"ensuring they are easily subjugated or"
subjugation definition (by google search) - the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control
If this is Evil then so are the Tau because last I check they bring autonomous groups into their empire underneath them..
Howdy, guys.
The regular Imperials are the good guys posts are flaring up again, so I felt the need to remind everyone of something.
"Every year,listening stations, ouqposts and Explorator fleets discover more new life forms. Some of the xenos discovered are peaceful, ensuring they are easily subjugated or, if troops are readily available and the situation dictates, mercilessly exterminated. So it has always been, and of these rninor or inconsequential races, little more need be mentioned.
-6th ED Warhammer 40K corebook.
The Imperium DOES encounter peaceful alien races, but it shows them no mercy. Perhaps the lore is filled with hostile alien races because the Imperium keeps killing the friendly ones.
Friendly races do rarely get some coverage in the lore, but it's usually to show the Imperium or any other hostile force mauling them. The Endymine Corbat, Naiad Republic, and, of course, our dear and precious Oretti are examples of such races.
Now imagine. The T'au encountered hundreds of friendly and reasonable aliens in their small part of the galaxy during their very young voyage into the galaxy. How many countless peaceful alien civilizations did the Imperium destroy from one corner of the galaxy to the next in its 10K years of galactic dominion? It boggles the mind.
This is what they are calling the "good guys," what an unthinkable farce!
So keep calm and carry on Oretti posting.