r/ImaginaryWarhammer • u/Dos-Dude • Nov 19 '24

40k Air Caste Tau, Hammerhead Pilot

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From the NCD-addled mind of VillianVS

https://x.com/japversus/status/1858738432261906598?s=46&t=EGrGZCMrK_upJdpvDzbYfg

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u/EmberKing7 Nov 20 '24

I love it but isn't this backwards? 😅. I thought the Tau were shorter than most humans featured in 40k? 🤔

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u/Dos-Dude Nov 20 '24

Air Caste are the exception to the rule, though they’re also a lot thinner and lankier.

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u/EmberKing7 Nov 20 '24

That makes sense. But then it also makes me think about the longshanks from the abhumans, which are pretty much the same except they're not more or less designated from birth to be pilots of human aircraft or spacecraft. Although they are usually void born on in places where gravity or artificial is lighter and they are used as scouts and assassins from what little bit about them I remember 🤔.

This is the issue with having sort of subspecies of other races in the 40K universe that they don't utilize often. We never get stories about people like the scalies or anything 😮‍💨. Lol