Farsight Expedition
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.[1]
Commander Farsight was chosen as the commander of the expedition, and he proved effective in battling an Ork empire which traveled aboard an asteroid belt. Chasing the Orks Warboss to Arthas Moloch, Farsights forces were engaged by a savage and unidentified enemy while the Greenskins fled in confusion. During the battle, all of the Ethereals accompanying the expedition were slain and the mysterious foe had disappeared. Alarmed by this, Tau High Command ordered Farsight to return. However he refused this order to rejoin, and instead led the remnants of his forces in pursuit of the Orks, eventually establishing the Farsight Enclaves.[1]
Sources
- 1: Codex: Tau Empire (6th Edition) pg.26-27