Battlefleet Gothic: Armada - Tau Empire Trailer

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada today unleashes its Tau Empire DLC with an explosive trailer!

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, the RTS videogame adaptation of Games Workshop’s classic tabletop game by Tindalos Interactive studio today releases a new faction - the Tau Empire – along with an explosive trailer. The Tau are playable in the multiplayer modes of Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, as well as in Skirmish mode against the AI.

The alien Tau Empire has rapidly expanded across the galaxy, aided by highly advanced technology and a total dedication to the Greater Good philosophy. Their fleets excel at long range, with powerful weapons dealing massive amounts of damage from afar. Skilled Tau admirals can eliminate the bulk of an enemy fleet before they can even get within boarding distance. The Tau have access to a wide array of upgrades and traits to improve their fleet even further.

As announced several months ago, the Tau Empire faction will be free to all Early Adopters of the game on Steam. The Early Adopter offer applies to all Steam pre-purchase owners, as well as those who bought the game on Steam during the first two months following the game's release (before June 21, 2016). Players who purchased Battlefleet Gothic: Armada after June 21 will be able to purchase the Tau Empire as DLC today.

The Tau Empire DLC releases today on Steam and is free for all Early Adopters.

[dsagent]

That Demiurg brotherhood guy just made me top voiceactors list on those 2 lines alone.

[QuestionableObject]

I can't help but imagine they're actually just shouting at each other in open-comms haha

[AbyssalZones]

"FOR THE GREATER GOOD!"
"FEEL THE WRATH OF THE IMPERIAL NAVY!"
"DEMIURG BROTHERHOOD RESPONDING!"
Every part of this trailer is epic.

[zillafire]

Man, the Demiurg have some badass voice acting.

[_NIKOS_NIKOS]

I love how this trailer has technically became the first appearance of the Leagues of Votann

[CrazyBlitzwing]

Those last few seconds are fantastic! He calls out for "Auxiliaries" and you expect to see Kroot Warspheres appear right in the middle and lay waste to them, but instead it's the freaking Space Dwarfs! Never would have guessed they'd appear, not ever.

[LesterRamos]

That one dislike comes from Kitten. He still holds a grudge against the Tau, I see.

[colonel-commissaribramgaun]

Is it just me or is the coolest part of the tau are their client/allied/mercenary species like the demiurg, kroot, Tarellians, and of course the gue'vesa.

[patrickwebb]

I'm so happy they did the demiurg ship. last surviving reference to the squats since GW retconned them out. RIP my dwarven brothers.

[TruculentSheep]

0:17 - From left to right: Scary Tau, Baby Tau, Posh Tau, Ginger Tau and Pete Best(au).

1:27 - Barry White, the Space Dwarf.

[mannofdober]

TFW a Demiurge Stronghold comes out of an asteroid field and carves your battleship in two.

[TheArklyte]

Orks - let's mine this asteroid and put the biggest guns and engines on it;
Tau - let's strap our weakest engines to this long range defense orbital station;
Chaos - let's put guns and demons on this freighter that had was already obsolete 10000 years ago;
Space Marines - strapping guns and engines to cathedral? Brilliant idea, Brother;
Eldar - let's take granny's luxury yacht for a ride!
I know it's W40k, but is asking for a battleship too much?:D

[NinjatoBlade]

Now that we know the Demiurg are actually Votann, this is how I imagine the voice actors

[Akaryusan]

The Demiurg got tired of sitting on the side lines mining asteroid fields now theyre in the surprise scrapping and salvage business.

[rainbowsixODST]

I want The Imperium and the Tau to live in peace with one another. Why? Because they complement one another perfectly.

[landonantley]

I can only picture, a Tau and Imperial slapping each other repeatedly, while insulting each other.

[Alpharius]

I'm so happy to finally see this trailer! Devs, you rock! Can't wait to play Tau and see all other remaining factions!

[Seamus.Harper]

NOT AS TOUGH AS THEY THOUGHT. 1:46


- Still epic in 2019

[briancahill]

0:03 - 0:22 - It's good to see that, even in the grim darkness of the far future, there are still scientists rocking monocles lol

[Corristo]

The Tau could probably stand toe to toe with the Imperium if it didn't have its vast numerical superiority. In terms of technology the Tau are probably more advanced and a Tau soldier in a XV8 battlesuit could handle a Space Marine. Also the Tau actually develop technology and improve it, having a caste dedicated to that. The Imperium has been doing nothing but preserving what they could salvage from the Age of Technology and even then more and more systems are failing due to no one being alive to do the maintainance. The Golden Throne and the Imperial Fist's Phalanx are two examples.