listen, when you have lizardfolk that do anything for money, you have them do the punching, and when you have giant railguns that are so big they can only fit on robots, you have the robot use the gun and not the punch, its simple math my dude.
Pupils do actually help with focusing vision, but only to a minor degree. the lens is mostly responsible for focusing light, but the pupils do help a little bit.
if it's a unique object and uncommon, then wouldn't they just call it a big knife? they would have no concept of "swords" and their many designs and applications.
@@ConfusedGuardsman I know I’m late to this but Old school 1000 sons are blue, so are the crimson fists, the carcaradons, the celestial lions (before they got clapped by -the inquisition-) Ork Sniper Kommandos, there are more blueberries then just the ultra smurphs
G-force effect is directly proportionate to mass, since the mass is actually what produces the G's in the 1st place. So an air caste can probably withstand larger amounts of g-forces than fire castes or humans for that matter. Just think about birds and how many G's they can withstand while they do their quick maneuvers and sudden stops. Birds and Air caste share a trait which is hollow bones. Bones on humans actually generate much of the weight (as much as 50% of it) on a slender individual since the muscles are specialized for endurance rather than strength.
The mass does not actually produce the gs as it is the acceleration. If a plane were to execute a 5 g turn, everything from an 81kg human to a tiny grain of dust on board the plane will be subjected to 5 gs of acceleration in the opposite direction of the force being applied, in this case, everything would be pulled to the floor. The relation of mass to g-force you are referring to is the production of weight since weight is a mass's interaction with gravity or another accelerating force. The hollow bones are good for a spaceship since every gram counts and transporting a lighter crew would save fuel. But if you want to survive hard turns you need a strong heart to keep blood in your brain and strong bones to keep your body from caving in from the increased weight. Birds don't worry about g-forces because to are going way slower than an aircraft and so experience less gs when executing a turn and since they are lighter, it takes less force for them to change direction so they spend less time actually turning and being subjected to the g-forces.
Bragon Dorn Right, and that's a valid point. But the fact is, the Tau have advanced anti-gravity technology, so it's not hard to imagine that is worked into the ship's cockpit, protecting the pilots from the extreme G forces. If they can put that shit on drones there's no reason that tau spacecraft wouldn't have it
Keith Harris yeah it sure seems that way. He was like oh their airplanes aren't *that* advanced. And I'm like all ork tech is held together with duct tape and imagination, just because some tiny isn't super advanced doesn't mean it's not powerful.
I'd like to point out that not only would hollow bones and such make tau more resistant to high G leads, pulling only low G loads except in emergency allows aircraft to sustain their energy far better
+katthedemon The Tau is influenced by its name Tau- Tao the way. They are traditional Chinese political ideology and especially Confucianism brought to life. Confucianism holds that if leaders are virtuous and everyone follows their example all will be prosperous and stable. There is a strict hierarchy but those above care for those beneath them and people rise through the merit of their virtue.
+Patric Berggren Worse then that, the Tau are supposedly to be used to pacify the universe, and once they have turned all to the greater good, they get subjugated by the necron, who, if they created the ethereals, might just be able to control them as the ethereal do the Tau.
Physical strength is not measure of how many G your body can pull. If yes all Fighter jet pilot would look like Mr Olympia candidate, while they tend to be more on lean side ... you need strong heart and lungs, but not legs or arms. Actually large body can be detrimental for this as much more force is applied and large body tend to have more blood in it to distribute. Also they may be other factors involved, similar to giraffes closing "valves" in neck and whatever. On the other hand low to no Gravity in space ship would work against them to be able withstand high G ... unless they all the time go full throttle or full brake which without grav gen would produce constant acceleration in flight direction or against it if they are "braking"
not only muscles matter not, also shorter ones (human) most likely to be better pilots due to their compact bodies and higher speed of reaction (no, I talk about USSR pilots, so it can't be fully implied to TAU)
"you need strong heart and lungs, but not legs or arms. " You need really strong legs in order to perform muscle contractions that will send back the blood that pools into your legs because of high Gs maneuvers.Also,gluteus muscles,abdomen muscles.Don't be a dolt and comment on something you don;t know about(when talking about human physiology).You can speculate about the Tau physiology all you want.
Your ability to resist G forces when piloting an aircraft has nothing to do with how "strong" an individual is. It has to do with blood leaving the brain, or flooding into the brain and causing you to pass out, then crash. Being physically strong has no actual bearing on piloting what-so-ever, for all we know Tau can't pass out from G-forces in that way at all.
The amount of G's it takes to turn a human into mush, like you say, is in the thousands. The highest recorded G-forces a human has withstood in a test environment was 46 g's, however people have been in accidents etc and lived with split second instances of hundred+ G's. Turning someone into mush with nothing but G-force is unheard of. In the end, Tau's having hollow bones, or weak muscles has very little to do with the ability to withstand G forces. The real main factor would have to do with their biology, and how their cognitive bits are supplied with nutrients.
@@Noogymonster A generally weaker frame would most likely decrease the amount of g forces one could sustain before all the blood rushes out of their head
I always found the Tau fascinating because to me it resembles Imperial Japan, where everyone lives by a strict social hierarchy built around honor and merit (though no doubt some favoritism under the table) where everyone is expected to happily obey their superiors, and their "Greater Good" ideology strikes me as an allegory to the Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere that Japan tried to establish. The Tau is trying to enforce an imperial peace on the galaxy and impose their culture and ideologies on their conquered territories under the guise of a noble cause.
+antimarmite Considering it is stated that the Tau dont use anti grav tech, i find that unlikely. However, if the flight suits could replace (permanently or temporarily) anything internally squishy like air or fluids with something more solid that preforms the same, then the pilots could take more force than humans.
"With hollow bones and lighter bodies they couldn't withstand the G forces of atmospheric combat." Yeah! It's not like they are birds with hollow bones and lighter bodies that can pull 20+ G's regularly.... oh wait. Fuckin hell arch, you need a physics lesson lol.
So let me get this strait. A friend told me that the Tau Empire is pretty much the closest thing to the "good guys side" as your gonna get. But what i'm hearing is "these guys are pretty much another form of Nazi Germany." So...the closest thing, in warhammer 40k, to being on the good guy team is.. Nazi Germany?
The fact that the "good guys" in 40K are a faction that in any other sci-fi setting would be considered as a dangerous hegemonic dictatorship at best says a lot about this universe.
+QuestGiver But always you can say everything bad about them are imperial propoganda wich may be true. Gw realy don't care about canon much you can believe whatever you want.
Eli Gutman It's not an insult to Plato - their society is a textbook example of the one Plato offered in Republic. Oh, and free will is overrated because it's merely an illusion
@@zonedoyestander that is a fair comparison. Woe to Plato, his lofty ideals may only be consummated by an imaginary race of chemically controlled space blueberries.
I've always found the mind control, or pheromone control for the celestials to be bullshit. I've always just interpreted it as the Imperium not understanding that Xenos can actually have charismatic and compassionate leaders dedicated to a cause greater than themselves. Or it's just GW trying to make the only "good" race grimdark, because muh grimdark.
+Spyder3107 Yeah, I hate how GW introduced this one race with the actual sense to go: "We should all stop fighting and fight the ones the 4 to 5 various "wipe-out-all-life-evil races!" and everyone was like "NO! WE CAN'T HAVE A GOOD FACTION! HOW DARE THEY!"
+Randygandalf95 No amount of charisma can pull what the Etherials do off. Even the most bat shit leaders of the most bat shit cults don't command such obedience. As for actually getting all the Tau together...not without mind control. In 6,000 years of human civilization, and more global-conquest attempts than I care to count are undeniable proof of this.
+Taranis Agrippa "Unfortunately capitalist pigs make it so not enough lasguns. So, plan is, men run in line; like follow the leader yes? Man in front carry lasgun. When he falls gloriously in fighting for Mother Terra and Father Emprah, comrade behind picks up lasgun and say prayer to machine spirit then continues fight." "Question?" "Did not think so."
Spirit of Socialism When Germans came to my country (then Czechoslovakia), they were buying resources from people, not stealing, whereas Soviets stole and raped. And we were allies with USSR. They "liberated" us. Rape and murder are never justified no matter who does it for whatever reason. Especially when you do it to innocents. I hate both of them in equal meassure btw. Gestapo murdered tons of Czechoslovakian citizens and germans did burn some of our villages later in was as a revenge for assassination of Reinhard Heidrich.
Lord of Light So saying that the Germans killed more civilians than the Soviets is just blatantly false. If you mean combat kills, well that's just because it was a well-oiled war machine facing Zerg tactics.
Of all the races of 40k, there are only two that could bring lasting, true peace. The Tyranids and the Tau. One where everyone works toward the same goals, the other because all other species are no more.
I'm afraid I don't understand how void fighting would have any less g-forces. G-forces have really nothing to do with gravity. it is the force of acceleration and "deceleration" applied on something and is just measured using the pull of earth's gravity as a default.
Travis Anderson thats not how it works. air resistanse would only add Gs if the aircraft was decelerating and air resistance was making it slow down faster.
I don't think the mouth is a weird place to put the nose, in fact snakes smell using their tounge, I bet that is what inspired them.also, you tell me that a race literally addapted to flight would be weaker pilots? do you even evolution bruh? the air caste would take care of atmo and orbital flight, thus the ones that have a stronger heart would more likely survive and pass on their genes to the next generation. them having a lower muscle mass is good as there is less stuff sucking up blodd and less room for blood to spew to is there was a hemorrage. the secret to surving large G-forces are a strong heart and thick veins, not wheightlifting.
i wouldn't say thick veins, but a strong heart and a well regulated blood flow. If you can squeeze down on your blood vessels and veins in the lower body whel sustaining massive ammounts of pssitive G, you can push blood up into the brain and remain concious. That is wht a G-suit does, squeeze the ever loving crap out of your body to keep blood high! :)
yup, I'm a pilot (and a snake lover too as it happens) and while physiche and athleticism has a large part to play in functioning through high energy maneuvers in our world - air combat is still all about the brain, that's what the flight gear protects. In the %gain 40k universe any tissue draining valuable oxygen from where it really needs to be during combat - (in the brain) - is a waste of resources so i disagree their physique alone makes them a poor choice of fighter jock......one of the most important factors in todays air combat is the physical distance between the brain and the heart and the ability of the heart to keep that brain supplied with oxygen...... It's highly unlikely even a tau pilot will encounter g-forces high enough to break his/her bones any time before they submit to the warm embrace of unconsciousness. I love your videos - just not that bit :) I reckon tau make great pilots :)
and too be honest, my g-force tolerance in terms of orientation, spacial awareness etc was better and came more naturally to me when i was 13, small and clean......it's hard work now at 40 :)
There are plausible explanations along these lines. Birds have hollow bones and also special lungs that are more efficient than mammalian ones. Tau pilots may have some similar physiology where their cranial blood pressure remains high in high g manuevers that would be normally lead to black out.
It's because they are in a way a representation of Asian warriors and use things related to anime a lot yes mechs etc but that's just everyone who are desperate to cling to memes and dedicate themselves to one side, I use Tau myself and haven't really been swayed by everyone's hate for them, just attack first and have a good game.
@@lawhammergaming Now that you mention it, I realised that some of the Tau warriors have oversized and flat pauldrons on their armor, which is the same thing Samurai would have on their armor to be used like a shield.
It's kinda like skaven the race is awesome but the fans.... oh the fans. Being loosely japanese ish makes all the weebs want to play them and that small minority colors people's view of the race
Back when I did play in my teens the tabletop game I was 13 years old I think maybe 12. I remember building my Tyranid army (2nd gen I think?) The models are old. All spikey heavy metal lol. Back when the hive tyrant looked like the classic alien. I remember my momma buying me one of those forgeworld hierodule things (forgive my language in Warhammer stuff I don't remember a whole lot about names) the sythed one not the spider thing or the one with the big gun. Army was full mellee but all my warriors had venom cannons. And I had alot of damn warriors. Probably 200$ in just nid warriors our armies were gargantuan And my best friend at that time bought the big starter box for Tau and a bunch of kroot and a hammerhead I think. Wound up with a giant group of friends collecting these armies 😂 best times of my life with those friends. Very nostalgic videos. Subbed Arch. That same friend randomly called me and asked if I would collect with him again he is on CSM's & our fat friend went IG Idk what to choose. I really really enjoyed nids. I been thinking about orks or necrons :) whichever is cheaper in the long run including paint lol.
Hey, trained (but medically rejected) flight instructor here. The G load and speed thing is actually not too far fetched. First moving at high speeds puts no strain on the body, turning relative to motion does that. This is where G load comes in, which is the acceleration force. This force occurs whether in or outside of the atmosphere. The biggest issue faced with high constant positive G's (when it's pulling you at a relative down) is that they cause blood to pool in the legs and away from the head, leading to fainting. The main weak point in this is the cardiovascular system, which is why they (at least say that) fighter pilots are short, the low relative distance between the heart and head means less load on the heart. In terms of tau physiology it's hard to say what factors would effect them, though in personal head-cannon their dry, leathery skin may prevent their body from expanding as much and thereby limit the amount of blood pooling in their lower bodies. Just an infodump and some thoughts, would love to see what others think.
Uhm...no? Well, allright, pressure is also a factor, but this is pure kinetics, namely how well the body structure can handle g-force in relation to mass. Example: an bird can handle g-forces far in excess of the human limit. Humans have a considerably higher tolerance than larger mammals, such as hippos. Despite the hippo's strength, it's structural system simply can't handle six times it's own weight for more than moments. An air-caste Tau have adapted to their conditions, such as lowered weight, hollow bones etc. Considering they train and drill so much, their physical structures would be adapted to the strain of aerial combat as well. And then we have their tech. Aside from extremely advanced flight-suits (a tool fighter pilots would not make it without) that would compensate for the warped bloodflow of high-g conditions, artificial gravity-tech is quite common in 40k. Directional compensators in the cockpit could help _loads_. I'm surprized he piss on the Tau when the human craft move _well beyond_ the speeds considered safe today without a mention.
Air resistance would be relevant if the pilots fly naked and with open cockpit. But let us assume they are using flight suits and sealed cockpits, in this case inertia, (relative) acceleration (in sum the g force) and g force resistance are the relevant factor.
KamiKyojin+ no . The falcon and a lure were released at an altitude of 3000 feet; the falcon accelerated to 157 mph before catching the lure and pulling out of her dive with only fifty-seven feet to spare. The gravitational force on her body at that moment was calculated at 27 G's. Fighter pilots risk losing consciousness at anything over 9 G's.
tau air caste, much like raptors (hawks, eagles, etc.), have hollow bones and specialized musculature to aid in combating positive and negative g-forces, ad well as having much better tech.
Just a thought on Tau air-caste: If you weigh less, G-forces affect you less. The normal problems are A) breathing and B) bloodsupply. A) Less weight, less pressure on your chest. Also some adaptations to increase the strenght of the muscles around the thorax certainly wouldn’t hurt. Humans don’t need to be very strong at sucking, but if we did, we’d be much better at breathing during high G’s. B) bloodsupply. There’s honestly so many different adaptations here that could alter their ability. They could have stronger vascular systems, able to contract more than human bloodvessels, they could have bigger and stronger hearts, they could have valves and muscles in their vessels that work as secondary hearts, their blood could be thinner, they could store more oxygen in their brains etc etc. It’s honestly not that hard to imagine what very specific adaptations humans could develop in order to be better suited for such conditions. But we don’t have them because we’re not made to sit in jet fighters lol. One thing that makes absolutely not sense however is being tall. More space between heart and head = bad.
The whole point of artificial gravity is to make gravity-adapted life more comfortable in a low gravity environment. Thus, Tau fighters probably have anti-gravity generators in the cockpits to emulate the Air Caste’s preferred environment as well as to negate those nasty g-forces.
The thing I find amusing about the Air caste (I'm no expert keep in mind, this is just based off of what Arch is saying, otherwise I might not be watching this) is that they would face the same amount of G's in space as they would in atmosphere, if not more. So technically, they wouldn't really be great space pilots either.
Umm there is no gravity working on them in space, yes the ship puts off a small amount of but no where near as much as a planet. (Pretty obvious) Why do you think its called G forces? Because it is a measurement of how gravity affects the body when accelerating (positive) and decelerating (negative). So in theory if they were born in bred in Zero G, and in fact evolved in this environment, they would essentially be crushed if they stepped foot on a planet. Of course they still share some "old" traits from their days living on a planet. Of course this is fantasy and doesn't necessarily have to follow any rule of science or evolution this doesn't apply. Do you know what happens to astronauts after being in space for X amount of time? Their muscles start to degrade at a advanced rate, think of being in coma for 20 years except worse. Gravity plays a huge role in how we developed over time, hence why most space faring races in 40k generate gravity on their ships because they would simply wither away to nothing over extended periods in zero G conditions.
You still experience G's when you do maneuvers in a vacuum. When you apply a thrust and accelerate, the inertia pulls you back. It's the feeling you get when you are thrown back if you accelerate your car really fast from rest. You experience a G by doing that. So imagine that multiplied by how fast you're trying to go in space (which is pretty fast of you ever want to go anywhere). It's incorrect to say the G-forces are solely due to gravity exactly because of this reason. If you need further example all you need to do is drift a car accelerating around a corner to experience G's on a horizontal plane, or accelerate your car as I said before. That's not because if gravity, it's because inertia.
G forces are just a measure of acceleration, and the force it exerts on the body. For the record, it's equal to 9.8 m/s squared, which is the Earth norm. But otherwise, yes, even if they were born and bred in space, there is still no reason they could never visit a planet. They would most likely find it extremely tiring, and long term stays would probably give them all kinds of joint, bone, and circulatory problems, but short trips (days) would be a matter of annoyance and discomfort.
what does G forces have to do with atmospheric flight? its the same in space, infact probably more so in space since theres no friction that could tear the ship apart if turning too hard in atmosphere.
Tau: "why we don't fight in melee you ask? It's because our job is not to die for our empire but to let the enemy die for theirs.......... We also have the kroot to do just that in melee."
A possible answer to why Tau air caste members have the un-intuitive ability to superior atmospheric flight combat. MY theory uses A LOT of conjecture , but simply put would be the following. The main reason any biological atmospheric pilot's maneuverability would be limited is due to intolerance to brief periods of high G-forces. In humanoid biological species this is mainly due to the fact we are mushy bags of fluid with a brittle internal ridged structure. When these G-forces slosh us around the liquid blood that oxygenates the cells of our bodies flows away from certain vital regions of the body and we pass out (for lack of) or have blood vessels burst (for an overabundance of blood) Since each cast has somewhat gain physical attributes to the respective roles. The Tau air cast could have a special circulatory mechanism of special valves or of muscular pumps counteracting their physical limits that seem disadvantageous to the average trained human. This coupled with your other explanations could explain it. Just a thought.
For the G-force resistance, they use a special suit that limitates their effects on the body (modern fighter pilots use these, but this is 40k, the technology is fare more advanced than ours right now)
Regarding the Air caste's capabilities in atmosphere. the muscle mass isn't necessarily the most important for handling G forces. Their brain and blood use efficiency (or whatever Tau have for blood) are more important. If their blood keeps flowing at high G's, it's not really related to high muscle mass (our pilots after all must be in good shape, but being muscular isn't important. IF they have a large heart (or hearts), or perhaps even more efficient "blood" and or vessels then their capabilities could work as described.
Hollow bones have evolved for breathing, not for light weight. Birds develop differently from mammals. Their lung tissue expands into the skeleton and the hollows are a result of the air sacs present within the bones. This makes them very efficient at operating in thinner atmospheric conditions, as they don't need to breathe much. These adaptions are not found in flightless birds.
Oh they *want* to, but their relatively small numbers prevent it. So they indoctrinate and sterilise others - they're playing the long game. The endgame is still that only they'd exist.
For Lore purposes, air cast could chalk it up to having reverse gravity generators, turning ?G-forces inside out. Of course when there is no mention of it, it becomes an fan idea rather then potential cannon lore.
Yay! More Warhammer 40k lore, I love it. Great to hear you rambling about warhammer 40k again. Although your upload rate infuriates me, I really like these videos. All hail the Bridgegod and burn the teleporting Orcs, Chaos and Beastmen. Greetings from Germany
They are technological regression , they are not making anything new , they only have codexes for machines that build machines , if that is lost thye're screwed
About G tolerance in the air caste. The g forces suffered are due to centrifugal force or angular momentum, in space you can have much more extreme angular momentum because there is no airflow messing your turning circle up. So in outer space the g forces sustained by a pilot in the same sized craft are actually higher than in the atmosphere of a planet. You can flip your ship 90 or 180 degrees in the void of space, in an atmosphere the air will just rip your ship apart. Plus, it is not physical strength, but cardiovascular strength that gives high g tolerance. Having a lot of blood-demanding muscles is actually a hindrance for g tolerance as all you want is blood flowing to your brain to prevent g lock. You could even say that the tau just generally have better g tolerances due to a tau brain just needing less blood.
I hope i aint the only one who would want to be apart of the tau if forced into 40k cause really as a human you got 4 options be a hell cultist for choas/a pirate/ a roman space nazi for the imperium or a space Japanese communist for tau ill go with tau
G tolerances, is based more on blood pressure than it is on actual physical strength. All of the G suit and G straining techniques are just to keep you conscious, with training nearly anyone can maintain 9 g's regardless of build.
I don't think there is that much of a g difference in atmospheric or space combat, if your ship get to 0 to mach 1 wherever you are you'll take a serious punch. Plus I'm pretty sure that TAU pilots have proper training, even if they mostly live in space, knowing that they can't travel on far distances, they certainly have based planets to accomodate their pilots to atmospheric combat. It'd be suicidal to not do so ~
I wonder if there is an inertia dampening technology in W40k. Also the faster atmospheric aircraft you fly the less the fight is about dogfighting and more about keeping your speed higher than your enemy's (which means no turning if you don't have to and less need for pulling Gs).
I've just finished commander Farsights lore and all I can say is "Complete Badass." If Shadowsun ever got into a scrap him it would be a massacre, Farsight has almost three centuries of combat experience under his belt.
They're too goody two-shoes and optimistic compared to the other races in the setting, and even though they're an incredibly 'small' galactic presence with little impact on major events a lot of people love to go on and on about how awesome the Tau are. I think those are some of the reasons, I'm personally rather neutral on them, bar my dislike of the optimism.
Tau were integrated to be the "good guys" in the 40k Universe but Fans thought they were to likeable so some "darker" things like Human "slaves" etc. were added But most people still think they are to good compared to the other Factions (And to weak in my opinion)
They are modeled after feudal Japan with their rigid cast system as well as Plato's republic with their philosopher kings and tightly regimented state. Communism is by definition a classless society. The only thing they really share with communism is their devotion towards the "greater good", although nearly every political ideology puts the well being of society above the well being of any one individual.
Someone may have mentioned this already but: Depending on which branch they are flying with, Imperial Navy pilots are typically outfitted with cybernetics to help them with space combat. This has been highlighted in fluff and the novels a number of times. They Imperial Navy fighter craft are also more versatile based on the sheer number of design options they can choose from. Likewise, in atmospheric combat, next to the Eldar - Imperial fighters are the runners up. They carry more weaponry, armor, and sheer engine power, and the pilot training is more comprehensive. I'd put Tau at maybe 3rd place, ahead of the Tyranid, Chaos, and last of all Orks. We are only know seeing Adeptus Astartes Aircraft, but I think as 30k continues to develop designs, we will see some superior stated units to just about everything else.
Fyi on the Air Caste pilots: Extreme acceleration from air combat maneuvers occurs regardless of gravity field, it seems like they would have serious problems in void combat as well. At least if it involves rapid acceleration and twists and turns at supersonic speeds. But on the plus side, if the Air Caste guys are actually super light weight, then that would make them less susceptible to acceleration since force is f = m * a
Pupil dilation fills the function of adjusting to different light levels. Big pupil when its dark, to let in more of the little light that is available. Small pupil when its bright, in order to not overload the retina. Ever tried going from a dark room straight out into sunlight? It has nothing to do with depth perception. Depth perception comes automatically from having bifocal vision (two eyes). However, the lens in the eye is adjustable, and this adjustability allows organisms to shift their focus from the foreground to the background and vice versa.
About the Air Cast pilots' body : - First of all, you will experience high G whether you are in space or in an atmosphere. It's dependent on how much you accelerate, not on the presence of a nearby gravity well. - Then, their slender build is not necessarily a disadvantage. Having less mass means they will experience less inertia too, so as long as their "robustness"/weight ratio is equal or higher to that of human pilots, they should be fine.
Potential answer to the air combat issue: The tau air cast may have a considerably higher blood pressure, and cardiovascular capacity, as well as neurology that can tolerate significant drops of blood pressure without turning off.
The Tau Air cast could use something like a helicopter, relatively slow moving, but with 360° Lines of fire, and using those Tau guns that have ludicrously long range to keep anything that could be a problem, as far away as possible
On the subject of the Air caste pilots in atmospheric combat (or any sort of close range dog-fighting), I think we can safely assume that the Tau would equip their craft with inertial compensators. We know that the Tau have gravity manipulation capabilities (anti-gravity, artifical gravity, etc.), and provided that technology, generating variable gravity in multiple directions to reduce the effects of combat maneuvers would be fairly straight forwards.
the air cast could have extra soft muscles around their blood-vessles with reinforced walls to whithstand big G"s . What knocks you out /hurts you is your blood being pushed away from or into the brain. Depending on the direction of acceleration. Those G suits work by squeezing your body (usualy the legs) to limit/reduce the nonphysiological blood movement. an internal G force management would be able to make finer and more potent adjustements.
Love your videos Arch. Gotta say though, not the biggest fan of the background music. Was kind of distracting. Keep up the good work, very much appreciated.
THEY DONT ENGAGE IN MELEE COMBAT! HERESY! THEY HAVE GIANT ROBOTS AND DONT USE THEM TO PUNCH THINGS! MEGA HERESY!
And honest diplomacy with alien races ULTRA HERESY!!!
Hello I'm a Tau, can we be friends?
It's for the greater good. 👌😉
listen, when you have lizardfolk that do anything for money, you have them do the punching, and when you have giant railguns that are so big they can only fit on robots, you have the robot use the gun and not the punch, its simple math my dude.
ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CLEARLY the Ethereals have a +15 Charisma bonus.
I bet they have mass hypnosis.
patricio torre naaaah,dey iz just da biggest and da baddest
James.T .Adams yea dey da best
Nat 1 + 15, you make the D.C. No worries mate.
Actually, they are monks.
WOLOLOLOL
'Those plasma spamming sons of smurf shits.'
Do I sense a tad of resentment Arch?
+Cody Connor Tau are cheesy as shit though.
+Shunon North at least they aren't made up of an entire group of Mary Sues 'cough' Grey Knights 'cough.'
True , i have never met grey knights on the table so i cant really say anything there.
i did sense a certain bias tone in this video yes xD
They are dirty xenos, to be erraticated. Long live the emperor.
Pupil dilation doesn't "focus" our eyesight or provide depth perception in any way. It just compensates for the amount of light.
dIRECT0R lol I thought I was the only one who realized
The lens and it’s muscles would do that
Through that adjustment, depth perception can be improved. That's exactly why cat pupils dilate right before they jump.
Pupils do actually help with focusing vision, but only to a minor degree. the lens is mostly responsible for focusing light, but the pupils do help a little bit.
I once heard a tau describe a sword as "A knife the size of a Tau's arm"
Isn't that just farsight?
that’s just far sight
if it's a unique object and uncommon, then wouldn't they just call it a big knife? they would have no concept of "swords" and their many designs and applications.
Hmm I always thought they thought swords where considered foreign technology
The medieval German word for sword literally means "knife".
"I for one welcome I new Smurf overlords, All hail the great blueberry" We need that on a T-shirt.
HERETIC! The only blueberries you should support are the ultramarines!
@@ConfusedGuardsman Bwahahahahaha good one!
@@ConfusedGuardsman I know I’m late to this but Old school 1000 sons are blue, so are the crimson fists, the carcaradons, the celestial lions (before they got clapped by -the inquisition-) Ork Sniper Kommandos, there are more blueberries then just the ultra smurphs
Heresy
"air caste can't handle the g-force!"
superior technology bro!
right off the bat, gravity inhibiting tech, we have tons of it. we even put that shit on the drones!
G-force effect is directly proportionate to mass, since the mass is actually what produces the G's in the 1st place. So an air caste can probably withstand larger amounts of g-forces than fire castes or humans for that matter. Just think about birds and how many G's they can withstand while they do their quick maneuvers and sudden stops. Birds and Air caste share a trait which is hollow bones. Bones on humans actually generate much of the weight (as much as 50% of it) on a slender individual since the muscles are specialized for endurance rather than strength.
The mass does not actually produce the gs as it is the acceleration. If a plane were to execute a 5 g turn, everything from an 81kg human to a tiny grain of dust on board the plane will be subjected to 5 gs of acceleration in the opposite direction of the force being applied, in this case, everything would be pulled to the floor. The relation of mass to g-force you are referring to is the production of weight since weight is a mass's interaction with gravity or another accelerating force. The hollow bones are good for a spaceship since every gram counts and transporting a lighter crew would save fuel. But if you want to survive hard turns you need a strong heart to keep blood in your brain and strong bones to keep your body from caving in from the increased weight. Birds don't worry about g-forces because to are going way slower than an aircraft and so experience less gs when executing a turn and since they are lighter, it takes less force for them to change direction so they spend less time actually turning and being subjected to the g-forces.
Bragon Dorn Right, and that's a valid point. But the fact is, the Tau have advanced anti-gravity technology, so it's not hard to imagine that is worked into the ship's cockpit, protecting the pilots from the extreme G forces. If they can put that shit on drones there's no reason that tau spacecraft wouldn't have it
Indeed so why have an air caste at all if your tech makes it possible for anyone to withstand immense gs
I get the feeling that you are not a fan of the tau lol
Keith Harris yeah it sure seems that way. He was like oh their airplanes aren't *that* advanced. And I'm like all ork tech is held together with duct tape and imagination, just because some tiny isn't super advanced doesn't mean it's not powerful.
Yeah I'm sensing a bias here
Yeah, it is not one my favorites of his series lol it demonstrates more obvious bias to the point that it becomes distasteful to listen to
Don't get me wrong I still love his content
I'd like to point out that not only would hollow bones and such make tau more resistant to high G leads, pulling only low G loads except in emergency allows aircraft to sustain their energy far better
damn. five years of siege and ended after one night. these ethereal must be better in bed than Slaanesh him/herself.
+kane bekkattla The proper pronoun is Xyr, I mean...gosh, how transphobic can you be? Racist!
>Better then Slaanesh in bed
Lol
+katthedemon The Tau is influenced by its name Tau- Tao the way. They are traditional Chinese political ideology and especially Confucianism brought to life. Confucianism holds that if leaders are virtuous and everyone follows their example all will be prosperous and stable. There is a strict hierarchy but those above care for those beneath them and people rise through the merit of their virtue.
+katthedemon There are hints that it might be the necron, ethereals have phase blades, which is also a necron toy ;)
+Patric Berggren Worse then that, the Tau are supposedly to be used to pacify the universe, and once they have turned all to the greater good, they get subjugated by the necron, who, if they created the ethereals, might just be able to control them as the ethereal do the Tau.
Physical strength is not measure of how many G your body can pull. If yes all Fighter jet pilot would look like Mr Olympia candidate, while they tend to be more on lean side ... you need strong heart and lungs, but not legs or arms. Actually large body can be detrimental for this as much more force is applied and large body tend to have more blood in it to distribute. Also they may be other factors involved, similar to giraffes closing "valves" in neck and whatever. On the other hand low to no Gravity in space ship would work against them to be able withstand high G ... unless they all the time go full throttle or full brake which without grav gen would produce constant acceleration in flight direction or against it if they are "braking"
I saw a top gun pilot talk about the best type of body for High G and it was stocky guys with some muscles.
not only muscles matter not, also shorter ones (human) most likely to be better pilots due to their compact bodies and higher speed of reaction (no, I talk about USSR pilots, so it can't be fully implied to TAU)
"you need strong heart and lungs, but not legs or arms. " You need really strong legs in order to perform muscle contractions that will send back the blood that pools into your legs because of high Gs maneuvers.Also,gluteus muscles,abdomen muscles.Don't be a dolt and comment on something you don;t know about(when talking about human physiology).You can speculate about the Tau physiology all you want.
@@bulacomunistu8727 you could also have no legs
@@mackozbogdanca727 Wut?
2:39 - Pupils have nothing to do with depth perception nor vision focusing reflexes. They merely let in (/do not so) light to darken/lighten vision.
Your ability to resist G forces when piloting an aircraft has nothing to do with how "strong" an individual is. It has to do with blood leaving the brain, or flooding into the brain and causing you to pass out, then crash. Being physically strong has no actual bearing on piloting what-so-ever, for all we know Tau can't pass out from G-forces in that way at all.
The amount of G's it takes to turn a human into mush, like you say, is in the thousands. The highest recorded G-forces a human has withstood in a test environment was 46 g's, however people have been in accidents etc and lived with split second instances of hundred+ G's. Turning someone into mush with nothing but G-force is unheard of.
In the end, Tau's having hollow bones, or weak muscles has very little to do with the ability to withstand G forces. The real main factor would have to do with their biology, and how their cognitive bits are supplied with nutrients.
@@Noogymonster A generally weaker frame would most likely decrease the amount of g forces one could sustain before all the blood rushes out of their head
I always found the Tau fascinating because to me it resembles Imperial Japan, where everyone lives by a strict social hierarchy built around honor and merit (though no doubt some favoritism under the table) where everyone is expected to happily obey their superiors, and their "Greater Good" ideology strikes me as an allegory to the Greater East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere that Japan tried to establish. The Tau is trying to enforce an imperial peace on the galaxy and impose their culture and ideologies on their conquered territories under the guise of a noble cause.
Woo, tau! Honestly, free will is overrated. I want my mech-suits, dammit!
Jorg the Mercenary Spearman Go back to medieval europe
There's not much free will in the imperium when death is a constant threat.
empty bones lower weight , can take higher g's ,check birds
+Tomasz Neosapiens yea, the narrator is not a scientist, clearly wouldn't make the earth caste
just saying , its possible
+Tomasz Neosapiens Exactly, they even used to have wings before they moved off world.
+Tomasz Neosapiens plus, the Tau, on top of better g-suits, probably have a form of gravity-negating technology
+antimarmite Considering it is stated that the Tau dont use anti grav tech, i find that unlikely. However, if the flight suits could replace (permanently or temporarily) anything internally squishy like air or fluids with something more solid that preforms the same, then the pilots could take more force than humans.
"With hollow bones and lighter bodies they couldn't withstand the G forces of atmospheric combat." Yeah! It's not like they are birds with hollow bones and lighter bodies that can pull 20+ G's regularly.... oh wait.
Fuckin hell arch, you need a physics lesson lol.
ittybittykittycommittee that would be true for a bird since they often way less than 5 pounds. Not for a 100 pound humanoid.
@@danielhanson2417 *shrug* they're light aliens, even human combat pilots regularly withstand 9Gs
Lodis Mac that’s not the problem the problem is there physiology is a lot weaker than humans while weighing about the same.
@@danielhanson2417 hmm, you're right. After reading into them some more, you'd think they'd snap like so many twigs...
Even Halo Jackals can handle that stuff, and aparently the average human soldier can break the skull of one with a single punch.
So let me get this strait. A friend told me that the Tau Empire is pretty much the closest thing to the "good guys side" as your gonna get. But what i'm hearing is "these guys are pretty much another form of Nazi Germany." So...the closest thing, in warhammer 40k, to being on the good guy team is.. Nazi Germany?
Yes, by a country mile.
Just look up the dark Eldar, scary shit.
....that poor soldier.....
The fact that the "good guys" in 40K are a faction that in any other sci-fi setting would be considered as a dangerous hegemonic dictatorship at best says a lot about this universe.
For the greater good.
+QuestGiver But always you can say everything bad about them are imperial propoganda wich may be true. Gw realy don't care about canon much you can believe whatever you want.
Tau society kinda reminds me of Plato's "State" - Ofocurse their are many other concepts from different people and cultures mixed in to this.
+Martin D. Petersen chip controlling ftw
Some would argue that "free will" and "the right to choose" is overrated, but I simply think the idea of an utopia is overrated.
+Martin D. Petersen Socrates "philosopher kings" are the celestal tau
Eli Gutman It's not an insult to Plato - their society is a textbook example of the one Plato offered in Republic.
Oh, and free will is overrated because it's merely an illusion
@@zonedoyestander that is a fair comparison.
Woe to Plato, his lofty ideals may only be consummated by an imaginary race of chemically controlled space blueberries.
I've always found the mind control, or pheromone control for the celestials to be bullshit. I've always just interpreted it as the Imperium not understanding that Xenos can actually have charismatic and compassionate leaders dedicated to a cause greater than themselves. Or it's just GW trying to make the only "good" race grimdark, because muh grimdark.
+Spyder3107 Yeah, I hate how GW introduced this one race with the actual sense to go: "We should all stop fighting and fight the ones the 4 to 5 various "wipe-out-all-life-evil races!" and everyone was like "NO! WE CAN'T HAVE A GOOD FACTION! HOW DARE THEY!"
+Randygandalf95 No amount of charisma can pull what the Etherials do off. Even the most bat shit leaders of the most bat shit cults don't command such obedience.
As for actually getting all the Tau together...not without mind control. In 6,000 years of human civilization, and more global-conquest attempts than I care to count are undeniable proof of this.
+The Crimson Fucker Well. the tao are basically Qunari in space.
I am ROSSO It's the other way around. Qunari are Tau in Middle-Earth.
The Crimson Fucker Dragon age. I meant as a society.
so are these the communist space weeaboos i've been hearing about?
+MrAwsomenoob yes
+MrAwsomenoob and here I thought that the Red Army is the Imperial Guard :D
+Taranis Agrippa
"Unfortunately capitalist pigs make it so not enough lasguns. So, plan is, men run in line; like follow the leader yes? Man in front carry lasgun. When he falls gloriously in fighting for Mother Terra and Father Emprah, comrade behind picks up lasgun and say prayer to machine spirit then continues fight."
"Question?"
"Did not think so."
Spirit of Socialism When Germans came to my country (then Czechoslovakia), they were buying resources from people, not stealing, whereas Soviets stole and raped. And we were allies with USSR. They "liberated" us. Rape and murder are never justified no matter who does it for whatever reason. Especially when you do it to innocents. I hate both of them in equal meassure btw. Gestapo murdered tons of Czechoslovakian citizens and germans did burn some of our villages later in was as a revenge for assassination of Reinhard Heidrich.
Lord of Light
So saying that the Germans killed more civilians than the Soviets is just blatantly false. If you mean combat kills, well that's just because it was a well-oiled war machine facing Zerg tactics.
The Glorious Tau :D My favourite of the warhammer 40K races. FOR THE GREATER GOOD!
Lallepop Lord of Ahegao your profile pic is dragging me to heresy
played dawn of war soul storm with the ultimate apocalypse mod and beat the tau as the tau on hard AI difficulty in 14 minutes and 42 seconds
for the greater good brother
That intro... daaaaamn
Of all the races of 40k, there are only two that could bring lasting, true peace. The Tyranids and the Tau. One where everyone works toward the same goals, the other because all other species are no more.
could you possibly do a lore video on Deathkorps of Krieg next?
+Stephen Stine nexst? probably not, i want to do them later as part of a mini series on the siege of vraks
+Arch Warhammer damn! hahah okay, definitely will be looking forward to that! =:D
+Arch Warhammer One of the main issue when experiencing g-force is the multiplication of your weight. Lower weight suggests higher g-force tolerance.
+Anders Andy Ok m8
+Arch Warhammer Can't wait.
I'm afraid I don't understand how void fighting would have any less g-forces. G-forces have really nothing to do with gravity. it is the force of acceleration and "deceleration" applied on something and is just measured using the pull of earth's gravity as a default.
^ This. That was bugging me greatly. It simply doesn't make a difference if you pull a hard turn in space or in atmosphere.
Talon3000
accept in atmo us have atmosphere adding friction causing more slowdown and more g's
Travis Anderson thats not how it works. air resistanse would only add Gs if the aircraft was decelerating and air resistance was making it slow down faster.
It shouldn’t that’s why most sci-fi series have compensators.
I don't think the mouth is a weird place to put the nose, in fact snakes smell using their tounge, I bet that is what inspired them.also, you tell me that a race literally addapted to flight would be weaker pilots? do you even evolution bruh? the air caste would take care of atmo and orbital flight, thus the ones that have a stronger heart would more likely survive and pass on their genes to the next generation. them having a lower muscle mass is good as there is less stuff sucking up blodd and less room for blood to spew to is there was a hemorrage. the secret to surving large G-forces are a strong heart and thick veins, not wheightlifting.
i wouldn't say thick veins, but a strong heart and a well regulated blood flow. If you can squeeze down on your blood vessels and veins in the lower body whel sustaining massive ammounts of pssitive G, you can push blood up into the brain and remain concious. That is wht a G-suit does, squeeze the ever loving crap out of your body to keep blood high! :)
patricio torre also the fact that they usually live in microgravity when not piloting is another reason for their lower muscle mass
yup, I'm a pilot (and a snake lover too as it happens) and while physiche and athleticism has a large part to play in functioning through high energy maneuvers in our world - air combat is still all about the brain, that's what the flight gear protects. In the %gain 40k universe any tissue draining valuable oxygen from where it really needs to be during combat - (in the brain) - is a waste of resources so i disagree their physique alone makes them a poor choice of fighter jock......one of the most important factors in todays air combat is the physical distance between the brain and the heart and the ability of the heart to keep that brain supplied with oxygen...... It's highly unlikely even a tau pilot will encounter g-forces high enough to break his/her bones any time before they submit to the warm embrace of unconsciousness.
I love your videos - just not that bit :) I reckon tau make great pilots :)
and too be honest, my g-force tolerance in terms of orientation, spacial awareness etc was better and came more naturally to me when i was 13, small and clean......it's hard work now at 40 :)
There are plausible explanations along these lines. Birds have hollow bones and also special lungs that are more efficient than mammalian ones. Tau pilots may have some similar physiology where their cranial blood pressure remains high in high g manuevers that would be normally lead to black out.
Arch you are by far the best warhammer and 40k lore guy on RUclips. Super duper Funny and really in depth. Thanks Arch keep up the good work.
What is so weebish about the Tau?
I don't find any weebish stuff about them. I like them actually. They aren't the worst faction really.
Yeah I still trying to find where people are getting this weeb shit from. Is it the mech suits? whats wrong with that? O_o
It's because they are in a way a representation of Asian warriors and use things related to anime a lot yes mechs etc but that's just everyone who are desperate to cling to memes and dedicate themselves to one side, I use Tau myself and haven't really been swayed by everyone's hate for them, just attack first and have a good game.
@@lawhammergaming Now that you mention it, I realised that some of the Tau warriors have oversized and flat pauldrons on their armor, which is the same thing Samurai would have on their armor to be used like a shield.
It's kinda like skaven the race is awesome but the fans.... oh the fans. Being loosely japanese ish makes all the weebs want to play them and that small minority colors people's view of the race
The community of deviant artists and their legions of tau female fanart is where the term weeb comes into play.
Tau dont engage in meele? THAT IS ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL!
darmstadtschaa Too bad it'll even be a miracle for you to engage melee with them.
Let's say it together! TUNNELS AND CITYS
This is why IG will always be the best shooty race as they can oberwelm you with sheer numbers should they ever have to get into an honest melee.
Outside of their armored units though. They are about as durable as toliet paper.
BeyondDax
That is why you bubble wrap your tonks with infantry and you use commissars to BLAM when necessary.
"Those plasma spamming sons of smurf shit" that's an amazing quote
All hail the bridge god. All praise be unto him. May he forever guard us and protect us against the evil powers of teleportation.
-Bridgian Creed
+Tom R your bridge god is no match for mighty snugglepuff long may she nom
+Tom R BRIDGE FOR THE BRIDGE GOD! SKULLS FOR THE THRONE OF KHORNE!!
Bridge God? Do you happen to be a Dane sir?
+Tom R May His rambling never cease, and may He forever over-enunciate everything. Praise be to the Bridge God.
Back when I did play in my teens the tabletop game I was 13 years old I think maybe 12. I remember building my Tyranid army (2nd gen I think?) The models are old. All spikey heavy metal lol. Back when the hive tyrant looked like the classic alien. I remember my momma buying me one of those forgeworld hierodule things (forgive my language in Warhammer stuff I don't remember a whole lot about names) the sythed one not the spider thing or the one with the big gun. Army was full mellee but all my warriors had venom cannons. And I had alot of damn warriors. Probably 200$ in just nid warriors our armies were gargantuan
And my best friend at that time bought the big starter box for Tau and a bunch of kroot and a hammerhead I think. Wound up with a giant group of friends collecting these armies 😂 best times of my life with those friends. Very nostalgic videos. Subbed Arch. That same friend randomly called me and asked if I would collect with him again he is on CSM's & our fat friend went IG
Idk what to choose. I really really enjoyed nids. I been thinking about orks or necrons :) whichever is cheaper in the long run including paint lol.
Hey, trained (but medically rejected) flight instructor here. The G load and speed thing is actually not too far fetched. First moving at high speeds puts no strain on the body, turning relative to motion does that. This is where G load comes in, which is the acceleration force. This force occurs whether in or outside of the atmosphere. The biggest issue faced with high constant positive G's (when it's pulling you at a relative down) is that they cause blood to pool in the legs and away from the head, leading to fainting. The main weak point in this is the cardiovascular system, which is why they (at least say that) fighter pilots are short, the low relative distance between the heart and head means less load on the heart. In terms of tau physiology it's hard to say what factors would effect them, though in personal head-cannon their dry, leathery skin may prevent their body from expanding as much and thereby limit the amount of blood pooling in their lower bodies. Just an infodump and some thoughts, would love to see what others think.
the air caste have a lower body weight and therefore have less pressure during g force
Nope. It's not based on weight, it's pressure of the air around them, and the force applied.
Uhm...no?
Well, allright, pressure is also a factor, but this is pure kinetics, namely how well the body structure can handle g-force in relation to mass.
Example: an bird can handle g-forces far in excess of the human limit. Humans have a considerably higher tolerance than larger mammals, such as hippos. Despite the hippo's strength, it's structural system simply can't handle six times it's own weight for more than moments.
An air-caste Tau have adapted to their conditions, such as lowered weight, hollow bones etc. Considering they train and drill so much, their physical structures would be adapted to the strain of aerial combat as well.
And then we have their tech. Aside from extremely advanced flight-suits (a tool fighter pilots would not make it without) that would compensate for the warped bloodflow of high-g conditions, artificial gravity-tech is quite common in 40k. Directional compensators in the cockpit could help _loads_.
I'm surprized he piss on the Tau when the human craft move _well beyond_ the speeds considered safe today without a mention.
Air resistance would be relevant if the pilots fly naked and with open cockpit.
But let us assume they are using flight suits and sealed cockpits, in this case inertia, (relative) acceleration (in sum the g force) and g force resistance are the relevant factor.
My guess would be that their blood simply is more efficient at oxygen management.
KamiKyojin+ no . The falcon and a lure were released at an altitude of 3000 feet; the falcon accelerated to 157 mph before catching the lure and pulling out of her dive with only fifty-seven feet to spare. The gravitational force on her body at that moment was calculated at 27 G's.
Fighter pilots risk losing consciousness at anything over 9 G's.
Im glad Arch is making this series. To be honest almost all my knowledge of Warhammer 40k comes from this channel.
tau air caste, much like raptors (hawks, eagles, etc.), have hollow bones and specialized musculature to aid in combating positive and negative g-forces, ad well as having much better tech.
Just a thought on Tau air-caste:
If you weigh less, G-forces affect you less. The normal problems are A) breathing and B) bloodsupply.
A) Less weight, less pressure on your chest. Also some adaptations to increase the strenght of the muscles around the thorax certainly wouldn’t hurt. Humans don’t need to be very strong at sucking, but if we did, we’d be much better at breathing during high G’s.
B) bloodsupply. There’s honestly so many different adaptations here that could alter their ability. They could have stronger vascular systems, able to contract more than human bloodvessels, they could have bigger and stronger hearts, they could have valves and muscles in their vessels that work as secondary hearts, their blood could be thinner, they could store more oxygen in their brains etc etc. It’s honestly not that hard to imagine what very specific adaptations humans could develop in order to be better suited for such conditions. But we don’t have them because we’re not made to sit in jet fighters lol.
One thing that makes absolutely not sense however is being tall. More space between heart and head = bad.
The whole point of artificial gravity is to make gravity-adapted life more comfortable in a low gravity environment. Thus, Tau fighters probably have anti-gravity generators in the cockpits to emulate the Air Caste’s preferred environment as well as to negate those nasty g-forces.
I'm excited for part 2! I know nothing of either 40k or warhammer besides your videos but I really have enjoyed them.
The thing I find amusing about the Air caste (I'm no expert keep in mind, this is just based off of what Arch is saying, otherwise I might not be watching this) is that they would face the same amount of G's in space as they would in atmosphere, if not more. So technically, they wouldn't really be great space pilots either.
Umm there is no gravity working on them in space, yes the ship puts off a small amount of but no where near as much as a planet. (Pretty obvious) Why do you think its called G forces? Because it is a measurement of how gravity affects the body when accelerating (positive) and decelerating (negative). So in theory if they were born in bred in Zero G, and in fact evolved in this environment, they would essentially be crushed if they stepped foot on a planet. Of course they still share some "old" traits from their days living on a planet. Of course this is fantasy and doesn't necessarily have to follow any rule of science or evolution this doesn't apply. Do you know what happens to astronauts after being in space for X amount of time? Their muscles start to degrade at a advanced rate, think of being in coma for 20 years except worse. Gravity plays a huge role in how we developed over time, hence why most space faring races in 40k generate gravity on their ships because they would simply wither away to nothing over extended periods in zero G conditions.
You still experience G's when you do maneuvers in a vacuum. When you apply a thrust and accelerate, the inertia pulls you back. It's the feeling you get when you are thrown back if you accelerate your car really fast from rest. You experience a G by doing that. So imagine that multiplied by how fast you're trying to go in space (which is pretty fast of you ever want to go anywhere). It's incorrect to say the G-forces are solely due to gravity exactly because of this reason. If you need further example all you need to do is drift a car accelerating around a corner to experience G's on a horizontal plane, or accelerate your car as I said before. That's not because if gravity, it's because inertia.
G forces are just a measure of acceleration, and the force it exerts on the body. For the record, it's equal to 9.8 m/s squared, which is the Earth norm.
But otherwise, yes, even if they were born and bred in space, there is still no reason they could never visit a planet. They would most likely find it extremely tiring, and long term stays would probably give them all kinds of joint, bone, and circulatory problems, but short trips (days) would be a matter of annoyance and discomfort.
@@cpalmer91 this reply is so wrong. Google G force
Big fan of your 40k stuff, Arch. Thanks!
I also approve of the blinging Arch in your intro.
what does G forces have to do with atmospheric flight? its the same in space, infact probably more so in space since theres no friction that could tear the ship apart if turning too hard in atmosphere.
The_Wilsonator yes. G's apply everywhere
Tau: "why we don't fight in melee you ask? It's because our job is not to die for our empire but to let the enemy die for theirs.......... We also have the kroot to do just that in melee."
A possible answer to why Tau air caste members have the un-intuitive ability to superior atmospheric flight combat. MY theory uses A LOT of conjecture , but simply put would be the following. The main reason any biological atmospheric pilot's maneuverability would be limited is due to intolerance to brief periods of high G-forces. In humanoid biological species this is mainly due to the fact we are mushy bags of fluid with a brittle internal ridged structure. When these G-forces slosh us around the liquid blood that oxygenates the cells of our bodies flows away from certain vital regions of the body and we pass out (for lack of) or have blood vessels burst (for an overabundance of blood) Since each cast has somewhat gain physical attributes to the respective roles. The Tau air cast could have a special circulatory mechanism of special valves or of muscular pumps counteracting their physical limits that seem disadvantageous to the average trained human. This coupled with your other explanations could explain it. Just a thought.
For the G-force resistance, they use a special suit that limitates their effects on the body (modern fighter pilots use these, but this is 40k, the technology is fare more advanced than ours right now)
I will watch this video For the greater good!
Tau master race!
Awesome image timing. Really fitted with the topic at hand.
Regarding the Air caste's capabilities in atmosphere. the muscle mass isn't necessarily the most important for handling G forces. Their brain and blood use efficiency (or whatever Tau have for blood) are more important. If their blood keeps flowing at high G's, it's not really related to high muscle mass (our pilots after all must be in good shape, but being muscular isn't important.
IF they have a large heart (or hearts), or perhaps even more efficient "blood" and or vessels then their capabilities could work as described.
Hollow bones have evolved for breathing, not for light weight. Birds develop differently from mammals. Their lung tissue expands into the skeleton and the hollows are a result of the air sacs present within the bones. This makes them very efficient at operating in thinner atmospheric conditions, as they don't need to breathe much. These adaptions are not found in flightless birds.
Thanks ARch ^^ I was waiting fort his one ^^
Wait there is a species that doesn't want to kill everything
Oh they *want* to, but their relatively small numbers prevent it. So they indoctrinate and sterilise others - they're playing the long game. The endgame is still that only they'd exist.
New lore video to watch on my way home from school! Not that I would expect you not to, but continue with lore videos!
Stop trilling.
The caste names do not have trills. God damnit.
For Lore purposes, air cast could chalk it up to having reverse gravity generators, turning ?G-forces inside out. Of course when there is no mention of it, it becomes an fan idea rather then potential cannon lore.
I do not like this heresy, 30 minute long videos... I am calling the Inquisition Arch, I am calling the Inquisition.
I believe he repented with the next hour long video eh
Pius solomon 50 minutes, and yes, I am calling off the Inquisition, for now.
He'll never expect it.
+Gareth Brooks-Martin I know what you mean there...
+Martin Taylor
NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBODY...
Yay! More Warhammer 40k lore, I love it. Great to hear you rambling about warhammer 40k again. Although your upload rate infuriates me, I really like these videos.
All hail the Bridgegod and burn the teleporting Orcs, Chaos and Beastmen.
Greetings from Germany
Freaking love this race xD
When I come back to these older videos it just goes to show how much RUclips goes to block him on the algorithm
nice vid, but that music is unexpectedly.... let's just say "lively".
Any chance you will return to using more slow-paced and atmospheric soundtracks?
Ethereal: these are not the droids your looking for
Everyone else: BE OUR LEADER
Nazi space weeabos ?
Sign me up , for the greater god.
+Edvinas Tamošaitis not nazi. more like Qunari. if you want nazi go to the Imperium of man.
It's more communist on how its failling
The Imperium? Yeah we all know its failing faster than a snotling against a warboss.
They are technological regression , they are not making anything new , they only have codexes for machines that build machines , if that is lost thye're screwed
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About G tolerance in the air caste. The g forces suffered are due to centrifugal force or angular momentum, in space you can have much more extreme angular momentum because there is no airflow messing your turning circle up. So in outer space the g forces sustained by a pilot in the same sized craft are actually higher than in the atmosphere of a planet. You can flip your ship 90 or 180 degrees in the void of space, in an atmosphere the air will just rip your ship apart.
Plus, it is not physical strength, but cardiovascular strength that gives high g tolerance. Having a lot of blood-demanding muscles is actually a hindrance for g tolerance as all you want is blood flowing to your brain to prevent g lock.
You could even say that the tau just generally have better g tolerances due to a tau brain just needing less blood.
I hope i aint the only one who would want to be apart of the tau if forced into 40k cause really as a human you got 4 options be a hell cultist for choas/a pirate/ a roman space nazi for the imperium or a space Japanese communist for tau ill go with tau
have just started 40k and i've picked tau, hope they are good
Am I the only Tau player here? (If it helps every time I use my tau my friend either uses his necrons or 'nids)
+Cooper Counts I play tau too.
I started off with Orks but am switching to T'au since Mechs
YES, the bloody Tau! looking forward for the next parts. Also, hope we have Ork lore some time soon.
G tolerances, is based more on blood pressure than it is on actual physical strength. All of the G suit and G straining techniques are just to keep you conscious, with training nearly anyone can maintain 9 g's regardless of build.
awesome video. I always enjoy the Tau lore and battle style.
will you be doing the dark eldar soon?
Two words he has said plenty to sum those guys up: Murder fucking
Knife-eared speed freaks?
1.25 speed was created for the Greater Good!. Awesome videos by the way
I don't think there is that much of a g difference in atmospheric or space combat, if your ship get to 0 to mach 1 wherever you are you'll take a serious punch.
Plus I'm pretty sure that TAU pilots have proper training, even if they mostly live in space, knowing that they can't travel on far distances, they certainly have based planets to accomodate their pilots to atmospheric combat. It'd be suicidal to not do so ~
I wonder if there is an inertia dampening technology in W40k. Also the faster atmospheric aircraft you fly the less the fight is about dogfighting and more about keeping your speed higher than your enemy's (which means no turning if you don't have to and less need for pulling Gs).
I've just finished commander Farsights lore and all I can say is "Complete Badass." If Shadowsun ever got into a scrap him it would be a massacre, Farsight has almost three centuries of combat experience under his belt.
Jesus dude, if you hate the tau so much don't make vids on them
Should upload your lore videos in a podcast format. So good just wish I could binge the lore in my pocket at work
I don't get why so many people hate Tau? Why?
They're too goody two-shoes and optimistic compared to the other races in the setting, and even though they're an incredibly 'small' galactic presence with little impact on major events a lot of people love to go on and on about how awesome the Tau are.
I think those are some of the reasons, I'm personally rather neutral on them, bar my dislike of the optimism.
Tau were integrated to be the "good guys" in the 40k Universe but Fans thought they were to likeable so some "darker" things like Human "slaves" etc. were added
But most people still think they are to good compared to the other Factions
(And to weak in my opinion)
AtAMiha I wouldn't call it optimism (that's what the borderline fascism is for ;D) as much as I'd call it idealism.
2:39 hold on, that's not how eyeballs work. pupilary distance is what determines depth perception. dilation is what affects light level sensitivity.
I resent the idea that Tau resemble fascist Germany. I always thought of them as a Totalitarian Communist society lol.
They are modeled after feudal Japan with their rigid cast system as well as Plato's republic with their philosopher kings and tightly regimented state. Communism is by definition a classless society. The only thing they really share with communism is their devotion towards the "greater good", although nearly every political ideology puts the well being of society above the well being of any one individual.
Someone may have mentioned this already but: Depending on which branch they are flying with, Imperial Navy pilots are typically outfitted with cybernetics to help them with space combat. This has been highlighted in fluff and the novels a number of times. They Imperial Navy fighter craft are also more versatile based on the sheer number of design options they can choose from. Likewise, in atmospheric combat, next to the Eldar - Imperial fighters are the runners up. They carry more weaponry, armor, and sheer engine power, and the pilot training is more comprehensive. I'd put Tau at maybe 3rd place, ahead of the Tyranid, Chaos, and last of all Orks. We are only know seeing Adeptus Astartes Aircraft, but I think as 30k continues to develop designs, we will see some superior stated units to just about everything else.
FOR THE GREATER GOOD
this is so good! great job m8!
Tau = Space Sweeden.
Daniel Forsythe Lol
blue and friendly
I assume you mean during the time of Gustav Adolphus?
So... Tau Empire is like Plato's "Republic", Orwell's "1984" and Huxlei's "Brave New World" combined?
Welcome to 2021......
i'm gonna post this comment for no reason
cool cool i am gonna like that for no reason
If you want to call any thing HERASY then start with my profile pic (I didn't even capitalise the HERASY part, it seems to do that by itself, lol)
Fyi on the Air Caste pilots:
Extreme acceleration from air combat maneuvers occurs regardless of gravity field, it seems like they would have serious problems in void combat as well. At least if it involves rapid acceleration and twists and turns at supersonic speeds.
But on the plus side, if the Air Caste guys are actually super light weight, then that would make them less susceptible to acceleration since force is f = m * a
Tau = Asia
Imperium = Western Civ.
Tyranids = Arabia
Ork = Africa???
@@alexduranceau9695 yes
you got it wrong Tyranid= xenomorph empire
Nice new intro arch
Pupil dilation fills the function of adjusting to different light levels. Big pupil when its dark, to let in more of the little light that is available. Small pupil when its bright, in order to not overload the retina. Ever tried going from a dark room straight out into sunlight?
It has nothing to do with depth perception. Depth perception comes automatically from having bifocal vision (two eyes). However, the lens in the eye is adjustable, and this adjustability allows organisms to shift their focus from the foreground to the background and vice versa.
About the Air Cast pilots' body :
- First of all, you will experience high G whether you are in space or in an atmosphere. It's dependent on how much you accelerate, not on the presence of a nearby gravity well.
- Then, their slender build is not necessarily a disadvantage. Having less mass means they will experience less inertia too, so as long as their "robustness"/weight ratio is equal or higher to that of human pilots, they should be fine.
The Tau ships could have inertia dampeners in regards to atmospheric fighting with the air caste.
Potential answer to the air combat issue:
The tau air cast may have a considerably higher blood pressure, and cardiovascular capacity, as well as neurology that can tolerate significant drops of blood pressure without turning off.
Tau simply adopted the old human proverb. "He laughs best who shoots first."
The Tau Air cast could use something like a helicopter, relatively slow moving, but with 360° Lines of fire, and using those Tau guns that have ludicrously long range to keep anything that could be a problem, as far away as possible
WOOOO MORE LORE VID also love yer knew intro
On the subject of the Air caste pilots in atmospheric combat (or any sort of close range dog-fighting), I think we can safely assume that the Tau would equip their craft with inertial compensators. We know that the Tau have gravity manipulation capabilities (anti-gravity, artifical gravity, etc.), and provided that technology, generating variable gravity in multiple directions to reduce the effects of combat maneuvers would be fairly straight forwards.
the air cast could have extra soft muscles around their blood-vessles with reinforced walls to whithstand big G"s . What knocks you out /hurts you is your blood being pushed away from or into the brain. Depending on the direction of acceleration. Those G suits work by squeezing your body (usualy the legs) to limit/reduce the nonphysiological blood movement. an internal G force management would be able to make finer and more potent adjustements.
I had this playing in the background, and the music in this made me double check this was actually an Arch video.
"Those plasma spamming sons of smurf shit." I'm dying here!
Love your videos Arch. Gotta say though, not the biggest fan of the background music. Was kind of distracting. Keep up the good work, very much appreciated.
It's finally here!
Nice! I like the new intro
Though the porno background music could've been left out