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The Water Caste serve the Tau T'au Empire as traders, merchants, public servants, bureaucrats, administrators, diplomats, and ambassadors. The Water Caste are used as orators and propagandists for the TauT'au, hailing the exploits of successful [[Fire Caste]] Commanders.{{Fn|12a}} They have a keen sense of recognizing recognising beauty, and thus act as the TauT'au's artists.{{Fn|12b}} They also act as academics relating to history and the study of alien cultures.{{Fn|12b}} Members of the Water Caste are described as handsome and charismatic.{{Fn|13}}

The Water Caste interact with other races when such affairs are not handled by the Fire Caste, and often act as administrators of Tau T'au worlds in the absence of an [[Ethereal]] governor. Like water, Water Caste bureaucrats fluidly move between other Castes and alien races incorporated within the Empire to make sure that it flows smoothly. The Water Caste are known for their great linguistic, diplomatic, and negotiation skills.{{Fn|3}}

Members of the Water Caste are often the ones who initiate first contact with new species encountered by the Empire, skillfully negotiating their union with the TauT'au.{{Fn|1a}} The members of the Water Caste has have a gift for linguistics that has become more and more developed pronounced over time, so they are able to learn alien languages with ease and show a remarkable ability to emulate and pick up the subtlest nuances of communication features.{{Fn|3}} Many Water Caste emissaries are in fact secret members of the shadowy [[Information Awareness]] unit dubbed the [[Hundred Eyes]].{{Fn|13}}