Inquisitor Gallius was more alarmed by the T’au than any of his brethren. What struck him most about them was that their naivety, technological prowess and unwavering belief in progress reminded him of what he had read of Mankind in its glory days, a time known as the Age of Technology. Although much of that period is unknown, some believe that Mankind’s intellectual hubris and unworthy reliance on machines and artificial intelligences brought about the dreaded Age of Strife, a nightmare time of horror and violence. If the T’au were indeed upon that same path, then they represented a larger threat to the Imperium of Man and indeed, the whole galaxy, than any would easily believe.

Codex Tau Empire (8E)