Overview
The T'au Empire is a young xenos power on the eastern fringe, dangerous because it expands through diplomacy, technology, and force.
Its scale is smaller than the Imperium's, but its coherence makes it harder to dismiss than raw size suggests.
On this map the empire's ring marks an ideological frontier as much as a military one.
M41 and M42 status
Expanding xenos empire on the eastern fringe.
Eastern fringe empire exploiting fractured Imperial attention.
Timeline
Damocles-adjacent reports warn of continued xenos expansion.
Imperial governors debate containment against other urgent wars.
The Rift diverts attention and complicates eastern response patterns.
T'au diplomacy and pressure probe gaps left by Imperial fracture.
Cartographic positions and several administrative details are intentionally approximate where published Warhammer sources conflict or provide no canonical coordinate system.