Tau Fire Caste

The Fire Caste (Shas) is the Standing Army of the Tau Empire, supplemented by various Auxileries from across the Empire. The Forces of the Tau Fire caste are bred and trained from childhood to serve as soldiers for the Greater Good.

Equipment and Tatics

The Fire Caste's equipment is far more advanced than that of most of that of the Imperium of Man. The Standard Tau Firewarrior is equiped with a Pulse weapons, Plasma based weaponry which have far greater range and firepower than than that of the standard Imperial Guard. Elite Fire Caste Soldiers are equiped Power Armor including Combat Battlesuits (XV-8 Crisis), Artillery Battlesuits (XV-88 Broadside) and cloaked Battlesuits (VX-15 and VX-25). Tau Armored Fighting Vehicles are antigravity based and are armed with advanced missile systems and Railguns. This already formidable technological arsenal is already is constantly being improved, expanded and refined by the Tau Earth Caste.

Fire Caste tactics are based around Mobility and Long Range Firepower, making heavy use of such equipment as Armored Personnel carriers, jetpacks and laser guided missiles. Tau Rarely fortify positions on the field save for things such as cities.