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{{Battle3
|Name         =Farsight Expedition
|Image        =OrkArt7th.jpg
|Image caption=Orks battle the forces of [[Commander Farsight]]
|Conflict     =[[Spheres of Expansion]]
|Date         =~750s.[[M41]]
|Location     =[[Eastern Fringe]]
|Outcome      =Tau victory
|Combatant1   =[[Tau Empire]]
|Combatant2   =[[Ork Empire of Alsanta]]
|Combatant3   =[[Chaos]]
|Commanders1  =[[Commander Farsight]]<br>[[The Eight]]<br>[[Shas'O]] [[Moata]] (KIA)
|Commanders2  =[[Warboss]] [[Grog Ironteef]](KIA)
|Commanders3  =[[Lord of Change]]<br>[[Bloodthirster]]
|Strength1    =[[Farsight Enclave]]s
|Strength2    =[[Waaagh!]]
|Strength3    =[[Daemon]]s of [[Khorne]] and [[Tzeentch]]
|Casualties1  =Heavy
|Casualties2  =Heavy
|Casualties3  =All banished
}}
The '''Farsight Expedition''' was a campaign launched by the [[Tau Empire]]. It was launched in the aftermath of the [[Damocles Gulf Crusade]], which saw the Tau rattled by self-doubts after encountering the mighty [[Imperium]] on its borders. However thanks to the wisdom and motivational words of [[Aun'va]], [[Aun'Wei]], then [[Ethereal]] Supreme, agreed to launch another campaign. This was in part motivated by the realization that without another sphere of expansion, cracks would form in the foundation of the carefully orchestrated Tau belief system and thus threaten the Empire as a whole.{{Fn|1}}