| rdfs:comment | - It began when Myamoto, a Shas'ui born on T'au, passed his Trial by Fire. Scorning the honour of donning a Battlesuit to join the Crisis Teams, he was next offered the opportunity to join the Stealth Teams -- a formation noted for its unorthodox methods. This choice too, Myamoto derided, preferring to return to the Pathfinder Teams with which he had first served. Time and again, Myamoto led his team into the most deadly of situations, but always escaped, bringing glory to his cadre. It was he that shut down the strange mechanisms of the Necrons on the moons of Gal'yth, and he who hunted down the tri-headed beast that terrorised the mining colonies of Nep'tan. During the Great Wars of Confederation, when the grim leader earned the name Darkstrider, he infiltrated Ork camps and used Marker Li
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| abstract | - It began when Myamoto, a Shas'ui born on T'au, passed his Trial by Fire. Scorning the honour of donning a Battlesuit to join the Crisis Teams, he was next offered the opportunity to join the Stealth Teams -- a formation noted for its unorthodox methods. This choice too, Myamoto derided, preferring to return to the Pathfinder Teams with which he had first served. Time and again, Myamoto led his team into the most deadly of situations, but always escaped, bringing glory to his cadre. It was he that shut down the strange mechanisms of the Necrons on the moons of Gal'yth, and he who hunted down the tri-headed beast that terrorised the mining colonies of Nep'tan. During the Great Wars of Confederation, when the grim leader earned the name Darkstrider, he infiltrated Ork camps and used Marker Lights to pick out components of Gargants under construction. It was his team that set the homing beacon on Warlord Gruzzguts' mechanical armour. Yet for all his heroics, Darkstrider always spurned offers to command, preferring instead to lead raiding missions and terror attacks behind enemy lines. Tradition is everything to the Fire Caste, and their adherence to the Code of Fire demands, above all things, respect for Ethereals, military rank and more experienced warriors. Through declined promotions and subtle inflections when speaking to his superiors, Myamoto regularly walks the fine line near insubordination -- nearly unheard of in the Fire Caste. Some Tau Commanders refuse to work with Darkstrider, claiming that he refuses counsel. Yet others, most notably Shadowsun herself, value the sly tactics and obvious bravery of Darkstrider. Gifted with a prototype Structural Analyser, Darkstrider has recently returned from his successes against the Space Marines in the Zeist Campaign. His is not the way of the armoured Battlesuit, but his ability to tie up more valuable forces and then slip away has contributed to a string of victories that none can deny.
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