Changes

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|align=center|6 to 12 fire warriors

|align=center|1 Shas-ui

|align=center|specialized teams are referred to as mission groups, and answer to a coalition command

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|align=center|from a few fire warrior teams to a larger force with a wide variety of vehicles and specialised units

|align=center|cadre commander

|align=center|may include detachments from the other arms (i.e.: the navy) and allies

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|align=center|three to six cadres

|align=center|most senior cadre commander or contingent commander

|align=center|Contingents are either led by the most senior cadre commander present or by a separate contingent commander

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|align=center|a temporary grouping of contingents

|align=center|unknown

|align=center|(although unknown it is safe to assume that a commune is led by the most senior contingent commander or by a separate commune commander as this would follow the logic of the rest of Tau military structure)

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|align=center|all forces of a given caste in a given location (usually a planet but could be a whole star system)

|align=center|in the case of the Fire caste: High commander

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|align=center|all Tau forces of a given world or star system (sept)

|align=center|a council of Ethereals, or a particular Ethereal

*Note: this is the paper strength and ideal paper organization. In the chaos of war everything largely depends upon the circumstances.

==[[Caste System]]==