Tau 9.0

Codex: T’au Empire Drones
This opus uses the special rules and wargear lists Refer to the Drone section on page 20 of this opus for
found in Codex: T’au Empire. If a rule differs from the a full list of drone models and rules on how to include
and implement them in your warband.
Codex, it will be clearly stated.
The points are intended for the model WITHOUT the Bonding Knife Ritual
equipment listed, you need to add the costs of the This special rule works as stated in the T’au Codex in
wargear you can find in the points value section of the regards to the basic morale test and the Nerve test. In
T’au Empire Codex. regards to the Rout test, do not count models with
the Bonding Knife Ritual ability when determining
your threshold.
Faction Keywords
All models in this opus have the T’au Empire Damage Tables
keyword. There are two units in this opus that have damage
tables added to their data sheets, namely the XV88
Broadside Battlesuit and the TX4 Piranha. In both
Model Availability cases refer to the wound characteristics to determine
You must adhere to the following model requirements what stats they must use.
when building your Warband:
● 1 Leader model
● 1-20 Core models
● 0-5 Special models
Sept Tenets
You can select a Sept tenant from Codex: T’au Empire,
or you can create your own using the Custom Sept
Tenant rules on page 3.
All Sept tenets from the codex function as described

in the codex, with the exception of the Sa’cea Sept,
which is amended as thus:
“Add 1 to the Leadership characteristic of models with

this tenet. In addition, in the Shooting phase you can
re-roll up to 5 of your warbands failed hit rolls..
Markerlights
For the purposes of HoR, do not use the rules for
Markerlights as outline in the Codex. Instead, refer to
the ‘Markerlights’ rule on the following page for how
to implement them in game-play.
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Custom Sept Tenants
Instead of selecting a Sept Tenant from Codex: Tau Empire, you can create your own Sept and Sept tenant. The name
of your Sept can be one selected from the canon or it can be one of your own creation. The name of your selected
Sept will replace the <Sept> keyword.
To generate your own Sept Tenant select two of the traits below and apply it to your Warband.
Traits DESCRIPTION
When resolving an attack made with a ranged weapon by a Battlesuit model with this
Stabilization Software
tenet, that model does not suffer the penalty for moving and firing Heavy weapons.
War-Bonded Soldiers Increase the range of the For the Greater Good ability to 9" for units with this tenet.
Add 1 to Advance rolls made for Jet Pack units with this tenet. Add 2" to the Move
Subsonic Jets
characteristic of Jet Pack models with this tenet.
Conviction of Spirit Add 1 to the Leadership characteristic of models with this tenet.
When resolving an attack made with a high-yield missile pod, missile pod, seeker missile, or
Iridium Warheads smart missile system by a model with this tenet, improve the Armour Penetration
characteristic of that weapon by 1 for that attack (e.g. AP 0 becomes AP -1).
When resolving an attack made by a Battlesuit, Vehicle, or Specialist Drone model with
Superior Command
this tenet against a unit that has one or more markerlight counters, re-roll a wound roll of
Net
1.
Add 4" to the Range characteristic of Assault and Grenade weapons models with this tenet
Hybridized Wargear
are equipped with.
If, in your Movement phase, a Battlesuit or Vehicle model with this tenet does not move
Talented Pilots or moves a distance less than half its Move characteristic, until the end of the turn, when
resolving an attack made with a ranged weapon by that model, re-roll a wound roll of 1.
High Latency Power

Models with the Drone keyword with this tenet increase their Move characteristic by 2".
Cells
Multi-vectored
A Battlesuit unit with this tenet can Advance when it Falls Back.
Thrusters
Accelerated Burst Burst cannons models with this tenet are equipped with have an Armour Penetration
Cannons characteristic of -1.
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Markerlights
If a model fires a Markerlight, it cannot fire any other weapons in that phase. When a model is hit by a Markerlight,
place a Markerlight counter next to it for the remainder of the phase.
The table below describes the benefits models with the T’au Empire keyword have when shooting at a model that
has Markerlight counters. All benefits are cumulative.
# of MLs Markerlight Benefits
• You can re-roll hit rolls of 1 for friendly units with the T’au Empire keyword against the marked
model.
• Friendly units with the T’au Empire keyword can ignore the marked model if targeting another
model behind it in the Shooting phase.
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• Friendly units with the T’au Empire keyword can ignore the Threat Identification Protocols rule
when attacking the marked model.
• Seeker Missiles can be used to target this model even if it is not visible to the firing model.
• Friendly units with the T’au Empire keyword that are set up on the battlefield partway through
the battle thanks to an ability can be placed more than 8” from this unit, rather than 9”.
2 • Seeker Missiles fired at this model use the firing model’s Ballistic Skill (including any relevant
modifiers) rather than hitting on a 6s.
• The target model does not gain any bonus to its saving throws for being in cover.
• Friendly units with the T’au Empire keyword do do not suffer the penalty for moving and firing
Heavy weapons or Advancing and firing Assault Weapons when targeting this model.
3 the battle thanks to an ability can be placed more than 7” from this unit, rather than 9”.
• You can re-roll failed charge rolls for friendly units with the T’au Empire keyword that select
the marked model as a charge target.
• Friendly units with the T’au Empire keyword add 1 to their hit rolls when targeting the marked
model.
4 the battle thanks to an ability can be placed more than 6” from this unit, rather than 9”.
• Rapid Fire weapons that target the marked model double their attacks at full range, rather than
half range
• Seeker Missiles that target the marked model hit on a roll of 2+, ignoring all modifiers.
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Philosophies
The T’au Empire has access to many exclusive Philosophies. You can choose to use a philosophy from bellow, or from
ones found in the Heralds of Ruin Rule book (remember warbands are limited to one Philosophy per game.
++ Philosophies ++
Disciples of Mont’ka
Disciples of Kauyon
Gain 1 CP at the end of each friendly Movement
Gain 1 CP at the end of each Movement phase if at
phase if at least half of your units Remained Stationary
least half of your units Advanced in that phase.
in that phase.
Puretide Aspirants Driven Expansionists
Gain 1 CP if, before the beginning of the battle, you Gain 1 CP at the beginning of each round if you control
declare that you will only use T’au Empire Stratagems. the most tactical objectives, or, you have models in your
opponents deployment zone and your opponent has
none in yours.
Danger Close Operatives Gunship Diplomats
Gain 1 CP at the beginning of each round if there are less Gain 1 CP for every enemy model with the biker
friendly Core and Special models on the battlefield than keyword you destroy and gain 2 CP for every enemy
enemy ones. model with the vehicle keyword you destroy.
Death by a Thousand Blows

High Priority Targets
Once at least half of the enemy Warband’s Core or

+5 CP. If your Leader is destroyed, lose 5 CP. If you had
Special models have been destroyed, gain 2 CP. Once all
less than 5 CP left, your opponent gains CP equal to the
of your opponent’s Core or Special models have been
difference.
destroyed, or if the enemy Leader is destroyed, gain 1
CP.”
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Stratagems
The T’au and their Auxiliaries have access to many exclusive Tactical Actions. You can choose to use a tactical action
from bellow in addition to the ones found in the Heralds of Ruin rule book.
Actions Cost Description
Use this stratagem if your Leader that has the T’au Empire keyword is being targeted with
Benevolent a ranged or melee attack. Select a friendly model with the T’au Empire and Infantry
1 CP
Sacrifice keywords within 3” of your Leader; that model intercepts that hit – the Leader does not
lose a wound but the intercepting model suffers a mortal wound.
Use this stratagem in the Shooting phase. Pick one model with the Pathfinder keyword.
Recon Sweep 1 CP
That model may forego its shooting and move up to D6” as if it were the movement phase.
Use this stratagem in the Shooting phase. Select up to two friendly models armed with a
Breach and Pulse Breachers, they may re-roll wound rolls against models in cover or within a structure.
1 CP / 2CP
Clear You can spend 2 CP instead of 1 when using this stratagem. If you do, you can select an
additional two models armed with Pulse Breachers.
Failsafe Use this stratagem if a friendly model with the Battlesuit keyword loses its last wound.
1 CP
Detonator Roll a d6, on a 2+ one enemy model within 3” of that model suffers a mortal wound.
Use this stratagem after a friendly Kroot Hound successfully completes a charge move.
Hunting
1 CP Until the end of the phase, you can re-roll failed charge rolls for other friendly Kroot
Grounds
Hounds that select a model within engagement range of that model.
Use this stratagem when a friendly unit with the Kroot keyword suffers a wound or mortal
Regressive
1 CP wound. If the unit has a genetic totem, you can remove the totem from its datasheet and
Regen
the wound is ignored. If you are playing in a campaign the totem must be repurchased.
Use this stratagem when a friendly unit with the Kroot and Infantry keywords
successfully destroys an enemy model with the Infantry Keyword in the Fight phase. If the
defeated unit has a faction keyword that matches the title of a Genetic Totem (i.e. the Ork
keyword and Ork Totem), that friendly model may take that totem as part of its equipment
Genetic for the remainder of the battle.
1 CP / 2 CP
Harvest
If the Kroot unit defeats a unit with the Psyker keyword, it can choose to assimilate the
Psyker Strain instead of the species specific totem, but it cannot assimilate both.
If you are playing in a campaign, you can spend 2 tactical points instead of 1 to make that
totem a permanent addition to your units datasheet.
Automated
Use this stratagem if a unit with the Vehicle or Battlesuit keyword in your warband has
Repair 2 CP
lost a wound . That unit regains a single lost wound.
Systems
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Actions Cost Description
Uplinked Use this stratagem when you place a Markerlight marker on an enemy unit. Place an
2 CP
Markerlight additional D3 Markerlight markers on that unit.
Use this stratagem at the end of your opponent’s Movement phase if there is an enemy
model within 12” of a Kroot Hunter or Kroot Shaper. Roll a D6. Subtract 1 from the result if
Concealed the targeted unit is your opponent’s Leader. If the unit is within 3” of another enemy unit
2 CP
Booby Traps add 1 to the roll. On a 4+ you can target the enemy model with a grenade as if it was the
Shooting phase, ignoring the weapons range and line-of-sight. On a 7+ the grenade
automatically hits.
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Inspiring Presence
The T’au Empire and their Auxiliaries have access to several exclusive Inspiring Presence auras that you can select
from, in addition to those presented in the Heralds of Ruin rulebook.
++ Inspiring Presence ++
Each time an inspired model is destroyed roll a D6. On a 4+, that model can attack as if it were the
Vengeful Salvo
Shooting phase before being removed from the battlefield.
Each time you use a stratagem that targets an inspired model, roll a D6, on a 4+ you regain 1 of
Tenets of Puretide
the spent command points. You can only regain one CP per turn in this way.
Secondary Missions
The T’au and their Auxiliaries have access several exclusive Secondary Missions that you can select from instead of
the ones presented in the main rulebook.
++ Secondary Missions ++
Score 1 VP each time an enemy model that had a Markerlight on it is destroyed during your
Acquiring Targets
shooting phase..
Maintaining Score 2 VP at the end of each of your movement phases if you had friendly models within
Formation engagement range of enemy models at the start of that phase and none of the Fell Back.
At the end of each turn, score 1 VP if at least one enemy model was destroyed by attacks made by a
Drone Warfare friendly model with the Drone keyword in that turn. Score 2 VP instead if at least one enemy model
was destroyed by attacks made by a friendly model with the Specialist Drone keyword in that turn.
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Ethereal 55 pts
M WS BS S T W A Ld Sv
6” 3+ 4+ 3 3 4 3 9 5+
WARGEAR • Honour Blade
SKILLS • Failure Is Not An Option: As long as this unit is on the field, you warband automatically passes
all Morale tests.
• Invocation of the Elements: In your Movement phase, this model may invoke one of the
elemental powers below. All friendly models within 6” of this model that have the T’au
Empire, and Infantry or Battlesuit keywords, gain the relevant benefit until the start of your
next turn. A unit can only be affected be the same elemental power once per battle round.
◦ Calm of Tides: Affected units hit on a roll of a 5+, rather than 6+, when firing Overwatch
(T’au Sept units, instead hit on a roll of 4+).
◦ Storm of Fire: Re-roll hit rolls of 1 for affected units in the Shooting phase.
◦ Sense of Stone: Whenever a model suffers a wound or mortal wound, roll a D6; on a 5+,
wound or mortal wound is ignored.
◦ Zephyr’s Grace: When an affected unit advances, you can add 6” to its Movement
characteristic instead of rolling a die.
OPTIONS • May replace its Honour Blade with Equalizers.

• May take items from the Grenades list.
• May take one item from the Leader Armoury.
• May take up to two Drones.
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Ethereal
Cadre Fireblade 45 pts
6” 3+ 2+ 3 3 4 3 8 4+
WARGEAR • Pulse rifle, Markerlight, Photon grenade
SKILLS • For the Greater Good

• Volley Fire: Friendly <Sept> models within 6" of this unit , may fire an extra shot when
shooting pulse weapons at a target within half their weapon’s range.
OPTIONS • May replace its Pulse rifle with a Pulse carbine or a Pulse blaster.
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Cadre Fireblade
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Fire Warrior Shas’ui 19 pts
6” 5+ 3+ 3 3 3 2 7 4+
WARGEAR • Pulse Rifle, Photon Grenade
SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual
OPTIONS • May replace its Pulse Rifle with a Pulse Carbine or a Pulse Blaster.
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Fire Warrior
Pathfinder Shas’ui 21 pts
7” 5+ 3+ 3 3 3 2 7 5+
WARGEAR • Pulse carbine, Photon grenade
SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual, Vanguard
OPTIONS • May replace its Pulse carbine with an Ion rifle or a Rail rifle.
• May take up to two drones.
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Pathfinder
Kroot Shaper 25 pts
7” 3+ 3+ 3 3 5 3 7 6+
WARGEAR • Kroot Rifle, Ritual Blade, Photon Grenade
SKILLS • Wisest of their Kind, The Shaper Commands
OPTIONS • May replace its Kroot Rifle with a Pulse Rifle, a Pulse Carbine, or a Pulse Blaster.
• May take up to two Genetic totems.
• May take a Drone.
KEYWORDS • Kroot, Infantry
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Vespid Strain Leader 25 pts
14” 4+ 3+ 3 4 5 2 8 4+
WARGEAR • Neutron Blaster, Photon Grenade
SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual
OPTIONS • May take items from the Grenades list.

KEYWORDS • Vespid, Infantry, Fly
XV25 Stealth Shas’vre 34 pts
8” 5+ 3+ 4 4 4 3 8 3+
WARGEAR • Burst Cannon
SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual, Camouflage Fields, Infiltrators
OPTIONS • May replace its Burst Cannon with a Fusion Blaster.

• May take a Markerlight & Target lock.
• May take a Support system
• May take a drone.
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Fly, XV25 Stealth Battlesuit
XV8 Crisis Shas’vre 40 pts
8” 5+ 3+ 5 5 5 3 8 3+
SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual, Manta Strike
OPTIONS • May replace its Burst Cannon with up to three items from the Crisis weapons and/or Support
Systems list.
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Fly, Crisis Battlesuit
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XV88 Broadside Shas’vre 50 pts
5” 5+ 3+ 5 5 6-3 2 7 2+
3” 6+ 4+ 2-1
WARGEAR • Heavy Rail Rifle
RULES • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual

• Specialist Battlesuit: Only one XV88 Broadside Battlesuit or XV9 Hazard Battlesuit can be
included in your Warband.
• Anchor Shot: Add one to hit rolls made for this unit in the Shooting phase if it remained
stationary in your previous Movement phase.
OPTIONS • May replace its Heavy Rail Rifle with two Multi-Yield Missile Pods.
• May take up to two items from the Broadside secondary weapons and/or Support systems list.
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Battlesuit, XV88 Broadside Battlesuit
XV9 Hazard Shas’vre 75 pts
8” 5+ 3+ 5 5 5 3 8 3+
WARGEAR • Two Double-Barrelled Burst Cannons
RULES • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual, Photon Casters
OPTIONS • May replace each Double-Barrelled Burst Cannon with a weapon from the Hazard weapons
list.
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Battlesuit, Jet Pack, Fly, Xv9 Hazard Suit
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Fire Warrior 9 pts
6” 5+ 4+ 3 3 1 1 6 4+
WARGEAR • Pulse Rifle, Photon Grenade
OPTIONS • May replace its Pulse Rifle with a Pulse Carbine or a Pulse Blaster.
• May take a Pulse Pistol.
• For every three Fire Warriors in your Warband one may take a Drone.
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Fire Warrior
Pathfinder 11 pts
7” 5+ 4+ 3 3 1 1 6 5+
WARGEAR • Pulse Carbine, Markerlight, Photon Grenade
OPTIONS • For every three Pathfinders in your warband one may replace their Pulse Carbine &
Markerlight with an Ion Rifle or Rail Rifle.
• May take a Pulse Pistol.
• For every three Pathfinders in your warband one may take a Drone.
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Pathfinder
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Kroot Carnivore 6 pts
7” 3+ 4+ 3 3 1 1 6 6+
WARGEAR • Kroot Rifle
RULES • Stealthy Hunters
OPTIONS • May take a Kroot Pistol

• May take a Genetic Totem.
Kroot Hound 6 pts
12” 3+ 6+ 3 3 1 2 5 6+
WARGEAR • Ripping Fangs
RULES • Voracious Predators

• Hunting Pair: Your Warband cannot include more Kroot Hounds than it does Kroot Infantry
models.
KEYWORDS • Kroot, Beast
Vespid Stingwing 14 pts
14” 4+ 4+ 3 4 1 2 8 4+
WARGEAR • Neutron Blaster
RULES • Plunge from the sky
KEYWORDS • Vespid, Infantry
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XV25 Stealth Battlesuit 18 pts
8” 5+ 4+ 4 4 2 2 7 3+
RULES • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual, Infiltrator, Camouflage Fields
OPTIONS • May replace its Burst cannon with a Fusion blaster.

• May take a Support System.
• May take a Drone.
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Battlesuit, Jet Pack, Fly
Kroot Hunter 15 pts
7” 3+ 3+ 3 3 3 3 7 6+
WARGEAR • Kroot Rifle
RULES • Natural Stalker: During deployment, you can set up this model in pursuit instead of placing it
on the battlefield. At the end of any of your Movement phases it can reveal its hiding place
and attack; set it up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9” away from any enemy
model.
• Relentless Hunter: This model can target an enemy unit even if they are not the closest target
in the Shooting phase.
• Fieldcraft: If this model is receiving the benefit of cover, add 2 instead of 1 to saving throws
made for this model if it receives the benefits of cover.
OPTIONS • May take a Kroot Pistol.

• May take up to two Genetic Totems
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MV41 Heavy Gun Drone 18 pts
8” 5+ 5+ 3 4 3 1 6 4+
WARGEAR • Two Burst Cannons
RULES • For the Greater Good, Saviour Protocols

• Specialist Drone: You can only take a maximum of two MV41 Heavy Gun Drones in your
warband and cannot take any if there is a DX-6 Remora Stealth Drone in your warband.
OPTIONS • May replace one Burst Cannon with a Markerlight
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Drone, Specialist Drone, Fly
Krootox Rider 28 pts
7” 3+ 4+ 6 6 4 2 6 6+
WARGEAR • Kroot Gun, Krootox Fists
RULES • Agile Brute

• May take a Genetic Totem
KEYWORDS • Kroot, Calvary
XV8 Crisis Battlesuit 30 pts
8” 5+ 4+ 5 5 3 2 8 3+
OPTIONS • May replace its Burst Cannon with up to three items from the Crisis weapons and/or Support
Systems list.
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Firesight Marksman 30 pts
5” 5+ 3+ 3 3 3 2 7 4+
WARGEAR • Markerlight, Pulse Pistol
RULES • For the Greater Good, Marksman Stealth Field

• Drone Uplink: Add 1 to hit rolls made for friendly Drone models in the Shooting phase when
attacking an enemy unit that is visible to a friendly <Sept> Firesight Marksman. Furthermore,
all friendly drone units in your Warband can ignore the Threat Identification Protocol rule as
long as all their targets are visible to a friendly <Sept> Firesight Marksman.
OPTIONS • May take up to two Drones.
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Firesight Marksman
TX4 Piranha 35 pts
16” 6+ 4+ 4 5 6-3 2 6 4+
10” 6+ 5+ 2-1 1
RULES • Explodes (D6, 6+, 3”, 1W)

• Attached Drones: When a Piranha is set up, its accompanying Drones are attached, and are
treated as being embarked. Whilst the Drones remain attached, the Piranha is considered to
be equipped with their weapons in addition to its own. If the Piranha is destroyed, any
attached drones are also destroyed as a result.
• Detach: Attached drones can detach at the start of your Movement phase by disembarking as
if from a transport. From that point onwards, they are treated as a separate unit. They cannot
reattach during the battle.
OPTIONS • May replace its Burst Cannon with a Fusion Blaster

• May take up to two Seeker Missiles
• May take up to two Drones without the Support Drone Rule.
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Vehicle, Fly
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XV88 Broadside Battlesuit 45 pts
5” 5+ 4+ 5 5 6-3 2 7 2+
3” 6+ 5+ 2-1
WARGEAR • Heavy Rail Rifle

• Anchor Shot: Add one to hit rolls made for this unit in the Shooting phase if it remained
stationary in your previous Movement phase.
OPTIONS • May replace its Heavy Rail Rifle with two Multi-Yield Missile Pods.
• May take up to two items from the Broadside secondary weapons and/or Support systems list.
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Battlesuit
DX-6 Remora Stealth Drone 60 pts
20”-30” 5+ 4+ 4 5 3 2 6 4+
WARGEAR • Two Long-Barreled Burst Cannons
RULES • Airborne, Hard to Hit, Remora Targeters, Stealth Protocols

• Specialist Drone: You can only take one DX-6 Remora Stealth Drone in your warband and
cannot take one if there is already a MV41 Heavy Gun Drone in your warband
OPTIONS • May take up to two Seeker missiles

KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Drone, Specialist Drone, Fly
XV9 Hazard Battlesuit 70 pts

8” 5+ 4+ 5 5 5 3 8 3+
WARGEAR • Two Double-Barrelled Burst Cannons
RULES • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual, Photon Casters
OPTIONS • May replace each Double-Barrelled Burst Cannon with a weapon from the Hazard weapons
list.
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++ Leader Armoury ++
Hover Drone 5 The bearer increases its Move characteristic to 8” and gains the Jet Pack and Fly keywords.
XV05 Armour 5 Change the bearer’s Save characteristic to 4+.
Dynamic
5 Your opponent must subtract 1 from hit rolls made for attacks that target the bearer.
Mirror Field
Solid-Image Once per round, when an enemy unit declares the bearer as the target of a charge, you
Projection 10 may move the bearer up to 3", in any direction that does not end up within engagement
Unit range of enemy models, before the charge roll is made.
Puretide Once per battle, you can re-roll a single hit roll, wound roll or damage roll made for the
bearer, or a friendly <SEPT> unit within 6" of the bearer. In addition, if the bearer is on the
Engram 10
battlefield, roll a D6 each time you or your opponent use a Stratagem; on a 6 you gain a
Neurochip
command point.
Command
10 Increases the bearers Inspiring Presence radius to 12”.
Node
At the beginning of your Shooting phase, pick a friendly unit with the T’au Empire and
Structural Infantry keywords within 6" of the equipped model, and pick an enemy unit that is visible
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Analyser to the equipped model. Until the end of the phase, add 1 to wound rolls made for the
elected friendly unit’s attacks that target the enemy unit you picked.
++ Genetic Totems ++
Human Strain 1 The equipped Kroot unit gains +1 to their Leadership characteristic.
Aeldari Strain 1 The equipped Kroot unit gains 1” to their movement characteristic.
Squat Strain 2 The equipped Kroot unit gains +1 to their Toughness characteristic.
Drukhari Strain 2 The equipped Kroot unit can re-roll failed hit rolls in the Fight phase.
Psyker strain 3 The equipped Kroot unit can Deny the Witch as if it was a Psyker.
Ork Strain 3 The equipped Kroot unit gains +1 to their Attack characteristic.
Astartes strain 5 The equipped Kroot unit gains +1 to their Strength and Wound characteristic.
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++ Support Systems ++
Advanced
5 The equipped model increases the AP characteristic of all of its weapons by 1.
targeting system
Add 1 to hit rolls made for friendly models with the Drone keyword within 6” of the
Drone controller 5
model.
Couterfire
5 The equipped model can re-roll failed hit rolls when firing Overwatch.
Defense System
The equipped model can re-roll hit rolls of 1 in the Shooting phase when firing its
Multi-tracker 5
weapons at an enemy target within 3” of another enemy target.
Velocity tracker 5 The equipped model adds one to hit rolls when shooting at a unit that can FLY.
The equipped model does not suffer the penalty to their hit rolls for Advancing and
Target lock 5 firing Assault weapons. This model can also Advance and fire Heavy or Rapid Fire
weapons, but you must subtract 1 from its hit rolls when it does so.
Shield generator 15 The equipped model gains a 5+ Invulnerable save.
Once per enemy movement phase, if an enemy model ends its Movement within 12”
Early warning of the bearer, the bearer may immediately shoot at that model as if it was the Shooting
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override phase, subtracting 2 from the hit rolls (rules for line of sight and weapon range apply as
normal).
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Drones
Drones are a unique collection of units that have the characteristics of a model, but for the sake of game-play are
purchased and treated as wargear. As a result, the following rules apply in regards to drones:
• Drones do not count towards your model count or model availability (with the exception of the MV41 Heavy
Gun Drone and the DX-6 Remora Stealth Drone, which are located in the Special units section).
• The number and type of drones you can take is stated in the Options section of the datasheets used by your
warband units.
• Drones are never factored into morale tests
• Drones can never claim or interact with mission objectives.
䷧ MV1 Gun Drone 10 pts
8” 5+ 5+ 3 4 1 1 6 4+
WARGEAR • Two Pulse carbines
SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Saviour Protocols, Drone Support, Threat Identification Protocols
KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Drone, Fly
䷧ MV4 Shield Drone 15 pts
8” 5+ 5+ 3 4 1 1 6 4+
SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Saviour Protocols, Drone Support, Shield Generator (4++/5+++)
䷧ MV7 Marker Drone 10 pts
8” 5+ 5+ 3 4 1 1 6 4+
WARGEAR • Markerlight
SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Saviour Protocols, Drone Support, Stable Platform
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䷧ MV71 Sniper Drone 20 pts
8” 5+ 5+ 3 4 1 1 6 4+
WARGEAR • Longshot pulse rifle
SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Saviour Protocols, Drone Support, Threat Identification Protocols,
Sniper Drone Stealth Field
䷧ MV8 Missile Drone 20 pts
8” 5+ 5+ 3 4 1 1 6 4+
WARGEAR • Missile pod
KEYWORDS • Drone, Fly
䷧ MV31 Pulse Accelerator Drone 10 pts
8” 5+ 5+ 3 4 1 1 6 4+
SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Saviour Protocols, Drone Support, Pulse Accelerator
• Support Drone: Only one of this drone can be taken in your Warband and only by a model
with the Pathfinder Keyword.
䷧ MV33 Grav-inhibitor Drone 10 pts
8” 5+ 5+ 3 4 1 1 6 4+
SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Saviour Protocols, Drone Support, Gravity Wave Projector
• Support Drone: Only one of this drone can be taken in your Warband and only by a model
with the Pathfinder Keyword.
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䷧ MB3 Recon Drone 15 pts
8” 5+ 5+ 3 4 1 1 6 4+
WARGEAR • Burst cannon
• Support Drone: Only one of this drone can be taken in your Warband and only by a model with
the Pathfinder Keyword.
• Recon Suite: Units making saves against attacks made by a <Sept> Infantry that is within 3” of
a friendly Recon Drone do not gain any bonus to their saving throws for being in cover.
䷧ MV5 Stealth Drone 10 pts
12” 5+ 5+ 4 5 1 1 6 4+
SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Saviour Protocols, Drone Support
• Stealth Field: Your opponent must subtract 1 from hit rolls made for attacks that target a MV5
Stealth Drone or a friendly <Sept> unit within 3”
䷧ DX-4 Technical Drone 20 pts
8” 5+ 5+ 3 4 1 1 6 4+
SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Saviour Protocols, Drone Support, Multi-Function Surveyor
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Weapons listed here cannot be taken by models unless explicitly stated on their datasheet. Weapons with “Codex”
as the price must have their point costs taken from either Codex: T’au Empire or the latest errata/FAQ/Index/ect.
++ Grenades ++
Name Range Type S AP D Abilities Cost
Photon
- - - - - - Codex
Grenade
Your opponent must subtract 1 from the hit rolls made for
enemy models that target friendly models that are inside of, or
Smoke
“6 Grenade - - - behind, a 3” radius circle drawn from the center of the target 5
Grenade
point, during the shooting phase. This has no effect if the
enemy model is also inside the circle.
++ Pathfinder Weapons ++
Ion rifle - - - - - - Codex
Rail rifle - - - - - - Codex
For each wound roll of 6+ made for this

Assault
Rail Carbine 30” 6 -4 D3 weapon, the target unit suffers a mortal 20
2
wound in addition to the normal damage.
++ Stealth Suit Weapons++

Burst cannon - - - - - - Codex
Fusion Blaster - - - - - - Codex
++ Hazard Suit Weapons ++

Double-barrelled Burst Cannons - - - - - - Forge World
Fusion Cascade - - - - - - Forge World
Phased Ion Gun - - - - - - Forge World
Pulse Submunitions Rifle - - - - - - Forge World
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++ Broadside Primary Weapons ++
Heavy Rail Rifle When attacking with this weapon, choose from one of the profiles below
For each to wound roll of 6+, the target unit

Heavy
• Solid Shot 60” 8 -4 D6 suffers a mortal wound in addition to the
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normal damage.
Heavy
• Submunitions 60” 5 -1 1
2D3
Multi-yield missile pod When attacking with this weapon, choose from one of the profiles below
Heavy
• AP Missiles 36” 7 -1 D3 -
2
This weapon can be fired at units that are not

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Heavy visible to the bearer. Units attacked by this
• Smart Missiles 30” 5 0 1
3 weapon do not gain any bonus to their saving
throws for being in cover.
• Cluster Heavy
18” 4 0 1 -
Missiles 2D3
++ Broadside Secondary Weapons ++

Plasma Rifle - - - - - - Codex
Missile Pod - - - - - - Codex
++ Crisis Suit Weapons ++

Burst cannon - - - - - - Codex
Fusion Blaster - - - - - - Codex
Airbursting fragmentation
- - - - - - Codex
projector
Cyclic ion blaster - - - - - - Codex
Flamer - - - - - - Codex
Missile pod - - - - - - Codex
Plasma Rifle - - - - - - Codex
Onager Gauntlet - - - - - - Codex
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MODELING TIPS
• Kroot Hunter (32 mm): This unit is modeled off of the Dahyak Grekh character from Blackstone Fortress, but
can proxied by any Kroot model with some special bits and do-dads to set it apart (extra feathers, poncho,
ect).
• Sniper Drones: If you’re feeling on the cheap just glue a spare Pulse rifle and some spare Phobos fins onto a
gun drone for a convincing Sniper Drone
• Cadre Fireblade: There are many ways you can build one using the Fire Warrior kit, but if you want it to
stand out from a regular Shas’ui consider putting all the extra aesthetic bits on it that you’d typically see on a
leader; bonding blade in one of his hands, cape, helmet less head, distinct rank markings, putting him on an
elevated base, ect.
• DX4 Technical Drone: Take a Gun Drone, glue a spare Crisis suit head and a shield generator to its underside
and you’ll essentially have a technical drone. But really, no body really knows what one looks like so you
could get away with gluing any assortment of bobs and bits and get a convincing look. Another idea is re-
apropriating those Homing Beacons from the Stealth Suits.
• MV8 Missile Drone: This is probably a no brainer, but perhaps easy to overlook. Glue one of your spare Crisis
suit missile pod to a gun drone, and bada-bing.
CHANGE LOG
August 29, 2020 [9.0] (Do Hyun)
• Comprehensive proofreading of the following changes, courtesy of Anasigma.
• Complete conversion of the opus from 8 th edition to 9th.
• New point adjustments.
• Added several new units including the Kroot Hunter and the TX4 Piranha.
• Reworked the armorys and weapons lists.
• Added Genetic Totems to the armoury.
• Reworked the Philosophies section
• Reworked the Tactical Actions section.
• Tweaked the Markerlights section
• Added the custom sept tenets section.
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Codex: T’au Empire Drones

All Sept tenets from the codex function as described

“Add 1 to the Leadership characteristic of models with

High Latency Power

# of MLs Markerlight Benefits

Puretide Aspirants Driven Expansionists

Danger Close Operatives Gunship Diplomats

Death by a Thousand Blows

Once at least half of the enemy Warband’s Core or

Actions Cost Description

OPTIONS • May replace its Honour Blade with Equalizers.

KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Ethereal

Cadre Fireblade 45 pts

SKILLS • For the Greater Good

KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Cadre Fireblade

SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual

KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Fire Warrior

Pathfinder Shas’ui 21 pts

SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual, Vanguard

KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Pathfinder

Kroot Shaper 25 pts

SKILLS • Wisest of their Kind, The Shaper Commands

KEYWORDS • Kroot, Infantry

SKILLS • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual

OPTIONS • May take items from the Grenades list.

KEYWORDS • Vespid, Infantry, Fly

XV25 Stealth Shas’vre 34 pts

OPTIONS • May replace its Burst Cannon with a Fusion Blaster.

KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Fly, XV25 Stealth Battlesuit

XV8 Crisis Shas’vre 40 pts

KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Fly, Crisis Battlesuit

RULES • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual

XV9 Hazard Shas’vre 75 pts

RULES • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual

KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Fire Warrior

RULES • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual

KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Infantry, Pathfinder

RULES • Stealthy Hunters

OPTIONS • May take a Kroot Pistol

KEYWORDS • Kroot, Infantry

Kroot Hound 6 pts

RULES • Voracious Predators

KEYWORDS • Kroot, Beast

Vespid Stingwing 14 pts

RULES • Plunge from the sky

OPTIONS • May take items from the Grenades list.

KEYWORDS • Vespid, Infantry

OPTIONS • May replace its Burst cannon with a Fusion blaster.

KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Battlesuit, Jet Pack, Fly

Kroot Hunter 15 pts

OPTIONS • May take a Kroot Pistol.

KEYWORDS • Kroot, Infantry

RULES • For the Greater Good, Saviour Protocols

OPTIONS • May replace one Burst Cannon with a Markerlight

KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Drone, Specialist Drone, Fly

Krootox Rider 28 pts

RULES • Agile Brute

OPTIONS • May take items from the Grenades list.

KEYWORDS • Kroot, Calvary

XV8 Crisis Battlesuit 30 pts

RULES • For the Greater Good, Bonding Knife Ritual

KEYWORDS • <Sept>, Battlesuit, Jet Pack, Fly

RULES • For the Greater Good, Marksman Stealth Field