Dal'yth Okash'vre, Commander of the Tau Navy, replied to this, "We are the Tau. We wish to bring harmony and unity to the Universe for the Greater Good."

a srike crusier exed hyper space


sire a xenos ship detected said one of the bridge crew

prep the boarding barges order the adptus to high alert


ooc a tau i hate tau i play as imprium of man im wh40k table top player

OOC: And I hate The Imperium. By the Chaos Gods, I shall eradicate you for your foolish worship of the Corpse Emperor. Death to the False Emperor! Death to the Imperium of Man!

"Harmony and unity, you say? So you say. And so my Machine-Spirits, my constituents, agree. If you wish, you may be welcome to our Forge-World. We have no ships of our own, we depend on the great Nation of Chronosia to supply us with those, so that our Legions might move throughout this great Galaxy in the name of the Deus Mechanicus."

coms to tau vessel from imprial strike crusier the empeor s wrath lower your shields and prepare to be boared

tarhet it for the boarding barges aye sir said the tech preist at the weapon controls

coms to tau vessel from imprial strike crusier the empeor s wrath lower your shields and prepare to be boared

tarhet it for the boarding barges aye sir said the tech preist at the weapon controls

"This we shall refuse!" Screamed the Kor'O. "We shall present you with one chance to flee before we engage!"

The Vis Machinae;11903168']"Harmony and unity, you say? So you say. And so my Machine-Spirits, my constituents, agree. If you wish, you may be welcome to our Forge-World. We have no ships of our own, we depend on the great Nation of Chronosia to supply us with those, so that our Legions might move throughout this great Galaxy in the name of the Deus Mechanicus."


Aun'va saw wisdom in this. "If this is to be of benefit to both our races, then we shall agree. However, we do not wish to give up our freedom."

target thier weapons he smirked fire baording barges

12 boarding barges steamed towards the tau vessel as its phasers are fired at the tau vessel

OOC: You don't have to listen to Sephrioth, he's a godmoder and his rping skills are sub-par.
But still, your call, if you're new here (not a returned player) I recommend you read the stickies.

target thier weapons he smirked fire baording barges

12 boarding barges steamed towards the tau vessel as its phasers are fired at the tau vessel


The Hero Class starship immediately focused all guns on the enemy ship, firing thousands of photon guns at the ship, while focusing others on the boarding torpedoes.

"We have no reason to take your freedom. We are only asking this so that your Machine-Spirits be tended to. We could help you, as could you help us."

The Vis Machinae;11903285']"We have no reason to take your freedom. We are only asking this so that your Machine-Spirits be tended to. We could help you, as could you help us."

"Then to this, we agree."

shit sir our shields are taking a punding and we have lost 6 boarding barges said the tech priest contact hh.q tell them i want the 11km armagedon here now

aye si


the coms was sent eta on refnofcment 12 hours well rerurn fire

"Then to this, we agree."

"We give you the Coordinates of our Forge-World, so you might come and feel safe under the guns of the Machine-God!"

The minor God-Machine transmitted, via Machine-Spirit rather than radio or laser or subspace, to the Tau mothership's Machine-Spirit the coordinates of the Forge-World of the Machine. While doing so, it realized that the Machine-Spirit appeared pained. It would do its best to cleanse them.

shit sir our shields are taking a punding and we have lost 6 boarding barges said the tech priest contact hh.q tell them i want the 11km armagedon here now

aye si


the coms was sent eta on refnofcment 12 hours well rerurn fire

OOC: Are you trying to use exterminatus? because the Armageddon Gun is on the Planet Killer, used by Chaos not the Imperium.

OOC A.) sorry about the crappy nature of the following post a better one will follow. Second this is all depending on the system being uninhabited. If it is inhabited the post will have to be removed, and a new one written. usually I keep Yvresse's location a secret but I found the oppertunity to play with keeping it that way a fun idea to pursue, this is the type of meeting they might hold a lot of lot really. Lastly Morag-Hai was the Eldar goddess of secret Knowledge and the consort of Asuryan. (Okay the consort bit I need to check but the other bit is true)

IC
The Young ones here…


Secure transmission
The Keeper of the Knowledge of Morag-Hai* To Craftworld Tor Yvresse

Farseers, while patrolling system 321.45 in preparation of the Craftworlds arrival, I have detected ships of construction similar to that of the child’s race. As you know this peoples are often expansionary and inquisitive and so the usual policy of simply eliminating the vessel is not one I would prefer to follow in this occasion. Should the others of this race decide to investigate the disappearance of their vessel it may reveal the location of Yvresse. As such I have decided to initiate contact in the hopes of misdirecting their curiosity.

Captain Helosir’Nais
Of The Keeper of the Knowledge of Morag-Hai *


‘Open a channel to the two vessels, and bring weapons online just in case, things could get messy here. Be advised through that I do not want a weapons lock unless we are fired upon.’ The bridge crew nodded as the order was relayed throughout the vessel.

To Unknown vessel’s

Greetings Young ones, at this moment it appears strange does it not for so many ships to so unexpectently meet like this, almost as through the universe wills this meeting. In light of the universes, and fates, hand in this matter, perhaps we should speak to one another face to face. I note the two of you are making grounds towards that, still I invite you all to join me on my vessel, where we can speak as adults.

Captain Helosir’Nais of the The Keeper of the Knowledge of Morag-Hai

* Note translated, in eldarlan it’s a two word name honest;)

OOC A.) sorry about the crappy nature of the following post a better one will follow. Second this is all depending on the system being uninhabited. If it is inhabited the post will have to be removed, and a new one written. usually I keep Yvresse's location a secret but I found the oppertunity to play with keeping it that way a fun idea to pursue, this is the type of meeting they might hold a lot of lot really. Lastly Morag-Hai was the Eldar goddess of secret Knowledge and the consort of Asuryan. (Okay the consort bit I need to check but the other bit is true)

IC
The Young ones here…



‘Open a channel to the two vessels, and bring weapons online just in case, things could get messy here. Be advised through that I do not want a weapons lock unless we are fired upon.’ The bridge crew nodded as the order was relayed throughout the vessel.

To Unknown vessel’s

Greetings Young ones, at this moment it appears strange does it not for so many ships to so unexpectently meet like this, almost as through the universe wills this meeting. In light of the universes, and fates, hand in this matter, perhaps we should speak to one another face to face. I note the two of you are making grounds towards that, still I invite you all to join me on my vessel, where we can speak as adults.

Captain Helosir’Nais of the The Keeper of the Knowledge of Morag-Hai

* Note translated, in eldarlan it’s a two word name honest;)


Aun'va replied, "This is most agreeable. These meetings further the Greater Good. We shall join you soon."

OOC: If possible, I'd like to play Argentum Prime's 1st Regiment (Imperial Guard) on their first deployment.
They rely on Kasrkins, Basilisks and heavy tanks to do most of the combat and excel at holding positions, although at first, they are a very vulnerable target (when they've just landed) as they have little troops.

OOC: If possible, I'd like to play Argentum Prime's 1st Regiment (Imperial Guard) on their first deployment.
They rely on Kasrkins, Basilisks and heavy tanks to do most of the combat and excel at holding positions, although at first, they are a very vulnerable target (when they've just landed) as they have little troops.

OOC: hey dude, check TGs

ooc the armagedon is the name of my 11km flag ship it has a minture amagedon gun


the trans warp portal opened and the 11km long super ship exted target the tau batle ship give em a broad side from our phasers

return coms to uknown vessel the imprieals will not join if the tau scum are present end coms

ooc the armagedon is the name of my 11km flag ship it has a minture amagedon gun


the trans warp portal opened and the 11km long super ship exted target the tau batle ship give em a broad side from our phasers

OOC: You do realize that this is an impossible weapon right? Unless you built it in the depths of the warp, such a ship is not possible. Not to mention, Planet Killer's are not allowed within most RPs. If I were United Tau, I would ignore that. And also, this ship moves slowly. It is a god mod to move it into the region and then open up a broadside against him as that implies you have pulled up along him, which you have not.


All in all: GOD MOD POST man.

OOC: hey dude, check TGs

Responded.

OOc:I'll have to get my Planeswalkers involved with this later. It sounds like your spoilin for a fight, so they'll kick your ass to the ninth level of hell, and back.

OOC: Hey Wanderjar. I am fairly interested in this thing myself. I am wondering if it is okay if I join? I use Covenant tech from Halo basically.

OOC: Hey Wanderjar. I am fairly interested in this thing myself. I am wondering if it is okay if I join? I use Covenant tech from Halo basically.

You mean the To Die By Traitor's Hands thread?

Both this and that one.

EDIT: Acutally, I wanted to join this one, I was just saying hi to you, since you have vanished for a bit.

Both this and that one.

EDIT: Acutally, I wanted to join this one, I was just saying hi to you, since you have vanished for a bit.

I have no problem with you joining this thread, and Wanderjar, please keep spam out of it, ok?

OOC: Thanks, just wanted to make sure.
***
A simple scouting trip into the unknown regions outside of Confederacy space was deemed as the worst punishment in the Confederate military. They were boring, quiet, and seen as a sign of disfavor from their mighty god Telros. So, it was in Captain Gelish's eyes, that he had been wronged, very wronged. He was a Zealot, an Elite of high rank, able to command ships and troops. And he had slain plenty of enemies in combat throughout his loyal service.

So why was he stuck out her, with only six ships with him, conducting a simple probe into the unknown. Fuming under his breath, he turned a baleful eye on the Telrosian at the Sensor station.

<"Well? Have you found anything yet?"> The officer, nervous under his commanders gaze and fearful of his temper, reluctantly answered.

"N-no sir." Gelish grunted and turned to sit back in his chair. <"Communications."> The officer, a young Telrosian woman, turned and replied in a sultry voice.

"Yes sir?"

<"Contact the fleet and see if they have found anything."> She nodded.

"It will be done." Silence fell over the bridge and the tenseness in the air only thickened. The Captain fumed in his chair, furious thoughts and curses spinning through his mind at a rapid pace. He had been faithful to Telros, served in his name and had done the High Council's will whenever it asked for him, so why in the name of the great god was he stuck on this ridicu-

"SIR!" He snapped out of his mental rant and glanced at the Sensor officer.

<"What is it?"> The man looked excited.

"We have just finished the regular scan and have picked up something. We have picked up several ships in the area. Several of them seem to be part of some faction, and are very advanced, close to our technology by what I am reading here. The other ship....is far beyond our technology, I have never seen anything like it. And there is a third, with good technology but not as advanced as the others."

The Captain was stunned for a moment, before he leaned forward eyes gleaming. Finally, something interesting; Three new species to negotiate with, this would please the High Council greatly.

The woman from Communications called out. "Sir, the single advanced ship is sending out a message!" Gelish snorted.

<"Send it to my chair screen."> After a moment, it appeared and he carefully read it's contents. Another moment, and he glanced over at the woman.

"Send a message to the fleet, have us go to Yellow Alert. Have troops ready for battle and fighters prepped. Also, have an emergency beacon prepared, in case we need reinforcements. And have it's trigger preset. I want no slipups." She nodded and proceeded to send the message.

"It is done." Gelish smiled, his mandibles clicking in excitement.

<"Good, now open a channel to those vessels out there. I wish to make our presence known, if it isn't already."> The clicking of keys sounded.

"Ready, sir."

Straightening himself, Gelish started.

<"I am Captain Gelish Mul'amar, of the Carrier Light of the Faithful. I am here with a small scout force from the Confederacy of Telros. I seek to open peaceful negotiations in the name of Telros. However, if you seek battle, we will not hesitate to defend ourselves.">

Then he waited, to see their responses.

new contact sire desgeinte them a senondry taget

coms to tau we wish for peace

More vessel's... Just great well that makes things even more importent that they look the other way. For captain Nais, scion of one of the largest family's within the Craftworld of Yvresse, truely it could claim to have member's across all walks of life within Yvresse, was feeling depressed. At this rate he was about to have more Mon-Keigh aboard his vessel than Keigh, it was sickening. Still he had his role to play.
'We might as well make sure everyone knows it's an open invite, hmm do we have anything from system 346.21 aboard?' It was the start of his plan, throughout their wanderings Yvresse had came across many worlds, with many exotic plants and animal life. The tricknow was to present such things to his guests as part of the social enviroment, in the hopes that in their interest he might redirect them.

The Tau where a special concern, a highly expansionist peoples, a redirection towards some Garden world, briming with life would get them out this system fast. If it could be used on a few of the others so much the better. Besides him the young Kionash nodded, fresh to the Path of the Mariner it was his duty to see to the Captains wishes directly, and to pick up the basics of the path he had embarked on.

'Good, prepare the ship for Mon-keigh, ensure non of our vistors are... endangered by the spider's we'll need a Spiritseer on standby. who is on duty, actually nevermind I don't need to know, just make sure who ever it is is ready. And transmit approach vector's. I'll be in the officer's mess when they arrive show, them to me.'