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Primarily composed of indigenous [[Saathlaa]] guerillas and [[Humanhuman]] [[Gue'vesa Auxiliaries|gue'vesa]] (colloquially known as “janissaries”) recruited, ironically, from [[Astra Militarum|Imperial Guard]] forces sent to fight them, the rebellion received little official support from the [[T'au Empire]]. Small contingents of [[Kroot]], [[Vespid]]s, and [[Loxatl]] [[Tau Auxiliaries|auxiliaries]] made up the bulk of reinforcements, as well as a trickle of [[Tau]] who had been judged “irredeemably flawed.” At some points in the conflict no more than a few hundred to two thousand individual T’au were involved in the insurgency.{{Fn|1b}}{{Fn|1c}}{{Fn|1d}}{{Fn|1g}}{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|4}}
Equipment issued to the rebellion, including [[Tau Vehicles (List)|vehicles]] like the [[Hover barge|hover barge]] and [[Cuttlefish]], [[Drone|Drones]], and [[Battlesuit|Battlesuits]], tended to be older materiel passed down from regular line troops. Janissaries often mixed stripped-down, modified [[Fire Warrior]] pieces such as open-faced helmets and [[Tau Equipment (List)|targeting arrays]] with captured Imperial hardware. [[Ogryn|O’grinn]] were known to utilize salvaged Battlesuit weaponry.{{Fn|1f}}{{Fn|1h}}{{Fn|3}}
