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:'''''Shas'o''' redirects here. For the anthology, see [[Shas'o (Anthology)]].''
A '''Shas'o''' is the highest rank in the [[Tau]] army which a [[Fire Warrior]] can attain. Becoming a Shas'o O means going through several [[Trial By Fire|Trials By Fire]] and progressing up the ranks from [[Shas'la]] to [[Shas'ui]] to [[Shas'vre]], then becoming a member of another commander's [[XV8 Crisis Bodyguard Team|bodyguard]], to [[Shas'el]] and then finally to Shas'o. After becoming a Shas'o, the only remaining option is to either teach at an academy, become a military advisor to the Shas'ar'tol or join in politics and be on one of the many councils in the [[Tau Empire]]. Besides death, this is the only way a member of the [[Fire Caste]] can leave the Tau military.
Some Shas'o wear armour with inverted colour schemes. For instance, [[O'Shaserra]] and [[O'Kais]] both wore white armour with sept markings picked out in yellow, the reverse of the regular [[T'au]] Sept's colour scheme. [[O'Shovah]] is another example of this. Whether this is the norm for Shas'o is unknown.