User blog comment:Supahbadmarine/Official Canon Policy/@comment-2253300-20130224070805

On previous comments I did not specify some of my stances. On the issue of non-Imperial empires, and what size they should be allowed I believe a max of 200 would make sense. I understand that the amount of space that the Imperium controls is actually smaller than the territory it doesn't own. However with large empires the issues isn't about space. The Imperium is the single largest faction in 40k, and it does not tolerate thrats well, which a large empire is. Furthermore the more planets a faction has the more likely the Imperium will run into them. In which case the Imperium would try to wipe them out, less they grow to become an even more serious threat in the future. In an all out war the Imperium would win. No if, ands or buts.

On the matter of the Dark Age of Technology I have said that I believe that having artifacts or pieces of technology from that period turning up is acceptable. Fact is that it is a common, and useful plot device in 40k. My issue is when someone expands too much onthe events of the Dark Age of Technology. We know very little about what happened during that time, and I don't believe we should have the liberty to simply write our own history for it because of the hole in our knowledge. Not to mention it makes linking articles as hassle because linking with someone who has done this mena that the one linking has to submit themselves to the fabricated history.

On the matter of Gue'vesa Marines I am going to say a resonding no. Marines are incredibly indoctrinated, and I don't believe that the Tau would be able to cut through that to get them to accept another dogma. Now I understand that Marines have often gone renegade, but it usually takes something drastic to do it. either the influence of Chaos, an extreme betrayal by an agency of the Imperium, or the Imperium as a whole. Even in the case of the second instance i can't see them hooking up with the Tau. For one they wouldn't likely be interested in switching one dogma for another. Then there is the fact that their xenophobia would likely be intact, and finally there is just plain pride. When i evaluate the Marine mindset the idea of joining a small empire of Xenos pushing the idea of peaceful coexistence simply doesn't fit. Now if some renegade Chapter is willing to act as mercenaries for the Tau Empire, that is an entirely different thing, but I can't imagine any Marine, loyal or traitor that would drink the Tau's Cool-Aid and fight for the Greater Good.