Name: Tyr’et

Type: Forge world

Population: 900,000

Industry: Production and repairs, mainly focused on suits and ships.

PDF: 100,000

Garrison: 20,000 of the main force. (Inc: Battlesuits, Fire warriors etc…) & 200,000 imperial guard

Orbital Defenses: A normal Tau station flying above the planet housing the Kor caste members aswell as the main fleet.

Name: Viet’ra

Type: Agri-world

Population: Ca. 50,000

Industry: Food

PDF: 10,000

Garrison: 10,000 Infantry (Fire warriors, Pathfinders, etc…) and 1,000 Battlesuits. Also 50,000 Imperial Guard

Orbital Defenses: ---

Name: Kat’res (Formerly known as Bardik IV)

Type: Civilised world

Population: 23,000,000,0

Industry: Self-sufficient.

PDF: 16,000,000

Garrison: 50,000 Fire warriors ‘n Pathfinders ‘n such. 10,000 Battlesuits. And the final 200,000 imperial guard.

Orbital Defenses: ---

Battleships

2 Explorer Class Battleships
2 Custodian Class Battleships

Cruisers

2 Merchant Class Cruisers
2 Emissary Class Cruisers
10 Hero Class Cruisers
6 Protector Class Cruisers

Escorts

5 Messenger Class Escorts
20 Defender Class Escorts
20 Orca Gunship Escorts
15 Warden Class Escorts
10 Castellan Heavy Class Escorts

With a total of:

4 Battleships
20 Cruisers
70 Escorts

Numbers

430,000 Infantry (Fire warriors, Pathfinders, etc…)
84,000 Battlesuits
450,000 Imperial Guard/Gue'Vesa. All of them busy garrisoning planets

210,000 Pilots
122,000 Aircrafts

Hardware

Suits
XV8 Crisis suits
XV25 Stealth suits
XV9 Hazard suits
XV88 Broadside suits
XV104 Riptide suit
XV107 R’varna (Assuming they’re allowed.)

All avalible extra hardware for any suit is here when thinking about the entire army, but all suits have been assigned to special teams and outfitted accordingly. Be aware that, due to the Expeditions long time away from Tau space and the hazards of the world, a lot of equipment is either malfunctioning or ruined.

Infantry

All avalible extra hardware for any infantry is here when thinking about the entire army, but all suits have been assigned to special teams and outfitted accordingly. Be aware that, due to the Expeditions long time away from Tau space and the hazards of the world, a lot of equipment is either malfunctioning or ruined.

Vehicles

Tetra
Devilfish
Hammerhead /w Rail guns and Ion cannons
Sky ray

Aerial

Barracuda
Manta
Orca Dropship
Tiger Shark
Sun Shark (Destroyed)
Razorshark (Destroyed)

The Ver’Kav expedition … The largest risk the Tau empire had ever taken.

In 42M after word of what had transpired in the Imperium had reached the ears of the Tau Empire a meeting was immediately called between all the most renowned admirals, commanders and Ethereals was held, focusing on what the Tau Empire should do. The meeting lasted many weeks debating on what course of action would be best until a decision was finally made. They would send out large expeditionary fleets with the intent on gaining a stronger foothold toward imperial space and to gain more information on the happenings in the universe.

Five expeditions were planned, the largest of these, by far, was the Ver’Kav expedition, it was agreed this expedition would be lead by Shas’O Kalis. It’s goal was to head towards the Segmentum Tempestus before changing course towards the Segmentum Solar. Once there it was their goal to enlighten as many worlds as possible towards the greater good aswell as attempting to dislodge the imperial presence in the Segmentum. The journey was a hard and long one, taking a considerable ammount of time to move around on their journey towards the Segmentum, the journey taking it’s toll upon the men of the expedition. After an excruciating journey they would finally arrive, a few saying they only made the journey due to Kalis’ sheer willpower.

After arriving they travelled to the nearest sector, managing to convert it surprisingly fast. This however caught the attention of the local space marine chapter, The Golden Vindicators. The Vindicators, infamous for disregarding the Codex Astartes and for their poor quality of Marines, would lead a fullscale attack against the Tau occupying the sector. The Vindicators however were outnumbered 200 to 1 and were quickly surrounded and then massacred by the Tau and their new Gue’vesa allies. This was not to say the Vindicators went down without a fight, taking with them an enormous ammount of Tau forces with them in the battle. In a last stand, they prepared their ultimate weapon. Their remaining fleet ships were sabotaged as to cause a mass explosion before being sent towards the Tau fleet. The outcome was a terrible loss, loosing half over half their expedition force and badly damaging the remnants. The casualties were tremendous and among the dead bodies and wrecks of ships was the body of Shas’O Kalis and the Flagship ‘’New Hope’’.

After this catastrophic event the upper-echelon of the remaining forces held a counsel where they would choose their new leader. After a rather short meeting Kor’O Bloodwave decided upon the Shas’el Fireblade known as Tyr’vu as their new commander.

Lacking the resources required to fully repair their fleet or go back home they can do nothing but press on in this grimdark world in hopes of finding a solution.