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It's about time to begin Part 3 of Planetary Conquest; a tournament that will see the very stars themselves warred over as some of the greatest and most powerful Sci-Fi factions come together to do battle.The Tau Empire: A young, humanoid and highly technologically-advanced intelligent race who are fighting to expand their interstellar empire and a philosophical concept they call the Greater Good. The Tau claim to be a peaceful race when possible, asking if others will join their cause voluntarily instead of fighting. However, if their peaceful overtures are refused, the Tau may well decide to conquer a planet and add it to their growing interstellar empire for the greater good, destroying anyone who stands against their benign expansions.
The Protoss Protectorate: The protoss are a sapient humanoid race native to Aiur. Their advanced technology complements and enhances their psionic mastery. Protoss culture is built around core philosophies that have been rigidly adhered to for over a millenium. As such, it is difficult for their society to adapt to changing circumstances. The main protoss cultural groups are the Khalai, who adhere to the communal Khala, and the Nerazim, who reject the Khala.
Now these two powerful civilizations will go to war with each other. Will the Tau make the Protoss see the ways of the Greater Good? Or will the Protoss crush these youngsters with Psionic Might? I can't say for sure, but I do know this...
Soon the war will begin. What side will you stand with?
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Whoever wins, we know itll be an awesome battle that deserves a movie.
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I think the Protoss are going to win this one, since while their technology is ancient, it is simply powerful of their own right. They have insanely powerful plasma blasts that can reduce a normal man to a skeleton, have Carriers that can crush fighters and do damage at bigger ships at the same time, and their plasma blades can even cut through the strongest armor. Since the Tau don't really fight in melee and have no psychic abilities, that makes them completely disadvantageous over the Protoss, who are like the Eldar of Starcraft, only not very arrogant, cowardly and selfish. The Protoss could overtax the Tau in melee and psychics but their lesser units wouldn't stand a chance against the most heaviest of Tau hardware, like Battlesuits and their own grav tanks. That would be a huge problem for the Protoss indeed since they the only armored units they have are merely Reavers, Immortals and Colossi. The Protoss has no mechanized capabilities (since they don't have land-based transports) and land based artillery but compensate with orbital support, courtesy of the Spear of Adun. So, while the Protoss lack in proper military logistics, they compensate with ridiculously powerful units and overwhelming psionics, which are generally psychics in the 40k universe.
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The Protoss may be based on the Tau, but they would totally win this one thanks to overuse of Psionic powers. Fuck, they have a tool for any enemy. Base defenses? Corsairs to disable them with disruption web and Reavers to blow them to bits with scarab bombs. Machines? Templars with Psionic Storms to fry them en masse. Enemy troops? Zealots and Dark Templars, the former being heavy infantry with strong armor, shields, energy blades, along with jet boots, and the latter being able to assassinate enemy soldiers with one or two hits. Enemy aircraft? Carriers with interceptors, Dragoons as AA turrets, and Scouts, with their heavy air-to-air missiles. Tough ground units? Archons, with their heavy shields and attack power. Spellcasters? Dark Archons with Feedback. (A spell that damages enemy units with their own mana points.) And I haven't even touched the SCII and LOTV units yet. Outside of fighting an actual Chaos God, the Protoss can win any fight, so long as the enemy doesn't touch their homeworld. They can also go Exterminatus on enemy worlds like the Space Marines do.
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In point! And don`t forget also the Dark Archon Mind Control, even more chaos when entire enemy fleets are turning against own troops
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Or you mind control enemy workers and can build their own stuff against them!
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Haha yeah, I know that move xD
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It was always fun to build your own custom force of Terran, Protoss, and Zerg.
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Protoss are based on the eldar:
-both have ,,fallen" brothers in form of the nerazim and the tal'darin by the protoss and the dark eldar by the... eldar.
-both were once a superpower in there galaxy,but ow how the mighty have fallen.The difference here is that the protoss have build themself effectivly back up again.
-do I NEED to mention that both species are at the peak of the using of psionic powers or are at least exelent with it?
-both are the most anvanced fractions in there galaxy and the dldar are only rivalled by the unliving necrons.
-both can get incedibly old and the training of there soliders can take decates,but then they are very good.
-bending time and space is like hacking: hurts as fuck and you can do shit against it.
-both have a giand problem with dark,god-like beingsthat has much to do with there past,pesents and future.The difference again os here that the dark ,,god" of the protoss (amon) is death or at least defeated,but a greate chaosgod on slaaneshs level is basicaly not to get rid of.
Just some points here to show.
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Yes indeed they have many similarities. But Protoss are very original species after all. Physically they are most probably reptiles and are more like Predators, or Skaarj, they are not humanoids. And unlike Eldars, who often like spam tactics, Protoss focus everything on quality in all meanings - physical strength, durable body, claws and of course superior intellect and psionic power, their single units can fight armies of other enemies even more like Space Marines.
I would like a lot to see Protoss in action in Warhammer series
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No shit, Starcraft was made by Warhammer fans who were butthurt that they couldn't make a Warhammer game.
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You mean orkish pussys without real dakka
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Instead, the Dwarves have all the Dakka.
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Haha, you explained all in one post xD Nothing more to add, Protoss are born killer machines able to probably even shred enemies with bare hands and claws, and then eat
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Protoss aren't borne killing-machines,they are acutally the ,,pure of form" in the infinite cycel of the xel'nagar or they would be if amon didn't had fuckt all up because it was to slow for him.
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They don't need to eat. They can live with only water and light.
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For sure they need lot of light and psionic energy to live and feel good, but they must also build their bodies from something. So they must eat something or absorb various minerals in some way.
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They absorbe some kind of radiation.
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The Starcraft wiki does state that even an unarmed protoss has claws and is dangerous
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And can stay in open space vacuum without clothes, they are naturally well armored
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More likely than not, there would be a couple of stalemate battles before the Protoss realize how many Tyranids, Orks, Humans, and Dark Eldar are prowling the galaxy, and they join the Tau Empire willingly to survive.
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So long as the Tyranids, Orks, humans, and Dark Eldar never find out the location of Aiur, the Protoss would just keep on bombing those worlds where they live. So an alliance with the Tau is unlikely, unless it's both Empires at stake.
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Does the Tau have detectors? Because I don't remember them having any the last time I played. Toss wins with a DT rush
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Pathfinders and Vespids.
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DT rush. Yikes.
And I thought Zealot rushes were crazy.
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They have Pathfinders no ?
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Hey scarecrow, since Legacy of the Void has come out, will you add on to this for the new heroes?
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Right? The various protoss factions from it would alter the outcomes drastically. Though I feel as though the Tal'darim would be at a decided disadvantage against the tau.
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Maybe but let's be honest, I'm only here to see Alarak beat up someone.
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Ha, I could see him smashing a riptide down then beaming a manta into scrap, while his ascendants spam little balls of electric death into the Tau firing lines. Pity they didn't spread the units evenly over each faction- Tal'darim zealots would probably be outrageous beatsticks.
I did, however, love the Nerazim units.
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But dat tal'darim mothership doe.
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Most units specialize in a role, crowd control, anti-armor. . . but the mothership?
THE MOTHERSHIP DOESN'T FUCK WITH THAT SHIT
THE MOTHERSHIP CAME TO KILL AND DESTROY
AND SO THAT
IS WHAT ITS GONNA DO!
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Thid id the most posdible outcome
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Actually, considering who they are, that's an entirely a possible option.
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So it can happen? They can just sit, talk, and handshake I call it a day?
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They may be one of the few combinations that could work things out. Raynor and his men probably could as well. The Citadel Alliance also seems like they'd try peace first if they thought they could.
So yeah, this one could potentially end in peace.
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Good because those are two of my favorite groups.
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The protoss have everything needed to fight the Tau, and way more beefiness than any other race they've fought, methinks.
Let's see- DT vs stealthsuits? DTs are completely invisible. Unless the Stealthsuits have detection, the DTs will rip them to shreds. If they do, it becomes a case of "can they kill them all before melee?" (aka every tau game ever 
Fire Warrior vs Zealot: Zealots should be at least as tanky as spacemarines, with both power armour and plasma shields. Add to that their charge ability, and they will just rush into close combat and shred them.
Immortal vs Hammerhead: ...is that even fair? The immortal is specifically designed to rip heavy support vehicles apart, and the stronger the attack coming at it is, the stronger the shield gets. The hammerhead's rail cannon would be pretty useless, and then it's all over when the immortal gets within firing range.
Broadside v. colossus: not really much of a realistic matchup, as both are designed as heavy fire support for the rest of the army. My guess is that the colossus, being titan-sized, would soak up the shots and fry the broadside.
Templars vs battlesuit: another poor fit- the templar is designed to snipe specialists and cast anty-infantry abilities. Crisis battlesuits are neither, and would rip them apart with their massed firepower.
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Those who brush off the protoss psychic powers as the Tau being immune to them, it should be noted that they are immune only to the mind altering effects. Warpfire and PSY STORMS destroy them. High templars can decimate entire platoons with a single thought.
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also the protoss don't draw power from the warp they draw it from a different source nor does that seem to affect their ability to effect those who aren't connected to it such as humans and zerg whose psionics don't seem to be connected to what the protoss use and they could still use a lot of that power after they disconnected themselves from it as well
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so the choice is Tau or Tau ripoff got you i'll go with my boys the tau. For the greater good baby!
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tau came out a few years after SC1. SO, its either protoss, or the weeaboo space commie rip offs.
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Protoss seem to Echo the Eldar more.
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I bet that the protoss will win, sure the tau are good, but the second the protoss send in arbiters and carrier's, the tau are done for.
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i give it to the Protoss...Tau are actually fairly primitive comparatively. their ships and space travel are well behind everything in 40K. and the Protoss have enough shielding to get into Close Quarters.
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They're not that far behind in space they can travel 1/3 the speed of the imperials and beside Warp capabilities they're pretty much better every where else.
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pretty much better everywhere else....
-mistakes deamons for a a species that farsight obviously exterminated to the last
-trust the Dark Eldar
-try negotiating with the Tyranids
-use unbridled AI (no mater the sci-fi a AI that has a weak regulatory system always backfires, and 40k follows suit big time)
-have never had anti-mater weaponry (Admech is still capable of producing the occasional dark-fire lance cannon and the cyclonic torpedo)
-shielding is 1/3rd of imperial ships, they rely on their hops to outmaneuver their enemies
-lance weaponry 1/3rd the power of imperial ships
-only just producing overpriced power-weapon prototypes
i give the tau their robotics, their robots alone make them superior to StarCraft's Protoss but the protoss have experience with all the things the Tau choose to remain blissfully ignorant of, I think the Protoss would stand a better chance in 40k than the Tau (though we don't really need a Eldar clone). Lore wise the Tau are a fairly weak Empire, (the Rak'ghul pose just as much a threat) and for that i actually respect some of their lore. While other bits of it are Mary Sue and i dislike Mary sue, saying they are great "just cuz" doesn't suit me, most of opening battles of the Damocles Crusade were the tau writers going "and we kill titans cuz we can." well that's good and all but on Table Top so can a single guardsman, but in lore titans can destroy a hive spire in a single shot, and when in the confined atmosphere of a arch-mechanicus a single plasma destroyer shot nearly destroys the whole vessel (and most titan weapons are still considered too weak to be viable for space combat) Protoss Carriers are viable for both space and land combat, and the protoss use just as many drones as the Tau do when it comes to space combat.
If it weren't for the new gundam...i mean riptide i'd say this was a hands down fight as the Tau struggle against the crumbs of the imperium as the Tyranids suck of most of if not all the military might humanity has to offer in the Ultima Segmentum. generally since both the Tau and Protoss have near equal sized holdings i'd say that without their new riptide suit the tau would be crushed by sheer superior quality from the Protoss as every protoss has a shield, every protoss is as old and experienced as a eldar, and Protoss generally have superior tech.
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are orcs an option? if not I choose tau, only because they stand on piles of skulls while that protectorate floats in space wondering why he's even there to begin with :3
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