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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the [[T'au Empire]]'s current [[Sphere of Expansion]] of the [[Tau Empire]].{{Fn|1a}}
The ==Overview==Led by the revered [[Tau Commander|Commander]] [[Shadowsun]], the Fifth Sphere was launched into the [[Startide Nexus]], sometime after the [[Great Rift]]'s creation, when contact was made with Commander [[Surestrike]] and the remnants of Expansion began on the heels on the ill-fated [[Fourth Sphere of Expansion]]. When Shadowsun and her forces emerged from the Startide Nexus, which was lost due they were greeted by the survivors of the Fourth Sphere and welcomed to the area of space they had named the [[Warp StormNem'yar Atoll]]s. When Shadowsun then integrated the remnants of the Warp Storms Fourth Sphere into her forces and began expanding the size of the Nem'yar Atoll's domain{{Fn|1a}}. However this expansion was brought to dissipate a halt several months later, when a massive [[Death Guard]] armada appeared within the Nem'yar Atoll and began moving towards the Startide Nexus. Though caught by surprise, Shadowsun quickly rallied her forces against the [[Noctis AeternaChaos]] invaders and is now engaged in a [[Battle of the Startide Nexus|desperate battle]] came to an end, prevent the Death Guard from reaching the Startide Nexus and gaining a pathway to the heartlands of the Fifth Sphere was launchedT'au Empire.{{Fn|1b}} ==Source==*1: [[Codex: T'au Empire (8th Edition)]]**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 24 - New Horizons, New Dangers**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 39 - March of Conquest: Battle of the Startide Nexus
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook]] pg.134
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