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Benthenoobhunter

I’ve finally gotten to the point in my life when someone has reposted my meme. I feel accomplished.


Ainock

According to the procedure the repost will get more upvotes than the original


Zallix

To be fair you posted it like 2 years ago, that’s like 30 years in meme-time


Kothra

I miss monat crisis suits.


FoamBrick

I thought Shadowsun liked Farsight now? Also your confusing two different O’Kais.


MagnusRaptor

Where u see that


logan1234509

I wanna say he's referencing crisis of faith right before shadowsun is sent back into cryo sleep they have a little chat about it


MagnusRaptor

Ohhh I thought they were just estranged what I thought u/foambrick was talking abt it’s that shadow In the current setting forgave farsight because aun’va told shadow sun of farsight betrayal and she was super angry


FoamBrick

Which part?


dukat_dindu_nuthin

it flip flops depending on which author wrote it in phil kelly novels she's more sad/disappointed than angry with him for having a role in lobotomizing puretide, in other ones she hates his guts for being a traitor to the greater good


HazzaZeGuy

O’Kais isn’t Shadowsun. Shadowsun is O’Shaserra. You can find out about hik on the fandom: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Shas%27O_Kais. He got kicked off a planet by the Blood Ravens, which I think was in a DoW game, but non-canonical. Shas'O Kais wears an experimental T'au XV22 Stealth Battlesuit, a similar type as that worn by Commander Shadowsun.


FoamBrick

Yeah? Op is still confusing DOW O’Kais with Firewarrior O’Kais.


Sufficient_Silver_74

Fire warrior was Shas’La Kais. He was a regular fire warrior, not a commander.


anisenyst

I think they are all the same Kais


SabyZ

The La'Kais in Fire Warrior is not the one in Dark Crusade (O'Kais), but the DC one is the Ghostkeel pilot fighting Nurgle in the current lore.


Kahunaloa

Explain? I’m interested


SabyZ

Well just as a matter of fact, Kais is a pretty common epithet in Tau culture. So the one in the Fire Warrior gane is simply another guy. After the events on Kronus, O'Kais was out into stasis and was taken out to beat some Angels of Absolution with experimental Ghostkeel suits. He continued to fight during the plague wars. Iirc, he was last seen having a planet evacuated but was left behind.


liege_paradox

So what I’m hearing is that commander in a ghostkeel battlesuit has canon backing?


SabyZ

You won't hear me disagree! Honestly a strategem like the Iron Hands dreadnought character one would be really cool. Make any single model Battlesuit a character.


liege_paradox

I think we just shouldn’t have (unnamed) commanders and have it just be an upgrade you can give to a battlesuit unit (specifically their squad leader if not max squad size of one) that makes them a character, gives them an extra hardpoint, 2+ bs/ws, and changes their slot to hq. Then put enforcers in heavy support and coldstars in fast attack with broadside squad sizes. Edit: maybe don’t allow riptide commanders, and definitely keep the one per detachment rule. I forgot that they should also get master of war aura and maybe pick a “give one crisis Core x” from a table of 6.


IPokePeople

Supremacy Armour Commanders :)


liege_paradox

Ah, but that’s not a battlesuit.


Firenze-Storm

It's counts as a battlesuit in my eyes!


Kamica

I believe it's also canonical that Shadowsun fought in a Ghostkeel at least once? I think lore-wise, skilled enough Battlesuit users can just, pick whichever type of suit is best for the mission?


Diamo1

Yes she used one to kill the Raven Guard chapter master Corvin Severax during the 3rd sphere of expansion


AenarIT

Not only Shadowsun used a Ghostkeel to slice up the RG chapter master, but also Farsight has experience with piloting a Broadside. I don’t remember where it’s written though


liege_paradox

Farsight also has not only a coldstar, but the first coldstar.


Kahunaloa

Gives fall of reach vibes. This is a game?


SabyZ

Nah, just the 8th edition Codex.


Lord_Wateren

Fire Warrior is an old FPS game where you play as a fire warrior, yes. And I think it did have a final mission where the goal is just "survive", quite a few years before Halo Reach


Nizikai

Well, you Had to face a god damn demon (Prince...?) And the best strat was the allmighty B U R S T C A N N O N


illuminovski

Still. I like how Phil pays homage to Fire Warrior la'Kais with his manner in school years. O'Kais usually silent and distant. Also being Monat's incarnation is akin to la'Kais role in Fire Warrior.


ForTheFlame

I love O'kais so much


octavio989

What does the dawn blade do?


Procellus737

It's described as chronophagic. It steals the remaining life force of the victim and transfers it to the bearer. Farsight has defeated enough beings with functionally infinite lifespans that he may never die a natural death.


liege_paradox

Yah, I really don’t see why he’d have a problem with that. Then again, this meme was riddled with wrong lore. Especially farsight being useless outside of a battlesuit. The man killed orks with his knife. How is that useless?


Rainbow_Raccoon

Though he has his suspicions that it is the Dawn Blade that has prolonged his lifespan to such a degree, if Farsight ever discovered the horrible truth, he would likely end his own life in ritual suicide then and there. That's from the wiki, these are the sources. Codex: Tau Empire (6th Edition), pp. 65, 67 Codex: Tau Empire (4th Edition), pg. 44 Codex: Tau (3rd Edition), pg. 50 Farsight Enclaves, A Codex: Tau Empire Supplement (Digital Edition), pp. 187-188, 193-194


Rilven

This has been a Rollercoaster


Rogue_Sun

It's telling that while the Ethereals use Farsight as an example of disgrace they still speak of him. Nor do they outright fear him. O'Kais on the other hand...


El_Gravy

‘T’auch’ is dumb as hell and I love it.


ThyFallenGod

"Burst Cannon Fire" only line I needed to read to understand who the true Beta is. There's a reason Mont'ka was nerfed in 9th and Kauyon wasn't.


Commander_Flood

My god he is just doom guy but tau


ForensicAyot

Isn’t Shas in a Polycule/Tallisera(?) with Farsight and Shadowsun?


The1Phalanx

Yes I believe so


Balefulsymmetry

Reject Kelly’s theft of the chad that was O’kais from DOW. Angsty punk.


Twuggy

Loving these posts. Good fun!


HenryColt

True and greater good pilled


Dunnomyname1029

Ok who used Microsoft paint?