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| − | **{{ | + | **{{Endn|1c}}: pg. 31 |
| − | *{{ | + | *{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Tau Empire]], pg. 37 |
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Revision as of 07:06, 18 January 2013
A Kroot Carnivore Squad is a Kroot mercenary squad in service to the Tau Empire.
Overview
These squads serve as the most common auxiliaries to serve alongside the Tau armies, a fact due to the large number of Kroot warriors supplied to the Tau as exclusive mercenaries in thanks for their liberation from the Orks. Despite their alien nature, including the unfortunate habit of eating the corpses of their enemies, these Kroot are afforded virtually the same respect as any other Tau. This is not only for their military prowess, especially compared to the less physically able Tau, but for their self-sufficiency and prodigious fieldcraft.[1a][2]
While these Kroot warriors have a strict code of honour, at heart they are still mercenaries, fighting for reward rather than for idealism or some noble cause.[1a]
Each squad numbers anywhere from ten to twenty Kroot, sometimes including a Shaper to lead them, and are armed with Kroot Rifles, while Shapers may sometimes be gifted with a Pulse Rifle or Pulse Carbine by the Tau. Some squads will go into battle with a pack of up to a dozen Kroot Hounds, vicious and bad-tempered animals which the Tau find repellant,[1b] as well as a herd of up to three Krootox, large beasts armed with a mighty Kroot Gun.[1c][2]
Sources
- 1: Codex: Tau
- 2: Codex: Tau Empire, pg. 37
| Tau Empire Forces | |
|---|---|
| Leadership | Ethereal • Tau Commander • Fireblade |
| Troops | Fire Warrior Team (Strike Team • Breacher Team) • Pathfinder Team • Stealthsuit Team • Drone Squadron |
| Battlesuits | XV8 Crisis (XV8 • XV8-02 • XV81 • XV84 • XV85 • XV86 • XV89) • XV15 Stealth • XV22 Stealth • XV25 Stealth • XV26 Stealth • XV95 Ghostkeel • XV88 Broadside • XV9 Hazard XV46 Vanguard • XV104 Riptide • XV107 R'varna • XV109 Y'vahra • KV128 Stormsurge • KX139 Ta'unar • Warmaker |
| Vehicles | Devilfish • Drone Harbinger • Hammerhead • Piranha • Sky Ray • Tetra • Swordfish |
| Aircraft | Barracuda • Manta • Orca • Sun Shark • Razorshark • Tiger Shark • Remora • Dorsal • Harpedo |
| Auxiliaries | Kroot Shaper • Kroot Carnivore Squad • Kroot Hound • Krootox • Knarloc • Great Knarloc • Vespid Stingwing • Gue'vesa |
| Special Characters | Aun'va • Aun'shi • Shadowsun • Farsight • Darkstrider • Longstrike • Twin Lance |
