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[40k] What kind of stuff does the Tau speculate about regarding the imperium, and the vast, ancient, malevolent galaxy around them?
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The Tau are actually pretty familiar with the Imperium and its customs, given that they've shared border territory and even coexisted (to a degree) for some time. It's not even remotely friendly relationship, of course, but it's not uncommon for some of the more disenfranchised members of the Imperium to actually go over to the Greater Good, and the Tau have learned quite a bit about the culture and day to day workings of the Imperium from them. Not to mention of course the fighting and any ambassadororial contact with official Imperium representatives.

As for everyone else, well, the Tau aren't *uninformed*, really. They are just relatively new to the galactic.stage. They know all about Orcs and Eldar and Tyranids and all those good physical threats but the function and particulars of the Warp tend to ellude them, as their own contact with it is basically non-existent. Your average Tau couldn't tell what the real difference between a Space Marine and Chaos Space Marine was, for instance, apart from the obvious culture difference. Or the Eldar and Dark Eldar. They are aware of daemons but not really the scope or the extent of what they imply; to them they are just another xenos species to either induct or exterminate.