Query,
I am working on a campaign plan whereby Tau renegade forces are raiding Imperium military vessels for their weapons, supplies and gear and I am looking for some clarification:
Can the Tau potentially reverse engineer various pieces of Imperial technology or adapt them onto their own?
Assume for all intent and purpose that they just are wanting to use it and there are humans under their employ which can help with some elements of it. The question is whether theres anything which specifically in the fluff would stop them doing it.
Specifically I'd be looking at things such as Imperial Teleporters. Now a topic here discussed it and the concensus was a "maybe":
http://forums.tauonline.org/tau/67355-tau-teleport.html
Now you may ask why is this needed when battlesuits can just jump, well consider that there are some situations where Tau cannot jump into something, the use in boarding operations for example if they could just take one, rig it up to a suit and hit the "go" button. Wouldn't be the most accurate thing in the world but might give them some shot in the dark.
Other things would be the application of psychic jamming devices, null rods and gellar fields. It is allowed under tabletop that field saves such as Invulnerable saves ward against psychic powers and functionally in deathwatch, Tau Forcefields also work against it. My question is whether they would be able to take Imperial specific jamming devices and although not understand them (due to limited comprehension of the warp) at least be able to bolt it onto a battlesuit and reap the benefits (albeit to a perhaps lesser degree).
Go also one stage further, if a Tau force captured an Imperium ship and managed to acquire a cooperative navigator, would they be able to use that ship or be able to retrofit their own weapons/systems to it? Imagine the bulky durable Imperial battleships with heavy Gravetic Launchers...
What are peoples thoughts in relation to this? I would like to check for fluff precedent for/against this before applying GM handwavium to do it anyway, just trying to anticipate any potential argument/backlash.
Edited by Calgor Grim